Pufferfish Beast: “I Don't Care About This World Anymore!” (Continued)

This building was an Anti-Entropy stronghold, packed with Anti-Entropy mechs. With Kiana temporarily deprived of Pufferfish Power, escaping the building with Doctor Maki in tow would be extremely difficult.

"Don't worry about me—"

Supported by Kiana as he ran, Doctor Maki said to her:

"If you take me with you, you won't be able to break through and escape. Once fighting starts, countless enemies will swarm us!"

"You're right, old man. If I bring you along, it'll probably be hard for us to get out of here—"

"But I refuse!"

Kiana spoke with a teasing smile on her face:

"Kaslana is the shield that protects the people. How could I abandon someone who needs my protection and run away alone?"

"Rin—"

At that moment, Doctor Maki seemed to see his granddaughter in Kiana. Several seconds later, he said, "If you insist, then let's go to the first basement level. As long as we obtain the Serenity Gem, we'll have something to bargain with them."

Kiana and Doctor Maki's operation went unexpectedly smoothly. Even the security door password had not been changed. Once they entered and saw what was inside, Doctor Maki finally understood everything—and Cocolia's true plan!

She had never intended to study the Serenity Gem's secrets. Instead, just as she had done in Changkong City, she had placed the Serenity Gem within a pile of Honkai Energy crystals. Once the Honkai Energy concentration it absorbed reached the conditions for a Herrscher's birth, the Serenity Gem would trigger an artificial Honkai outbreak, infecting everyone in the city. If anyone among them possessed the potential to become a Herrscher, they would be directly chosen by the Serenity Gem to become the Herrscher of Death!

"Damn it, this is all my fault!!"

Having understood Cocolia's plan, Doctor Maki pounded the floor