Collapse City, Starting by Making an Anime Version of Honkai

"Himeko!!!"

"Why doesn't Otto teach Theresa?" Kallen asked curiously.

Otto pondered for a moment, then explained, "There are only two possibilities. First, I want the wielder of the Divine Key to explore the weapon's usage on their own. Second, the Divine Key's usage might cause some harm to the human body."

There was also a third possibility: a fully unleashed Divine Key would introduce uncertainty, even a threat, to his plans, and Otto would never allow any flaws in his plan to resurrect the Saint.

Kallen worried, "Could Anti-Entropy be using little Theresa?"

"No, I understand these 'old friends'," Otto chuckled. "They are absolute idealists, and would never intentionally harm anyone, except..."

"So what did you do, Otto, to make Anti-Entropy hate you so much?" Kallen asked curiously.

Otto pondered, trying hard to remember.

"I don't remember."

[As the chains extending from Judah in Theresa's hand tracked their target, a piercing alarm sounded. Siegfried, listening to Salome's anxious report, learned that about 300 Honkai Beasts had arrived near the Tower of Babylon.

"Hold on, I'm coming!"

Siegfried had just taken a step when Welt stopped him. He saw that the Honkai Beasts were stalling for time, so he ordered Einstein to stay and guard the Tower of Babylon, while he, Siegfried, and Theresa set off together.

"But..." Siegfried wanted to argue, but didn't know where to start. Welt was right; if the enemy could tear space, then Salome and the others would only be a burden.

The scene shifted to Sirin's perspective. She stood on the water, her left hand clutching her chest, blue Honkai energy radiating from her fingers, constantly muttering to herself.

"Tear... tear... tear space..."

Sirin suddenly opened her eyes.

"Tear apart human hearts☆"

At the same time, on Destiny's floating island, the beautiful Cecilia, carrying a baguette in her left hand and groceries in her right, received a call from Siegfried. Faced with the promise of not being able to have dinner with Kiana, Siegfried apologized profusely.

"I understand, dear," Cecilia said understandingly, while reminding Siegfried to be careful on his mission.

Walking home, Cecilia suddenly paused, looking at the blond boy in an ill-fitting white shirt in front of her, and wondered, "Who... is this child?"

Immediately afterward, the little boy's inner voice answered everything for the audience. It turned out that he was none other than Bishop Otto, who, due to a mistake, had damaged his new body and could only use a spare.

And the voice of little Otto was naturally not that of President Otto, but the childish voice faked by Patrick.]

"So gentle, so beautiful, Cecilia." Cecilia's reappearance caught the attention of the Golden Courtyard's lesbians, their eyes shining as they stared intently at Yaqing.

Yaqing's forehead dripped with cold sweat. Before Elysia could call out "Good Yaqing," he quickly said, "That's my sister, Elysia. She's already married and has children."

"Don't be so nervous, Miss Fairy hasn't said anything yet?" Elysia winked. "But this child would look good in women's clothing."

Yaqing followed Elysia's gaze to the screen, which showed the young Otto, and his heart jumped into his throat. He had indeed made President Otto dress as a woman later on.

"Otto, I didn't expect... hahaha." Kallen laughed so hard she bent over.

Otto helplessly patted Kallen's back, telling her not to choke.

Chapter 17: Destiny's Sin

[Following Judah's chains, Theresa and the others arrived in front of a huge circular building. Theresa, driven by curiosity, touched the wall. Welt scolded her not to touch it, but before he could explain, a white, illusory hand grabbed Theresa's arm.

"What..." Theresa turned back in alarm, only to see countless white hands extending from the wall, forcibly dragging Theresa in, even covering her mouth.

Siegfried rushed forward, wanting to rescue Theresa, but Welt stopped him. Welt told Siegfried to calm down, that rushing in rashly would only be a waste of life.

Welt's decision was correct, but he was facing the wrong person. He was facing the head of the Kaslana family, the most chivalrous person in the world. Siegfried shook off Welt's hand, his tone solemn.

"Even if it's dangerous, I'm going to save Theresa. The Kaslana family never abandons their comrades."

Siegfried reached out to the wall, wondering what the hand was all about. As a cracking sound rang out, a massive Emperor-class Honkai Beast burst out of the wall, and Siegfried, who had just made a cool speech, was immediately dumbfounded.

"Wait... wait a minute!!"]

