166 Wholesome is Good
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After being persuaded by Higokumaru and Sakura for the umpteenth time, Kouro finally did not dig his own grave, but even so he eventually went out to hunt down the remaining Honkai Beasts.
Either because he was afraid or because he wanted to vent his emotions.
Actually that was just one of the reasons, the real reason he went out was to avoid Mei, Ayame, and the others.
Anyway... He don't know what they did when they found out what he did last night to Kiana and Ana.
Sakura and Higokumaru also came to hunt the Honkai Beast with him, Kouro didn't forbid them to follow him, after all he also actually needed their strength.
His intuition also said that it would take about a few more hours to make Honkai's energy concentration return to normal.
So, today would probably be his last day in the city of Manila before finally returning to Schicksal, therefore before returning, he at least wanted to raise his level.
Time passed until noon arrived, because the number of Honkai Beasts was already decreasing Kouro in the end could only raise one level.
Name: Hanagami Kouro
Level: 45
Job: None
Title: Wolf Slayer [+]
Authority: Death and Life.
[HP: 42,000/42,000]
[SP: 15,040/15,040]
Fatigue: 5
Strength: 279 --> 300
Agility: 200
Vitality: 209 --> 210
Senses: 178 --> 180
Intelligence: 209 --> 210
Honkai: 209 --> 235
Point(s): 0
...
In the middle of a sunny day, in the corridor of the evacuation building, Kouro was seen chatting with Sakura and Higokumaru.
"Thank you Higokumaru, thanks to you I no longer have to bother looking for Honkai Beasts one by one. Here's some fried tofu, as a token of my gratitude. "
Kouro gave Higokumaru a bag full of fried tofu that he had cooked earlier in gratitude.
"Woah! Thank you Kouro-nii~" Higokumaru with a happy expression received the bag full of fried tofu, she then took one steaming fried tofu before eating it.
"Nyam~ Nyam~ Nyam~ It's delicious!" Higokumaru held her two cheeks with a happy expression.
Seeing her happy, Kouro only smiled gently, he couldn't imagine that a Herrscher who was more than fifty thousand years old would feel that happy just because of fried tofu.
Wait, fifty thousand years? Kouro tapped his forehead, he almost didn't notice this.
To be able to live for fifty thousand years without losing oneself and losing one's motivation, it meant that the two of them or rather Higokumaru had a goal that she really wanted to achieve without caring about the passage of time.
If Kouro didn't remember wrongly, the two of them did have certain goals.
For Sakura, Kouro could somewhat guess a little that she had a goal to find someone who referred to himself as the 'Herrscher of Shadow'.
He didn't know who that person was, but it was certain that that person was from the World Serpent organization or at least had some connection to it.
Kouro was honestly a bit curious about this person, because that person from 500 years ago probably had the same fate as him...
But... Since he was now the vessel of the Herrscher of Shadow, it was possible that that person was a failed experiment that was eliminated by the World Serpent or... That person is still alive today just like Otto.
But is this really possible?
After all, escaping from World Serpent's pursuit was impossible unless the organization itself let you escape or that person was really very strong.
Moreover, Kouro felt that Otto was also after this person, considering that he had hurt Kallen badly.
That's why he was a bit skeptical whether that person was still alive, considering Otto was a committed person and was willing to sacrifice anything to bring Kallen back to life.
So the thing that Kouro could be sure of was that that person would definitely become very miserable if he met Otto.
Perhaps that person had died and his body was then examined by Otto before finally making a clone that had that person's DNA.
After all even if that person was likely a failed experiment, ultimately using the human body as a vessel for Herrscher's power was one of the plans developed by Otto.
He wouldn't be surprised if one day there would be a clone of that person in the basement of the church at St. Freya's Academy, considering that that person was quite powerful as he could beat Higokumaru, Sakura, and Kallen to a pulp.
Another thing, he was rather curious about that person's appearance, would that person have the same appearance as him?
But... Considering that his father had the same appearance as him and his appearance was the same as KOURO, it seemed certain that that person would also have the same appearance as him.
Well... No matter what in the end Kouro could only support her.
And now the question was about Higokumaru's purpose.
Her goal was definitely not as simple as finding someone to take revenge on... Perhaps?
Kouro recalled the story about KOURO told by her, 'A nameless hero who has been erased by history'.
If Higokumaru wanted to take revenge on humanity for being unfair to KOURO, this world should not have become so 'peaceful' a long time ago.
Because Higokumaru's true ability is that she can infect everything, whether it's 'data', 'living things', and so on.
If she for example had infected the internet that has reached the entire world, controlling high-tech weapons such as 'Nukes', 'Railguns', 'Mecha' and so on, this world would definitely be finished without the intervention of World Serpent, Anti-Entropy, and Schicksal.
But since this world is still 'peaceful' it means that Higokumaru's main goal is not that.
Thinking of this, Kouro who couldn't hold back his curiosity then turned to look at Higokumaru who was still engrossed in eating fried tofu.
"Higokumaru, can you tell me your true purpose? Ah! If you don't want to answer it's fine. "
"I dyount myyind (I don't mind). " said Higokumaru with her mouth full of fried tofu.
"Um... You should finish eating first before talking... " said Kouro.
After finishing the fried tofu in her mouth, Higokumaru then approached him before placing her index finger on Kouro's forehead for a few moments before retreating back to Sakura's side.
"What was that for? " Kouro asked while touching his forehead in confusion.
"[For this.]" Higokumaru's voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"[Woah! Telepathy!]" said Kouro in his mind in amazement.
He was not amazed at being able to telepathize with him, as he had often done so with Ji Xuanyan and her twin.
