Chapter 397
Instead, the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast cunningly used the sewage tunnel as a passage for smuggling.
The Valkyrie harbored deep resentment towards the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, and even Freya wouldn't allow them to forgive it. Putting aside whether the Valkyrie would listen to her unreasonable orders, even if Valkyrie were willing, Freya wouldn't let them do so. After all, the Valkyrie hated this Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast so much that Freya naturally had no intention of letting it go.
Two days passed quickly.
Although she had Shigure Kira and Kiki pillows, Freya, whose sleep quality was generally poor, still subconsciously yawned.
Seemingly recalling her etiquette teacher's instruction, Freya sighed slightly and then glanced at the people around her.
The etiquette teacher who taught her told her that a true lady should not show her sloppy, rude, or listless side.
This reminded Freya of a famous quote, which she then modified to suit the current situation.
"Come to think of it, it seems that if I just kill everyone, no one will notice that I was being rude."
Freya, who was muttering to herself, also saw Otto Two looking on with curiosity in the group that was welcoming the Valkyrie back.
Because of the number two, Freya also made him wear a green headband with the number 2P on his head. As he shook his head from time to time, the number 2P connected to the headband by a thin spring also swayed from side to side.
Of course, Freya also prepared these marked headbands for everyone else in the parallel world.
Right now, it's clear that only Otto Dai is left.
Meanwhile, Welt Two, Tesla Two, and Kevin Two from parallel worlds all showed expressions of disgust.
Getting them to wear such a headband like Otto would obviously be a very difficult task, not to mention how much the person involved disliked the 'features' Freya had prepared.
Although it was meant to distinguish them from their parallel counterparts, the differences between them are actually quite obvious. There's no situation where one wouldn't recognize the other, especially the Welt and Tesla of this world, who are more mature and responsible than their counterparts in the parallel universe.
Most importantly, the Tesla in this world isn't a virgin!!
(Tesla Two: MMP!!!)
From a universal perspective, Tesla Two from a parallel universe is older, but the difference between an eighty-year-old woman with a husband and daughter and an eighty-year-old virgin without a husband or daughter is really big.
To paraphrase Welt Two, just looking at Tesla makes my heart race.
In Welt's words, he lived with Tesla every day and felt like he had fallen in love all over again.
The difference between Welt Two and Welt is similar.
(Welt two:...)
Even so, Freya still kindly presented her with a headband that had a distinctive look.
The general feeling is that she thought it would be funny for Kevin Two to wear this headband, but unfortunately, only Otto Two wore the headband she had carefully designed.
But given Otto Two's shameless attitude, he obviously won't be swayed by wearing a slightly green headband.
Freya felt incredibly disappointed that she hadn't experienced the happiness she had imagined.
Otto Two clearly noticed Freya's gaze and walked towards her, but the people around him seemed not to notice him at all, and their eyes never lingered on him.
Even without the Void Archive, the knowledge Otto Two gained from Void Archive did not disappear from his mind.
Freya never expected that his little device would make the people around him ignore him.
No wonder no one looked at the top of his head when he was wearing the 2P headband in the crowd. Of course, this so-called device that makes people around him ignore him has its limits, which is why Otto Two hid in the reception line, which was mostly made up of ordinary people.
As Otto Two walked toward her, the others around Freya also noticed that Otto Two was wearing something on his head.
Welt Two and Tesla Two were clearly speechless, while Kevin and Kevin Two turned ashen-faced.
Yes, the twos from parallel worlds all have 2P headbands, but Freya couldn't possibly show favoritism, so she earnestly sent Kevin from this world a 1P headband.
Although he was the only person in this world to have such a headband.
Of course, as it stands, among everyone present, only Otto Two has put on the 2P headband like an honest man, but he is definitely the least honest person among them.
"Hey, you bastard Two, cough cough, what are you doing here?"
"Don't worry, Herrscher, I haven't shaken off the people you assigned to monitor. I've been behaving myself just as you hoped."
At this point, Otto Two, who had come up to him, smiled gently and raised the corners of his mouth.
"Moreover, in this world, Bishop Otto is not a wanted criminal, but rather the Grand Bishop of Schicksal who was assassinated."
Otto Two shrugged, indicating that it didn't matter where he appeared, since Freya had already announced internally that she had returned from a parallel world and brought a group of allies from parallel worlds to fight against the Honkai.
