Bab 93: Chapter 93: A Transaction

Apart from stirring up significant waves within the Schicksal and Anti Entropy, the Honkai outbreak in Siberia had little impact elsewhere; things remained calm in most other places. The major Honkai outbreak in that remote area didn't inflict much damage on human civilization.

This was because the Second Herrscher, Sirin, had already destroyed almost everything that could be destroyed back in 2000, leaving little left to be destroyed to this day. At most, there were just potatoes.

Of course, the small town where Kiana used to live probably couldn't accommodate people anymore. However, after the Schicksal representatives visited, they provided some compensation as to not make their lives not much different from before, just with some minor differences in their living arrangements.

Currently, the most discussed topic online was still Bloodborne. Whether it was about how to save the little girl or how to enhance combat abilities, or discussions on armor—whether it was just a piece of paper or whether it remained strong after reinforcement—these topics were abundant.

But what delighted Bronie the most were the various ways players died. Bronie might not be able to completely remember all of Hidetaka Miyazaki's traps, but she could certainly incorporate some traps of her own, given her experience in making the Elden Ring. With some conventional traps and some more sinister ones, Bronie could easily create traps.

Of course, watching players show off also brought joy to Bronie. While Bronie was casually browsing videos, she suddenly stumbled upon something that caught her attention.

"[Newcomer Debut, like a flying flower, it's me! Elysia!]"

In the office, Bronie and her cellphone were both in shock.

Elysia debuted as a Vtuber!?

Although she was depicted as a Vtuber, the illustration looked almost identical to Elysia herself.

Now that Bronie thought about it, she realized she hadn't been in touch with Elysia for quite a long time. It couldn't be helped; she was busy making games and dealing with Honkai. Running around between the two, it was easy to forget about these.

Seeing this video, while Bronie didn't oppose Elysia's debut as a Vtuber, she still wanted to know Elysia's thoughts on the matter.

Opening the account's main page, she happened to see that Elysia was live streaming.

In the livestream, a weak hunter was facing a huge, flaming hellhound. Under Elysia's control, the hunter effortlessly walked forward, elegantly and brutally killing the hellhound.

"Seriously, being so aggressive, even I would get angry~ You noisy little dog, not cute at all!"

Well, this game was no challenge for Elysia at all, let alone for the elite players. Elysia even once messaged Bronie to ask if those traps were intentional or accidental.

Bronie replied that they were intentional and received strong protest from Elysia.

Panicked and noisy, later on, Mobius even messaged her, saying that if she didn't return to the Elysian Realm soon, Elysia would seriously affect the progress of her experiments.

But Bronie speculated that although Elysia was causing a disturbance, Mobius probably wanted to study her body.

As for Vill-V, she might really be preparing some malicious maze for herself.

And then fill it with highly intelligent dogs, predict her movements in advance through Su's Wheel of Karma, and then bite her.

It seemed that Yharnam's dogs had left a very deep impression on Vill-V.

"Bronya didn't expect that Bronie would have this hobby. I heard that Vtubers are becoming popular recently, and they're making a lot of money. So, is all this because of Bronie promoting it?"

"It's not! I just saw someone I knew become a Vtuber, so I went to take a look! Look, it's Elysia."

"Sister Elysia?"

Bronya tilted her small head and saw the paper-like figure on Bronie's screen.

It couldn't be said that they were completely unrelated; they were almost identical. But if she remembered correctly, Elysia was actually a memory replica, right?

And she was still in a digitalized state.

This shocked Bronya.

"So, even a digital memory organism can do this kind of thing?"

"So I think that digital lifeforms aren't a person's tombstone, but rather the continuation of that person's life, another possibility. Even Su, Kevin, and Hua are the same."

That's how Bronie saw it. Naturally, when she took everyone out of the Elysian Realm, including the Flame Chasers who still existed in real life, Bronie would still release them.

Because Bronie felt it would be interesting like that.

Of course, if they don't want to leave, Bronie won't insist.

After stealing the data from Otto, Bronie sent it all to Vill-V in one go.

Seeing all the research materials related to resurrection, Vill-V couldn't help but comment on what the Archbishop of Schicksal's mind was filled with.

And this was coming from The Expert Vill-V; one can only imagine how insane the information stored in the Void Archives next to Otto must be.

But Vill-V also noted that using Soulium to carry one's consciousness contained a considerable amount of technical expertise.

In a way, Otto deserved praise for breaking free from the constraints of lifespan with Soulium. Among the elite, only Mobius could achieve this. But now Mobius was just a digital memory entity, seeking infinite life but losing her physical form.

