Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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The observation footage of the parallel world ends here.

This means that in the original Honkai world, this location corresponds to the current point in time here.

"Alright, so this is the situation on the other side now. If Rin were here, we would have more options, but since Rin isn't here, we have no choice but to go to this point in time—so do you have any other questions?"

Hearing Roland say this, Cecilia pondered for a moment. Although she was very worried when she saw that the guy who had taken her place had actually become the Archbishop of Destiny, she forced herself to calm down before asking her question.

"Roland, how many people can we take with us?"

"Three."

Roland shrugged helplessly.

“Traversing parallel worlds is Rin’s forte, but even with her specially made Mystic Code, she can only bring a few people at a time. If she needs to move people, she has to do it in many trips, or ask Zelrich for help. So if I were to do it, three people would be the most I could manage, and I couldn’t move people multiple times.”

At this point, Roland offered a supplementary reminder.

"Of course, it's the three besides me."

“I can get there without Rin’s prepared formal attire, so besides the two of you, I can bring one more person.”

Upon hearing Roland's words, Cecilia fell into thought.

Who should we take with us?

Cecilia saw the situation on the other side. Although she was also dissatisfied with what Otto had done, she planned to go to Theresa. However, Theresa's situation was obviously not good, so with limited manpower, she had to make a careful choice.

She definitely wants to go back.

If Roland wants to bring Ryougi Shiki along, then he must have his reasons. Moreover, Cecilia has been a member of the divine group for so long that she knows there are only four people in the group who have condensed a divine spark, not counting Roland, and Ryougi Shiki is one of them, so she has no objection.

And the last one…

Well, we have enough manpower for combat, but given Theresa's situation, let's bring someone with research capabilities as the last one!

"How about... we ask Dr. Möbius if he's going?"

Cecilia's first thought was actually Mei.

She and Mei had a very good relationship, and Mei was indeed more well-rounded as a researcher than Mebius and Vervière.

The only problem is that Mei's combat effectiveness is questionable.

In contrast, Velvi and Mebius are quite different. The former has excellent escape skills and is also quite capable in combat, while the latter's ability to survive is something that even Cecilia herself finds troublesome.

So she didn't choose Mei.

Roland nodded when he heard Cecilia say that.

There's nothing wrong with bringing Mebius along.

After all, the Thirteen Heroes of the previous civilization joined the gods. So, although the other side is a parallel world, the Thirteen Heroes here have undergone parallel world convergence. Therefore, the thirteen who failed to become heroes will not leave any heavy traces. Even the Divine Key will probably only mark the creator and will not focus on explaining or recording anything.

In that case, it doesn't matter who you bring along.

“Alright, you go find Möbius, I’ll start making preparations here—if Möbius refuses, go find Velvi, and if Velvi doesn’t come either, bring Prometheus over and have him come with us.”

"So, we'll meet at the No. 1 underground workshop in three hours. That's when we'll set off, okay?"

"no problem!"

...

Roland was preparing to depart, while Otto, Theresa, Siegfried, and the Valkyries and loyalists of the Apocalypse family who had fled to the Far East had found a base and were currently resting. Otto, Theresa, and Siegfried had also gathered together.

"Why did you bring me with you when you escaped here? Honestly, I've been away from my family for so many years."

At this point, Siegfried was not yet a qualified warrior because he had not met Cecilia; he was just a wandering detective. Therefore, he could not understand why Otto had come to him.

Otto, upon hearing his complaints, smiled.

“Although you fled a long time ago, our Apocalypse family, your Kaslana family, and the Shaniat family have always been core members of Schicksal, so I have always been paying attention to you.”

“Siegfried, I have always believed that you are not running away because you are incapable. You just do not intend to show your strength and want to live an easier life. However, now that Fate has encountered such a change, our Apocalypse family has been wronged by the Archbishop and ordered to be hunted down without giving us a chance to defend ourselves. Although I feel sorry, I have no choice but to come to you, Kaslana, the only one who is outside of Fate.”

"I need your strength."

