Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

Two people with ulterior motives, each pursuing different goals but sharing the same path, chose a brief and utterly untrustworthy deal.

What exactly are you planning to do?

Fu Hua remained completely on guard against the Herrscher, unaware of his intentions or even his purpose.

It's a very simple principle: you can clearly discern what someone with malicious intentions is planning to do.

After all, there's always a time when someone like that will pull out a knife and reveal their true intentions.

But you can't guess what someone whose purpose is unclear is planning to do.

I just took you around as if we were really shopping, and we even bought two cups of coffee from a coffee shop.

"What am I going to do? Didn't I already say it? Catchup? What do you think I'd do, drop a Honkai Beast here?"

Making jokes that seemed rather bloody and malicious.

Dropping a Honkai Beast in such a densely populated area is tantamount to detonating a high-yield TNT bomb in a crowd, causing unimaginable destruction.

However, the person in front of her was capable of doing it, and Fu Hua had no way to stop him.

She could kill the Honkai Beast with a single punch, but she couldn't stop the Herrscher of the Void, who controlled space, from releasing it.

This is a joke filled with malice.

That actually sounds pretty scary.

But the Herald can say it with a smile.

"I hope you won't."

"Of course, of course, we're here today to catch up, so there's no need to cause any unnecessary trouble."

Seemingly feeling uneasy about Fu Hua, the Herrscher added a further explanation.

"After all, I'm someone who loves life."

Fu Hua didn't speak; she had heard those words before.

It's understandable if Kiana is someone who loves life, since a child who has lost everything longs for an ordinary life.

However, when spoken by a Herrscher, it is filled with an unfathomable malice.

How could someone whose mission is to destroy the world possibly love life?

However, this is also the reason why she has not yet taken action, because she is indeed quite different, very different from the Herrschers that Fu Hua has encountered before.

She has seen the most protective Herrschers, and she has also seen the most despicable and shameless humans.

But such an enigmatic being as the person in front of you is truly rare.

Everyone needs to have some purpose and means.

Everything has a motive.

But the person who was slaughtering everything for evil with no benefit just a second ago can be chatting with you about everyday things the next second.

He even says every day that he loves life.

If this kind of person isn't crazy, then they're probably the best actor.

Kiana probably possesses both qualities.

She fooled everyone, even Otto.

You think she's a complete schemer, but you can't see any benefit in her actions.

Committing evil is merely a means, not an end.

However, she is someone who sees evil as a result rather than a means to an end.

Incomprehensible.

You think you know her well, but you actually know her nothing at all.

"I did a thorough scouting to find you; the coffee here is really good."

There were very few people in the coffee shop, so they pushed Fu Hua's portion in front of her.

Sodium chloride, on the other hand, started drinking it first, since a cup of coffee in the morning is quite refreshing.

Even though caffeine had long since lost its effect on him.

She doesn't feel sleepy at all.

Fu Hua didn't touch the coffee on the table; her azure eyes were fixed on Kiana in front of her.

"What exactly do you want from me?"

After a long pause, she couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question bluntly.

"Reminiscing about the past, literally."

With his left arm draped over the back of the chair, Sodium Chloride leaned back in a relaxed manner and spoke leisurely.

"After all, we have no reason to fight to the death."

"Based on your identity alone, we already have a reason."

"Just because I'm a Herrscher? The world has changed, Fu Hua. Do you really want to collude with those conspirators?"

ha?

The rhetorical question that came out of the Herrscher's mouth, "To collude with conspirators," was like an April Fool's joke.

What a joke! Aren't you just colluding with those conspirators?

"Aren't you yourself one?"

Kong Lu didn't respond, but instead looked out at the street through the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Your enemy used to be the Honkai, after all, the Honkai was something that would destroy the world back then. But what about now? Take a good look, Fu Hua, look at the outside world. Does anyone in this world even know what the Honkai is? Is the Honkai the thing that will destroy the world? Me? Or those military police wielding batons and the behemoths behind them?"

The girl's words had a hidden meaning, and a strange smile appeared on her lips.

Yes, right at this very moment, outside on the street, several military police officers seemed to have spotted infected people again in the crowd, waving their batons and shouting loudly.

They beat the thin, helpless infected person until he was covered in wounds.

That went far beyond law enforcement; it was more like pure abuse, done to satisfy a twisted, oppressive desire.

"And that girl with Felin, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that something is wrong with her body. Who is behind all this? Is it me, the Herrscher who uses the Honkai? Or are those 'ordinary people' in your eyes who need to be protected?"

