Xingtie: Can’t you just let me focus on completing the commissions?

Chapter 188: In 1955, he debuted wearing a clown mask for the first time.

Rita gave up resisting.

Emiya did not restrain him.

After cutting off her external communication, he planned to bring her to meet up with St. Freya and the others.

"Was Destiny's communication channel blocked so easily?"

Rita was so angry she almost laughed. Those guys usually boasted that Destiny's technology was the best in the world, but now that they were in Sky City, first a pseudo-scientist information broker in the field of human-machine operation that Destiny had never even researched appeared, and then a Japanese man who could easily block their Destiny communication channels popped up.

Is this what you call the world's number one?!

And the attack just now...

She belatedly realized that the attack was most likely a slash from the opponent's sword.

together,

She couldn't even detect the slightest trace of the slash.

If that blow had been aimed at another part of her body, she probably wouldn't have fared much better than with that giant scythe.

Cut it in half directly, or separate the head from the body?

Rita couldn't help but touch her neck, and suddenly realized that it was a miracle that her head was still sitting on her neck.

"That lightning-fast slash did not exhibit any Honkai energy fluctuations."

"But it can't be a purely physical phenomenon, can it?"

"...However, at least one thing is certain: even Lord Durandal could not have easily unleashed that attack."

Has he surpassed Lord Durandal?

The thought crossed Rita's mind, and she fell silent. If the other party was indeed above Lord Durandal, how could she inform Lord Durandal of this matter while she was currently imprisoned, so that the other party would not rashly come to Sky City?

"Actually, I have no ill intentions towards you."

As Rita was lost in thought, the man walking in front of her suddenly spoke up.

"Whether it's you or Durandal, I actually harbor no ill will towards any of you."

"However, now that I've made myself clear, you should know who I'm targeting with my ill intentions."

Otto Apocalypse.

The name immediately came to Rita's mind, and she was nine-tenths or even ten-tenths certain that the person being referred to was their unpleasant bishop.

"In 1955, he first appeared in North America as a clown."

"The destruction of the original Dead Sea Scrolls prevented the Moon Throne from being recreated before the 21st century."

“He personally killed Elias Nokianvitanen, a 35-year-old expert in ancient literature.”

"Indirectly led to the death of Nancy Thomas Alva Edison."

"He seized the body of the S-rank Valkyrie, Reina, and attempted to self-destruct his Soul Steel Body in New York, causing an even larger disaster. After being stopped, he insanely launched a Honkai Fission Missile at New York, resulting in the deaths of the S-rank Valkyrie Reina and Joyce Welt, the first Herrscher of Reason to fight for humanity. The Herrscher of Destiny, who should have been protecting human civilization, launched a fission missile at a metropolis of tens of millions of people, while the Herrscher, who should have been destroying humanity, stepped forward instead. Don't you find that ridiculous?"

"As a result, everyone in Laboratory 42 completely broke with the Destiny Organization. Thus, Anti-Entropy was established. Joachim Nokian Vitanen, the son of the murdered Elias, received the Herrscher of Reason's legacy and also inherited the name Welt, becoming the second Acting Herrscher and thus having an irreconcilable feud with that man."

"You may not understand the significance of the 'Moonlight Throne.' If that clown hadn't interfered in 1955, the Honkai would have long since disappeared. The Moonlight Throne is the ultimate weapon left behind by a previous civilization, capable of converting the imaginary energy of Honkai into pure real energy. With more than twenty Moonlight Thrones, humanity would no longer need to worry about energy problems, nor would it need to invest so much time and energy in so-called Honkai events. Girls your age wouldn't need to wield weapons and gallop across the battlefield."

"In 2000, this man, out of fear of Kaslana's power, fired a Honkai Fission Bomb at Siegfried, who had just defeated the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, simply because that man had accepted the power of his ancestors and obtained the annihilation power of the Divine Key, Judgment of Heavenly Fire."

