Kiana's Clever Move / Cocolia: The Plan Is Proceeding Without a Hitch

With that, Kiana bowed deeply to Gwen with great sincerity.

Before Gwen answer, Kiana continued,

"However, I might not be able to help you deal with those annoying guys anymore..."

I'm going to America to catch up with that jerk of a dad!

Chapter 203 The Clever Kiana

"It's alright, Kiana..."

Upon hearing this, Mei quickly spoke up to comfort Kiana, not wanting her friend to carry the guilt of abandoning her while searching for her father.

At school, the three of them always faced group exclusion and bullying together. Kiana's sudden departure, if you think about it, could indeed be considered a betrayal.

However, before Mei could finish speaking, Gwen interrupted her:

"No, we're leaving together."

"Ah?"

Even Kiana was taken aback, looking up at Gwen in surprise.

You heard me right.

Gwen nodded and said slowly,

"During this time, while investigating Mei's father, I made some unusual discoveries—"

The current Changkong City has probably become a... large-scale experimental field..."

"Experimental field?"

What's the meaning?"

Although she was somewhat unsettled by receiving news of Siegfried again after such a long time, Kiana still keenly caught the key words, and her heart skipped a beat without her realizing it.

"Literal meaning—"

Gwen sighed softly, gestured for the two to sit down, and began to speak slowly.

"During the investigation of Mei's father's case..."

With the two girls' trembling eyes watching him, Gwen slowly recounted Cocolia's actions.

"Asshole!"

After hearing Gwen's story, Kiana angrily slammed her fist on Gwen's desk, causing cracks to spread across the high-quality surface.

However, Kiana couldn't care less about such trivial matters now; her eyes were filled with burning rage.

"Is that Cocolia out of her mind?!"

They actually want to trigger the Honkai in a place like Changkong City and turn Mei into Herrscher.

What does she value human life for?!

Are the lives of the tens of millions of people in Changkong City just a string of numbers?

Even though life at the Senba Academy wasn't very pleasant, Kiana still met many kind people during her months-long stay in the city.

Even without these people, the fact that Changkong City, with its tens of millions of people, was being used as an experimental site still enraged Kiana.

"Kiana, don't get agitated. The enemy's experiments haven't even started yet, have they?"

And now that we know their plans in advance, we certainly won't let them get their way, right, Chisey?

Having already heard rumors from Gwen, Raiden Mei, though equally surprised by the other's madness, remained rational and quickly calmed Kiana was nearly driven mad with anger.

"That's right. Now that we know their purpose, we absolutely cannot let them get what they want!"

Gwen, looking at Kiana, whose face was flushed with anger and who was about to storm out the door and punch Cocolia in the head.

"Moreover, I now have a highly feasible plan."

"Um..."

Hearing that Gwen already had a plan, Kiana calmed down a bit, took a few deep breaths, and then sat down.

Faced with the life and death of tens of millions of people in Changkong City, Kiana even forgot about Siegfried had just received the news.

It must be said that although Siegfried himself was a rebel, he taught Kiana to be a fairly standard Caslana —except for her intermittent laziness.

Upon hearing that Gwen already had a solution, Raiden Mei couldn't help but look at him, her gaze fixed intently on Gwen.

"Although I have obtained some information about key aspects of the experiment with the help of an inside contact, it is not realistic to end the experiment by destroying the equipment."

Therefore, the simplest way to break the deadlock now is for us to leave Changkong City and make the other side lose their most important Experimental Subject.

Based on my observations, we are currently under constant surveillance by multiple personnel, making it impossible to leave Changkong City through conventional means.

Even if we board the plane, they can still find ways to delay the flight or even crash it.

"Has the other side completely taken control of Changkong City?"

Hearing Gwen's description, the two girls felt a heavy pressure, Mei especially thought about why he could wield such power here—

It was precisely because she framed Raiden Ryoma and devoured ME Company's foundation that Cocolia was able to wield such power here.

She also bore some responsibility for this, which made the girl feel even more guilty, and she gently bit her red lips.

"So, we have no choice but to leave Changkong City through unconventional means?"

Kiana had never seen anything like this before, but having wandered all the way from Euro-Siberian Region, her rusty little brain started working quickly after she calmed down, and she stared at Gwen and asked.

"That's right."

Gwen nodded, took out a blueprint, and spread it out on the table that Kiana had cracked.

"This is a structural diagram of a hotel in Changkong City. Below it is a passageway left from the early construction period, leading directly out of the city."

