Chapter 138

"Xiao Er... why do you harbor such a deep grudge against Bishop Otto?"

"Need I say more?! Do you know what that bastard threw at me? Launch orders for three thousand Honkai Energy fission bomb! That means I only need to press a few buttons, and bang, the world will be finished!!"

151. I'm appealing to their emotions.

"You'll never know the impact that had on my young mind back then."

"..."

While K422's hatred for Otto wasn't particularly intense, her resentment towards Otto was definitely greater than anyone else's.

Even though Otto favored her greatly and even gave her the huge Schicksal.

But... K422 just wants to find Otto and beat him up over 300 times... Oh, now we should count a dozen more times to make it a round 400.

In short, she wanted to beat Otto half to death 400 times.

"Do you know how many deadly things are in Schicksal's database? One wrong move and it could be a global crisis. If the Honkai, humanity's enemy, had consciousness, it would probably be laughing its head off!"

"...Alright, Xiao Er, you're right. Otto really had no reason to kill our mother."

True Kiana looked convinced by K422, but the next moment, she changed her tone and said...

"However, the lack of a reason does not mean that he did not kill her. Although you have given many reasons to explain why Bishop Otto Xiao Er not kill our mother, the Second Eruption War, which could have ended earlier, was prolonged because of Bishop Otto."

"The sacrifice of so many Valkyrie who died in the Second Eruption War, including our mother, was all because Otto once let the Second Herrscher escape..."

"They let the Second Herrscher escape?"

Then K422 learned the unknown truth about the Second Eruption War from True Kiana.

The so-called true Chronicle of Schicksal that K422 saw in the database was indeed Otto's diary, which is why there were no events in it that smeared him.

Because Otto betrayed Welt when Welt defeated the Second Herrscher, causing the Second Herrscher to escape, the Second Eruption War, which should have ended, was prolonged.

Based on this logic, Cecilia, who participated in the Second Eruption War and died in battle before her body had recovered, was indeed indirectly killed by Otto.

Of course, K422 could also make up excuses like Cecilia's lack of ability, that she would definitely die fighting the Second Herrscher, or that Siegfried and Welt were there at the time, so why weren't they able to help...

However, the database actually records that in 2000, Otto launched several Honkai Energy fission bomb into the Siberian Plains.

In other words, even if their mother Cecilia hadn't died at the time, she could very well have died from the Honkai Energy fission bomb launched by Otto.

Therefore, this bastard can never be redeemed.

"As expected, he's never accomplished anything..."

Although Otto always wore a smug, plan-obsessed expression, K422 always felt that Otto's plans always went awry, and then he always needed someone else to clean up the mess. And after Otto would jump out and betray them again.

"I understand. So, after I kill the World Serpent, I'll hunt down Otto all over the world and bring him here for you to kill."

Otto's actions made it impossible for K422 to protect him.

Of course, K422 never intended to protect Otto from the beginning, but she simply couldn't bring herself to do anything drastic to Otto.

If one truly has memories of a past life, one wouldn't be troubled by such things at this moment.

But all I have is a portion of the knowledge from my past life, and much of it is quite bizarre.

To the naive girl, Otto's existence was like that of a father. From the moment she was born, to her privileged life and the admirable status she enjoyed, everything was given to her by Otto.

Of course, even if Otto really was her father, the story of a loving father and a filial son (who stabbed his father to death) is not uncommon.

She deeply resented Otto for many of the things he did; in fact, she harbored a deep-seated hatred for him.

K422 thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't imagine himself doing something like killing Otto.

Although, she wouldn't stop True Kiana from doing so.

"Well, congratulations, True Kiana, you've successfully convinced me."

"..."

However, True Kiana was also furious when she looked at K422.

Is Otto her goal? Well, yes... it is Otto, but she wants to hold onto Otto and doesn't want to rely on her sister.

That's why she wanted to preserve the World Serpent Organization.

However, K422's attitude was also firm: he could kill the bastard bishop however he wanted, but the World Serpent Organization had to be destroyed first.

"Xiao Er, Bishop Otto is, after all, the Grand Bishop of Mandate of Schicksal. Even if you usurped Schicksal, you can't let the people of Mandate of Schicksal capture him..."

"I can get the people from Anti-Entropy to do it."

K422 is determined not to change its decision.

Leaving a snake alive is a crime, but releasing a tiger back into the mountains will only bring disaster upon yourself.

K422 thought that since he had already confronted Shencheng Medicine, the pharmaceutical company controlled by the World Serpent, and even captured the founder of Shencheng Medicine, Jackal, he must have become an enemy of the World Serpent.

But none of these are the most important things. The fact that Jackal became a traitor and revealed the hiding places of other World Serpent members could not possibly be known to anyone other than her, Tesla, and Welt.

Even if there is one, it's just some bastard bishop who likes to peep.

But True Kiana wants her to show mercy to the World Serpent Organization, which means that the people of the World Serpent may now know that Jackal has betrayed them.

The hiding places provided by the Jackal are gradually losing their value.

Therefore, she must kill the World Serpent as soon as possible, before the hiding place provided by the Jackal is deserted.

Since we've already offended the World Serpent, if we don't completely annihilate it, we'll only be left with endless trouble.

In fact, if it weren't for the defense contracts signed with local governments that restricted the Floating Battleship from firing in cities, their firepower would have been enough to obliterate any Floating Battleship Honkai Beast that wasn't a high-level Honkai Beast, in just a few salvos.

Of course, Floating Battleship are no match for Rush-class Honkai Beast.

After all, a cannon can't kill a mosquito, and besides, the Floating Battleship are not very resistant to Honkai Energy, and their various equipment is easily Honkai Energy.

