The End and the Pinnacle / Cross of Sin

Because of the previous reminder, Mei knew that the female voice disliked being interrupted, so this time she listened quietly to the female voice's narration, as she recounted that hazy era.

"But the seeds of trouble were sown from that time onward. In the process of becoming the Moth of Fire, the people who joined had extremely complex positions, values, and interests. They devoted all their efforts to achieving the goal of 'making global resources work for them.' As a result, the Moth of Fire became both saviors and rulers, and the High Council controlled the Moth of Fire."

"Can you imagine a group of less than a hundred people being able to manipulate the world at will? Or you can imagine yourself in the organization you used to be in. The leader, even if his sphere of influence was not as large as that of the Moths of Fire, was a god who could do whatever he wanted within his sphere of influence."

The woman's voice stopped there, and Mei felt it was time for her to speak, so she tried asking, "So you mean there's a huge conflict among the High Council of the Firemoth?"

"Heh, they used to be, but after the Sixth Honkai War... it's more accurate to say they united."

The woman's voice deliberately carried a sarcastic tone, which Mei noticed, and she silently shut her mouth.

"The High Council have one thing in common: they are all 'dominators.' Since all the power and resources of the organization come from them, they have absolute control over Moth Chaser. In other words, Moth Chaser is more like their private property than an organization composed of different people."

"Their thoughts are the organization's thoughts, their plans are the organization's plans, and when they deviate from their original intentions, or expose their original intentions... they are not traitors to the organization."

"So, in this situation, who is the traitor?"

After pondering for a few seconds, Mei slowly exhaled.

"Those who oppose them... are traitors."

To Schicksal, Anti-Entropy is a traitor.

However, Anti-Entropy was established to defy Schicksal and protect humanity.

"You're right, but unfortunately, what others care about isn't this 'betrayal'."

"What's the meaning?"

"It means... I have to leave for a while."

The woman's voice turned cold halfway through her sentence and then immediately disappeared.

"..."

Mei leaned against the wall, pondering her words...

Chapter 205 End and Peak

"This is... my sister..."

Delta's hands trembled as she stared at the mindless, two-colored monster on the screen. People in white coats walked past the monster indifferently, showing no concern. Then, some armored figures entered the operating room...

What are you going to do to my sister?!

"We won't do anything to your sister." The person in charge straightened his tie and said coldly to the furious Delta, "We'll just send her where she's supposed to be. Once we find a way to restore a 'hero' like her to normal, you'll be reunited."

Delta murmured blankly, "Back to normal..."

"That's right, they are heroes who sacrificed themselves for humanity, so we will do everything we can to help them regain their human form."

Seeing Delta's dejected state, the person in charge raised an eyebrow, tapped a few times on the screen, and then looked up at Delta, saying, "By the way, your sister left you a message before her surgery. Do you want to hear it?"

"I want to hear it!" Delta's expression changed, and she anxiously reached for the tablet in the person in charge's hand, but the person in charge coldly raised his hand, moving it away from Delta.

"Please calm down. Before that, I need to tell you something else. The agreement your sister signed with us is that as long as she has the surgery, we will provide you with a comfortable life. In other words, no matter what you hear next, you can leave immediately and never have to wander around or sleep in garbage dumps again."

"..."

Leave directly...

Delta's face went blank. She stared blankly at the person in charge, who said nothing but silently played an audio file.

"Sister, I'm about to have surgery, hehe... I didn't tell you beforehand, because you would definitely object to me having surgery."

A familiar voice came from the speaker, and Delta lowered her head, biting her lip.

"If you've heard this audio, it means my surgery failed. But don't worry, they promised that as long as I have the surgery, they'll definitely give you a good life. I'll never have to be homeless again, and I won't have to fight with people every day for our food..."

"And it's not just for my sister, it's for humanity, to become a hero, to have an identity that I can be proud of."

"I've always been watching my sister's back... thinking how wonderful it would be if I could catch up with her someday, how wonderful it would be if I could become a hero like her, like in a fairy tale..."

"Sister... I'm sorry..."

