The Propaganda Department's vigorous promotion had been a trap laid by Bishop Otto from the very beginning.
As he spoke, Bishop Otto took out a specially made injection gun. The syringe within it swayed with a blood-red liquid.
K422, whose consciousness had grown increasingly clear, asked, "Bishop, what is that?"
She had no way to resist now and could only obediently cooperate with Bishop Otto.
Clearly, Bishop Otto had injected her with a muscle relaxant. Combined with the restraints on the operating table, his precautions against her had exceeded all imagination.
Even though she had done her best to appear harmless and pretended to be loyal to Schicksal.
Bishop Otto had still chosen to render her helpless.
He would not give her even the slightest chance to turn things around.
She had indeed once considered killing Bishop Otto the moment she became a Valkyrie.
But there were too many uncertainties in that plan, and K422 was not that impulsive.
Besides, her life had been fairly pleasant lately. The only thing that bothered her was K423's poor situation.
Even when Bishop Otto mentioned that the substitute undergoing modification surgery on January 9 would be someone else, she could only think of that unfortunate child, K423.
The only fortunate thing was that the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy and Theresa had both confirmed K423's location.
If there really was some kind of rescue plan, K423 had the greatest chance of being saved.
K422 forced herself to calm down.
Since she had no chance to resist anyway, she could only gather as much information as possible from Bishop Otto.
The red liquid was like blood, swaying like the finest red wine with a suffocatingly bewitching glow.
"This..."
Bishop Otto revealed a pleased smile.
Perhaps her complete lack of resistance had satisfied him greatly.
"This is a purified extract of Schariac Holy Blood. It is used to activate the Schariac Holy Blood within you. The Bloodline Power of the Schariac family head is the ability to manipulate Honkai Energy, but beyond that lies the power to completely erase Honkai Energy—the Schariac Holy Blood."
"The ability to manipulate Honkai Energy allows you to make better use of Honkai Energy weapons and effectively convert Honkai Energy into elemental attacks. But the reason your mother, Cecilia, was the strongest Valkyrie of the previous generation of Schicksal was because she possessed Schariac Holy Blood."
Bishop Otto explained patiently.
K422 knew absolutely nothing about Schariac Holy Blood.
The Kaslana Family's Bloodline Power manifested as extremely strong resistance to Honkai Energy, which was why members of the Kaslana Family, regardless of gender, could become warriors against the Honkai.
The Schariac family's Bloodline Power manifested as the ability to manipulate Honkai Energy. Thus, weapons that used Honkai Energy could unleash several times, or even dozens of times, more power in their hands than in anyone else's.
At the same time, they possessed the physique most suited for wielding Divine Keys.
But if the trait of completely eliminating Honkai Energy truly existed, then the Schariac family's Bloodline Power was not the manipulation of Honkai Energy, but a Honkai Killer.
"..."
K422 recalled that after Bishop Otto discovered she had awakened the Schariac family's Bloodline Power, he seemed to have muttered something about a Honkai Killer to himself.
In other words, the power to eliminate Honkai Energy required the Schariac family's Bloodline Power.
No wonder it was called Schariac Holy Blood.
"Can all members of the Schariac family possess Holy Blood?"
"Oh? As expected of Kiana, you noticed that. In truth, only a small number of people have the potential for it. You truly are Cecilia's daughter. With a little stimulation from the purified extract of Schariac Holy Blood, you can awaken your own Schariac Holy Blood."
Bishop Otto smiled.
He had not lied.
He had merely left many things unclear.
Only members of the Schariac family could indeed possess Schariac Holy Blood.
But to possess Schariac Holy Blood, one first had to awaken the Schariac family's Bloodline Power—the talent to manipulate Honkai Energy. Even with that talent, the success rate of gaining Schariac Holy Blood through modification remained low.
There had been very few successful cases so far.
The head of the Schariac family two generations ago had failed to awaken it.
In fact, she had not even awakened the Schariac family's Bloodline Power. Yet she had truly given birth to an excellent daughter, the strongest Valkyrie with perfect Schariac Holy Blood.
Honestly, Otto had found it deeply regrettable that such a Valkyrie had been sacrificed in the Second Eruption War.
Fortunately, there was now an even better replacement.
And an upgraded replacement at that.
Perfect dual bloodlines and Schariac Holy Blood.
The Honkai Killer he had envisioned would soon be created by his own hands.
Otto could barely contain himself.
The red liquid swaying inside the syringe was quickly injected into K422's small body.
Though they were both clones, they still had a parent-child relationship and would not experience any rejection. Thus, the success rate for awakening Schariac Holy Blood was one hundred percent.
Of course, if Holy Blood capable of completely eliminating Honkai Energy was awakened in advance, rejection would inevitably occur when Honkai Energy was used to strengthen the body.
Therefore, the modification surgery had to proceed simultaneously.
"Kiana, the modification surgery is about to begin. Next comes the anesthetic. When you wake up, you'll be a Valkyrie." Otto spoke in a cheerful tone.
