Chapter 99
Why do you have to put on a stern face and say, "But I refuse"?
It gave him the feeling that K422 was deliberately messing with him.
Faced with Theresa's questioning, Otto smiled wryly and apologized, then naturally released Theresa's restricted access, but he did not intend to let Theresa know some of the details.
After all, Theresa and K422 are completely different types.
Meanwhile, at the Cocolia Orphanage, even with her communication device locked, K422 remained somewhat uneasy.
She had no intention of going to the Asian Branch, and often got distracted when communicating with Cocolia.
Of course, faced with the immense power of the Schicksal, Cocolia yielded.
She agreed to be a spy for the Schicksal, willing to provide K422 with intelligence on Anti-Entropy and World Serpent.
"???"
K422 was shocked.
It turns out that Cocolia is not only a member of Anti-Entropy, but also a member of World Serpent.
Or rather, it involves cooperation with World Serpent.
This World Serpent is said to be an organization older than Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, at least according to Gray Serpent, a leader of the World Serpent.
Cocolia didn't know much either, after all, her relationship with World Serpent was just a normal cooperative one, and even the concept of Honkai Antibody was actually obtained from information provided by World Serpent.
With so many antibodies in the human body, even if Cocolia went bald, she still wouldn't be able to find the so-called Honkai Antibody without World Serpent's guidance.
"..."
Therefore, the World Serpent organization might be even more mysterious than Schicksal.
Of course, in Cocolia's eyes, the Schicksal was very mysterious.
Whether it's the Valkyrie fighting against Honkai as biological individuals or the Honkai Energy weapons with extremely high stability manufactured by their research institutes, both far exceed the technological level of existing civilizations.
Although the outside world has always said that Anti-Entropy's technology is the best in the world, and that even the Schicksal cannot surpass Anti-Entropy's technology.
However, it is precisely because Cocolia is the executor of Anti-Entropy that she understands even more clearly that the Schicksal's technological strength is only superficially a few years behind Anti-Entropy, but in reality, it should also have technological strength that is not much inferior to Anti-Entropy.
Cocolia strongly suspects that Schicksal also possesses a similar mech force.
Furthermore, those mech units far surpass the Anti-Entropy organization's existing unmanned mech units in terms of Honkai Energy utilization.
The only weapons the Anti-Entropy organization can currently offer, besides the Titan drone armor unit, are the HOMU self-destructing robots and the Houmei medical robots.
K422 naturally remembered the concept of "Honkai Antibody". It was found in the database of Schicksal after years of research. It was found in the bodies of the Kaslana Family and the Schariac Family. After decades of research, "Artificial Antibody" was created. It was then sublimated from Artificial Antibody to "artificial Stigmata".
I never expected that the World Serpent would know about this kind of thing.
Of course, the Anti-Entropy organization didn't know about this thing, since they didn't do biological research and focused on giant humanoid weapons every day.
Cocolia naturally shared a lot of information about the Anti-Entropy organization with K422 as a token of her loyalty.
Siegfried, the new executor of Anti-Entropy, is collaborating with Raiden Ryoma and seems to be developing a new second-generation combat mech, which is said to be able to better counter Honkai Beast. The combat mech must be large in size and have many cannons.
Regarding Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma's plan to develop a new combat mech.
K422, however, showed absolutely no interest.
It just felt like they were slacking off.
Combat mechs are also susceptible to Honkai Energy. In battles against Honkai Beast, Anti-Entropy's mech units have had difficulty inflicting effective damage, while the Honkai Beast have easily destroyed the combat mechs.
An individual Anti-Entropy combat mech can defeat several Valkyrie, but it is difficult to defeat Honkai Beast unless a mech force is formed and its numbers are sufficient to suppress the Honkai Beast.
On the contrary, a group of Valkyrie working together can easily defeat a wave of Honkai Beast.
Therefore, no matter how many flaws Schicksal, it is still the Valkyrie of Schicksal who fight against Honkai the Schicksal.
Of course, Anti-Entropy is very confident this time. Siegfried was the strongest warrior of the former Schicksal. His rich combat experience and understanding of Honkai Beast will definitely provide design inspiration for Anti-Entropy's combat mechs.
Cocolia answered truthfully.
However, K422 increasingly felt that the Anti-Entropy organization was not doing its job properly.
"In short, take a good look. As for the Cocolia Orphanage, I will still allow you to run it and will provide you with a lot of funding."
"Thank you so much." Cocolia bowed her head.
She, who had never bowed her head in the army, had not only bowed her head, but her heart had also submitted.
If you don't comply, you will lose everything.
Cocolia didn't care about losing other things, but... she couldn't bear to lose the children from the orphanage.
Just then, a dark figure knocked on the window.
Cocolia was slightly taken aback.
"Open the window, Cocolia, and then go and get this gentleman a cappuccino."
"Yes, yes... But, Kiana, the orphanage doesn't have cappuccino..."
"I had the staff buy it. Seriously, you've swindled so much funding from Anti-Entropy and that World Serpent, why don't you treat the kids better?"
"..."
"I see, so there's another experimental base." K422 tilted her head, immediately understanding what Cocolia was trying to hide.
"???"
Cocolia stared, completely at a loss for words.
She remained silent for only two or three seconds, and then... the other person spoke for her.
Is this for real?!
Cocolia truly felt that her heart couldn't take it.
Looking at the man who was wrapped up tightly, K422 laughed.