Sodium chloride asked with a smile.

Chapter 336 [Confidential Documents]

"And that girl with Felin, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that something is wrong with her body. Who is behind all this? Is it me, the Herrscher who uses the Honkai? Or are those 'ordinary people' in your eyes who need to be protected?"

Who is really doing this evil?

Simple rhetoric to shift the blame.

However, Fu Hua is no longer a hot-blooded young woman.

She has her own principles and bottom line.

"How many people have died at your hands?"

If evil and wickedness are rampant, then the Herald before us must be one of them.

"Hmm, I can't even remember how many myself. Do you remember how many ants you've stepped on?"

Taking a sip of coffee, he unexpectedly enjoyed Fu Hua's slightly hostile gaze. Sodium chloride, on the other hand, remained completely unfazed.

"But I can tell you that even more will die next, because the war is about to begin."

His seemingly relaxed demeanor foreshadowed a terrifying future.

"There may be a massacre, there may be more deaths. I am just a Herrscher. No matter how strong an individual is, he cannot destroy the hearts of the vast majority of people, but those madmen who gather together can do so."

"What is more terrifying than the destruction of the body is the annihilation of humanity."

"You mean...?!"

"I mean, those infected people are about to fight back, very soon, right here."

The Herrscher of the Void smiled, gently tapping the table with her hand. Her gaze seemed to say, "Try to remember what's in front of you; this place will soon be completely destroyed."

"Was this your doing?"

"Of course not, I'm just a villain who's not good at political maneuvering. I could never pull off such a seductive act. This is just the last gasp of those poor souls."

The gathering of infected individuals, and the hysterical, frenzied resistance, will destroy everything in sight.

It's like a madman taking revenge on society.

He unleashed all the anger he had been suppressing for years in one go.

But is this wrong?

Looking at the military police who were beating people, the soldiers who were grinning, the infected people who were wailing and begging for mercy, and the ordinary people who were walking by with their heads down, talking, laughing, or watching coldly.

Is this wrong?

Fu Hua certainly understands the difficulty of changing the world; otherwise, she wouldn't have lost so many people along the way.

Having experienced constant loss, she naturally understands just how difficult it is to achieve so-called "change".

Even she, even a fusion warrior, couldn't change anything.

There is no other way but to protect them.

However, those emperors were quite wary of her.

The most vicious malice always strikes from behind.

"I made a pact with those infected. I would clear out the surrounding guards to create conditions for them to attack here. Then, I would use the core city to give Lungmen, the nearest mobile city, a big gift. And then, boom~."

The girl smiled and spread out her ten fingers, saying with a mischievous grin.

"Are you going to stop me? What's done is done, and even you can't change anything unless you can bring yourself to wipe out all the rebels. Oh, I believe you can do it, but will you?"

Propping her head up, the girl waited with a smile for Fu Hua's gloomy face to give her an answer.

There's nothing she can do, sodium chloride knows that perfectly well.

Fu Hua is very strong, but what good is strength? Strength can only cause destruction at most, but it cannot change the past, much less change the world without destruction.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have suffered so much betrayal and loss.

The stronger you are, the more fragile you are.

"Don't look at me like that. Everything would have worked the same way even without me. I just sped things up, and it saved a lot of lives..."

The girl said with a smile, and the next moment, the abundant gold reflected Fu Hua's face, which was so dark it looked like it could drip water.

"Or are you planning to fight me to the death? If I wasn't confident I could defeat you, would I have come to find you in person?"

First, consider the practicalities, then issue a warning.

They blocked both of Fu Hua's paths.

Seeing that Fu Hua's almost peak hostility had subsided slightly, Sodium Chloride pulled a file folder out of the imaginary space and threw it in front of Fu Hua.

She's blocked both paths, wielding both sticks, so now it's time to offer her a carrot.

After all, she wasn't there to fight Fu Hua to the death, so there was no need to create a meaningless enemy.

"This is····?"

It was a yellow file folder sealed with red paint.

A large red stamp is being moved nearby.

The red paint also bears the symbol of the Ursus double-headed eagle.

"Go back and open it. It's a classified document from the Ursus government. I believe you can figure it out. If you feel it's necessary, you can come find me here. After all, I quite like the coffee here."

"Trust me, you will come to me."

Are you so sure?

"Of course, after all, I have been doing business with you for many years."

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"Chernobyl is truly a massive mobile city."