"Senior, has anyone ever told you..."
"That you are really a bit too extreme..."
Looking at the listless Kiana, Leo Ash, who had exited his Mind Like Still Water state due to excessive consumption of energy, suddenly covered his mouth and leaned against a nearby pillar.
Kiana, who had been about to complain about Leo Ash, saw that he was in an even worse state than herself and immediately swallowed her words.
"You think..."
"I wanted to..."
After dry-heaving for a few seconds, Leo Ash, with vacant eyes, slowly walked towards the stairs.
"Um, Senior..."
Seeing Leo Ash's frail state, Kiana said cautiously.
"It'll take a little time for those bad guys upstairs to catch up, you don't have to be in such a hurry."
"Forget it. It'll take time for them to come down from upstairs, but the problem is—who told you there are no enemies downstairs."
Leo Ash, quickly adjusting his condition, shouted at Kiana as he ran towards the stairs.
"If that stupid old hag can set up an ambush upstairs, she can't set up a few reserve teams downstairs?"
"Let's run while they haven't reacted yet. If there are too many people, we won't be able to get away."
"Um... Actually, we don't have to be that afraid of them, right?"
Recalling the recent encounter, Kiana, who had caught up with Leo Ash, said fiercely.
"Senior, if you're tired, you can go rest on the side. If there are only ten or twenty people, this young lady can handle them all by herself."
"Oh, Kiana, I don't doubt your strength."
Leo Ash, who was now running towards his motorcycle, said to Kiana without looking back.
"Your strength is fine for beating people up. But the problem is, Cocolia's subordinates aren't just these mercenaries."
"Actually, Hon... In short, this young lady has beaten even stronger enemies!"
"If you're talking about Honkai Beasts, I can only tell you that the forces she commands are no weaker than Honkai Beasts."
Starting his motorcycle at top speed, Leo Ash, with lifeless eyes, looked at Kiana and continued.
"You've come to the Far East, you must have seen the robot manga from here, right?"
"I have, they're pretty good."
"The giant robots in those manga exist in reality."
"..."
*Oh crap, my stinky old dad seems to have actually mentioned this.*
"And what's very awkward is that Cocolia, that stupid bitch, happens to have those kinds of robots."
At this point, Leo Ash felt there was no need to say more.
And hearing Leo Ash's words, Kiana instantly understood why he was so desperate to run.
"Get on, your crappy bike is too slow."
"Okay~"
As Kiana sat behind him, Leo Ash could feel her soft, large buns pressing against his back.
But now, completely exhausted, Leo Ash felt he was in no mood to appreciate such a pleasant sensation.
Riding the motorcycle, Leo Ash performed a perfect nigerundayo, and after speeding for a while, he finally heard that long-awaited voice.
[Tonight, you and the beautiful junior girl meet again!]
*Sigh, you're here, which means there really are no enemies around me, and I won't encounter any battles.*
[At the time of your reunion, you experienced intense physical activity, blood splattered from within your bodies, the girl screamed and nearly threw up upon your first meeting, and after the activity was over, the two of you even eloped on the spot.]
*But all talk aside, while these are all facts, do you have to use such a censored tone to describe a very normal battle as if it were some kind of pornographic film???*
[Feeling the sensation from your back, you begin to laugh secretly in your heart.]
*Laugh my ass off. I just want to give Cocolia one thousand eight hundred slaps and then smash her stupid head in.*
[Heh heh heh, as long as this situation continues, it wouldn't be a problem to play bigger next time!]
*Play bigger... Oh, right.*
Remembering something, Leo Ash, at a crossroads ahead, decided not to continue on the shortest route and immediately chose a detour.
"Eh, Senior, what's wrong?"
Seeing Leo Ash's strange move, Kiana said, a little confused.
"This road is closer, aren't we trying to shake off our pursuers?"
"It's because this road is closer that we have to go around it—if I were Cocolia, I would 100% set up an ambush on this shortest route."
"Mm, I see."
*And that's just a secondary reason.*
*Damn it, Siegfried was injured by me... okay, I should say he was injured by himself, and with my meager skills, it would have been impossible to stop his actions.*
*If I rush back along this road, I'll most likely run into Siegfried who has rested up and is coming to fight.*
*Even if Siegfried knows he can't meet K423, these two are, in a sense, connected by blood.*
*If they pass each other on the road, and she senses that the man in front of her is Siegfried, or if something cliché like 'the wind blows off Siegfried's hood' happens, I'm still screwed.*
*Just getting her out was tiring enough.*
*Why do I have to consider so many other things...*
*Damn it, Cocolia, this is all your fault.*
*If you weren't trying to cause a Herrscher to awaken, Siegfried wouldn't have come here.*
*If Siegfried hadn't come here, I wouldn't have to worry about preventing him and Kiana from meeting.*
*And on top of your previous sins...*
At this moment, Leo Ash felt the killing intent in his heart suddenly surge by an unknown amount.
*Kill...*
*Kill.*
*Kill!*
*This woman is the only one I will absolutely not let go!*
*When I get stronger, I'll definitely find a time to kill this troublemaking bitch!*
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Meanwhile. Anti-Entropy Headquarters. The Ark
Because of Cocolia, Tesla and Einstein, the two veterans of Anti-Entropy, have been swamped with work these past few days.
However, according to the intelligence feedback from Siegfried, this matter has completely spun out of their control.
Mei's state of mind is being messed with.
Siegfried wanted to contact Mei, but ended up being chased all over the place by Schicksal's people.
Cocolia and Schicksal have already begun small-scale skirmishes.
And now, if things continue to develop at this rate, it's only a matter of time before Mei awakens as the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Damn it!"
After slamming the table in front of her, the exasperated Tesla cursed at the empty air.
"That idiot Cocolia, does she have any idea what she's doing!"
"I—"
Just as Tesla was about to continue cursing Cocolia, the two suddenly heard a voice from the communicator.
"Hey, chicken-head."
Seeing Einstein on the other side seem to pause for a moment, Tesla, whose 'chanting' was interrupted, said with a look of annoyance.
"What's gone wrong now?"
"It's not that something went wrong, someone is contacting us."
"Someone? Siegfried?"
"No, not him."
At this moment, Einstein, looking at the message she had received, covered her face in despair.
"Cocolia just sent a message, saying she has 'protected' Kiana."
"She wants us to relay this to Siegfried..."
"Tell Siegfried to stop messing around from now on..."
....