Himeko: My Ship!

Changkong City, Hyperion Battleship

Before Blade of Immortality and Theresa went down, Himeko Murata had returned to the Nexus System and linked up with it once more.

Now, after receiving Theresa's message, Himeko Murata let out a slight sigh of relief.

Although she had long prepared herself for a desperate fight to the death here, that did not mean she did not value her life.

If there was any other choice, who would want to gamble with their life every day?

No matter what, Himeko Murata felt that Theresa had handled this incident fairly well.

Not having to fight a Herrscher was better than anything.

"But something still feels strange."

After disconnecting from the Nexus System, Himeko Murata belatedly muttered to herself.

"Calling a Herrscher onto the Hyperion is dangerous too, isn't it?"

"Theresa wouldn't screw this up at a critical moment, would she?"

Once she considered that this was happening right beside her, Himeko Murata suddenly grew more and more uneasy.

A Herrscher showing goodwill... no matter how she heard it, it sounded absurd.

What if the other side was only pretending to be friendly, then jumped aboard the Hyperion and unleashed her ultimate move?

Everyone aboard the ship would be buried with her, damn it.

Growing more frightened the more she thought about it, Himeko Murata frantically sent messages to Theresa while quickly heading for the bridge.

She felt that her sixth sense was telling her something.

Once this group boarded the Hyperion, nothing good was going to come of it!

At the same time, Hyperion Bridge

Under Theresa's persuasion, everyone ultimately decided to rest aboard the Hyperion for the time being before making further plans.

Yuno... well, she was still unconscious.

Clearly, it had not even been an hour since Gu Yu knocked Yuno out, but Bronya felt as though she had been having Project Bunny carry her for a very long time.

It was an illusion, right? It had to be an illusion.

As for Bronya, after losing her memories and suspecting that Anti-Entropy might be an organization that had persecuted her, she had already begun looking for a chance to join Schicksal.

Theresa's invitation was undoubtedly a timely lifeline for Bronya.

St. Freya Academy was practically impossible for ordinary people to join, yet the Academy Director had personally invited her?

It felt like a dream.

As for Kiana and Mei, they also felt that Theresa's words were not without reason.

During the four years Siegfried had been missing, Kiana had struggled alone from Europe all the way to the Far East.

It was obviously impossible for her not to harbor resentment toward her lousy father, Siegfried Kaslana.

Judging from Theresa's words, this petite girl seemed to have a close relationship with her and apparently knew Siegfried's whereabouts.

How could Kiana possibly let this source of information slip away?

Raiden Mei's thoughts were even simpler.

After confirming that she was the Herrscher of Thunder, the kind-hearted girl was deeply worried that the "demon" within her would appear again.

If that demon seized control of her consciousness again, it would inevitably resume slaughtering humans.

And its first target would surely be Gu Yu, who had knocked her unconscious last time.

Raiden Mei did not want to become a demon that took her benefactor's life. Because of that thought, she had even considered ending her own life.

But now, Theresa had actually offered to find someone to train Mei and help her try to control the Herrscher's power.

Naturally, Raiden Mei wanted to see whether she could master this tremendous power.

After glancing at the boy who still wore his Transformation Armor, certain thoughts quietly surfaced in Raiden Mei's heart.

If I have this power, I won't have to keep watching Gu Yu fight.

I can't think of relying on him every time I encounter trouble...

Instead, I need to become his strength!

Yae Sakura looked at the companions she had only just met and felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Here, she was the only one without a clear purpose.

If she had not followed Gu Yu to repay his kindness, Yae Sakura would not even know what she should do next.

Lost. She was utterly lost.

"Um, listen."

Watching everyone lost in their own thoughts, Theresa raised her head and looked at the Armored Boy before her.

"The Hyperion is one of Schicksal's strongest battleships. It's absolutely safe aboard here."

"Even if a Herrscher came, the Hyperion could put up a bit of a fight. Why are you still so tense?"

Everyone agreeing to Theresa's proposal made her feel that they were at least showing her some respect.

But the boy leading this group still acted as though he were guarding against thieves, refusing to drop his combat vigilance even after boarding the Hyperion.

What was this supposed to mean? Was he refusing to show Theresa Apocalypse any respect?

"Hah, I was just attacked. You expect me to relax?"

As he spoke, Gu Yu cast a cold glance at Rita, who was lightly smiling off to one side.

"Keep that woman away from me."

"At least fifteen meters!"

"Rita?"

"I understand, Lady Theresa."

Although Gu Yu rejected her so blatantly, Rita still maintained her smile and obeyed Theresa's hint, moving some distance away from the others.

Even so, under Rita's gaze, Theresa still felt her skin crawl.

There was definitely something wrong with that woman's stare!

"Then you can stop wrapping yourself in that armor now, right?"

After seeing the girl who had made him extremely wary move away, Gu Yu nodded at Theresa and canceled his transformation.

Ever since earlier, Gu Yu had felt slightly mentally exhausted.

Although only about a day had passed since he was transported here, Gu Yu felt as though he had not rested in a very long time.

It was as if he had worked overtime day and night for more than twenty days straight, leaving him completely drained.

And while maintaining his transformation just now, Gu Yu had remained wary of Rita Roosevelt.

Under those circumstances, he had expended far more energy than usual.

At that moment, as Gu Yu relaxed slightly, a wave of exhaustion suddenly invaded his consciousness.

"Wait... I suddenly feel... a little tired..."

Clutching his throbbing head, Gu Yu abruptly collapsed onto the Hyperion's deck with a loud thud.

"Elder Brother Gu?"

Kiana, who noticed Gu Yu's collapse immediately, rushed to his side in just a few strides.

But before she could reach him, one of the Hyperion's crew members suddenly cried out in alarm.

"L-Lady Theresa, this is bad!"

"What exactly happened???"

Himeko Murata, who had just rushed onto the bridge, saw the crew member's panicked expression and sternly reprimanded him.

"You panic over a minor malfunction? What kind of conduct is that? If we faced a Herrscher, an attitude like yours could get everyone killed, understand?!"

"B-But, Major Himeko!"

Looking at the wildly fluctuating values on the instruments, the crew member replied as if on the verge of tears.

"The Hyperion's Honkai Energy Reactor output is dropping rapidly. Initial estimates indicate that the Honkai Energy is being absorbed by some entity."

"At this rate... the Hyperion will go down in less than three minutes!"

Upon hearing that, Himeko Murata's vision went black, and she nearly passed out.

What the hell was going on?

Had she not merely spent a little over ten minutes in the Nexus System?

Why had things turned out like this????

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