K422's consciousness gradually sank into darkness.
After the muscle relaxant came the anesthetic. She had so many choice words she wanted to say to Bishop Otto.
"What a mess. Bishop Otto really has far too many secrets."
She had never heard of anything called Schariac Holy Blood.
Whether it was the little maid by her side, the teacher Otto had arranged for her, or Aunt Theresa and Instructor Laguna, K422 had learned quite a bit about her mother Cecilia's deeds from them.
She had only heard that her mother possessed the Schariac family's perfect special constitution—the ability to manipulate Honkai Energy—which allowed her to perfectly unleash the power of Black Abyss White Flower.
She had never heard of an ability to eliminate Honkai Energy.
On the battlefield against the Honkai, such an ability would be terrifying beyond measure.
Within the consciousness space, True Kiana and K423, who had just entered, both looked at her worriedly.
"Xiao Er, are you all right? Your expression is a little scary."
"Miss, big sister... scary."
After half a year of growth, K423 had come to understand that every night, she could meet the two older sisters who loved her in this space.
Her days had grown worse and worse. She was surrounded by cold, heartless researchers who completely ignored her cries and subjected her to cruel experiments.
She had only just learned to speak, yet she could not find anyone to communicate with in reality. As a result, K423 had closed off her heart.
Perhaps frightened by K422's expression, K423, whose mental age was only around two or three, hid behind True Kiana.
"Xiao San, be good. Don't be afraid. Your second sister just always has a sour look on her face..."
True Kiana was now very content with the relationship between the three sisters.
Perhaps because their circumstances were so similar, and she too had no one to talk to in reality, she pitied K423 deeply.
"True Kiana, do you know about Schariac Holy Blood?"
"Schariac Holy Blood? What is that?"
True Kiana also looked utterly confused.
"A power capable of erasing Honkai Energy."
True Kiana became even more bewildered at that answer.
"How is that possible? There's actually a power that can erase Honkai Energy?"
"Apparently, our mother possessed that power."
K422 felt utterly helpless. She was still too ignorant.
But she was certain that very few people knew about Schariac Holy Blood.
Most likely, Bishop Otto had created Schariac Holy Blood through research on Valkyries from generations of the Schariac family.
True Kiana shook her head. "I don't know. Mom never mentioned it."
"How did you find out about it?"
"Because I'm about to become a Valkyrie..."
At those words, True Kiana's expression changed.
"Isn't it January 9?"
"That was a lie."
K422 gave a bitter smile.
How had things turned out like this?
True Kiana stared at her in shock. "A lie?"
When she heard that K422 would become a Valkyrie on January 9, she had been happy for her while also worried about her safety.
She had never expected it to be a lie.
"Yes, it was a lie. Bishop Otto announced a false date. He should be setting a trap that day and waiting for someone to walk into it. And the one undergoing modification surgery on January 9 should be Xiao San."
At this point, K422 let out a deep sigh.
Right now, Bishop Otto was doing whatever he wanted to her body. And on January 9, Bishop Otto would do whatever he wanted to the body of her foolish little sister as well.
She would even be used as bait to lure in fools like Aunt Theresa.
The foolish little sister shrank back and continued hiding behind True Kiana.
K422 had little hope for Theresa's intelligence.
She had hinted at it several times already, but Theresa had not caught on at all.
So with Theresa's level of intelligence, she would definitely charge straight into the trap Bishop Otto had prepared.
K422 desperately wanted to warn Theresa and the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy, but all of this had happened too suddenly and caught her off guard.
Back when the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy left, he had secretly given her a communicator.
With this communicator, she could bypass the signal-blocking devices at Schicksal Headquarters and contact the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy once.
But K422 knew she would not get the chance.
Once she was secretly brought to the hidden laboratory for Valkyrie modification surgery, there was no way she would appear before everyone again before January 9. Starting tomorrow, even that little fool, that crybaby K423, would sleep in her bed and play with her game console.
But all of that was still manageable. What truly gave her a headache was the Schariac Holy Blood.
Although ninety percent of the courses Bishop Otto had arranged for her were meant to whitewash Schicksal's actions and endlessly embellish its righteousness, there was indeed quite a bit of knowledge about the Honkai humanity fought against.
After all, Bishop Otto had given her the image of a hero's daughter.
If she knew nothing at all about the Honkai, then the persona Bishop Otto had built for her would collapse.
So Bishop Otto truly would not raise her into some naive, sweet little princess.
It was precisely because K422 had a basic understanding of the Honkai that she found this powerful ability to erase Honkai Energy so strange.
The Schariac family definitely did not know about it.
Even if only a small number of people possessed Schariac Holy Blood, it could still become the best propaganda slogan.
After all, no one could refuse a Schariac family that possessed the power to erase Honkai Energy, especially in this world filled with Honkai.
Yet she had never heard of it.
The Schariac family was still merely the Schariac family that manipulated Honkai Energy.
Yet Schariac Holy Blood, capable of erasing Honkai Energy, truly existed.
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