Sometimes, Bronya felt that having her emotional circuits broken wasn't actually a bad thing.
After all, even as a child soldier, she couldn't completely suppress her emotions before her circuits were damaged.
If it were the Bronya of the past, seeing the interior decoration of the Empress Hotel right now...
—Her blood pressure would absolutely skyrocket.
To prevent any accidents, Cocolia had chosen to book the entire Empress Hotel.
Bronya wasn't an ignorant child. Just a moment of applying common sense allowed her to estimate exactly how much Cocolia had spent during this period.
Although such expenses were unavoidable to an extent, when she thought of the hard days her companions at the orphanage had endured in the past, Bronya truly could not understand why Cocolia had made everyone suffer so much.
But for now, she felt it was better not to think about these things.
On one hand, it would only add insult to injury for her already deteriorating mental state. On the other hand...
—This time, she felt she needed to prioritize the 'mission'.
This so-called mission was not the one from Cocolia.
After learning of Cocolia's plans, Bronya had already decided to assist her 'Master' in completing the mission to stop the Fourth Honkai Eruption.
After the three girls rushed into the Empress Hotel, Kiana did not use her Mana, nor did Raiden Mei use Magnetic Field Rotation.
Using only the physical techniques they had honed over the past few months, the two of them easily incapacitated the Anti-Entropy members armed with firearms.
Although the mastermind, Cocolia, was truly detestable, the pair couldn't muster a shred of killing intent toward these Anti-Entropy members who likely knew nothing of the situation.
Over the past few months, to avoid using excessive force and causing unnecessary casualties, the two had trained specifically to develop combat techniques that could knock people unconscious while inflicting only minor injuries.
Following behind them, Bronya found herself in an incredibly awkward position: she was genuinely a bit superfluous right now.
*What can Bronya actually do here?*
*Mother Cocolia... presumably, she won't appear here.*
* The current Mother Cocolia must be hiding in some safe corner, waiting for the Fourth Honkai Eruption to occur.*
*Although she is confident, she wouldn't go so far as to actively enter a danger zone just as a Herrscher is about to descend.*
*Yes, just like last time in Nagazora City...*
*Although Bronya decided to go to Nagazora on her own initiative, even if Bronya hadn't gone, Mother Cocolia, as a commander with weak combat capabilities, would not have gone to Nagazora herself.*
*So she probably isn't in Singapore right now either, which means...*
Bronya, following their footsteps, suddenly sensed a killing intent she could not ignore.
As a child soldier who had taken quite a few lives and now had partially damaged emotional circuits, ordinary killing intent could not faze Bronya.
But now, the man in blue robes appearing before the three of them gave Bronya a feeling she dared not overlook.
She was certain—the killing intent radiating from him was locked solely onto Bronya!
"Hmph, Cocolia told us that if her obedient daughter appeared, we were to bring her back. However..."
The man opposite the trio removed the hood of his robe. With a smile full of malice, he began to gather a terrifying amount of Honkai Energy.
"Hey, hey, hey, this little girl looks like she's already defected. Cocolia, it should be fine even if I kill her, right?"
After muttering this to himself, the man said no more and aimed both hands directly at the three before him.
"Bronya, you fall back first."
"Leave this guy to me and Mei!"
Sensing his intention to kill Bronya, Mei and Kiana drew [One-Cut Killer: Murasame] and [Ebony & Ivory] respectively.
"Oho, two little girls with a death wish... Hmph, one of you is a mission target."
Glancing at Raiden Mei, a cruel smile immediately surfaced on the Walter Clone's face.
"Then I'll just kill the other one first!"
Because his body possessed the muscle memory of a certain man, the Walter Clone, as a Pseudo-Herrscher, easily manipulated the Honkai Energy to activate the power of gravity manipulation.
Although the Walter Clone wanted to kill the eyesore of a brat immediately, his brain wasn't fried enough to lose track of who posed the greater threat.
Whether it was the girl with the Gem of Conquest or the descendant of the Kaslana clan, both were obviously more dangerous than Bronya, whose intentions were currently unclear.
So, right at the start, he used Honkai Energy to apply one hundred times gravity directly to the location where the two stood.
One hundred times gravity might not finish off a normal Herrscher, but it was more than enough to kill an ordinary A-Rank Valkyrie.
And as long as he dealt with one of them, given his abilities and combat experience, taking down a little girl with no experience who had just obtained Herrscher Authority would take no effort at all.
Even if she was the Herrscher of Thunder, the Walter Clone possessed that confidence.
Unfortunately, his idea was good, but it remained just an idea.
In reality, before the battle began, Aaron had already informed the three of them about the enemy's potential abilities.
So before making a move, Mei and Kiana, knowing the enemy could manipulate gravity, had already prepared to evade.
The moment the man raised his hand, they judged that he intended to attack.
And in the instant they made their evasive maneuvers, Kiana infused both Mana and Honkai Energy into the black and white pistols in her hands.
First, she attacked the enemy using Ivory's rapid-fire mode, and then used Ebony's burst mode to deliver an explosive attack on the areas Ivory had hit.
A very ordinary tactic, but against the enemy before them, ordinary tactics yielded extraordinary results.
For a Pseudo-Herrscher like the Walter Clone, who could skillfully use Herrscher abilities, they could already use a portion of the Herrscher of Reason's power to a certain extent.
The ability to manipulate gravity was one of the manifestations of using the Herrscher of Reason's power through muscle memory.
And deploying an Imaginary Barrier was a basic skill every Herrscher should know.
Of course, each Herrscher's Imaginary Barrier might differ due to variations in their Authority, but the essence was similar.