Hearing Otto say that, Siegfried was still a little annoyed, but he didn't say anything more.

After all, Siegfried hadn't experienced all those messy things yet, and he wasn't that mature at the moment.

After being subtly seduced by Otto, who offered some promises, showed him some respect, and played the victim, Siegfried, still young and impulsive, stayed.

Seeing that he had agreed, Otto's smile widened even more.

On the contrary, Theresa was not as composed as Otto.

She still can't quite believe that so many things have happened in such a short time.

especially…

After Theresa started getting to know Cecilia, she quickly discovered that there was something wrong with Cecilia!

She knows Cecilia too well.

Therefore, she was quite certain that the person sitting in the position of Archbishop of Destiny was not Cecilia at all!

This is also the core reason why she followed Otto to the Far East.

They managed to escape, but...

Theresa frowned as she thought of the Valkyries who were willing to follow her.

She is not Siegfried; as the current Valkyrie, she has naturally also seen the evidence of the crimes committed by the Siberian laboratory.

She was quite certain that it wasn't a baseless accusation!

Even if it was an artificial stigma experiment that was very important to the Valkyrie, using living people for experiments... Theresa just couldn't accept it!

Even if she has no good alternative to artificial Stigmata, even if she is called an idealist or naive, Theresa will not hesitate on such matters!

It's like two countries at war. A invades the territory of B. As a citizen of B, you say that survival is the most important thing. So, as long as B surrenders, most people can survive by becoming dogs for A. Therefore, it's the same as saying that being a dog is something smart people should do, or that it's like carrying a heavy burden.

These two things are not equivalent in the eyes of many people.

But in Theresa's view, the nature of the matter is the same.

So things that can't be done simply can't be done. It's not that we made a cruel choice, but that we shouldn't have made that choice in the first place!

What Grandpa did was outrageous!

But Cecilia's situation is something we can't ignore!

The entire Destiny is hunting us down, and our forces are far too weak!

Just thinking about these things made Theresa feel like her head was about to explode.

However, because the Siberian laboratory has been exposed, Theresa no longer trusts her grandfather Otto.

So Theresa, who had always been under the protection of Otto and Cecilia, began to encounter such complex and perplexing matters for the first time.

Now that she can't rely on her grandfather Otto, she thinks of Cecilia again...

Cecilia, a villain disguised as you has appeared. And you... are you alright?

…two….

209. Reinforcements

"So this is what it feels like to travel between parallel worlds... It's actually quite ordinary."

Mebius stood beside Roland, stroking his chin as he pondered all of this, and then offered his own assessment.

Ryougi Shiki and Cecilia, who had just stepped out of the Gem Shuttle, nodded repeatedly when they heard Mebius say this.

After all, those who know this are traveling to parallel worlds, but those who don't... it seems no different from taking a tram.

As he spoke, Mebius glanced at Roland.

The shuttle device was rather ordinary, but Roland's way of getting there was quite interesting—he waited until they were all there, and then suddenly emerged from the shadows!

Mebius already knew that Roland could move long distances using his shadow, but she didn't expect that Roland could do the same thing across parallel worlds.

"Alright, after all, this thing is supposedly made based on tram or train carriages, so it would be strange if it were too different—anyway, we've arrived in a parallel world now, and you all know the situation here. I think we should go find Otto, Theresa, and Siegfried now."

Hearing Roland say this, the others nodded and followed him, heading towards the city from this extremely remote place.

...

"Grandpa, do we actually have reinforcements?"

Theresa stood beside Otto, looking at him with some puzzlement.

Although she was dissatisfied with many of Otto's actions, she also knew that her fate was now in the hands of a stranger, so now was not the time to dwell on these things.

Now that the archbishop has brought up the issue in Siberia, even if she doesn't intervene, the Valkyries will take matters into their own hands.

Compared to that, what they need to worry about more now is their own situation.

Being hunted by destiny is not something to laugh about; at least for Theresa, she's been so worried lately that she's almost losing her hair.

In contrast, Otto remained calm throughout.

"of course."

Otto chuckled and patted Theresa on the head.