Bab 74: Chapter 74: The Orphanage Incident
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"What!? Welt, you didn't just randomly pick up some novel to fool me, did you!? Meme life forms? The Imaginary Tree and the Cocoon of Finality? The powers of the Herrscher are projections of the Cocoon of Finality? How could you believe the nonsense of a little brat!?"
"*Cough cough*, Tesla, perhaps you've forgotten, we were robbed of thirty kilograms of gold by a little brat."
"Thirty kilograms? Wasn't it fifty?"
Welt suddenly felt strange, and Tesla's face was full of guilt.
"So you just believed her like that!?"
The matter with Cocolia is no longer important. If Haxxor Bunny's words are true, then Cocolia is a madman who experiments with Honkai using children.
Do you know why Anti Entropy spends so much money on creating Titans?
Isn't it because they can't bear to see Valkyries risking their lives to fight Honkai?
That Otto is simply not human, using low-quality artificial stigmata to send Valkyries to battle against Honkai.
Few Valkyries live to be forty years old, let alone retire. So human experiments are best avoided.
"Do you know? Bronie used an ability similar to the Herrscher's, but without any Honkai energy. She said it was imaginary energy. Do you know what imaginary energy is?"
"The imaginary energy in the collapsed state is Honkai energy, which is also an important core theory of the Selene. The means to transform imaginary energy into Honkai energy are currently unknown, but if we look at the theory of the Imaginary Tree, the Project Ark of the previous civilization is probably completely ruined."
Through Anti Entropy's grave digging, Einstein also knew that the previous civilization had undertaken many projects.
Among them, Project Ark, of course, was in the records.
Originally unaware of the result, but now knowing it, it can't help but make people sigh. Survival is indeed the primary need of civilization. The previous civilization must have tried to escape.
"Yeah... even escape is impossible. Now the only goal is to find the Cocoon of Finality."
"Even if it's found, there's no guarantee it can be solved. Perhaps the task she gave might be the solution? Memetic life forms..."
Einstein's judgment of the situation was rather pessimistic, but she was still quite interested in the light dust that Welt obtained.
Even memories can be materialized. Such power might indeed bypass Honkai and transform human civilization into a completely new form.
"I've already asked Raiden Ryoma's subordinates to send the stuff over. The light dust is just a carrier for memes. Bronie said the best way to remove memes is to selectively manipulate memories to delete them. At the same time, she also gave us the design blueprints of the Void Archive, the first Divine Key, and its back door. What do you think this represents?"
Tesla was quite interested in the so-called Void Archive, after all, Otto had caused quite a stir with this thing before.
"In other words, the Void Archive has the ability to deal with memes? And it also wants us to deal with that guy Otto?"
"No, sooner or later we will have conflicts with Otto. This is just a gift. As for memes, there are naturally two possibilities: friendly and malicious. But the memes Bronie gave us don't have any malice."
At first glance, Welt's understanding seemed a bit wishful, but Einstein had to take it seriously considering Welt's high praise for Bronie.
Vill-V, the researcher who made the Divine keys, left a back door in every one of her creations, which means that even the Star of Eden might have left a back door!
"If only she could tell us the back door of the Star of Eden. We rarely come into contact with things like the Void Archive..."
"It's probably to guard against us... Well, Anti Entropy took the initiative to cooperate with Cocolia, this wrong decision, it's hard to feel good about it."
"This, this can't be blamed on me! If it weren't for Raiden Ryoma's misuse of funds, we could only resort to dealing with that old fox Cocolia through the gray channels! Who knows why she's conducting human experiments, and I've never heard of it, I just know she has an orphanage!"
"Orphanage? Do you know where the address of that orphanage is?"
"I just knew you might not let it go, but I investigated it for you. Someone took over with the help of a rich man, so there's no problem."
Tesla always acts decisively, and Welt also feels a bit moved, but there's always a feeling of unreliability in it.
"Let's hope... so..."
Welt can't spare time now. He has to go back to St. Freya Academy and continue to lurk there. The secrets hidden inside are still not fully discovered by Welt.
So he can't delve into it, he can only quietly wait for the changes in Anti Entropy.
Those documents, if they're genuine, indeed provide Anti Entropy with the impetus to counter Honkai.
If they can locate that Cocoon of Finality, He hope they can smoothly deal with that thing.
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"Sister Sin... when will Sister Bronie return?"
"I don't know! Stop asking. She hasn't abandoned us, so why are you more concerned about Sister Bronie than asking about Mother Cocolia when you rarely see her?"
"Be... because I don't want to be experimented on... even though Nina knows it's the only way to repay Mom... but I don't want to die..."