"Even if we escape Changkong City, given Cocolia's control over the Changkong City, if she mobilizes her forces to find us, we won't get very far, right?"

Kiana immediately questioned.

"Of course, I've considered that too—"

Gwen nodded, a hint of pleasure in his expression.

"Near the exit, I prepared a means of transportation, some makeup props, and a plane ticket purchased under a false identity."

"Then we'll drive directly to the next city, head straight for America. There, the Anti-Entropy conservatives— Mei's father's colleagues—are located, so we'll be basically safe."

"But how can we guarantee we'll have time to drive to the neighboring city?"

Kiana pressed on with her question.

Now her mind was clearer than ever before, searching for loopholes in the plan.

"Because of this hotel—"

Upon hearing Kiana ask this question, Gwen's expression changed slightly.

It's a love hotel—

One night is enough time for us to board a plane to North America.

"Cough..."

Upon hearing this unexpected answer, even the usually quick-witted Kiana couldn't help but cough lightly to cover her embarrassment.

"So the problem is how we get into that underground passage smoothly."

Mei, whose complexion was also somewhat rosy, took over the conversation and said softly.

"That's easy, our inside man will take care of it for us."

Gwen smiled and said lightly.

"So, who is our inside man?"

Kiana scratched her head and asked curiously.

"..."

Gwen smiled without saying a word and gently pointed to the next room.

"Yes..."

Kiana looked in the direction Gwen was pointing, her eyes widening rapidly, and she almost blurted out Bronya's name.

However, before Kiana could speak, Gwen covered her mouth, leaving the white-haired girl only able to make a series of "ooh" sounds.

Ignoring the girl's instinctive struggle, Gwen leaned forward slightly and whispered a reminder:

"Kiana, you don't want Bronya's identity to be exposed, ultimately causing the plan to fail, do you?"

"..."

Upon hearing Gwen's words, Kiana nodded vigorously, pointing only at Gwen's hand.

Seeing that Kiana understood his meaning, Gwen nodded in satisfaction and withdrew his hand.

Then, Kiana muttered somewhat discontentedly:

"You stinky Yuzuru, if you're going to cover someone up, cover their mouth! Don't cover my nose too!"

Kiana stood there with her hands on her hips, wrinkling her nose and looking displeased.

"?"

Gwen blinked, somewhat puzzled, noticing Kiana's attitude had suddenly changed drastically.

Seeing Gwen in this state, Kiana continued loudly:

"Isn't this what you wanted to play?"

Don't you ever read a guide before playing?

As she spoke, Kiana quickly pulled a piece of paper from her desk, scribbled something down, and held it up in front of Gwen—

"Aren't we going to a love hotel tomorrow?"

If the three of us are going together, we should at least make it look like we're doing something, otherwise it would be too strange, wouldn't it?

Besides, you have a big house here, why would we need to go to a hotel? We need a reason, right?

"..."

Looking at Kiana's words, Gwen was somewhat surprised by the thoroughness of Kiana's thinking, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Then, as Kiana showed her little fangs in a show of defiance, Gwen suddenly clapped his hands together with a loud "smack," and exclaimed in a somewhat affected manner:

"What, you have a problem with that?"

"..."

Watching the two quickly get into character, Mei, who understood their Mei, blushed slightly and hesitated, wondering if she should also join in the fun...

Chapter 204 Cocolia: The Plan Ahead, Unimpeded

The next evening, Gwen, who had made Bronya next door wear earplugs to fall asleep the night before, arrived outside the target hotel.

"Here is your room key. Please keep it safe."

The waiter handed the newly opened room key to Gwen, his eyes filled with envy, his tone barely concealing his admiration.

After all, even in a place like Senba Academy, Raiden Mei and Kiana are among the most beautiful girls.

Gwen, leading two beautiful girls of this caliber to a hotel room, naturally aroused envy from the receptionist, who was of the same sex.

How is the soundproofing in your rooms?

I came here because I heard that the soundproofing here is the best in the area...

Unlike the two girls behind him who were regretting not wearing masks, whose pretty faces were now flushed with embarrassment, Gwen, who had already faced similar gazes once, could not remain completely indifferent, but he was able to put on a brave face and pretend to be an expert on his first time in a hotel room.

"Please rest assured, we just renovated this place two years ago, and the soundproofing will definitely satisfy you."

Although she really wanted to replace Gwen, that pretty boy who had hooked up with two amazing college girls, with herself, the receptionist's body still cooperated perfectly and answered.