The Delightful Sound of Soul-Steel Faces Creaking / The Herrscher of Sentience Joins the Chat Group

The sound of Soul Steel Faces creaking was simply marvelous.

Kiana: "Class Monitor, if you ask me, you were already ambushed. Why bother reasoning with Bishop Otto? Just go up and punch him twice."

Raiden Mei: "My strength could pull up mountains, my spirit could overshadow the world—Inch-Punch: Heaven Splitter!"

Pardofelis: "Hua, you want to reason with him, but Otto is so despicable. You can't out-reason him."

Hua: "Sigh... Otto really did leave no loose ends."

The Immortal Crimson Bird was someone who truly believed in reason.

Judging the matter on its merits, although Otto had shot her, he had later healed all the old wounds she had accumulated over the years and restored her body to its peak condition.

Objectively speaking, she and Otto truly owed each other nothing.

But whenever she thought of that man plotting against Kiana and the others, wanting to kill her friends, Hua could not forgive him no matter what.

Besides, Otto's words had been nothing more than sophistry.

Elysia: "Hua, if you're angry, let it out. If you have a grudge, take revenge. You could learn a lot from Chakravartin in that regard."

Kiana: "This time, I completely agree with Elysia. Just beat the crap out of him."

Raiden Mei: "If someone held a gun to Chakravartin's head, he definitely wouldn't be like the Class Monitor and ask about the whole story before deciding what to do."

Bronya: "She should have exploded the moment she woke up."

Chakravartin: "Crush his body to pieces! Burn his blood to ash!!!"

Hua: "..."

No, no, no. Chakravartin's situation was completely different, okay?

After all, as a fifty-thousand-year-old fla—cough, cough, the Immortal Crimson Bird who protected Shenzhou and saved the suffering masses, Hua had always convinced people with [reason].

No matter how badly she wanted to pound Otto into the ground, she still had principles.

At most, she would crush his Soul Steel Face and beat him half to death.

On the screen, Hua began to recall her final meeting with Otto.

It had not been a pleasant memory.

A fragment of memory surfaced in her mind. Otto was pointing a gun at her forehead. The memory was so quiet, like a tranquil lake.

But rage echoed through Hua's heart without the slightest attempt at concealment.

"Immortal Crimson Bird, I did not lie."

Bang—

The gunshot rang out, and Hua's life vanished with it. Incredibly, she had felt no pain at the time, yet recalling it now was agonizing beyond measure.

Id: "That's it! That pain! Make him taste the suffering you endured!"

Superego: "He is the most dangerous person on Earth. His evil schemes must be stopped!"

Hua tried to keep remembering, but her mind felt completely empty, and she could not help feeling sad.

Superego: "Now you can remember everything. Nothing can stop you anymore!"

Ego: "First, you need to—"

Id: "Kill him!!!"

Urged on by the Id, Hua slowly walked toward Otto.

"Wait, old friend, I—"

Hua moved like lightning. In an instant, she seized Otto's cheek, giving him no chance to continue. The smile on his face had not even had time to turn into confusion.

Otto stared blankly at Hua, seemingly wanting to say something, but his mouth was firmly held in Hua's grip, and only a few meaningless sounds escaped.

Hua clenched her fist and viciously slammed it into that handsome, punchable face.

One punch.

Two punches.

Three punches...

Amid the pleasant grinding sounds of fist striking Soul Steel Face, the scene slowly came to an end.

Elysia: "How cruel, how cruel! Hua, you really are too cruel. Bishop Otto did heal your injuries, after all. How could you be so rough? What a bloody scene. Pfft... But why do I want to laugh so badly?"

Kiana: "Me too. The sound of a Soul Steel Face getting smashed really is satisfying."

Theresa: "Too cruel. I can't watch, I can't watch."

She said that, but everyone noticed Theresa covering her eyes with both hands, then secretly spreading her fingers apart to peek through them.

That comical expression looked adorable no matter how one viewed it.

Seriously, Otto was your biological grandfather!

Bronya: "Class Monitor, how did it feel to finally avenge yourself?"

Hua: "Cough, cough, Bronya, you should know that was the corrupted version of me, not the current me. We Valkyries of St. Freya Academy are all reasonable people. We would not resort to violence unless absolutely necessary."

She had to admit that even just watching fists smash into a Soul Steel Face felt incredibly satisfying!

Especially since she had thrown more than one punch.

Even Hua felt her hands itching. If she could take her place, grab that Soul Steel Face and give it a thorough beating, just thinking about it felt wonderful.

Kiana: "Bishop Otto won't just get beaten to death, will he? Tsk, tsk, how tragic."

Theresa: "No, my grandfather is very capable. He won't die that easily. At most, he'll suffer a little."

Kiana: "What a pity."

Himeko Murata: "Cough, cough, Kiana, that is the Bishop of Schicksal. No matter how nice the sound of his Soul Steel Face getting hit may be, you can't laugh at him."

Kiana: "Auntie Himeko, you were laughing just now too. Don't think I didn't hear it."

Bronya: "Bronya heard it too."

Himeko Murata: "Cough, cough, I just saw all of you laughing. If I was the only one not laughing, I wouldn't be able to fit in with the group."

It definitely was not because she herself wanted to laugh.

Himeko Murata felt that a great grudge had truly been avenged. The sound of Hua smashing that Soul Steel Face had been far too delightful.