Now it was Sin's turn to fall silent.
Yeah, who truly wants to die?
For paving the way for her sisters, for ensuring future experiments no longer result in deaths, that's why Sin is working so hard.
But now, Sin has lost that reason, leaving only the desire to protect her sisters' hearts. To avoid angering Bronie, she can only bear the humiliation and wear the little dress!
Bronie dispelled her unease, brought a doctor, and even Lilia's narcolepsy improved. Everyone could think more about the future.
At this point, how could Sin not know that Mother Cocolia had made so many mistakes?
"Ugh, tonight I'll go ask again for you! Forget about Mother Cocolia's matters for now, and Sister Bronie said she would bring Teacher Yang's signature back this time, for everyone."
"Okay! Thank you, Sister Sin!"
Sin bid farewell to Nina, left Nina's room, and happened to see Bronya coming out of Seele's room.
Every time she saw Bronya's face, Sin couldn't help but recall Bronie's mischievous smile while holding a little dress. Her initially tough demeanor would immediately soften.
"Bronie!"
"Yeah?"
"That... that... carrying a gun with you, is that really okay? Aren't you afraid of hurting others?"
Damn it! Sin Mal!
She's getting on her nerves!
The person in front of her isn't Bronie, it's Bronya!
"You don't have to worry about this, Sister Sin. Bronya has undergone professional training, and there are safety measures on firearms. As long as the safety is not off, the gun won't fire no matter what."
Saying that, Bronya took out the Mozambique shotgun from her hand and spun it a few times.
"Forget it, when Sister Bronie comes back, I will definitely tell her!"
"Do you want one? Designed by Sister Bronie, it's also included in the new game."
The best way to lighten punishment is naturally to find a comrade to share the burden or to let the person who might betray you join your gang.
Sin has also been trained and naturally knows how to use these weapons. Seeing Bronya throwing a P2020 to her, Sin nervously caught it.
"I actually feel like I don't need to use these things... but it's also for everyone's safety."
"Yes, only Sister Sin can fight alongside Bronya."
Although the other children have also been trained, it's just child's play. Put them on the battlefield, and they probably wouldn't even know how they died.
The orphanage was quiet tonight.
After visiting all the children's rooms, Bronya returned to her own room and looked at herself in the dressing mirror, her faint smile reflected in it.
Every time she looked at herself in the mirror, Bronya would constantly remind herself that this happy life was hard-won, so she must protect it well!
But tonight, for some reason, she had an unknown sense of unease.
Intuition, the important feeling that allowed Bronya to survive on the battlefield until now. Bronya still believed in intuition, so she went to the window of her room and looked out into the pitch-black forest.
Under the moonlight, the forest was unnaturally quiet.
"Quiet? Why are there no bird calls outside the forest?"
Sensing something amiss, Bronya quickly drew the Mozambique from her waist.
The Mozambique is a shotgun that fires three rounds at a time, with a total of six rounds in reserve, meaning it can only fire two shots.
Each shot is crucial, and isn't the power of this gun a bit excessive?
Fortunately, Bronya also prepared another P2020, which has a very handy bullet counter and its damage won't spill over, with recoil so low it's almost negligible.
After preparing her weapons, Bronya entered a silent state of combat readiness and went out to the nearby forest silently. Even if it was just an illusion, Bronya wouldn't let any potential enemy attack go unpunished.
At this moment, Bronya transformed into a silent predator in the forest.
Because she had received training in this area, Bronya was very familiar with every corner of this forest.
She put on her tactical goggles and activated the thermal imaging function.
In the pitch-black forest, the white figures stood out conspicuously.
Switching to night vision mode, Bronya judged that these guys all had quite a few heavy weapons.
The situation was dire!
But with the information gap, Bronya was like a war Divine, quickly sneaking through the forest, ready to strike first!
"Sorry, Seele, and everyone at the orphanage, tonight might disturb your sleep..."
Gunshots shattered the peace of the forest, and suddenly the forest was filled with gunfire, like it was New Year's.
The children in the orphanage were instantly awakened, and Sin's heart was tense as she knew what this commotion represented.
The gunfire lasted for three minutes, and when the forest quieted down, Sin became nervous.
"Where's Sister Bronya!"
Seele got up, looked at everyone in the orphanage, but noticed that only Sister Bronya was missing. She was very worried, so she went to ask Sin about Sister Bronya's whereabouts.
"The answer is obvious, only Sister Bronya just fought the enemy, everyone, hide first. If something happens to Sister Bronya, then it's up to me..."
"Sister Bronya!!!"
A small figure walked out of the forest, and Seele immediately recognized the identity of the person, the highly recognizable twin drills. Seele rushed out.
