Sakura: Rin, Don't Look-It's Forbidden Knowledge

Theresa sighed and explained to Mei the sorrow beneath the prosperity.

As the number of Honkai Beasts increased, people were forced to abandon their homes and migrate to major cities around the world, causing cities to grow larger and larger until they developed into megacities.

"Such a big city... Kiana, I will definitely find you." Mei's resolve hardened.

Theresa knew full well that this deal was extremely risky, but it was also their only clue to finding Kiana, and she was willing to try, no matter the risk.

"Headmaster, we've arrived."

"It's too quiet, something's not right. Everyone on high alert!"

"Little brother, tell me, how far have things progressed between Kiana and that little girl named Mei?" Cecilia asked curiously.

Cecilia's words piqued Bianka's curiosity. Since Kiana went to study in the Far East, she had rarely seen her sister and was eager to know about her sister's condition.

"How would I know about love stories between little girls? Sister, you'd be better off asking little Sirin or Theresa." How could Yaqing possibly know about love between little girls?

"Uncle, is little Kiana in love?" Durandal asked.

"Little Bianka, not to mention Kiana, your uncle is in love too~" Cecilia laughed.

"I know, Rita sent me photos."

Upon arriving at the rendezvous point, Theresa and her companions found only a pile of mechanical wreckage and lifeless Gray Serpent pseudo-corpses lying on the ground. Before they could even react, they heard an alarm sounding, ordering them to refrain from any violent actions.

Bronya hacked into the channel, turned off the alarm, and used her hacking skills to examine Gray Serpent's body. She concluded that the killer wasn't after money, but rather wanted the intelligence Gray Serpent possessed.

"The killer murdered Gray Serpent and took away the bio-components used for authentication, such as the electronic prosthetic eye..." Bronya found a bio-chip on the inside of Gray Serpent's wrist, which allowed her to enter Gray Serpent's territory and obtain intelligence.

Theresa firmly rejected Bronya's proposal. Such blatant killing in Sky Dome City could only mean that Schicksal had intervened. They were currently traitors to Schicksal, and every minute they stayed in the city increased their danger.

Bronya knows what it feels like to be manipulated and controlled, to lose yourself.

"Kiana is suffering the same pain now, Bronya must rescue Kiana no matter what..."

After listening to Bronya's words, Theresa agreed.

"Principal Theresa's scheming is no match for Otto's. She didn't realize it was a trap and just waited for them to fall in," Fu Hua said bluntly.

"Old fogey, you can't say that. Although it's a fictional story, it's still based on reality. Besides, who can outmaneuver that old schemer Otto?" Little Knowledge's words were even more hurtful than Fu Hua's.

"Bronya, I never imagined you loved me so much. I promise I'll never steal your hidden pudding again." Kiana was so moved she almost cried.

Bronya's face darkened.

"Brainless Idiot, you really did steal my pudding!" Bronya reached out to grab Kiana, but Seele hugged her waist tightly. She said, "Seele, let go of me! I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

Seele was utterly helpless.

Sister Bronya, if you really wanted to "teach Kiana a lesson," why were you slapping my thigh so hard with your other hand?

Seele closed her eyes, smiled maliciously, and released her arms from Bronya.

Bronya was astonished.

"Sister Bronya, go ahead, Seele will always be behind you." Seele tilted her head, looking incredibly cute.

Mei watched the two bickering and smiled to herself.

"Bronya, stop fooling around. I'll make you pudding tomorrow, okay?"

"Yay! Mei!" Kiana exclaimed excitedly.

If this were a public ticketed cinema, there would probably have been complaints long ago. However, everyone in this cinema knew each other and they were already aware of Kiana's troublesome nature, so they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"Sky Dome City? I remember, isn't that Hua's hometown?" Pardo, who was a purchasing agent, was very good at intelligence work. He knew the information of everyone in the courtyard like the back of his hand.

"Yes, that's right, the Hua family still runs a martial arts school."

After killing the Gray Serpent, Rita was reporting the mission progress to Otto on a dimly lit street. The eerie blue light made the atmosphere even more strange in the night.

Besides offering "after-sales service" to Gray Serpent, what Rita cared about most was Gray Serpent's last words before he died. "Now... you are also in the eye of the serpent."

"This guy is the World Serpent's agent planted in Sky Dome City." Otto told Rita not to worry, he would handle the World Serpent's affairs personally. Rita's move to kill the Gray Serpent had put the game on the board in a dead end.

