Kiana: "Class Monitor, you wouldn't be so heartless as to beat us up too, would you?"
Fu Hua: "Kiana, no matter how much I darkened, as long as I remained conscious, I could never lay a hand on you."
Bronya: "Class Monitor, what about Bronya?"
Fu Hua: "Bronya, I definitely wouldn't attack you either."
After all, Otto had betrayed her. If she darkened for the sake of revenge, Fu Hua was certain she would not attack her companions.
Though she had already beaten up her companion from Fifty Thousand Years ago, Kevin.
But that was not a problem. Fu Hua was certain she could never hurt Kiana and the others!
On-screen, Bronya rode Heavy Machinery Rabbit at full speed across a bridge, clearly having pushed it to the limit, unable to stop at all.
The motorcycle sped through the drizzle, splashing water from the ground.
Bronya paid it no mind and continued racing at high speed.
A ghost-rider girl's desire to race could never be stopped by something as trivial as the weather!
A massive object flew in. A dark figure stood atop it and cast Bronya a strange glance before launching a fierce attack.
The two fought fiercely on the bridge, chasing one another back and forth.
Though Bronya was the one being chased.
The bridge was smashed apart during their pursuit. Bronya deployed a protective barrier and fell into the water, but before she could catch her breath, Fu Hua pursued her underwater and shattered the barrier with a single strike.
"Now, I'll personally turn this world into the way I want it!"
Amid nearly hysterical shouting, a beam of energy shot into the sky. The darkened Immortal Crimson Bird made no effort to conceal her power.
Bronya: "Class Monitor, didn't you say you wouldn't hit me?"
Fu Hua: "This... I don't know either. How could I possibly... Theoretically, I shouldn't have done that. How could I attack Bronya?"
Even Fu Hua herself was completely baffled at that moment.
She could not make sense of it.
She had clearly darkened because of Otto's betrayal and his schemes against Kiana and the others. If she only wanted revenge, at most she could have beaten Durandal up at Schicksal headquarters, right?
Why would she go and beat up Bronya too?
It made no sense!
Had Divine Tone influenced her again, making her slaughter everyone without recognizing friend from family?
Kiana: "Bronya, it looks like your motorcycle license got revoked again. And this time, it was revoked by the Class Monitor. Even Heavy Machinery Rabbit got sent flying."
Bronya: "Shut up, Kiana. My controls were just a little off."
Damn it.
Were all of these people really this awful? Why did every word out of their mouths have to be about her getting humiliated and having her license revoked?
Could it be that Bronya never had a moment where she did not get humiliated??
Who Healed Fu Hua?
Theresa: "It's fine, Bronya. We won't laugh at you. Losing to Fu Hua isn't embarrassing. Even Schicksal's S-rank Valkyrie Durandal got beaten terribly before."
Himeko Murata: "Exactly, Bronya. Even Durandal got beaten up. What do you have to care about?"
Bronya: "I somehow feel like you aren't comforting me."
Still, Bronya could only find some balance by looking at Durandal now.
Though she had been bullied the worst and had been completely unable to fight back, she was not the only one getting bullied!
Kiana: "That still doesn't change the fact that Bronya has been getting humiliated ever since obtaining the Herrscher of Reason core. First, she couldn't beat World Serpent's leader, and then the Class Monitor flattened her too."
Bronya: "Idiot Kiana, do you think you would fare any better? At least I wasn't injured. You would definitely get pinned to the ground and beaten."
Kiana: "Nonsense. The Class Monitor would never beat me up."
Himeko proudly hid behind Fu Hua, then wrapped her arms around her neck and snuggled up to her.
Her relationship with the Class Monitor was so good. How could they possibly end up killing each other?
Theresa: "Huh? The scene changed again. It looks like it isn't over yet."
Bronya: "Hehe, I saw Kiana at the scene too. Someone's about to be unlucky."
Kiana: "?!!"
Another victim had appeared, and that unlucky person seemed to be herself. Himeko immediately could not stay calm.
On-screen, Kiana stood atop a high-rise building. A huge burst of energy formed a whirlpool-like torrent, changing even the color of the sky.
Kiana crouched where she was, the enormous energy nearly leaving her unable to stand.
The person ahead stood at the very center of the vortex without a scratch. Even the storm sweeping across the heavens had been created by her.
The gap in strength between them was like heaven and earth. Kiana had already lost in terms of presence alone.
"You are..."
Through the red mist, Kiana gradually made out that person's face and could not help feeling a sense of familiarity.
"What? You can't recognize me anymore, Kiana?"
The person with Fu Hua's face slowly turned around.
"I will overturn all creation!"
Red mist suddenly erupted from Fu Hua's body. An unparalleled aura blanketed the sky, swallowing both figures from view. The scene ended there.
Kiana: "No, was that really the Class Monitor? Why doesn't she seem like herself to me?"
Not just Kiana—anyone who saw Fu Hua like that would have trouble believing she was St. Freya Academy's straight-laced girl of steel.
She seemed even less likely to be the Immortal Crimson Bird who cultivated quietly on Mount Tai Xu.
That violent power, that stance of looking down upon the world.
She seemed like an untamed demon king who feared neither heaven nor earth, more Herrscher than a Herrscher.
Fu Hua: "I find it unbelievable too."
Theresa: "It must have been Grandpa's betrayal and his vicious plan that hurt Fu Hua's heart, causing her to lose control and go berserk."
