Chapter 85

"Yes, what should we do? Your beating up of the researcher will definitely be reported by those petty guys. How about this... I'll help you contact that bastard bishop."

At this point, K422 winked playfully at Laguna.

"Remember to keep my identity a secret."

Then she turned on her communicator, and on the other side, Lewis's Valkyrie squad also began a battle meeting with the Valkyrie squad at the base.

They also knew that this trip by the Saintess was just a political propaganda campaign.

In fact, the time for them to wipe out the Honkai Beast will come after the K422 performance ends.

Lewis was shocked to find that the Assault Team, turned out to be like this. She wanted to go into the bunker to check with the Assault Team, but K422's maid and Rita were blocking the entrance to the bunker.

The two men had clearly received instructions from K422.

Lewis looked troubled. It was precisely because K422 didn't seem like a nine-year-old child that she was so worried, fearing that the other side would completely ignore the battle plan she had devised.

After all, she was surrounded by the halo of Saintess, and many people praised her.

On the day of the martial arts tournament, she watched the broadcast in her hospital room and could clearly see that the opponent had no experience in one-on-one combat; the whole process was a one-sided barrage of firepower.

But she wasn't surprised that the other side lacked combat experience.

After all, from the time Bishop Otto announced that the other party's illness was cured, to the time she received six months of training from the Assault Team and became Valkyrie, and only a month after becoming Valkyrie, she had to participate in the martial arts tournament regarding the ownership of the Black Abyss White Flower.

To avoid any accidents, Lewis devised a detailed plan, disregarding the other party's words before boarding the Floating Battleship.

After all, if any real danger were to occur, how could she, as an adult, possibly let a child draw fire?

Lewis's team is working with the Valkyrie squad at their base to develop a plan based on a sand table, and to predict the advance route of the Honkai Beast horde based on intelligence gathered by the investigation team.

At the same time, K422, connected to Otto's communicator, looked at the image projected on his communicator and smiled as he greeted Otto, who was facing him.

"Grandpa, are you busy?"

Otto shuddered at the sight of that adorable smile that made him want to protect her.

"My lovely Kiana... Of course I'm busy, okay, that's all for now."

Otto, clearly not intending to listen to K422 any further, was about to end the communication.

Just then, K422 narrowed its eyes.

"My dear grandfather, I have been carrying out the mission exactly as you instructed. I hope you won't disappoint your lovely granddaughter..."

"No, um... Kiana, dear Grandpa, you don't need to say that, it makes me uncomfortable."

Otto was completely bewildered.

What the heck is "Dear Grandpa"?

What's the point of being affectionate with that little girl who still looks so hostile?

"Okay, I'm not used to saying that either."

Seeing Laguna's bewildered expression, K422 got to the point. "I personally believe that Captain Ragnar is an indispensable talent for Schicksal..."

"Alright, I know what you mean. Don't worry, I have never treated this excellent Valkyrie as a traitor. I just hope you can persuade her not to do anything dangerous."

Otto gave a gentle smile and nodded to Laguna.

The fact that he didn't try to persuade Laguna himself, but instead left the task to K422, is enough to prove that as long as Laguna, an A-rank Valkyrie, and the Assault Team, who possess considerable A-rank combat power, don't cause trouble, he won't pursue the matter.

Laguna's almost rebellious behavior was opportune. With A-rank Valkyrie getting into trouble everywhere, Otto obviously wouldn't make things difficult for the Assault Team over such a small matter. However, if the Assault Team didn't learn their lesson and tried to escalate the situation, they would be in trouble.

Otto might just send out troops to eliminate the traitors.

K422, who was thinking that there might be such a unit, nodded in response; she was best at persuading people about this.

Oh, it sounds like the pronunciation of "shuō".

It's okay, they're all pretty much the same thing.

"Sister Laguna, look, it's all settled now! The Assault Team are safe, Sister Himeko is safe, and you're safe too."