"That's right."

Kiana at St. Freya Academy, Kevin in the Golden Courtyard, Siegfried at home, and Kallen in Otto and Kallen's little love nest.

Different locations, different people, actually said it in unison.

"He still has some conscience," Theresa scoffed. To get her to change her opinion of Siegfried based solely on the anime's plot was simply impossible. Immediately afterward, she gnashed her teeth in anger.

The slightly drunk Himeko quietly moved away from Theresa and sat next to Fuhua Shishi.

"Eh?! Himeko, why are you sitting over here? Ew, a nasty smell of alcohol, stay away from me," Fuhua Shishi wondered for a moment, then covered her nose and waved her hand in disgust.

Himeko smiled maliciously, leaned on Fuhua Shishi's shoulder, and deliberately exhaled a breath.

"Ahhh!!! Old fossil, aren't you going to do something about this?!" Fuhua Shishi scrambled behind Fu Hua with both hands and feet.

Fu Hua, who didn't want to bother and just wanted to watch the movie quietly, sighed helplessly, "Teacher Himeko, you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk," Himeko retorted stubbornly, still holding a beer bottle in her arms.

"Sigh," Fu Hua sighed helplessly.

[Theresa, dragged into the building's space, saw Sirin's past. The initial evil came from Destiny's bewitchment. When the needle pierced Sirin's arm, Theresa turned back sharply, witnessing Sirin's pain as a test subject.]

"It hurts... it hurts... it hurts."

Sirin endured unbelievable pain.

Amidst the researchers' voices, treating her like trash, space shifted. Sirin stood on snowy ground, facing what could only be called a grave, marked by three branches. She murmured, "Aurora... Agatha... Bella... rest well."

Theresa hugged Sirin from behind, softly saying, "I'm sorry."

"Heh, you only think to apologize now?!"

Sirin sneered. Azure energy lifted her gently into the air. The white smock of an experimental subject seemed to burn away, transforming into a purple feathered dress, long ribbons swaying in the wind. Golden eyes glared resentfully at Theresa below.

"Too late. I want revenge. No one from Destiny will survive!☆"

"Sirin was so miserable," Kiana, who always argued with Sirin, couldn't help but sigh.

"Kiana, isn't Sirin Kaslana your older sister?" Bronya suddenly asked.

"Yeah," Kiana replied, puzzled why Bronya asked. "Bronya, what's wrong?"

Bronya's expression was strange. She initially thought Yaqing was using his superior as the ultimate villain, but Yaqing was even more ruthless than she imagined, directly using his own niece as the big bad.

"What's your uncle's relationship with Sirin like?" Bronya asked curiously.

"Ugh." Kiana thought for a moment, a look of distaste on her pretty face. "Not good. That stinky uncle always teased me and Sirin when we were little. I heard from my stinky dad that stinky uncle took me to the company when I was really little, so now whenever he sees me, he's like, 'Kiana, I used to hold you when you were a baby!'"

"Pfft."

It wasn't that funny, but Kiana's imitation was so exaggerated that everyone present burst out laughing, the loudest being Fuhua Shishi.

"Hahaha, Old Timer, did you hear that? I didn't expect Yaqing to do something like that. I always thought he was the gentle type," Fuhua Shishi said, forcefully patting Fu Hua.

Fu Hua frowned. This girl was quite strong, and it hurt a bit. "Shishi, don't pat my chest."

"Ah, chest? I thought it was back..."

Before Fuhua Shishi could finish, she received a punch from Fu Hua, resulting in a bump on her head and tears in her eyes.

"Him? Gentle?" Kiana said with disbelief, recalling the things Yaqing had done, such as stealing her lollipop, adding bitter melon powder to Sirin's snacks, and stealing the toilet paper before Sirin went to the bathroom, causing Sirin to stay there for three hours.

Kiana shuddered.

Bronya also looked strange. She had heard of Yaqing's deeds: using three years to completely wipe out Destiny's century-old family, and sinking forty-seven researchers into the sea in a single day. How could any of that be considered gentle?

[The scene shifts to outside the Tower of Babylon, revealing the forgotten Salome and Shub. Shub was listlessly chewing on dried squid, even offering a piece to Salome.

Salome grabbed her shoulders and shook her vigorously, reminding her that it was still mission time.

Shub said that was true, but their ally was too powerful, leaving them with nothing to do. At the same time, she looked at Einstein above the Tower of Babylon.

