Chapter 112

"???" Theresa asked, her secretary, who had been brought in, adjusting her glasses amidst Theresa's confused expression.

"You must be the Xiao San's second sister, how did you figure that out?"

Tesla was quite surprised, after all, she had been disguised.

"Since you know about the Xiao San, you should also know that we have a spiritual connection. Sometimes, even if words are not enough, I can directly feel what the Xiao San is feeling."

K422 carefully examined the red-haired woman in front of her.

"So, the image of the Sister Tesla described by the Xiao San naturally remains in my mind... the rest is just a trick to get rid of you."

She shrugged after she finished speaking.

Even with its advanced consciousness space, K422 cannot directly access K423's brain.

She might be able to understand K423's thoughts and feelings, but the consciousness space naturally couldn't get any information out of K423's mind.

But as she said, through the Xiao San's description, K422 also constructed a Tesla image in her mind to some extent.

With a slight mismatch in appearance and hair color, and given that the Far East is one of the regions where the Anti-Entropy organization is active, K422 decided to try and bluff the other party, hoping for the best.

And she actually won.

Tesla was a person who Anti-Entropy, which means that her guess unfortunately came true.

The Far East Branch is essentially a branch of Anti-Entropy. At this point, K422 cast a sympathetic glance at Theresa.

"..."

In other words, Theresa's Far East Branch was not only taken over by the Anti-Entropy organization, but the Anti-Entropy organization also used the Far East Branch's funds to pay salaries to its own members.

K422 doesn't believe that there's only one Anti-Entropy member who infiltrated the Far East Branch.

"Nice to meet you, Sister Tesla. I never expected you to be here."

"Nice to meet you, Acting Grand Bishop. Or would you prefer me to call you Kiana?"

Tesla countered with a question.

At this point, Theresa was still out of sorts.

This secretary came from her Far East Branch and worked diligently for three years before finally being promoted to her position. How come she seems so familiar with K422?

"You can call me Acting Grand Bishop, or you can call me Kiana... I don't mind."

K422's gaze was calm, but she had already withdrawn her feet from the chair of the Acting Grand Bishop and was now sitting upright in the chair of the Grand Bishop's Aide.

"Can I contact Welt through you?"

"You want to contact Welt?" Tesla was quite surprised.

"Of course, as you can see, we only have children here, and elderly people who have premature dementia..."

For some reason, K422 felt that as he said this, the Tesla standing opposite him was glaring at him with a fierce look.

"Excuse me, but don't you like people talking about your age in front of you?"

"... Yes, Kiana, I don't like this."

"Oh, just like Theresa." K422 curled her lip, naturally knowing that the other party was another monster whose age did not match her appearance.

K422 remained remarkably calm about this. Otto, the green turtle who had lived for five hundred years, was naturally unaffected, and Theresa, who had also lived for several decades, was still like a twelve-year-old girl. Of course, her intelligence might also be stuck at that age level.

120. I have a feeling you're heavily influenced by some jerk.

"..."

For some reason, Tesla felt a surge of anger.

"Although they look the same, they are really very different from the Xiao San."

"Oh, really?" K422 smiled slightly.

She glanced at Theresa, who still hadn't found anything, and then continued speaking to Tesla:

"Miss Tesla, could you arrange a meeting between me and Welt? It would be best if he could come to this Schicksal Headquarters."

"... Your Acting Grand Bishop, there is absolutely no way I can grant such a request."

Tesla responded immediately.

Once is usually enough to infiltrate the enemy's base again.

Infiltrating the Schicksal Headquarters two or three times was practically flirting with death, and no one could guarantee Schicksal's attitude afterward.

Even if Otto goes to recuperate now, it's impossible to say that he won't suddenly reappear in a few days and take over the entire Schicksal again.

"Don't worry, Miss Tesla, this is not a trap. If we really wanted to set a trap for Mr. Welt, given Mr. Welt personality, all I have to do is announce that I have captured Miss Tesla, and Mr. Welt will naturally come to me."

K422 smiled slightly.

"The Xiao San often says that 'Sister Tesla' really likes her teacher, but she prefers to use the word 'Alliance Leader' rather than 'teacher'."

"No, the Xiao San prefers to call him 'the leader,'" Tesla suddenly replied with a stern face.

K422: "???"

K422 was naturally stunned for a while after being interrupted by Tesla.

"Kiana, Tra, what are you talking about Xiao San? And the name Tesla sounds familiar..."

"Theresa, I'm having a serious talk with Miss Tesla. If you have nothing to do, just stay here quietly and be a mascot." K422 had given up on Theresa's intelligence.

Theresa looked confused; why was she being disliked again?

"Hmph, it's not like I don't understand. You guys continue, I won't interrupt."

"That's utter nonsense, Theresa. You'd better just stay put. If you want to drink that insane, bitter, white, and slightly fishy-smelling water, then drink as much as you want..."

Tesla, standing to the side, was completely bewildered.

She looked at Theresa with a shocked expression.

"Could it be that Lady Theresa drinks that kind of stuff often?"

"Yes." K422 knew Tesla had misunderstood, but so what? She said it on purpose, so she said it with a serious face.

"Theresa is completely addicted to that liquid and can't give up that milky stuff."

"Hiss--"

Tesla.

I never expected that Theresa, who is so petite, is not so bright. She is as naive and innocent as can be, just like an extremely sheltered young lady.

She thought that a young girl like Theresa would at most know that the child was delivered by a crane.

