Chapter 94: Bronya Misappropriates Funds to Make Her First Fortune

When Kiana woke up again, she found that the surroundings had already changed. She felt exhausted all over, as if every cell in her muscles had been torn apart and then glued back together. It wasn't a pleasant feeling.

Subsequently, as Kiana woke up, she instinctively looked for Siegfried, only to see him picking something out of his arm with a dagger, alone. Each movement seemed to be accompanied by immense pain.

"Dad..."

Kiana, her mouth dry, tried to speak, but no sound came out.

Siegfried, sharp as ever, noticed Kiana's movement and quickly came to her side.

"Kiana! It's good that you're okay. Is there anywhere uncomfortable? Do you hear anyone speaking in your head? Do you remember anything?"

"...Water."

"Okay."

With that, Siegfried opened a bottle of spring water and fed it to Kiana. The cold sensation instantly made Kiana feel much more awake, although weak.

Looking around, she saw an environment resembling a cave.

"Dad, are we so poor now that we have to live in a cave? But I remember, wasn't I out to..."

Die from getting beaten by a Honkai Beast.

Although occasionally accompanying Siegfried on hunts for Honkai Beasts, Kiana never expected them to be so powerful. Normally, they could easily penetrate armor with a shot or be dealt with by a couple of kicks, but this time, no matter how they attacked, they couldn't break through the armor!

"We aren't poor. Just a few other things happened, the Honkai Beast has been dealt with, now let's focus on healing."

"...Okay."

Feeling guilty for causing trouble, Kiana couldn't remember how she got beaten like that. Especially her buttocks, as if someone had spanked her!

Fortunately, with the strong genes of the Kaslana family, Siegfried quickly recovered, and Kiana felt that she was fine too.

A night of huddling in a cave, they spent the time in each other's arms.

Then Siegfried disappeared.

Leaving behind a cellphone, a bank card, some of her own clothes, and daily necessities, Siegfried vanished into the cave.

Initially, Kiana thought Siegfried had gone out to hunt Honkai Beasts again, or maybe he went out to buy food.

But when she checked the bank card, Kiana found a small note attached to it.

It said she would have to live alone for a while and that he wouldn't be back for a long time. He was going alone to investigate the truth of the Honkai.

This, this was too despicable!

Now being left alone, Kiana didn't know what to do for a moment.

After not finding Siegfried in the nearest town, Kiana suddenly thought of Bronie's contact information.

Bronie, with her vast connections, would surely know how to find Siegfried. So the first thing she did after opening her phone was to contact Bronie.

"Sister Bronie~"

"Oh? Kiana, you're calling me so sweetly today, is there something you want to ask me for help with?"

Bronie didn't expect to hear Kiana's voice again, thinking she wouldn't be able to contact her for a while.

But Kiana was quite clever, instantly thinking of finding her first and then using her to find Siegfried.

"Well, Dad left me alone and ran away! He didn't even leave a way to contact him!"

Kiana's voice sounded very anxious, as if she had suffered a great injustice, as if she had done something wrong that led to Siegfried leaving.

Although Siegfried said he was going alone to investigate the truth of the Honkai, Kiana always felt it was a lie.

The unique intuition of the Kaslana family came in handy at this critical moment.

"Don't, don't cry, but if Siegfried leaves without a word, can't you even contact him?"

"Yes..."

"Sigh... I'll try to help you find Siegfried, do you know how to catch a ride? Why don't you come over to my place for a while, the orphanage isn't too far from your house, living alone is always difficult, if you come over, at least you'll have company."

Bronie's suggestion made Kiana somewhat tempted.

That stinky old man just left her directly, without even caring for her. It might be better to go to Sister Bronie's place temporarily.

After all, there were no clues about her Dad  now, rather than being like a headless fly looking for him, it would be better to look for someone related to Siegfried.

And Bronie was obviously a target.

"Well, I'll come over, that stinky old man doesn't know where he's gone, but I'll definitely find him!"

The determined girl made up her mind, and Bronie didn't want to discourage her.

To be honest, if she want to find Siegfried, she probably need to use the power of the Ash Serpent.

