Chapter 97

K422 sighed slightly.

She hadn't expected Otto to grant her such enormous authority so easily.

She now holds the lifeline of the Schicksal in her hands.

In other words, she could bring Schicksal to its knees at any moment.

This Acting Grand Bishop even has the authority to issue launch orders for many missile bases. As long as she issues the order, the Honkai Energy fission bomb manufactured by Schicksal can land in any corner of the world.

Destroying the Schicksal is merely a matter of issuing an order.

"Damn it!!"

How could they entrust such a dangerous thing to a nine-year-old, no, to a one-year-old child?!

K422 even wondered if Otto had lost his mind.

At the same time, K422 finally realized just how troublesome this Schicksal was.

If one day she really takes over Schicksal, she will never release Schicksal's researchers, let alone share Schicksal's monopolized technology with others.

The things that Schicksal Mandate discloses to the public are less than one ten-thousandth of what it actually does.

K422 also found information about the Divine Key in the database.

Just as she guessed, the power of the Divine Key was too great, far beyond what ordinary people could control.

The Divine Key is the container for the power of the Herrscher.

Just as the human body of Herrscher is a container for the Herrscher's power.

The Divine Key, with its body made of Soul Steel, contains the power of the Herrscher. The true power of the Divine Key is equivalent to that of the Herrscher.

Otto could not trust that such complete power was in the hands of someone who could not be manipulated.

Otto was so wary of users of the Divine Key he even blocked the true method of using it.

K422 squinted his eyes in thought.

She had a general idea of the power she currently possessed.

"My current strength should have surpassed that of the S-rank Valkyrie in the Schicksal... Well, I don't think I'm weaker Theresa."

Both being clones of the Kaslana Family, she and Theresa possess the Kaslana Family's superhuman strength, but she weighs several times more than Theresa. In their fierce battle of Ora Ora Muda Muda, she ultimately emerged victorious.

In theory, he had already reached the level of Artificial Herrscher that Otto expected.

But she is definitely stronger than the Artificial Herrscher.

Possessing super holy blood, she naturally counters Honkai Energy.

I am still in the growth stage.

Her power was clearly beyond Otto's control, yet Otto trusted her implicitly.

If he didn't trust her, he wouldn't have been given the authority of Acting Grand Bishop so easily; he probably believed she could understand the dangers of the Schicksal.

Yes, after K422 glanced at the contents of the Schicksal's database, she had already decided to bury all the inside information she had learned today deep in her heart.

If this was an attempt to appease someone, K422 thought Otto rarely succeeded.

Otto successfully used his authority Acting Grand Bishop to make her understand how dangerous the Schicksal was, and also shifted her stance towards the Schicksal.

"When it comes to the ability to manipulate people's hearts, that bastard bishop is truly unmatched..."

I'll write down "half-dead" again in my mental notebook.

Don't assume that one successful attempt to please her will satisfy her.

Her favorability is locked up.

Still +0 to my favorability rating

K422 grimaced unhappily and locked his communicator.

She dared not open the Schicksal's database to the outside world now; even if she was curious about other contents in the database, she could only investigate them when she returned to the Schicksal Headquarters.

I just don't know if my proxy privileges will still be retained by then.

That's probably impossible. Otto granted her the authority of Acting Grand Bishop this time precisely to shake her stance once again.

It must be said, it was a great success.

Therefore, I'm even more annoyed.

So this attempt to please her made her feel good, but she was still unhappy.

It seems that recording him being half-dead once isn't enough to vent my anger, so I'll record him being half-dead twice.

After locking the communicator, K422 decided to meet with Cocolia.

However, by this time, it was already getting dark outside, so K422 could only ask the Propaganda Department staff to prepare dinner.

For the children of Cocolia Orphanage, this was a rare feast, something their mother Cocolia had never allowed them to do before.

K422 also asked the Propaganda Department staff to buy a lot of cookies.

Of the few little girls who tried to rush over and hit her that morning, the twin sisters had already become Cookie's captives.

After having dinner in Cocolia's room, Cocolia ate a sumptuous meal with the children at the orphanage before returning to her own room.

She spent the entire afternoon in unease.

She had thought that the training in the army had made her more resilient, but the thought of being arrested and possibly killed, and that her children would become experimental animals for Schicksal, caused Cocolia a pang of heartache.

"Kiana..."

At this moment, Cocolia's face showed absolutely no composure.

She bent down and knelt on the ground, saying in a trembling voice, "Kiana, I am willing to accept whatever Schicksal decrees, but I beg you... I beg you to spare the children in the orphanage."

The Gray Serpent would never save her.

They certainly wouldn't save her children.

Welt might, but ever since the orphanage's underground laboratory was discovered, he has been under the surveillance of Lewis's team.

Just as dinner time was approaching, the Assault Team led by the A-rank Valkyrie also arrived.

She had already missed her chance to call for help.

Now, all she can do is plead for K422's mercy.

"... Hey, why do I feel like I'm the villain here, Ms. Cocolia?"

She was naturally completely bewildered.

If she weren't a cute girl, but a greasy middle-aged man, this plot would practically be heading towards the realm of erotica.

I don't know if anyone is drawing it.