But seeing Bronya covered in blood, Seele was shocked.
"Seele..."
"Ah!!! Don't, don't come over!!!"
Sin slapped her forehead, realizing that this situation had arisen. She was a bit worried that Bronya might scare Seele, but who knew that when Seele's legs kicked, her eyes closed, and she just lay down?
Seele was frightened by Bronya, and Bronya was also frightened by Seele's reaction.
She quickly came to Seele's side, ready to pick her up, but was stopped by Sin.
"You have so much blood on you, go wash up quickly! And how could you confront the enemy without me this time? Do you want to die?"
"Bronya judged that these people were just a bunch of rabble, and didn't even bring night vision goggles or thermal imaging for their night operations, so Bronya thought she could handle them alone. Sorry for disturbing you."
Sin sighed and rubbed her temples. She also understood that Bronya was that kind of strange person.
But this expressionless person who didn't care about her life even when covered in blood was really scary.
"Forget it, go take a shower. I'll keep watch tonight. You rest first. Sister Bronya was right, there might be more attacks coming. You could have activated the drones in Sister Bronya's office to automatically sweep those enemies."
"But Bronya just..."
"I understand, I understand. You don't want to bother Sister Bronie, you don't want to make Sister Bronie worry. Forget it, let's worry about your matters after Sister Bronie comes back!"
Bronya tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.
"Did Bronya do something wrong?"
"Damn it! I'll ignore you!!!"
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After bidding farewell to Welt, Bronie didn't rest for a moment.
After checking the shrine in Nagazora City and not finding Yae Sakura and the semi-finished Divine Key left over from the previous era, she immediately returned to the orphanage.
It's not that Bronie didn't want to carefully search for the Divine Key, but it was just lying there, unknown to anyone, and Sin said that the orphanage had been attacked by mercenaries hired by an unknown organization, so Bronie was very worried that there might be more attacks to come.
Children are more important than the Divine Key, and Bronie is clear about that.
But upon returning to the orphanage and entering the gate, Bronie felt a strange atmosphere.
"Uh, kids, I'm back. Why isn't anyone welcoming me?"
Bronya peeked in, then walked expressionlessly.
"Welcome back, Sister Bronie."
"Hmm? Where's Sin? And everyone else?"
"Since yesterday, after Bronya dealt with those enemies, it seems everyone's been avoiding Bronya, and Bronya doesn't know why~"
"You dealt with them? What about the drones?"
"They... they weren't activated. Bronya thought she could handle those enemies alone."
Sure enough, just as Sin had said, Bronya didn't even realize what she had done wrong, nor did she care much about her own life.
"Come on, Bronya, come with me to the office. I'll tell you exactly what you did wrong."
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Bab 75: Chapter 75: Seele's Unease
Whenever Bronie saw Bronya's bewildered expression, Bronie couldn't help but feel helpless.
One could only say that the so-called Silver Wolf Squad truly deserved to perish!
However, Bronie decided to leave this opportunity for revenge to Bronya to handle herself.
Whether to let them go or to pursue them to the death, in any case, she was too lazy to bother with so many things.
Bronya's indifference to her own life was precisely because the children at the orphanage cared about her. Seeing Bronya's indifferent attitude, Bronie couldn't help but feel angry.
Bronie carefully explained the situation to Bronya, then instructed her to apologize to everyone and prepare a small gift to make amends, and that would be the end of it.
It was Seele who seemed particularly affected. According to Sin, Seele had been frightened unconscious by Bronya's bloodied appearance, and Sin was worried that Seele might suffer from some kind of trauma or develop symptoms related to Honkai.
Sin's worry was not unfounded.
Bronie also knew that Seele was a Stigmata Awakener. If something really happened, it would be best to have Mobius check her out.
But then they would have to take Seele on a trip to the Elysian Realm.
Seele was still young and her body hadn't fully developed yet. Going to the Elysian Realm would be too much of a burden on her body, so Bronie chose to observe conservatively.
Arriving at Seele's room.
Knocking on the door, then entering, Bronie was greeted by Seele's anxious expression.
"Are you okay, Seele? Did Bronya's appearance scare you? Did she apologize to you?"
Seele looked towards the corner of the bed where a plush toy lay.
"It seems Bronya is quite skillful with her hands. Did she make a plush toy for you?"
"Yeah... I'm fine, Sister Bronie..."
"Sometimes your body can deceive you, and don't be afraid to trouble everyone. That's what Bronya thinks, which is why she went alone to confront the enemy."
"Yeah..."
Seele weakly responded, as if she really wanted to say something.
