Honkai Exposure, Iconic Elysian Realm Scenes at the Start

They're wronging Fu Hua!

Herrscher of Reason: "What, no? Otto can scheme against me, but I can't retaliate? It's a miracle I haven't leveled Schicksal HQ to the ground."

Theresa: "Ahem, I didn't say no. I'm just saying, for revenge, you should go to my grandpa. The Valkyries of Schicksal are innocent."

Bronya: "It would be too pitiful if the Valkyries got hurt by your destruction!"

Although Schicksal HQ was full of talented individuals, arguably the strongest fortress of the current civilization, boasting the foundation Otto had built over five hundred years.

Most of them were A-rank or lower-ranked Valkyries, along with the logistics personnel responsible for maintaining Schicksal's normal operations.

If the Herrscher of Reason, this little monster, and Otto were to cause chaos inside, it would inevitably harm those Valkyries fighting for all that is good in the world.

Herrscher of Reason: "Of course, I know that. Otherwise, Schicksal HQ would have been uprooted long ago. Do you think I'm such an unreasonable Herrscher? Among the Schicksal Valkyries, I've only ever beaten up Durandal. I haven't laid a hand on any of the others."

Himeko Murata: "I thank you on behalf of Schicksal's A-rank Valkyries."

Elysia: "Herrscher of Reason, you're so gentle. So different from the rigid Hua."

Fu Hua: "Why am I being brought up again?"

Fu Hua couldn't shake the feeling that ever since the Herrscher of Reason joined the Chat Group, she'd been treated like a beloved child by everyone.

Could it be because she'd punched Otto's soul-steel face?

Raiden Mei: "Because the Herrscher of Reason avenged you, Class Monitor. And yet, you ended up hitting her. Just thinking about it makes me feel wronged."

Elysia: "It really does make one feel wronged just thinking about it."

Fu Hua: "Ahem, how about we put this aside and focus on figuring out the correct answer?"

Bronya: "No need. The Herrscher of Reason did this, so she definitely knows the answer."

Herrscher of Reason: "Of course. I choose D, the last one!"

[Correct Answer.]

Pardofelis: "The last one, let me see... Shifting the blame to Kevin. Good heavens, Otto, you really would do something like that, making Boss Kevin take the fall?"

Elysia: "So that's why Hua ended up fighting Kevin. He created a mess and couldn't handle it, so he just dumped it on Kevin."

Astonishing! How could anyone shamelessly come up with such a method?

It was one thing for Bishop Otto to accidentally go too far and create his own father. But in the end, unable to handle the mess, he handed this little ancestor over to Kevin?

So it was Otto who instigated the World Serpent's unwarranted suffering!

Herrscher of Reason: "Who cares? I've already fought. System, hurry up and give me the body you promised! I want one exactly like the old fossil's, absolutely not worse than hers!"

[...Congratulations to Herrscher of Reason for obtaining the reward: Immortal Crimson Bird Physique.]

[Description: A body replicated from the fully powered state of the Fusion Warrior Fu Hua. Except for the Sword Heart, everything has reached the peak of her prime.]

The moment the System issued the reward, a white light appeared on Fu Hua and completely enveloped her.

Fu Hua: "Wait, did you get the wrong person?"

Before she could finish speaking, the substance attached to Fu Hua completed the replication and detached, transforming into a new Fu Hua.

—A perfect Fusion Warrior body.

Whether it was strength, speed, resilience, or resistance to Honkai Energy, it was indistinguishable from Fu Hua's immortal physique.

"There! Now I'm the real Fu Hua, with a body, the complete Fu Hua!"

The Herrscher of Reason slowly opened her eyes, and it was clear she was overjoyed.

Meanwhile, Fu Hua, standing beside her, stared at the person identical to her, unsure of how to feel.

According to the Herrscher of Reason's words, she seemed to have done something wrong to her. Although it hadn't happened yet, would it be better to apologize now?

What if the apology wasn't accepted?

Immortal Crimson Bird frantically searched her mental archives and found no information on such matters, aside from a book titled "Zhang San's Guide to Fraud."

"Hey, old fossil!"

The Herrscher of Reason suddenly appeared behind Fu Hua and wrapped her arms around her neck, moving so fast that Fu Hua didn't even see her approach.

"Why are you staring at me? Are you stunned by your own beauty?"

The Herrscher of Reason asked with a smile.

"No, I, I'm not... Please let go of me. How can you be so improper?"

Fu Hua pushed her glasses up, a look of embarrassment on her face.

She was just a pitiful, fifty-thousand-year-old fossil. When had she ever witnessed such an intimate scene between two identical girls?

However, it seemed that precious child, the Herrscher of Reason, quite liked her.

Fu Hua's push lacked any force. Her arms, capable of shattering mountains and crushing soul-steel faces, felt as weak and powerless as cotton candy.

Pardofelis: "Herrscher of Reason, how are things on your end? Do you feel the power to punch Schicksal and kick World Serpent returning?"

Herrscher of Reason: "Of course! I'm the Herrscher who controls consciousness. Now that I have a body, who can be more powerful than me? Don't worry, old fossil, I'll protect you from now on. No one will dare bully us."

Kiana: "Me too! Me too!"

Theresa: "Big shot, please take me under your wing."

Raiden Mei: "Big shot, please take me under your wing."

This is… this is bad.

A monster with the Immortal Body and Herrscher consciousness has appeared at St. Freya Academy, and it's one of our own.

A complete Herrscher of Reason. This is a true big shot, far stronger than the Kevin Puppet from before.

Chapter 71: The Scum Bishop Bullies a Newborn Child

Fu Hua: "Protect me? I recall saying before that Kiana and I beat you up and took back the body that rightfully belonged to you. Aren't you going to hold a grudge?"