"It seems you have many misunderstandings about me. Let me explain beforehand: I came to the Cocolia Orphanage only to invest in it."

K422 continued, "Discovering the underground laboratory was a coincidence, and discovering that you are a member of Anti-Entropy was also a coincidence. As for what to do with you... I want you to join Schicksal as a double agent."

K422 would naturally not say that he was interested in Cocolia's research direction.

She even wanted to learn from Cocolia, hoping that if she could truly unleash the power of the "Stigmata," the Valkyrie wouldn't become cheap expendable resources.

Every year, most of the Valkyrie deployed around the world are sacrificed on the Honkai battlefield.

The Great Honkai, such as that caused by the Second Eruption War, directly reduced the number of Schicksal's Valkyrie forces by 70%.

All of this is naturally because the Valkyrie's power is too weak.

For Otto, however, the Valkyrie's strength was sufficient.

K422 naturally wanted to keep Cocolia by her side, but the excuse certainly wasn't to let her continue being a scientist.

A female spy who is Schicksal to infiltrate the Anti-Entropy organization is obviously more suitable for Cocolia.

"Kiana?"

"Speaking of which, you seem to have connections with other organizations as well. So, you can be a three-way... no, a multi-faceted spy. You can also supply intelligence about Schicksal to Anti-Entropy and other organizations."

Perhaps because he had access to the authority of the Grand Bishop, K422's thinking inevitably leaned towards the so-called Grand Bishop.

From a certain perspective, it is indeed true that one's position determines one's perspective.

It was only because she was now in the position of Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal that she realized that if she wasn't careful, she might ruin the Schicksal.

So Otto must have lost his mind to do something like that.

K422 was unaware that Otto was holding a meeting at this time, announcing K422's appointment as Acting Grand Bishop, and at the same time, announcing that his old illness had relapsed and that he needed a period of rest.

The exact duration of Otto's required rest period has not been announced, nor has the location of his rest area been disclosed.

But K422 becoming the Acting Grand Bishop Schicksal did indeed cause a new sensation.

Almost all the managers of the Schicksal branch were dumbfounded.

How did the Schicksal Saintess suddenly become the Grand Bishop of Schicksal?

What did they miss this time?

Where is Lady Theresa?

Isn't Lady Theresa the first in line to the throne? How come the Acting Grand Bishop skipped over her? Oh, what? The Grand Bishop's Aide? Oh, so she wasn't skipped after all.

Otto naturally considered the feelings of his other granddaughter.

K422 was given the position of Acting Grand Bishop, while Theresa was given the position of Grand Bishop's Aide.

It was not the Acting Grand Bishop's assistant, but Otto's assistant.

It can be said that the power of Schicksal now rests entirely in the hands of K422 and Theresa.

K422, unaware of this matter, was pondering how to persuade that bastard bishop.

104. To realize a wish, one must pay a price equal to that wish.

Theresa, who had just met the real Kiana, was also stunned by this sudden news.

I stood there for a long time, unable to come to my senses.

"Grandfather?"

She rushed to the Grand Bishop's office and met Grand Bishop of Schicksal Otto, who had just finished a meeting.

At this moment, the Grand Bishop was taking off his elaborate bishop's robe and pouring half a glass of red wine into the crystal goblet on his table.

"Oh, my lovely Theresa, why are you in such a hurry? You should know that from now on you are the Schicksal's Grand Bishop's Aide, and you should have the demeanor and dignity of Grand Bishop's Aide... Well, even if you have no dignity at all, you should at least put on an act. My lovely K422 knows this better than you do."

Now that Theresa is allowed to meet the real Kiana, why would Otto continue to conceal the true identity of this Acting Grand Bishop?

"Grandpa, what exactly happened? And why did your old illness relapse?"

Although she rejected Otto's ideas, Theresa was still very concerned about her grandfather, the bishop, health.

Rather than asking how K422 became the Acting Grand Bishop and how she herself became the Grand Bishop's Aide, Theresa was more worried about Otto's old ailment.

Otto paused for a moment, then smiled happily.

"That's just what they say to outsiders; actually, I'm in very good health..."

Anyway, the body here isn't a real body; it's still just a Soul Steel clone.

However, having to create a Soul Steel clone to manage the Schicksal was indeed mentally and physically exhausting for him. If he could focus on studying the knowledge within the Void Archive, he would surely find a way to revive Kallen.

It's a pity that the previous Second Herrscher couldn't revive Kallen, and the God of Honkai who appeared in the Second Herrscher's consciousness also gave her a strange answer.

If he could have more time to study the power of the Sixth Herrscher, he might have found a way to truly revive Kallen.

However, the Second Herrscher submitted to the Honkai, and ultimately failed to control it.

Fortunately, K422 has now awakened the power of the Sixth Herrscher, and she is very easy to control.

Otto naturally wouldn't tell Theresa that he not only coerced K422 with the real Kiana, but also used the authority of the Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal to bind K422.

After all, he was a good child, possessing the unique sense of justice and beliefs of the Kaslana Family.

Knowing how dangerous the Schicksal is, she certainly won't sit idly by. At least a stable social environment would be more conducive to her peaceful life with the real Kiana and K423.

So there's no need for him to say anything more nonsense.