The Scummy Bishop Who Bullies a Newborn Child

They had wronged Fu Hua!

Herrscher of Reason: "What, I can't? Otto was allowed to scheme against me, but I'm not allowed to retaliate? The fact that I didn't tear down Schicksal Headquarters already proves how kind this Herrscher is."

Theresa: "Ahem, I'm not saying you can't. What I mean is, if you want revenge, just go after my grandfather. Schicksal's Valkyries are innocent."

Bronya: "If your destruction caught them up in it, the injured Valkyries would be too pitiful!"

Although Schicksal Headquarters was full of talent and could be called the strongest fortress of the current civilization, backed by the foundation Otto had built over five hundred years,

most of those inside were still A-rank or lower Valkyries, along with logistics personnel responsible for keeping Schicksal running.

If Herrscher of Reason and Otto started wreaking havoc in there, the Valkyries fighting for all that was beautiful in the world would inevitably be harmed.

Herrscher of Reason: "Of course I know that. Otherwise, Schicksal Headquarters would have been uprooted long ago. Do you think I'm such an unreasonable Herrscher? Among Schicksal's Valkyries, I've only beaten up Durandal. I haven't hit a single other one."

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

Elysia: "Herrscher of Reason, you're so gentle. You really are different from prim and proper Hua."

Fu Hua: "Why has this come back to me again?"

Whether it was an illusion or not, Fu Hua always felt that ever since Herrscher of Reason entered the Chat Group, everyone had liked her like she was the group's darling.

Could it be because she had beaten up Otto's Soul Steel Face?

Raiden Mei: "Because Herrscher of Reason avenged you, Class Monitor. And then you beat her up instead. Just thinking about it makes me feel wronged for her."

Elysia: "Just thinking about it really does feel awful."

Fu Hua: "Ahem, why don't we set that aside for now? We should think about which answer is correct."

Bronya: "There's no need. 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 trouble onto Kevin's side? Good grief, Otto, you really did that? You actually made Boss Kevin take the blame?"

Elysia: "He made the mess himself, couldn't clean it up, and threw it to Kevin. No wonder Hua ended up fighting Kevin."

That was shocking. How could someone shamelessly come up with such a method?

It was one thing for Bishop Otto to get carried away and accidentally create a father for himself, but when he couldn't deal with the aftermath, he sent this little ancestor to Kevin?

So World Serpent had suffered for no reason because Otto had egged it on!

Herrscher of Reason: "Whatever, I already beat him up. System, hurry up and give me the body you promised! I want one exactly like the old relic's. It absolutely can't be worse than hers!"

...Congratulations to Herrscher of Reason for obtaining the reward: Immortal Crimson Bird Immortal Body.

Description: A body replicated from Fusion Warrior Fu Hua at her peak condition. Aside from Sword Heart, everything has reached its prime.

The second the system issued the reward, a white light appeared on Fu Hua's body and completely enveloped her.

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

Before she could finish speaking, the substance attached to Fu Hua had already completed its replication, then separated and turned into another Fu Hua.

—A perfect Fusion Warrior body.

Whether it was strength, speed, pressure resistance, or resistance to Honkai Energy, it was no different from Fu Hua's Immortal Body.

"All right, now I'm a real Fu Hua too. A complete Fu Hua with a body!"

Herrscher of Reason slowly opened her eyes, and it was obvious that she was extremely happy.

Meanwhile, Fu Hua kept staring at the person who looked exactly like her, unsure what she should be feeling.

According to Herrscher of Reason, it seemed that she had done something to wrong her. Though she had not done it yet, should she apologize first?

What if the other party did not accept her apology?

The Immortal Crimson Bird searched through her mental archives again and again, only to discover that aside from a copy of "Zhang San Teaches Fraud Law," she had no knowledge stored on this subject.

"Hey, old relic!"

Herrscher of Reason suddenly appeared behind Fu Hua and wrapped an arm around her neck. She moved so fast that even Fu Hua had not seen her movements clearly.

"Why do you keep staring at me? Were you dazzled by your own beauty?"

Herrscher of Reason asked with a smile.

"No, I—I wasn't... Let go of me first. This is improper."

Fu Hua pushed at her glasses, her face full of embarrassment.

She was only a pitiful old relic of fifty thousand years. When had she ever seen a scene like two identical girls being so intimate?

Still, it seemed that little Senti liked her quite a lot.

Fu Hua could not put any strength into her attempt to push her away. The arm that could split mountains, shatter rocks, and smash a Soul Steel Face now felt as soft and powerless as cotton candy.

Pardofelis: "Herrscher of Reason, how is it over there? Do you feel like the strength to punch Schicksal and kick World Serpent has returned?"

Herrscher of Reason: "Of course. I'm the Herrscher who controls consciousness, and now I've got a body too. Who could possibly be stronger than me? Don't worry, old relic. From now on, I'll cover you. No one will dare bully us."

Kiana: "Me too, me too!"

Theresa: "Big shot, please cover me."

Raiden Mei: "Big shot, please cover me."

This was incredible. Truly incredible.

A monster with an Immortal Body and Herrscher consciousness had appeared at St. Freya Academy—and she was one of them.

A complete Herrscher of Reason was a true big shot, far stronger than the previous Kevin Puppet.

A Trash Bishop Who Bullied a Newborn Child

Fu Hua: "Protect me? I remember you said before that Kiana and I beat you up and took back the body that originally belonged to you. Don't you blame me?"

Elysia: "...Hua, you really know how to bring up the worst possible topic."

Bronya: "Sigh, she's beyond saving."