K422 shrugged, indicating that things were that simple.

"But it's not like I can just let those researchers run rampant..."

"I know you want to help, but you've handled this matter wrong... Wait a minute, actually I have a younger sister named Aurora, her experiment number is K423, and she's currently in the Anti-Entropy organization."

"???"

Laguna was puzzled as to why the name of Anti-Entropy, an organization opposed to Schicksal, had suddenly appeared at this time.

"I learned from her that the Anti-Entropy organization is quite humane, but I don't know if that jerk of a father will listen to his daughter's request..."

At this point, K422 shrugged; she personally disliked that man.

"I also know the Alliance Leader there. He was my attending physician's assistant for a time. This is the communication device he left me back then. Now it's yours. After you get in touch with them, you can focus on gathering intelligence and let them take action. Of course, someone will definitely investigate you. Remember, you must deny this matter vehemently and find as many people as possible to give false testimony."

K422 naturally offered Laguna some advice.

If you really want to mess with those researchers, why don't you do it yourself?

"See, isn't the problem solved? Sister Laguna is still the Valkyrie of Schicksal, able to protect the world by eliminating Honkai Beast. Meanwhile, the villainous Anti-Entropy organization, knowing they can't fight Schicksal head-on, has started targeting our brilliant research talents, hoping to crush them to a pulp on the spot."

"..."

Laguna shuddered when he heard a nine-year-old child say this in a sweet voice.

"Kiana, isn't this causing trouble for His Holiness the Bishop?"

"Anyway, it's not you who's going to do it. At worst, you can just leak the locations of a few more research institutes to Anti-Entropy. They definitely won't mind dismantling a few more Schicksal research institutes."

"..."

The Schicksal Saintess spoke in a tone that suggested she had a good relationship with Anti-Entropy.

"Kiana, thank you no matter what."

Grasping the miniature communicator K422 handed him, Laguna nodded his thanks.

This time, we really have to thank her; otherwise, she might have dragged the entire Assault Team down with her.

This was the first time Laguna had ever felt the malice from Otto.

The Schicksal was far darker than she had imagined.

Given her personality, she would never compromise, but this time, for K422's sake, she had no choice but to compromise.

After all, he only managed to save all his teammates because of the other party's influence.

"It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen Sister Laguna in a really long time."

Rather than using a formulaic title like "captain," it's definitely more appropriate to call the beautiful Laguna" older sister."

K422 also wondered why Laguna, who was both principled and gentle, didn't have a partner.

Oh, right, what she looks like after drinking...

There's nothing we can do about that.

"Yes, it's been a long time. After your hint, I did try to run as far away as possible, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't avoid it."

"Don't think too much about it, I'm going to find Captain Lewis first."

"Thank you, Kiana."

If he hadn't seen that darkness, Laguna would probably have come up with countless excuses to comfort himself.

But once she saw the dark side of the Schicksal, she knew she would not be able to control her beliefs and might end up harming everyone.

After all, the members of the Assault Team were chosen by her and were people she approved of; they would definitely stick with her through thick and thin.

Laguna could clearly imagine that in order to escalate the situation, he would expose the Schicksal's research institute's large-scale human experimentation, and even cause himself and the Assault Team to be 'accidentally' killed.

Watching that small figure leave, Laguna realized that the other person was likely like her, forced to compromise with Otto in order to protect someone or others.

91. We don't seem to have any relationship at all.

K422 arrived at the operations room on the other side of the bunker, where Captain Lewis, sitting in a wheelchair, discussed several operational plans with the captain of the Valkyrie unit stationed there.

"Captain Lewis, I'm sorry, I'm not late, am I?"

"Kiana, you've arrived just in time. We've already finalized our battle plan."

Lewis then proceeded to explain in detail the battle plan she and the other captain had devised.

A reconnaissance team has determined the movements of the Honkai Beast in the forest. Rather than letting them rush into the town, it would be better to ambush them as soon as they emerge from the forest.

