Chapter 37: "Novosibirsk, 14 February, 2000"

As a stigmata consciousness that can go back in time using Kaslana's blood relation coordinates, showing that she can control time is normal right?

This is what K-423 discovers when she takes control of Larina's body using her stigma.

The stigma on Kiana's body were only used by her as her home. She didn't even dare to activate the hidden gene in Kiana's body like Siegfried because she was afraid that Kiana's body would not be able to bear the power.

However, Larina Kaslana who was the body she currently controlled, was different.

It was like a player who was used to the level one, and suddenly opened up the level 99 in one go.

Many new functions appear everywhere.

One of them is the ability to control time.

This ability is almost the same as Time Fracture in the third generation battlesuit made by Schicksal. But the difference is, her Stigma ability actually stops time, not to slow it down.

Anyway...

For some reason, she somehow felt very familiar with this power. Looks like Kiana when she becomes Herrscher of Finality, she also has the power to pause time?

"Ah, excuse me~"

Opened the portal above the convoy vehicles, and saw Salome's frozen ferocious expression, resisting Bella's lightning ball attack. K-423 appreciated the rich expressions on their faces for a second, before she put Salome into her imaginary space.

"Okay ball lightning, please disappear."

Restored the movement of time as before, and hit the ball lightning with one's own body. K-423 stops time once again, and she takes off from there.

All of this only lasted for a few milisecond. Very fast.

In Shub's own eyes. She saw her friend Salome fend off Bella's ball lightning attack, and her body was annihilated along with the ball lightning.

"SALOME!! NOOOOO!!!"

Shub shouted, and opened her eyes wide.

"(Shub, our top priority is to get our stuff out of here. don't get carried away the fight!)"

Remember what Salome had told her before setting off. Shub gripped the spear in her hands tightly, and she gritted her teeth while exterminating the Honkai beasts that approached the convoy.

She couldn't cry here because it would disappoint Salome's confidence.

She needed to get away from this place as soon as possible, and complete her task.

She would not let down her friend's last trust.

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Stand in a high position. K-423 can see the convoy fading away, and she looks up to see Sirin descending, heading for the back of Babylon Tower.

"Really, I really don't know which position I should stand in. Why would my future self want to save you? Sirin, you deserve to die."

Sigh helplessly. K-423 unfolds the map and manual compass in her hands, and she begins to look for directions.

"Novosibirsk, the town where the peusedo-herrscher of death appears should be in the west. Damn it, another long trip. Why do I have to go back and forth from yesterday!? I'm not a courier!"

Lowered her head tiredly. K-423 opens the portal once again, and she enters there to teleport 5 kilometers.

In the absence of Herrscher of Void's core in her hands. K-423 can only use her Stigmata ability which has assimilated Herrscher of Void's stigma, and travels through time using space folding.

Even though her stigmata were a weakened version of Herrscher of Void's ability. Her body, which was strengthened using meta ICHOR, managed to overcome this weakness.

One second, is 5 kilometers. Two seconds, is 10 kilometers, Three seconds, is 15 kilometers!

Coupled with the power of her stigmata which can pause time, she can teleport to Novosibirsk instantly!

"Instant your mother! Save energy! Save energy! The honkai energy in my body almost running out!!"

Cursing herself for thinking so wildly. K-423's speed to Novosibirsk slowed down, and she began to greedily absorb the honkai energy present in her surroundings.

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Novosibirsk, 14 February, 2000.

Two days later...

"Sir, buy one cheese meat bun!"

"Please take, pretty lady!"

Take the paper bag that contains the food she ordered. K-423 who was strolling around the bustling city, took a bite, and the taste of the melted meat instantly covered her entire mouth.

"So delicious~"

Eating the meat bun in her hand with a happy expression. Above the sky, a sudden black streak appeared, and the black clouds began to spread everywhere very quickly.

"Ah, it's about time she came."

Slowly ate the meat bun in her hand, and watched the black cloud spread all over the city. K-423 could only let out another long sigh.

"Ahh!! What the hell, this hurts!!!"

"Mommy, it hurts!!!"

"Aaahhhhh!!!!"

....

Looking at the townspeople who fell one by one to the ground, clutching their heads in agony. The hatred in K-423's eyes increases rapidly.

"Sirin, you deserve to die."

Feeling that this warm meat bun in her hand didn't feel so good anymore. K-423 sees the dead baker on the ground, and silences them for a moment.

The thing she hated the most after Sirin was herself.

She knows that Galina's arrival will lead to the death of the entire town. But, she still didn't want to change anything.

K-423 wonders if her ability to travel through time is a blessing, or just a curse for her.

"I'm so sorry..."

"I'm so sorry..."

"I'm so sorry..."

"I'm soo sorry..."

....

Walked towards the center of the city, and saw a girl who was hugging herself guiltily. K-423 approached Galina slowly, stop the time, and she immediately grabbed her neck tightly.

"Ughh... Who... Why aren't you sleeping..?" Galina, who was suffocating, stared at K-423 with difficulty.

K-423's purple eyes filled with hate made Galina very scared.

"Even though I'm not a saintes, I really want to kill you right now."

"But to prevent the horrible butterfly effect, I'll let you go this time."

Using Fenghuang Down's fur to disrupt Galina's consciousness. Her eyes became extremely heavy, and Galina began to slowly close her eyes.

"I followed the plot of the future me because I thought that the future me would save Sirin."

"Now though, I've changed my mind."

K-423 uses the power of her stigmata to control time, and she begins to assimilate the stigmata of the peusedo-herrscher of death very quickly.

"In the memory fragments I obtained, I didn't see that I saved Sirin from start to finish. That means, I have completely misunderstood."

K-423 thinks that she one in the future must have taken Cecilia's soul, and Sirin's, back to the future, and brought them both back to life.

But thinking about it now, the lack of one passenger in the train car didn't seem to be a problem at all.

"Sirin, you must die here."

K-423's eyes have become very dangerous.