Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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“Pado, I know your level—in terms of combat, your fighting ability is indeed not strong, but your special ability is still very useful and has a lot of room for tactical application.”

"Besides, think about it. You're mixed up with other combat units. They're not weak either, but can you feel as safe as you do when you're with Qianjie and the others?"

"If you stay in a team like this, you probably won't even need to fight normally. Isn't that more reassuring?"

Hearing Roland say this, Pado thought about it and felt that it made sense, so she had no objection. However, Aponia had some questions about a few of the members.

“Roland, I have no objection to the others, but Eden, Mebius, and Su... are the first two really okay? And Su didn’t even become a fusion warrior. Can I ask the reason for including the three of them in the elite force?”

"of course can."

Roland answered casually.

“Eden and Mebius, they are indeed not combatants, but the Honkai Beast factors that they fused with in the Sea of ​​Life are quite extraordinary.”

"The Honkai Beast factor that Eden was matched with is a big one. Although it is not a combat type, if Eden uses some special tactics, she should be able to grasp her own rhythm. Trust her, she is definitely not weak."

"Mebius, on the other hand, directly chose Shesa."

“Mebius is not that simple. Now that she has fused with Shesa’s factors, she should be very difficult to kill—or rather, she can usually be resurrected even if she dies.”

Paddo and Aponia were both somewhat surprised to hear that Eden and Mebius had become the Honkai Beast Factors used by the Fusion Warriors.

Especially Möbius...

After all, in the safest way to become a Fusion Warrior, one must fuse with a Honkai Beast Factor that matches oneself.

It was surprising that Eden was matched with a powerful Honkai Beast, but Mebius chose Shesa...

hiss--

Could it be that Dr. Mebius was conducting one of those fusion warrior experiments with an extremely high mortality rate?

Roland offered no explanation, simply smiling as he continued speaking.

"The two of them are like that, while Su has shown a very rare adaptability to mental Honkai Beast factors. His inclusion in the elite force is just a pre-arranged plan, because the mental Honkai Beast factors we currently possess are too few and too weak. Once the Great Honkai advances a few more times and we have suitable Honkai Beast factors, then I believe Su has a promising future."

Suroland was also aware of this.

In the original development, the Honkai Beast factor that Su fused with was Moyuri, which is the companion Honkai Beast of the Eighth Herrscher.

So he decided to wait a little longer.

Roland didn't explain this in detail, but Aponia and Paddo, hearing Roland's words, temporarily suppressed their doubts.

Just then, the door to Roland's office was pushed open without even a knock.

Just by looking at this situation, Roland knew—it was most likely Alicia.

Hey, did you miss me?

Alicia walked straight in, and when she saw that Aponia and Padre were also there, she greeted them with a smile.

"Alright, Alicia, what brings you here?"

Upon hearing Roland's words, Alicia put her hands on her hips and looked at Roland.

"Can't I come over if there's nothing wrong? If you're this heartless, I'll get a little upset."

Seeing Alicia's expression, Roland crossed his arms, rested his chin on them, looked at Alicia, and said with a half-smile.

"Are you alright?"

"Hehe, I still have something to ask you."

Alicia immediately lost her composure and reverted to her original smiling demeanor.

"I saw Mei and Cecilia on Dusk Street during my patrol today. I remember you were quite interested in Mei, Einstein, and Möbius before. Now that Mei is here, do you want to meet her?"

Upon hearing Alicia's words, Roland was initially surprised that Mei had come looking for him on her own. However, this only surprised him briefly, since Roland was also playing Werewolf at a high-level meeting of the Firemoth while he was sitting there. So he knew that Mei had left the Firemoth with her guards, but he didn't expect Mei to come to him.

But Mei's guard wasn't talking about Kevin, and...

Cecilia!?

.....force..

116. Irisviel

I still need to see Mei.

For Roland, the more talented people like her, the better.

However, before meeting her and Cecilia, Roland had already learned more about their situation through various channels.

"I always thought that Mei wouldn't leave the Firemoth so easily, nor would she be swayed by me so easily, so I didn't make any contact with her. I planned to poach people around her like Alicia and Mebius first, and then worsen the dark side of the Firemoth, so that she would change her mind first and then gradually move her thoughts toward anti-entropy."

