Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Hikigaya Hachiman's life was pretty good. It would have been even better if he hadn't seen his good bro.

"You... something feels off about you."

Shirogane Miyuki observed Hikigaya Hachiman carefully.

A chiseled face, a strong and powerful body, even the slight stoop and hunched shoulders were gone. The whole person looked like a professionally trained male model, and he had even grown to a height of 180cm.

"I'm speechless. It hasn't been that long since you were shot, has it? How did you get a new body? Even transformations aren't this exaggerated, are they? Theoretically, you can create a beautiful face, but has your temperament changed too?"

Hearing his good friend's many questions, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know what to say for a moment.

"This isn't a good place to talk. Let's leave as soon as possible," he explained helplessly. "I didn't expect you to be able to get in with your student status. Your ID authority is even higher than mine."

"No, what's going on with you? Didn't they say you were shot?"

Shirogane Miyuki didn't know what to say. He really couldn't believe this 180cm tall person was that Hikigaya Hachiman. But the face was the same face, just more chiseled and handsome.

"Did the gunshot take out your whole face and height? What kind of gunshot was that? Let me take one too!"

Shirogane Miyuki was genuinely envious.

"A Honkai radiation bullet. One shot and your body gets destroyed by the strong radiation. Do you really want one? Just so you know, the protective implant can't block Honkai Energy."

Hearing this, Shirogane immediately gave up on the idea of changing his appearance. He thought he looked fine as he was. Maybe in the future, there would be no more humans with original appearances like his.

"No thanks. This is a limited edition Shirogane Miyuki look. I'll pass on getting shot."

Hikigaya Hachiman had wanted to put a hand on Shirogane's shoulder, but then he remembered how he had crushed the side of his bed when he first got used to his body. In the end, he couldn't bring himself to be "heavy-handed" with his good bro.

'This is too dangerous. If I go out to play basketball, will I kill someone with one elbow strike?'

"Let's go. My sister is still waiting outside..."

Hikigaya Hachiman just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. He didn't want his mother to see the state of his head.

He felt like Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Except the alien was in his stomach, and this "Hikigaya Hachiman" was in the head of a mechanical body.

'It feels like my body isn't my body, even though all my senses are exactly the same as before.'

Tesla watched her "RoboCop" creation leave, very satisfied with her masterpiece.

To prevent the brain from being attacked and destroyed, she had even learned from the ejection seat design of a fighter jet cockpit, allowing the brain to be ejected to safety in a critical moment.

"See? I told you he would love this body."

Dr. Crayfish's pride was something Einstein didn't quite understand. She felt this design was a bit too futuristic.

Einstein asked, "Aren't you worried? If a person knows their head can abandon their body and escape at any time, will they still care about their body as much as before? With this setup, I estimate that young man will be back in here soon."

"Uh... well..." Dr. Tesla couldn't say for sure that Hikigaya Hachiman wouldn't want to change his body again. In this Academy City, besides her and Noldrei, who could take down this mechanical Hachiman?

"It should be fine, right? Wasn't Reanna Brigantia a cyborg too? Look, didn't she protect her body well?"

'Is that the same thing?! Could Reanna actively eject her brain at any time?'

Einstein really didn't know what to roast.

She looked at Noldrei and asked, "So, what are you planning to do next?"

"Me..." Noldrei frowned, thought for a moment, and replied, "Most of the time, I just throw things out. Their perception of me depends on the speed at which I throw out those biotechnologies. A lot of the time, people themselves want to do those things, so I just go along with their ideas."

"The current situation is a bit more interesting than I thought. I need to go back into Kiana's Stigma Space and take a look. They want the freedom to change their gender, they want to extend their lives, they want to be free from the pain of sickness. I gave them all of that, in exchange for the promotion of the Stigma Battlesuit."

"You've seen the process. Even if I throw this thing out, so what? Will they honestly hide it? I've only just suppressed the spread of the Honkai. This group of people will soon walk the predetermined path of the future."

"Tesla is a useless primitive who can't be bothered to think about anything other than technology. Bronya is a little softie who doesn't dare to act decisively. And Mei is still hiding in school and doesn't want to come out."

Noldrei sighed. "As for my chosen heir... I really chose the wrong person. If you ask me how I feel right now, it's regret, extreme regret. Cocolia has gone rogue. Raiden Ryoma is siding with your Anti-Entropy Sovereign. As for Siegfried, I don't even know where that little dragon has gone."

'I didn't expect you to be even more unreliable than those messy executors from Anti-Entropy.'

Einstein was speechless. How could she encounter such a disorganized organization in a place like this?

'This can even be called a Board of Directors? You can't even find a proper meeting secretary, can you?'

Tesla felt that Noldrei's management was too lax. He didn't seem to have any intention of managing his subordinates.

"Can't you step in and manage things properly? Are you just going to watch Academy City fill up with all sorts of messy people? You should be like Otto, and deal a heavy blow to those bastards who oppose you!"

Tesla waved her fist, indicating that she could also join the fight.

"Alright, you're also the type who can't be heavy-handed. If I really asked you to kill someone, let's just say... Raiden Ryoma disobeys me. Go kill him for me. Would you go?"

Noldrei glanced at Tesla, not believing for a second that she was the type who could do it.

Tesla did hesitate. She really couldn't do it. She stammered, "Can't you just find a bad guy? Like Schicksal's Otto. I could definitely kill him."

He sneered, "If I were like Otto, the first people I'd kill would be those who stand in my way. I'd have to clean out everyone in the villa, one by one. But what's the point of that? In the end, wouldn't I just have to revive you with a heart defibrillator? Since I've arrived in this era, I haven't killed a single person. If you want me to find the first one, just tell me directly. I guarantee he won't live to see the next second."

Hearing Noldrei's words, Tesla finally remembered that this guy really didn't seem to have killed anyone. Dr. Crayfish immediately became meek and didn't dare to mention killing again.

'Wait! This ridiculously strong guy hasn't personally killed anyone to this day?!'

Einstein was filled with awe. That was some incredible self-control!