Under Doctor Maki's medication, Kiana quickly passed out. Even with Miss Pufferfish inside her, faced with a powerful drug that could sever and neutralize Honkai Energy, Miss Pufferfish could only roar helplessly in Kiana's mental world.
While sneaking around, Fu Hua suddenly felt an invisible force act upon her as she reached a staircase. Then, a man both familiar and unfamiliar appeared at the top of the stairs. He was Welt Joyce's clone, the same type of clone that had attacked Mei, Kiana, and the others not long ago—Welt Joyce's Clone for short.
"Look what I found?"
Welt, his face marked with purple tattoos, stood atop the stairs and looked down at Fu Hua. He pulled out a banana, peeled it, and licked it as he laughed. "I found a little mouse. Just the thing to relieve my boredom."
"Hmph, don't underestimate Schicksal's Valkyries—"
Fu Hua quickly recognized who he was. After all, the incident back then had caused such a huge commotion, and having lived so long, she knew more than most.
"Hahahaha, how ridiculous—"
Fu Hua's proud, unyielding expression thrilled Welt Joyce's Clone to no end. Covering his forehead with one hand, he laughed wildly for quite a while before saying, "Are Schicksal's Valkyries the ones I played with like toys, who broke completely by accident and couldn't even be pieced back together?"
The Valkyrie squad that had pursued Doctor Maki earlier had been casually wiped out by Welt Joyce's Clone.
"I'll defeat you and take back the Serenity Gem!"
Seeing that he did not seem particularly bright, Fu Hua continued acting, hoping to coax some important information out of him.
"The Serenity Gem is lying in the underground vault. Too bad you'll never get there in this lifetime. Prepare to entertain me with your dazzling yet