"During the Second Honkai War... was your first contact with Anti-Entropy real or fake?"
Cocolia asked.
At the time, Cocolia had still been a Russian soldier and had not yet joined Anti-Entropy.
And at that time, she had also lived through that disaster.
She had been one of the few survivors. That was her first encounter with the Honkai, and from then on, Cocolia's connection with the Honkai had never been severed.
She remembered what had happened back then.
Meteors fell, and tsunamis descended...
It was precisely because of what had happened back then that Russia had become so plagued by disaster.
She knew that Anti-Entropy had been involved in the Second Honkai War, but Cocolia had not known that Xu Yanwu had also taken part in matters related to it.
"I don't want to ask what you did during the Second Honkai War, but I do want to ask one thing... Since you had already been in contact with Anti-Entropy back then, what exactly had you been planning when you came to my orphanage?"
Cocolia's question left Xu Yanwu unsure how to answer for a moment.
Was Xu Yanwu supposed to say that he knew what would happen in the future, so he had gone to Cocolia's orphanage because of Bronya and the others?
"How could I have had any ulterior motives back then? Didn't you see what I did at the orphanage? Didn't I raise those children into healthy, well-fed kids? And did I ever do anything to harm you or them?"
Xu Yanwu's words made Cocolia think back for a while.
Yet no matter how hard Cocolia tried to remember, all she recalled was Xu Yanwu working tirelessly in the orphanage.
"...Then that child you brought back then... was Kiana Kaslana, wasn't she?" Cocolia continued. "What did