Pardofelis: "Hua, if you wanted to beat Otto, then beat Otto. If you wanted revenge, then take revenge. It feels so good when a great grudge is avenged, so why did you have to go after Boss Kevin?"

Hua: "Uh..."

You were asking me? Who was I supposed to ask?

Beating Durandal, drawing with Kevin, wreaking havoc at Schicksal headquarters—although it sounded awesome, that style of doing things was completely unlike her, okay?

If that person had not possessed the exact same face and the exact same figure as her, Hua would never have believed that person was herself.

Yet that Immortal Body, the overwhelming combat power it unleashed, and the words she had spoken all forced Hua to believe that person was indeed her.

She had somehow ended up taking the blame. What kind of nonsense was that?

Cosmo: "...It wasn't Hua."

Pardofelis: "Amo, what did you say?"

The quiet youth Cosmo, who had been lurking for so long, suddenly popped up with three words, leaving everyone confused for a moment.

After all, in this lively Chat Group, every single person was a keyboard warrior. If they opened the chat logs, there would be 99+ unread messages at every turn.

Cosmo was definitely not among them.

Usually, the speed of Cosmo's inner thoughts could not even keep up with the speed at which these people changed topics. He could only watch from the sidelines and enjoy the show.

But this time, Cosmo had actually spoken up for once.

Most importantly, he had taken the initiative to voice his own opinion!

It was no less shocking than if Chakravartin suddenly changed his nature one day and shouted in the Chat Group, [Apponia is the cutest in the world!]

Herrscher of Reason Joined the Chat Group

Cosmo: "I mean, that person might not be Hua."

Hua: "?!!"

Kiana: "What makes you say that? That person is the Class Monitor. Other things can be faked, but her figure and body can't."

Raiden Mei: "And didn't we see it? The Class Monitor was backstabbed by Otto, then taken away for treatment. After recovering, she punched Schicksal and kicked World Serpent. The immortal's power was on full display. It had to be the Class Monitor, right?"

Even if her figure could be faked, and there happened to be another flat-chested Shenzhou girl in the world, the power displayed by the Immortal Body absolutely could not be faked.

The only person who could go toe-to-toe with Kevin and tear through Schicksal headquarters was the Immortal Crimson Bird.

Pardofelis: "Amo means that Hua's way of doing things is far too different from before. It made him feel that she was unfamiliar."

Kiana: "Cosmo, you're actually such an attentive person?"

Elysia: "Of course. Otherwise, how could Cosmo get along so well with children and take such good care of Griseo?"

Theresa: "But no matter how we explain it, if that person isn't Hua, wouldn't there be too many things that make no sense?"

For example, why would she seek revenge by wildly hammering Otto's face?

For example, she knew Kiana and possessed all of Hua's memories.

No matter how unfamiliar the things Hua did on the screen or the personality she displayed felt to them, as long as she possessed fifty thousand years of memories, she had to be Hua!

Cosmo: "...Perhaps I guessed wrong."

Kiana: "What do you mean, perhaps you guessed wrong? You definitely guessed wrong! If that person isn't the Class Monitor, I'll swallow three bowls of rice!"

Raiden Mei: "Kiana, if you're hungry and want to be greedy, just say so."

Theresa: "Look, that person was so strong, and she even sought revenge on Grandpa. She had to be Hua, right?"

Elysia: "Otto's shot damaged Hua's brain, so her memories were reset. After receiving fifty thousand years of memories again, it would be perfectly reasonable for her to develop different ideas."

Kiana: "Hehe, but the corrupted Class Monitor really was so cool. Punching Schicksal and kicking World Serpent—she was even more chuuni than the things Mei does."

Raiden Mei: "What does this have to do with me?"

Elysia: "At the peak of immortals, I stand above the world; with the Immortal Crimson Bird, heaven exists once more!"

Pardofelis: "Schicksal is rotten, Anti-Entropy is useless; among all heroes under heaven, only Kevin and I remain!"

Theresa: "This is the complete Hua, the complete Crimson Bird, the complete me!"

Hua: "Cough, cough, cough, stop it. This is so embarrassing."

It was far too shameful.

Were all of you demons? How could you say such chuuni lines so easily? Had you reached your rebellious phase?!

And what was this about punching Schicksal and kicking World Serpent? She might be strong, but there was no need to brag about it so extravagantly, right?

It was making this fifty-thousand-year-old fla—Immortal Crimson Bird feel embarrassed.

The Chat Group has expanded. Congratulations to the Herrscher of Reason for joining the Chat Group.

Theresa: "Herrscher of Reason?"

Pardofelis: "Another Herrscher?"

Theresa: "Why are there Herrschers everywhere?!"

The Chat Group already had several Herrschers. Even if another one joined, it should not have stirred everyone's curiosity.

But this was the Herrscher of Reason, who could influence consciousness, and they did not even know whether she was friend or foe.

The people from St. Freya Academy immediately grew tense, afraid that their consciousness would be altered the next moment and they would be turned into the Herrscher of Reason's shape.

Herrscher of Reason: "Oh? What kind of place is this? How did some empty Chat Group suddenly appear? And who are you people?"

Elysia: "One of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the Previous Era, Elysi—"

Chakravartin: "A Herrscher? Hahahaha, another Herrscher has come! Kill! Fight! Come on, it has been far too long since I last slaughtered a Herrscher!!"

Raiden Mei: "Herrscher of Reason, run! We have a lunatic here who kills any Herrscher he catches!"