But in the end, she gave up and spilled it.
"Seele is actually very sorry about what happened with Bronya. Bronya was clearly trying to protect everyone, and I fainted directly out of fear. I must have made Bronya very sad, right?"
"Not necessarily, after all, Bronya knows that blood and dead bodies can easily cause fear in people. But have you experienced any hallucinations recently, or have you had any brief episodes of memory loss?"
"Why, why does Sister Bronie ask?"
"Because the symptoms on Seele's body are actually very special, but there's no need to worry, nothing bad will happen. Do you know about Vill-V?"
"Is that Teacher Vill-V? I always feel weird when taking online classes with her."
"Yes, Vill-V has eight personalities in her mind, each one almost independent, but they get along very well. Although only three of them usually come out actively."
This news shocked Seele. She had always felt that Vill-V's behavior was a bit strange, but due to the limited time spent with her and the barrier of the internet and screen, Seele just thought it was strange and didn't think too much about it.
Could it be that Sister Bronie has noticed something?
"If you have anything on your mind, just tell me, I'll find a way to solve it."
"That! Sister Bronie!"
"Hmm?"
"Sister Bronie should know about Stigmata, right..."
Seele slowly placed her hand on her chest and slowly unbuttoned her shirt.
The red patterns looked like tattoos, appearing abruptly under Seele's neck.
"Congratulations."
"Huh?"
"With the power of the Stigmata, you no longer need to worry about the effects of Honkai on your body. There shouldn't be any side effects. If you can use this power well, it can also be a tool to protect everyone at home."
Bronie patted Seele's head, and Seele was also very surprised.
"Really not..."
"I'm not Cocolia. The Stigmata is a plan left behind by the civilization destroyed by Honkai. Everything has been concluded, there's no value in studying it further, and there's nothing you need to know through the Stigmata. Just think of it as having an extra tool in your hands to help you fight against Honkai and protect your family."
Hearing this, 'Seele' seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, this little action couldn't escape Bronie's notice.
"But then again, Vill-V has given different names to her different personalities. The one you usually encounter during class is the Magician, the one who does research is the Specialist, and the one responsible for integrating all the personalities is the Conductor. To be honest, that way of naming is really crappy, right?"
"Yes, yes..."
'Seele' sensed Bronie's insinuation and felt her heart tighten.
"Alright, since there doesn't seem to be anything abnormal with your body for now, let's leave it at that. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you must speak up. Don't worry about inconveniencing others. If you end up hurting yourself, it would pain me as well," Bronie said.
With that, Bronie prepared to bid farewell to Seele, who showed no intention of detaining her.
Seele appeared to be filled with many questions and a certain level of unease.
However, after a brief exchange, 'Seele' seemed to settle down and began contemplating her own existence.
As Bronie left Seele's room, she spotted Bronya squatting at Seele's door, waiting for her.
"Um, Bronya, about Seele..."
"She's fine. If you have any questions, ask Seele yourself and see if she's willing to talk to you," Bronie responded.
"Okay, I'll go ask Seele," Bronya replied.
"Also."
"Hmm?"
"The stuffed toy is made very well!" Bronie patted Bronya's head, and Bronya smiled happily.
Back at the orphanage, life returned to its usual tranquility.
However, Bronie and Welt exchanged contact information. Whenever Welt had spare time, they discussed enormous robots.
Topics included the possibility of manufacturing Titans of different ranks, the potential for Titans to fly for combat, various parameters of Titans, and energy-related issues.
From Bronie's current knowledge base, manufacturing Titans seemed relatively straightforward. However, she hesitated. If she created Titans for Anti Entropy, would Schicksal come knocking?
Would that be inappropriate?
Thus, Bronie mostly skirted around the topic and explained her reasons. Afterward, Welt didn't inquire about the Titan specifications again.
Instead, he invited her to design some practical combat giant robots!
Although Bronie enjoyed Gundam, discussing giant robots every day seemed somewhat off-topic.
Bronie's current primary occupation was game development!
After visiting Seele, Bronie's game company released a new promotional video for the upcoming Apex Legends, focusing on gameplay and introducing the skills of each legend in the game. Then, they opened pre-downloads two days in advance to the world.
The number of players downloading the game that day exceeded tens of millions, which surprised Bronie.
Fortunately, there was the option of pre-downloading. Otherwise, Bronie wouldn't have realized that her game could be so popular. After seeing such a high download volume, Bronie immediately contacted Mr. Welt to prepare more servers on the Anti Entropy side.
Of course, Bronie's team also worked overtime to squeeze out some servers, so that when the game launched, players wouldn't be unable to play due to too many people.
