Chapter 273: Vill-V: When will you pick me up?
[Although they were attacked by the Herrscher again, saw Kaiji in Mobius' guise, and even lost Eden, a world-famous star, which made public opinion suddenly worse, the Fire Moth will not give up easily.]
[At least it proves that the fused warriors after the "artificial Honkai" can pose a threat to the Herrschers, and the performance of the Blank Key is excellent... These are all good news.]
[As long as we can defeat the Honkai, as long as we can end this war between humans and the Kaiji, no matter what the price we paid before, it's all fine.]
[However, the internal public opinion issue is still the most critical... Especially after the loss of Eden, under the promotion of some people with ulterior motives, the reputation of Fire Moth suddenly became bad, and various overt and covert attacks made Fire Moth exhausted at this time.]
[Some people blatantly set up an organization similar to Fire Moth, and the slogan they shouted was still "Protect humanity, fight against Honkai, fight against Kaiji". This organization is obviously here to compete with Fire Moth, and even intends to divide the rights of Fire Moth, which gives Fire Moth a headache.]
[And this organization has also received the approval and support of some "leaders"... In other words, the people above have begun to distrust Fire Moth and no longer believe in its ability.]
[If you think about it carefully, the "Fourth Divine Key" that was built was said to be able to defend against "rainstorms" after it was raised into space, but in the end, it was unable to defend against the sudden attack of the Herrschers. It even had no ability to warn when the Herrschers suddenly attacked, and could only allow the Herrschers to destroy it.]
[This makes the defense of the Fire Moth in the coastal areas seem somewhat ridiculous and useless... It's so funny, the Herrscher doesn't even need to break through the defense line and doesn't even need to deal with it, just airdrop inland... If the Herrscher is like this, then what use are you Fire Moth?]
[Not to mention the previous Mu Continent incident, the entire defense line was like paper. The fastest was penetrated within ten minutes, and the slowest took two or three hours. Tell me, what is the use of your Fire Moth?]
[Yes, they know. The Mu Continent incident was caused by the presence of the Herrscher, and there were also several Kaiji who could simulate human appearances and were in command. In addition, there were a large number of Kaiji. These beings attacked the Mu Continent at the same time. Even from the current review, this was a premeditated raid.]
[But! To be honest, doesn't this indirectly prove that you, the Fire Moths, are not capable enough? You failed to defend the most critical Mu Continent, which is the most critical scientific research center and industrial center for mankind!]
[Hmm… I don't need to go into detail about the other messy duties. I can only say that the scolding was pretty harsh.]
[Even if it was an unexpected situation, even if it was a surprise attack by the Kaiji, even if it was planned in advance by the Herrscher, even if the main reason was the suddenness and uncertainty of the Honkai, didn't you have any problems at all, the Fire Moths? In the end, isn't it because you were not prepared enough? Not capable enough? -- That's what it means in the end.]
[Faced with this accusation, Fire Moth has no way to defend itself... After all, they have the same idea.]
[But losing the trust of the upper echelons like this has led to some people starting a new business... This is somewhat unbearable for Fire Moth.]
[The reduction in funds is not a big deal, Fire Moth will find a way on its own. Moreover, although Eden is gone, her good friend Sakura is still there. Sakura can temporarily take over Eden's position and continue to use the funds left by Eden...]
[Although this vast wealth has been coveted by too many people after Eden left, Sakura still worked hard to protect it and continued to provide support to the Fire Moth...]
[By the way, after learning that Eden was taken away by Kaiji, Sakura also submitted an application to Fire Moth for training and to go to the front line but was rejected by Fire Moth in the end... Fire Moth told her that she only needed to keep an eye on Eden's wealth, at least for now.]
[More importantly, they are openly poaching people from the Fire Moth, and even want the Fire Moth to share a series of technologies including Soulium, Divine Key, and Fusion Warriors in the name of jointly fighting against the Kaiji... This has aroused the dissatisfaction of many scientific researchers, especially Vill-V.]
[Although with Vill-V's talent, she doesn't care much about most technologies. After all, she can think of better ones, and she is confident that she can design more powerful things... But as for Soulium, this is the only technology that she and Nozomi have researched together, that she is unwilling to share with others.]
[Yes, Vill-V also admitted that it would be very "selfish" and not "consider the situation" at this time. After all, the most important thing now is to fight against Honkai and Kaiji. If you want to do this, sharing technology is completely natural... All researchers know this.]
[If they really want to fight against Kaiji together, they will accept it. Although it is a bit aggrieved to share the technology they have worked hard to research for free, but in the face of the crisis, such actions are understandable and even reasonable.]
