Now, there's only one way left!
Bronya's heart burned with courage; for Seele, she would be unstoppable!
"The current Bronya is unstoppable, full power ahead!" Bronya's eyes seemed to burn with fire, and Project Bunny responded to Bronya's mood, replacing its heavy cannon with a knight's lance and assuming an attacking stance.
'Emm... unstoppable? Full power ahead?' Verna almost laughed; there were even people who actively raise their own flag.
"Then, let me see what you're made of. Dance with me, ant." Verna's figure twisted slightly, flashing in front of Bronya, and she kicked towards Bronya's head.
Accompanied by a violent crash, Project Bunny appeared behind Bronya, its shield firmly blocking Verna's kick, but it was still pushed back a distance by the force.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Weren't you unstoppable!" Raising her hand, three Spears of the Void stabbed towards Bronya, who was protected by Project Bunny.
Bronya controlled Project Bunny to raise its shield, but a sudden tightness gripped her heart.
Her intuition as the former mercenary told her that this attack could not be blocked.
In less than a second, Bronya's thoughts cleared.
She canceled the shield, letting Project Bunny carry her into the sky, dodging the Spears of the Void.
"Hmph~ You chose to dodge?" Verna crossed her arms, looking at Bronya in the sky with a playful gaze.
The next second, a small black-orange black hole formed, pulling Bronya towards it.
"What?" Bronya turned her head.
"Bronya!" Inside the secret base, Cocolia cried out anxiously, watching her daughter.
She couldn't do anything.
"Why, why is it the Void's power? It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be! Isn't that Herrscher already dead?" Cocolia had seen Anti-Entropy's data from the Second Honkai Eruption and recognized the Spears of the Void, but it was precisely because she recognized them that she found it unbelievable.
"Farewell, ant." The Spear of the Void pierced Bronya's chest.
At that instant, the small camera Bronya carried was also destroyed.
Inside the base, Cocolia could only watch the screen flicker with static, then plunge into darkness.
"Bronya!!!" Cocolia wailed.
Her daughter had died because of her own cleverness, died at the hands of that evil Herrscher!
"I will get revenge... No matter how you revived, if you dare to harm my daughter, I will make you pay the price!" Cocolia slammed her fist on the railing, staring intensely at the now-dark screen, then flung her military coat and left.
Inside the base, only a group of research personnel, who dared not speak, exchanged glances.
'Foolish Cocolia, she was clearly greedy and did something wrong, but she blamed Bronya's death on the herrscher...' A figure in the shadows silently disappeared.
This kind of idiot was not suitable for them to continue cooperating with.
...
"Why... didn't you kill Bronya?"
The chip was removed by the Verna.
Bronya lay on the ground, looking up at the Verna who was looking down at her, and asked.
"Bronya is clearly an enemy, why?"
"There's no 'why' to it.
If I had to say... you can just assume I want to use you to find out Cocolia's hiding place and make her atone for the millions of lives in Nagazora." Verna looked down, her voice somewhat cold.
The lives of millions in Nagazora would not be dismissed so easily, not to mention Cocolia had even set her sights on her.
"Bronya... I'm sorry." Bronya closed her eyes.
She had received orders to retrieve Mei after her Herrscher of Thunder awakening and did not know that the tragedy in Nagazora was caused by Cocolia.
"Now, do you still plan to help Cocolia?" The Verna looked at Bronya.
Even though she had memories from her Transmigrator period of being tempted by the Big Duck, what did that have to do with the current Little Duck?
If Bronya still chose to stand with Cocolia, well... what was that word again, never mind, it wasn't important.
Anyway, if Bronya nodded, she would personally kill Bronya!
Bronya remained silent, only shaking her head repeatedly.
This made Verna breathe a sigh of relief.
Unless absolutely necessary, she really didn't want to cause wanton slaughter.
"Then, let's have a good chat." The Verna opened a portal.
On the other side of the door was Mei.
