Chapter 299

Pardofelis felt inspired from the depths of her soul. The two sentences from Elysia and Kevin made even the weakest of them want to punch a Honkai Beast.

Sister Vill-V, please finish building our armor soon!

The Herrscher of Reason: "It will inevitably shatter the Finality! Damn it, Kevin is usually so cold, why is he talking so passionately?"

Otto: "Is this the will of the Flame-Chasers? I've truly seen something new. Yes, humanity will surely defeat the Honkai!"

Otto: "May we achieve our goals and reach our respective ideals."

The sound of clapping rang out, followed by Otto's loud laughter.

Unrestrained laughter, laughter suppressed for five hundred years, now leaped forth like a moth, only a step away from the candlelight.

At this moment, Otto finally realized that the system contained items that could reverse time, and it wasn't unusual; otherwise, the Flame-Chasers wouldn't have been so confident.

Wrong.

Items that can reverse time are certainly rare, Flame-Chasers don't have many of them, but they're not so rare as to be impossible to find.

Whether you exchange resources with Flame-Chasers or acquire them yourself through the system's rules, it doesn't matter anymore.

At the moment he confirmed that the prop truly existed, Otto felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

The chessboard had been pushed to the brink of defeat, but then, as Otto, the player holding the pieces, suddenly saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

The desperate last stand has taken an unexpected turn, opening up Infinity possibilities.

[Q&A begins.]

[In the Raven's Island villa, who is the murderer of Bishop Otto?]

[A: Raven.]

[B: Raiden Mei.]

[C: Fu Hua.]

[D: Everyone.]

The appearance of the new question and answer instantly brought everyone back to their senses, and they stared intently at the options.

Durandal: "So, the murderer who killed Bishop Otto is in that room?"

Amber: "Impossible... That room was full of Valkyrie from Schicksal. There were only two World Serpent. They wouldn't kill Bishop Otto in front of everyone, would they?"

Raiden Mei: "Um... to be precise, I'm still a member of Schicksal!"

Mei has undergone training with the Flame-Chasers and is showing signs of developing into the chuunibyou (delusional Mei, but the people who taught her combat skills were the Flame-Chasers, so what does World Serpent have to do with it?

Just because Flame-Chasers can be the leader of World Serpent doesn't mean that Flame-Chasers and World Serpent are on the same team!

Theresa: "So, everyone in that room was one of our own, with Raven being the only outsider. It seems the murderer is quite obvious."

Raven: "Hey! What makes Valkyrie Schicksal any better? I suspect you're the ones who killed Bishop Otto!"

Fu Hua: "How dare you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"

The Immortal Crimson Bird and Otto have collaborated before, so they can be considered old acquaintances.

Although she had publicly fallen out with Otto not long ago, as Otto said, she couldn't bring herself to kill the Archbishop of Schicksal.

Kiana: "Um, class monitor."

Seeing Fu Hua and Raven locked in a heated argument, both looking righteous and indignant, Kiana couldn't help but tug at her sleeve, reminding her.

Kiana: "Class monitor, you were the first one to throw Otto's body into the storage room."

Fu Hua: "..."

Durandal: "It seems the world of the Project Ring is somewhat different from ours; after all, Bishop Otto doesn't delay his salary payments."

Otto: "Oh? So, everyone could be the murderer?"

Amber: "Even so, I still firmly believe that this was done by the World Serpent. The Valkyrie of Schicksal would never plot against His Excellency the Bishop!"

[Incorrect answer.]

[Amber receives penalty: Schicksal Headquarters' finances will be reduced by one-tenth next quarter.]

Amber: "Pfft... cough cough cough!"

Almost simultaneously, Amber received communications from various branches.

The Atlantic Ocean was affected by monsoons, Siberia avalanche flooded the base, an accident occurred at the Australia Branch laboratory, and an electromagnetic pulse destroyed all the equipment...

These are all unexpected disasters that require manpower, material resources, or in other words, money to compensate for.

Amber's financial report for the next quarter is already predictable.

Otto: "Amber, are you alright? Do you need me to arrange a therapist for you?"

Amber: "I'm fine, but Bishop Otto, why are you in the mood to make sarcastic remarks?!"

She was trembling with anger. Although she was the chief secretary of Schicksal and a key person in charge of managing money, you were the archbishop of Schicksal!

Why are you completely unresponsive when she's heartbroken, as if it's not your own money being lost?

Otto: "Don't worry, Amber. There's a saying in Shenzhou: 'Man proposes, God disposes.' You never know when an accident will happen. This isn't the first time the Schicksal has encountered difficulties."

Amber: "You're right."

As a global organization, Schicksal faces daily challenges amidst the tides of time.

Let alone a quarterly fiscal shortage, even a yearly financial deficit, Schicksal has the resources to weather it.

Raven: "That's why I told you I wasn't the murderer. Why do you have to suffer this?"

Raven couldn't help but feel sorry for Amber... no, it felt sorry for the money Amber had lost.

