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Is Bronya dreaming?
She took a step back in disbelief, instinctively pinching her thigh. The sharp pain from the forceful pinch made the girl's usually expressionless face contort, finally confirming that this wasn't a dream.
He was in reality, but what was in front of him... seemed to be Seele, whom he had been longing for.
strangeness?
Why does Bronya, who's filling in for her, seem a little agitated...? With her delicate ability to sense other people's emotions, Seele looked at Bronya with some confusion and bewilderment.
"What's wrong, Bronya?"
Miss Blue Wendy raised her hand and waved it in front of the other person, which puzzled her.
—Although she was Bronya filling in for her, due to the necessity of being at the Salt Lake Base, she still kept the most familiar name for 'Bluebird Duck'.
"...It's alright, Bronya is alright."
"..."
Upon hearing this familiar self-address, Miss Blue Wendy raised an eyebrow and scrutinized Bronya from head to toe.
This feels like the real 'Bronya'! But... it always feels like something's missing.
Recalling the previous 'Bluebird Duck', Seele, who could clearly analyze that the one in front of her was definitely not a 'Bluebird Duck', suddenly had a bold idea—
Could this person in front of me also be filling in for Bronya?!
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Miss Blue Wendy's cheeks puffed out, and she felt a surge of unease.
Why does Bronya always seem to have someone else fill in for her? And it's always a girl she doesn't even know... Just how many girls has Bronya been messing with while she's not around?
This time, another substitute, 'Bronya', has arrived who looks just like her... Damn it, if it's just a substitute, Seele could do it too!
Although she was very dissatisfied, Seele had already labeled the 'substitute' in front of her as a 'high-quality imitation Bronya'.
"Did Bronya just get up?"
Although she was very unhappy about the unknown girl frequently "entering and exiting" Bronya's body, she didn't expose her, perhaps because the Bronya in front of her was a good imitation and Seele had a good impression of her.
...Revealing her was no problem, but looking at the 'high-quality imitation' Bronya in front of her, Seele suddenly became interested and wanted to see just how high-quality this imitation of 'Bronya' could be.
"Uh...yes." Seeing Seele was very exciting, and of course there were many things she wanted to say and many things she wanted to ask, but after being asked this question and thinking about the many mysteries at hand, Duck suddenly had some doubts.
For example, is the Seele in front of me really the Seele I know?
And what exactly is going on now? Bronya, who had questions about all of this, decided after careful consideration to temporarily adapt to the situation and figure things out first.
"Let's go to the cafeteria together then."
"Okay."
Although she had doubts about Seele's authenticity, Bronya would never refuse to eat with Seele.
Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Seele ordered a breakfast that looked brightly colored and intimidating.
(My other self, is eating this for breakfast really okay?)
(Tch~ I rarely get to come out, can't I even eat something I like?)
(All right...)
At Black Seele's request, Seele relinquished control of her body, allowing the former to enjoy breakfast.
Upon seeing this daunting breakfast, Bronya fell into a brief silence.
Although in her memory, Seele sometimes liked spicy food, which wasn't strange, it still affected Duck, who already had some doubts about Seele's authenticity.
Bronya remembers that Seele didn't used to like eating such spicy food.
(Heh, it does look quite similar.)
(that...)
(Don't worry about it, let me handle it!)
Black Seele held onto the body with considerable displeasure—unlike Seele, she had no liking for this kind of 'substitute' 'imposter'.
"Eh—is that so? But Seele used to love eating these." Trying hard to imitate Seele, Black Seele said rather strangely, "Sister Bronya, you must have remembered wrong, right?"
"Uh..."
Bronya wanted to retort, but looking at Seele's innocent face, she swallowed her words.
(You little brat, trying to mess with me!)
Enjoy your breakfast in peace and quiet.
“Bronya, shall we go to the training grounds together?” Seele suggested.
Settled in the Salt Lake Base, her main routine consisted of reading and learning about combat. Although it was somewhat different from what she learned on Schicksal, Anti-Entropy also had such things.
