Chapter 122

Moreover, she genuinely enjoys these dishes that are a pleasure to eat, and she even wants to hire several chefs who are skilled in Chinese cuisine to cook her meals.

"Then I'll go back to the airship to rest."

"If Your Acting Grand Bishop wishes to rest, I have prepared a room for you."

"Oh, sister, I'm here to work, don't make things difficult for me. I'll just rest on the Floating Battleship for a bit."

K422 hesitated for a moment, but ultimately stuck to her choice.

The Asian Branch manager seemed unaware of her acting skills and could only nod, showing a regretful expression.

She had clearly done her homework and knew that K422 had a habit of hugging people while sleeping.

With a private car escorting them, K422 took Liv, Siegfried, and the Propaganda Department staff back to the airport. Most of the Propaganda Department staff chose to wait in the waiting hall, while K422 took Liv, Siegfried, and a small number of the Propaganda Department staff back to the Escort Ship that was hovering in the air on Floating Battleship.

Upon returning to the Floating Battleship, K422 used the excuse of needing to rest to go back to Floating Battleship room alone.

After returning to his room, Siegfried contacted Raiden Ryoma was in Anti-Entropy.

"Ryoma..."

"Uh, Siegfried, why do you look so embarrassed in front of your daughter? What stupid thing have you done now, you piece of trash?"

As a fellow member of the Father's Sorrow Alliance, Raiden Ryoma no longer frequently mocks Siegfried, but he still can't help but ridicule him when he sees Siegfried's pathetic face.

"No, I just realized... the financial resources required to be a father are too far off, no wonder you can be a good father, Ryoma."

"???"

Raiden Ryoma thought there was nothing wrong with what he said, but something just didn't feel right to him no matter how he listened to it.

"No matter what, a father's love is the most important thing. As long as you work hard... well, that Little Princess might not really buy into that. Anyway, just keep trying..."

Faced with the unpredictable personality of K422, even Raiden Ryoma couldn't be sure of his answer.

Siegfried could only pour out his grievances.

Meanwhile, K422 in the room soon met up with members of the intelligence unit from the Propaganda Department.

"Your Acting Grand Bishop, I am the captain of the second intelligence team. This is the intelligence gathered by the second and third teams in cooperation with local intelligence personnel. This next document contains intelligence gathered by the first team in Russia. We have already compiled all the intelligence we have gathered. Please take a look..."

"Thanks."

K422 took the thick stack of paper documents and then reviewed the intelligence unit's investigation results.

There was nothing about the Valkyrie in the Russian region that she was interested in.

There are some interesting aspects, such as the fact that the Valkyrie in Russia love bears, and sometimes they are willing to get injured in order to catch them, since they do not use their Valkyrie powers in the process.

Therefore, Russian Valkyrie are often injured while hunting bears, frequently leading to the loss of the Honkai battlefields they guard, which are then occupied by Honkai Beast. Although they may later retake the battlefields by joining forces with other teams, the casualties among Valkyrie in the Russian region are quite high...

The main reason is that Valkyrie go to the Honkai battlefield injured. Their Honkai Energy resistance is affected by their physical health. Because their bodies are more vulnerable when they are injured from catching bears, they are sometimes easily killed by the radiation spread by Honkai Energy.

The K422 can only attract the attention of Russia's Valkyrie.

In fact, Otto attracts the attention of the Russian Valkyrie every year, but the problem is that such situations are simply impossible to stop in Russia.

Russian Valkyrie are just that reckless.

And it's not just the Russian Valkyrie are so reckless; even ordinary Russians can be just as reckless. A regular man can drink a bottle of liquor, shout "Hurrah!" and then charge forward with a regular machine gun to make holes in Rush-class Honkai Beast.

Of course, so many ordinary people have died because of this situation that Russia has had to introduce various bans.

"There's no problem in the Russian region. Have the local intelligence forces keep an eye on things, and then have the entire team withdraw."

"Yes, ma'am."

"And then the Asian Branch? I wonder what kind of investigation this hospitable place can uncover..." K422 curiously flipped through the thick stack of paper documents.

The first thing that catches the eye is that Shencheng Medicine is highly suspicious, and it is related to the recent false report of the Honkai Beast incident. At the same time, the person in charge of Shencheng Medicine in Sky City met privately with several Valkyrie from the Asian Branch.

The intelligence team members who infiltrated the monitoring room only discovered one of them.

After they began their operation, they immediately joined up with the intelligence unit that was lurking in Sky City. They then learned from them that the head of Shencheng Medicine had made multiple contacts with several Valkyrie from the Asian Branch.

