Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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There are also young people like Sakura, who are outstanding in martial arts and have exceptional talent.

With the exception of a very few exceptional individuals, the entire organization mobilized to infiltrate Anti-Entropy and kill Roland—this was an extremely rare instance of consensus among the higher-ups of the Firemoth.

Unfortunately... they chose the wrong target.

"You're here? It's a little late. You guys should at least take care of me, the leader of Anti-Entropy. I'm very busy and have things to do later."

Roland sat in his office chair, and although there was no one in front of him, he still smiled and spoke.

As his voice rang out, one after another, figures of varying heights, weights, and genders began to appear in his office. These figures seemed to have nothing in common, which was perhaps why Moth Chaser customized uniform combat suits for the pupa.

"You're finally out! I've been waiting for you for so long."

Seeing these guys suddenly jump out, Roland just smiled and raised his glass to them, as if greeting a friend.

Meanwhile, the representative from the Poison Chrysalis side walked to the opposite side of Roland's desk and spoke in a specially processed, synthesized voice.

"You knew we were coming, and you even dismissed your guards... I don't know whether to call you naive or overconfident."

"All of them."

Hearing his words, Roland smiled.

"I have both the naiveté to recruit you all and the confidence in myself, so...why don't you consider changing your work environment?"

"..."

No one on the Poison Chrysalis side responded to Roland's words, and Roland didn't care; he simply continued speaking.

"Think about it, the end result for all of you will definitely not be a good one. You are assassins now, but there will be a time when you don't need assassins anymore. When that time comes, will the higher-ups of the Firemoth still tolerate you, knowing so many secrets?"

"So, having worked your way up to this point, while you still have the chance, wouldn't it be better to change jobs and increase your chances of survival?"

"And I'm being very sincere..."

As he said this, Roland first looked at the representative of the poisonous pupae.

"For example, your seriously ill mother, his disabled brother, her young sister, the huge debts he carries, the orphanage that raised her..."

Roland rattled off the secrets of these poisonous assassins as if they knew them inside and out, causing their expressions to change drastically behind their masks, and even chilling Roland's small office.

Roland, however, completely ignored all of this.

He finished speaking slowly and deliberately, and then took a sip of his wine before giving a summary.

“I’ve brought all the people who were supposed to come to Anti-Entropy, I’ve taken on all the debts that were supposed to be recorded, and I’ve transferred all the places that were supposed to be taken care of to Anti-Entropy’s territory… Hmm, I’ve been so sincere, aren’t you going to reconsider?”

The people of the poisonous pupa fell silent again.

They never expected that this group trip would ultimately result in the other side having all their weaknesses in their hands!

but...

"Leader of Anti-Entropy, I must acknowledge your methods, but I don't know if you've considered that we originally gathered together and formed a poisonous pupa because of these incriminating evidence. Now that you have all the evidence, wouldn't it be more straightforward for us to kill you, take this evidence with us, and escape?"

That's really what the representative of the poisonous pupa thought.

When Roland heard him say that, he felt a sense of boredom.

It feels a bit like playing chess with a terrible player.

After all, although the representative of the Poison Chrysalis thought he had come up with a very clever idea, some of the members of the Poison Chrysalis had something to hide and needed the protection of a powerful force, some small groups couldn't be transferred, and some became assassins to atone for their sins... They were all very strange. He had eliminated the senator who was coexisting with the Fire Moth, and it took a lot of effort to achieve this point through inside and outside cooperation. It wasn't something that could be transferred away so easily.

If he remains silent, the poisonous pupa will still be a poisonous pupa.

By saying this, he exposed his own selfish motives, which is equivalent to him helping Roland divide the people present into several groups.

Under such circumstances, even if Roland were truly weak, he was confident that he could subdue the poisonous pupa through conversation.

Eh.

These guys are still not united enough, and the representatives are too young.

How can we listen to the enemy's nonsense?

It seems that these poisonous pupa assassins usually go on missions alone. If they don't team up, each of them might be a top-notch assassin, but once they team up, their lack of teamwork becomes glaringly obvious.

