Collapse City: The Anime Version of Honkai Begins
Chapter 97

A Shy Snake in Pink Underwear / The Fate of the World Is in Your Hands

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North America, Anti-Entropy Headquarters.

Joyce glanced awkwardly at Schrödinger.

Schrödinger noticed the stares of the crowd and felt uncomfortable, so he quietly pulled his Kitty hat down.

"Schrödinger, you..." Edison leaned closer, her pretty face serious.

"Edison, I...I'm definitely not on the side of Schicksal." Schrödinger pulled his Kitty hat down even lower, almost completely covering his face.

"Could it be Otto again?" Tesla's first suspect was Otto, of course not the real Otto.

"It's hard to say. Schrödinger's arm has already turned into Honkai Beasts, just like Mr. Ziegfried in the first part." Planck didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood what she meant.

It is suspected that Schrödinger's sudden pursuit of Joyce in the storyline is likely because Schicksal Headquarters conducted experiments on her, injecting her with Honkai Beasts factors, and there is a high probability that she was brainwashed.

"It's not that simple." Einstein refuted Planck's guess. "First of all, Edison, as the head of the North American branch, has considerable power behind him. Unless Edison is also dead, Schrödinger could not have fallen into the hands of headquarters."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't curse me!" Edison had a bad feeling.

"Just stating the facts." Einstein made himself another cup of coffee.

"I remember Yang read the script, didn't he? Why don't I just ask him?"

Joyce had just taken out her phone.

Tesla snatched Joyce's phone and said irritably, "The fun of watching a show is in the act of watching. If you just read the script, the fun is gone. Idiot, aren't you going out with Ai Yin today?"

Tesla's words immediately piqued the curiosity of Edison and the other two. Their gazes lingered between Einstein and Joyce, while Schrödinger was disregarded. Edison and Planck exchanged a glance.

"Oh, Einstein, where are you and Joyce going?" Planck put his arm around Einstein's shoulder.

Joyce looked a little flustered.

Einstein, however, remained unmoved, his expression unchanged, utterly calm.

"It's just going out together, to help him buy some daily necessities." Einstein chuckled, showing no sign of weakness despite Planck's teasing.

"Are you really just going out to buy daily necessities?" Edison tilted his head and asked seriously.

"Are you coming back tonight?" Planck asked.

"I'll definitely come back. If I don't, where will I live?" Einstein asked, knowing the answer already.

Seeing Einstein's reaction, the two realized they had been overthinking things and had assumed Einstein had passed the A exam.

"Tch~" Edison picked up an orange that Planck had bought and left the office to go home.

"Sigh." Planck sighed.

Chapter 150 The Shy Snakey in a Pink Dress

This week has been the most agonizing for those who are following the series. The suspense left by the previous episode has left them itching for more, especially the final scene where Schrödinger comes to kill Joyce.

"Kiana, the web series is about to start!" Mei called out towards the kitchen.

"Coming, coming!" Kiana rushed over, carrying a huge pile of snacks.

"I really don't know what's so interesting about this?" Theresa sipped her "tea"... or maybe it wasn't tea, but it was green anyway.

"Aunt, you say that, but when it's time for the update, your body is still obediently waiting in front of the TV." Kiana tore open a bag of potato chips, threw it into her mouth, and immediately felt that the taste was wrong.

"Ptooey, what's this taste?!" Kiana looked closely and saw that the potato chip packaging clearly said bitter melon flavor.

"How tasteless." Theresa sighed dramatically, snatching the bitter melon-flavored potato chips from Kiana's hand.

Kiana took a big gulp of cola, using the sweetness to mask the bitterness in her mouth. "Burp~, I'm alive again. Aunt, your taste... never mind, Bronya went out on a date with Seele again?"

"This morning, Bronya said she was going to the amusement park with Seele." Mei had a maternal smile on her face. Usually, it was Bronya who shipped her with her own pairing, but now it was her turn to ship Bronya with her own pairing.

"Oh, what about Himeko?"

