Bronya: Making Fun of Me Again?

They cannot be called the male protagonist, but rather the victim.

What goes around comes around. In the last movie, when Kiana saved Fu Hua, the comments were all about Mei in World Serpent. Now, with the storyline involving Mei and Raven, the comments are all about Kiana being in Anti-Entropy.

"Bad woman? You can't say that. It's more accurate to say that everyone has the right to pursue love."

Vita's eyes crinkled into crescents, her tone seemingly both instigating and stating a fact.

No one knows what she's really thinking.

"Vita, you ship Mei and Raven?"

Pardo was surprised.

"Yeah, the relationship between Yaya and Yaya is so sweet."

Vita tilted her head.

Heresy!!!

Pardo roared inwardly.

St. Freya Academy dormitory area.

Sirin, who was live streaming, suddenly grinned.

"I wonder what the Brainless Idiot would think if it saw this part."

Bella shook her head and put down her milk tea and fries.

The reaction that Sirin had been longing to see was destined to be disappointment.

Kiana's feelings were a bit complicated, but she was already numb from the events that followed, and besides, she believed in Mei —or rather, Mei's love for her in the story.

The appearance of the Sinners Elegy destined Mei and Kiana to be inseparable.

At night, Mei and Raven arrived at the warehouse where they were on a mission. After avoiding the patrolling mechs, they spotted a suspicious person. Mei knocked out the somewhat mentally unstable man with an electric shock.

The moment the box was opened, even though they were prepared, the two still felt a strange sensation, as if they had been pulled into the [Theater of Domination].

But there was no sign of the Raven; perhaps it had been teleported elsewhere.

"Welcome to the Theater of Domination, a truly unexpected guest!"

The doll, contrary to its usual foul mouth towards Bronya and Seele, invited Mei to visit.

The doll didn't attack her, which surprised Mei and made her even more vigilant.

When the doll leads Mei on a tour, monsters always appear out of nowhere, and every word the doll says is meant to tempt Mei to use the power of the Herrscher.

The audience naturally knew that once Mei used the power of the Herrscher, she would probably have her powers taken away, and they were worried about Mei when they were pulled into the theater.

Mei, of course, wouldn't fall for the trap. She eliminated the enemy in front of her with just her sword. When she arrived at the depths of the theater, Mei was still analyzing the information she had obtained and trying to get more information out of the doll.

The dolls responded to Mei's every word, even proposing a collaboration that would demonstrate the power of the Herrscher of Reason and tempt Mei to hand over the power of the Herrscher of Thunder to them, so that they could then seize the power of the Herrscher of the Void.

In this way, Mei and Kiana can both turn back into ordinary humans and return to normal life, no longer having to worry about the Honkai.

Mei noticed the flaw in the doll's words.

Let it seize the power of the Herrscher of the Void first, turn Kiana back into an ordinary person, and then give it the power of the Herrscher of Thunder.

This was clearly a sarcastic remark, but unexpectedly, the doll thought about it carefully and finally came to the conclusion that it might not be able to defeat the Herrscher of Reason with its power alone.

"I think so too. I'm sorry, but I don't believe Kiana will lose to you no matter what."

Mei crossed her arms over her chest.

"So your suggestion is worthless."

After being rejected by Mei, the doll became enraged and summoned the mechs that everyone had spent more than ten hours building to deal with Mei. However, these mechs did not require Mei to use her powers of Herrscher of Thunder.

Finally, the Raven arrived, first blowing up the mech with one shot, and then killing the puppet with another.

After dealing with the doll, the two returned to the real world.

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399

Chapter 399 Bronya: Is this another instance of me being teased?

"I always felt that the dolls treated Mei and Bronya completely differently."

Sakura frowned.

Her words also prompted everyone to think.

Thinking back carefully, when facing Bronya, the doll kept making sarcastic remarks, seemingly hoping that Bronya would use her Herrscher Authority so that she could successfully seize them.

But this time, when facing Mei, it seemed like he was deliberately trying to make Mei wary, so that she wouldn't dare to use her Herrscher Authority.

Their attitudes were worlds apart.

Sakura had obviously thought of this, but she didn't understand why. Since the doll could seize the Herrscher Authority, why should Mei be wary and not use the Herrscher Authority? Wouldn't that be shooting herself in the foot?

It's impossible that the doll did this on purpose just to win Mei over, right?

Deliberately guiding the discussion towards the Herrscher Authority is something only a fool wouldn't think of.

"There's a problem, a big problem."

Mei stroked her smooth chin.

"What's wrong?"

Elysia had no idea where the problem lay.

"Did you notice? The doll's words seem to be trying to get Mei to voluntarily hand over her powers. If it could just take them directly, why go through all this trouble?"

A sudden inspiration struck Mei.

"Do you think it's possible that the doll can't actually take away Mei's powers?"

Mei's words were like a drop of warm water falling into hot oil, instantly causing a huge uproar.

"How is that possible?"

Elysia was the first to raise questions. Bronya set a precedent, so what does the Herrscher of Thunder have that the Herrscher of Reason has? Why can she take away the Herrscher of Herrscher of Reason but not the Herrscher of Thunder? This doesn't make sense.

Another day for ducklings.

Mei also offered her own speculation on this issue.

To paraphrase Kevin's words in the anime, Mei is the chosen Herrscher, while Bronya inherited Walter Yang's Herrscher Core. Perhaps... Bronya isn't very skilled at controlling the Herrscher Core's powers.

