Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

"……Um."

“Even Rita is somewhat at a loss… I will send the Valkyrie Assault Team to assist you. Is there any news from your Far East branch?”

"Shouldn't you ask Lady Karen directly—or should I now connect you with Lady Karen on behalf of Your Excellency?"

"No, never mind."

Otto crossed his arms and rested his chin on them.

"I don't know when it started, but seeing her gives me a strange feeling of nausea... well, strange."

"Then you might as well check if you ate anything that was too clean yesterday."

Theresa, you're becoming less and less adorable lately.

Even Otto's troubled expression was quite elegant.

“If you could stop focusing on the Far East branch all the time,” Theresa’s eye twitched, and she replied coldly.

"Headquarters is only concerned about the branch."

Otto smiled nonchalantly at Theresa, then clicked on the computer on his desk.

"Oh, I see. With A-rank Valkyries Wendy and Fu Hua leading the team, it's practically a full-scale attack for the Far East, isn't it? Cecilia is putting personal matters before her duties."

“After all, Cecilia isn’t a master… but what about you, Your Excellency the Bishop?”

"Hmm... It's not just the Far East, there seems to be some activity on Anti-Entropy's side as well."

"So you're going to accuse Cecilia of colluding with foreign enemies again?" Theresa's expression was very displeased.

"Even if I deduct it, Kallen won't let me touch her, so why should I be the bad guy? Anyway, the Far East Branch and Anti-Entropy have a relationship..."

Otto shrugged helplessly with a smile.

You really think you're so good at hiding it? I just can't be bothered to care.

If it weren't for Karen, there would be countless disgusting tricks for you guys.

"Well, let's leave business at that. If we keep talking, you'll get upset again—from an elder's perspective, I still really hope we can find Kiana."

I'm very unhappy right now.

Before Otto could continue the conversation, Theresa immediately turned off the communication and rushed to Rita's room—due to their collaboration, Theresa and Rita were now living together.

Yes, Rita invited me.

"Rita!"

"Is there something you need, Lady Theresa?"

After dinner, Rita, who was reading a magazine, gave Theresa a friendly smile.

"Are you hiding something from the bishop?"

"Huh? What is it?"

"The matter of those two powerful individuals!"

Theresa's memory isn't that bad; she can forget people right after being beaten up.

"Grandpa...it seems the bishop has no idea how strong those two are."

"Is it that you don't know, or that it's unnecessary to say?" Rita put down the magazine. "They are powerful individuals who cannot be dealt with normally."

"..."

Theresa was speechless.

This is true.

As for the price to pay to defeat the opponent... forget it, we can't afford it. We'd rather use that time to think of some underhanded tactics.

This is what it means to be invincible on the battlefield.

"You're in charge of the underhanded tactics?"

Theresa hesitated for a moment.

Rita is indeed the type who excels at underhanded tactics.

"Ah."

Rita nodded.

There are too many underhanded tactics used against Huang Quan.

Liu Bai's biggest weakness is his own lack of strength. For example, the simplest way would be to assassinate Liu Bai while Huang Quan is still inside the pot.

But... why did she resort to underhanded tactics against Liu Bai?

She really didn't tell her own bishop about the opponent's strength.

Chapter Ninety-Two Golden Eyes

There's really nothing to say about it.

Rita is well aware that the world situation is now leaning towards conflict with others.

She wasn't the kind of new recruit who could be easily swayed by a few words.

Don't ask, just touch it first and then we'll talk.

Rita wasn't really interested in those ridiculous things.

"Speaking of which, when will Lord Ragnar be able to... um?"

Rita suddenly saw the latest news.

[Liu Bai: Rita, are you free to grab dinner tomorrow? Same place as always.]

This was the first time Liu Bai had ever taken the initiative to ask her out.

She was always the one who initiated the invitations to Liu Bai.

Rita: Of course I have time. How about tomorrow at noon? Thank you, Mr. Liu Bai.

It just so happens that Rita was also planning to meet up with Liu Bai, so this was a perfect opportunity.

Rita was also curious about Liu Bai's purpose in inviting her.