[But the problem is... they are not!]
[Under some "illegal operations", Vill-V discovered that this newly established organization... verbally said something like "protecting humans and fighting against the Kaiji", but in fact, it was secretly conducting a kind of research on the Kaiji.]
[And this research is not used to fight against Kaiji, but to push humans in the direction of Kaiji! In other words, they are using a very immature technology similar to the fusion warrior surgery to try to merge Kaiji and humans, and intend to use this method to make Kaiji regard humans as "the same kind" so that Kaiji will not continue to harm humans.]
[It cannot be said that this method is wrong. After all, this method can indeed "end" the war between humans and Kaiji... Even if it is in an ideal situation, humans can use this method to quietly eliminate Kaiji... At worst, they can live in peace with Kaiji~.]
[To be honest, after hearing about this theory and opinion from Vill-V, many people in the Fire Moth were shaken, but they reacted immediately and fell into an atmosphere of "mentality collapsed."]
[Because... this method seems very good, but it ignores a major premise—the essence of Kaiji is still a Honkai beast, and still belongs to Honkai.]
[And the erosion of Honkai on humans, and the almost innate hostility of Honkai beasts towards human civilization... To be honest, the final result of this method may not be very good.]
[Because in the end, you will definitely have to face a problem—although those Honkai beasts don't have much consciousness, they are not fools. Even the fusion warriors who have merged with the Honkai beast genes and are basically "non-human" and a different kind of "Honkai creature" do not regard them as "the same kind." Why do you think that after merging with Kaiji, Kaiji will regard you as "the same kind"?]
[Don't forget, Kaiji is still an Honkai Beast in essence! And it is a special type, a special Honkai Beast that is different from the previous Honkai Beasts!]
[And even if you managed to get past the Kaiji, what about the Herrscher? The Herrscher obviously has intelligence, how could they not be able to tell the difference?]
[If even the Herrscher was fooled... then, what existed at that time was a human being who had merged with the Kaiji, or a Kaiji with human consciousness, or even a Kaiji with only human "memories"?]
[Yes, Fire Moth understands that in such a high-pressure environment, it is normal to have this method of "joining the opponent" in some ways. After all, the environment is too bad and the battle situation is not good. This method came into being... It's normal.]
[But... they still feel stupid! Humans haven't been pushed to this point yet, right? They haven't reached the point where they have to abandon themselves and throw themselves into the arms of the Kaiji, blend in, or even integrate into the Kaiji in order to survive, right?!]
[Even if you propose to "build a spaceship and fly away from the earth directly to find other planets that have no Honkai and have no Kaiji to live on, or work hard to reconstruct the "Eye of the Abyss" and use the technology of building a world bubble to sink directly into the Quantum Sea", even if you propose this kind of method of abandoning the mother planet and hometown, similar to the escape school, it's fine!]
[Who on earth came up with this method that is no different from the surrender faction? And who are the people supporting it?! They, the Fire Moths, have clearly promoted the harmfulness of Honkai and emphasized the dangers of Honkai countless times. How can anyone still think this way?!]
[If this is really the case, then what is the difference between humans, those Kaiji who are transformed into humans, and those "monsters" wearing human skin?! Instead of beating around the bush, you might as well just embrace the Kaiji!]
[What on earth do the people in the Propaganda Department do for a living?! How could this happen?!]
[…sigh…Eh? Have they seen this kind of view and theory before?]
[With a slightly bad mood, "Fire Moth" began to mediate and negotiate with them on the one hand, and on the other hand began to investigate them. At the same time, they encouraged Vill-V, hoping that she could use her talents to continue to investigate in depth to see if she could find any clues.]
[The final result also made "Fire Moth" feel a little sad and... angry]
[As expected, the foundation of this organization is actually the idea proposed by the original "madman", who was originally a famous theological scholar, but after seeing "Kaiji", he inexplicably fell into madness, that is, "Kaiji" is the destination of mankind]
[Although "Fire Moth" promptly imprisoned this small group that could be considered a "cult", this kind of speech was still heard by some people with ulterior motives... and some experiments were conducted in private.]
[Then he tried this and died.]
[Because of the immaturity of the method, their experiment directly "Honkai", and "Kaiji" penetrated their laboratory, and because they were conducting an illegal experiment, the location was extremely secretive, which resulted in them being unable to send out a call for help. In the end, without anyone knowing, they were wiped out by the "Kaiji" they had captured themselves.]