Hearing Fu Hua's question, everyone slapped their foreheads and let out long sighs.

A hopelessly dense straight girl—ten oxen could not drag her back!

Herrscher of Reason had already stopped dwelling on it and was even willing to help them despite everything. What a wonderful child she was.

Yet Fu Hua had to drag the matter back out and whip the corpse herself.

Herrscher of Reason: "Huh? Blame you? Old relic, do you think I'm that petty? You took it back, so you took it back. I'm not such a sore loser. Besides, if I got angry at you, I'd only be the one feeling miserable in the end. That deal isn't worth it. I could even let Otto off once, let alone you."

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

Herrscher of Reason: "I'm not magnanimous. Never mind the old relic—if Otto hadn't been spouting nonsense and I hadn't failed to react at the time, I would've killed him already."

Herrscher of Reason crossed her arms, looking full of regret, while the scene began to play and drew everyone's attention.

In the scene, Herrscher of Reason was using Fu Hua's body to wreak havoc throughout Schicksal Headquarters. Buildings were punched through, and all kinds of machines were smashed to pieces.

After causing trouble for quite a while, Herrscher of Reason was still dissatisfied. Just as she was about to continue, Otto suddenly appeared behind her.

"Otto..."

She had not expected him to appear at all, and Herrscher of Reason could not help being startled.

"Hello."

Otto greeted her politely, looking perfectly at ease, as though he had never done anything before.

"That figures. A guy like you wouldn't die that easily."

"Ah, I did die. Fortunately, I didn't keep my spare bodies in the same place."

Otto glanced at the distant flames. Beneath those ruins had been his life-support chambers, which had once contained hundreds of bodies for his use.

But now, they had all become scrap metal.

A Fusion Warrior's physical capabilities were no joke. Coupled with Herrscher of Reason's reckless destruction, even Soul Steel could not escape unscathed.

"Fine, then I'll kill you again. Since destroying half of Schicksal wasn't enough to kill you, I'll try destroying all of Schicksal!"

"Wait."

Bishop Otto took a small step back.

"What, scared? When you shot me in the head back then, why didn't you think this day would come?"

Herrscher of Reason smiled.

It was clear that Otto's cowardly expression delighted her.

"You aren't a bad person."

"Heh, you've got some nerve saying that. Of course I'm not a bad person. I'm delivering justice on heaven's behalf."

"Then we can reason this out. I did kill you, and I admit that was my crime. Just now, when you took revenge, I did not 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 meaningful. I only killed one of your bodies, and now you're standing here perfectly fine. How does that make us even?"

Herrscher of Reason clenched her fists, making no effort to hide her killing intent.

"I need to kill you until you're reduced to ashes, so you can never revive again, Otto!"

"But aren't you standing before me perfectly fine as well?"

"You..."

Otto's words left Herrscher of Reason stunned. For a long while, she could not say anything.

She really was standing here perfectly fine, and her body had fully recovered only because of Otto's treatment. Now, she was healthier than ever before.

"I killed you, and you killed me. I revived, and you were reborn. Wasn't it my treatment of your body that gave you the chance to be reborn?"

Otto said with a smile.

"If we really calculate it, not only do we have no grudge between us, I even saved your life, my friend."

"You... I..."

Herrscher of Reason was completely speechless for a moment, led astray by Otto's sophistry.

How could a newborn child like Herrscher of Reason possibly outtalk him?

Pardofelis: "Wait, why did I suddenly feel like what he said made so much sense?"

Herrscher of Reason: "Right? That's what I'm saying. Otto isn't just ordinarily infuriating. You simply can't outtalk him."

Though it was sophistry, what Otto said was indeed objectively true, and not a single lie was mixed into it.

How could a newly born child like Herrscher of Reason possibly win an argument against him?

Theresa: "Treating Fu Hua, one life for one life, both of them unharmed... Why do I think what he said makes sense too? Is there something wrong with my brain?"

Bronya: "It's merely a trick sophists are good at. Otto betrayed Class Monitor first, which led to everything that followed. Treating Class Monitor was only to achieve his own objective. And he did not mention a single word about making the Herrscher of the Void awaken."

Kiana: "Exactly! He actually tricked a child. Otto really has no bottom line!"

Herrscher of Reason: "Tch! Otto's best at vile, shameless schemes, and that mouth of his that talks reason. If I'd known, I should've hit him right away and made sure he could never speak again."

Raiden Mei: "I agree."

Reasoning with him was impossible.

Otto could spout nonsense the instant he opened his mouth without any preparation whatsoever. Even if everyone went up against him together, they probably could not outtalk him.

They would only end up with a bellyful of anger.

Elysia: "Sophistry is ultimately just a few petty tricks. If Herrscher of Reason truly wanted to beat him up, Otto could not stop her. I'm more curious about the spare bodies Otto mentioned. Could he really have completed consciousness-transfer technology?"

Consciousness transfer was a technology that had remained theoretical even in the Previous Era. Its technological level was no lower than the medical pod used to treat Fu Hua, perhaps several tiers higher.

Bronya: "It seems so. Herrscher of Reason had just killed him, yet Bishop Otto completed the transfer not long afterward, without showing any side effects. Bishop Otto's mastery of this technology has reached a consummate level."

Raiden Mei: "Then isn't there no way to kill him at all?"

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

Herrscher of Reason: "Huh? As long as I overturn all of Schicksal Headquarters and smash every one of his Soul Steel bodies, I refuse to believe he can still revive!"

Fu Hua: "But what if Schicksal's branches have his bodies too?"