Well, the problem wasn't that big. Reportedly, the core of the Herrschers in this era could send their consciousness into the core and resurrect themselves. Otto had also researched this aspect. Maybe in the future, he could regain his physical body?

However, the data integration was still ongoing. To create Soulium bodies for everyone to leave from the Elysian Realm, there weren't enough resources available at the moment.

So, it was time to use Bronie's and the resources of the World Serpent under Ash Snake's command.

The World Serpent lurked around the world, holding resources that were not inferior to those of Schicksal and Entropy.

However, mobilizing them was more troublesome.

If a large amount of rare resources disappeared, Schicksal could easily trace it back to the World Serpent.

And Ash Serpent mentioned that recently, for some reason, Jackal had been moving her entire laboratory to other places, even considering relocating to Antarctica. So, the World Serpent's resources were also running low, leaving only Bronie's side.

But investing the money earned from selling games into research was just a drop in the bucket.

So, the progress of the experiments was slow. Without materials, the Elysian Realm's plans had entered a very awkward stage.

Of course, Bronie wouldn't give up on funding, but she would just have to make more games.

Researching these things, especially the resurrection of the dead, was undoubtedly a major project. Expert Vill-V said not to rush, but Magician Vill-V suggested frequent visits.

Bronie could imagine herself being forced into a dirty dungeon and being intimately hugged with by the Headwasher inside Bloodborne.

Closing Elysia's livestream, Bronie felt that as long as Elysia was happy, there was nothing more to say.

Even if Grey Serpent found out, would he dare to challenge her?

When Kevin coughed in the Elysian Realm, Grey Serpent would surely tremble a bit.

"Bronya went for combat training. Today, Sin made progress in marksmanship. Bronya can't let her surpass Bronya"

"Why do you think so?"

"Because she's getting close to Seele and might transmit some bad ideas. Bronie doesn't want to see Seele wearing short shorts all day, swearing and fighting, right?"

Disappear among the sea of butterflies, illusion of the past!

That kind of feeling, perhaps?

Hmm...

"I won't mind how you change!"

"Okay!"

Even though Bronie said so, Bronya still left the office.

But it was true that Bronya had a stronger sense of competitiveness than most children. After seeing Sin catching up, she started to improve again.

And Sin.

Sin just wanted to show off in front of her sister, nothing else. Maybe after becoming stronger, she would find a way to defeat herself and get back her righteous pants instead of wearing skirts all the time?

Come on, skirts are super cute!

"Oh, going out for a walk?"

Lost in thought, Bronie came to the kitchen and opened the fridge to grab a bottle of Coke. She happened to encounter Seele's arrival.

Bronie recognized her at a glance. The Seele in front of her was not the same as before, but rather the Stigmata consciousness inside Seele.

"Well, thanks to you, Seele isn't afraid of me anymore, but she's a bit chatty sometimes."

"Isn't she afraid of you being lonely? Want something to drink? How about a spicy soda?"

"Huh? What's that?"

"I think you might like it, so I bought it in advance. Give it a try."

Black Seele took the drink handed over by Bronie with some skepticism and took a sip.

The spicy taste assaulted her tongue, followed by the stimulation of the carbonated beverage, enhancing the spiciness.

Her face turned red, and her tender tongue experienced an unprecedented stimulation.

For White Seele, it might be too much.

But for Black Seele, this was explosively satisfying!

"It seems you're getting along well with the other Seele. Seeing you getting along harmoniously, I feel relieved. Of course, if you want to separate temporarily or want a new body, you can always go to Mobius. Project Stigma was devised by her, and she surely understands your current condition."

"Can... can we separate!?"

Black Seele had never thought about separating, as she considered herself and the other Seele to be two sides of the same coin.

"Is it because you want more freedom? I know a little kid named Kiana who is similar to you in her body. But her other self claims to be Sirin. She has a bad temper, always thinking about destroying humans and the world, unlike you, who are so cute and comforting."

Bronie urgently needed insights from split personality patients about their interactions with their other selves, to understand what they were thinking. Seele might be a good reference?

"No, I have no intention of leaving Seele. Since separation is possible, I'll need to be on guard against the possibility of being separated. Seele is a crybaby, and many things can't be done without me. It's hard to let go."

Look, that's the difference.

"But... that guy, is she really that Sirin?"

Black Seele wanted to confirm again.

"No, the mechanism of Herrscher Core Resurrection is definitely not like this. After all, there are precedents. Memory inheritance, personality inheritance, all of these are absolutely complete."