[Then, it was as if someone was specifically directing it, or was it that this "Kaiji" itself was very special? In short, this "Kaiji" seemed to have suddenly "evolved" intelligence, and began to split purposefully, and took on their appearances, and continued to act.]
[Then, they... no, it was them, they began to hide in the crowd and act, bewitching people... They did not bewitch ordinary people, but instead used their identities to find high-level officials and encourage them to support their theories.]
[In the end, they did succeed. A small number of people were successfully bewitched by them, and after the "Fire Moth" made another "mistake", they took advantage of the opportunity to directly divide the power of the "Fire Moth", so as to further disintegrate the human defense line.]
[…And all of this is the result of Vill-V and the "Fire Moth"'s subsequent investigation and speculation.]
[At first, "Fire Moth" also hoped that this was fake, that it was just their imagination and unnecessary suspicion, but... after their request for a blood test was rejected and they were told that "they will do the blood test on their own, so don't bother 'Fire Moth'," the sense of crisis in "Fire Moth" became more and more serious.]
[For safety reasons, "Fire Moth" recalled Kevin, Hua, and Irine separately, intending to conduct a mandatory inspection on them, and directly "clean them up" after discovering any abnormalities... Then, Irine, who had been carrying the "lantern" with her, drew her sword the moment she saw them.]
[At the same time, azure blood splashed out, confirming the worrying speculation of "Fire Moth"]
[After that, there was a rather troublesome "clean-up" task... Although the entire operation was relatively easy due to the presence of three fusion warriors, no one was happy.]
[After all, everything in front of them means that the "Kaiji" has "evolved" again, becoming more troublesome than before... For example, this time, they have wisdom and know how to use their identity to gain power and further control human resources.]
[More importantly, even if they are killed, the "Fire Moths" will still lose... Because of this incident, the civilians' trust in the upper echelons and the "Fire Moths" has dropped to a lower level.]
["You must be joking! "Kaiji" has mixed in with the crowd, and even formed an organization. They have even started to fight for power with them right under their noses... What are they doing as a "fire moth"?!"]
["And what are those (obscene words) high-level people, those guys in power thinking? We, ordinary people, haven't been bewitched by Honkai yet, why are you starting to act according to the proposals of "Kaiji"? What? You are also the "apostles" of Honkai? You might as well just hand over the entire civilization to "Kaiji" and let Honkai kill us all!"]
[Although these words are somewhat exaggerated, and because most people have not directly experienced the feeling of being destroyed or bewitched by "Kaiji", these words have a sense of "easy talk", but... they are right.]
[No matter what, this is the fault of them, the "Fire Moths", and those in power... They were infiltrated by the "Kaiji" without knowing it and even followed their advice... How shameful.]
[Because of this incident, the "Fire Moth" and the people in power, whether voluntarily or forced, conducted an inspection and launched a necessary "cleansing"... After all, they can no longer let the "Kaiji" lurk among the people, especially those in power.]
[At the same time, this incident also led to a result - that is, it further aggravated people's hostility towards "Kaiji".]
[Also, I don't know if it's because the public outrage caused by this incident has caused the power structure to fall into turmoil, and as a result, some of the power structure has temporarily put aside their unnecessary thoughts and started to deal with "Kaiji" seriously to prevent similar things from happening again.]
[It's a bit surprising that at this stage, the entire human society has united. Although it may only be for a short period of time... at least at this moment, people are unanimous in the view that "we must deal with 'Kaiji' wholeheartedly and not have any extra thoughts. This is a war about survival."]
["After all, those who might surrender have been cleared out in advance~ It's really thanks to Kevin and the others… Especially Irine, she is using the "lantern" left by my "brother" very well, and it works very well~" In the studio where only one person was, Vill-V muttered to herself cheerfully.]
["Brother" needs people who are united and take Honkai seriously… Those who try to coexist are not needed for the time being~ Brother will help you accomplish that," Vill-V muttered to herself while arranging the tools in front of her… In front of her was a new "Divine Key", or rather, the shell of the "Third Divine Key".]
[Although the design of the "Divine Key" itself can be slowed down after the "Blank Key" is a better solution, but Vill-V is still working on related designs... It seems that she intends to connect the "Divine Key" and the "Blank Key" to become a set of paired equipment, thereby further exerting the power of the "Herrser Core".]
["The next thing is probably the 'next scene', right?" After arranging the equipment in front of her, Vill-V placed one hand on the table, staring at the ceiling, and was in a daze for a while.]
["So…is it time for you to pick me up, 'Brother'?" Vill-V murmured in a low voice.]