Theresa waved her hand helplessly, "She must have gone out to hook up with men."

When the latest episode came out, Kiana exclaimed in surprise, "Is it the finale today?!"

The story doesn't begin by explaining why Schrödinger killed Joyce, but instead takes us to Edison, New Jersey, about seven hours earlier.

The Schrödinger appearing in the shot is still in a normal state; she seems to be talking to someone on the phone.

"Yes, that's why we came to New Jersey."

The person she was talking to made no sound, yet Schrödinger seemed to hear a reply, as if talking to himself.

The capricious "Princess" recklessly came to a laboratory in New Jersey to carry out the experiment she had conducted before, which was called absorbing all Schicksal Honkai energy and putting Schicksal out of work.

"It's okay, teacher, just focus on creating the 'surprise.' You planned to do it yourself from the beginning, didn't you?"

Schrödinger's statement reveals the identity of the person on the call; a quick guess reveals it to be her teacher, Planck.

"So, Schrödinger's pursuit of Joyce was most likely influenced by the Honkai?" Mei was seriously speculating about the plot.

However, no one paid attention to Mei's speculation. In fact, their attention was not even on the animated web series playing on TV, but focused on someone hiding behind Yaqing.

"Oh, Sister Snake, don't be shy, come out and let everyone see you~" Pardo sat next to Su, feeling fearless.

"Yes, Professor Mobius, this outfit is really nice. The Pink Elf picked it out herself~ Come out quickly!" Elysia walked quickly behind Yaqing and pushed Mobius's shoulder.

"Pink fat lady, don't push me!" It was rare to hear Mobius's panicked tone.

Elysia pushed Mobius into the public eye.

Yaqing watched helplessly as Elysia and Snakey "fought".

"Wow!" Pardo exclaimed in surprise.

The crowd's gazes were filled with shock.

Pink diamond headdress, long hair draped over her shoulders.

A slightly tight white short-sleeved shirt revealed her bare, snow-white arms. With her arms crossed in front of her, it was hard to look away from her breasts. The elastic of her pink cherry blossom skirt accentuated her slender waist, and her beautiful legs were of moderate thickness, white and straight. She wore low heels with transparent straps, and her delicate toes were painted with green nail polish.

A blush on her face added to Mobius's charm, and a hint of embarrassment flickered in her green eyes. Her right hand, adorned with a pink diamond ring, tried to pry open Elysia's hand that was pushing her away.

However, pink... Elysia's strength is clearly much greater Mobius'.

"It's beautiful!" Kitty Pardo was the first to cheer.

"It's very beautiful." Su nodded.

"Senior Mobius, a light green dress would suit you even better." Mebius's gaze shifted from the TV to Mobius, then noticed Kevin, who was engrossed in watching, and playfully punched him.

Kevin covered his head, desperately trying to convince himself that he hadn't been looking at Mobius, but rather at the diamond ring on Mobius's hand.

Kevin suddenly remembered that he had never given Mei a piece of jewelry in all the time he had been with her.

"See? Everyone says it looks good!" Elysia ignored Mei's words.

Kevin leaned closer to Yaqing and whispered, "Did you propose to Senior Mobius?"

Yaqing's expression was strange. "No."

"Then why..." Kevin's eyes kept glancing at the diamond ring on Mobius's hand.

Yaqing also noticed this and said, "If you want to give it away, just give it away. It's not worth much money."

"How many?"

"Don't ask anymore."

"I'm curious!"

Seeing that Kevin was determined to get to the bottom of things, Yaqing patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just a quarterly bonus from Schicksal."

"Huh?" Kevin couldn't hold back any longer.

Although he didn't know how much Yaqing's quarterly bonus was, he figured that for someone from a huge conglomerate spanning three continents and serving as the highest leader of a branch, Yaqing's bonus must be a Tianwen figure.

The camera then focuses on Schrödinger's sudden attack, which is blocked by Einstein's shield of the Star of Eden. She raises her head, displaying an arrogant and disdainful expression.