At the same time Kiana completed her rapid fire with Ivory, Ebony's bullets struck the exact spots Ivory had hit.
The Walter Clone never expected that the barrier he used for defense would be breached on the spot.
Although those bullets lost their power after penetrating his barrier, to have his barrier pierced by handguns...
—For the arrogant Walter Clone, this was already a humiliating disgrace.
But now, he discovered that his physical movements had actually slowed down.
While Kiana launched her shooting attack, Mei had not just stood by watching.
After months of honing herself, Mei, having already adjusted her state of mind, activated the skill [Extreme Oppression] the moment she dodged the attack.
This skill allowed the user, when in high spirits, to significantly increase their attack accuracy, evasion, defense, and critical hit rate, while mentally suppressing enemies within a certain range, increasing damage dealt to them and reducing damage received from them.
Raiden Mei, wishing to stop Cocolia's atrocities, was undoubtedly in a state of 'high spirits.' In this state, Mei, whose raw power was already greater than her opponent's, easily suppressed the enemy mentally.
The reason the Walter Clone's physical speed slowed down was that his mind was suppressed by Mei, causing his control over his body to decline.
With his defensive barrier broken and his body struggling to move, the Walter Clone could not complete his defensive measures in time.
"Magnetic Field Rotation: 200,000 Horsepower—Hell's Sword: Eclipse!"
Hell's Sword: Eclipse Stance. This was one of the sword techniques Raiden Mei had learned from Yuanhai.
The essence of this move was a rapid sword technique where the user slashed the enemy from all angles at extreme speed.
Against an enemy who might recover their mobility at any moment, Mei judged that using the Eclipse Stance was safer than the Waning Moon Stance, which focused on breaking defenses and attacking weak points.
Moreover, she hadn't forgotten that the katana Aaron gave her possessed the ability of 'Cursed Poison'.
Although she didn't expect the Cursed Poison to work on every strong enemy, based on the answers guessed during their group discussions, for enemies who were strong but not invincibly so, while 'Cursed Poison' couldn't instantly curse the heart and kill them like it would a normal person, it would definitely still oppress the heart.
And after this strike was unleashed, the Walter Clone, with countless blood arrows shooting from his body, broke down completely, physically and mentally.
With his high-and-mighty mindset, he never expected that just ten seconds into the engagement, he would fall into such a massive disadvantage.
Mei's 200,000 Horsepower strike, combined with her Perfect Realm which had advanced to 10%!,(MISSING) and the two abilities [Extreme Oppression] and [Precision Attack] which amplified critical damage, critically wounded the Walter Clone in a single blow.
At this moment, the heavily injured Walter Clone could even feel two strange forces erupting simultaneously within his body.
One was the power of Magnetic Field Rotation, and the other was the Cursed Poison power triggered by Murasame after Mei struck him.
As the eerie Cursed Poison began to extend toward the Walter Clone's heart, he even felt a bit of difficulty breathing.
Had he not timely used Honkai Energy to suppress these two terrifying forces, the already heavily injured Walter Clone suspected he might have dropped dead on the spot.
*This brat... damn it, I didn't even feel her using 'Herrscher' powers.*
*What is going on!*
*I am a Herrscher! How could I be forced into such a pathetic state by two little girls!*
"Wait, who is that!"
Kiana, possessing extremely strong physical specs, suddenly sensed an energy fluctuation appearing near everyone.
The Walter Clone, also sensing this energy fluctuation, suddenly showed a look of joy on his face.
As a member of the Anti-Entropy radical faction, it wasn't like he hadn't used the Quantum Teleportation System before.
And this fluctuation was obviously one that only the Quantum Teleportation System would emit.
Currently, only they, Anti-Entropy, possessed this technology, so this wave had to be Anti-Entropy reinforcements!
Unless Cocolia had brain damage, she wouldn't send someone with insufficient combat power to deliver themselves as a meal.
Although he didn't know who she had summoned, as long as they were strong enough, this was still fightable.
*I was just careless for a moment. As long as I get serious—coordinating with that reinforcement, there's still a chance to deal with these little girls!*
"This is..."
After glancing around slightly, the new arrival let out a faint sigh.
"Is the Quantum Teleportation System still immature after all? There was actually a glitch."
*Great, it really is one of us!*
"Hey! You there, hurry up and support me!"
The incredibly agitated Walter Clone turned his head and shouted to the 'reinforcement' behind him.
"These two are enemies of our Anti-Entropy, kill them first..."
*Squelch*
"...Guh... ah..."
Before the clone could finish his sentence, he saw a sharp vine piercing into his body from his wound, though he didn't know when it had appeared.
"You... mother... fuck..."
"What a pity. My mother is already dead."
After withdrawing the vine from the opponent's body, the girl conjured a new vine and ruthlessly pierced the Walter Clone's heart.
"And she died because of Cocolia's plan! Did you think I would help you and that bitch Cocolia?"
Watching the sudden turn of events before them, the three girls were stunned.
Although dealing with the Walter Clone was only a matter of time, none of them expected... that this fight, which had only seen a move or two exchanged, would conclude under these circumstances.
Though not having to fight an enemy wasn't a bad thing, this feeling... why was it so weird?
"Wait, this voice... are you Yuno?!"
Recognizing the voice of the girl before her, Mei wanted to say 'It's great that you're alive.'
But soon, she realized something.
Yuno was her classmate, and her mother, according to her, had died in the Third Honkai Eruption.
Although Cocolia was the culprit behind that eruption, the current Raiden Mei still felt...
The person who killed her mother was clearly herself.
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