Siegfried is definitely not one to stay put, with the help of Anti Entropy, he'll be running around the world.

Then Kiana's days will be tough.

Although she's not short of money, going to unfamiliar places alone, where the language may not be understood, is still unsettling.

Elysia used to wander the world alone, but she couldn't let Kiana go down that path, could she?

If Elysia knew about this, she would probably come to Bronie every day to make a fuss, wanting to know Kiana's whereabouts, and she wouldn't have much time to play games.

It might be better to let Kiana come over, or have Elysia regularly contact Kiana herself.

But Kiana's phone currently doesn't support communication with the Elysian Realm, so Bronie needs to make some minor modifications.

As for Siegfried?

He ran away with the modified computer. When Bronie investigated, Siegfried smashed the computer directly, so there's no way to contact him.

How should she put it, he probably sees Bronie as the bad guy?

In order to avoid being found out, he used such a brutal method to evade tracking, showing that Siegfried is quite determined.

"So is Kiana really coming over?"

Seele watched from the side. Originally, Seele, who was usually naive, pushed Black Seele to Bronie as soon as she heard it was about Kiana.

Black Seele was also helpless, so she watched as Bronie hung up the phone, preparing to hear what instructions Bronie had.

"Yeah, she's indeed planning to come over. In any case, get along well, protect yourself, and if it's not working out, bring Sirin out to play games together, maybe some competitive ones, like fighting games, or cooperative ones."

"You've made fighting games?"

"Oh, come on, do you really have to play the games I make? There are so many games on the market, isn't there something fun enough for you? If you're short on cash, just come to me directly, no need to worry about funds at all!"

With that, Bronie directly took out a bank card, with the PIN attached to it.

"Um, aren't you afraid I'll get frustrated and suddenly stop playing?"

"Well... there is that possibility, but it's okay as long as you and Sirin are playing, I'll definitely be there."

"Alright, alright, for Seele's sake, and for the sake of this world, I'll reluctantly help you a bit!" Black Seele shrugged helplessly, taking the bank card handed by Bronie, complaining that she was annoyed, but without any intention of refusing.

The tsundere atmosphere has left the scene!

But this kind of Seele is still quite cute.

"Ugh, that smile of yours is so annoying, I'm outta here!"

With that, Black Seele shyly fled the office, closing the door behind her.

Bronya who stood by near the door felt like she had just heard something extraordinary.

"Congratulations, Bronya, you've finally realized that your little sister Seele is actually two people, although she hasn't been hiding it lately, most people haven't noticed yet."

"Well... Seele has become two, and the Herrscher is coming back. Isn't Bronie worried that the Herrscher will destroy the world? Clearly, the last civilization collapsed before the Herrscher's wrath"

"It's not about being arrogant, but leaving Kiana to wander alone might actually pose a threat to the world. And the fact that Herrscher fights for humanity isn't unique, so I'm willing to believe that Kiana can overcome these difficulties."

"It seems that Bronya needs to take care of security and protect everyone in the orphanage. When will Bronie be able to give me a giant robot?"

"I'm working on it, I'm working on it! *mumble*"

Bronya knew that when players urged her to make a new game in the internet, Bronie's automatic response was always like this.

But then there was no news about the game, and then other games came out.

In short, this kind of response sounded insincere, and of course, Bronya knew that Bronie was not that kind of person, but it still sounded very unpleasant.

"Bronya is considering buying Bronie's company through stock manipulation. Does that mean Bronie will be working for Bronya?"

"My company is not listed, and I have no plans make it go public, so your evil plan couldn't be implemented from the beginning!"

"Well... Bronya acquired an electronics factory. Can Bronie make games for Bronya's electronics factory?"

Well, this did surprise Bronie a bit.

"An electronics factory? Are you serious?"

Bronie felt a bit incredulous.

"Approaching Bronie's dream, Bronya can understand Bronie from a clearer perspective, and Bronya wants to approach Bronie from different angles."

So...

"When did you start planning?"

