Honkai Impact 3rd is not considered a small opening

It doesn't matter, we can finalize it today and it'll be approved tomorrow.

The adorable Lisia still had her big eyes wide open, which made An Yu feel insecure for a moment.

Do you want some ice cream?

"No, and if I want ice cream, I'll buy it myself. Well, I'd be even happier if you were willing to buy it for me."

Then Alicia fell into a little dilemma, clearly thinking about something.

An Yu didn't disturb them and waited quietly to the side.

“You should say something now: My dear Ellie, is there something bothering you?” Ellie had been waiting for a while, but An Yu didn’t seem to be speaking, so she had to take the initiative to remind her.

An Yu: ...

"So, my dear Ellie, is there something else bothering you?"

But what could possibly be troubling Alicia? From the beginning until now, An Yu has rarely seen Alicia with a sad expression, except when he was in love.

After hearing this, Alicia feigned shyness, poking her finger like a little girl: "Um..."

An Yu felt a bit cold around her. Dude, stop.

"I also want to undergo artificial Herrscher surgery."

Alright, it's warmed up again. Looking at Ellie, who was pretending to be a little girl, An Yu waved her hand dismissively: "What are you thinking! Impossible."

Although there was no danger during her fusion warrior surgery, An Yu felt that she was an exception.

This is neither confidence nor delusion, because apart from An Yu, there has been no other successful case so far.

The fusion warrior surgery was an immature plan from the start, and its repeated rejections were not because... well, not entirely because of Xia's opposition.

This plan is flawed, like a makeshift operation, riddled with problems.

However, the project has progressed rapidly over the past three months. Various problems have been detected and addressed. After all, many people are involved in the project, including researchers and death row inmates. There is money to be made, and without Mebius leading the way, there is no need to worry about a bad reputation. If successful, they might even win the Nobel Prize.

“Brother An Yu~” But Alicia’s belief was firm, and she suddenly thought of this while taking a nap.

If I were to become a Fusion Warrior... oops, an Artificial Herrscher, wouldn't all my slight abnormalities become normal?

As for danger?

Alicia didn't think that the genes of a mere Honkai Beast could pose any danger to her.

"Impossible, don't even dream about it. I will absolutely not agree to this until there are successful cases. I will even forward it to other people and tell them that whoever performs the surgery for you will not receive funding."

No matter how much Alicia pleaded and acted cute, An Yu only said one thing: I disagree!

And then the first success story emerged...

Chapter 245: The 242 Fusion Warrior

Keke, get back to business.

The emergence of the first successful individual is not surprising. After all, with the expansion of the scale, the participation of money, fearless individuals, and even death row inmates, it's no surprise that a second successful individual would emerge soon. It's just a bit of a coincidence.

After careful investigation, An Yu discovered that it was only after this successful case that Alicia deliberately brought up this topic with her.

An Yu: ...

I can't quite describe how I feel; I feel like I've been cheated.

Ugh.

"So, my dear Lady Anyu, what do you think of Little Ellie's previous request?" Ellie blinked her big, bright blue eyes, looking very cute.

She even went so far as to set a trap for An Yu, a move she was determined to make!

"There's absolutely no need for that. Or perhaps, Ellie, you also heard the voice of fate?"

Why try when the success rate is so low?

"And now that I'm number one, who would dare say a bad word about you?"

"Ellie, my dear Ellie, can't we be a little more rational?!"

An Yu couldn't understand why Alicia was going to have this kind of surgery, after all, even Sister Mei, with her seemingly crazy personality, hadn't had this kind of surgery done on herself.

So he grabbed Ellie's shoulders and shook her wildly, hoping to shake all the water out of Ellie's brain.

But Alicia just kept laughing and swaying her body, showing no sign of repentance.

After a long while, An Yu stopped what she was doing, looking somewhat dejected.

“I don’t understand, Ellie. Actually, there shouldn’t be any secrets between you and me, and I’m fed up with all the formalities.”

"Ellie, it's just an identity. If you weren't so fixated on it, this problem might not even exist anymore."

That's the truth. Apart from Alicia, no one cares about her identity. Sister May knows but doesn't care. Dr. Einstein also knows a little, but he doesn't ask her either.

Currently, apart from Alicia herself, no one else seems to care about this matter.

Alicia shook her head. Although An Yu's sudden frankness made her a little uncomfortable, the naive Alicia was not so naive in this matter.

"Although it's a little uncomfortable that our little understanding has suddenly been shattered, An Yu, besides you and Sister Mei, do the others really not care, or is it just that you subconsciously don't care because of your current power?"

Ultimately, it's because those in high positions don't have as many annoying things around them.

An Yu, An Yu, it's true that I don't have to hear those sounds when I'm with you, but that doesn't mean those sounds are never there.

Alicia currently has a good reputation, but all of this is based on her identity as a human. Once her identity as a Herrscher is exposed, her reputation will definitely turn polarized instantly.

She's lived here for so long; she's no longer the little girl who could be fooled with just a cup of milk tea.

"Besides, it's just a surgery. As a partner of the Chosen Ones, how could there possibly be any problems?"

Alicia smiled mischievously. She didn't feel any danger at all, and she was even looking forward to seeing if things would change after she became a Fusion Warrior.

For example, suddenly transforming into a tall, stunningly beautiful woman!

An Yu regrets it to death.

"I understand, Alicia, you're looking down on me, you don't trust me."

However, as An Yu grew up, he did mature in the slightest. While Alicia had the Flawless Dome, he also learned to be unreasonable.