"Rita, you should have been prepared for this, right?"

When Otto asked her question, Rita smiled slightly and explained to him that a dead end was exactly the result she wanted.

Gray Serpent's electronic devices all required electronic components to open, but she didn't have time to try them one by one, nor could she forcefully crack the devices. So she had no choice but to take the original components and devices with her, cutting off Theresa and the others' chance to obtain information from the corpses.

The whereabouts of the Herrscher of the Void, such important information, must have been backed up at the base. In order to lure Theresa into a trap, Rita even left something behind, namely the authentication chip on the inside of her wrist.

"Among the traitors in the Far East Branch is a top hacker— Bronya Zaychik."

She left a decoy, letting the Far East Branch deal with the enemies at the stronghold for her. At the last moment after obtaining the intelligence, she would strike, and then she would not only find out the whereabouts of the Herrscher of the Void, but also capture Theresa and the others in one fell swoop.

"Oh, brilliant deduction, but deduction is just deduction. We still need to see if Theresa can act as you expect." Otto clapped his hands, praising Rita's plan.

"Your Bishop, please rest assured, I will set up an ambush near the Gray Serpent's stronghold and wait for them to take the bait."

"Rita, you actually schemed against me?!" Theresa looked at Rita, who was sitting in the front row, with disbelief on her face.

"Lady Theresa, this isn't a scheme. After all, we're adversaries in the story. I can't disobey Bishop Otto's orders, and all I'm thinking of is taking you back." Rita's smile was different from Otto's, and it didn't evoke any ill will in people.

In the last row, Kosma watched the movie quietly.

Beside him sat a girl he had never seen before, full of life, with long, smooth, golden hair tied in a side ponytail. She wore a beige shirt over a black vest, a black and red plaid mini skirt that reached her thighs, black stockings, and small leather shoes.

"Kosma, with your taciturn nature, you must stay far away from these kinds of bad women in the future. Don't let them fool you. It's one thing to be scammed out of money, but you can't be scammed yourself..."

The girl looked very serious.

"..." Kosma remained silent for a long time before finally managing to utter a single word. "Okay."

Kosma wanted to say that he had seen far too many bad women. If he really went around them, he probably wouldn't even be able to go home. For example, Elysia, Mobius, Vill-V, and... does Mebius count?

Central Europe.

"A very clever approach." This was Otto's approval.

"Rita is completely different from Bianka. She's shrewd and capable. Whoever becomes the next president, she can assist them well." Otto nodded.

"So... that's why you sent Rita to the Far East?" Kallen mumbled, her mouth stuffed with popcorn, just like Kiana. No wonder they were both from the same Kaslana clan.

"Kallen, finish eating before you talk," Otto said affectionately.

"Hmm..." Kallen swallowed before speaking, "Rita, I've met her. She has some strange relationship with Bianka. Doesn't this count as breaking them up?"

Otto smiled even more broadly at this.

In his eyes, homosexuality is a cult, while heterosexuality is the right path!

Rita went to the Gray Serpent's stronghold first, hid herself, and waited for Theresa and the others to take the bait.

"Lady Theresa... please don't disappoint me!"

Not long after, Theresa and her group arrived at the Gray Serpent's stronghold. Bronya used Gray Serpent's chip to shut down the patrol mechs at the stronghold.

Theresa couldn't help but wonder about Gray Serpent's identity when she saw so many guarded mechs patrolling an intelligence broker's hideout. What exactly were they protecting with such tight security?

After infiltrating the Gray Serpent's stronghold, Bronya, under the cover of Theresa and Mei, began to attempt to hack into Gray Serpent's system. Just as Bronya had hacked into the system, the scene shifted.

The girl holding the black rabbit doll's body began to flicker continuously, gradually becoming systematized. The scene went black, and when it came back on, she had many wires plugged into her body, and her upper face was covered by a mask.

With Bronya's advanced hacking skills, she easily cracked the layers of traps that Gray Serpent had left in the system database. To her surprise, Gray Serpent had actually saved all the network information flowing through Sky Dome City without organizing or filtering it at all.

"Is there anything about Kiana in this?"

"Maybe... but it will take Bronya several days to find out the result."

"Then take them all."

"Impossible. Migrating such a massive amount of data would take even longer."

Bronya suddenly seemed to realize something. As an information broker, it was very strange that she didn't organize and filter the information. Through further investigation, she discovered the problem.

All the information Gray Serpent retrieved pointed to the same interface; he possessed an intelligence processing tool beyond imagination.