Each time it happened in a different setting, and sometimes in a different capacity.

There are even records of him entering and leaving a love hotel with a certain Valkyrie. Considering that it is extremely difficult for Valkyrie to find a partner, a member of the intelligence unit believes that the two must have been having a secret meeting in the love hotel. She regrets that she could not find more direct evidence.

"..."

K422 fell into a deep silence at the prejudice of the intelligence officer who provided the evidence.

She thought the intelligence officer was overthinking things.

Sometimes you really don't need to think too much, but she also felt that it made sense. It's so hard for the Valkyrie of Schicksal to find partners, maybe they really are having a secret meeting.

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Regardless of how difficult it is for the Valkyrie to find a partner, the pharmaceutical company Shencheng Medicine still caught K422's attention.

Speaking of Shencheng Medicine, one cannot help but mention the Second Great Honkai in 2000, which severely impacted the world. Along with the global economic turmoil, many companies went bankrupt, but many others seized the opportunity and became industry leaders.

Shencheng Medicine, from Europe, is one such example.

As a world-renowned pharmaceutical company, Shencheng Medicine is headquartered in Europe and has branches in various countries around the world. It also maintains a close cooperative relationship with the Schicksal.

The company advocates the belief that 'science heals all.' During the panic following the Second Eruption, the company's founders invented a variety of drugs to combat Honkai Energy infection, benefiting countless patients.

After achieving great success, Shencheng Medicine began to conduct in-depth research in the field of genetic medicine.

As its creed suggests, the company constantly explores cutting-edge technologies to treat diseases in radical and even ethically questionable ways.

This has made Shencheng Medicine's reputation quite controversial.

Shencheng Medicine's dual success in science and business is largely attributed to its close collaboration with the Schicksal, Schicksal has consistently supplied Shencheng Medicine with pharmaceutical raw materials.

Looking at the suspicious clues gathered by the intelligence unit, K422 couldn't help but browse through the database of Shencheng Medicine.

At least on the surface, Shencheng Medicine has no problems.

But she instinctively felt that companies that seemed to have no problems were the ones with real problems.

"We need to investigate Shencheng Medicine in detail."

K422 immediately mobilized all of Schicksal's intelligence forces to investigate Shencheng Medicine worldwide, and even used Schicksal's political capital to seize Shencheng Medicine's drug transport vehicles.

You wouldn't know unless you looked it up, and what you found was shocking.

K422 hadn't held much hope for this pharmaceutical company that was willing to cooperate with the Schicksal.

Moreover, given its problematic reputation, people naturally assume that this pharmaceutical company must be involved in some shady dealings.

However, the truth was far more extensive and far greater than she had imagined.

One day later.

The Valkyrie, an intelligence unit of Shencheng Medicine Company in Shenzhou Sky City, sent a distress signal.

"Acting Grand Bishop, it's Honkai Beast! A large number of Honkai Beast are hidden underground at Shencheng Medicine Company."

"Requesting backup! This is Valkyrie from the Schicksal Intelligence Unit, requesting backup from the Valkyrie Squad in Sky City! Requesting backup from the Asian Branch!!"

"The head of Shencheng Medicine Sky Dome is evacuating; Shencheng Medicine has dispatched a mecha unit!!"

"Retreat! Retreat!!"

The Valkyrie of the intelligence unit were not skilled in combat, and suffered heavy casualties on the spot when faced with the counterattack of Shencheng Medicine.

The Asian Branch manager, who was having hot pot with K422, was also dumbfounded.

Her communicator received no information at all; instead, K422's communicator transmitted a distress call from the intelligence unit.

"The intelligence unit is to withdraw at full speed. Lewis's team will provide cover. Mr. Siegfried and I will head to the scene immediately."

The counterattack from Shencheng Medicine's Sky City branch was indeed unexpected.

K422 never expected the enemy to act so decisively, resulting in heavy losses for the intelligence unit. She immediately issued a retreat order to the entire intelligence unit and an attack order to all Schicksal branches around the world to attack Shencheng Medicine.

At this point, whether Shencheng Medicine was suspicious or not was no longer important.

"Sister, it seems that quite a few people from Shencheng Medicine have infiltrated your Asian Branch. I'll take charge of the Asian Branch myself now. I should head to the scene next."

K422 left his seat with a look of regret on his face.

She certainly didn't get enough of hot pot.

But right now, saving lives is of course more important than eating.

K422 ordered the maid beside her, "Sister Liv, bring me the Black Abyss White Flower, and if possible, also bring my Valkyrie Armor."

Of course, given the urgency of the situation, she obviously didn't have time to change into the Valkyrie Armor or combat suit.

