"Kiana... let's rush to her together. I should be able to block her attacks, and talking to her is up to you."
Mei volunteered, saying that even though she wasn't a Herrscher now, as someone with Herrscher power, she should still be able to block a bit, right?
"She... should still have consciousness, just deceived by the world and rejecting everything. Maybe she can be persuaded."
She could also discern Wendy's state: after finally trusting someone, she was deceived again.
Who wouldn't become reclusive after that?
Of course, she used a phrasing that wouldn't let Theresa detect Kiana's abilities.
"Mei..."
Kiana never expected Mei to say that, especially since she felt they were a couple, and she wondered if Mei might dislike her for it.
Come to think of it...
Mei didn't think that way at all; she only saw her as a friend...
No, this isn't the time to think about that!
The focus right now is on Wendy!
"Okay! As long as we're together, we can solve anything!"
Kiana gave a thumbs-up in agreement.
Saving a Herrscher, huh? She didn't expect to be doing it again after half a month.
"[A bit unexpected... but, the Fourth Herrscher's Date A Live mission begins now! We will provide all support!]"
Theresa, as someone in the know, was even more surprised that Mei would agree to Kiana's attempt to capture her.
However, for her, this was even better, as she wouldn't have to worry about Mei causing trouble.
"It's normal to be surprised, because you've never been in love~"
Although Himeko wanted to be serious, Wendy's Herrscher transformation couldn't be changed, so she might as well tease Theresa.
"Says the one who has been in love."
Theresa was bickering with Himeko again; this was considered a leisure activity on the ship.
Of course, these words were kept from Kiana, lest Kiana realize that Mei actually had feelings for her.
Given their understanding of Kiana, if she knew Mei had feelings for her...
Ahem, let's not mention it.
Perhaps Wendy's attacks focused on the buildings, so they only needed to block the debris of the buildings to continuously approach Wendy.
But eventually, they would be discovered.
"Look who it is! It's those two liars! If I can't find those who ran away, I'll take it out on you two!"
Constantly destroying buildings to vent her anger had also made Wendy feel annoyed, and she immediately directed her frustration towards Kiana and her companions.
She raised her hand and conjured several wind blades, with no intention of listening to them speak.
"I'll block them! Lightning... huh?"
Mei intended to cut the wind blades with her armor's built-in blade, but found it was useless.
"Mei, watch out!"
Luckily, Kiana had anticipated it and tackled her down, dodging the attack.
"Hahahahaha! It's useless! Nothing can cut wind! Wind can cut everything!"
Wendy was very pleased that a casual attack from her had forced the two into such a sorry state.
"This is troublesome..."
Kiana remembered that the Herrscher of Wind's ability was to create an ideal fluid, theoretically even capable of cutting black holes...
Even if Wendy could only crudely create wind for now, an ideal fluid could cut through anything and was unstoppable.
"Wendy! Listen to me! Cocoilia is a bad person! You can't believe what she says! She even used a chip to control her daughter, and I'm the one who saved her!"
Although they couldn't fight, they were already within communication distance.
"Hmph! Now it doesn't matter who is the liar! What matters is this power... it allows me to do anything! Hahahahaha!"
Wendy's facial expressions were incredibly obvious; having been deceived multiple times and then awakening as a Herrscher, she was far more twisted than Mei.
Even though she was once a Valkyrie capable of self-sacrifice.
"..."
Options! Options, save me quickly! She had nothing left to say!
Kiana tapped her earphone, signaling for options to appear quickly.
"[The options are out!]"
Theresa's side might have already started the deductions, and the options came out very quickly.
"[The first option is... If you can't trust anyone else, then trust her! She will absolutely never betray you! Because she is the woman who will become the Herrscher King!]"
Theresa glanced at it and quickly made a judgment.
After all, given Wendy's current state, this should be a concluding option, not an initiating one.
"[The second option is... Never mind trust or not trust, she just wants to save Wendy! Because she has a crush on Wendy! Hehehe, small and soft.]"
"Hmm..."
Theresa fell into thought.
Ignoring the seemingly inappropriate lines at the end of this option, it roughly meant a direct confession.
"It's also an option that can be used to interfere with Wendy, it's just... it might provoke Mei."
However, judging from Mei's state, perhaps it could be attempted?
After all, currently, the Honkai Energy reaction within her body was fluctuating within a reasonable range.
After demonic galgame training, the options provided by Ai-chan were starting to become somewhat reliable...
"[The third option is... Talking is old news. A true Herrscher capture master should use fists and feet, fight to a consensus, forcibly capture, and then press the Herrscher down and kiss her directly! That's what you call Date A Live!]"
Completely unreliable.
"In short, only options one and two are worth considering; the rest is up to you, Kiana, to decide."
Theresa made her judgment, and Himeko had nothing to add.
After speaking, she continued to say on the public channel.
"Mei, Kiana, having Himeko participate now might provoke Wendy, so unless absolutely necessary, she cannot go down. You two should try to weaken her hostility through conversation."
At least it seemed Wendy didn't harbor murderous intent towards them; it looked like she was just playing around.
"Mmm... I understand."
Mei hurriedly dodged Wendy's attack, and seeing Wendy's arrogant demeanor, a flash of lightning flickered in her eyes.
But she quickly felt suppressed; she could only use electromagnetism to a limited extent.
Hmph!
I'll let this guy off for now.
"I understand, Wendy! Even if you don't believe us..."
Neither of the two options was the best choice, especially with the possibility of provoking Mei, so she wouldn't choose them.
So Kiana chose to say:
"Don't you even believe in yourself?! Didn't you once love the profession of a Valkyrie?!"
She wanted to use Wendy herself to capture Wendy.
"Shut up! My past self was utterly foolish! Naively believing you all! Which ultimately led to all of this happening!"
It was indeed effective, but... too effective!
She had already categorized them into the term "you all"!
Wendy's capture difficulty is a bit high!