"That Girl"

[Thanks to my editor dioscuri]

(The next chapter will i release tonight)

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After what happened that night.

Kouro still continued his daily activities such as exercising to fulfill the Daily Quest, studying at the Academy and so on.

Mei also continued her activities as usual at Senba Academy because she was ordered by Kouro.

Meanwhile, Kiana still remains the same 'NEET' as always, at least on the surface.

When Kouro is not in the dormitory, she will continue practicing the martial art 'Kaslana Gun-kata' taught by her father.

On the surface there didn't seem to be much change.

but in reality, the Honkai Eruption in Nagazora has brought more changes than meets the eye.

Major companies are aware of Honkai's existence, although they still cannot conclude whether the Honkai Eruption will happen again.

They are carefully moving some important projects that were originally established in Nagazora to avoid future losses.

In some parts of Nagazora city, you will see many government staff installing strange technological equipment in the area.

According to local residents, the technology is air-cleaning equipment and is also a new project that has been heavily invested in to create a better urban environment.

The citizens of Nagazora are of course very happy and few people know that these high-tech devices are equipment that will monitor Honkai Energy and slow down the rate at which its concentration increases.

The equipment was provided by the St. Freya academy.

Surprisingly, high-tech equipment like this should cost a lot of money, but the St. Freya Academy was able to afford it despite their already small funds.

Unless a small-scale Honkai Eruption like the one in the suburbs happened again. There should be no need to use this high-tech equipment, St. Freya Academy seemed to be a little too cautious.

Nevertheless, for the Nagazora city office, this development is undoubtedly a good thing.

They were a little nervous because of the previous Honkai Eruption, although it was on a small scale.

But now they had calmed down a bit, and they had even returned the large amount of money that the St. Freya academy had invested.

They said that it was a friendly offer, but if they didn't give anything in return for the St. Freya academy's investment in Nagazora city it was tantamount to offending a large organization.

In this world full of Honkai, in the Far East Branch region, the St. Freya academy was the only organization that could fight the Honkai.

If they lost the academy's support, who would fight the Honkai then?

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On the side of the ME company branch in Nagazora City.

More precisely, inside the weapons research room that was filled with police lines, Bronya was seen communicating with Cocolia using a virtual hologram screen.

"Various scan data shows that this place was not abandoned before and Honkai weapons should have been stored here." Bronya stated expressionlessly.

"[That's irrelevant, the weapons made by the ME company are just ordinary Honkai weapons. Besides, the stolen weapon was just a failed product so there's no need to worry."]

Cocolia who was the current President of ME, spoke while belittling the company she led.

She then changed the subject and asked Bronya about the progress of the mission.

"[By the way, Bronya how is your mission progressing? Have you met with Raiden Mei yet?]"

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

Bronya's words, made Cocolia raise her eyebrows.

If not for the lack of expression on Bronya's face through the virtual screen, Cocolia would have even thought that someone else was impersonating Bronya.

As far as Cocolia knew, Bronya was not the type of person who easily expressed her affection for someone or deliberately made Raiden Mei's personality look good.

However, it didn't matter whether Bronya was friends with Mei or not.

In the end, it was herself who would take care of the rest.

"[Yes, you've probably never heard of it. Yesterday afternoon, a small-scale Honkai Eruption occurred in the suburbs of Nagazora. I suspect it was Raiden Mei's influence.]"

"Bronya already checked the information, that the Honkai Eruption occurred at 4:20 pm yesterday and only an hour had 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 was showing more emotion than before or should be giddy that Bronya had a friendly relationship with Herrscher's vessel which she considered a target.

"[Anyway, you have to stay alert. I have a feeling that Nagazora city will continue to experience Honkai Eruptions until the real Third Eruption comes."]

"Bronya will protect the people of Nagazora city." Bronya said with a calm expression.

Cocolia sighed, this child had become too kind now, it was obvious that Bronya was a ruthless killer before.

Was it because the life in the orphanage was too warm and harmonious or perhaps it was because of 'that' girl who disappeared in the Sea of Quanta due to a failed experiment that had changed Bronya so much?

Cocolia was not sure.

"[Okay Bronya, I allow it, but please remember carefully, if Honkai's energy concentration is below one hundred HW, you are allowed to absorb the energy with Project Bunny 19C and slowly reduce the energy concentration.]"

After saying that, Cocolia then continued with a serious expression.

"[But if it exceeds one hundred HW, don't try to reduce Honkai's energy concentration.]"

"[By the time that happens Raiden Mei will probably already be a Herrscher, if we can extract her Herrscher core, then we'll already be one step closer to eliminating the Honkai.]"

Bronya was silent for a moment and simply nodded, letting Cocolia know that she was listening.

Bronya could vaguely guess what Cocolia Matushka wanted to do.

The word 'extract' meant literally that is to take the Herrscher gem core that was inside Mei's body when it turned into an artificial Herrscher.

Bronya knew why Cocolia wanted the Gem of Conquest.

With the Herrscher gem core, Cocolia had a plan to bring 'that girl' who was trapped in the Sea of Quanta back.

Whether Bronya's 'old friends' or 'new friends' find it difficult, they are equally precious to her.

Mei-neesama after having her Herrscher core taken away will most likely be paralyzed or at worst "dead".

In her heart, Bronya was against this plan, even she wondered if this was the right thing to do.

Is it right to sacrifice some people to save more people?

Although she knew that a rational person would definitely agree to 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 due to the accident, why did it still hurt so much?

"[Bronya? Bronya! Did you hear me?]"

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

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

As soon as Bronya said that, she immediately 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 for you to just focus on protecting yourself and leave the rest to me. "

Originally, Cocolia planned to use the biochip that had been implanted in Bronya's brain and control her to bring Raiden Mei back when needed.

But seeing Bronya's expression earlier, made Cocolia a little hesitant.

It looked like she needed to change her plan a little.