Most of the time, the Floating Battleship are just there to maintain order; the main force against the Honkai Beast is still the Valkyrie squad.

However, in a conflict between humans, the Schicksal, with its large number of Floating Battleship and Honkai Energy fission bomb, would certainly have an overwhelming advantage.

K422 would not underestimate World Serpent's abilities. If World Serpent could obtain information about Jackal's betrayal under these circumstances, then perhaps the other party could obtain even more secretive information.

K422 naturally showed no respect whatsoever for the suddenly appearing Great Ancestor.

Most importantly, the other party led his young lady astray by asking her questions like "Do you crave power?" and even made her become the successor of some so-called lord.

So this feud is now completely set in stone.

"... Anti-Entropy..."

True Kiana felt increasingly helpless; her younger sister was serious.

"Xiao Er, can't you leave some soldiers for my sister?"

Reasoning with this younger sister is useless, because she has even more reasons to give, so all I can do is appeal to her emotions.

Touch people's hearts with emotion.

"So, that's your reason for hugging and biting my cheek?"

K422 was stunned by True Kiana's sudden action.

"I want one too! I want one too! smack!"

K423, who felt that the two older sisters had made up, also imitated True Kiana's action at this moment and kissed her on the other side of her cheek, making a kissing sound.

"Well, I'm not particularly smart. All I know right now are some combat techniques taught by our Great Ancestor. I definitely can't win an argument with you. You're the most reasonable one, and you're the smartest among my sisters."

"Second sister is the smartest!!"

K423 happily gave her another kiss, this time covering her face with saliva.

Interrupted, True Kiana was both amused and exasperated, but she still affectionately patted K423's head, after all, this most childish little sister was trying to make them happy in her own way.

K422 vigorously wiped the drool off her face and glared at the still mentally challenged little cutie with a look of disgust. But the most naive little sister already knew that her second sister was just foul-mouthed, arrogant, and sharp-tongued, and was no longer afraid of her fierce gaze.

Then I prepared to kiss her on the cheek.

"Enough is enough. If you push your luck too far, you'll get a sore bottom."

"Ugh—!!"

Although her gaze had lost its menacing edge, the spanking still made K423 very obedient. She obediently moved away, letting her sister continue talking.

"As you know, I'm out of options... Even if I don't expose myself, you'll still kill the World Serpent. If I do expose myself, you'll only want to destroy the World Serpent completely now. What can I do? That's the legacy our Great Ancestor painstakingly left behind..."

"But I don't think your Great Ancestor were any respectable people. Would a respectable Great Ancestor have nurtured your vengeful heart? For a while, I saw you come in, and every time I was frightened by the aura of hatred you exuded. Don't forget, this consciousness space was built with me at its center."

"You did it on purpose, after all."

True Kiana's voice suddenly became cheerful.

No wonder every time she came in, this little sister would hug and cuddle her, and even bring K423, the most childish little sister, along to act cute.

"Yes, I did it on purpose. My foolish little sister, how could I watch you be consumed by the desire for revenge? Even if I didn't stop you from taking revenge, I wouldn't let you take revenge in that state. Who knows what kind of monster you would become after taking revenge in that state?"

K422 could have forgiven World Serpent, but the Lord of World Serpent turned out to be the culprit who led True Kiana to extremes. From the moment she learned this truth, she decided to fight him to the death.

Even Otto, that bastard, never made K422 hate him like this.

After all, Otto did not conduct any more experiments on True Kiana after that.

The only experiment related to her and True Kiana was the creation of the failed experimental subject K422-1 using her blood.

After K422 conceded defeat, she made a promise with Otto: she would sacrifice herself to make Otto give up his goals of True Kiana and K423.

While it's uncertain whether Otto has other plans, he is certainly keeping his promise for now.

"Xiao Er..."

True Kiana shook K422's body and called out in a sweet voice.

"Freya ~ Leave some soldiers for your sister."

"... That's a foul, my dear lady."

"I'm appealing to their emotions!"

The devil's manipulation of emotions—that's called a honey trap!

152. You didn't expect that, did you!

When K422 opened his eyes, it was already dawn.

Meanwhile, her maid was pointing a thick, black shotgun at the back of the Jackal's head.

Perhaps the scene before them was too unexpected, for K422 was unable to react for a moment.

"Uh, um? Sister Liv, what's going on?"

"Of course, it's to better carry out Kiana's orders."

"My orders, I remember my orders were to guard the Jackal and have them take turns sleeping..."

Although the maid insisted on working the whole night, K422 ordered her to go to sleep first and then switch shifts with her in the middle of the night.

"Yes, I am guarding the Jackal as you commanded."

"Pointing at him with a shotgun?"

"Yes, point it at me with a shotgun."

The maid nodded vigorously, while the Jackal, with a shotgun pointed at him, was almost in tears.

"Kiana..."

At this moment, the Jackal kept shouting like this, hoping that the thick gun barrel pressed against the back of her head would be moved away.

"I have already written down all the hiding places of the World Serpent."

"Is everything written? I'll arrange it later."

K422 snatched the thick notebook from Jackal. Just as Jackal had said, every page of the notebook contained the hiding places of the World Serpent, and even information on most of the members.

The most troublesome thing about the World Serpent organization is that as long as the members don't reveal their true identities, no one will guess that they are from the World Serpent... They won't have any marks related to the World Serpent on them. In their daily lives, they might be someone's husband, a company employee, or even a high-ranking official who is rising rapidly in rank...

Well, apart from the somewhat eccentric Jackal who branded the World Serpent logo onto the mech unit, the other members were all quietly lying low in the shadows.

"They really sold it out thoroughly. With this information, basically no one can escape."

K422 glanced at the Jackal, gaining a general understanding of its utter lack of scruples.