Hearing Bronie say this, Black Seele probably understood that there must be something wrong with that Herrscher Core.

"In that case, the root of the problem must lie with the Herrscher Core."

"Maybe, perhaps Kiana will come over sometime, and then Sirin will definitely hide. But to avoid affecting Seele, I might need you to help me with something."

"Huh? Let me deal with a Herrscher? Are you out of your mind?"

Knowing the memories in Seele's mind, Black Seele found Bronie's proposal absurd.

How could that be possible?

"I'll teach you some consciousness-based combat techniques. When Aponia and Hua teach you more, and with Dr. Su, if you learn quickly, dealing with the Herrscher of Sentience shouldn't be a problem. The key is whether you want to do it or not."

Black Seele fell silent for a moment.

This might be a trade, a somewhat unfair trade.

"So if I learn that move, can I prevent Seele and I from being separated?"

What a clingy child. Maybe she was very uneasy. The bond between her and Seele ran deep, and once she left, she would face too many unknowns.

So Bronie nodded.

"To some extent, yes, and I can take you to see Mobius to help you understand what the Stigmata is and how it will help you. This will definitely be beneficial to you."

Black Seele extended her hand.

"Then do we have a deal?"

"Yes, we have a deal, but if anything unexpected happens during contact with Sirin, prioritize your safety and don't be reckless."

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Bab 94: Chapter 94: Bronya Misappropriates Funds to Make Her First Fortune

When Kiana woke up again, she found that the surroundings had already changed. She felt exhausted all over, as if every cell in her muscles had been torn apart and then glued back together. It wasn't a pleasant feeling.

Subsequently, as Kiana woke up, she instinctively looked for Siegfried, only to see him picking something out of his arm with a dagger, alone. Each movement seemed to be accompanied by immense pain.

"Dad..."

Kiana, her mouth dry, tried to speak, but no sound came out.

Siegfried, sharp as ever, noticed Kiana's movement and quickly came to her side.

"Kiana! It's good that you're okay. Is there anywhere uncomfortable? Do you hear anyone speaking in your head? Do you remember anything?"

"...Water."

"Okay."

With that, Siegfried opened a bottle of spring water and fed it to Kiana. The cold sensation instantly made Kiana feel much more awake, although weak.

Looking around, she saw an environment resembling a cave.

"Dad, are we so poor now that we have to live in a cave? But I remember, wasn't I out to..."

Die from getting beaten by a Honkai Beast.

Although occasionally accompanying Siegfried on hunts for Honkai Beasts, Kiana never expected them to be so powerful. Normally, they could easily penetrate armor with a shot or be dealt with by a couple of kicks, but this time, no matter how they attacked, they couldn't break through the armor!

"We aren't poor. Just a few other things happened, the Honkai Beast has been dealt with, now let's focus on healing."

"...Okay."

Feeling guilty for causing trouble, Kiana couldn't remember how she got beaten like that. Especially her buttocks, as if someone had spanked her!

Fortunately, with the strong genes of the Kaslana family, Siegfried quickly recovered, and Kiana felt that she was fine too.

A night of huddling in a cave, they spent the time in each other's arms.

Then Siegfried disappeared.

Leaving behind a cellphone, a bank card, some of her own clothes, and daily necessities, Siegfried vanished into the cave.

Initially, Kiana thought Siegfried had gone out to hunt Honkai Beasts again, or maybe he went out to buy food.

But when she checked the bank card, Kiana found a small note attached to it.

It said she would have to live alone for a while and that he wouldn't be back for a long time. He was going alone to investigate the truth of the Honkai.

This, this was too despicable!

Now being left alone, Kiana didn't know what to do for a moment.

After not finding Siegfried in the nearest town, Kiana suddenly thought of Bronie's contact information.

Bronie, with her vast connections, would surely know how to find Siegfried. So the first thing she did after opening her phone was to contact Bronie.

"Sister Bronie~"

"Oh? Kiana, you're calling me so sweetly today, is there something you want to ask me for help with?"

Bronie didn't expect to hear Kiana's voice again, thinking she wouldn't be able to contact her for a while.

But Kiana was quite clever, instantly thinking of finding her first and then using her to find Siegfried.

"Well, Dad left me alone and ran away! He didn't even leave a way to contact him!"

Kiana's voice sounded very anxious, as if she had suffered a great injustice, as if she had done something wrong that led to Siegfried leaving.

Although Siegfried said he was going alone to investigate the truth of the Honkai, Kiana always felt it was a lie.

