Kiana/Bronya: I'm Really Not Lesbians

Time has returned to normal.

March 29th, early morning.

Beyond the thirty-six main cities lies an old and desolate land.

This place was completely abandoned because the Honkai Energy fog phenomenon was far beyond the limits. Even the dirtiest rats in the lower city would not come to live here. All around are energy factories that have been built in an even more extravagant way. Next to it are abandoned streets that have not yet been demolished, and you can still vaguely see the various shops in front of their doors after the power has been turned off.

Department stores, bars, unlicensed prosthetic clinics, dubious pharmacies, teahouses selling guns and weapons, and the once-popular capsule hotels.

The girl was curled up in this capsule hotel that was once managed by a fully automated system. She lay half-reclined on the sofa draped with a sheet, her eyes closed as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

The dust covering the large bed next to it, the numerous syringes that had rolled down to the floor, and the worn-out safety devices all indicated why the other person hadn't chosen to rest there.

Her abdominal cavity was still stained with bright red blood, and her black hoodie was mostly torn, revealing that the wound had been completely repaired by her powers, and her exposed skin was fair and delicate.

This is the fifth day of Satou Yunona's solitary wandering and escape. The physical wounds are not a big problem because of her power, but the exhaustion of her soul has interfered with her mental state and is difficult to eliminate in the short term.

After leaving Flower Master City that day, rationally speaking, she should have immediately left the dangerous land of Shenzhou, which was completely under the control of the Taixu Sect, and reached an area outside the radiation zone of the main city.

However, whether it was her doubts about the current Your Excellency, her obsession with seeing Su Qing'an, or even the items left behind by her parents in the Longchuan Main City, all of these made her nostalgic for the Shenzhou.

Satou Yunona does indeed possess memories of being an indigenous person, but the problem is that the indigenous people themselves are unaware of the truth behind those Black Tower and the purpose of the crystals used as personal identification.

Therefore, although the girl used her powers to bring it to a standstill, she did not actually pull it out of her flesh and blood.

Subconsciously, she thought that this crystal might have other uses in the future. Perhaps she could find the underground black market or the resistance forces lurking in the inner world, and then erase and replace the identity code within it, so that she could integrate into Shenzhou with a normal identity in order to achieve her goals.

However, this plan is clearly not feasible in this distorted and pathological world.

So, she stumbled.

The nanocrystal that did not disappear with the overlapping of records continued to aggravate this subconsciousness within [Dragon Court], with Udu-dust's interference from the signal tower, causing him to subconsciously choose to stay in Shenzhou, and even travel to Longchuan, which is also a main city, a few days ago.

Even if the sublimation of the soul after the overlap of records prevents the power of consciousness from interfering with the self, it is not difficult to amplify some of the desires and emotions that already exist in the heart.

It wasn't until Satou Yunona returned to her old house and received the amulet her parents had given her when they went to the shrine to pray for blessings that most of her obsession dissipated, and she suddenly realized that her mind was in an extremely abnormal state.

Therefore, without hesitation, she dug out the nanocrystal that was attached to the inside of the bone and calmly chose the axis for observing the future.

The Shan Hai Series and Soul Steel Puppet of Longchuan Main City will arrive as scheduled in three seconds. The army of constructs in the sky seems to have deliberately used intelligent calculations to target its ability to control the timeline. All related deployments were previously scattered in various corners of the city and did not stay inside the warship.

This means that even if the timeline of [Qiongqi] is manipulated to make the enemy rewind to a point before their arrival, these unpredictable armies will not be able to retreat back into the warship's cabin as easily as last time. Rather than distorting the enemy's timeline one by one, it would be easier to simply use other powers to annihilate them.

The Taixu Sect, which controls the teleportation device, is least afraid of protracted wars. Once the war drags on for more than a minute, the only options besides instantly killing all the enemies and then escaping are for one person to withstand the highest combat power of the thirty-six main cities.

Even with the intelligent system's elaborate calculations and Udu-dust's power to guide thought, and its pre-planned arrangements seemingly an inescapable net, it still has to bow down to the authority to observe the future.

Satou Yunona entered a state of observation where time seemed to stand still, thus finding one of the few ways to survive amidst a web of conspiracies.

