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Chapter 33 - Chapter 33: Are You Some Kind of Idiot?

On the other end of the line, Rita heard the sound of an explosion from Leo's side and immediately asked nervously.

"Leo, over there—"

"Oh, sis, it's nothing."

Staring at the figure that had appeared before him, Leo said softly to Rita.

"I just had a small accident over here. The bike exploded, but I'm fine."

"I'm going to chase that little cutie now. Remember to cheer for me, okay?"

"Wait—"

Before Rita could finish, Leo on the other end cut off the communication.

Although Leo didn't say it directly, how could Rita not know that he had definitely encountered an enemy?

Rita knew Leo's strength.

He had no problem beating up ordinary people, having undergone training.

But the enemy he encountered over there... if it were just some common street punks, Leo wouldn't have needed to hang up the phone.

"Lady Rita."

At this moment, the intelligence department member responsible for tracking K423 and Leo's whereabouts had a nervous look on his face as he looked at the electronic equipment in front of him.

"Just now, our electronic equipment was hacked by Anti-Entropy again."

"So our intelligence..."

"And because of this, we can no longer track the positions of Leo and K423. All we can confirm now is that he and Raiden Mei have separated."

"Ah, it's not your fault."

Seeing the nervousness on her colleagues' faces, Rita suppressed the anxiety in her heart and returned to her usual polite demeanor.

"Everyone has done their best. This kind of thing... if it can't be helped, it can't be helped."

"Lord Otto is very magnanimous, so everyone shouldn't worry too much about these things."

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces relax a bit, Rita could only force herself to calm down.

She wanted to comfort herself with the deduction that 'the Third Eruption is about to break out, Anti-Entropy has no time to deal with Leo.'

But now, Leo has already been ambushed, which means that people from Anti-Entropy must have already targeted him.

Leo, at a time like this, you must not fight them head-on.

Sigh, back then...

Why did you suddenly decide to recommend yourself for this dangerous mission?

......

At this moment, on the street, Leo stared at the man who had appeared before him, feeling a bit of a headache.

The Escape from Nagazora arc wasn't detailed at the time.

So it was normal for many of the blank spots in the details to be filled with all sorts of strange people and events...

Leo wanted to tell himself this, but recalling the events that had just happened, he felt he was still too naive.

In the Escape from Nagazora arc, other members of the Schicksal council requested the dispatch of an S-rank Valkyrie.

But this was stopped by the Far East Branch director, Theresa, who wasn't even in Nagazora City at the time. Theresa said not to panic, as A-rank Valkyrie Murata Himeko and the Hyperion were there, and she still had an ace up her sleeve.

So if we followed the original plot, Rita wouldn't even be here.

And I actually thought of using the original plot as a reference... how foolish.

"Yo, young man over here, I have a question for you."

On the street some distance from Leo, a handsome, middle-aged, one-armed, white-haired man raised a uniquely beautiful pistol in his hand and pointed it at Leo's body.

"At your age, not going home late at night, what are you planning to do, following a little girl?"

"Nonsense, I'm her senior."

At this moment, Leo, in his Mind Like Still Water state, could feel the oppressive aura coming from the other party.

It had to be said, even if Siegfried was weakened from overuse of super-variable factors, had lost an arm, and lost the second core of Judgment of Shamash, leaving him with probably less than a thousandth of his peak strength, but...

—Right now, Old Yang is at critical health, Kevin is soaking in water, and Su is peeking. Even with several debuffs, Siegfried is still one of the strongest in history.

Not to mention he's still holding a Divine Key. If Siegfried got serious, he'd probably be ridiculously strong even with his bare hands.

"A senior found his junior skipping class and wandering around late at night, and is preparing to catch her to make sure she goes to school obediently tomorrow. What's wrong with that?"

"Oh, well said."

Hearing Leo's reply, the man nodded in seeming satisfaction.

"But I'm still going to beat you up, kid."

"I'm her dad. I can't tolerate you tailing my daughter."

Looking at the tense Leo, Siegfried flexed his shoulder and put away the Judgment of Shamash.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk nonsense with you anymore."

In the next moment, a look of helplessness appeared on Siegfried's face.

"Young man, you're from Schicksal, right?"

"...You already know all this, and you're still wasting time with me here?"

Good, no killing intent.

Looks like he's not serious yet.

"Of course, as a veteran of Schicksal, I would never think that my dear juniors are all bad people."

At this moment, Siegfried looked at Leo and said in a heartfelt tone.

"But, young man, your top boss, Otto, is really not a good person."

"Following his orders is really not a good thing."

"If you're interested, you can leave Schicksal and join Anti-Entropy. At least on the Anti-Entropy side..."

At this point, Siegfried trailed off.

Originally, persuading a naive young man to rebel against his organization, while the success rate wasn't high, had at least some possibility.

However, after thinking about Cocolia's actions, Siegfried discovered an awkward fact.

He couldn't even convince himself, let alone his opponent.

"Oh, I know Lord Bishop is not a good person—in fact, most of the higher-ups in Schicksal know this."

Seeing the suddenly silent Siegfried, Leo continued.

"But the problem is, although the Lord Bishop is not a good person, most of the orders he issues while in charge of Schicksal are not problematic."

"He's a bad person at most. Now you're telling me—hey kid, give up on that bad guy and join Anti-Entropy with me."

"Anti-Entropy is about to trigger a large-scale Honkai Eruption right now. You mean, you want me to abandon the organization that protects the world and join one that is preparing to cause destruction?"

"I've long heard that Siegfried Kaslana is a strong warrior, but not very bright. Today, I finally understand—that's not a rumor, just a simple statement of fact."

"I joined Schicksal because my family was killed by the Honkai and Schicksal saved me."

"But now, you want me to abandon Schicksal, which saved me, and join an organization that is preparing to trigger a Honkai Eruption?"

"Siegfried Kaslana..."

"—Are you some kind of idiot?"

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