Otto Two's attitude annoyed Freya, but she also knew that what Otto Two said was true.
She ultimately did not prosecute Otto for his crimes, and more importantly, she was unable to find any evidence.
Moreover, although his merits did not outweigh his faults, Otto did make a tremendous contribution to the fight against the Honkai, and he himself did go missing after being assassinated. Freya used this incident to seize power completely and at the same time cause Otto's social death.
However, those who knew Otto felt that this guy wouldn't die so easily.
Even Kiana, who assassinated Otto, and Freya, who took advantage of his misfortune, did not believe that Otto would die in such a situation where there was no way out.
Neither Kiana nor Freya could actually kill Otto just because they had set up a trap with no way out.
In fact, Otto did fake his death to escape.
Although Freya confirmed the little tricks that the bastard had secretly made, she had Tesla and Einstein modify the Twilight Knight.
Freya shrugged. She knew that what Otto Two really wanted to know was her role in the assassination, so instead of answering Otto Two directly, she asked curiously.
"By the way, have you met your ancestor Kallen?"
"..."
Freya's question was like a needle piercing Otto Two's heart, rendering all of Otto Two's calculations futile.
Otto Two's face stiffened, and the people around Freya also cast curious glances at him.
After realizing that Otto's actions were all for the woman, everyone's impression of Otto changed. Although this did not change their dislike for Otto did become a very contradictory person in their eyes.
Otto Two shares the same reason as Otto: to resurrect his fiancée, Kallen Kaslana.
"...I saw him."
After a long while, Otto Two spoke with a bitter taste in his mouth, as if he had swallowed bitter melon juice.
"That's not my Kallen, but she is indeed the Kallen of Otto in this world..."
"There should still be some differences. Although the memory is fine, we are not sure about Kallen's true personality or her preferences. After all, that Kallen is ultimately a product of Otto's collection and repair of fragmented soul pieces."
Freya said calmly.
"To those who can accept it, that is Ancestor Kallen, or an extension of her consciousness. But to someone like that bastard bishop, that is no longer Ancestor Kallen, but just another person with Ancestor Kallen's body, Ancestor Kallen's memories, and Ancestor Kallen's soul."
"Yes, perhaps this is the despairing reality for Otto in this world."
"Freya, what are you talking about?"
Suddenly, Tesla, who didn't quite understand, asked in a low voice.
Freya noticed several curious glances around her—no, more than a dozen—and nodded slightly.
"... After Otto Two saw the awakened Kallen and learned about Kallen situation, he was filled with despair."
"Yes, I'm desperate."
Otto Two made no secrets, because at this moment he was more like a messenger, conveying the thoughts of another Otto.
"Even though he touched the truth of the Imaginary Tree, even though he had resurrected the ancestor Kallen, there was a 99.99% to 100% difference between the resurrected ancestor Kallen and the real ancestor Kallen, and this difference made him feel despair."
Freya thought this was also the reason why the other party chose to fake their death to escape.
Even though he touched upon the truth of the Imaginary Tree, and even though he came so close to completely resurrecting Kallen, he still failed. There was a 0.01% difference between the Kallen he resurrected and the real Kallen.
Of course, this isn't a question of whether or not enough soul fragments have been collected.
Even if we find the Divine Box that Kallen once took away and obtain new soul fragments from it, it will only change the difference from 0.01% to 0.005%.
Yes, only Otto could understand Otto.
After seeing Otto Two's reaction, Freya gave Otto Two a lot of freedom, only assigning him a surveillance team.
Although Otto was in great pain and despair, Freya still didn't want him to cause her any trouble.
"Simply put, no matter how you repair it, the repaired thing is not the original thing. It's like a ship that is constantly repaired and damaged parts are replaced. In the end... all the parts on the ship are different from the original ones. Can you still say that they are the same ship?"
Otto Two felt despair after seeing that even though Otto in this world touched upon the truth, he was unable to truly revive Kallen.
So, is the same true for Otto in this world?
Everyone around Freya fell silent. This reality was indeed the greatest irony for Otto, who was determined to revive Kallen.
Unlike Siegfried, he was unable to accept Cecilia's remaining consciousness.
It's important to understand that the consciousness remaining in the Abyss Flower of the Abyss, from a certain perspective, cannot be considered Cecilia, but rather a personality calculated based on the remaining consciousness using the Herrscher Core. Yet, Siegfried still accepted this wife he had lost and found again.
