Mei Raiden drove the Plasma Shadow Show in her right hand into the white robot body beneath Bronya, then grabbed Bronya's thigh with her left. "Get down here!" Mei Raiden shouted angrily, yanking out the Plasma Shadow Show and bringing it down hard on the point where Bronya connected to the white robot.
"Crack..." The Plasma Shadow Show truly lived up to being Ryoma Raiden's lifelong masterpiece. Its icy blue blade severed the connection between Bronya and the white robot without resistance. Pale blue sparks burst from the break, which was soon covered in tiny shards of ice.
With the connection severed, Mei Raiden easily pulled Bronya off the white robot. The white robot immediately stopped functioning. Only six or seven of the other robots remained intact, and they stopped as well, avoiding the fate of becoming scattered components all over the floor like their companions.
"Mei, that was amazing! You really pulled her down!" Kiana hurried over curiously as she watched Mei Raiden pin Bronya down with her entire body to keep her from moving.
"Oh my, oh my." Yu Luo repeatedly covered his eyes. "Mei, I can understand your impulse right now, but you should know she's still a child. You'll end up on a legal TV show acting like that!"
"Teacher, what kind of weird things are you thinking?!" Mei Raiden spat lightly, though she also realized how improper her posture was. She nimbly climbed off Bronya and straightened the clothes that had become somewhat disheveled in battle.
The three surrounded Bronya, wary of her escaping. Yet ever since Bronya had been pulled off the white robot, she had remained completely motionless, as though her strings had been cut.
"Mei, how do we restore this child from mechanization?" Seeing Bronya like this, Kiana suddenly realized how troublesome the situation was.
"For someone whose mind has been mechanized, we can stimulate her through her other senses and bring her back to normal." Mei Raiden spoke with complete confidence. "That's what I learned from kendo."
"No, no, no." Yu Luo complained, "No matter how you look at it, kendo has nothing to do with this kind of body modification."
"And normally, a modified person like this should have something like a Bio-chip inside her, right? If we take that thing out, she should recover." Yu Luo added, "Isn't that how it works in games and novels?"
"You're not reliable either! Looks like it's up to me!" Kiana rubbed her hands together, a dangerous smile appearing on her face. She looked exactly like some lecherous old man. "I'll know once I strip her and inspect her properly. Hehehe..."
Perhaps Kiana's terrifying words and dangerous expression had provoked her. Bronya, who had been lying still, suddenly raised her head. Her inorganic voice sounded out. "Suitable Body main unit under threat. Requesting immediate support. Requesting immediate support."
"Bronya, wake up! Your consciousness is being controlled by machinery. This isn't the real you!" Mei Raiden looked at Bronya and sincerely called out to the human emotions suppressed by the machinery.
"This isn't an anime. There's no way talk-no-jutsu would actually work, right?" Yu Luo complained like an outsider. Yet to his astonishment, Bronya's face showed an expression for the first time in response to Mei Raiden's call.
"The real... Bronya..." Bronya's face filled with contemplation. To the three of them, this was undoubtedly good news.
"Talk-no-jutsu really is the strongest combat power. My worldview is shattered!" Yu Luo's common sense was somewhat overturned by this miraculous development as the system said disdainfully in his mind:
"How ignorant. In reality, there are countless examples of talk-no-jutsu. Look at the Minister and the Chancellor. Aren't they classic examples?"
"You sure that isn't just foul-mouthed trash talk?"
"What's the difference? That's why, if you're a Zu'an Person, you're invincible!"
"Wake up. The last person who said he was invincible is still drifting through space."
Setting aside the little skit between Yu Luo and the system in his mind, the contemplative expression on Bronya's face was quickly suppressed, and her inorganic voice rang out again:
"Mental fluctuations detected. Personality Suppression System level increasing..."
"Bronya, hold my hand!" Mei Raiden walked over to the still-struggling Bronya and took her small hand, gazing gently into her eyes. "Can you feel the warmth in my hand? You're not a machine. You're a living human being! Don't give up your consciousness like this!"