"Um... probably from when Bronie left the orphanage, and then when the outside world was having a Honkai Outbreak and everyone in the orphanage temporarily hid in the shelter, Bronie left computers and playground facilities inside the shelter to keep everyone from getting bored. Probably only silly little Rosalia would be completely attracted to the bumper cars. As for startup funds, it was the emergency funds Bronie left in the shelter."

Indeed, Bronya is a genius!

"Bronya has already payed the starting capital back into the bank card. Will Bronie blame Bronya?"

Bronie just shook her head and then patted Bronie's little head.

"The financial industry is really uncertain, many things are imaginary, and many things are quite dangerous, but I've prepared emergency bank cards for each of you. Probably the other kids haven't noticed yet, and there's really no need to save the money in the shelter. Money is something that is only needed in the worst-case scenario, Bronya has so much confidence in me, so since you've made money, you can use it as you wish."

But an electronics factory, Bronya is really bold.

"So does Bronie support Bronya in making game consoles?"

"Making game consoles is not simple, and designing from scratch involves many patents of players, but I have an idea here that you should be interested in. When the time comes, you can transplant all the games like Kirby and Mario onto it! It's impossible to compete with Schicksal and AE in terms of performance after all."

Schicksal and Anti Entropy, two organizations with advanced technology, if she decided to mess with their side jobs, they'll really feel too uncomfortable.

Console games and the like, will definitely be squeezed to death by both of them if she touches it even a little bit.

"So Bronya plans to take a different approach, like a smaller game console that can be held in hand at any time and played anywhere, equipped with a display screen, with strong differentiation from smartphones."

"It seems you know how to get around their advantages. Indeed as you said, game consoles need to have distinctive features, portable, to attract players through these advantages, of course, there is also the need for sufficiently outstanding games. Bronya, you really are a little troublemaker!"

Using her indulgence towards everyone, Bronya is sure that Bronie will definitely make big games for her game console to attract players.

"Bronya can give Bronie a share, and even give her original shares!"

Seeing that her plan was discovered by Bronie, Bronie also mischievously winked.

Wink~

"Really, I used to have the idea of making game consoles too, but I was worried that technological development was too rapid and accidentally accelerated the development of Honkai. But for a game console, let's first consult Mr. Welt."

The highest-end graphics card on the market today is equivalent to the 10 series graphics cards in Bronie's previous life, and it still struggles a bit against the Elden Ring.

Do you know what kind of configuration is needed to run an ns emulator on a computer?

At least it requires a 1060 graphics card, and the memory needs to be above 6GB!

So Bronie is worried that making such a handheld console might be too advanced.

So Bronie sent her estimated configuration to Mr. Welt.

[Haxxor Bunny: Welt, if I use this configuration to make a game console for release, will it stimulate Honkai?]

[In the Name of the World: With this configuration, are you sure you're making a game console and not a phone? Forget it, today's Schicksal's game console configuration is more than five times yours, your game console will definitely be a loss. ]

It seems that Bronya's provided configuration is still a bit conservative?

[Haxxor Bunny: Thank you, but the game console still needs to be made, and I'll definitely give the world a surprise! Games, as long as they're interesting enough, countless players will pay for them. I believe in my abilities.]

With that, Bronie ended the communication, leaving Welt bewildered.

Although Bronie said a lot of professional terms, but if a Herrscher of Reason couldn't understand those, what's the point of being a Herrscher of Reason?

You also need a good CPU to materialize Titans, right?

And what Bronie made indeed seemed a bit conservative, it seems that Bronie is very restrained from stimulating Honkai.

Although not very understanding, Welt was greatly shocked.

But Haxxor Bunny never disappoints in making games, and she also has a similar ability to himself, so making a game console shouldn't be a problem.

But just making it won't quickly capture the market, even if you make some powerful games, the sales that can be driven are still limited.

After all, if you can't produce a large number of exclusive games, and they're super high-quality content, you won't make players pay.

He just doesn't know how Haxxor Bunny should break through this dilemma.

As long as it's interesting enough?

Different people have different definitions of interesting, and making all players feel the same level of interest in a game is a very difficult thing to do.

Can Bronie do it?

Welt began to itch.