HCB Chapter 6: A "Fate" Quietly Deviating from Its Course
Chapter 6: A "Fate" Quietly Deviating from Its Course
Arvit was actually a conscript who was temporarily recruited.
As the captain of the Undying Blade, the strongest team in Schicksal, Bianca Durandal Atagina has an unimaginable influence on her team members—for example, their team has a habit of periodically going on a crazy training spree, then collapsing from exhaustion and recovering before going on another crazy training spree after a while.
During this period of influence, all members of the Undying Blade were either training or on missions. In order not to fall too far behind their teammates, even the B-rank Valkyrie Alvett, who was the weakest in combat, would spend a whole morning in the training room to maintain her "feel" for Honkai Beasts. After all, if she couldn't fight Honkai, what would be the difference between her and the C-rank Valkyries in charge of documents at headquarters and the D-rank Valkyries in charge of general affairs at branches?
Quite coincidentally, after training this morning, Arvit unexpectedly ran into Rita, whom she rarely saw. Out of courtesy and admiration for the captain and vice-captain, Arvit chose to go up and say hello. This also brought her an extra task: to go on a business trip to the Far East with Rita, with the mission of bringing a man back.
Although Arvit didn't understand why picking up someone required deploying a high-level combatant like Rita and bringing her along, she still came along. According to Rita, she needed a "loyal and reliable" teammate to help her in the Far East, and Arvit, with her rich experience in data processing and quick thinking, was very suitable for this operation.
To Alvit's surprise, Rita actually used the Eos in order to complete this operation quickly. This was just to get to Changkong City in the Far East as soon as possible, because it was a mission directly given by Bishop Otto and had to be completed as soon as possible.
After a short flight, the Eos arrived at its destination, Changkong City in the Far East. Now it was time for her, Arvit, to show off in front of the vice-captain!
Arvit quickly used her professional skills to identify "Sora" and easily found Officer Ayasato, who had already gone off duty. Under the officer's guidance, she arrived at the Asakura residence.
It's a huge waste of her talent to have Rita and her here, isn't it?
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Although she didn't know why Rita called Sora "Young Master," now was clearly not the time to think about that. Let's just assume Lady Rita is disguised as a maid! Having been instructed to play it by ear, Alvitt quickly chimed in.
"Young Master Qiong, we are friends of your family. They asked us to pick you up and take you to see him."
"You know me?"
Qiong's face showed a look of doubt. Why did the chief tool of Destiny and the queen of car crashes, Sister Tako, not go to eliminate the Honkai with the idiot goose, but instead go to Changkong City to find an unknown nobody like him?
"Of course, Young Master Qiong, we are your family's friends."
Rita gave a very standard and elegant smile.
"Hey young man, didn't you say you're from China? How come your family is from Europe?"
Qiong looked helplessly at Officer Aya, who was patting his shoulder. If the environment wasn't inappropriate, he really wanted to say, "It was you, old man, who brought the Valkyrie here."
"Wait a moment!"
Kiana's intuition told her that the maid in front of her, who looked particularly lewd, wasn't telling the truth.
"You claim to be sent by the Qiong family, what proof do you have?"
"Aren't we all able to call Young Master Qiong by name enough?"
"Of course not. Do you have any photos or anything else? Qiong has amnesia."
"The photos..."
Arvit's first thought was: This is bad.
Because she left in a hurry and Rita's description was vague, Alvitt didn't learn about Sora's interpersonal relationships—even if she had, she would have found it all to be a blank. At this point, she couldn't wait for Rita to speak, and she couldn't leave Rita with the impression that she was unreliable! She had to steer the conversation away from this topic.
"Haha, we're in a bit of a hurry to find someone, so I'm sorry I didn't bring a photo. Oh, right, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Yalvit, and I'm from Europe."
Alvit extended her hand to Kiana, and since one doesn't refuse a smiling face, Kiana had no choice but to shake it.
"Hello, I am Kiana Kaslana."
"Kaslana? You're from the Kaslana family?"
"Yes, what's wrong? Do you know any other people with the surname Kaslana?"
Kiana's expression changed from one of suspicion to a mixture of doubt and curiosity.
"I know a few people, but I'm not very close to them... but they all have white hair and blue eyes, just like you."
"Do you know my father, Siegfried Kaslana?"