"Because this isn't a goal that can be achieved in a short time, we haven't been in a hurry to investigate her side of the matter. But now it seems something's not quite right here..."

Upon seeing Mei's information, Roland immediately realized that Mei was single!

This surprised Roland.

After all, logically speaking, Mei should already be with Kevin by now.

And without Kevin, how did Mei survive the Third Great Collapse?

How did they survive the assassination attempts by the poisonous pupae?

Roland continued reading with these questions in mind, and then he saw the guy who had replaced Kevin—Cecilia Shaniat.

It is said that Cecilia was someone Mei saved before the Third Great Collapse occurred.

On the other hand, they couldn't find any information about Moth of Fire's background; it was as if she had appeared out of nowhere.

And they are very strong in combat.

Because of Mei's importance, Roland found a lot of analysis and investigation about Cecilia on the Fire Moth side.

In addition, before Cecilia left the Moth of Fire with Mei, she also took out the Black Abyss White Flower.

This information convinced Roland that this Cecilia was definitely not the Cecilia from the previous civilization, but rather the strongest Valkyrie of the post-civilization!

And this wasn't even after he met Siegfried...

After all, she didn't seem to particularly miss anyone.

Thinking about this, Roland's thoughts began to wander a little.

However, while his mind was racing with speculations, his expression remained unchanged. He silently handled various matters related to Anti-Entropy until Alicia led Mei and Cecilia into the office. Only then did he stand up and walk towards the reception area, greeting the two of them as he went.

"Welcome, Dr. Mei and Miss Cecilia."

Upon hearing Roland's greeting, Mei, who was sitting opposite Roland, also spoke up.

“I’m glad to hear from you, Mr. Roland, leader of Anti-Entropy.”

She was like that, while Cecilia stood directly behind Mei, looking like a bodyguard.

Seeing this, Roland first glanced at Alicia, and seeing that she had no intention of leaving, he didn't pay much attention to her, but simply continued the conversation in this official tone.

"You two are members of the Firemoth, right? What brings you to Anti-Entropy?"

Upon hearing Roland's words, Mei spoke directly.

“We were indeed members of the Fire Moth before… but you should have had informants of considerable standing within the Fire Moth, so you should have known before we arrived that we are no longer members of the Fire Moth.”

Mei knew very well that, according to her own purposes, concealing this matter before the negotiations was in her and Cecilia's best interest.

But she also knew that the Firemoth had even established a department to investigate internal spies... so Mei didn't believe that Anti-Entropy didn't have any informants within the Firemoth.

This made her bring things up directly.

“Cecilia and I came to Anti-Entropy with the intention of joining... But before we officially join, could we learn about Anti-Entropy?”

After stating her requirements, Mei let out a long sigh of relief.

She's waiting right now.

Since they are no longer members of the Fire Moth, they are in a very passive position. It's one thing for her to make her demands, but whether the other party agrees is another matter entirely.

Even without thinking about the higher-ups at Firemoth, she could imagine Roland's expression changing the next second, and he'd just say, "Oh, so you two came to our Entropy Reversal to beg for food!"

But in reality, Roland did not.

"of course can."

Roland readily agreed, and then, noticing a change in Mei's expression, he smiled and began to explain.

"After all, if you really want to fight against the Honkai, then I believe there is nothing that Anti-Entropy needs to deliberately hide—I do have informants in the Firemoth, and I did know about you before."

"Therefore I have confidence in you, and I also have confidence in anti-entropy."

Hearing Roland say this, Mei began to understand why Alicia stayed after arriving, and why Mebius also switched sides.

After all, Roland... at least based on first impressions, he was far superior to the higher-ups on the Firemoth side!

Mei and Cecilia both had this idea.

However, Roland knew very well that it would be useless to just say nice things if he didn't let the two of them actually see what anti-entropy was like, so he had Alicia take the two of them for a tour of anti-entropy.

Seeing Roland's arrangement, Mei's expression fluttered slightly. She asked several places if she could visit them, even feeling that she was being presumptuous, but Roland smiled and agreed to them all.

Roland's attitude made Mei realize that Roland was indeed very confident in Anti-Entropy, so she nodded and left with Cecilia and Alicia.

Roland, on the other hand, disappeared directly from his office after the three of them left.