Chapter 41: “That girl”

After what happened that night.

Kouro still continues his daily activities such as exercise(fulfilling daily quests), studying at the Academy, and so on.

Mei is also maintaining her normal activities at Senba Academy because she was ordered by Kouro.

Meanwhile, Kiana is still the same salted fish as always, at least on the surface. When Kouro is not in the dorm, she will continue to practice her martial art 'Kaslana Gun Kata' that was taught to her by her father.

On the surface, things didn't seem to change much, but in reality, the Houkai Eruption on Nagazora has bought about more changes than it seems.

The large companies that know about the existence of Houkai, although they still couldn't conclude whether the Houkai Eruption would happen again, still transferred some important projects that were originally set up in Nagazora in order to avoid future losses.

In several parts of Nagazora city, you would see many government staffs installing a piece of strange technological equipment in the area.

According to them, this technology is an air purifier equipment and is also a new project that has been heavily invested to create a better urban environment.

The citizens of Nagazora are certainly overjoyed and only a few people knew that this high-tech device is an equipment that would monitor the concentration of Houkai Energy and slow down the increase rate that was provided by St. Freya Academy.

It's curious because the high-tech equipment like this should have cost a lot of money yet St. Freya academy managed to afford one even though their funds were already very small.

Unless a small-scale Honkai Eruption like the one that happened in the suburbs happens again, there shouldn't be a need to use this high-tech equipment, St. Freya academy just seems to be a little too cautious.

However, for the Nagazora city office, this development was undoubtedly a good thing.

They were a little nervous because there had been a Houkai Eruption before, even though it was of a small scale.

But now they had calmed down a bit, and they have even given back a considerable amount of money that has been invested by St. Freya academy. 

They said it was a friendly offer, but if they didn't give anything in return for the investment of St. Freya, they'd be a complete fool.

In this world full of Honkai, in a region this far east of the country, St. Freya Academy is the only organization that can stand against Honkai Beast, if they lose this kind of support, who will fight the Houkai later?

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On the ME Agency's side in Nagazora City, more precisely inside the weapons research room, there is Bronya who is seen communicating with Cocolia using a virtual holographic screen.

"Various scan data shows that this place was not idle before, and the Honkai weapons should be stored here." Bronya stated expressionlessly.

"That is irrelevant, the weapons made by the ME company are just ordinary Honkai weapons. Also, the stolen weapons are just failed products so there is no need to worry."

Cocolia, who is the current President of ME, spoke while mercilessly belittling the company under her command.

Cocolia then changed the topic and asked Bronya about the progress of the mission.

"Anyway, Bronya how is your mission progressing? Have you met Raiden Mei?" 

"Yes, Bronya has already met Mei-neesama. Mei-neesama is a very gentle and kind person, is she really Herrscher's vessel?"

Bronya's words, made Cocolia raise her eyebrows.

If it wasn't for the lack of expression on Bronya's face through the virtual screen, Cocolia would even think that someone had disguised as Bronya. 

As far as Cocolia knows, Bronya is not the type of person who easily expresses her affection for someone, thus deliberately making Raiden Mei's personality look good. 

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However, all of it didn't matter, whether Bronya is friends with Mei or not is no matter, in the end, it was herself who would take care of the rest.

"Yes. You probably haven't heard about it. Yesterday afternoon, a small-scale Houkai Eruption occurred in the suburbs of Nagaora. I'm guessing it's Raiden Mei's influence."

"Bronya already checked the information, that Houkai Eruption happened at 4:20 pm yesterday, and only an hour has passed after Bronya spoke with Mei-neesama at Senba Academy, so Mei-neesama can be ruled out as a suspect. " 

Cocolia didn't know whether she should be happy that Bronya had shown more emotion than before, or should have a headache because Bronya had a friendly relationship with the Herrscher vessel that she considered a target.

 "Anyway, you have to stay alert. I have a feeling that Nagazora city will continue to experience Houkai Eruption until the real Third Eruption will come."

"Bronya will protect the people of Nagazora city." Bronya made a promise. 

Cocolia sighed, without emotion, this child has become too kind now, it was clear that Bronya was a ruthless killer before she met herself, was it because life in the orphanage was too warm? 

Or maybe it's because of 'that' girl who disappeared in the Sea of Quanta due to the failed experiment that had changed Bronya a lot? Cocolia wasn't sure.

"Okay Bronya, I allow it, but please remember carefully, if the Houkai energy concentration is below a hundred HW, you are allowed to absorb that energy with the Project Bunny 19C and slowly reduce the energy concentration. But if it exceeds hundred HW, don't try to reduce the concentration of this Houkai's energy, even if Raiden Mei becomes Herrscher, if we can recycle it, then we are one step closer to eliminating Honkai."

Bronya was silent for a moment and only nodded, telling Cocolia that she was listening.

Bronya could vaguely guess what Cocolia Matushka wanted to do. The word 'recycle' is when Mei-neesama turns into an artificial Herrscher and then capture her to retrieve her Gem of Conquest that has been filled with Honkai energy.

(A/N: Gem of Conquest = Herrscher Core.)

Bronya doesn't know why Cocolia wants the Gem of Conquest, but one thing is for sure once her Herrscher core is taken, Mei-neesama will likely be paralyzed or at worst "die".

Bronya was inwardly against this plan, even before 'that girl' disappeared in the Sea of ​​Quanta and failed to bring her back, Bronya had questioned some of Cocolia's plans.

Is it right to sacrifice a few people to save more people?

Even though she knew a rational person would certainly approve of this plan, she was still against it after 'That girl' disappeared. 

Thinking of 'That girl', Bronya felt a pain in her chest. 

It hurt so much, even though she had lost her emotions because of that accident, why did it still hurt so much?

"Bronya? Bronya!? Do you hear me? "

 Seeing that Bronya was silent for a long time on the virtual communication screen, Cocolia asked worriedly.

Bronya recovered quickly and said, "If Nagazora City collapses, Bronya will do her best to protect the people, so Cocolia Matushka can rest assured."

 As soon as Bronya said that, she quickly closed her communication with Cocolia.

Cocolia stared at the closed Virtual screen and sighed helplessly after a while. 

"I'm not asking you to do your best, Bronya, what I want is that you just need to focus on protecting yourself, and leave the rest to me. "

Originally, Cocolia had planned to use the biochip that had been implanted in Bronya's brain, and control her using it to bring Raiden Mei back when needed, but seeing Bronya's expression before, made Cocolia hesitate a little.

Looks like she needs to change her plans a bit.

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