Rounding it up, that's equivalent to losing the equivalent of dozens of small island villas!

Amber: "If it's not Raven, then it could be one of the remaining two Valkyrie, right?"

No matter how you look at it, Raiden Mei, Fu Hua, and Amber don't believe they are the murderers who killed Bishop Otto.

That's the Bishop of Schicksal. Even if Raiden Mei and Fu Hua have some personal grudges against Otto, it wouldn't warrant such a brutal killing, would it?

Kiana: "Why don't we be bolder? Choose D, everyone can be a hero to kill Otto!"

Durandal: "Kiana, no matter how you look at it, your idea is way too audacious..."

[Correct answer.]

Just as Durandal was about to retort, the words caught in her throat, and she could only stand there, mouth agape, staring blankly at the four words "correct answer."

Otto: "That's really something."

Kiana: "See? The will of the people is unwavering! Otto, you've done so many bad things!"

Rita: "Didn't expect that even Lady Durandal and I were among the murderers?"

The Valkyrie couldn't help but facepalm.

It seems that in the world of Project Ring, Bishop Otto is really unpopular; everyone invited to the island villa wants to kill him.

The key point is that they also put it into practice.

[Congratulations Kiana for receiving the reward: Soulium Solvent.]

[Description: A single drop of this potion applied to Soulium will completely dissolve one cubic Soulium of it.]

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Kiana: "Soulium Solvent? So, just one drop is enough to take down Otto? That's a good thing!"

Kiana looked at the full bottle of potion in her hand. Didn't this mean that this one bottle of dissolving agent could kill Otto hundreds of times over?

Otto: "Miss Kiana, although I don't know what kind of harm I will cause you in the future, you don't have to be so blatant in trying to kill me, do you?"

Kiana: "Hmph!"

Kiana crossed her arms, her hands gripping the Soulium Solvent tightly, wishing she could pour half a bottle onto Otto's face immediately.

Otto's attention, however, was focused on the system's rewards.

Of course, he wasn't interested in the Soulium Solvent in Kiana's possession. To Otto, taking things was neither valuable nor a fatal threat.

Even for the spare body stored at the Schicksal Headquarters, one bottle of dissolving agent might not be enough, let alone the fact that his body wasn't just stored at the Schicksal Headquarters.

Soulium Solvent is very precious; there are not many things in the world that can completely destroy Soulium, but they are still far from being as miraculous as reversing time.

What he cared about were the tools the Flame-Chasers used to reverse time.

Why didn't Kiana receive that item?

Is it because it's so rare that the reward items are based on probability, or is there some other reason?

In the scene, the Valkyrie are gathered on the villa island, while Raiden Mei and Kiana are laughing and chatting in the kitchen, preparing a meal for everyone.

After a satisfying meal, Kiana once again remembered her mission to Deliverance line.

Are you really just going to leave this person hanging like this forever?

Kiana pointed to Otto's corpse in the storage room and asked.

Otto's body was still warm just now, which could be used to deduce when the murderer killed him, but now it's truly cold.

Fu Hua nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly, "It's indeed not a good idea."

Inappropriate.

Otto was, after all, the Archbishop of Schicksal. Although he owed the Valkyrie wages, it just didn't seem right to leave her body hanging like that.

Just when Kiana thought Fu Hua was about to start solving the case and finding the truth, Fu Hua's next words almost made her lose her balance and fall to the ground.

"How about we throw it into the sea?" Fu Hua suggested, and had already subconsciously taken a step with her left foot.

I never expected you to be this kind of person!

Durandal grabbed Fu Hua's shoulder and spoke righteously.

"Fu Hua, I know His Excellency the Bishop has a bad reputation, but he's dead, and you're still here making sarcastic remarks!"

"That's absolutely shameless!"

Durandal clutched her chest, looking heartbroken.

She then walked to Otto's body and took Otto wallet from his pocket. "Let me get my wages first."

"Durandal, you're utterly shameless!"

Theresa shouted and stood resolutely opposite Durandal, meeting her gaze.

"Grandpa's already like this! You're the strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal's favor, are you only thinking about trivial things like getting paid?!"

You should know that she is the granddaughter of Bishop Otto and the heir to the throne of the next Archbishop of Schicksal.

And Durandal, you are the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, the pillar of the entire Schicksal!

Theresa slowly exhaled and said, "We should discuss the distribution of the inheritance now. Let's sell Schicksal!"

"Yes, I agree."

Durandal raised her hand in agreement.

"No problem."

Rita nodded in agreement.

The three S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal have now unanimously passed the proposal to sell Schicksal, and the matter seems to be settled.

"Um?!"

Seeing the three of them acting so shamelessly, Fu Hua immediately thought of Otto's murder. Those who had benefited from the situation were definitely the most suspicious murderers.

"Inheritance distribution, this..."

"Squad leader, have you found anything?"

Fu Hua squatted beside Otto's body, lost in thought, "If my reasoning is correct, I haven't deduced anything at all."

"If your statement had any meaning whatsoever, it wouldn't be completely meaningless."