"The last man to activate this power was the strongest warrior of the previous civilization. His greatest achievement was that he stopped the Herrscher of the End, who could easily destroy a planet, from acting for 12 hours."

"The result of that Honkai Fission Bomb was that Cecilia Schariac, the strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal history, died completely after unleashing the power of her Holy Blood."

"It's worth mentioning that after that great battle, that man, coveting the power of the Herrschers, chose to conduct some kind of experiment using the remains of the Herrscher of the Void. In 2007, he achieved some results, which were then stolen from Schicksal headquarters by Siegfried and his daughter Kiana Kaslana. The final result was... the stealth fighter the three of them were in was destroyed, and a girl named Kiana Kaslana fell from a thousand meters into the snowfield. She was taken back to Schicksal headquarters by a captain of the stormtroopers for treatment. Afterward, she lost her memory and also lost the long white hair characteristic of the Kaslana family. In its place, she had blonde wavy hair. Does that look familiar to you?"

Upon hearing Emiya's words, a terrifying storm began to rage within Rita. She didn't know how much of what this man said was true, but... since he spoke of it with such certainty, the bishop's role in it was probably quite significant.

"It was also that same captain of the assault team who, on a winter night in 2010, was ordered to search for the remains of Siegfried and the Herrscher of the Void. In the accident, the product of the Herrscher of the Void experiment was awakened for the first time. In that accident, the Valkyrie assault team was completely wiped out, with only one newcomer who had never participated in the mission surviving."

"Even so, this member of the assault squad did not escape this fate. During the Great Collapse four months ago, stimulated by Otto's experiment, the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, awakened again, leading to the fall of the last member of the assault squad, whose name was Himeko Murata."

Were Lord Ragnar and Senior Himeko also... victims?

Rita closed her eyes. How much of what Emiya said should she believe?

Lady Durandal... is actually Siegfried's daughter, Kiana Kaslana. She had actually investigated some clues about this before, but now that it has been completely confirmed, she can't help but feel a little complicated.

Lady Cecilia also died because of His Holiness the Bishop.

This caused a rift between Lord Siegfried and Fate.

Although she knew that the bishop was not a good person, she never imagined that he would be so crazy, so vicious, so... without any bottom line.

the wicked?

Using the common word "villain" to describe him seems like an excessive compliment.

"Otto Apokalis."

"Are they even human anymore?"

Chapter 189: Theresa: There is nothing I can do!

Not much time had passed.

But when I see red things, I sometimes feel a little disoriented.

I guess my impression of that person is always that same color.

When I first saw her, she was dressed in vibrant red, her long hair, like crimson brocade, flowing behind her, and she radiated a passion as intense as a blazing flame.

just,

This fervent passion has now consumed her completely.

"Fool."

Theresa gazed at the crimson neon lights of the night, momentarily lost in thought. The drunken, middle-aged woman desperate to get married was no longer by her side, and no one would nag her anymore for secretly buying Houmu merchandise.

He should have been enjoying some peace and quiet.

but,

My heart feels empty now.

A piece of it was ruthlessly scooped out.

Theresa Apocalypse may appear as a child, but she has actually existed for forty or fifty years. Although her behavior is occasionally childish, her thinking is quite logical. She knows how much sin the person who raised her has committed, but she cannot raise her weapon against that person. So, she flees to this corner of the Far East.

She and Cecilia were once close friends. Although their friendship was not particularly dramatic, it was very precious to Theresa. She cherished Cecilia as her best friend, but after the Honkai event, she received news of her best friend's death.

Cecilia died, and she was powerless to change it.

Kiana later disappeared, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Siegfried distanced himself from her. When news of Cecilia's death first arrived, Theresa clearly remembered the pain and murderous intent in the man's eyes when he whispered the name Apocalypse. The same emotion he felt when he looked at her at that moment.