This is also the fault of the fire-chasing moth.

After all, the higher-ups of the Fire Moth were divided into multiple factions, so it was impossible for the assassin organization Poison Chrysalis to stick together.

It seems that once I've captured the poisonous pupae, I'll need to make some reforms in this area.

Roland thought to himself, then shrugged, having had his fill of fun.

“Like I said, aside from being naive, I am also confident—what you said may have a premise, that is, that you can really get away from here, but the question now is, can you?”

The representative of the poisonous pupa was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously wanted to back away.

But it was only then that he realized that, without knowing when, he had completely lost his ability to move!

The other members of the poisonous pupa around them also lost their ability to move.

Some of them may have realized they shouldn't listen to Roland's nonsense, while others were thinking of taking direct action.

But the moment they stepped into the room, they had already entered the territory of Roland's Shadow Kingdom.

So the Shadow Binding was already wrapped around them, and anyone who wanted to make a move would be restrained. If Roland didn't allow it, they wouldn't even be able to open their mouths.

"Do you understand now? From the very beginning, you had no chance of success, so you had no choice from the start: either surrender or die. It's that simple."

Roland stood up as he finished speaking.

Having had his fill of fun, the smile on his face vanished, and his expression turned serious as he finished speaking.

"So, what do you want to choose?"

The moment Roland's expression turned serious, an immense pressure fell upon the shoulders of the group of poisonous pupa assassins, the terrifying force forcing them to their knees.

Roland stood among them, looking down at everyone, quietly waiting for the answer.

Roland slightly loosened the restraints on the representative of the Poison Chrysalis. He looked at the others and found that they all had their heads down, seemingly accepting the situation.

So when he saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief and then gave his answer.

"We...surrender!"

With his words, the divine contract was established, and these poisonous pupa assassins directly became Roland's followers. Then, the shadow puppets that had returned with evidence against these people emerged from the ground behind Roland and symbiotically attached a part of themselves to each of them.

Thus, the poisonous pupae were all wiped out.

Thus, the Undead Legion of the Honkai World was formed.

After explaining the problem to these guys, Roland sent someone to make arrangements for them.

With things finished here, Roland walked out of the office and glanced at the time on his watch.

"Hmm, there's still time, Fox."

With that, Roland left the Anti-Entropy headquarters and headed towards his destination.

His destination was not a Honkai outbreak point, nor the headquarters or branch of the Firemoth, nor the manor of some important person; it was just an entertainment theater.

As for the reason...

There's an Eden concert in this theater today.

....

94. Eden: Help me change my clothes

Roland rarely leaves the Anti-Entropy headquarters when he has nothing else to do.

His departure was witnessed by many members of Anti-Entropy. As they watched Roland's departing figure, they privately discussed whether something big was about to happen.

In short, they generally believed that since their leader had left in such a hurry, something must have happened.

But Roland actually went to attend Eden's concert.

This is the job he and the people from the poisonous pupae had been talking about.

And he didn't say anything wrong.

This really is a job.

“Mr. Roland, you’re a bit late.”

"Sorry, something came up at home and I was delayed, but I'm here now."

Roland scratched his head, looked at the little girl who was standing with her hands on her hips, frowning and complaining in front of him, and responded with a smile.

The young girl in front of Roland is Eden's current agent, while Eden has already taken the stage.

"There's something wrong at home, so there's nothing I can do. But is it serious? If it is, you should go back first. Anyway, it's just that I brought you here to listen to Eden's concert and see how it goes. It's not that important."

"Don't worry, if something serious had happened, I would have called you already."

As Roland said this, he walked over to the little girl in room 610 and looked at the still dark stage with her, waiting for Eden to take the stage.

"That's good... Anyway, you should watch carefully. Eden gives off a completely different vibe on stage compared to his everyday self."

Her gaze seemed to be sewn shut by the stage lights, but she was still talking to Roland.

"Don't let Eden's usual light and airy demeanor and soft voice fool you. The moment he steps onto the stage, nothing in this world will shine brighter than Eden!"

"Ah."