Hei Seele Goes on a Rampage; Who Is Cocolia? (Continued)

It doesn't sound like something a decent person would say.

But when Dark Seele said it, it didn't sound out of place at all.

She chased after the puppet, slicing through the summoned enemies with ease, until finally, she grabbed the puppet's head, ripped it off, and threw it into the bottomless abyss.

She then went up to the platform, intending to take this opportunity to do something fun to Bronya, but leaving the theater was more important. Just as she was about to open the gap, Bronya arrived.

Dark Seele found it amusing.

So she adopted Seele's tone.

Bronya recognized her at a glance; it was the same Seele who had ambushed her in the Sea of Quanta last time.

The two worked together to open the rift and returned to the Salt Lake Base.

Although she successfully returned to reality, Bronya could feel that the connection between herself and the Herrscher Core had disappeared, as if a void had been carved out of her body.

"Pfft, hahahaha."

When Dark Seele imitated Seele's tone, Pardo burst out laughing.

"We're about to burst out laughing. Dark Seele's clothes and hairstyle have changed. How could Bronya not notice? Hahahaha."

Pardo laughed so hard she almost fell over.

"It's very simple. Dark Seele's outfit may just be to make the audience distinguish between her and Seele. Perhaps in Bronya's eyes, Seele's body has not changed at all."

Vill-V offered an explanation, seemingly feeling that her explanation was not convincing enough, and then offered her own analogy of multiple personalities.

"Pardo, you see, it's like I have eight personalities. Every time another personality takes over, does my body undergo other changes?"

Once Vill-V explained it this way, Pardo understood.

The progress bar is gradually moving further ahead.

This signifies that the week's storyline is coming to an end.

Back in reality, Dark Seele stepped on the corpse of a doll on the ground and prepared to leave, but was stopped by Bronya. She and the other Seele had not yet introduced themselves to each other.

After learning of Dark Seele's existence, Bronya suddenly understood things she couldn't comprehend as a child. Seele seemed like a completely different person, from her habits and lifestyle to... bullying Anzu Maar.

Bronya would remember even the smallest change in Seele, but she never spoke of it because Seele wanted to keep it a secret.

After hearing Bronya ask who she really was, Dark Seele jokingly replied that she was a monster, born from Stigmata, and that all the bad things she did were her doing, and had nothing to do with Seele.

Bronya bluntly expressed her opinion, believing that the bad things Dark Seele said were actually a way of protecting Seele.

Dark Seele pouted and denied it outright. She didn't admit that it was protection; she only said that if Seele died, she would die too.

Dark Seele's tone suddenly turned slightly jealous, and with a mischievous smile, she revealed all of Seele's thoughts to Bronya. Just as she was about to leave, Bronya called her back.

Will I ever see you again?

"What do you mean? You suddenly can't bear to part with me?"

Even Dark Seele herself didn't notice that her tone had softened.

Bronya stated that her suspicions have been confirmed today.

"Even if you keep saying things that are deliberately annoying and doing exaggerated things to make people afraid of you and stay away from you... that's not what you really think. You are Seele's other side, and you are the same in essence. Bronya, don't worry."

Faced with Bronya's sincerity, Dark Seele sighed.

"Sigh, is there something wrong with my understanding of this world, or is that girl's naivety contagious? Why is she surrounded by people like that?"

Dark Seele's tone was utterly helpless.

"Fine, fine, whatever you say. After all, you're Seele's dearest older sister."

Even the usually stubborn Dark Seele blushed slightly upon hearing those words.

"One last question, how should Bronya address you?"

"Just call me Seele. Hmm? It doesn't really distinguish me... Ah, you can't call me 'Hill,' otherwise... you can guess what will happen."

Dark Seele's tone was sinister, almost threatening.

"Let's keep it simple. We'll use 'Dark Seele' and 'White Seele' for specific occasions. It's a bit strange, but it's acceptable."

Bronya smiled faintly.

"Hehe, I understand, but let's stick with the usual way of calling it for now."

"Goodbye, Seele. Next time we meet, tell Bronya more about your story."

"She's so good at it."

Elysia couldn't help but sigh as she watched Bronya's few words cause Dark Seele's attitude towards her to change 380 degrees.

["My goodness, Bronya knows how to flirt! What is she going to do? Enjoy two kinds of pleasure by herself?! Kiana doesn't even get this treatment."]

"No, Kiana could have received that kind of treatment before, as the gentle Mei and the domineering Raiden Queen, but now it's the domineering Mei."

"Shut up! Don't remind me of Sinners Elegy at such a joyous ending!"

"A sentence suddenly came to mind: 'The three of us living a good life is more important than anything else.'"

"Having learned about Hill, I understand Hill now."

"But then again, does nobody really care about Anzu Maar? Even though they're both from the Cocolia Orphanage, she seems to be ostracized; she's barely even in the main storyline."