Perhaps they forgot.

Mei did not speculate about her ascension to immortality.

Back in the real world, Mei and Raven review the doll's performance. From the doll's words of guidance and Authority of Reason, Mei deduce that the doll can bypass the core and seize power.

The Raven was clearly suspicious.

Mei gave an example: the Staff of the Underworld.

To use an analogy, the core is like a tap, from which the energy of the Imaginary Space flows out. The Staff of the Underworld is like plugging the tap, while the puppet is like connecting a pipe to let the energy flow into its own bucket.

Mei asked Raven to bring the doll back first, as she had some things to confirm.

When Mei figured out that the doll could seize the Herrscher Authority, the audience finally breathed a sigh of relief. Once Mei became vigilant, she certainly wouldn't follow in Bronya's footsteps.

For some reason, Bronya felt a faint sadness.

She could already imagine the duckling segment in the live chat.

He was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

I feel a little resentful.

His towering chest heaved with breath.

The scene shifts to a bright and sunny day, where Fu Hua and Theresa, whom we haven't seen in a long time, appear on screen. After Einstein's analysis, they arrive at the gate of a university in New Jersey.

And this is where the first Herrscher of Domination was born.

Their mission was to infiltrate the university, investigate the professor, and if he was alive, bring him back to Anti-Entropy; if he was dead, bring the doll back to Anti-Entropy.

The newly modeled Theresa wears a green beret, a green and white dress that resembles a uniform, and soft white silk stockings that wrap around her youthful legs, exuding youthful energy.

For some reason, when the audience saw Theresa, their first thought was Guān Xīng. The cycle of the Day the Stars and You Vanished left a very deep impression on them, coupled with Theresa's long absence from the public eye.

"How is the situation with the Herrscher of Sentience?"

Theresa asked the question they all wanted to ask.

Fu Hua didn't find much of a trace of Little Knowledge, but because of the core, she would occasionally see some fragments, but they were only fleeting glimpses.

She was very worried that if she continued to let Little Knowledge go unchecked, the Collapse Consciousness would target her again.

Theresa asked why they didn't try to find it using the power of the Herrscher Core, but Fu Hua unexpectedly rejected the idea.

Although the Herrscher Core resides within her, Little Knowledge has always controlled the power. It's like a tug-of-war; if she wants to use the Herrscher Authority, she must get Little Knowledge on her side.

From just a few words.

Viewers could tell that Little Knowledge was still angry, angry at Fu Hua, acting like a child throwing a tantrum and deliberately preventing Fu Hua from using her Herrscher Authority.

Elysia sighed.

"Little Knowledge is still angry. Sigh, if only Fu Hua had thought of this earlier. She had to provoke Little Knowledge before she regretted it."

"Is this what they mean by 'it's fun to torment a girl for a while, but it leads to a nightmare when you try to win her back'?"

Kevin said with a laugh.

"Isn't this about pursuing his wife?"

Mei laughed out loud.

"What I'm worried about now is whether Little Knowledge, who is wandering around, will be targeted by the puppets. If he is deceived and his powers are taken away, it will be troublesome."

Sakura's perspective differed from that of ordinary people. She was worried about Little Knowledge's current situation. As the only Herrscher alone, without even a physical body, it would be strange if she wasn't being targeted by the puppets.

"Surely not? She's Herrscher of Consciousness, after all. She was fooled by Kiana and Hua once, do you think she'd fall for it again?"

Optimist Kevin shared his perspective.

"I also think those dolls can't fool Little Knowledge. Given Little Knowledge's temper, he probably wouldn't be able to resist taking action the moment he hears the dolls speak."

Sakura felt the same way.

If those puppets dared to mention the incident at Tai Xu Mountain, Little Knowledge's temper would flare up. Forget about deceiving or turning them, it would be a question whether these puppets could even survive.

Don't underestimate Little Knowledge just because it doesn't have a physical body. The Herrscher of Sentience is temporarily stored in the Feather of the Wind created by the core of the Herrscher of Sentience. Isn't that a case of one plus one being greater than two?

Theresa wore this outfit specifically for the mission, but she was stopped by security guards when she was about to go in to carry it out, because the primary school was across the street.

Fu Hua immediately realized what was going on, took Theresa's hand, and gave the reason: her younger sister really wanted to get into this university, so she had brought her here today specifically to see it.

The security guard's gaze immediately softened.

Theresa, embarrassed, pretended to speak in a child's voice.

Once inside the school, she couldn't help but feel annoyed, not at the security guards, but at her own body—why was she stuck at such a young age?

"I'm so angry! I'm never dressing like this again!"

"Pfft."

Laughter echoed throughout the quiet Home Theater.

"Theresa is so cute, no wonder her outfit looks like a school uniform, hahaha."

Elysia smiled very happily.

"A 50,000-year-old sister brought her 50-year-old sister to visit the university. If we look at it from the age perspective, let alone the sister, Hua is old enough to be the ancestor of everyone in this civilization."

Sakura said with a smile.

"If you look at it that way, then it makes sense, hahaha."

Pardo laughed so hard she slapped the armrest of the seat until her palms turned red.

"Speaking of which, I wonder if Theresa will look exactly like Kallen when she grows up? Is that why Otto keeps Theresa at this age?"

Su had a bold guess.