The unique intuition of the Kaslana family came in handy at this critical moment.

"Don't, don't cry, but if Siegfried leaves without a word, can't you even contact him?"

"Yes..."

"Sigh... I'll try to help you find Siegfried, do you know how to catch a ride? Why don't you come over to my place for a while, the orphanage isn't too far from your house, living alone is always difficult, if you come over, at least you'll have company."

Bronie's suggestion made Kiana somewhat tempted.

That stinky old man just left her directly, without even caring for her. It might be better to go to Sister Bronie's place temporarily.

After all, there were no clues about her Dad now, rather than being like a headless fly looking for him, it would be better to look for someone related to Siegfried.

And Bronie was obviously a target.

"Well, I'll come over, that stinky old man doesn't know where he's gone, but I'll definitely find him!"

The determined girl made up her mind, and Bronie didn't want to discourage her.

To be honest, if she want to find Siegfried, she probably need to use the power of the Ash Serpent.

Siegfried is definitely not one to stay put, with the help of Anti Entropy, he'll be running around the world.

Then Kiana's days will be tough.

Although she's not short of money, going to unfamiliar places alone, where the language may not be understood, is still unsettling.

Elysia used to wander the world alone, but she couldn't let Kiana go down that path, could she?

If Elysia knew about this, she would probably come to Bronie every day to make a fuss, wanting to know Kiana's whereabouts, and she wouldn't have much time to play games.

It might be better to let Kiana come over, or have Elysia regularly contact Kiana herself.

But Kiana's phone currently doesn't support communication with the Elysian Realm, so Bronie needs to make some minor modifications.

As for Siegfried?

He ran away with the modified computer. When Bronie investigated, Siegfried smashed the computer directly, so there's no way to contact him.

How should she put it, he probably sees Bronie as the bad guy?

In order to avoid being found out, he used such a brutal method to evade tracking, showing that Siegfried is quite determined.

"So is Kiana really coming over?"

Seele watched from the side. Originally, Seele, who was usually naive, pushed Black Seele to Bronie as soon as she heard it was about Kiana.

Black Seele was also helpless, so she watched as Bronie hung up the phone, preparing to hear what instructions Bronie had.

"Yeah, she's indeed planning to come over. In any case, get along well, protect yourself, and if it's not working out, bring Sirin out to play games together, maybe some competitive ones, like fighting games, or cooperative ones."

"You've made fighting games?"

"Oh, come on, do you really have to play the games I make? There are so many games on the market, isn't there something fun enough for you? If you're short on cash, just come to me directly, no need to worry about funds at all!"

With that, Bronie directly took out a bank card, with the PIN attached to it.

"Um, aren't you afraid I'll get frustrated and suddenly stop playing?"

"Well... there is that possibility, but it's okay as long as you and Sirin are playing, I'll definitely be there."

"Alright, alright, for Seele's sake, and for the sake of this world, I'll reluctantly help you a bit!" Black Seele shrugged helplessly, taking the bank card handed by Bronie, complaining that she was annoyed, but without any intention of refusing.

The tsundere atmosphere has left the scene!

But this kind of Seele is still quite cute.

"Ugh, that smile of yours is so annoying, I'm outta here!"

With that, Black Seele shyly fled the office, closing the door behind her.

Bronya who stood by near the door felt like she had just heard something extraordinary.

"Congratulations, Bronya, you've finally realized that your little sister Seele is actually two people, although she hasn't been hiding it lately, most people haven't noticed yet."

"Well... Seele has become two, and the Herrscher is coming back. Isn't Bronie worried that the Herrscher will destroy the world? Clearly, the last civilization collapsed before the Herrscher's wrath"

"It's not about being arrogant, but leaving Kiana to wander alone might actually pose a threat to the world. And the fact that Herrscher fights for humanity isn't unique, so I'm willing to believe that Kiana can overcome these difficulties."

"It seems that Bronya needs to take care of security and protect everyone in the orphanage. When will Bronie be able to give me a giant robot?"

"I'm working on it, I'm working on it! *mumble*"

Bronya knew that when players urged her to make a new game in the internet, Bronie's automatic response was always like this.

But then there was no news about the game, and then other games came out.

In short, this kind of response sounded insincere, and of course, Bronya knew that Bronie was not that kind of person, but it still sounded very unpleasant.

"Bronya is considering buying Bronie's company through stock manipulation. Does that mean Bronie will be working for Bronya?"

"My company is not listed, and I have no plans make it go public, so your evil plan couldn't be implemented from the beginning!"

