King Arthur of the Orphanage / Where to Go
No matter who it is, anyone who dares to harm Bronya must die!
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Looking at the girl with androgynous clothing, heterochromatic eyes of gold and blue, short pink and purple hair, and a mouthful of shark teeth, whose expression seemed to be both accusatory and vengeful, Gwen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow—
Even though he had never played Honkai Academy 2 and was unfamiliar with Cocolia Orphanage, he had still heard what Bronya had said, so he could confirm that the manic girl in front of him was the "Grandpa Xing" that the players were talking about.
However, listening to what Xing said now, it seems that I have done something too much to Bronya?
As Gwen pondered, he suddenly seemed to sense something and raised his right hand to push upwards.
While Rita, standing beside Gwen, was somewhat puzzled by what Gwen was doing, Rita didn't sense any energy fluctuations from Gwen and chose to complete her task and communicate—
"Young lady, we simply followed Miss Bronya here and did not do anything to harm Bronya."
Could you please tell us what we did wrong?
"Bronya has stopped laughing; you've controlled Bronya!"
Faced with Rita's gentle question, which she perceived as being filled with darkness, Xing became even more agitated and roared at the top of her lungs.
However, Xing's voice now carried a hint of bravado masking underlying weakness.
Just now, Xing once again triggered the power that she had awakened after her parents' death, a power she could never actively control and could only use in situations of extreme emotional intensity.
However, this power, which had been invincible in the few times it was used, killing anyone who touched it, was easily slapped away—
It was swatted away casually, like swatting a fly that had landed on your head.
Realizing she probably couldn't save Bronya, Ahn-Marr felt a chill in her heart, but her anger still made her glare fiercely at Gwen and Rita.
"Apricot!"
Upon hearing Xing's words, Bronya instantly realized that Xing had probably misunderstood something. She quickly stepped forward, using her body to push away the alien blade in Ahn-Marr's hand, and said in a somewhat hurried voice:
"Bronya is Bronya, she is not controlled by anyone!"
It was Gwen who healed Bronya's injuries from the experiments, allowing Bronya to regain her emotional system and the mobility of her legs!
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Chapter 323 King Arthur in the Orphanage.
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Although he was extremely angry, the power hidden in his body began to boil in extreme emotional turmoil, and his eyes were almost only on those two damned culprits.
Even so, Bronya's words still reached Anzu's ears clearly.
Although her brain, already filled with extreme emotions, couldn't understand Bronya's words immediately, Xing managed to understand Bronya after being shaken by Bronya.
A few steps away, Rita unconsciously frowned, her originally gentle gaze turning wary.
At that moment, Rita felt an inexplicable pressure and sense of crisis.
The source of this trouble was Xing, a child who didn't seem easy to get along with.
"Gwen, that child..."
Although she believed Gwen couldn't be unaware of what she was sensing, Rita still spoke up to remind Gwen, just to be on the safe side.
"Perhaps it's the power of something like Stigmata that has become active under extreme emotions."
Sensing the aura that seemed to have been doused with cold water, which was like a bucket of boiling oil, Gwen raised an eyebrow, a hint of interest on his face.
In Gwen's mind, Stigmata are simply genetic products that allow humans to adapt to and control Honkai Energy through gene editing.
However, it seems that in order to prove that "Honkai Energy is omnipotent", the functions of the Stigmata are a bit too diverse.
Even in the relatively minor Honkai Impact 3rd storyline, there are strange and unusual abilities, including but not limited to creating illusions, tempering one's mind, and condensing armor.
In the Honkai 2 storyline, Gwen doesn't know much about, there seems to be something called Stigmata Terminal, which was one of the triggers for the destruction of the world.
In short, in the Honkai world, if someone develops strange abilities and is not Herrscher, then Stigmata are one of the possibilities that must be considered.
Therefore, Gwen now strongly suspects that the power surging within Annie is her innate Stigmata.
"That Cocolia is really... she has a great hand but doesn't play it, she's always thinking about her damned Godfather..."
Gwen inwardly cursed Cocolia's blindness, and didn't intend to wait for Annie to unleash her full power—
This somewhat awkward little girl in Gwen's memory is now clearly on the verge of losing control. She might be able to unleash that power, but what price she will have to pay is anyone's guess.
So, Gwen a step forward and appeared behind Xing, his all-pervasive mental energy forcibly connecting with Xing's mind in that extreme state—
"Calm down, Ahn-Marr. Do you want to kill Bronya because of your impulsiveness?"
Lacking sophisticated techniques for using his mental power, but possessing an overwhelming quantity, Gwen clearly conveyed his words into Anne's mind through direct mental connection, miraculously waking her from extreme emotions.
"Don't want!"
Subconsciously rejecting the possibility in Gwen's words, Xing blinked, realizing what Bronya had just said, and asked with a trembling mouth:
Bronya, your injuries... are healed?
Under Gwen's mental shock and extreme joy and sorrow, Xing even temporarily put aside her usual arrogance and troublesome nature, and looked tremblingly at Bronya in front of her.
"Yes, Bronya has recovered."
Seeing that Xing had finally calmed down, Bronya breathed a sigh of relief, nodded vigorously in affirmation of Xing's statement, but then couldn't help but show a look of doubt—
Why does Anzu think Bronya is being controlled?
"Yes..."
Upon hearing Bronya's question, Xing was immediately taken aback, then realized whose nonsense she had believed.
However, before Xing could answer, two figures appeared—
"Xing, Bronya, she..."
Seeing Bronya and Anne standing together, and Gwen beside Anne, Rosaliya was about to say something when Lilia beside her quickly covered her mouth—
Lilia knew her older sister's nature well; nine times out of ten, her messages would be misrepresented, so it was best not to let her say it.