Is it because of what happened to Lan this afternoon?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Snapped!

"...? Sis, what's wrong?"

Liu Bai groggily opened his eyes and could barely make out the silhouette in the darkness as Natasha.

I rarely stay at home, and this is the middle of the night I get slapped?

Snapped!

Natasha slapped Liu Bai's hand again as he was about to turn on the light.

"Shh, can you get up? Come with me."

Natasha's tone was quite serious.

"……able."

Liu Bai rested on the bed for a couple of seconds, and his consciousness cleared up considerably.

"Um... what happened? It's the middle of the night."

Don't give me any plot involving eerie nighttime arrivals.

I didn't install that kind of mod.

"It's Kiana."

Natasha helped Liu Bai up.

"follow me."

Liu Bai didn't even have time to put on her shoes before Natasha pulled her into the living room.

Da da……

Footsteps could be heard in the hallway outside; the sound suggested that the person was not wearing shoes.

"Look out the window."

Following Natasha's instructions, Liu Bai looked out the window facing the corridor.

The moon was very round tonight, so after Liu Bai's eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could still see the outside scenery relatively clearly.

Kiana, her pajamas open, was walking back from the end of the second floor.

The footsteps outside were also made because of this.

What's even more eye-catching is... those golden eyes.

It was just like a cat opening its eyes in the dark; even if it was pitch black outside, it could pinpoint Kiana's location with its golden eyes.

This is really a problem for Qi Mao Mao.

What is she doing?

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Liu Bai, like a secret agent on an infiltration mission, ducked his head back behind the wall.

In the dead of night, Kiana, seemingly about to enter her Herrscher of Reason state, was sleepwalking on the first and second floors.

How scary!

Moreover, she had clearly been sleepwalking for some time. The room on the first floor was occupied by Natasha Ryuu, Natasha Katsura, and Sara Kujo.

“If I had known, I wouldn’t have come looking for you,” Natasha said in a low voice.

Kiana in this state, although she's sleepwalking, those golden eyes... even if Natasha were to actually go for it, she'd still feel a little apprehensive.

This is clearly not ordinary sleepwalking. According to her master's assessment over the past few days, Kiana is currently in a very awkward situation.

The Herrscher core within her body has begun to gradually affect Kiana, but despite Kiana's constant chatter, she actually has an incredibly positive attitude. She's carefree and full of positive emotions like "I want to slack off" and "I want to be a little frivolous" while occasionally striving to improve herself.

Although the ideas are a jumbled mess, the core of the Herrscher is that they can't find a way to exploit any weakness.

Driving Kiana into sleepwalking can only be described as the core's last act of defiance.

In other words, if Kiana's mentality is even slightly bad, she might just turn into a Herrscher of Law on the spot.

—If this person didn't have such a good mindset, he would have become a Herrscher a few months ago.

Anyway, Natasha was really annoyed after hearing Möbius's summary.

At the same time, I feel helpless.

In other words, this thing is clearly a dangerous item, but there's no way to lock it up. Locking it up would only hasten the explosion, while leaving it alone might actually prevent it from getting out of the way.

Of course, it's impossible to completely ignore it. Natasha knows that Kiana can't possibly go her whole life without encountering things that would make her mentally explode.

"I was thinking of just holding her down, but who knows what might happen if I did that in her current state? Aren't sleepwalkers supposed to experience feelings of fear and confusion when they're woken up?"

From Kiana's slow, deliberate movements, Natasha could still sense that Kiana was currently in a state of having her eyes open but being unconscious.

She was afraid that if she woke someone up, they would squint their eyes, yell "Ant!" and then immediately enter the BOSS battle.

"Emmm... if you ask me..."

Hey.

The footsteps stopped as bare feet landed.

—It stopped at the door of the room.

[Sara: Are you all alright?]

It seems that Kujo Sara has also noticed Kiana's situation.

“…Hey, bro.” Natasha sensed something was wrong and pulled Liu Bai away from the vicinity of the door.

Snapped.

The sound of a hand hitting the door and then slowly falling back down came from outside.