"Humanity and the will of honkai? As expected of the Herrscher of Reason's successor. Although he is an envoy sent by the will of honkai to destroy human civilization, he fights using rules and concepts abstracted by humans as weapons."
And in the end, he changed his stance, acting to defend human civilization. It could be said that Welt himself was a microcosm of human civilization, representing humanity challenging the gods.
However, unlike Welt, who defended humanity, she, as a destroyer of civilization, did not acknowledge humanity's value, because she herself had suffered greatly from the technologies of civilization.
"The virtual and the real, reason and void, civilization and the will of honkai, destruction and protection. We are simply opposite sides of a coin, aren't we? Imposter?"
Under the shocked gazes of Tesla and Einstein, Inaba Tsukiyo's body began to change. Her silver hair turned purple, and her closed eyes opened, revealing golden pupils.
The Second Herrscher—Sirin, who had been confirmed dead, appeared once again before Welt.
Although they already knew Inaba Tsukiyo had the ability to transform into others, they hadn't expected that Inaba Tsukiyo could even transform into a Herrscher.
Welt instinctively created a star of eden, intending to fight, but with a slight gesture from Sirin, he became completely immobilized.
"Stop struggling, imposter. My purpose for appearing this time isn't to fight you. Although I truly want to tear you to shreds, the Divine One doesn't allow me to do such things."
"The Divine One... could Classmate Inaba be the will of honkai?"
Cold sweat trickled down the forehead of the immobilized Welt; the situation had once again spiraled out of control.
If Inaba Tsukiyo hadn't shown any hostility towards them, Welt would probably have prepared to use the First Herrscher's power to create a titan dad the moment Sirin appeared.
"Hmph~ Who knows? How could you, a traitor who betrayed the Divine One, and merely an imitation of that traitor, ever hear the voice of the Divine One?"
"Originally, I should have killed you here, using your life to atone for your sin of betraying the Divine One. However, the Divine One doesn't allow me to act, so I'll spare your insignificant life for now."
Sirin snorted, releasing her restraint on Welt. Like a queen, she sat on the sofa, looking down at Welt.
Regaining his freedom, Welt moved his hands, checked that nothing was wrong with him, then nodded to Tesla and Einstein, indicating he was fine and they shouldn't worry.
"Then, if your Divine One asks you to stand with humanity, would you abandon your original idea of destroying humanity and protect human civilization with me?"
"Protect human civilization? Don't be ridiculous. From beginning to end, I have been a destroyer of civilization. Don't mistake me for a traitor like you."
Sirin frowned in displeasure. On the matter of humanity, Sirin had never changed her views.
"However, the Divine One seems to intend to give humanity a chance. If they continue like this, her envoy will appear again to reset this world. This is the Divine One's trial for humanity."
Humans are a very fragile species; they will eventually vanish in time, like tears vanishing in the rain.
But generation after generation, people passed on the torch of knowledge, allowing civilization to reach its current heights.
Inheritance, this very act, is the essence of human dignity and value.
The former Herrscher Tsukiyo completely misunderstood this. She would only watch the development and growth of species on Earth.
Then, when a certain species became too powerful, she would display her power and exterminate that species.
The will of honkai is somewhat similar to the immune system within the human body. Humans, in the eyes of the will of honkai, are like cancer cells that need to be completely eliminated.
But after possessing Inaba Tsukiyo, Herrscher Tsukiyo saw things she had never seen before and truly understood what kind of creatures humans were.
So this time, she decided to give humanity a chance, but her trial of humanity had not stopped. If humanity continued like this, she would still want to destroy this world.
Sirin initially disagreed with Inaba Tsukiyo's idea, but after considering that it was the Divine One's suggestion, she reluctantly agreed.
After expressing her sentiments, Sirin fell silent once more. Her appearance this time was merely to state her views.
Actually, Sirin's purpose for coming out was to give Welt a good lesson, especially since Welt had almost killed her with an atomic bomb when she had just become a Herrscher.
But this thought was stopped by Inaba Tsukiyo, so she could only abandon the idea and return to Inaba Tsukiyo's body with dissatisfaction.
After Sirin's consciousness returned, her body transformed back into Inaba Tsukiyo's appearance.
She smiled at the silent Welt, Tesla, and Einstein. Although this wasn't her own opinion, she believed that Sirin's words had already revealed enough information.
Finally, Welt let out a heavy sigh.