"So, you two are the ones saying I controlled Bronya?"
Upon seeing the Vodka Girl without horns or a tail, Gwen instantly realized that the culprits were probably these two troublemakers.
"It was Rosaliya who saw the clothes Bronya wore after landing and was reminded of the story in Homu Adventure."
Lilia sold out her own sister without the slightest hesitation—
Lilia sensed no malice from Gwen; on the contrary, Annie seemed dangerous.
Therefore, Lilia chose to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
"Rosalia!"
Upon hearing Lilia's words, Xing realized she had made a huge blunder and felt her face burning. She dared not meet Bronya's gaze, her neck slowly turning as if it were rusty, her fiery eyes fixed on the pink-haired girl.
However, before Xing could take revenge, she suddenly rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Apricot!"
Bronya immediately hugged Annie and looked at Gwen with some concern.
"Brother Gwen, Xing, she..."
"She just fell into a state of extreme anger, and the power of her innate Stigmata was boiling. I just spent some time forcibly suppressing it for her. She'll be fine after she wakes up from a nap."
Gwen waved his hand and offered a casual explanation.
With Misterine around, Gwyn wouldn't even need to Gwen finger; the Stigmata experts could have solved Amy's problems.
However, Misterine was now fully focused on the Yae Sakura Stigmata on Gwen's body, and some strange reactions seemed to be occurring, so Misterine couldn't spare any energy and had to let Gwen do it himself.
Because he wasn't sure if knocking Annie unconscious would cause the Stigmata within her to go completely berserk, Gwen could only force Annie to wake up first, and then use his own power to forcibly suppress the Honkai Energy and... perhaps the power of the Stigmata that were gathering in her body.
Only now, with the rampaging power within Xing completely suppressed, did the girl, who should have fainted just moments before, finally enjoy a sleep as sweet as a baby's.
"Thank you Gwen."
Hearing this, Bronya felt relieved and let Xing lean against her in a more comfortable position.
Although it was initially just a name used when carrying out Cocolia's infiltration missions, Bronya has now gotten used to calling her that.
Rosaliya, whose seal was only broken by Lilia after Xing fainted, jumped directly to Bronya's side, chattering incessantly with questions—
"Bronya, you're finally back. Where's Mother Cocolia?"
"People outside were saying Mother Cocolia was dead, but I just saw Bronya, you came back in that super cool robot."
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Chapter 324 Whereabouts.
"Cocolia, she..."
Upon hearing the name Rosaliya uttered, even though she had thought about it many times, Bronya still couldn't help but show a somewhat complicated expression when faced with her friends' questions.
Although what Cocolia did in the end did hurt Bronya, both the Cocolia Orphanage introduced her to Seele and the initial warmth Cocolia gave her were things Bronya cherished.
"What's wrong with Mother Cocolia?"
Seeing Bronya's expression, Lilia couldn't help but ask as well.
"Those people are right, she is indeed dead."
Bronya is back today to take everyone away.
Faced with her two friends' questions, Bronya, with a complex mix of emotions, still adopted the King Arthur spirit of the Cocolia Orphanage, seemingly oblivious to human nature, and directly revealed the cruel truth, explaining her plans.
"Mother Cocolia, she..."
Hearing this news from Bronya Cocolia, even the usually lively Rosaliya couldn't help but show a stunned expression—
Although the previous experiments had made the children somewhat resentful of Cocolia, it wasn't enough to incite these children, who lacked the ability to distinguish right from wrong, to rebel. Hearing this news now, they were thrown into utter panic.
They were all orphans and knew what they would be like without the orphanage.
However, before the panic could take hold of Rosaliya and Lilia, a gentle voice sounded beside them, bringing them back to reality—
"Young ladies, the passing of your loved ones is certainly sad, but now you have even more important family members to protect and care for."
So please put aside your grief and move your family to a safe place, okay?
Rita crouched down, holding one of the sisters' hands in each, and gently comforted Arlene and her sister.
If it were someone else, Rita's words would be even gentler.
But if it was Cocolia who was killed by Gwen himself... Rita could only do the same.
"But big sister, we don't have any money..."
Faced with Rita, who was gentler than Cocolia had ever been, the two panicked girls suddenly felt a surge of dependence. Rosaliya, who was usually quite clueless, was unusually clear-headed at this moment, knowing that life required money, but they didn't have any...
"Rosaliya, don't worry so much. Bronya has prepared everything and can ensure that everyone in the orphanage can grow up safely."
Seeing Rosaliya, who was usually so lively and cheerful, looking like she was about to cry, Bronya couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in her heart.
However, it was ultimately Cocolia's own doing, so she had no one else to blame but herself. Bronya could only try to divert Rosaliya's attention.
"Real?"
Although Bronya is very powerful, Rosaliya still has some doubts: can Bronya really do what even Mother Cocolia couldn't do?
"Real."
Bronya nodded vigorously.
"Lilia, Lilia, let's go. Tell everyone to get ready to move."
Upon receiving Bronya's affirmative answer, Rosaliya wiped away her tears, grabbed her sister's hand, and ran back, as if Bronya's words had given her immense strength.
"Miss Bronya ...is very reliable in the eyes of these children..."
Rita, who had initially thought she would need to coax Rosaliya again, was surprised to find that she had regained her spirits. This prompted Rita to glance at Bronya again and say with a smile.
"Everyone in the orphanage is willing to believe Bronya, just as Bronya believes everyone in the orphanage."
Bronya, far from being modest, puffed out her almost flat chest and said with a hint of pride.
"Hmm... it's such an enviable relationship."