"It… it really healed."
Bronya stood in the ruined street, moving her legs, a sensation she hadn't felt in a long time.
She also felt joy, and a few tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. Was this the feeling of tears of joy?
She had been without emotions for nearly half a year, and Bronya had long since gotten used to it. Moreover, ever since she lost Seele, she hadn't thought she could open up to others, but she hadn't expected…
"What's wrong? Does it still hurt somewhere?"
Raiden Mei asked with some concern when she saw tears in Bronya's eyes.
"No, Bronya, these are tears of joy. Thank you, Big Sister Mei."
Bronya wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand and replied.
"That's good. It's my first time performing such a detailed treatment, and I was worried it wouldn't heal properly."
"Why was Bronya here alone? And why did you attack us just now?"
Mei relaxed after that, then remembered what had just happened.
"Bronya doesn't know. Bronya woke up and was already a cat."
Although regaining emotions made Bronya a little unaccustomed, she still made good use of her experience of losing emotions to conceal her true thoughts. Perhaps she couldn't hide anything from some old foxes, but it was completely enough to deceive Mei and Kiana.
As for Takatsuki?
Sorry, he knew Bronya's origin, identity, and purpose from the start.
Bronya also secretly observed Takatsuki. In just a few minutes, she had figured out the hierarchy within this small three-person team.
Takatsuki was the backbone of the two, and he would respect Mei's wishes, while Kiana was the lowest-ranked enforcer.
So Bronya instantly formulated a plan: to gain sympathy from Mei, then persuade Takatsuki to let her join the three-person team.
But what she didn't expect was that Mei's first reaction after Bronya's answer wasn't anything else, but to look at Takatsuki.
"Then bring her along. The chip in her brain has been destroyed, so she won't be controlled."
Takatsuki also spoke evasively. It was a joke; how could he push away one of the big three?
So smoothly?
Bronya even wondered if there was some conspiracy involved, but after Takatsuki spoke, the others also lowered their guard against her; it didn't seem like it.
"So, does Bronya want to escape with us, or is there someone you need to rescue?"
Mei happily hugged the still-suspicious Bronya, which made Kiana a little jealous. She scurried over and hugged Mei, "Mei, don't be so biased, hug me too."
So what's going on? You guys are too trusting.
Bronya was thus inexplicably brought into the three-person team, and Takatsuki successfully gathered the big three.
At the same time, he received feedback from the system.
[Detected protagonist group gathered, main quest now unlocked]
[Daily quests suspended during main quest, temporary dungeon closure]
[Main Quest One: Escape Changkong City with the big three. Reward: 100 Crystals]
[Main Quest Two: Join St. Freya Academy. Reward: 100 Crystals]
[Main Quest Three: Establish a base with the big three at St. Freya Academy. Reward determined by base completion: 50~1000 Crystals]
Takatsuki had been wondering earlier why he hadn't seen any quests when he returned today. Turns out they were waiting for him.
While Takatsuki was studying the system quests, Bronya's universe was completely refreshed.
To get closer to Raiden Mei, she used a method of pouting at Mei, which aroused Kiana's displeasure and Mei's closeness, and learned what the power that had just been displayed before her was.
Hamon?
Stand?
What are these things?
She had never heard of these things.
"Your giant mecha, isn't that a Stand? I clearly saw it appear suddenly."
"Project Bunny 19C isn't… wait, where's Bronya's Project Bunny 19C?"
Bronya had forgotten about her Project Bunny 19C due to the series of shocks. Hearing her words, Kiana gave an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, I forgot just now. Here you go."
Kiana took a mechanical bunny from her pocket and placed it in Bronya's hand.
Bronya tilted her head and looked at Kiana expressionlessly, "Idiot Kiana, although Project Bunny 19C is called a bunny, it's not a rabbit."
"You're the idiot! I told you this is your Project Bunny 19C, it just got turned into a rabbit."
Bronya thought for a long time but couldn't imagine what power could do such a thing, but then she remembered herself turning into a cat: "Then how do I change it back?"
"Oh, that, you'll have to find Takatsuki. The Monkey Talisman is in his hands."
Monkey Talisman…
Bronya secretly noted this term and looked at Mei.
Although Mei felt it wasn't good to expose it directly, since Kiana had already said it, there was no point in hiding it: "Only Takatsuki can restore it."
Takatsuki was still researching the locked-down instance system and new missions, calculating how to complete Mission Three with such a high completion rate, when he suddenly noticed a little figure appear beside him.
"That, please help Bronya restore Project Bunny 19C, it's Bronya's best companion."
Oh, Project Bunny 19C hadn't recovered yet.
Takatsuki didn't say much, he simply placed his hand on the mechanical bunny. With a flash of light, Project Bunny 19C returned to its original state. Looking at Project Bunny 19C, Takatsuki suddenly thought of something and casually said, "Oh, your Project Bunny 19C seems to be related to the Sea of Quanta, it's quite impressive."
"Sea of Quanta? What's that?"
Bronya's heart stirred when she heard Takatsuki's words, but before she could say anything, Kiana's curious voice came over.
"That, ah, is an existence outside of the world. Although it's called a sea, that's just to describe its boundlessness. How should I put it? Let's say, for example, our world is this Earth we are on, then the Sea of Quanta is the universe, and in the universe, there are countless other planets."
"And breaking through the atmosphere to reach other planets is equivalent to traversing the Sea of Quanta to reach another world."
Kiana listened, confused: "That's so strange, did we traverse the Sea of Quanta when we went there before?"
The Jojo world?
Takatsuki thought for a moment: "Not really, because that world isn't within the Sea of Quanta. You can think of the worlds within the Sea of Quanta as parallel worlds. If there's an opportunity, I'll take you to see them, then you'll understand. Maybe you'll even meet your parallel self."
"Parallel worlds! I want to go! I want to go!"
Leaving aside the excited Kiana, Bronya on the side felt her universe shattered once again. Someone actually claimed to be able to freely traverse the Sea of Quanta to reach other worlds!?
And it seemed they weren't going to other worlds for the first time.