"To be precise, it's not a tool, it's 'she,' a cyborg."

By fitting the brain into a quantum computer box, it gains astonishing computing power.

As they were talking, the cyborg moved.

"Could this be Seele?!" Rosalia exclaimed in surprise.

"No, her voice actress isn't Seele, and besides, Mom would never allow Seele to undergo such a transformation." Lilia shook her head.

Mobius, sitting in the back row, licked his lips.

"Mobius, don't even think about reforming others, especially Klein," May quickly said.

"I wouldn't!" Veins bulged on Mobius's pale forehead. "I'm not some kind of devilish scientist!"

Chapter 161 Sakura: Rin, don't look, it's forbidden knowledge.

After locating the cyborg and engaging in a few minutes of fighting, Theresa was astonished to discover that the supposedly cyborg, whose brain was supposedly matched with a quantum computer, was just a child. However, before Theresa could finish speaking, the other side...

"I don't have time to answer children's questions. Let your parents ask them. The payment will be the usual standard." That was her answer, so concise.

Theresa's pale forehead bulged with veins. "A child?! You... you're so polite! I'm much older than you..."

Just as Theresa was about to reveal her real age, Mei stopped her. Because the headmistress was angered by the other party's words, Mei had to negotiate with her herself.

Mei first told the other party that Gray Serpent was dead, and then explained that her group were Gray Serpent's partners and would provide her with protection.

"Protection? You just dismantled all the mechs protecting me... Hmm, I do need protection now." The cyborg girl nodded, seemingly deep in thought.

"Aunt..." Kiana had just called out to Theresa, but before she could even finish her sentence, Theresa covered her mouth.

"Shut up!" Theresa blushed, whether from embarrassment or anger, but one thing was clear: she understood exactly what Kiana was about to say.

"Pfft." Mei laughed out loud.

Not only Mei, but everyone in the screening room gradually burst into laughter. Amidst the cheers, Theresa's face grew redder and redder until she shouted, "Ahhh, Yaqing, I, Theresa, will never forgive you!"

"Is she the headmistress of St. Freya Academy?" Desdobina, sitting next to Kosma, asked curiously.

"...Hmm." Kosma nodded.

"...I'm used to it, can't you talk a little more?" Desdobina continued, "I wonder if I can get into the St. Freya Academy. Kosma, which academy are you planning to apply to?"

"... Chiyu Academy."

Central Europe, the Schicksal Headquarters.

The little house where Otto and Kallen loved each other.

"Excellent, excellent. Little Theresa is indeed as innocent and lovely as a child. Yaqing is truly worthy of being my student; your views are remarkably consistent with mine." Otto patted the bed, his eyes filled with affection and admiration.

"If little Theresa heard this, she'd probably throw a tantrum." Kallen found it amusing; Otto seemed to think he was right.

"Why? I genuinely admire little Theresa's cuteness." Otto was puzzled; what was wrong with his words?

"No, no, as long as you don't say it in front of Theresa, there's no problem," Kallen, suppressing a laugh.

And not far away is the Schicksal -owned cinema.

"Little brother, how long are you going to keep playing this Theresa height joke?" Cecilia smiled broadly, a stark contrast to Ziegfried next to her, who was laughing so hard he was slapping his thigh.

"The Honkai 3rd storyline is never-ending, and Theresa's height joke will live on forever," Yaqing laughed.

"In order to find our friend's whereabouts, we would like to ask you..."

Unfortunately, the cyborg girl didn't give Mei any face and still demanded payment for the questions, even pulling out a POS machine and looking extremely professional.

This slow and tedious progress made Bronya impatient, so she directly pointed the cannon of the Project Bunny at the head of the cyborg girl.

"Use this to pay the bill first, then come with us."

Theresa specifically asked Mei to stay behind, saying she had a task for her.

The plot unfolded in a way that surprised everyone. They all thought that the gentle Mei would obediently pay the money, but Bronya's approach was to directly coerce her.

"Wow!" Rosalia exclaimed, "Bronya, I never knew you could be so irritable."

Bronya waved her hand. "Using unconventional methods is perfectly normal. Don't forget, in 'The Azure Sea Chapter,' Bronya was specially trained as an assassin!"

"Bronya's using her signature Bronya verbal tic again!" Lilia said.

"Me neither!" Bronya only felt like a child when she was with the twins. "Bronya has grown up and will absolutely... absolutely never refer to herself as Bronya again!"