"Warmth?"
"That's right! This isn't the cold sensation of machinery. It's the warmth and pulse unique to life!"
"Personality Suppression System... error... Bronya..." Bronya spoke in broken fragments, a struggling expression appearing on her face.
"Valkyrie system, activate!" The struggle on her face was forcibly suppressed. An emotionless voice rang out as Bronya's light gray eyes turned crimson. Strange markings appeared beneath her left eye, and bizarre red-and-black armor formed over her body. An overwhelming sense of danger suddenly surged into Yu Luo's heart.
"Mei, get back!" Yu Luo rushed forward at top speed and forcibly pulled Mei Raiden, who was holding Bronya's right hand, away.
A strange robot appeared behind Bronya, now clad in the bizarre red-and-black armor. It had the same design as the robot she had ridden earlier, though it was much smaller. "Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C." The strange robot raised a mechanical arm equipped with an enormous-caliber cannon.
"Holy shit, a 460 Cannon of Equality Yamato Cannon?!" Yu Luo's face changed drastically. "You've even got something like that equipped? Are you planning to conquer a country?!"
"I didn't expect the Personality Suppression System to have such a loophole. I suppose I should thank you." A forceful, confident voice came from Bronya's body. Yu Luo narrowed his eyes and asked dangerously, "You're not Bronya. Who are you?"
"My name isn't important. You only need to know that I'm Bronya's mother. Thank you for playing with my daughter for so long. Now, the game should end." The voice spoke with a smile. "Mei Raiden, come with us obediently. For that man Ryoma Raiden's sake, I'll treat you well!"
"You know my father?!" Mei Raiden immediately became agitated and demanded impulsively, "Where is my father?!"
"Heh, no comment. Bronya, I'll leave the retrieval to you." After the voice gave a frivolous laugh, it vanished. "Don't go! Tell me where my father is!" Mei Raiden helplessly reached out with her right hand, only for Yu Luo to catch it.
"Bronya must know something. Let's restore her first." Bronya's red-and-black figure reflected in Yu Luo's eyes. "We'll find that hateful woman sooner or later!"
"Mm!" Mei Raiden understood the urgency of the situation. Their immediate priority was Bronya, who radiated a dangerous aura.
"Killing personality fully unlocked!"
Bronya's cold voice rang out in her darkened state. Flames gathered inside the pitch-black muzzle, and a terrifying bombardment brewed within it.
"I just think it's ridiculous. How did they even fit a Yamato Cannon into that robot?" Yu Luo complained, but the suffocating sense of death in his heart clearly told him that if he could not figure out how to handle this shot, which was enough to blast down the entire ME Corp building, then he would die.
"Looks like I can only consult the all-powerful magic conch!" Yu Luo held Raikiri in his right hand and pinched a silver Noble Phantasm Card between the fingers of his left. It was [Dragon Vein]. "You weren't lying when you said Transformation Energy could be converted into all kinds of energy, right?" With so much at stake, Yu Luo still questioned the system in his mind.
The system was extremely dissatisfied with Yu Luo's doubt. "I'm a professional system, okay? Can you trust me? My solution is absolutely foolproof. It wasn't easy finding a host ripe for harvesting. You may be broke, but I don't want to replace you yet."
"So in your eyes, I'm just something to harvest?"
"If you had money, I'd call you Dad!"
"Fire!" The Cannon of Equality mounted on Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C finally gathered enough energy. Kiana and Mei Raiden had tried to think of something during that time, but whenever they approached Bronya, Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C behind her would force them back viciously with its mechanical arms. They could not get close at all. And before a Yamato Cannon capable of blasting down a building, there was no escaping the explosion's range.
"Boom!" Flames suddenly burst from the pitch-black muzzle. With nowhere to hide and nowhere to run, the three could only face the terrifying power of the Cannon of Equality Yamato Cannon head-on.
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