Honkai Impact: I will save everything alone

Chapter 85: The Whereabouts of Raiden Ryoma

Among the twelve Divine Keys, only the first Divine Key Void Archives and the yet-to-be-completed twelfth Divine Key, Jizo Mitama, have complete self-awareness.

Although the other ten Divine Keys have the ability to recognize their masters to a certain extent, they do not actually have complete intelligence.

'This attraction... seems to be stronger than I imagined...' Kirataka thought silently in his heart.

Unexpectedly, even Judas, a Divine Key who did not have complete intelligence, would be attracted to him.

He could sense that he could even manipulate Judas directly to a certain extent if he wanted to.

What is 'Teresa's current crime'...

He didn't try to do so; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to leave Teresa's office today.

So Kirataka pretended to be ignorant and said:

"Principal, what are you doing...?"

"Wait, it wasn't me... Judas, go back!" With a confused look on her face, Theresa hurriedly controlled Judas to retract the chain wrapped around Kirataka's arm. Fortunately, Judas actually received the order.

Kirataka waved his hands that were entangled before, thinking about something thoughtfully.

As long as he can get access to the Divine Key, he can use this attraction to influence control over it, even if it already has a current owner using it.

Although possessing the authentic Divine Key is not very important for him who can use [Projection Magic] to create a fake Divine Key, this feature that can affect the ability to control the Divine Key may be unexpectedly useful.

——'If I face an opponent who possesses the Divine Key in the future, I can use this characteristic to interfere with the function of the Divine Key and reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness.'

Well, except for Void Archives, which has complete self-awareness.

The third Divine Key, the Seven Thunders of Retribution, is in the hands of the Raven;

The second, fourth, and fifth Divine Keys are not weapons for combat, so they are excluded for the time being;

The sixth Divine Key, the Black Abyss White Flower, is in the hands of Durandal;

The seventh Divine Key, the Judgment of Shamash, is still in the hands of Siegfried;

The eighth Divine Key, Fenghuang Down, is on the body of the Immortal Fu Hua;

The ninth Divine Key, the Star of Eden... well, it's at Old Yang's place;

There are many Tenth Divine Keys, and many people have them in their hands...

The eleventh Divine Key... is right before his eyes.

Kirataka calculated the current ownership of each Divine Key and realized that this ability might be useful in the future.

Leaving aside other people, as a loyal supporter of Otto's plan, if he and Otto have a complete falling out in the future, he will have to face this most powerful Valkyrie and will inevitably have a battle with her.

If this ability could be used to interfere with the use of Black Abyss White Flower, it would reduce her combat effectiveness to a certain extent.

Of course, to deal with the Stupid Goose, it is not enough to just prevent her from using the Divine Key, but this is at least a bargaining chip.

With this unexpected gain, Kirataka felt much better.

He said goodbye to the petite white-haired girl and left Theresa's office, leaving her alone looking at Judas, who had been with her for many years, with a puzzled look on her face.

Before leaving, he heard Theresa muttering to herself:

"Should I send it back to headquarters for Grandpa to inspect it?"

............

The next day.

After a long absence, they arrived in Nagazora again. Kirataka and Bronya had a clear goal and headed directly towards the East City District.

Just like last time, because he would visit the children who still lived here, he and Bronya prepared some food and toys in advance and brought them along.

The two walked on the empty streets, cleaning up some newly born Honkai beasts that were born again in the environment of Nagazora along the way.

The environment here is already in ruins. Although Nagazora was the most prosperous city in the Far East before the collapse, after being completely polluted by the collapse, it has completely lost its value for governance for at least a few decades, and there is no way to govern it.

The task of clearing out the lower-level Honkai beasts is no longer a difficult task for Kirataka and Bronya, so Kirataka also has the leisure to think about the problem related to Bronya.

——After having the Higokumaru, it would not be difficult to deal with the chip implanted in Bronya's head by Cocolia in the future.

Although the little fox does not have this ability now, her existence itself is a reassurance.

After he gets rid of the chip in Bronya's head, retrieves Seele from the Quantum Sea, and rescues Raiden Ryoma from Cocolia's imprisonment... he can officially go and settle the score with that old witch.

"By the way, has Cocolia contacted you recently?" Kirataka asked with some curiosity.

Bronya shook her head slightly and explained:

"Because the last invasion failed, Welt was captured by the school principal. Therefore, the instructions Cocolia gave me recently were to lurk and wait. There were no other instructions."

The female vixen Cocolia is a very cautious person. After failing the first time, even if she wants to catch Mei again, she will make careful plans again.

The security of St. Freya Academy has been strengthened because of the last invasion. That guy will definitely not choose to directly send people to invade the academy to make arrests.

——The clone of the First Herrscher is already the strongest combat power she can bring out now. After this failure, she needs time to improve and enhance the combat power of the next Herrscher clone, which also requires research.

Besides, although Cocolia did want to get a Herrscher as experimental material, Mei was not her only choice.

The theft of the Herrscher Core of Death in Singapore and the theft of the Fourth Herrscher Wendy from the Oceania branch are both her attempts to seize the Herrscher Core.

Now, the old woman's caution gave Bronya some fairly free time.

As they were thinking this, they had already arrived near the [Nest].

From afar, a white-haired young man was standing on a high platform, looking at the surrounding environment with a telescope.

It was quite rare and eye-catching to see living people like them here, so the young man quickly discovered them.

As if recognizing their identities, the white-haired boy waved to them happily, welcoming them.

Kirataka also waved his hand, then jumped up with a lot of bags, and jumped from the open space to the tall building with Bronya.

"Brother Kirataka, Sister Bronya!" The boy greeted enthusiastically.