Although they launched the attack, as long as the Valkyrie units are strategically positioned to launch multiple ambushes and with the help of the Russian ground tank forces, they still have a chance to defeat the Honkai Beast, even without A-rank Valkyrie.

Even if they fail, they can use the firepower of the tank units to suppress the enemy while fighting and retreating.

While current weapons are not ideal against Honkai Beast, firepower can still suppress Honkai Beast, which is why some countries disagree with the entry of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.

After all, some countries are not large in area, and Honkai events are not as frequent as in the Far East. The military alone can indeed withstand some Honkai Beast attacks.

Large countries also have their downsides. After all, in border regions like this, countless wild animals live in vast forests. Under the influence of Honkai Energy, these wild animals will transform into Honkai Beast.

Every year, there are several attacks by Honkai Beast that break out of the forest and launch assaults on towns.

Russia doesn't care whether modern troops are useful or not; they just send their Ground Troops here to assist Valkyrie.

With the battle plan confirmed and knowing that the Honkai Beast would arrive at the ambush location by tomorrow morning at the fastest speed, K422 was naturally out of the picture.

The Propaganda Department, transported from the Escort Ship Floating Battleship, also began moving photography equipment after confirming the ambush location, striving to find the best angle to shoot the best propaganda video.

After all, for them, this was a political performance.

Many members of the branch did not know how strong K422 was. Although her skills at the martial arts tournament were impressive, they also revealed her lack of experience in one-on-one combat.

The title of "the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal future" is just a publicity gimmick used by Schicksal in the minds of many Valkyrie.

Many people only support Cecilia, the strongest Valkyrie in the original Schicksal, because of Cecilia.

Of course, this is also because most of the fans are Mom fan.

In their eyes, K422 was just a weak, helpless little girl with a pitiful background.

With the appearance of a nine-year-old and an outstandingly cute face, even when she tries to look fierce, she still looks incredibly adorable.

K422 also understood that this trip by the Saintess was a political performance.

But so what?

If she becomes strong enough to suppress all dissenting voices, then this political performance will become her stepping stone.

She, Freya Schariac, will conquer all with her divine beauty.

Lewis and the other captain clearly had more to discuss in detail, but K422, who wasn't really interested in their plans, decided to go play with Himeko first...

However, Himeko is indeed pitiful.

Although her captain and senior teammates did it to avoid implicating her.

In reality, what she felt was that everyone in this drunken Assault Team had gone mad. She almost thought that her virginity would be taken by some female hooligan senior in the team, and she was so scared that she couldn't sleep well for several days.

Only luncheon meat could warm her heart.

"Sister Himeko ~"

K422 entered Himeko's room with a wicked grin.

There weren't many rooms in the bunker, so this room was shared by several members of the Assault Team.

Of course, the Assault Team had just arrived that morning, Himeko hadn't yet received any care from her seniors in this room.

Just moments ago, Canned Food of luncheon meat was being held at the door, while inside the room, Himeko had already made sandwiches with the luncheon meat, was staring sadly at the ceiling.

"Uh, Sister Himeko?"

"Sister? Your way of addressing me is always so strange... Kiana, it's been a long time. This time, the Assault Team will be your guards."

After stuffing a large bite of the sandwich filled with luncheon meat into her mouth, Himeko, still wearing her Assault Team Arctic Combat Suit, gave a military salute.

Yes, it's not a French military salute.

The Arctic Combat Suit accentuated her alluring figure, and her face still retained a touch of youthful innocence.

Himeko was standing in front of me, had skipped grades and finished California Institute of Technology. She should have become a promising scientist, but now she was training in the Assault Team, fighting to the death against Honkai Beast every day.

"Don't worry about it, I just think it suits you, Himeko- neechan. Don't blame Laguna and the others."

"... How could I blame the captain and the others?"