A white-haired girl curled up in a laboratory cultivation pod: she was K423, manufactured and controlled

[Otto Apocalypse will no longer be recorded in any World Lines.]

[His achievements will not be recognized.]

[His crimes will not be erased.]

[Its existence is not reserved.]

This time, even Lei Xiang's expression changed.

"Merits will not be recognized, nor will crimes be erased?"

"He didn't try to atone with merit," Longbow Wei said. "He simply distanced himself from all the results."

The Dragon Prince stared intently at the figure that was gradually disappearing.

Neither good nor bad can become his tombstone.

The Dragon God slowly closed his eyes.

"Because he no longer has a tombstone."

Otto's body was reduced to only half a face.

Those golden eyes were still fixed on the direction where Kallen had disappeared.

That's good.

His voice was barely audible.

She doesn't need to remember me.

"She just needs to live."

As he finished speaking, the last ray of light detached from between his eyebrows.

Otto disappeared completely.

There was no corpse, no soul, and no name.

Even the wooden airplane shattered into countless Fragments after he disappeared, turning into a silent rain of wood chips.

The final verdict appeared on the Light Screen.

[Redemption: Complete.]

[Punishment: Executed.]

[Kallen: Living happily.]

[Otto: Does not exist.]

The space was deathly silent.

Xu Sanshi opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he managed to squeeze out, "To be deprived even of a glance from her... this punishment is too harsh."

Xiao Xiao said in a low voice, "But the things he did really can't be ignored."

Tang Ya looked at her.

"You sympathize with him?"

"I don't know." Xiao Xiao shook her head. "I just think that if someone is truly willing to accept such an ending, it at least means they've realized they were wrong."

Bei Bei chimed in, "Understanding a mistake doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"But that might be the only thing he can do," said He Caitou.

Ning Rongrong sighed softly.

"He saved Kallen from her fate, but left himself on the other side of all sin."

Ning Tian looked at the dim Light Screen, his voice very soft.

"Could this be considered a belated repentance?"

"Yes," Tang San replied, "But repentance is never about gaining forgiveness, but about preventing the tragedy from continuing."

Dai Hao's gaze remained cold and stern.

"If he truly understands this, at least no one will die because of his obsession in the future."

Xue Ye remained silent for a long time before finally saying:

"The most tragic end for a person is not to be hated by the world, but to have done everything that should be done, and still have reason to be hated by the world."

The Light Screen went out completely.

But just as darkness fell, a very faint chime came from afar.

Immediately afterwards, a petal drifted down from the Void.

There was no name, no Marks, and no trace of Otto on the petals.

It simply landed at everyone's feet and lay there quietly.

Gu Yuena reached out and caught the petal.

"Does he really no longer exist?"

Tang San looked towards that Void.

"Yes, for the world."

After the Light Screen went out, the wooden airplane in the Sea of Stars disappeared.

But the child's voice lingered for a long time.

"Otto, wait for me, let's fly together."

The moment the sound faded, a faint cracking sound suddenly came from the depths of the darkness.

Click.

Like an artifact that has lasted for hundreds of years, finally unable to withstand the weight of time.

Immediately afterwards, the previously silent Light Screen lit up again.

This time, there was no Courtyard, no shade, and no young Kallen.

There was only one huge, cold Laboratory.

Transparent Cultivation Pod lined up on both sides of the dimly lit metal walls, with pale blue liquid flowing slowly. Countless pipes connected the chambers, and data light strips crisscrossed in mid-air, like a cage covering the entire space.

Inside the central Cultivation Pod, a white-haired girl was curled up.

Her eyes were closed, and her hands were restrained at her sides.

Her face bears some resemblance to Kallen's, but lacks the softness of her childhood and possesses a sharpness that has been artificially created.

A line of text appeared below the Light Screen.

[K-423.]

[Life forms that are manufactured, modified, and manipulated.]

For more than a decade, her life was entirely planned and executed by others.

[Missions, battles, Remembrance, identity...]

She was allowed to have power, but never allowed to have a choice.

Huo Yuhao's expression gradually darkened.

"This is not simply about control."

His Divine Power swept across the Light Screen, his brows furrowing.

"Her Remembrance have been artificially pieced together, and her emotions have been manipulated over a long period. Someone decided what she was meant to become before she was even born."

Gu Yuena's gaze turned slightly cold.

"Treat life as a weapon."

"Worse than weapons," Tang Wulin said in a deep voice. "At least weapons aren't required to believe anything; everything they do is their own choice."

Tang San remained silent.

His gaze remained fixed on the girl inside the Cultivation Pod.

Those tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, as if struggling in a nightmare from which one could never wake up.

In the footage, the Laboratory door is open.

A figure walked in from outside the door.

White hair, golden eyes, and a composed expression.

It was Otto.

He stood in front of the Cultivation Pod, observing the girl through the thick glass, and gently tapped the chamber wall with his fingers.

one time.

Another one.

"Still not awake?"

The researcher next to him lowered his head and answered:

"Her physical condition is stable, but her consciousness remains dormant. According to the plan, she will need to continue receiving Remembrance infusions."

"Continue."

Otto's voice came without any hesitation.

She must believe that she is Kiana.

The researchers hesitated for a moment.

"Your Excellency, if the Remembrance conflicts become too severe, it could lead to a mental breakdown."

"Then adjust your Remembrance."

What if she resists?

Otto looked at the girl in the Cultivation Pod and smiled slightly.

"Then give her an enemy she must fight against."

After those words were spoken, silence fell both inside and outside the Light Screen.

Xu Sanshi's fist slammed into his palm.

"That's absolutely outrageous!"

He Caitou glanced at him.

"You're only realizing this now?"

"Of course I know he's not a good person!" Xu Sanshi's eyes widened. "But to create a person, then force a life onto her, and finally arrange for enemies to force her to follow a script—that's not just control, that's treating her like a puppet from beginning to end!"

Bei Bei said in a deep voice:

"And she's a puppet that feels pain, fear, and love."

Tang Ya's fingers slowly tightened.

"The scariest thing is that she may have always believed that all that suffering was her own choice."

Time passed rapidly within the Light Screen.

The Cultivation Pod is activated.

The white-haired girl fell out of the cold liquid, coughing violently, and braced herself with her hands on the ground.

Otto handed her a white towel.

Kiana Kaslana.

The girl looked up, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Who I am?"

"You are the Valkyrie of Schicksal."

Where is my father?

Otto's gaze remained unchanged.