He was amazed that Higokumaru would do this, which meant that her purpose was indeed extraordinary.
"[I apologize, if you feel uncomfortable because we are doing this, but please understand that Higokumaru's purpose is really very important.]"
Sakura's voice then sounded in his mind, Kouro then turned to look at her strangely.
He stared like that not because Sakura could also use telepathy, but because Sakura's way of speaking was completely different from usual.
How did Kouro say it... Become more formal and polite?
Usually Sakura's way of speaking was polite but straightforward and uncomplicated so it seemed like a stern and cold person.
"[It's okay. In fact, I feel a little happy that this conversation seems to be a secret for the three of us. ]" Kouro said with a childish smile.
"[That's good then.]" said Higokumaru in Kouro's mind, although her mouth currently looked full of fried tofu.
"[My goal is actually simple: to guard one of the Herrscher of the End shard cores that has been sealed using the 13th Divine Key. ]"
Hearing this, Kouro looked at hee with a skeptical expression, not that he didn't believe it, but wouldn't the person guarding something important usually carry and guard it wholeheartedly.
But why from what he saw, Higokumaru didn't seem to carry such an important object, especially since this girl with Sakura always traveled a lot to various countries.
Seeing his gaze, Higokumaru's expression seemed to change to annoyance until she immediately said without telepathy, "What's wrong with your expression? Don't you believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that... You look like you're not carrying that thing. *
"[Of course, the core fragment is so far away and so difficult to find that even if you dig up all the places in the world, the core fragment will definitely not be found, because I'm the only one who knows the path where the core fragment is.]" Higokumaru said confidently and firmly.
Seeing her like that, Kouro was seen rubbing his chin with a thoughtful expression, 'If what she said is true, does that mean there is a possibility that the core fragment is in a special place like in another dimension... Maybe?'
After thinking about this, he recalled one of the Herrscher of the End core fragments that someone had given him.
'Since the core fragment was able to be hidden like that, then it means that this core fragment is really very important.'
Whether the shard he had was discovered purely by luck or some other factor.
At least one thing he could be sure of was that the person who gave him the Herrscher core was someone very important to him.
That means Kouro can narrow down the possibility of the person who gave him the Herrscher core.
'No, it's not the time to think about this!'
Kouro then immediately turned to look at Higokumaru, "[Isn't this information really confidential and very important? Why can you easily tell me?"]
"[Well that's because-]" It was Higokumaru who spoke before finally stopping without finishing her words.
Kouro turned to look at Higokumaru who seemed to have stopped eating fried tofu with a thinking expression.
She held that expression for a while before finally saying without looking at Kouro's face, "[No, forget it, I told you because I wanted to, that's all]"
Kouro glanced at her for a few moments before muttering, "...Thank you, Thank you for trusting me. I promise to keep this conversation a secret."
Hearing his mutter Higokumaru seemed to stop walking and turned to look at Kouro with an expression followed by Sakura after seeing her stop.
Kouro walked past them, expression unchanged, he continued walking without looking back, he did not actively invite the two of them to join Schicksal or St. Freya's academy.
He knew, as long as their goal had not been achieved, inviting them in would only inconvenience them.
Kouro who walked for a few minutes then accidentally turned his head to the left before finally stopping.
To him left was an abandoned room, he didn't know why this abandoned room wasn't used for treating patients, but that wasn't the point.
The point was that he had faintly heard the voices of two people from inside the room, a man and a woman.
Hmm... If in one quiet room there is one man and one woman together, that means...
Kouro quickly shook his head to dispel his dirty thoughts.
'Remember Kouro, no peeking!'
After that he then took out his 'See-Trough' glasses and put them on before finally turning his head to stare at the room.
'This is not peeping but researching! This is for research! Yes it's for research!'
After justifying his behavior, Kouro who was wearing the glasses was then seen raising his eyebrows.
He saw Tianwu and Ana together!
To be more precise, they were staring at each other with serious expressions as if they were going to talk about something very important.
Seeing this, Kouro took out a popcorn from his inventory before finally watching with an interested gaze.
...
"I didn't expect you to answer my confession so quickly, Ana. " Tianwu said looking at Ana who was in front of him.
At first he had expected Ana to take over a year to answer his confession, no, maybe by then, he had already forgotten about it.
But he really didn't expect that it would only take a day just to think of an answer to his confession.
Well, since it was quick, he was already expecting the result, so his heart didn't have any expectations, but even so he would still listen to the answer.
"Um... Thank you, I'm glad that you confessed to me, but... Sorry. I know Tianwu-san is a good person... But we currently don't know each other, we're not familiar, I... Don't know anything about you yet... "
Tianwu's head looked down hiding his expression and listening to all of Ana's words.
Kouro who was watching then said "Woah! That's good... I mean the popcorn."
Don't know who he was talking to.
Tianwu whose head was bowed then looked at Ana's hand that was extended to him.
"I can't accept you to be my boyfriend, but I can accept you to be my friend, let's get to know each other!"
Hearing this, Tianwu then raised his head with a surprised expression, he saw Ana smiling gently at him.
Staring at Ana's outstretched hand to him again, Tianwu then smiled before finally also extending his hand and holding Ana's hand.
"I see, then let me introduce myself once again, my name is Tianwu Chen, nice to meet you."
Hearing his introduction, Ana also introduced herself, "My name is Ana Schariac, nice to meet you, let's be friends. "
They shook hands and finally looked at each other for a moment before laughing together.
Kouro who was watching them then suddenly shouted.
"Hey! Who sprinkled sugar on my popcorn?"
Kouro suddenly felt his popcorn tasting very sweet, he think carefully before finally putting on a sober expression.
"Oh? Nevermind, it's just too wholesome. "