Himeko Murata: "Even if a kind person healed her body, her ambition for revenge could not be stopped. It really hasn't been easy for Fu Hua all this way."
Pardofelis: "Uh, but why do I feel like Hua seemed freer than ever before?"
Fu Hua: "?!!"
Freer? How could Pardofelis tell that the demon-like version of her on-screen was enjoying herself?
Pardofelis: "Well, Hua, look. Before, you always followed the rules. You had to consider everything over and over, bound by all kinds of restrictions. But look at you after darkening—you were simply doing whatever you wanted."
Fighting Kevin, beating Durandal, crushing a weak Herrscher...
After that whole sequence, she had basically beaten every strong fighter in the world once. Who would not feel awesome after that?
Elysia: "Doing whatever you want is good. It's great. Hua used to be far too serious."
Fu Hua: "Uh, maybe I did have some issues before, but no matter what, the things I did after darkening were too outrageous, weren't they? It makes me seem like Chakravartin."
Chakravartin: "?!! Like me? Hua, do you think you can finally unleash hellish fury?! Come on, then! Let's see who the true beast is, who is crazier! We'll only know after we try!!"
Kiana: "Yes, exactly that attitude. I guarantee that if the Class Monitor darkened, she and Chakravartin would get along really well."
More than get along well—they would probably start fighting within seconds.
Kiana: "Anyway, it was all Otto's fault! He actually betrayed the Class Monitor and wanted the Herrscher of the Void to awaken. Why didn't the Class Monitor go settle things with him as soon as she woke up?"
Raiden Mei: "Maybe he ran quickly? By the time the Class Monitor reached Schicksal headquarters, Otto had already vanished?"
Theresa: "Not likely. Based on what I know about Grandpa, he would never solve a problem by running away. Even if he used Schicksal headquarters as a bomb to perish together with Fu Hua, that would be normal, but Grandpa would never flee."
Unable to make sense of it, everyone felt that something differed from what they had imagined, yet they could not figure out where their thinking had gone wrong.
The quiz began.
After Otto shot Fu Hua and severely injured her, who helped treat her and restored her body to its peak condition?
[A: Einstein.]
[B: Theresa.]
[C: Otto.]
[D: Kevin.]
Theresa: "Who helped Fu Hua recover to her peak condition? I think we discussed this before."
Bronya: "But unfortunately, we never reached a unanimous answer. With our current technology, it is almost impossible to restore the Class Monitor's injuries."
The recovery equipment needed to treat Fu Hua's wounds would have been state-of-the-art even in the Previous Era.
Not to mention that under Theresa's leadership, St. Freya Academy had been declining day by day. It was practically impossible for them to have spare funds to develop advanced medical equipment.
Kiana: "Class Monitor, you should know your own injuries very well, right?"
Fu Hua: "I can only say that they were very severe. If not for the Bone-Melting Blood-Regenerating Pill given by the system, there would have been almost no possibility of a full recovery, let alone a cure through medical technology. There might have been a way in the Previous Era."
Elysia: "For the Previous Era, we would have to leave that to Mobius."
Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, Sister Snake's reputation is getting hurt again, though what you said is true."
Elysia: "But Hua was so badly injured. If we were pursuing efficiency, I think Mobius had more say in this than Su."
No matter how severe the injury, Elysia and the others believed that Mobius would definitely have a way to save her.
But what she would become after being saved was another matter entirely.
Theresa: "Then let's first eliminate the option of my grandfather doing it, then choose among the other three."
Everyone expressed their agreement with the headmistress's proposal.
After all, Otto had just shot Fu Hua in the head. How could he possibly turn around and save her?
Who Am I? I Am Fu Hua!
Kiana: "Auntie, while eliminating Bishop Otto, you can eliminate yourself too. St. Freya Academy's technological level is right there for everyone to see."
Theresa: "Shut up! I never said it was me."
Pardofelis: "One of the remaining choices is someone named Einstein, and the other is our boss Kevin. Who is Einstein?"
Theresa: "One of Anti-Entropy's founders. She is sort of an acquaintance of mine. In terms of technology, Anti-Entropy and Schicksal have different tech trees. They specialize in mecha."
Anti-Entropy's mecha, and Schicksal's Valkyries.
At present, those were the two main forces fighting Honkai.
Compared with Schicksal, which used Valkyries' lives as weapons and sent them into danger, Anti-Entropy focused on suppressing threats with mecha and a tide of steel.
Though Anti-Entropy's approach seemed to reduce Valkyrie casualties on the surface, their mecha were truly expensive.
One careless mistake could lead to bankruptcy.
Elysia: "Do they have medical pods capable of treating Hua? If they do, then they are quite a capable organization."
Theresa: "I don't know. Even if they do, that would be Anti-Entropy's secret. How would I know?"
Fu Hua: "So Einstein's option can be kept for now... The last one is actually Kevin?"
Fu Hua had great faith in Kevin's ability to restore her body.
After all, World Serpent had inherited quite a few things from the Previous Era. Perhaps Kevin possessed some kind of healing device.
Kiana: "Kevin, I think that's impossible. After all, Class Monitor, you ended up fighting him."
Fu Hua: "Then I choose A, Einstein!"
Answer incorrect. The correct answer is Otto.
Fu Hua: "Otto?!!"
Getting it wrong was nothing much. Victory and defeat were common in battle.
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