Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

"Didn't I tell her that this kind of thing should be dealt with at the medical center? The medical technology there is the best in the world."

"No, Your Excellency. A few days ago, the A-rank Valkyrie Anna Shaniat sent Miss Yuno a coral from tropical waters from the base."

Amber replied,

"Ms. Yuno has been trying to see if she can revive it these days."

"Oh, Anna..."

Otto pondered.

"If I remember correctly, she was the one who discovered the secret hidden in Coral Island... She's Anna's friend?"

"Yes, Lord Bishop."

Amber replied,

"There's one more thing. Miss Anna sent me a private message not long ago. She hopes to invite Miss Yuno to visit her place. I wonder if headquarters would agree."

"Oh? Why didn't you just…"

Otto's question had just come out of his mouth when he stopped it awkwardly.

"Nothing, keep talking."

I remembered that Amber seemed to want to report just now, but was interrupted by me. I can't blame her.

"Yes."

Amber remained calm and continued to speak calmly.

"Because I know that the Bishop has other plans for her, I haven't responded yet."

Then, she raised her head slightly and asked,

"Do you need me to politely decline?"

"No, promise her."

Realizing instantly that this was a perfect reason and opportunity, Otto could not wait to step out from among the numerous complicated instruments and said to Amber with a smile on his face,

"Also, pick out a suitable body for me."

Otto possesses hundreds of soul steel bodies, each with its own unique purpose. Normally, most of these bodies remain dormant, requiring activation and debugging only when needed.

"As you command, Lord Bishop."

Amber understood and walked out normally.

One day later...

"How are you preparing what I need?"

Otto, who had just transferred his consciousness into his new body, was impatiently asking his secretary who had arrived late.

"It's ready, Your Excellency."

Amber respectfully handed over the two items in her hand—an injection and a chip—and introduced them.

"This is Miss Yuno's genetic sample; as well as the data collected and summarized from her combat and daily life over the past few months."

"very good."

Otto picked up the unremarkable injection, looked at it with amusement in his green eyes, then gently rolled up his sleeves and slowly injected it into his wrist.

As the empty syringe fell to the ground with a "click", Otto's originally intact body turned into a pool of liquid metal emitting a mercury-like luster, gathering into a ball, wriggling and deforming; then, according to the new genetic data, it began to condense into a human form again, with skin, hair, facial features, and even clothes, all like those of an ordinary person.

However, the person who appeared in the original place was a petite girl, and the originally tall Bishop Otto seemed to have disappeared.

"Haha, it's really an interesting experience."

"Yuno" opened her mouth softly, and Otto's unique pretentious tone, combined with her clear and pleasant voice, seemed extremely inconsistent and weird.

Amber stood quietly by, saying nothing. She didn't think there was anything strange about Otto turning into a girl, and she didn't have any judgment of her own.

Otto picked up the chip again and recorded the data contained in it into his body. Then he used that information - data collected from monitoring every detail of the life of the girl named Yuno, including body movements, language habits, fighting methods, etc. ... to integrate this data into a virtual personality system, a layer of disguise that was difficult to see through.

"Ah, Miss Amber..."

"Yuno" seemed to have just seen Kohaku and took a step back slightly, as if the distance made her feel threatened.

"..."

Amber couldn't help but take a step back, getting goosebumps all over her body.

"Tsk, it's still not realistic enough, it lacks a certain feeling, it seems it needs some fine-tuning..."

Yuno's body transformed back into Otto's while flowing, causing Kohaku to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Haha, I'll personally observe the child for the next few days."

At this point, Otto became serious for once, and Amber couldn't help but shudder. Otto solemnly ordered:

"Amber, I want you to do a few things over the next few days."

"First, spread Yuno's information, including her age, background, identity, and most importantly—her unique physique fused with the Honkai Beast. Make sure everyone who's secretly watching the fate of the Heavenly Fate knows about this, but don't make it too obvious; some people will naturally be interested."

"Yes."

"Secondly, order the Oceania branch and all the Valkyrie units scattered across Southeast Asia to crack down on organizations involved in human crime and underground smuggling within their jurisdictions, effective immediately. Also, thoroughly investigate whether they are connected to the organization behind the Coral Island incident."

"Yes."

"Hehe, I just want to alert the enemy!"

Otto sneered, his expression grim.

"Third, issue an order. Yuno, the C-rank Valkyrie directly under the Sky Order Headquarters, will be temporarily transferred to the Snow Lotus Squad under the pretext of visiting a friend. The departure is tentatively scheduled for a week. Spread this news as well. - Of course, the little girl herself doesn't need to know."

"Yes."

“Other work continues as usual.”

"Yes."

After making sure all the instructions had been received, Amber took her leave.

"Are you so confident that someone would fail to see through such a crude trap and then walk right into it like a stupid idiot?"

Xukong Wanzang sneered and laughed at Otto, who was at his wit's end.

"What nonsense are you talking about, my old friend?"

Otto also sneered,

"Skimmy is the most humane organization. We can't even stop those lovely Valkyries from wanting to reunite with their friends, right?"