"Hehe, Alliance Leader Anti-Entropy, we've met before, why do you need to cover yourself up so tightly..." As K422 laughed at the man Cocolia had let in, she noticed a strand of white hair that the man had inadvertently revealed.
She got up from the sofa, her body tensing instantly.
Cracks appeared on the ground beneath her feet the moment she exerted force.
Cocolia immediately felt sorry for him.
Given Gray Serpent's stinginess, she certainly wouldn't provide any extra funds; she'd have to pay for the floor repairs herself.
Welt was generous, but the field of Anti-Entropy research on mechs is a bottomless pit that no amount of money can fill.
"Ah, um... hello."
The man, who had wrapped himself in several black coats like a black mummy, raised his hand, trying to greet K422.
However, what awaited him was K422's escape.
Yes, K422 escaped.
Because she didn't know how the other party would view her as an imposter who had stolen the identity of her biological daughter and was enjoying the honor brought by Cecilia.
K422 instinctively swung his fist forcefully, punching a hole through the side wall, and then jumped out through the hole.
Cocolia's heart clenched again.
The black mummy man stood there dumbfounded for a long time.
106. Is it unknown whether or not a salary will be paid by Schicksal?
K422's reaction was unexpected.
Siegfried, wrapped in a black mummy, had no time to react before he saw the petite K422 break through the wall and escape.
Seeing that half of the wall had been destroyed, Cocolia's heart clenched painfully.
"... Cocolia, I've come to save you?"
Siegfried originally wanted to have a conversation with K422.
Rescuing Cocolia is naturally the primary objective of Anti-Entropy.
Facing Siegfried's questioning Siegfried, Cocolia said with a dark face, "What's the point of coming now?"
After all, starting tomorrow, the Cocolia Orphanage will be renamed Schicksal Orphanage, and even she will be wearing a uniform with the Schicksal logo.
"What's wrong?"
"I've been recruited by Schicksal. From now on, I'll be working as a double agent to steal intelligence from Anti-Entropy. Be careful in future meetings..."
Compared to the World Serpent Organization, Anti-Entropy at least sent people to rescue her, Cocolia naturally didn't want to betray them. However, she would definitely steal Anti-Entropy's intelligence for the safety of her children.
Hopefully, this honesty will serve as a warning to those who implement Anti-Entropy.
"Oh, it's okay. The people we have at the base in the Far East have all been recruited by Schicksal's Far East Branch... They wear Schicksal uniforms every day and eat at Schicksal's branch."
"???"
Cocolia was completely stunned.
What exactly are these people doing in the Far East?
At the same time, Welt, who was guarding outside, also saw K422 breaking through the wall and escaping.
"???"
Welt and Einstein were both stunned.
Initially, considering his understanding of K422, Welt thought that the other party would not harm Cocolia.
So when they received Cocolia's distress signal, Welt and the others hid on the small hillside outside Cocolia Orphanage and kept watching with binoculars.
Then the Valkyrie squad began to seal off the scene, and not long after, the Propaganda Department staff drove out and came back with several truckloads of abundant ingredients.
Through the cafeteria window, Welt and his friends naturally saw a feast.
They could only eat cold toast.
Welt and his group originally had a large bag of ham in their vehicle, but at lunchtime, Siegfried roasted it with the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment, and the bag of ham turned into a dark substance that would make wild animals foam at the mouth if they ate it.
The changes at the Cocolia Orphanage naturally put Welt at ease.
But when discussing how to rescue Cocolia, Siegfried suggested that he go instead.
Perhaps because of Otto, he was unable to properly acknowledge his daughter, and Siegfried went there with a sense of apology.
Of course, he would also explain his previous attitude in order to ask for the other party's forgiveness. Even if the other party was unwilling to forgive him, it didn't matter. Even if they wanted to hit him to vent their anger, it didn't matter.
He wanted to have a proper conversation with his daughter.
At Siegfried's earnest request, Welt and Einstein were naturally willing to give him the opportunity.
Out of shyness, Siegfried grabbed a bunch of coats and wrapped himself in them, turning himself into a black coat.
This was also to avoid being noticed by the Valkyrie squad that was sealing off the Cocolia Orphanage, since the Assault Team led by the A-rank Valkyrie was also there.
Even if his current A-rank isn't that great, a well-coordinated Valkyrie squad can still cause him some trouble.
Welt and Einstein never imagined that the moment Siegfried stormed into the Cocolia Orphanage, K422 would break through the wall and escape...
"Welt, should we stop the Little Princess?"
"Let's activate the Titans we've been lying in wait. After all, we do have some things to discuss with that Little Princess."
In fact, Welt did have a lot to discuss with the other party.
In the afternoon, the Schicksal Headquarters suddenly convened a meeting, and Tesla naturally participated in the meeting as the secretary of the Far East Branch.
Of course, her own face did not appear in the video; instead, another secretary appeared in the video.
After all, Theresa, the administrator of the Far East Branch, was unreliable, and this meeting did indeed produce a major news story.
Otto also arranged for some foreign journalists to be present.
When Otto announced that Kiana Apocalypse would serve as Acting Grand Bishop and Theresa Apocalypse as Grand Bishop's Aide, the entire meeting room descended into chaos, even the branches participating via video conference were thrown into disarray.
When Welt and Siegfried learned of this from Tesla, they were so shocked they almost dislocated their jaws.
At this moment, they were ahead of K422's escape route.
A combat mech hidden in a snowdrift suddenly stood up.