"She wants us to relay this to Siegfried..."
"Tell Siegfried to stop messing around from now on..."
After saying this, Einstein, who was usually very calm, felt as if all the strength had been drained from her body.
Then, she collapsed into her chair, utterly exhausted.
"Cocolia, does she have any idea what she is doing."
"What the hell? Kiana's been kidnapped???"
Upon hearing this news, Tesla froze for a second.
Then, she felt the anger in her heart multiply at least tenfold.
"Does that moronic bitch have any idea what she's doing!"
As insiders to the matter, both Tesla and Einstein knew that the current Kiana Kaslana was not the original at all.
The real Kiana had gone missing years ago.
Well, missing was the nice way of putting it.
Even though that child was the offspring of the union of the geniuses of the Kaslana and Schariac families of their generation, falling from a great height at less than ten years old, she was as good as dead no matter how you looked at it.
And the Kiana currently active in the world was the individual entity K423, whom Siegfried had rescued from Schicksal back then.
What was more troublesome was that K423 possessed a Herrscher Personality and Herrscher powers within her.
Once she was overly stimulated and the Herrscher Personality awakened, the problem would become enormous.
Mei's state of mind was currently unstable, and with the Gem of Conquest inside her, she could awaken as the Herrscher of Thunder at any moment.
And K423 had already awakened once before, taking one of Siegfried's arms in the process.
If Cocolia's actions provoked K423, then two Herrschers could appear in Nagazora City at the same time.
What a fucking joke!
Thinking of the destruction caused by the Herrscher of the Void during the Second Eruption, Tesla found that she was now at a loss for even curses.
The situation was extremely serious.
To put it bluntly, whether Cocolia lived or died was no longer important.
The millions of unfortunate souls in Nagazora City were already in imminent danger, and now K423 might be provoked by Cocolia.
If the Herrscher of Thunder truly awakened, millions would die in Nagazora City.
If K423 was provoked into awakening her Herrscher Personality, and she fought with the Herrscher of Thunder, no matter which side won, they could absorb the other's Herrscher Core to strengthen themselves.
They didn't know how difficult it would be to deal with a Herrscher with an extra core.
But remembering how Sirin, with five cores, had casually killed tens of millions by throwing meteors from the sky, both Einstein's and Tesla's hands trembled.
".....We must contact Siegfried about this. Only he, in Nagazora City, can handle this situation."
Seeing Einstein preparing to contact Siegfried, Tesla shot up from her chair.
"Dr. Tesla, are you planning to....."
"You can't still be thinking of hiding things at a time like this, can you."
With her back to her friend, Tesla clenched her fists tightly.
"You said that Nagazora City is Schicksal's territory, and if we brought Titans over, we could easily get surrounded, so you told me to be calm."
"But now, calm, calm, calm, if we keep being calm, Ryoma's daughter will be in trouble, and Siegfried's daughter will be in trouble. When two Herrschers appear in Nagazora City, if even one is handled poorly, the whole world will face a crisis!"
".....You're right."
"Right?"
Having persuaded her friend, Tesla chose to leave The Ark directly.
Every second counted now. If they were even a little slower, who knows how many more people around the world would die.
On the other side, Einstein, watching her friend depart, let out a helpless sigh and began to prepare to tell Siegfried about the matter.
Tesla was right, the situation had already reached this critical point.
Cocolia was a member of Anti-Entropy, and a crisis caused by a member of Anti-Entropy must be resolved by Anti-Entropy.
Moreover.....
Thinking of that loathsome face, Einstein felt that sometimes, being hesitant and wishy-washy was truly detrimental.
Tesla's straightforward personality, and the decision she made at this time, actually reminded her of something.
The long-unseen leader of Anti-Entropy, Welt Yang, must also be paying close attention to the movements in Nagazora City.
And on Schicksal's side, according to the information they had obtained through electronic warfare, two S-rank Valkyries were already on standby in Nagazora City.
Not only that, outside Nagazora City, the Hyperion and Schicksal's Mechanized Units from headquarters had already rendezvoused.
Under these circumstances, one could say that Schicksal had already laid a dragnet in Nagazora City, just waiting for the big fish to take the bait.
Otto was doing this on purpose.
He had the ability to stop all of this but allowed Cocolia to act recklessly.
And with an Executor of Anti-Entropy causing a Honkai Eruption, if Yang found out, he would surely not be able to sit still.
This was even an Overt Scheme.
Because Otto knew that even if Yang knew it was a trap, he would appear on this battlefield to save others.
*So Tesla and I must end this before that happens.*
*If the Titans are destroyed, so be it. We can just build more.*
*But if Yang is captured by Otto, then.....*
Thinking of this, Einstein felt she dared not think any further.
Immediately initiating communication with Siegfried, Einstein spoke as soon as he answered.
"Siegfried, here's the situation."
"Cocolia says she has kidnapped Kiana. If possible, we hope you can handle this immediately."
.......
A few minutes ago. Nagazora City
After recovering his physical condition, Siegfried immediately walked to the vicinity of the battlefield where he had fought with Leo Ash and pulled out a... from a small alley.
Well, a bicycle.
Here's what happened.
Siegfried, who had been secretly following his daughter, had already prepared a means of transportation while tailing Kiana.
But his motorcycle was blown up when he was being chased by Schicksal, so he had no choice but to switch.
And to avoid the motorcycle engine being too loud, Siegfried had even switched to a bicycle this time.
And so, the rested Siegfried began to chase after Kiana and Leo Ash on his bicycle.
Normally, with Siegfried's physical fitness, after creating some distance and without needing to worry about noise, he wouldn't have fallen too far behind Kiana and Leo Ash.
But just as he was speeding halfway...
"Huh?"
He suddenly saw a group of people appear in front of him.
It was normal to see other people on the road.
But after seeing the rocket launchers in their hands, Siegfried knew.....
—These guys were definitely here for him.
...