When Mei first saw the portal, her heart jumped, thinking Bronya had chased after her, but after seeing who was on the other side of the door, she instantly rushed over and hugged Kiana tightly.
"That's great, Kiana, you're okay..." Mei hugged Kiana tightly, and the portal behind them disappeared.
Kiana's consciousness took over the body.
Looking at Mei hugging her, her hands didn't know where to go.
Kiana cautiously tried to put her arms around Mei's waist, and seeing that Mei didn't refuse, she relaxed her body.
"Of course I'm fine, Mei." Kiana hugged Mei, resting her chin on Mei's shoulder, and gently patted Mei's back reassuringly.
"So, is no one going to speak up for Bronya?" A flat, childlike voice sounded at their feet.
The two were startled and quickly released each other, stepping back, looking at the ground with some embarrassment.
Bronya, lying on the cold ground, looked at Kiana and Mei with a (ᗜ ‸ ᗜ) expression.
It was fine to lose because she wasn't as skilled, but why did she have to endure this public display of affection?
'Seele, Bronya misses you so much.' Bronya's eyes rolled, looking at the sky, then closed again because the sun was too bright.
"You, are you okay?" Kiana squatted on the ground, gently poking Bronya's cheek with a twig she'd picked up from somewhere.
Faced with Kiana's presumptuous action, even Bronya felt like cursing.
"Can you help Bronya up?" Bronya ignored the white-haired idiot, and her pitiful (?) gaze turned to Mei.
Because of the recent battle with the Verna, the exoskeleton on Bronya's legs was all broken.
"Ah, okay." Faced with Bronya's attempt to act cute (?), Mei suddenly felt a surge of maternal love.
She carefully helped Bronya up, but the next second, remembering that Bronya had just been her and Kiana's enemy, Mei's movements froze.
"Please rest assured, Bronya will not attack you again."
"Yes, rest assured, Mei, this little one wouldn't dare.
If she dares, I'll beat her up again!" Kiana put her hands on her hips, agreeing with Bronya.
Bronya felt a bit stifled; if it weren't for the Herrscher inside Kiana, she would definitely show Kiana why rose are red.
"Alright..." Seeing this, Mei could relax and help Bronya.
Project Bunny was self-repairing after being damaged by Verna, otherwise, Bronya wouldn't have needed human assistance.
"Um, little sister..."
"Just call Bronya, Bronya." Bronya looked at Mei and spoke.
Mei nodded and readily changed her address: "Bronya, do you want to come with us?
I'm worried something might happen to you alone like this..."
"Mei, why are we taking this little one with us?" Kiana was a bit jealous.
She didn't know why, but she just found Bronya a bit annoying; maybe this was just a fated rivalry.
"Kiana, I know what you want to say, but... I can't bear to see a life just die like this.
If it's really not possible, can we just take her to a safe place and leave?"
"Sister Mei, Bronya is very well-behaved. Attacking you just now was all because Mother Cocolia told Bronya to do it." To stay, Bronya directly chose to sell out Cocolia.
After all, compared to Cocolia's crazy plan, the Herrscher of Void inside Kiana might have a better solution.
Facing Kiana and Mei's questioning gazes, Bronya recounted Cocolia's crimes in detail, selling a tragic story in the process.
"So pitiful... Waaah, I agree, let her stay, Mei!" Kiana couldn't help but wipe away tears after hearing the story.
She, who had just opposed keeping Bronya, instantly changed her mind.
'So... so easily deceived.' Bronya looked at Kiana in shock.
Were there really such idiots in the world who would just believe someone after hearing a story?
"Then... alright, hello, Bronya, I'm Raiden Mei, and this is Kiana Kaslana. We're preparing to leave Nagazora now, would you like to join us?" Mei didn't forget to ask Bronya for her own opinion.
Bronya nodded vigorously.
Just like that, the original trio successfully gathered.
'I'll find a private time... to talk to the Herrscher inside Kiana.' Bronya, held in Mei's arms, thought as she watched Kiana leading the way.