"...You are so hypocritical that it's disgusting."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Otto laughed.

"A naturally gifted individual, I'm not sure if he should be classified as a 'fusion warrior,' plus an elite descendant of the Shaniyat family. With such a sweet bait, I'm sure someone will be tempted."

"Of course, even if we find nothing, it doesn't matter; it's just a bunch of rats hiding underground. Just keep digging."

Chapter 88: A Mistake

As early as after the destruction of the Coral Island base, the World Serpent had already severed its relationship with peripheral organizations in the "risk areas" identified as "mainly the Western Pacific" in the first place, in accordance with its usual super-strong execution ability.

The World Serpent's infiltration into human society pervades every aspect, and the underground organization in a certain region is only a tiny part of it.

For this part of "assets", when risks come, the simplest and most effective method is to give up everything.

Those people in their management who are related to the World Serpent will be assigned based on their personal value and risk level. Those with high value and low risk will be recalled to the headquarters for new appointments; all others will be eliminated - after all, dead people are the safest.

Therefore, for a period of time, car accidents, accidental deaths, suicides and other accidents occurred frequently around the world.

What would horrify outsiders is that among that long list of deaths, a considerable number of people even voluntarily died after receiving the information!

It can only be said that as an ancient organization with religion ingrained in its bones, the World Serpent excels at cultivating fanatical followers. In this regard, even the Mandate of Heaven, which also began as a religion, pales in comparison.

Therefore, Otto's move to "alarm the enemy" can be said to have failed from the very beginning.

But it's not a complete failure.

"Tsk, they're just like a bunch of starving mad dogs. How arrogant they are, those guys from Tianming..."

Inside a World Serpent base, Jackal looked at the loss data sent back from various places marked on the map, and his mood became extremely bad.

"Humph, I really want to chop off its damn claw!"

Although it was an abandoned peripheral organization, the recent targeted and active actions of the Destiny Valkyrie Corps still made her extremely angry.

Even if the assets have been abandoned, they belong to the snake, and not just anyone is qualified to lay their hands on them!

Based on this mentality, even though she was confident that the actions of Destiny would not threaten the World Serpent, and even that the foolish bishop might not know the existence of the organization to this day, this still did not prevent her from regarding it as a provocation and an offense.

"E-319, tell me the latest intelligence."

With a wave of his hand, the huge blue light curtain was closed. Jackal asked expressionlessly to the mechanical girl standing motionless beside him. That was the humanoid machine assigned to this base.

"Long story short, my time is valuable."

Since the last sharing of intelligence, Gray Snake gave the authority of the corresponding intelligence to Jackal. The specific execution will be carried out by the humanoid machine, and she only needs to look at the final results.

"Yes Master."

The robot girl replied with the same expressionless face. Even if there was, the metal visor covering most of her face would completely hide it.

"The conclusion is, there is still nothing to be gained."

"Hmph, useless stuff!"

The jackal was in an even worse mood.

"Correction: The target possesses the Twelfth Divine Key. Based on the database's records of the Corrosion Power, it is very easy for the target to conceal their information in digital media, especially the internet. Therefore, the system determines that the success rate of searching through city surveillance, network searches, and communication monitoring is infinitely close to zero."

The humanoid machine spread its hands and corrected its master's mistake.

"Advice: Waiting for the rabbit to appear in the tree is more likely to succeed than searching for a needle in a haystack."

"Cut the nonsense!"

The jackal was furious at the venom of his creature.

"What other information?"

The humanoid machine's metal eye mask emitted a blue light, projecting a blue screen in front of the jackal.

"The city's surveillance system is functioning well in monitoring the Destiny Valkyrie. She has been quite active recently. Based on her movements and spending history, we've determined her intentions are: tourism."

"You don't have to tell me, she's been like this every day lately!"

As Jackal felt more and more that the parameters of the next generation of humanoid machines needed some adjustments, he looked carefully at the two cute girls on the screen, with his gaze lingering more on Yuno.

Without knowing each other, Jackal and Lin Wei used the same method to monitor Anna and Yuno; the same method had similar goals.

All I can say is, great minds think alike...

Gray Snake had already given the Jackal information about Anna and Yuno. The Jackal was interested in them, but not very much—at least not until she got Lin Wei.

Therefore, Otto's "fishing" plan failed from the very beginning.

But it wasn't a complete failure.

"Anything gained?"

The Jackal asked in a deep voice.

"Conclusion: No, for the same reasons as above."

The humanoid machine is concise and to the point.

The jackal's intimidating golden eyes finally couldn't hold back their anger as they glared at the humanoid machine.

"I'm talking about other means!"

"The animal monitoring method, considering that it cannot avoid mechanization, will also be restrained by the Twelfth Divine Key."

The humanoid girl was not frightened by her master's aura. She spread her hands and said innocently,

"As for sending officers for close surveillance, we've assessed this as the most feasible option. However, due to its low efficiency, nothing has been achieved so far."

"Tsk, cunning guy..."