If it weren't for mentioning the name Anzu Maar, Sakura would have almost forgotten about her existence; she left quite a deep impression on her in the manga.

To use a term from the internet, it would be "little devil".

"Anzu Maar originally thought she would be a minor boss, but she didn't even make a peek."

Vill-V shook her head.

"How pitiful."

On the edge of the Siberian Snowfield, at the Cocolia Orphanage.

"Left-behind children" Anzu Maar is raising many children alone. The Vodka sisters, Seele and Bronya have all gone to the Far East, leaving her to take care of them all alone.

"Sister Xing, is the Anzu Maar that Sister Bronya mentioned you?"

A little child asked innocently.

"Of course."

Anzu Maar was quite proud.

"Why hasn't Sister Xing appeared yet? Does she only live on through other people's words?"

Innocent and naive, just a child's playful remark.

It was like a knife stuck in Anzu Maar's heart.

"Poor Sister Xing, she was bullied so much by Sister Seele when she was little..."

"Yes, yes, if someone puts food I don't like in my bowl, I'll definitely cry..."

"That's right, that's right, I hate Canned Food chili peppers the most too..."

Anzu Maar clutched her chest, furious at the words of these little devils.

Cocolia watched helplessly as this scene unfolded before her.

She didn't know why, but it was as if Xing had offended Yaqing; apart from the comics, she was never seen appearing anywhere else.

She is worlds apart from Bronya and Seele; even the Anzu Maar sisters cannot compare to her.

After all, those two sisters had a lot of storylines in "The Day the Stars and You Vanished".

After the incident report ended and she returned to her room, Seele still couldn't introduce Dark Seele to everyone. Dark Seele didn't think it was a big deal, since she felt that taking care of one Seele was already troublesome enough.

But the audience can analyze what she says for themselves.

"But... I want to let everyone know that you exist."

"Not just Sister Bronya, but also Rosalia, Lilia, Kiana, Doctor... everyone who cares about me and takes care of me."

"They should know that there is another me inside me, who grew up with me and coexisted with me. You are an inseparable part of me, and together we are the whole of [Seele]."

"I hope all my friends can become your friends."

The superb straight shot left Dark Seele completely disoriented.

In order to quickly regain the initiative, Dark Seele planned to make a joke, saying that one day she would forcibly take control, stand on the table and shout that she was Seele, trying to embarrass Seele.

Unexpectedly, Seele offered her opinion seriously.

Dark Seele immediately retorted that only Rosalia could probably do something like that.

The room was once filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Let Hua come over and learn how to soothe a child!"

Elysia seemed to have been hit by this direct approach, and she kept telling Fu Hua to learn from her.

"Wait a minute, is this still Honkai? Why does it feel so warm and cozy?"

Sakura's eyes widened.

If things continued to be this warm and cozy, then what was the point of her and Ling's deaths?!

"Sister Ying, isn't warmth and coziness good enough?"

Pardo was puzzled.

"Good..."

Sakura was speechless, choked by the words.

Meanwhile, Rosalia, suddenly interrupted by the Q, waved her arms in dissatisfaction, stood on the table, and shouted, "I would never do that!"

Lilia's face remained expressionless; she simply pointed at Rosalia.

Rosalia then realized that her current actions were exactly the same as those described by Dark Seele, and she got off the table in a huff.

"How outrageous! This is maliciously smearing the reputation of us Vodka Sisters!"

Rosalia was indignant.

"This is not a smear campaign."

Lilia took a sip of water calmly.

"Besides, even if it's a smear campaign, it's against Rosalia, and has nothing to do with Lilia."

Upon hearing this, Rosalia felt as if she had been utterly betrayed. She clutched her chest, her face filled with disbelief.

"Lilia, how can you say that? Have you forgotten the vow we made?"

"I forgot."

The scene shifts back to the Theater of Domination.

Countless figures hovered in mid-air. With stiff steps, they whispered to each other, as if possessed, endlessly repeating what they had said before. They would not disappear, and the malice would not disappear.

A thousand eyes were simultaneously drawn to the center of the theater.

A solemn and dignified Judgement.

A puppet stood on it and struck the still hammer in its hand.

"Quiet, quiet! Now let's formulate the next strategy."

That concludes this week's episode.

"As expected, I knew these puppets wouldn't be destroyed so easily."

Sakura immediately felt it was right.

The story should be like this: Honkai is inevitable. There's no such thing as warmth, sweetness, or a perfect ending. The main thing is the emotional impact, and the screenwriter's job is to make the audience cry.

"Even Dark Seele's frenzied attacks couldn't wipe them out?!"

Pardo was incredulous.

"It's possible that 1,000 of them would need to be eliminated simultaneously to kill this Herrscher."

Vill-V stroked her smooth chin and offered her own guess.

"Huh? If they want to hide, then neither Schicksal nor the World Serpent can eliminate them at the same time? Hiding in the shadows and constantly causing small disturbances, it's disgusting!"

Elysia was furious.