How Did You Follow Me All the Way Here? (Continued)

Otto immediately raised his sword to block.

Bang!!

The tentacle swung down, smashing at him viciously.

Otto, along with the crimson mech he wore, was whipped into the wall and embedded deeply within it.

"Ghk—cough, cough, cough!"

Steven merely snorted in disdain, then turned his gaze toward Theresa A-872, whom he had bound and suspended in midair.

At that moment, the girl's consciousness had yet to return.

She was still inside that illusory world carrying tens of millions of people.

London, the Tower Bridge district.

A Valkyrie squad slowly approached.

"That is far enough, Miss Theresa. By the will of Bishop Otto, we have come to take you back to Schicksal Headquarters."

"Big sister? What are you doing? I won't let you hurt my sister!"

Seeing Kallen being held by the refined-looking woman, Theresa immediately panicked and looked ready to leap over and snatch her away.

The woman shook her head. "You do not get to be willful about this. Kastie, Lilith, take her away!"

"Yes!"

Two women clad in Valkyrie armor immediately stepped forward from the side, one on each side, and seized Theresa as she tried to flee.

"Let me go! I will never go back with you! I won't hurt anyone... I can control myself. I want to be with my sister!!"

No one listened to her.

Just then, the ground began to shake violently.

Rumble!

London shook without end, followed by cries of alarm.

"Oh God..."

"Run! The clock tower is collapsing!!"

"No!!"

Everyone looked up to see Big Ben—the iconic Gothic structure that symbolized Britain's old era—tilting, on the verge of slowly toppling over.

Rumble!

Buildings collapsed, and dust scattered in every direction.

In the end, the clock tower still fell.

At that moment, a cold, emotionless mechanical voice sounded beside Theresa's ear.

"Change in