In fact, he often showed affection in front of Ryoma, which dealt a heavy blow to Ryoma, whose mental state was already not very good.
Therefore, Freya's decision not to put a silicone shell on the Black Abyss White Flower was prescient.
But for Otto, even a difference of 0.005% doesn't mean that Kallen is his own. Freya is now worried that he might do something terrible.
The air fell silent. Fortunately, the Valkyrie returning to the Alliance were disembarking from the airships docked at the airport.
Seeing the familiar young lady and the hero, as well as the maid she missed, Freya's gloomy mood improved considerably.
455. In the end, only the world where the Gray Serpent was injured was completed.
For Otto, no matter how close the Kallen he resurrected was to the original Kallen, she was ultimately not the one he wanted to reverse life and death to retrieve.
Having heard similar sentiments from Otto Two, Freya's heart sank, as if sinking into the unfathomable depths of the sea.
Otto was undoubtedly still alive at this point. Even though he had been assassinated three years ago without any warning, and she never expected that he would take advantage of her misfortune, Freya felt that it was not surprising for Otto to appear in front of her the next day.
For this reason, Freya had a very strong sense of foreboding during the three years that Otto was faking his death.
After seeing Kallen, who was resurrected by Otto in this world, Otto Two in the parallel world immediately became despondent, or as he put it, he felt utterly hopeless.
Even the Kallen he successfully resurrected after touching the truth and exerting all his efforts was not the Kallen he wanted to find. So how could he, who was far inferior to her, possibly resurrect the real Kallen?
On a technical level, Otto Two understands the gap between itself and Otto.
Even the version of Kallen that was infinitely close to the original was a goal he could never achieve. Otto Two knew that Otto of this world had given up on the plan to revive Kallen. Next, his goal must be to find the Sea of Quanta —that is, the location of the Imaginary Tree.
Of course, the Imaginary Tree theoretically encompasses all worlds; it is not a real tree, but rather a way of describing a concept.
The Imaginary Tree evolves the world like a large, leafy tree. Different world lines diverge at different points of divergence, but also reunite due to the corrective power of the world itself.
The countless worlds that bloom like a great tree are the essence of the Imaginary Tree. However, deep within the Imaginary Space, there exists a certain manifestation of the Imaginary Tree, which can grasp the truth of everything and infinite knowledge through that Sea of Quanta.
Past, present, and future converge at that Sea of Quanta.
Otto Two suddenly understood what kind of actions Otto in this world would take.
Although Freya can calculate Otto 'Otto next move by imitating his personality, she is currently facing some blind spots in her knowledge.
In fact, Freya underestimated the knowledge Otto had gained through studying her body.
It should be noted that her essence is, to some extent, a vessel for the Herrscher of Finality. After all, a spare vessel is still a vessel. Otto, who came into contact with a part of the truth through studying her, also discovered that the Imaginary Tree controls time and can travel through any point on the timeline by moving vertically.
As the subject of the study, Freya's gains were certainly not as great as Otto's.
As a researcher, Otto not only got ahead of her, but also touched upon a truth that Freya had not yet discovered.
That being said, Freya was still able to obtain the Imaginary Tree Authority that Otto desperately desired, by virtue of her identity as one-third of the Trinity Herrscher of Finality in this world.
In theory, the only wish Otto could have at this moment was to fulfill in this world by Aurora, the Herrscher of the Herrscher of Finality, like Freya, possessed the Imaginary Tree Authority (unfortunately, the person in question did not realize it) and was capable of moving the Virtual Tree (although she had not yet awakened Aurora).
Freya noticed the change in Otto Two's expression, secretly kept it in mind, and then turned away to immerse herself in the joy of reuniting with her maid.
"My lord, welcome back."
"Rita, welcome back..."
Freya replied, hugging Rita tightly.
Although she was the one welcoming the other, Rita was also welcoming the other, and she knew that Rita was referring to her return from a parallel world.
Feeling the familiar, soft touch of her own embrace, Freya's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
These past few days, she had been quite worried about Rita's safety. With the clues she currently had, she had no way of knowing what the mastermind behind this incident was up to.
I miss you so much...
"Me too, I'm just glad you came back safe and sound."
"What happened?"
Hearing Freya say this, Rita was also a little confused. Then, she let go of Freya, but Freya was reluctant to let go of her and kept her arms around Freya's waist.