The outcome was exactly as Bronya had learned.

The girl used the Axis of Void and Reality Transformation to stop the functions of the highest main city with minimal effort, preemptively halting the orientation of the Constraint Barrier and causing a large-scale Honkai Energy phenomenon intertwined with thunderstorms and black mist, breaking through the blockade of countless bionic machines and [Imperial Guard].

However, contrary to Chen Tianwu's expectations, Satou Yunona, a native of the area, left the Radiation Range of the thirty-six main cities without hesitation after her thoughts were no longer being manipulated.

She deliberately ventured into an area where even Undocumented Resident wouldn't come, and in an attempt to prevent detection by [Fellow Daoist] and other technological means, she constantly enveloped herself with an electromagnetic barrier, quietly nurturing the weariness deep within her soul.

--[thing itself]

In less than a week, the abilities granted by this gift have been clearly organized.

The girl can see the timelines of everything and observe the future within a certain period through these timelines, and even interfere with the past by moving them.

Whether it's the axis segment to be interfered with or the axis that hasn't been interfered with, this ability is based on the actual past. What she's doing is almost equivalent to converting a virtual axis into a real axis.

In short—both the future and the past can be changed.

However, for Satou Yunona, the axis of reality and illusion is difficult to distinguish in terms of thinking.

Under normal circumstances, her observations are only directed at the present axis from a God's-eye view, and the process of this observation is not a time stoppage but an infinite deceleration achieved through accelerated thinking.

Therefore, overall, this seemingly invincible ability has many limitations due to the limits of human understanding and even the constraints of the soul.

Simply put, without a clear distinction between the real and virtual changes on the timeline, it is impossible to directly and accurately intervene and utilize it.

Satou Yunona can achieve a brief period of extreme mutation in her pupils through the extreme operation of [the Thing Itself], thus breaking free from the constraint that she can only clearly observe the present axis under normal circumstances. This is also the reason why she can interfere with the past timelines of [Zhuhuai] and [Qiongqi].

However, there are limits. Even with pure Future vision, the deceleration rate will vary depending on the precision of the observation range. If one were to observe the future with a large and precise observation range, it would be no different from an out-of-body experience. Similar problems exist when actually reversing the timeline.

Otherwise, the person who acquires this ability would be completely immune to being outmaneuvered, and could even single-handedly conquer thirty-six main cities without difficulty.

Even though the abilities granted by [Object-in-Itself] are indeed flawed, Satou Yunona was still able to handle the Taixu Sect's all-out pursuit with ease despite the lack of information.

Time passed slowly, and the girl's posture, curled up on the sofa like a small animal, changed. Her long eyelashes trembled, and her turquoise-colored eyes opened, becoming clear in the soft light.

Satou Yunona could vaguely feel the weariness deep in her soul slowly dissipating. She slowly shuffled her little leather shoes, which were draped over the edge of the sofa, to the floor. She reached out and rubbed her calves, which were a little sore from her unhealthy sleeping posture. Her gaze drifted to the nearby scenery, and she kicked away the low table in front of her, which was full of ashtrays and 001 packaging shells, with considerable displeasure.

After venting her unhappiness about being woken up unnoticed, she stood up and stretched, letting the light streaming in through the window freely drape her still somewhat immature but already quite slender body. Then, half-opening her eyes, she murmured:

"It's already morning."

The girl felt the lingering sensations in her head, the hangover feeling as if Murata Himeko until midnight and woke up in the morning—a feeling she never wanted to experience again.

She revealed a look of nostalgia and helplessness, and muttered to herself:

"Next time, we absolutely cannot observe the Timeline haphazardly. Mastering precision and identifying key weaknesses is the proper way to use this ability."

If one were not well aware of the advanced teleportation technology of this era, manipulating the Timeline in such a battle would be the worst possible choice.

This ability is fundamentally different from the Herrscher Authority.

The strength of a normal Herrscher depends primarily on their knowledge reserves, intelligence, the computational capacity, carrying capacity, and precision limits resulting from the Soul Essence, as well as the level of permission granted to link the Herrscher Core to the Imaginary Space.