Elysia: "...Hua, you really know how to hit a sore spot."

Bronya: "Sigh, beyond saving."

Hearing Fu Hua's question, everyone couldn't help but pat their foreheads and let out a long sigh.

A straight shooter, the kind that even nine bulls couldn't pull back!

Originally, the Herrscher of Reason wasn't even holding a grudge and was willing to help us. What a good kid she was.

And here you are, digging up the past and beating a dead horse.

Herrscher of Reason: "Huh? Blame you? Old fossil, do you think I'm that petty? If it's returned, it's returned. I'm not a sore loser. Besides, if I get angry at you, I'll just end up depressed myself, so it's not worth it. What's more, I can even let Otto off the hook, so why wouldn't I let you off?"

Pardofelis: "Yay, yay! The Herrscher of Reason is so magnanimous."

Herrscher of Reason: "I'm not magnanimous. Forget the old fossil. If it weren't for Otto's nonsensical babbling, I wouldn't have reacted in time and would have already killed him."

The Herrscher of Reason crossed her arms, looking regretful, and the screen began to display, drawing everyone's attention.

[In the scene, the Herrscher of Reason, using Fu Hua's body, was wreaking havoc at Schicksal headquarters, piercing through buildings and smashing various machines.

After causing a ruckus for a while, the Herrscher of Reason still felt unsatisfied and was about to cause more trouble when Otto suddenly appeared behind her.

"Otto..."

Completely caught off guard by his appearance, the Herrscher of Reason couldn't help but be startled.

"Hi."

Otto greeted her politely, his expression as if he hadn't done anything wrong before.

"Right, you're not the type to die that easily."

"Ah, I did die, but luckily my backup body wasn't stored in the same place."

Otto glanced at the distant flames. Beneath the ruins was his life support room, which contained hundreds of bodies he could use.

However, they had all turned into scrap metal now.

The physical quality of a Fusion Warrior was no joke, and with the Herrscher of Reason's unrestrained destruction, even Soul Steel couldn't be spared.

"Fine, then I'll kill you one more time. If half of Schicksal couldn't stop you, then I'll destroy all of Schicksal!"

"Wait."

Bishop Otto took a small step back.

"What, scared? When you shot me in the head back then, did you ever think this day would come?"

The Herrscher of Reason smiled.

It was clear that Otto's cowardly expression made her very happy.

"You are not a bad person."

"Hey, you have the nerve to say that. Of course, I'm not a bad person, I'm acting on behalf of heaven."

"Then we can talk. I did kill you, and I admit it's my sin. You wanted revenge just now, and I didn't resist."

Bishop Otto rested his chin on his hand and said slowly, "One life for one life. We're even."

"I thought you were going to say something else. I only killed one of your bodies, and yet you're standing right in front of me now. How is that even?"

The Herrscher of Reason clenched her fist, her killing intent unconcealed.

"I want to kill you until you're nothing but dust, so you can never revive again, Otto!"

"But aren't you also standing here perfectly fine?"

"You..."

Otto's words made the Herrscher of Reason suddenly freeze, unable to speak for a long time.

She was indeed standing here perfectly fine, and her body had completely recovered thanks to Otto's treatment. She was now healthier than ever.

"I killed you, and you killed me. I revived, and you were reborn. Didn't I give you a chance to be reborn by treating your body?"

Otto said with a smile.

"If we're being honest, we don't have any enmity. In fact, I've even shown you kindness, my friend."

"You... I..."

The Herrscher of Reason was speechless for a moment, caught in Otto's sophistry.

Pardofelis: "Wait, why did I just feel like what this person was saying made a lot of sense for a moment?"

Herrscher of Reason: "Right? I told you Otto isn't just a regular annoyance, you can't possibly win an argument against him."

Although it was sophistry, what Otto stated were objective facts, and not a single lie was mixed in.

How could the Herrscher of Reason, a newborn child, possibly win against him?

Theresa: "Heal Fu Hua, a life for a life, and both of them are unharmed... Why do even I feel like what he said makes a lot of sense? Is something wrong with my brain?"

Bronya: "It's just a trick favored by sophists. Otto betrayed the class representative first, which led to everything that happened later. Healing the class representative was merely to achieve his goals. And he didn't mention anything about letting the Herrscher of the Void awaken."

Kiana: "Exactly, tricking a child like that, Otto has no bottom line!"

Herrscher of Reason: "Tch! Otto's greatest strengths are his despicable and shameless schemes, and that mouth that can argue any point. I should have just hit him back then so he could never speak again."

Raiden Mei: "I agree."

You can't win an argument with him.

Otto spewed nonsense with every word, no preparation needed. It's likely that even if everyone ganged up on him, they still wouldn't be able to win the argument.

And they'd end up infuriated.

Elysia: "Sophistry, in the end, is just a few petty tricks. If the Herrscher of Reason really wanted to beat him, Otto couldn't stop her. I'm more curious about the spare body Otto mentioned. Could it be that he's actually perfected consciousness transfer technology?"

Consciousness transfer, even in the Previous Era, was a theoretical technology. Its technological level was no less than the medical pod that healed Fu Hua, and in fact, several levels higher.

Bronya: "It seems so. And the Herrscher of Reason had just defeated him, yet Bishop Otto completed the transfer not long after without any apparent side effects. Bishop Otto's mastery of this technology is already at the peak of perfection."

Raiden Mei: "Then is there really no way to defeat him?"

Bronya: "As long as he has enough spare bodies, Bronya can't think of a good solution."

Herrscher of Reason: "Huh? If I just flip Schicksal HQ upside down and shatter all his Soul Steel bodies, I don't believe he can still revive!"

Fu Hua: "But what if there are his bodies in the Schicksal branches as well?"