At that moment, Theresa understood that her grandfather was probably inextricably linked to Cecilia's death.

but,

She didn't question the man; she simply fell silent and came to this Far East, establishing the Far East Branch and St. Freya Academy. She could no longer stay by that man's side...

And now,

The second best friend I had finally gained waved goodbye and left from a place beyond her reach.

and,

It must be related to my grandfather again.

"sorry."

She couldn't find a single word besides that sentence.

She possesses the strength and power of an S-class Valkyrie, but she dares not throw a punch at a truly evil person.

"I'm such an incompetent guy."

As she was thinking this, the two students who had completed their meeting with the contact person came up to her and then spoke.

"Dean, the information broker was attacked by others. Bronya found some electronic components storing information on her body. We need to find a place to decipher the information."

"it is good."

Theresa shook her head violently. Cecilia and Himeko were already gone, and she absolutely could not lose Kiana as well. If she couldn't even protect the child they had risked their lives to protect, she might as well bury herself as soon as possible and go down to the underworld to repent to those two.

"Wait, Dean, others are coming!"

Just as the three were preparing to move, Raiden Mei suddenly turned her head as if she had sensed something and looked towards a tunnel in the distance. Perhaps due to the modifications to her body after becoming a Herrscher, she now possesses senses much more acute than ordinary people, and even has a certain degree of sensory association. She can associate the sound source or the specific image of the object she touches with just touch and hearing.

"It's the sound of a motor vehicle. Judging from the vibrations, it's more like a heavy motorcycle..."

The moment Raiden Mei finished speaking, a beam of high beam shot out from the tunnel, accompanied by a rough and savage roar that suddenly howled from the depths of the tunnel.

"Waaaaah—(cfai)—!"

The ear-piercing roar penetrated everyone's eardrums, even causing a tearing pain. Raiden Mei's arm quickly fell behind her back, gripping the weapon's handle, her dark pupils filled with vigilance.

"Reload bunny."

Bronya quickly revealed her primary weapon of war, shielding it behind her, forming a protective triangle with Raiden Mei, their eyes fixed on the approaching headlights.

The moment the brutal roar broke free from the tunnel's confines and the blinding light emerged from the darkness, the two figures on the motorcycle came into view of St. Freya's trio.

It was a man and a woman.

They were all around twenty years old.

The man was undoubtedly a stranger.

But the woman behind that man...

Theresa, however, paled at the sight and quickly spoke up.

"You two, get out of here! That's Schicksal's S-rank Valkyrie!"

"S-rank? That's not like you, Dean..."

“That’s right, she is one of the three existing S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal, Rita Roseweiser. Leave this to me. Bronya, you and Mei, go and decipher the information as soon as possible and find Kiana’s whereabouts.”

"……learn."

Just as the two children were about to leave, following Theresa's instructions, the man on the motorcycle suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Finally found them. You two over there, if you dare to run away, I'll have to have a good chat with Thunder Dragon Horse and Seele."

Upon hearing these two names,

The two little ones, who were about to leave, suddenly stopped.

They all turned their heads in unison to look in the direction of the person who had come from, and Raiden Mei even shouted out.

"Who are you? Do you know where Father is right now?"

"If the two PhDs from Anti-Entropy hadn't contacted you, they'd probably still be in jail."

The man stopped the motorcycle, got off his seat, and gave the trio a hearty smile.

"Don't worry, I mean no harm."

“People with malicious intent won’t say it out loud.”

"Hmm, that makes sense, but that's only when jackals are facing creatures like rhinoceroses or hippos that they hide first. If a lion is facing a rabbit with nowhere to run, why would it need to hide?"

Looking at the trio, Emiya raised his palm, spread his fingers, and continued,

"I've come to you with only three things to do."

"First, we will recruit the three of you into our Sky Dome City."

"Secondly, I hope the three of you can help me contact the two doctors from Anti-Entropy."

"Third, I can help you find Kiana Kaslana."

"Take us in?"