Power itself is a rule-based product with a very high lower limit and an even higher upper limit. Taking the Herrscher of Thunder as an example, although the essence of her power is electromagnetic force, in actual use, both Raiden Mei and Satou Yunona are used to using the most brutal methods to induce thunderstorms and do not like to use more troublesome methods.

The reason is a series of extreme problems caused by the Soul Essence. Even a quantum computer made of soul steel could not successfully reproduce the operation at the level of university physics.

The Earth and even the universe itself are a large electromagnetic field.

The power of the Third Herrscher is like that of an administrator. Logically, with this power, one can easily do whatever one wants. However, when it comes to profound theories, one will encounter various difficulties, much like real-time calculations, when demonstrating the corresponding abilities.

This is not something that can be overcome through learning.

Otherwise, during Raiden Mei's time in World Serpent, she could have had the organization's researchers use this ability as a blueprint to refine the corresponding theoretical formula, allowing her to focus on it in her spare time. She would have become invincible in no time.

Of all the powers, only the First Herrscher's power possesses the unique ability to amplify the user's comprehension and mental limits. However, precisely because of the nature of this power, the amplification of this uniqueness is far too little.

That being said, even with clear upper-level constraints, the lower limit of the Herrscher Authority is enough to overshadow the Honkai of the norm.

However, the abilities brought about by [thing-in-itself] are not like that.

Whether this ability is given to Bronya or Raiden Mei, it is merely a useless thing that makes their brains burn as soon as they enter the state of observing the Timeline, and it is absolutely impossible for them to actually manipulate the Timeline.

The low level of the lower limit is evident.

Satou Yunona was able to reach the threshold of use with the help of the five records, but she helplessly discovered that she, who was barely a 2.5 core Herrscher output, could not use the Heaven and Earth Qi to provide the main support for this ability.

Or rather, in the actual process of shifting the Timeline, all Honkai Energy is merely a catalyst, and may not even need to exist.

She vaguely sensed that this involved an extremely complex energy conversion, and that the total amount of soul energy was the key to everything in this process, rather than the inexhaustible Honkai Energy.

But apart from resting through sleep, the girl had no other way to restore this ethereal thing, and after thinking it over, the only option she could take was to reduce its use.

Satou Yunona stopped her thoughts, silently put on her hood, and walked to the corridor outside the door. Looking at the desolate scene of dust all around, her eyes dimmed, and she rubbed her slender belly with a rare look of dejection.

Although I am determined to see that person, I currently seem to be nothing more than a hunter, let alone searching for relevant information, I don't even have the leisure to eat or drink normally.

Even though her normal consciousness had been disrupted for the past few days, it didn't actually prevent her from thinking about her current situation.

During this time, she was able to discover just how much information was hidden within the [Lostbelt] phenomenon that had emerged a year and a half ago and caused a great stir online.

Schicksal, Inverse Merchant, World Serpent, and many other familiar names that have made the news.

Satou Yunona has ample reason to suspect that her own existence is also a result of interference from the Lostbelt phenomenon.

Following this logic, most of the partners he could team up with were imprisoned in the Eternal Calamity Realm by the Taixu Sect.

In a sense, it's truly disheartening.

She gazed at the deserted, gloomy passageway and sighed.

"I don't know if everyone has come to this strange world, but since even the leader of the Inverse Merchant Alliance has come more than once, it wouldn't be surprising if anyone came here."

Satou Yunona pondered for a moment, then glanced at the still motionless crimson feather in her Sea of consciousness, feeling somewhat conflicted.

She was very impressed with this thing.

As for the reason, he said that after being beaten up while training at Fu Hua's house, he would often see similar things after regaining consciousness.

Furthermore, during their subsequent interactions and battles together, Fu Hua's occasional moments of near -Udu-dust, relying entirely on her ability to use her powers, made this Divine Key feel very real.

In short, the fact that Udu-dust, who was plotting against him somewhere, and the fact that the holder of this Divine Key has changed his personality, both indicate that it is really strange that he has this thing in his head.

To be more precise, when she first discovered this thing, Satou Yunona was completely baffled.

She initially tried to explain it as Lostbelt phenomenon, since the core she now possessed was something she had possessed in the past, and she had indeed been given such feathers when she teamed up with the other party in the past, so it was not surprising that they would reappear together.

The problem is that the previous feather wasn't as unruly as this one.