They all sound pretty much the same anyway.

"No one will ever question that I am alive. You could have lived a happy life, but you think I will lose, that I will die. You have even planned how you will maintain your life after I die."

"Alice, you...you're so selfish."

Feeling utterly bewildered by this huge accusation, Alicia's nerves trembled, and she didn't know how to explain herself.

At first glance, An Yu's logic seems to be without any problems.

But she didn't think that much about it at all.

After a long silence, Alicia's smile became somewhat forced, and she even began to doubt whether her subconscious mind truly believed it.

It can't be that An Yu is being unreasonable.

"I……"

"Fine, I'll listen to you~_~."

Sitting listlessly to the side, Alicia wasn't distrustful of An Yu, but she felt that if she had this additional identity, there would be no possibility of her causing trouble for An Yu in the future.

Moreover, life wouldn't have to be so cautious, and it would also provide more help to An Yu, but An Yu's label is a bit too big.

The living room fell silent. An Yu fiddled with the bowls and chopsticks in front of her, then suddenly sighed.

"I'm sorry. We made a promise before that I would always trust you, but in this situation, I suddenly used that trust to coerce you into giving in."

Alicia is so easy to understand that An Yu often doesn't need to think too much when trying to come up with a solution, because even so, she can still find a way.

However, there should have been a better solution to this problem.

"The success rate of fusion warriors is very low. Although there has been one successful case, various problems during the surgery have not yet been investigated. In fact, even the only case has many inhuman marks on the body."

"Aili, if you fail, can I use your core to forge the most powerful Divine Key in the world?"

Alicia: ...

It was initially quite heartwarming to hear, because An Yu was the first to admit her mistake and even explained why she had stopped him.

But the concept of the Divine Key sounds unpleasant.

"I do not have a Herrscher Core."

"If I really had that kind of thing, I wouldn't have been able to pass the Moth of Fire's physical examination at all."

Alicia is special; she is so special that she can easily blend into human society, and so special that she will not have any problems during a physical examination.

But she is indeed a Herrscher; she has no core, yet her entire being seems to be the core.

Her plump thighs pressed together, embracing tightly, this was the first time Alicia had told anyone about this, even though An Yu seemed to have known all along.

"I see. Have you considered that if you fail, your body will be viewed by others, cut into pieces for study, and then made public?"

Alicia: ...

"Forget it, you probably never thought about that. You just acted on impulse, thinking that Honkai Beasts shouldn't pose any threat to you and that you could gain a lot, but you never considered the dangers."

"But my dear Ellie, please listen to me for once. How about we wait a few more months, a few more months, until most of the common problems have been ruled out, before we have the surgery?"

Seeing An Yu's stubborn yet weak appearance, Alicia nodded. Although this feeling seemed to be in the way, it wasn't really annoying. Besides, having someone take care of things like this was great. Okay.

An Yu thought the matter was over, but Sister Mei didn't come home that night.

Chapter 246: Starting today, I will abstain from alcohol!

Not going home would be a very minor thing for other families, after all, Sister Mei is no longer a child.

But this time, Sister Mei didn't send a single message on her phone, which made An Yu think of all sorts of scenarios.

But in the end, he understood that Mei's personality meant that not sending a message in this situation could only mean that she didn't want to lie, nothing more.

With this in mind, and considering that the first successful case of a fusion warrior has already emerged, the answer to what Sister Mei will do is already obvious.

But why?! An Yu finally managed to convince that idiot Alicia, why did she have to do something so dangerous now?

Is it really that difficult to postpone it a little longer?

And it's one thing for Alicia, but why is it for Meghan?

You're a scientific researcher! The purest human being, and you're free from the constraints of power.

…………

"Oh dear, when An Yu comes over later, she won't blame me, will she?"

Blanca was conflicted. Although she had retired, she had still been called in for this matter. To be honest, she didn't want to come, but she clearly couldn't change the doctor's mind, so she came to help.

"How could that be, my dear sister Blanca, even though you didn't want to tell me about this beforehand."

An Yu remained expressionless, but still prepared dinner for Blanca and Klein.

Little Klein was somewhat introverted. Although she looked somewhat similar to May, they were not actually related by blood.

Blanca's expression froze for a moment.

"Are you afraid you'll cause trouble or make unreasonable demands? You know what kind of person the Doctor is. Once she's made up her mind, how can anyone easily change it?"

"So all I can do is try my best to increase the success rate of the doctor's plan."

Blanca clasped her hands together apologetically. After all, with such a low survival rate for fusion warriors, she knew she couldn't stop the doctor, so she would definitely have to think about ways to improve the survival rate.

Klein was much more straightforward. She felt wronged, upset, and wanted to die. "Doctor, Doctor, because of your willfulness, my first impression of An Yu has truly plummeted."

That's such a loss.

An Yu tried to understand the data on the machine next to her, but to no avail. Alicia couldn't understand it either, but she patiently wrote down the data, thinking that she might need it someday.

"Stop looking, you won't learn it anyway. You guys who only care about yourselves are the most annoying."

He sat there feeling unwell. Although he had been mentally prepared before coming, he still felt a pang in his heart when he saw Sister Mei actually lying in the incubation chamber.

why?

"On the bright side, as the older sister of the chosen one, the Doctor can't possibly lose."

Blanca tried to comfort An Yu, but it wasn't very effective; An Yu looked very distressed.

"Sister Blanca, I just don't understand, what's so good about fusion warriors?"

"Sister Mei is a very pure scientist, so I have no idea why she would have this surgery."