The audio became entirely sobbing towards the end. The pink-haired girl bit her lips until they bled, and she dug her fingers into the flesh of her thighs, listening to the cries, each one piercing her heart.

Even the usually indifferent person in charge seemed to feel sad at this moment. He silently looked at the trembling Delta, and the coldness on his face softened slightly.

"The presentation is finished. You can leave now." The person in charge put away the tablet and reached out to the voluntary form in front of Delta, but Delta slammed his hand down on the paper as his fingers touched it.

The paper was crumpled and wrinkled.

Give me a pen.

A smile finally appeared on the person in charge's face.

Delta stared at the voluntary form in front of her, her mind replaying her sister's cries.

She is her sister's hero.

A hero that makes him and his sister proud.

"Bad news."

Mobius walked into the Spiral Workshop and spoke coldly to the busy Vill-V.

"Lin is wanted for betraying Moth by stealing classified information, attacking Moth's secret base, and killing soldiers."

"Hmm..." Vill-V put the design draft in her hand into the machine. She stared intently at the mold inside the machine solidifying the parts on her design draft. "Just as expected."

"You knew? So you knew he acted without permission? Why didn't you stop him?"

Mobius's tone was calm, but her eyes were completely devoid of warmth, like a truly cold-blooded animal, as she stared at Vill-V's retreating figure.

"Once Lin decides to do something, no one can stop him. Rather than letting him do it secretly without saying a word, I might as well give him another hand."

"So this is the result of your help to him?" Mobius sneered. "Now, he's a traitor."

Vill-V put on goggles and heat-resistant gloves, opened the machine's hatch, took out the pre-made parts, and began assembling them. "Mobius, we all understand that the rulers of the Fire Moth, their will is the will of the Fire Moth. They provide all the resources, power, and economy. Even if I want to expand the Spiral Workshop by ten square meters, I still need their approval. Rather than saying that the members of the Fire Moth make up the Fire Moth, it's more accurate to say that they are the Fire Moth."

"Even if Lin discovers what they've hidden in the shadows, so what? Condemn them for being inhuman? Call them traitors? Send them to the guillotine?"

"Don't joke around. It is because of them that the Firemoth can use such a huge amount of resources to fight against the Honkai. Those who do not agree with them can leave, but it is the existence of this organization that almost dominates the entire political and economic system of human society that allows humanity to fight against the Honkai. So, for the Firemoth, Lin is the traitor."

"Even if Kevin kills them all, it will only cause the organization to fall apart, and the situation will only get worse then."

She fiddled with the parts in her hands and said softly, "So, this result is exactly what I expected."

"Didn't you say you liked that idiot? Since you know the reasons so well, why are you acting so indifferent now?" Mobius narrowed his eyes, his gradually shrinking snake pupils. "Or are you just acting too? Want to continue inventing your junk at the Firemoth? Just stay put and wait for the High Council to put you in charge of the Divine Key Project again?"

"Doctor Mobius, sometimes you don't know how to hide your emotions. For example, you're probably extremely angry right now."

Vill-V assembled the last part, then smiled, picked up the item on the table, turned around and put it on the ground. "I've made the means of transportation you requested. You can use it to get around from now on. I've given the design drawings to Mei. If there are any problems, you can ask her to repair it."

"Wait a minute." Mobius sensed something was wrong from her last sentence. "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is..." Vill-V took out the briefcase she had already prepared, put on her top hat, and smirked, "From now on, I am also a traitor."

Mobius looked at her incredulously. "Are you kidding me?"

"Don't you think it's cool to raise a sword of rebellion to the sky?"

Vill-V, carrying a suitcase, passed by Mobius.

"Don't worry, Doctor Mobius, we will be back sooner or later, and that day won't be too late." A mysterious smile graced her beautiful profile, just as she always did during her magic show. "Those at the top control everything beneath them, except for one."

"..." Mobius frowned, as if she had gleaned something from Vill-V's words.

"Then I'll take my leave now. I believe that when I return, I will be able to devote myself fully to the Divine Key Project... provided that I am not pregnant by then."