The main draw for players was the gameplay.
In an environment without Battle Royale games, Apex's gameplay was a breath of fresh air.
Many game company bosses wished they could pry open Bronie's head to see what she was thinking!
Undertale and Spiritfarer were considered relatively good.
Civilization, Elden Ring, and even the upcoming Kirby and Mario games were all packed with fun gameplay.
Coupled with the incredibly high production of Haxxor Bunny, Haxxor Bunny Productions had become a gold standard, and its products were sure to be of high quality.
No one thought that Mario Odyssey was not fun, nor did anyone think that Kirby was too childish.
Games are meant to bring joy to people, and Haxxor Bunny has proven this with its actions. Therefore, more people started to pay attention to what kind of game Haxxor Bunny would make next.
Even Otto was paying attention to this game.
Not for any other reason, but since playing Kirby with Amber, Amber even bought and played Mario during her own break time.
Although the plumber uncle looked weird, the addictive sound effects, pleasant music, and highly recognizable image, Otto knew that Haxxor Bunny was building an IP and paving the way for the sequel with the game.
As for why Otto paid attention to Apex Legends again this time?
That was because Amber sent a message, saying that Haxxor Bunny and Homu Entertainment had formed a cooperation. Homu Entertainment was the archenemy of Schicksal Entertainment, and behind Homu Entertainment was Anti Entropy.
This easily caught Amber's attention and was indeed worth Otto's attention.
"Bishop."
Amber felt helpless. She didn't know how many times she had reminded Otto to work behind him.
At this moment, Otto was in front of the computer, just entering the game, watching the opening CG of the game.
"Do you have something to say, Amber?"
"Bishop, Haxxor Bunny and Homu Entertainment have cooperated, but I don't think we can see anything from the game."
"Is that so? But do you know the name of the next game Haxxor Bunny announced?"
"Titanfall... But that can't be Anti Entropy's Titan."
"Hmm, don't you understand yet? The outrageous anti-cheating measures, the highly personalized programming methods, and some algorithms that ordinary people have never touched so far are the keys to Haxxor Bunny's high productivity. Are you sure her games won't convey any information?"
This time, Amber didn't say anything.
Otto was actually analyzing Haxxor Bunny through the game!
"So remember to invite Haxxor Bunny to this year's annual meeting. If she comes, I have a way to check her. If she doesn't come, she's guilty, and I will use Schicksal Entertainment to threaten her to appear in front of me."
Don't blame himself for being despicable. After all, the technology that Haxxor Bunny possessed was indeed questionable.
The most important thing was in Elden Ring. Even the music used blatantly used a composer named Eden.
Who was Eden?
Otto naturally knew, the artist of the previous civilization, the actual user of the Ninth Divine Key.
He didn't think using this name was a coincidence.
"Well, Bishop, please don't get too addicted to playing games. You still have a lot of documents to handle."
"Relax, Amber, everything is under my control. Instead of saying Haxxor Bunny made Kirby and Mario, besides showing off, she might actually have a lot of children by her side, so the game production largely reflects her life status, such as the Titanfall."
Amber didn't want to hear Otto's sophistry anymore, so she left Otto's office without looking back.
"Children who don't know how to enjoy life can still be a qualified bishop's secretary. After I step down, I can still assist Theresa well in taking over the position of archbishop..."
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"What!? Because your Anti Entropy intelligence network couldn't find the employer of those mercenaries, you directly assumed it was Schicksal's doing?"
"Listen to me, Bronie. Anti Entropy's intelligence network is still very extensive, but the biggest blind spot is on Schicksal, and Schicksal has always been conducting human experiments, so they are the most motivated to capture those children."
Welt was explaining to Bronie earnestly. The fast communicator sent by Bronie had extremely covert communication capabilities, even Schicksal couldn't detect it.
And Bronie gave the blueprint of this communicator to Anti Entropy for the purpose of their intelligence network.
Welt readily agreed, but the information provided was not what Bronie wanted.
"Since Anti Entropy thinks so, what else can I say? I hope that in the future, the information Anti Entropy provides to me won't disappoint me again. To fight against the Honkai, there are definitely more than just Anti Entropy and Schicksal. That's all I have to say."
Helpless, Bronie could only resort to using Ash Serpent, but every time she used it, it meant the risk of being discovered by World Serpent.
After hearing Bronie's words, Welt couldn't help but complain inwardly. What did Bronie know about intelligence?
Every time Bronie revealed something, it made people eager to know more.
After telling Tesla about this matter, Welt once again entered a state of indifference to matters not related to him.
Playing games first.
It was said that there were giant robots, and he didn't know if they would appear in this online game.
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