Einstein, like playing a game, used a controller in her hand to control machines that blocked all the Honkai Beasts.

"A simple battle," Einstein remarked. "However, it seems like I've forgotten something..."

"Achoo."

With a sneeze, the scene cuts to Anti-Entropy's base 30 kilometers away. A certain red-haired doctor already had a layer of snow accumulating on her head, trembling and muttering to herself, "So slow! Why hasn't Chickenhead sent a communication yet?! I'm going to catch a cold..." ]

"Why is Chickenhead so cool in the story? I'm just like a comedian, I'm not convinced!" Dr. Tesla exclaimed angrily.

Dr. Einstein remained calm, even asking Joyce to bring her a cup of coffee, and said in a calm tone, "Dr. Tesla, I feel you are very suitable for the role of a comedic character."

"Chickenhead, I'm going to fight you!"

"Coffee! The coffee is going to spill!"

"So we're just extras," Shub typed in complaint.

"Note, dead extras," Salome retorted.

"Hehe." Cheng Lixue looked at the chat of her colleagues on her phone, her mouth twitching. There was no need to keep reminding them that none of them would survive in the later plot.

Chapter 18: Help Me, Mr. Welt

[Sirin, having manifested her true Herrscher form, reached the peak of her hatred for Destiny. However, Theresa's physique was too misleading, leading Sirin to believe that she was a girl of the same age, so she decided to let her go and have her pledge her loyalty.

Sirin tried to recruit Theresa, and Theresa tried to persuade Sirin to give up the idea of revenge.

Sirin, rejected, was not angry, but felt bored. Recalling Theresa's gentleness towards them at the Tower of Babylon, Sirin had no desire to kill Theresa. After forcibly confiscating Judah's Oath, she casually teleported Theresa to the southern edge of Siberia, Lake Baikal.

"Here, calm down first."

"After I kill the others who come to investigate, let's have a good talk."

The icy lake water reminded Theresa of what Einstein had said: that Judah could track based on Honkai energy. Without time to think, Theresa immediately took action.

Using Judah's anti-tracking ability, Theresa successfully returned to where Sirin was. Her persistent attitude angered Sirin, who raised her hand and sent a spear towards Theresa.

Theresa quickly used Judah's Oath to block it, but the spear seemed to phase through Judah, even through Theresa's body, without leaving any wounds.

"Just a non-corporeal phantom?"

Before Theresa could finish, Sirin snapped her fingers crisply. Theresa's beautiful eyes widened suddenly, and a smear of blood appeared in the picture. The originally phantom spear changed from illusory to real, piercing through Theresa's petite body.

"This spear... is real."]

"Ah, my little Theresa! It really breaks my heart." Otto exaggeratedly clutched his chest, although he said he was heartbroken, there was not a trace of heartache in his tone.

Kallen rolled her eyes at him. "Little Theresa is still too careless."

"But isn't that in character?" Otto chuckled.

"Otto, if Little Theresa heard that, she'd throw a tantrum at you," Kallen said, amused.

"I would love it if Little Theresa would come back from the Far East and throw a tantrum at me over a single sentence," Otto said wistfully. Since Theresa had gone to the Far East, she had rarely contacted Otto.

"Facing her first battle and immediately suffering a crushing defeat." Bronya solemnly pulled out a microphone from who-knows-where, her expressionless face utterly serious. "Headmaster, any thoughts?"

Theresa desperately wanted to bury her head in a sofa cushion.

"I..."

Bronya didn't know that while she was teasing Theresa now, she would be mocked back by Theresa many times over in the future, becoming one of the few Herrschers in the Honkai series to suffer defeat.

[Meanwhile, Ziegfried was struggling to withstand an Emperor-class Honkai Beast when he cried out, "Help me, First Herrscher!" Walter Yang finally intervened, obliterating the Honkai Beast with a wave of his hand. Using his Herrscher powers, he forcibly tore open the Imaginary Space barrier.

Walter Yang and Ziegfried found Sirin and Theresa, who was unconscious on the ground. Walter immediately told Ziegfried to take Theresa away first, while he stayed behind to hold off the Second Herrscher.

As Ziegfried picked up Theresa, preparing to leave, the ignored Sirin finally attacked. Walter instantly stepped forward, blocking the rapidly approaching Spears of the Void.]