"Lord Siegfried? You are Lord Siegfried's daughter?"
Staring at Alvito, who was entangled by Kiana, Rita felt like she was carrying a burden. In fact, if the target got mixed up with K423, then bringing any Valkyrie would be a burden...
Regardless, Rita was already looking forward to a "good show" regarding Arvit's performance evaluation and next month's salary assessment.
Having a background in espionage, she knew perfectly well that the real Kiana was Durandal, and K423 was merely a product of the "Sirin Project," a crucial link in Otto's grand plan. Now, this crucial link was entangled with another figure of arguably even greater importance, and with Alvitt added to the mix, things were getting a little complicated.
As for the female student next to her? Who is she? It doesn't matter at all.
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"Walter, what brings you to contact us all of a sudden? Did Theresa discover that you were infiltrating St. Freya?"
The red-haired, white-rimmed, bespectacled woman knew the child she had raised since childhood very well. Unless it was an emergency, Walter Yang would never contact them directly from the Far East branch of Schicksal.
"Tesla..."
Looking at his adoptive mother, future wife, and Joffrey's mother, who hadn't changed in years, Old Yang showed a nostalgic expression.
"Hey, are you stupid? I heard you suddenly fainted before. It wasn't because you stayed up all night again and your body couldn't take it anymore, was it? I've told you so many times, you bastard..."
Yes, the tone and manner of communication are nostalgic.
"Alright, Dr. Tesla, the Alliance Leader must have his reasons for contacting us. Let's get down to business first."
Liesel Albert Einstein, or Einstein, Dr. Einstein, was a close friend of Frederica Nikola Tesla, the "Lobster Doctor," and also one of the people who raised Old Yang from childhood.
"Hey, I'm talking about serious business!"
"Cough cough."
He coughed and adjusted his glasses. Walter Young was about to start showing off.
"You two, although it may sound a bit absurd, you must believe me! Soon, Raiden Ryoma will be sent to prison by the reformist Cocolia for embezzling public funds. Her daughter, Raiden Mei, has the Conqueror's Gem inside her and is destined to be the Herrscher of Thunder."
"Huh? Welt, are you serious? Since when did the Herrscher of Reason gain the ability to foresee the future?"
"Cocolia, I remember her. She has a lot of influence among the reformists. So, does the Alliance Leader want us to stop Cocolia from protecting Thunder Dragon Horse?"
Walter shook his head.
"No, Einstein. I just hope you can prepare in advance for retrieving Raiden Ryoma, and also keep an eye on Raiden Mei, but don't interfere—"
After all, Welt only wanted to change the unpleasant things, but the general direction couldn't be changed—but letting Ryoma suffer less, protecting Himeko Murata, and preventing himself from entering the Sea of Quanta to be Kevin's cellmate should be harmless, right?
"Walter, are you out of your mind...?"
Ignoring Tesla's incessant, friendly, and amiable pronouncements, which sounded like a telegraph machine, Old Yang and Einstein reached an agreement.
"In short, please trust me, and right now, the two of you are probably the only reliable executives left for Anti-Entropy."
Walter shrugged helplessly.
"That's settled then... By the way, Einstein, how is Coralie?"
Coralie Planck, she's still just Coralie Planck.
"Why are you suddenly asking this? Coralie has always been great. There's just one thing that's not so good."
Einstein sighed, a rare occurrence for him.
"She doesn't want to call me 'sister' like you did when you were little. Instead, she insists on calling me 'Mom.' I hope she can change that later."
“Things will definitely change in the future, and she will become an excellent PhD like you.”
A Valkyrie with a doctoral degree.
Old Yang chuckled. What year is it now? The genius girl Coralie is still just a little girl. But after a whole day of checking, he became more and more certain that this world was indeed his own. Except for the school doctor, Baiji, whom he might not have paid attention to, everything matched his impression.
The Herrscher of Reason, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, is reborn as the boss of the Star Core Hunter, writing scripts. Even though his body and core are only 60% compatible at the beginning, his experience has already planned how to develop the future step by step and guide everyone to cross the end again according to the original timeline. However, this time, in his plan, the loss to humanity will be much, much smaller.
How could we possibly lose this round? This time, it's a 500-year-old being facing off against a person from the future, more than ten years in the future. The advantage is on my side!