K422 sighed and had no choice but to go about his business in a somewhat boyish outfit: a black vest, denim shorts, and a hooded short-sleeved trench coat.

The clothes are very nice, but K422 is worried about whether clothes made by ordinary clothing companies are durable enough.

Although she is still a child and there's nothing to see even if she's exposed, it still affects her dignity Acting Grand Bishop.

She's nothing like that Grand Bishop's Aide who's just trying to fill his pockets by making a sequel to a magical girl anime.

Let's assume this is the style that Siegfried specially picked out for her when he took her shopping for clothes in Sky City this morning. She also felt less distant from Siegfried because of this outfit, and it was indeed a pity that it was damaged in the battle.

"Oh well, let it break. The design is pretty simple anyway. We'll have Sister Liv make one for us. After all, saving lives is an extremely urgent matter..."

K422 and Siegfried left the hot pot restaurant together and headed towards the industrial zone where the Shencheng Medicine Distribution Center of Sky City was located.

The managers of the Asian Branch immediately returned to their own branch. Just as K422 said, Shencheng Medicine had planted several spies in the Asian Branch. At this time, the Asian Branch itself was also facing extremely big problems.

What was even more unexpected was that many Honkai Beasts were hidden underground in the Asian Branch by people from Shencheng Medicine. When a large number of Honkai Beast were released, chaos broke out in the Asian Branch first.

However, because the undercover agent cut off the communication lines, the Valkyrie of the Asian Branch were unable to contact their administrators.

"Um, Xiao Er..."

"Mr. Siegfried, please do not use this form of address outside of your home."

K422 knew that Siegfried was worried about him, but he still couldn't help but frown and remind him.

"Sorry, Kiana... you don't need to go, right?"

"The Valkyrie of the intelligence unit investigated the Shencheng Medicine for me. How could I possibly stand by and watch them die? Anyone else can skip it, but I cannot skip it."

K422 sighed after he finished speaking.

The Valkyrie of the intelligence unit suffered heavy losses; even she hadn't expected the counterattack from Shencheng Medicine to come so suddenly.

She merely instructed all of Schicksal's intelligence units to investigate Shencheng Medicine, never imagining it would escalate into a global conflict.

"I alerted them. I have to admit, I'm still too inexperienced."

"Um, you're only nine years old... no, actually you're not just..."

"Mr. Siegfried, I am indeed only nine years old. Thank you, no need for you to remind me."

K422's eye twitched involuntarily, feeling that if his identity were ever exposed, Siegfried might have to bear half the responsibility.

With the two running at full speed, they arrived at the industrial zone where Shencheng Medicine was located in just a few minutes, where a large number of Honkai Beast released by Shencheng Medicine were wreaking havoc.

Countless civilians screamed and fled, but most of them collapsed due to the Honkai Energy emitted by the Honkai Beast.

The Valkyrie from the intelligence unit were assisting the civilians in their evacuation, which is why they suffered such heavy losses.

After all, lacking combat power, they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people and are simply unable to fight against Honkai Beast.

Meanwhile, Lewis's squad, which had arrived ahead of time aboard Escort Ship, had already begun eliminating the Honkai Beast.

Seeing this, Siegfried also rushed towards the Honkai Beast.

K422 slowed down and approached an old man clutching his chest. As her anti-Honkai wave enveloped the old man, the old man, who had just looked like he was about to die, immediately relaxed his pained expression.

She helped the old man up and handed him over to Valkyrie from an intelligence unit who had arrived.

"Take her away from here, notify the Valkyrie in the intelligence unit to assist the civilians in evacuating, and leave the Honkai Beast to Siegfried and Lewis's team. By the way, where are the injured Valkyrie? I can use Black Abyss White Flower to heal them."

Although he also possesses the Herrscher power of the Herrscher of Death within him, the Herrscher of Death's power has only just awakened, and K422 has been too busy taking on the role of Acting Grand Bishop, lacking the time to integrate the Herrscher of Death's power.

In particular, the power of Creation was almost beyond her control, strengthening her body on its own.

K422 could only hope that her little maid would bring Black Abyss White Flower over soon, but she sighed that she had let Black Abyss White Flower escape her perception range today because she was so focused on eating hot pot.

If Black Abyss White Flower is within her perception range, she can use the Herrscher of the Void's ability to move Black Abyss White Flower to her side.

"Yes, Your Acting Grand Bishop, the injured Valkyrie is over there."

The Valkyrie quickly responded, pointed out the location of the injured Valkyrie to K422, and then helped the old man to a swift retreat.