On the big screen, the video played slowly.
A line of text appeared: Twenty-two hours after Kiana was captured, Schicksal Headquarters.
In the footage, Otto appeared in the laboratory, his voice carrying a hint of mockery:
"Continue injecting Honkai Energy into the experimental chamber. That concentration isn't enough to wake her."
Inside the experimental chamber, Kiana was bound. Otto looked at her as if she were a perfect work of art.
He smiled faintly, his tone laced with ridicule. "Heh... Long time no see. Welcome home, K423."
As the concentration of Honkai Energy rose, the solution inside the incubation chamber began to boil, fine bubbles continuously surfacing.
The unconscious Kiana gradually woke up, and the monitoring instruments blared frantically.
Her eyes slowly opened, her originally sky-blue pupils gradually replaced by a golden glow.
"Return to my side, my subjects." Her voice was ethereal and imposing.
At the same time, beneath the glaciers of Siberia, a blue dragon burst through the thick ice and shot into the sky.
"R—aaaaah!"
Cocolia's roar echoed across the heavens, seemingly announcing the Queen's arrival.
"Oh? Have you come to protect your Queen?"
Facing the imminent Honkai outbreak, Otto remained calm. "Deploy the all-domain defense satellites. Notify all Valkyrie units: prepare for Level One combat."
The real world—
The moment Otto appeared on camera, countless netizens immediately offered him their heartfelt greetings.
When they saw Otto turn Kiana into a Herrscher, those greetings reached an even greater peak.
I'm speechless. What the hell is wrong with Otto? Isn't Schicksal supposed to be an organization that protects the world? Why is it artificially creating Herrschers?
Isn't this how movies always go? The leader of the righteous organization is actually a schemer who wants to rule the world.
So Otto should be the final big boss, right?
Based on my many years of experience, the next part should be a classic story of rescuing Kiana and then defeating Otto.
Elsewhere, the priest Otto in the real world stared at himself in the video, completely dumbfounded.
He finally understood why the staff and children at the orphanage had been giving him such strange looks lately.
At that moment, his younger sister Vera leaned over and said with a grin, "Wow~ As expected of my brother. I never thought you had a talent for being a villain too!"
Otto wanted to refute her on the spot, but when he noticed the complicated look in his wife Kallen's eyes, he immediately felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
"Kallen, you know me," he hurriedly explained. "I've never even had the heart to step on an insect since I was a child. How could I possibly become a villain?"
Kallen frowned, seemingly wanting to say something but holding it back.
Vera continued fanning the flames from the side. "But brother, isn't this how movies always go? On the surface, he's a priest, but in reality, he's some kind of pervert..."
"Vera, shut up!" Otto glared at her furiously.
Ordered into silence, Vera stuck out her tongue playfully and said nothing more, though she was already overjoyed inside.
Hehe~ If sister-in-law divorces my brother because of this, that would be perfect. Then brother would belong to me alone~
Back to the video.
Three hundred kilometers from Schicksal Headquarters, the transport ship Helios was rapidly flying toward Schicksal Headquarters.
As the camera moved deeper inside, the familiar figures appeared on screen, leaving the people in the real world thrilled.
Besides Raiden Mei and Bronya from the main group, Theresa and Himeko also appeared on screen.
To rescue Kiana, St. Freya Academy had deployed all of its elite forces.
And what reassured the netizens most was that that man had also appeared aboard the battleship.
An all-star lineup!
With Ye Tiandi here, this round is in the bag!
Didn't Ye Li suffer serious injuries earlier? He recovered that quickly?
Don't ask. Ye Li is just that awesome!
Back to the video.
"We're about to enter Headquarters' airspace. Everyone, prepare for battle."
Sure enough, the instant Himeko finished speaking, they came under attack from Headquarters.
Looking at the densely packed drones ahead, Himeko clicked her tongue in displeasure.
"If we had the Hyperion, these enemies would be nothing."
"Stop complaining, Himeko," Theresa comforted her. "Until that thing finishes being modified, we can't let the Hyperion sortie."
"I know. After all, that thing is the key to whether we can rescue Kiana."
With that, Himeko focused entirely on piloting the battleship and evading the enemy attacks.
The others did not remain idle either, taking control of the battleship's turrets and returning fire.
After they dealt with wave after wave of incoming drones and a battleship, Schicksal's assault finally came to an end.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a communication request from an unknown source came through.
After they confirmed the connection, Otto's punchable face appeared on the battleship's main screen.
"Theresa, my dear granddaughter, what do you intend to do with that sort of toy? Be a good girl and come back. Everyone has a rebellious phase. I won't blame you for your childishness."
"You're still as gentle as ever, Grandpa."
Facing Otto's persuasion, Theresa clenched her fists. "But this is my answer!"
The moment Theresa finished speaking, the Helios's main cannon had just finished charging.
As a massive beam shot forth, the defensive barrier deployed around Schicksal Headquarters was effortlessly shattered.
"This time, I won't submit to you again!"
With that, Theresa cut off the communication and commanded the Helios to officially force its way into Schicksal Headquarters' airspace.
As the group from St. Freya Academy drove their battleship forward without hesitation, the netizens in the real world were also fired up.
Well done, Theresa! You should smack Otto right in the face!
That Dog Otto actually wants us to go back? If I don't smash that ugly face of yours today, I'm never going back!
Though saying this now might ruin the mood a little, I still have to ask... Theresa is already forty. Isn't calling it a rebellious phase a little inappropriate?
Holy shit, I hadn't even noticed if you hadn't said it!
What's inappropriate about it? What's wrong with a grandfather saying his granddaughter is going through a rebellious phase? Would you rather he call it menopause?
Theresa: You, the one who said menopause—don't move. Let me give you a buff with Judas!
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