"Hello..."

Without turning her head, Vill-V waved and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Chapter 206 The Sin Cross

Delta, with dark circles under her eyes and a blank expression, ate her breakfast, scooping up some white porridge with a spoon and putting it into her mouth...

"Ah, it's so hot!"

With a mournful face, she spat out the porridge again, then glared at it as if she were enraged by the innocent bowl of white porridge.

"What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?" A girl as light as an elf sat down in front of her and asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Delta put down her spoon, wiped her burned tongue, and sighed, "It happened... I had a bad dream."

"Having a nightmare? How cute."

Elysia's pointed ears twitched. Delta looked at her with a troubled expression and asked, "Captain Elysia, Lieutenant Lin is wanted... Don't you have any thoughts on this?"

"Hmm... well, not entirely." Elysia ate her jam-filled bread, chewed it, then licked the jam off her lips with her soft tongue and chuckled, "So what am I going to do about eating and warming my bed from now on?"

"..."

"Haha." Elysia was very satisfied with Delta's subtle look. She snapped her fingers. "Don't worry, Lin will definitely do the right thing. I believe in him, and he never betrays the trust of others."

"That moth drawn to the flame..."

"Shh~"

Elysia extended a finger and pressed it against Delta's lips. She tilted her head and revealed an extremely charming smile, "Little Delta, this world is not simply a matter of right and wrong, and opposing people are not necessarily absolutely righteous or evil. Do you want to know the correct answer, or do you want to get the answer you want from me?"

"..."

Delta slowly shut her mouth, her hands clenching silently under the table.

Delta returned to her room with the takeout food from the cafeteria. She didn't turn on the light and locked the door after entering.

"... I brought the food back."

The Flame-Chaser's night vision allowed her to see a person leaning against the corner of the sofa, silent and motionless like a statue.

On the table lay a broken helmet and a weapon case. He lay silently in the darkness, his eyes wide open, his half-silver, half-black hair draped over his head.

"..."

Delta placed the food on the table.

The reason she didn't sleep well last night was that someone knocked on her door in the middle of the night. That person had been wanted by the police a few hours earlier, and appeared at her door a few hours later. She had to mentally prepare herself before she opened the door.

"You've sat here all night without saying a word," Delta gritted her teeth. "Are you a traitor? Did you kill the soldiers of the Firemoth?"

"..."

The man remained silent, supporting his head with one hand, not moving a finger for hours.

He was different from usual. Normally, no matter how taciturn he was, you could always sense his quirky sense of humor and personality from his words. But now Delta could only feel a deathly stillness emanating from him, as if the person sitting there was not a living being.

Only when a cold, sharp gaze occasionally swept over her would she slowly shiver, knowing that he was still conscious.

But she couldn't suppress the fire within her. "Why did you betray the Firemoth? Did the Firemoth deceive us—"

This was the first time Lin had made a move since arriving here. He turned his head like a puppet, his intimidating gaze falling on Delta.

"Why are you looking at me like that! What's the truth?!"

"Do you want to know the correct answer, or do you want to get the answer you want from me?" Lin asked coldly.

Delta was suddenly stunned by those words...

Does she really want to know the truth?

Witnessing his sister turn into a monster, and himself becoming non-human, controlled by others... all that he has done, all that he has experienced, will collapse when the truth comes out...

So what's the significance of the younger sister agreeing to the surgery...?

The significance of their existence...

What's left?

"I..."

"Moth Chaser didn't deceive you." Lin said coldly before she could fully express her thoughts. "There's just a misunderstanding between Moth Chaser and me right now. It will just take some time to clear up the misunderstanding. As for killing... maybe."

What does "maybe" mean?

Delta's heart pounded. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but Lin remained expressionless and indifferent. Finally, she swallowed hard and her lips trembled slightly. "That's good..."

"Well, I'll stay here for a while until the misunderstanding is cleared up, and I'll think about... how to resolve it."

"Why me?"

"Because you and I are related, but the relationship is the shallowest."