No matter how you try to communicate with him through willpower and spirit, or even try to sway him, this guy won't budge an inch, just like a holdout demanding compensation for demolished property.

Yes, at the very beginning when I realized my consciousness was being affected.

Satou Yunona suspected that the feather in her head might be the culprit, so she tried to remove it, but she was unsuccessful.

But now that she understands the other party is innocent, the girl, having regained her composure, is planning to cause trouble again.

She has a very simple set of logic in her head.

If it's not bad, then it must be good.

So assuming the consciousness within this feather isn't the bad Fu Hua, then it probably contains a good Fu Hua who just hasn't spoken.

Well, there's also the possibility that the feather is truly broken, with nothing inside, just an empty shell fixed within the soul.

But the young girl was bored at the moment, and while fiddling with the purple strands of hair that fell against her soft breasts, she said earnestly, as if she had figured out the real solution:

"How about I break them out of prison?"

She muttered the idea, which sounded extremely dangerous, and began to reiterate the feasibility of the operation:

"If we release everyone at once, and seize a few more Herrscher Core while we're at it, then stay outside the main city and wait for the enemy to come and engage in a final battle, it doesn't seem like we're without a chance of winning."

"If someone protects me, even at the cost of being in a coma for a month, it's not impossible to destroy most of the Immortal Martial Series and the Mountain and Sea Warships."

The girl peeked at the feathers that moved slightly inside her head, and immediately became convinced that there was definitely consciousness inside. She blinked and continued to ramble earnestly:

"Then we'll snatch Su Qing'an away. Anyway, Fu Hua has already made such a mess of the world, so relationships are bound to break down and they'll all end up getting divorced. I think it would be quite fitting for me to be His Your Highness's stepmother for a while."

Udu-dust:???

What kind of annual NTR blockbuster?

After Satou Yunona finished speaking, she heard a familiar sigh enter her ears.

Then, a gentle halo emanated from the depths of Udu-dust, spreading out a message before plunging back into a deep silence.

[Mexico, Little Cat Spin Bar, your friends will be waiting for you there.]

Upon hearing this, Satou Yunona paused for a moment, then her eyes crinkled slightly, and she smiled happily, saying:

"So you were in there, Class President monitor."

Her cunning and ruthless nature, which had been suppressed by the harsh reality for a long time, was now being expressed in a way that resembled Fu Hua's consciousness.

On the other hand, the existence of this consciousness seems to vaguely prove that it is difficult for His Your Excellency to be the Fu Hua he truly knows in the complete sense.

Although the girl did feel a bit awkward around the other person for various reasons, deep down she didn't really want him to become like that.

As for the reasons...

No reason!

In short, Satou Yunona's previous gloom has been greatly dispelled, and she is now in a good mood in every sense of the word.

Since the other party's consciousness exists, yet it has deliberately never appeared, it must be in a state of extreme weakness, forced to fall into slumber to preserve itself.

The girl stared at the lifeless feathers on her head for a while, then gave up.

Now that we've finally gotten the information, let's not bother the Class President anymore.

She remembered that many acquaintances had also received each other's feathers. If these people were also reproduced by the [Lostbelt] phenomenon and traced back the corresponding feathers within their souls, then she could understand the true value of this message.

Since one feather isn't enough, we can just use a few more to make up the difference.

There should be enough time for this consciousness to transmit enough information by then.

Only...

"Little Cat Spin Bar? What a weird name, it sounds really off..."

As a normal young woman with a heterosexual sexual orientation, Satou Yunona immediately sensed something amiss, but she quickly disregarded it and, after thinking for a moment, speculated:

"My friend, is it Kiana? Bronya? Or Mei?"

"It couldn't be Headmaster Theresa or Aunt Himeko, could it?"

"Hmm, the possibility of it being Su Qing'an is very low. Maybe it's Seele or Rosaria?"

The little girl quickly gave up thinking:

"Never mind, we'll find out when we get there."

Since Mexico isn't in the main urban area, a little electromagnetic force to keep an eye on the technological equipment shouldn't be a problem, and even if we're discovered, it doesn't matter.

Without any Constraint Barrier, and with the combination of time-reversal, Future vision, and three powers, Satou Yunona could easily escape from the pursuit of the highest combat forces in the ten main urban areas.