"Well... Bronya acquired an electronics factory. Can Bronie make games for Bronya's electronics factory?"

Well, this did surprise Bronie a bit.

"An electronics factory? Are you serious?"

Bronie felt a bit incredulous.

"Approaching Bronie's dream, Bronya can understand Bronie from a clearer perspective, and Bronya wants to approach Bronie from different angles."

So...

"When did you start planning?"

"Um... probably from when Bronie left the orphanage, and then when the outside world was having a Honkai Outbreak and everyone in the orphanage temporarily hid in the shelter, Bronie left computers and playground facilities inside the shelter to keep everyone from getting bored. Probably only silly little Rosalia would be completely attracted to the bumper cars. As for startup funds, it was the emergency funds Bronie left in the shelter."

Indeed, Bronya is a genius!

"Bronya has already payed the starting capital back into the bank card. Will Bronie blame Bronya?"

Bronie just shook her head and then patted Bronie's little head.

"The financial industry is really uncertain, many things are imaginary, and many things are quite dangerous, but I've prepared emergency bank cards for each of you. Probably the other kids haven't noticed yet, and there's really no need to save the money in the shelter. Money is something that is only needed in the worst-case scenario, Bronya has so much confidence in me, so since you've made money, you can use it as you wish."

But an electronics factory, Bronya is really bold.

"So does Bronie support Bronya in making game consoles?"

"Making game consoles is not simple, and designing from scratch involves many patents of players, but I have an idea here that you should be interested in. When the time comes, you can transplant all the games like Kirby and Mario onto it! It's impossible to compete with Schicksal and AE in terms of performance after all."

Schicksal and Anti Entropy, two organizations with advanced technology, if she decided to mess with their side jobs, they'll really feel too uncomfortable.

Console games and the like, will definitely be squeezed to death by both of them if she touches it even a little bit.

"So Bronya plans to take a different approach, like a smaller game console that can be held in hand at any time and played anywhere, equipped with a display screen, with strong differentiation from smartphones."

"It seems you know how to get around their advantages. Indeed as you said, game consoles need to have distinctive features, portable, to attract players through these advantages, of course, there is also the need for sufficiently outstanding games. Bronya, you really are a little troublemaker!"

Using her indulgence towards everyone, Bronya is sure that Bronie will definitely make big games for her game console to attract players.

"Bronya can give Bronie a share, and even give her original shares!"

Seeing that her plan was discovered by Bronie, Bronie also mischievously winked.

Wink~

"Really, I used to have the idea of making game consoles too, but I was worried that technological development was too rapid and accidentally accelerated the development of Honkai. But for a game console, let's first consult Mr. Welt."

The highest-end graphics card on the market today is equivalent to the 10 series graphics cards in Bronie's previous life, and it still struggles a bit against the Elden Ring.

Do you know what kind of configuration is needed to run an ns emulator on a computer?

At least it requires a 1060 graphics card, and the memory needs to be above 6GB!

So Bronie is worried that making such a handheld console might be too advanced.

So Bronie sent her estimated configuration to Mr. Welt.

[Haxxor Bunny: Welt, if I use this configuration to make a game console for release, will it stimulate Honkai?]

[In the Name of the World: With this configuration, are you sure you're making a game console and not a phone? Forget it, today's Schicksal's game console configuration is more than five times yours, your game console will definitely be a loss. ]

It seems that Bronya's provided configuration is still a bit conservative?

[Haxxor Bunny: Thank you, but the game console still needs to be made, and I'll definitely give the world a surprise! Games, as long as they're interesting enough, countless players will pay for them. I believe in my abilities.]

With that, Bronie ended the communication, leaving Welt bewildered.

Although Bronie said a lot of professional terms, but if a Herrscher of Reason couldn't understand those, what's the point of being a Herrscher of Reason?

You also need a good CPU to materialize Titans, right?

And what Bronie made indeed seemed a bit conservative, it seems that Bronie is very restrained from stimulating Honkai.

Although not very understanding, Welt was greatly shocked.

But Haxxor Bunny never disappoints in making games, and she also has a similar ability to himself, so making a game console shouldn't be a problem.

But just making it won't quickly capture the market, even if you make some powerful games, the sales that can be driven are still limited.

After all, if you can't produce a large number of exclusive games, and they're super high-quality content, you won't make players pay.

He just doesn't know how Haxxor Bunny should break through this dilemma.

As long as it's interesting enough?

Different people have different definitions of interesting, and making all players feel the same level of interest in a game is a very difficult thing to do.

Can Bronie do it?

Welt began to itch.