"Hmph, so this is the power of 'Earth' of the Ninth Herrscher from 50,000 years ago?"

"What a fine thing, a trophy that transcends generations, the so-called Divine Key..." Schrödinger sneered, "It actually allows someone as weak as you to stop me now!"

"Schrödinger ..." Einstein quickly denied that the person in front of him was the Schrödinger he knew, and pressed her to explain why she knew so much about the Star of Eden.

"Ha, Dr. Einstein, my classmate of seven years, is this the question you most want to ask me?"

Schrödinger answered Einstein's questions with great interest. In this state, she could easily "smell" the information written by "Honkai" and naturally resonate with the "core" inside the Star of Eden.

"What else do you... know?" Joyce asked nervously.

"Oh, our protagonist has finally asked a question." Schrödinger looked like a cat toying with its prey. "Hmm... let me think. I know the situation in New York, I know the situation of the 'Princess,' and I can roughly guess your situation. Just now, I also roughly understood the situation of that Valkyrie."

"So, where would you like to begin, Mr. Herrscher of the Current Generation?"

Chapter 151 The fate of the world is in your hands.

In response to Einstein's reaction, Schrödinger calmly said, "What? This guy is Herrscher, isn't that obvious?"

"Ah, right, you can't feel it."

"Every cell in this guy's body is screaming with thirst!"

"I want to devour...I want to absorb...I want to rebuild everything!"

"No...don't talk nonsense!" Joyce exclaimed in shock and anger.

"Ha, nonsense?" Schrödinger scoffed. "Your brain may not understand—but your body is already itching for more!"

North America, Anti-Entropy Headquarters.

It's another day that Planck is away on a business trip.

Tesla and Einstein also planned to travel to the Far East to visit Welt Young.

In Joyce's office, only a bored Edison and a languid Schrödinger remained, along with Joyce, who was busy processing documents.

Joyce looked up and said helplessly, "Edison, can't you go to your own offices to look? I'm still working."

Edison chewed his bubble gum, blew a bubble, and after it popped, said, "Alright, stop pretending. I know you too well. It's another mission from Einliu, isn't it?"

Joyce gave an awkward laugh, forcing a serious expression. "I just felt there were too many documents that needed to be corrected..."

"How many days did Ai Yin give you?" Schrödinger suddenly asked.

"Three days..." Joyce blurted out.

"Pfft..." Schrödinger chuckled.

"Hahahaha." Edison laughed even more mercilessly.

After Schrödinger pointed out Joyce's identity Herrscher, the energy shield of Star of Eden was instantly shattered amidst Schrödinger's sharp, maniacal laughter. She did not attack Joyce immediately, but instead continued to provoke him with words.

"Heh, listen up, you pretty boy hiding behind girls, for reasons you probably don't know, this curly-haired guy will really risk his life for you."

"But this is probably her limit; she can't even defeat me with one hand!"

"If you ask me..."

"What use would the Sword of the Lake be if it weren't in King Arthur's hands?"

"What, are you not satisfied?"

"If you want to prove that you are different from the Herrscher recorded in ancient times, if you want to prove that you will not lose to your primal instincts..."

"No, if you want to prove you're a man with guts—"

"Then pick up your weapons and defeat me fair and square, head-on!"

Provoked by Schrödinger's words, Joyce appeared somewhat hesitant.

"Did Schrödinger's consciousness actually get taken over by the Honkai?" Edison chewed bubble gum, propping her feet up on the coffee table like a little delinquent.

"You're asking me? I don't know either." Schrödinger thought carefully for a moment, "But if the young CEO of Schicksal really knew me, I think 'I' definitely wouldn't have rambled on like this."

"On the contrary, I think Schrödinger is deliberately provoking 'me' for some other purpose," Joyce had been engrossed in revising documents, suddenly said.

"Oh~" Edison joked, "Didn't our young CEO say he was going to review documents? Why are you suddenly looking at them again?"

"Come and see if you want," Schrödinger offered Joyce a way out.

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