So, around the same time that Bronya found traces of herself.

Satou Yunona, on the contrary, found the other party's address in advance and is rushing towards Lesbian Paradise.

But neither the consciousness that left the message hastily nor the young girl who went there directly noticed a very important problem.

Mexico... there's more than one Little Cat Spin Bar.

At this moment, Bronya, who had recently driven Kiana to rev her motorcycle above the Heat Barrier, was looking at the distant Longchuan Main City after receiving Udu-dust's belated message. She silently turned her motorcycle around and headed back.

However, it's unclear whether it's some kind of strange coincidence.

Although both sides wasted time for their own reasons, they still managed to meet up at the Little Cat Spin Bar at the same time, which was quite strange.

A dazzling array of colors and the roar of heavy metal rock music.

Alcohol and neon lights intertwine to create an enchanting atmosphere, white ribbons flutter down from various booths, scantily clad dancers, a group of girls openly kissing amidst the lively noise, and adult advertisements playing silently in the corners.

Satou Yunona stared blankly at the Shimizu that the bartender had given her, feeling extremely confused, and her worldview was slowly crumbling.

What kind of friends of mine would like to hang out in a place like this?

Most importantly, if the other party doesn't enjoy spending a lot of time there, the kind, honest, and reliable Class President would definitely not send him here to avoid disappointment.

How terrifying.

But she really didn't remember any of her friends having this kind of fetish!

Or is it that those who reappear due to the Lostbelt phenomenon also develop strange personalities and interests, much like how they themselves gained inexplicable abilities?

The young girl sat at the bar, her mind filled with a jumble of chaotic thoughts.

Her current outfit is actually quite eye-catching. The black hoodie with its hem torn by the gunfire can't hide her slender waist. As a result of her previous training to achieve a flexible physique, not to mention her fair and smooth skin, her abs and cute vertical belly button are quite alluring.

The black stockings that covered her long legs were also in a state of damage. The texture of the nylon and the delicacy of her skin overlapped and spread between the black and white colors, which aroused a desire to reach out and explore them in the changing light.

Her lovely face was quite childlike due to her age, and she also had a somewhat aloof personality. Her emerald eyes blinked with a hint of unnaturalness, and her slender fingers couldn't help but secretly twist her hair, showing the nervousness of someone who had just arrived in such a place.

As is widely known.

This type of girl is likely to attract strange people who will bother her, whether in a lesbian-themed bar or a regular bar.

However, because Satou Yunona habitually activates a small amount of electromagnetic radiation, it can interfere with the visual system of those looking in her direction. Even if it doesn't leave any side effects, it's enough to prevent her from revealing her private parts, so no strange people have come knocking on her door.

She was still very conflicted at that moment.

One reason is that I hope to find the other person here.

Secondly, they don't really want to find each other here.

Well, the reasons behind it are quite easy to understand.

The next second, the little girl lost all room for hesitation.

"Yuno?"

She turned around and saw an older woman in a light gray dress with flowing silver threads and a white-haired girl. This meeting, which should have been extremely moving, had become somewhat silent due to some strange misunderstandings, despite the separation of life and death.

Kiana and Bronya were simply unsure how to express their emotions upon seeing the still somewhat immature girl in front of them, simply because they already knew what fate awaited her and had Satou Yunona so worried about her.

As for Satou Yunona...

Well, at first glance, she didn't recognize the gray-haired beauty in front of her as Bronya at all; she just felt that the other woman looked extremely familiar. Kiana, on the other hand, recognized her at a glance.

The young girl hesitated for a long time, still feeling she should respect the other person's preferences, but she couldn't bear not asking the question that was on her mind, so she asked quietly:

"So, which of you frequents this place?"

At this moment, Bronya could tell from the other person's somewhat unfocused gaze and the rather absurd scene around them that this guy was definitely imagining something terrifying.

Kiana, who had previously shared almost the same feelings as the other person, immediately understood what Satou Yunona meant.

However, both of them hesitated subtly, even pausing for a moment, before saying almost in unison:

"I'm really not a lesbian."

Satou Yunona initially breathed a sigh of relief, but then noticed this detail and was internally trembling.

Wait, why are you all hesitating???