After waking from unconsciousness and opening her eyes, Bronya immediately felt that something was very wrong with her.
She remembered her name and knew that something had gone wrong with her body for some reason.
A black-haired girl's figure even kept flashing through her mind. Beside that girl stood a massive robot, silently planted on the ground as though protecting her.
Bronya remembered that the girl's name was Seele, her incredibly important younger foster sister.
And that robot was called Project Bunny 19C, a gift Seele had given Bronya after they had been separated.
But beyond that, Bronya discovered...
—there were no other memories in her mind at all.
The knowledge needed for everyday life was still there, but Bronya could not remember what she had done in the past or what family and friends she had.
Therefore, upon seeing the two strangers, Raiden Mei and Kiana Kaslana, Bronya immediately warily backed away from them.
"Bronya does not know either of you."
"Who exactly are you two?!"
After hearing Bronya's wary words, Kiana was the first to angrily glare at the girl before her.
"Huh? You're a kidnapper, yet you've got the nerve to question Mei and me?"
"If Mei and I hadn't put aside our differences and brought you little brat out, you'd be feeding zombies by now!"
"Zombies? A species produced only after humans are infected by Honkai Energy."
After flatly reciting the knowledge in her mind, the suspicion in Bronya's eyes only grew.
"According to Bronya's judgment, this species rarely appears in urban areas. And even if Bronya encountered zombies, Bronya does not believe she would lose to such inferior creatures."
"You...! You're infuriating!"
Looking at Bronya's utterly cold expression, Kiana felt her short temper nearly explode.
If not for her close friend Raiden Mei gripping her right hand and frantically signaling with her eyes for Kiana to calm down, Kiana might have already grabbed a baseball bat to teach the little girl in front of her a proper lesson.
"Enough. Bronya is leaving."
Leaping up from the sofa, Bronya dusted herself off, then glanced at Gu Yu lying on the bed.
It would have been fine if she had not looked, but after catching sight of the man on the bed...
—Bronya's tranquil heart suddenly rippled.
After Gu Yu caught her attention, even Bronya herself found it strange.
She knew there was something wrong with her body. Along with the damage to her legs, her emotional module had also been mostly destroyed.
By normal logic, she should not have felt anything strange toward an unfamiliar man.
Yet with merely one glance at Gu Yu, Bronya felt certain that she had been involved with this man before.
Was this flutter in her heart love?
No, probably not.
Admiration?
No, clearly not that either.
Familial affection? Friendship?
No, probably neither.
This feeling was clearly very negative.
In just a second, Bronya analyzed this rare emotion that had surfaced within her.
This emotion was anger.
Bronya wanted to punch the man in front of her!
"Mm... Are we out?"
Clutching his head as he climbed off the bed, Gu Yu opened his eyes and saw a rather delicate scene.
Raiden Mei and Kiana were both looking at Bronya, who was staring at him.
And Bronya, who was staring at him, had a crazed chill flashing in her eyes.
"She woke up faster than I did?!"
After seeing the look in Bronya's eyes, Gu Yu immediately activated his Stigmata.
Without even having time to transform, Gu Yu directly drew the Card Holder Sword manifested at his waist, switched it into gun mode, and aimed it at Bronya.
"Kid, don't move!"
"Project Bunny!"
Before the gun could be pointed at her, Bronya decided to follow her heart.
Though she did not know exactly what had happened between them, Bronya felt she should call out this unfamiliar yet familiar companion.
After manifesting from the Quantum Sea, Project Bunny immediately shielded its master behind itself.
Yet this time, Bronya, protected by Project Bunny, somehow felt that...
—Project Bunny seemed a little off.
"Project Bunny?"
Normally, even though Project Bunny was an energy-based robot born from the Quantum Sea, it should not have emotions.
But now, as Bronya watched Project Bunny's constantly trembling body, she could not help feeling...
—was Project Bunny afraid of the man in front of them?
At that thought, the look Bronya gave Gu Yu became even stranger.
It was now certain that she and Gu Yu had some sort of grudge, but how could this man even terrorize a robot??
Just how deranged was he?!
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