" it's been a while, Lyle. Have you grown a little taller?" Kirataka held his head and ruffled his hair.

Then he took out a sniper rifle from his pocket—a toy, of course—and handed it to the future sniper.

"Here, this is for you." Lyle happily took the toy and then said

"Thank you. By the way... I'll go call the stewardess and teacher out!"

He nimbly ran into the house holding a toy gun.

Kirataka and Bronya waited outside for the time being. Looking at Lyle's departing figure and the children walking around in the house, the silver-haired girl whispered:

"It looks like their complexion has recovered a lot."

"Yeah, it's definitely a lot healthier."

Kirataka nodded.

Due to the incomplete awakening of the stigmata of these children caused by the outbreak of the Great Honkai, they are temporarily forced to live in an environment filled with Honkai energy like Nagazora.

According to Raven, the Jackal continued to provide these children with some medicines that could slowly stabilize the state of the stigmata on their bodies, restore their physical condition, and eventually allow them to leave Nagazora and live in the normal world again.

From Kirataka's understanding, although the mad scientist has little humanity and morality... she does have some skills and talents in studying Honkai.

After a while, Raven and Sora also walked out of the house and came to the platform.

As soon as Sora saw Kirataka, she rushed over happily. Raven originally had a slight smile on her face, but after seeing Bronya, for some reason, a strange look flashed across her eyes for a moment.

Of course, she quickly regained her normal demeanor and didn't let them notice.

Then, she welcomed Kirataka:

"Hey, Kirataka, long time no see."

"Well, you weren't there the last time I came to see the kids, so I finally made it this time."

Kirataka said to Raven while coaxing Sora in his arms.

Then he handed all the supplies he brought to Raven.

Letting Bronya play with the children for entertainment, Kirataka found an opportunity and went to the kitchen with Raven.

Various types of ingredients and seasonings were scattered here. Judging from the degree of damage to the packaging, they were probably found by the children while scavenging in Dongcheng District.

The stove used for cooking was a simple stove for outdoor use brought by Raven. Hot smoke was still coming out of the pot. It seemed that when they arrived here, Raven was preparing meals for the children.

Kirataka turned around and glanced at Bronya, who was accompanying the children, then gently closed the door and whispered:

"Ms. Raven, the deal we discussed earlier..."

"As I told you in my email, I have indeed located him."

Raven spoke casually while skillfully stir-frying the vegetables in the pot.

With the World Snake's intelligence network, it is too easy to find a person's location.

——Especially for an executive like Raiden Ryoma who holds a high position in Anti-Entropy, he is one of the senior personnel that the World Serpent focuses on.

Kirataka readily transferred the money to Raven after handing over the goods.

Almost half of the one-year salary that Theresa had advanced him was gone in an instant.

It's not easy to make money, and money is spent like water, but in essence, it is Otto's money, so he doesn't feel too bad about it.

After confirming that the payment had been received, Raven sent a map with detailed information to Kirataka's terminal.

Then she said:

"The man named Raiden Ryoma is currently being held in Siberia, in one of the bases in Kokolia. The map I sent you has detailed markings on it."

"Well, that's been a great help."

Kirataka took a quick look at the map and then put it away.

"Are you going to rescue him?" Raven asked with interest.

"Of course. I'll ask you to help me find his location so that we can prepare for the rescue."

Kirataka did not hide anything and spoke directly.

Neither side is a fool, so there is no need to pretend when something is so obvious.

"Is that really the case? Unfortunately, for some reason, I cannot help you directly. Otherwise, I would like to make some extra money."

Raven shrugged and said with some regret.

As a mercenary who only cared about money, she was willing to do anything as long as the other party could afford the price.

But unfortunately, this time, she really had a reason not to take action.

"It doesn't matter. I will have my own arrangements when the time comes," Kirataka replied indifferently.

Of course, he knew why he couldn't hire Raven as a thug to help rescue Raiden Ryoma.

——The gray serpent of the World Serpent and Cocolia are still maintaining a good cooperative relationship.

Many of the technologies that Cocolia Anti-Entropy has not mastered may have been provided by the Gray Serpent, for example, the fusion warrior technology of a pair of Vodka sisters.

Even the technology used to create the "artificial Herrscher" of the Welt series of clones might have been provided with the corresponding technical support by the World Serpent.

With this kind of cooperative relationship in place, if Raven, as a cadre of the World Serpent, wants to rescue Cocolia's "trophy" Raiden Ryoma, she naturally won't be able to take action.

Well, it's called "business ethics."

"Well, this is a very difficult task. According to the information I have learned, Cocolia coveted Raiden Ryoma's research ability and wanted to persuade him to work for her, so she imprisoned him in Siberia for easy contact and surveillance. The place where he was imprisoned was also guarded by a large number of mechas."

As if it was a piece of information attached to the map, Raven told Kirataka the relevant information she had collected.

——Although the inventors of Anti-Entropy are Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla, Raiden Ryoma is actually a very good weapons engineer. He has contributed quite a lot of weapon inventions and improvements and has made an indelible contribution to Anti-Entropy's improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Titan series of mechas.

Perhaps it was because of this that Cocolia did not ruthlessly execute Raiden Ryoma after framing him and putting him in prison, but instead imprisoned him, wanting to try to use his talents for her own benefit.

While they were talking, Raven had already cooked the last dish and it was ready to be served.

She didn't ask Kirataka why he wanted to rescue Raiden Ryoma. Well, the more she knew, the more trouble she would have. It was better for her to know less.

Anyway, the small amount of money has been received, and that's enough.

She was one step closer to her plan for an island villa.

After receiving the funds, Raven seemed particularly happy. She asked Kirataka:

"Now that we're here, do you want to eat together?"

"Yeah, sure."

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