Although he didn't know how much credibility Sirin's words held, all he could do now was to trust Inaba Tsukiyo for the time being.
Moreover, allowing Inaba Tsukiyo to join Anti-Entropy was also a means of monitoring her.
If this person truly planned to cause a major incident, they could discover it immediately.
"Then, welcome to Anti-Entropy, Classmate Inaba. Although I am temporarily leaving Anti-Entropy, I still welcome your joining as the leader of Anti-Entropy."
"Oh? You're giving up the position of Anti-Entropy leader to run off and be a teacher at St. Freya Academy? It seems that a life surrounded by beautiful, youthful girls every day is more appealing than being the leader of Anti-Entropy."
This statement was merely a jest aimed at Welt, but to Tesla and Einstein, it carried significant persuasive power.
After all, St. Freya Academy is a school that gathers girls with Honkai Energy adaptability, and besides Welt, there were hardly any other male teachers.
This made them look at Welt with a strange gaze, as if trying to figure out if he became a teacher at St. Freya Academy just to be surrounded by beautiful girls.
"Don't look at me like that. Even if Classmate Inaba doesn't know the reason, surely you two know why I went to St. Freya Academy, right?"
Welt covered his face, a bit helpless, under the gaze of his friends.
In the eyes of humans, he was the only male teacher in an all-girls school, a plotline straight out of a harem anime.
But in reality... he was indeed a male teacher in an all-girls school, but he was absolutely not the protagonist of a harem anime. There was a reason he became a teacher at St. Freya Academy.
Ever since the battle with Sirin fourteen years ago, Welt's body suffered severe damage. Using Herrscher power would cause immense harm to his body.
In such a state, even if he were to become Anti-Entropy's leader, he would hold no deterrent power.
So, it was better to hide at St. Freya Academy and wait for his moment to act.
"If it's a physical problem, your body is perfectly fine now, Teacher. Through the power of Myriad Flaw Restoration, your body should have recovered to its peak strength, shouldn't it?"
The power of Myriad Flaw Restoration can restore the repaired individual to their original state, and it was this power that allowed Welt to recover to his original peak.
Inaba Tsukiyo's reminder made Welt realize that his body had indeed returned to its former peak level. One could say this was the best he had felt in fourteen years.
"You really are... what exactly is that strange magic staff? Is it the power of time?"
"It hasn't reached that level yet. It merely calculates the original state of the repaired individual and then repairs them. In other words, I just restored you to how you were before you were injured."
Inaba Tsukiyo smiled nonchalantly, as if it were a trivial matter.
But Welt knew very well that it was no small matter. The ability to restore his body to its peak state was a power that could drive anyone mad.
Welt looked at Tesla and Einstein again. These two were not paying attention to Welt, but were busy recording something on their machines.
However, their machines quickly malfunctioned, emitting sparks, and became scrap.
"This... hey! Chicken Coop Head. Is it because of insufficient funds that you used secondhand materials for these machines? Why did they break so easily?"
"Don't forget that you were also involved in making these, Dr. Tesla. And Anti-Entropy's funds haven't dwindled to that extent."
Although Anti-Entropy in the past was indeed so broke that it had to make anime to fund titan production, the current Anti-Entropy is no longer like that.
However, if there were no problems with the manufacturing, then what was wrong with their machines? They shouldn't have broken down so easily, right?
Tesla was puzzled. She was very confident in her technology; such a situation shouldn't have occurred.
In a place unnoticed by Tesla and Einstein, Higokumaru, who had hidden herself, clapped her hands and made a face at Tesla and Einstein.
These two were actually planning to record Inaba Tsukiyo's personal information. Were they trying to use this information to deal with Inaba Tsukiyo?
Don't even think about it. If these guys really intended to use scientific methods against Inaba Tsukiyo, then Higokumaru would let them taste the power of the weapons they created themselves.
After discussion, they decided to temporarily conceal this ability, as the ability to restore a person's body to its pre-injury state was too tempting.
Now that the discussion was over, it was time to leave Changkong City.
Changkong City was not safe, and it was unknown when those guys from Schicksal would appear there.
Kiana did not have any monitoring devices left by Otto on her. Inaba Tsukiyo had initially thought Otto would implant a bio-chip or something in Kiana's head, but it seemed he hadn't become that extreme yet.
'Next, I'll have to meet Cocolia.'
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