It might not be as good as the Destiny Headquarters, but it's definitely better than St. Freya Academy.
After all, while Anti-Entropy does indeed champion beauty, neither Tesla nor Einstein, as the frontline fighters against Honkai, could agree with St. Freya's overly... uh, idealistic dogmatic principles.
"Okay."
Bronya spoke with considerable confidence when discussing this.
She learned quite a bit in Paradise... Sigh... Bronya's game.
They are proud of what they have learned in this paradise, but also feel reluctant to part with the games that have left.
In the training ground, Zhan Jifeng even had a rudimentary understanding of the power of the Herrscher of Reason.
Duck was very satisfied with this.
Compared to before entering Paradise, when using Herrscher powers could even backfire, after mastering the Void Sword Qi and undergoing a rather arduous 'heart-refining' journey, she felt that she had grown noticeably compared to before.
However, this performance did not escape Seele's notice—
(It really was a fake!)
Black Seele was quite certain.
(Eh...uh...)
Seele hesitated; she felt a little guilty, but...
(The real older sister is much better than her.)
Black Seele's words were the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Even Seele had to admit that compared to the 'real Bronya' she had seen before, this 'high-quality imitation' was simply a 'clumsy imitation'—at least in terms of combat.
Recalling Bronya's mighty display in the Sea of Quanta, Seele shook her head as she looked at the fake Herrscher of Reason, the high-imitation Bronya, dressed in a cake dress.
At that moment, Einstein's image and voice appeared on the other end of the communicator—
"Bronya, Seele, come to the central control room."
A moment later, Walter, Einstein, and Tesla could be seen in the central control room.
Bronya's expression turned serious. From her brief interactions with Seele, she already knew that she was in Anti-Entropy's Salt Lake Base.
Based on what she knew about these three people, and at least from their expressions, Ya Ya must have experienced something big.
And that is indeed the case—
Einstein, still looking like he'd died from overwork, with dark circles under his eyes, said rather seriously:
"Our informant at Schicksal has received intelligence that Dr. Magee of Schicksal, under the instigation of a certain force, plans to flee to the British Isles."
"Dr. Marge?"
"According to intelligence, he was originally an expert in researching artificial Stigmata, and later he took charge of Schicksal's 'Artificial Herrscher' project. Wendy's 'Gem of Desire' was one of the projects he led."
"Currently, he appears to be leading an experiment on the artificial Herrscher of the 'Tranquil Gem'."
"...Is there any connection?" Bronya was completely confused.
While Einstein found it somewhat strange, he only realized it was due to incomplete information that his 'Herrscher of Truth' was behaving this way.
"Based on the intelligence we have received, he is very likely to have escaped with the Tranquility Gem."
"As for that other force... although we haven't obtained any useful information, based on what you said before, we have reason to suspect that it is the World Serpent's scheme in this matter."
Although some things were not fully revealed, Jiang Qiao did inform Anti-Entropy of the existence of the World Serpent, its purpose, and some of its methods.
To this end, Reverse Entropy also conducted an internal review.
Fortunately, most of the World Serpent's hidden forces within Anti-Entropy were planted within Cocolia's radical faction, which meant that Anti-Entropy had already filtered out some of Cocolia's remaining forces during its previous purge.
I?
Bronya looked puzzled.
Before she could think too much, Walter said quite seriously:
“Bronya, we hope you will make a trip to the British Isles to bring back Dr. Tranquility from Dr. Maki’s possession, and, if necessary, stop the World Serpent’s scheme.”
With Jiang Qiao's intelligence, Anti-Entropy's division of the World Serpents became very clear—as long as the World Serpents still wanted to implement the Stigmata Project, they would definitely be hostile.
Europe is a major region where the power of the Destiny is located. Because of its proximity to the Destiny headquarters, it is extremely dangerous for Anti-Entropy, which is currently hostile to the Destiny, so it is impossible to send any large warships there.
To prevent any problems with the Tranquility Gem from causing unforeseen disasters or the World Serpent from engaging in dangerous activities, they would need a sufficiently powerful force to annihilate any potential dangers.