I never expected it to be so obscene.

And it even became addictive!

It seems that Tesla's K422, whose thinking is getting increasingly distorted, is now embarrassed to admit that what he just said was a joke.

Theresa was also confused, not understanding why K422 described bitter melon milk that way.

Bitter melon milk is a great thing!

She goes without saying that milk has nutritional value, but bitter melon has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing the skin, lowering blood sugar, and nourishing the blood and liver.

Don't you know what a healthy liver means?

Just as Theresa was about to defend herself, K422 said directly to Tesla, "Alright, Miss Tesla, what we just said was a joke. Don't overthink it. Miss Theresa is very innocent; she hasn't even realized what we were talking about yet."

"Are you sure your description isn't implying she's stupid?" Tesla said, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Turns out I was overthinking it. Thank goodness.

However... the other person knows quite a lot at such a young age.

"Theresa, why don't you go drink your bitter melon milk first? Now, let's get back to the main topic..."

"Wait, wait a minute! Why would there be something so inhumane!"

As a researcher, Tesla could not ignore the inhumane creation of combining bitter melon and milk.

"Don't ask me, I don't know either." K422 was actually quite curious about how such an inhuman thing came about.

But right now, meeting with Welt and his staff is the priority.

"Alright, Ms. Tesla, if you're going to worry about this, I'll give you Theresa later."

"I regret to decline."

Tesla obviously didn't want Theresa.

Even if she seems to have a penchant for forced intimacy with young children, older girls like Theresa are completely outside her range of preferences.

"Then forget it. Well, as I said before, if I wanted to scheme against Mr. Welt, your arrival would make my plan half successful. But actually, I want to get along with Anti-Entropy."

"Kiana, why is the term 'Anti-Entropy' appearing at this time?"

Theresa had just taken a box of bitter melon milk from the cabinet when she was drawn to the words "Anti-Entropy" in K422's episode.

"Theresa, you don't even know how many Anti-Entropy members have infiltrated your Far East Branch, and one of them has even become an Anti-Entropy, and you haven't even realized it yet... Don't say anything, or I'll hold you accountable for dereliction of duty and deduct your entire year's salary." K422 complained helplessly.

For Theresa, who hasn't yet reclaimed her S-rank Valkyrie title, having her salary deducted is definitely the most severe punishment... and there's no such thing as a more severe punishment.

Judging from Otto's favoritism towards Theresa, no matter how serious the mistake Theresa made, at most she would be imprisoned for a period of time or fined a small amount of money.

"Hmm—"

At the same time, Theresa was stunned.

She looked at Tesla with anticipation, but Tesla simply nodded.

"I'm very sorry, Lady Theresa, I am Frederica Nikola Tesla, the executor of Anti-Entropy."

"Really?" Theresa was somewhat incredulous.

"Real."

Tesla confirmed this with a sigh.

She always assumed Theresa would notice.

In fact, a large part of the reason why the Anti-Entropy organization chose to infiltrate the Far East Branch was because Theresa and Otto had different ideologies.

Therefore, the Anti-Entropy organization has the idea of turning Theresa into one of their own.

Siegfried was also an executor of Anti-Entropy, so Raiden Ryoma suggested that Siegfried try to win over Theresa.

Because of his daughter's situation, Raiden Ryoma didn't make a detailed plan, and Siegfried later went to Russia with Welt, so the plan to win him over came to nothing.

Theresa felt that even bitter melon milk didn't taste good anymore.

"Alright, Theresa won't interrupt us anymore, Miss Tesla. I'm serious about cooperating with Anti-Entropy." Seeing Theresa's almost withdrawn look, K422 felt relieved and resumed communicating with Tesla.

"Seriously cooperating with Anti-Entropy? The Schicksal?"

The answer provided by K422 truly surprised Tesla.

"That's right, Otto's philosophy is different from mine. I agree more with Anti-Entropy's approach, but Anti-Entropy's ability alone should replace the Valkyrie's advantage on the Honkai battlefield. I don't want to use the Valkyrie as expendable resources. Furthermore, Anti-Entropy's mecha technology lacks the technology to efficiently utilize Honkai Energy. I believe that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy have the value to cooperate."

K422, in saying this, behaved like a shrewd businessman.

In reality, K422 is not qualified as a businessman.

Although every businessman is cunning, they do not blindly pursue maximum profits. They also strive for a win-win situation with their partners, because only a win-win situation can lead to unlimited profits.

K422 argued that the two organizations had potential for cooperation and hoped to achieve a win-win situation through joint efforts. However, in reality, she didn't have much to offer in exchange.

First of all, the position of Acting Grand Bishop is not easy to hold. If the situation within the Schicksal is not stabilized quickly, K422 and Theresa may not be able to hold the Grand Bishop for long.

Without Otto, the Schicksal Schicksal is gradually weakening its original deterrent power.

Even Tesla, who wasn't particularly good at management, could see this situation. She didn't think the other party couldn't see it either. Of course, the other party's overly young appearance also made Tesla's guess unconvincing.

Of course, the young girl in her fifties on the side clearly didn't see anything.

"Kiana, the cooperation you're talking about can't really be considered a win-win situation. From a businessman's perspective, your negotiation this time was a failure. Of course, I'm not a businessman myself."

Tesla had his own pride as an inventor.

As a researcher, she prefers to spend more time researching new inventions rather than being as calculating as a businesswoman.

One of her friends believed that as long as no new weapons were invented, fewer people would die from war.