Bronya's Appearance

On Saturday morning, the day after Kouro visited the ME branch in a 'friendly' manner.

At least so far nothing special had happened. Nagazora City was still quiet, at least on the surface.

The theft at the ME agency's weapons research room didn't even appear in the media.

On this day, Kiana was still the same as always being a 'NEET'.

Taking advantage of the weekend, Kouro and Kiana went to several places to relax and chat.

When the topic of their conversation came to Senba Academy enrollment, Kouro found that Kiana's level of knowledge was not enough to enter Senba Academy as a student.

Previously when Kiana lived with her father and spent most of her time fighting Honkai. While other children her age played and studied at school, Kiana worked hard to become a fighter.

Then after her father disappeared when she was 12 years old, she spent most of her time searching for him while fighting Honkai.

Now, in terms of combat power alone, Kiana should be able to easily defeat adults with ease and can even defeat dozens of low-level Valkyries with her bare hands.

It's just that for general knowledge, Kiana is far below average compared to people her age.

Except for basic arithmetic and a few foreign languages that she mastered due to her frequent traveling around the world, Kiana's knowledge of physics and chemistry is minimal and even her historical knowledge is limited to Honkai.

Stupid... Kiana is stupid, hmm... so because of this she is nicknamed 'BakaTuna' by her fans in the game.

Upon learning this, Kouro swiftly brought Kiana back, now was not the time to relax. He was then forced to become her tutor under Kiana's seduction.

...

In the afternoon, when Kouro went to Senba academy, he found someone who was familiar to his eyes.

His gaze fell on a little girl around 13 or 14 years old who was walking near Mei.

The girl was Bronya Zaychik, Bronya had a beautiful face and had dark gray hair and eyes with her hair cut in two spiral pigtails and tied using a large night blue ribbon.

She looked emotionless and even her eyes were a little blank, then what was most striking about her besides her calmness was her cold wolf-like aura.

Kouro relied on his physical fitness and Stealth skills which progressively improved and eventually reached the Advanced level.

He observed Bronya while searching for some information regarding her arrival to Senba academy.

Kouro quickly learned that Bronya had come to the Senba academy as the daughter of the current company leader who replaced Raiden Ryoma.

Her arrival here was to check on the ME company branch in Nagazora city and provide a letter of recommendation for Senba academy.

Just like the Tachikawa academy, some academies with high accreditation would get a letter of recommendation from the ME company for internships and other job training.

Knowing this, Kouro's eyebrows raised slightly.

He remembered that in the original plot, Bronya's coming here to Nagazora city was to keep an eye on Mei who had Herrscher's gem core.

If he was not mistaken, Bronya was ordered by Cocolia to kidnap Mei and extract her Herrscher gem core to use as fuel for the [Moonlight Throne].

Is Bronya's arrival now for the same reason?

Although it sounds evil, Bronya is actually one of the important Protagonists in the Honkai Impact game with Kiana and Mei forming a trio of protagonist teams.

Compared to Mei and Kiana, Bronya's childhood was more bleak.

Her father died from the Second Eruption and her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.

She was raised as a mercenary at a very young age and even became a great assassin, earning the nickname 'The Silver Wolf of the Urals'.

The reason Bronya was able to become Cocolia's adopted daughter was because at first Bronya was ordered to kill an important figure, namely Cocolia, unfortunately she was caught and cornered until she resigned to her fate.

Cocolia felt pity and compassion for Bronya who at a very young age had become a mercenary, she then pulled her to live in her orphanage to make her live a normal life.

Thinking of this, Kouro's expression softened slightly, he then saw Bronya walk past Mei without changing her flat expression before stopping and glancing at her.

The atmosphere around the two of them became strange.

One of them is the former daughter of the ME company president and the other is the daughter of the current ME company president.

It was hard to believe that the two of them would make contact and in the eyes of some students and teachers who happened to pass by, they felt a little happy when they saw this.

In their eyes, Mei was now a desperate young lady while Bronya who was the daughter of the current ME President was a real young lady.

If Mei was willing to befriend Bronya, her current status might improve a bit.

If a kind and gentle girl like Mei can have a better future, then it would be for the best.

As for Bronya's lack of expression and emotional turmoil, everyone including Mei just assumed that she was a quiet girl.

However, Kouro knew that Bronya's current appearance was because she was injured in the experiment that Cocolia had done, both her legs were paralyzed and even her brain was severely damaged, making her lose her emotions.

Bronya greeted Mei and the two of them then walked side by side, when in fact she was using a prosthetic exoskeleton connected to her paralyzed legs so that she could walk.

Her legs, of course, were not amputated because Bronya's paralysis was actually caused by brain damage.

In addition, there is a special chip in Bronya's brain.

The main purpose of this chip is to treat the brain damage, help her recover her emotions and also serve to monitor her physical state.

In an emergency, it can even replace Bronya's consciousness to control her body.

Is Cocolia monitoring Mei who is close to Bronya using the chip right now?

Kouro frowned.

He had realized long ago that he was a butterfly that shouldn't exist in this world and had finally flapped his wings to bring about the changes that resulted in the Butterfly Effect.

Because of his existence, perhaps the Third Eruption would occur before Kiana entered Senba Academy.

Perhaps it was time to find a way to monitor the concentration of Honkai energy in Nagazora city.

Although Kouro had a slightly low Honkai status, his ability to control Honkai energy was already very strong for an ordinary person.

But he still didn't have a perception of how to use Honkai energy because he wasn't very used to it.

Therefore he needed knowledge and some advanced equipment to use it.

Like advanced weapons, Honkai energy detection devices cannot be accessed or even purchased by ordinary people.

In the perception of ordinary people in this world, the Honkai disaster is either a natural disaster or a contagious disease outbreak like HB disease.

Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, World Serpent and even other organizations hide the existence and information of Honkai, at least to ordinary people.

Therefore, a gadget that detects Honkai energy...

...No, why bother using a Gadget?

Rather than passively waiting for the Third Eruption to occur, it is better to make some signs in advance to warn St. Freya's academy about the Third Eruption.

In that case, he could also get more accurate information through the reaction of the St. Freya Academy.

After all Kiana was in Nagazora City, when the Eruption really happened, it would be impossible for Theresa not to inform Kiana.

As for his strength now, Kouro was pretty sure he was already on par with experienced low-level Valkyries.

Kouro who had this idea acted immediately and returned to his dormitory.

A few minutes later, he calmly walked out of his room while carrying a large guitar case on his back.

He sat on a lawn chair near Senba academy while watching Mei and Bronya.

Today was a Saturday so Kouro didn't need to wait until school dismissal time, he just needed to wait until Mei parted ways with Bronya.

It didn't take long for Mei and Bronya to part ways when they met for the first time.

Kouro took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Mei to go to her usual place immediately as he had something to talk to her about.

Moments later, in a corner of Senba Academy, Mei could be seen showing a familiar smile due to Kouro's arrival.

Seeing Mei who had been waiting, Kouro did not mince words and suddenly spoke to her with a very serious expression.

"Mei-senpai, no, Mei, can you trust me? Entrust your life, your future and even your body to me?"