Chapter 3: Bronya
The density of the Honkai beasts and the dead soldiers here is slightly better. After various risky attempts, Kirataka finally slowly led the girl beside him out of the area where the templar-level Honkai beasts were active and moved forward all the way to the vicinity of the East City District of Nagazora.
As they approached this area, they could indeed feel the number of Honkai beasts decreasing visibly.
After turning a corner, Kirataka and Sora saw a completely new scene.
A large number of dead soldiers and Honkai beasts were knocked to the ground, motionless.
Kirataka walked forward to check their wounds. Judging from the type of wounds, they were knocked down by some large-caliber heavy weapons.
"Big brother, these monsters have been defeated."
Sora looked at the dead soldiers and Honkai beasts lying on the ground and said with some surprise.
Those monsters that could easily tear apart the human body were actually knocked to the ground by something.
"Um."
Kirataka took a look at the Honkai beasts that were knocked to the ground, then raised his head and looked around, as if looking for someone.
There are only a few people active in Nagazora who can defeat the Honkai beast.
Kiana, Mei, Raven and...
Kiana probably only has a baseball bat and a pistol on hand. Mei, as a Herrscher, can't possibly be here. Raven... doesn't seem to be able to inflict this kind of wound either.
So there is only one answer.
A silver-haired girl appeared within sight.
Her feet were not touching the ground, but she was floating gently, holding a Homu doll in her hands, looking over here quietly.
Behind her, one could vaguely see the outline of some huge mechanical device.
Presumably, these defeated Honkai beasts were her masterpieces.
Kirataka's eyes became a little more serious.
Bronya Zaychik.
Although she will be one of the famous three great Herrscher in the future, the successor of the Herrscher of Reason, and the prover of the famous "8＞50000" inequality... but at this point in time, this girl is still a member of Cocolia.
Although the artificial eruption here was not caused by Bronya, her current mission should be to follow Cocolia's arrangements to retrieve Raiden Mei, and she is still a member of the Anti-Entropy faction.
If anything, the role she plays here should be that of a "villain."
he can't have a conflict with her here, but to be honest... there is no point of conflict between Kirataka and her right now.
According to Kirataka's understanding, Bronya is not someone who kills indiscriminately.
Does he want to try to negotiate with her?
Of course.
Even if something unexpected really happens, this future can be avoided by going back in time. All you have to do is avoid Bronya during the next action.
Thinking of this, Kirataka lowered his head and glanced at the mechanical watch on his hand, and wrote down the time when he met Bronya.
When Kirataka and Sora saw Bronya, the other party also noticed them.
"You are... survivors?"
Bronya asked in a calm voice.
Now, due to the influence of the X-10 experiment, the emotional circuits in her brain have been damaged, and she has lost the ability to perceive emotions. Her legs have also been infected by Honkai energy, so she has to rely on a mechanical exoskeleton to move.
This state of mental and physical disability was not cured until she became the Herrscher of Reason.
"Yes."
Kirataka nodded.
"…"
Bronya did not answer but just looked at Kirataka seriously with her gray pupils.
She was observing Kirataka and Sora's body shapes.
If a person has undergone combat training, the temperament and body shape they display will be very different from those of ordinary people. She, who was trained as a soldier since childhood, knows this best.
Judging from their body movements and observations, these two people are indeed just ordinary people and there seems to be nothing special about them.
Therefore, Bronya ruled out the possibility that the other party was a threat.
Her top priority now is to find Raiden Mei and reclaim her. Other things are not within her consideration. She should just ignore these two survivors who she happened to meet.
Raiden Mei... the one who awakened the stigmata, she must find her and let Cocolia's mother study her so that we can find a way to bring Seele back...
As long as she can get Seele back, she is willing to do anything.
The silver-haired girl thought mechanically in her mind.
She has no emotions anymore, and her only purpose in living now is to find Seele, with whom she grew up.
Then, Bronya looked at the young Sora beside Kirataka, and her eyes softened a little.
In terms of losing her family due to the Honkai, she is no different from Raven; both are victims of the second Honkai eruption.
Therefore, it is natural to have corresponding kindness towards such young and helpless children.
However, Kirataka felt somewhat ironic when he thought about the fact that the culprit who caused Sora and the other children to lose everything was her beloved "mother," Cocolia.
Bronya handed the Homu doll in her arms to Sora and said in a calm voice:
"This is for you."
"Hey... um, thank you, sister."
Sora took the Homu doll and said with some surprise.
Feeling the still warm touch of the doll, her depressed mood caused by the major misfortune was slightly soothed.
Of course, she also likes this soft yellow rabbit doll.
In the world of Honkai, this yellow Homu doll has an inexplicable attraction to beautiful girls. From the future Bishop of Schicksal and the Herrscher of Reason to ordinary civilian girls, there is no one who doesn't like Homu. It can be said to be a real heartthrob.
Of course, Kirataka didn't have any feelings for this doll...
What's so cute about this silly-looking yellow doll?
Then, Bronya pointed to the east and suggested to Kirataka and Sora:
"You guys should quickly find a place to take shelter. There are fewer Honkai beasts over there."
As for herself, she still had to look for the third Herrscher, Raiden Mei.
Because the concentration of Honkai energy in Nagazora has reached a certain level, it can be said that high concentrations of Honkai energy are everywhere. Bronya has no way to locate Raiden Mei's position through the Honkai energy sensing device.
Although Cocolia released the Honkai energy at Chiba Academy, Bronya believed that after awakening as the Third Herrscher, the unknown Raiden Mei would not necessarily stay at Chiba Academy and surrender.
Considering the destruction that had spread throughout the city, Bronya deduced that the other party was probably wandering around the city.
It's just a pity that even though she had searched for Raiden Mei in the city for a long time, she still found nothing.
Kirataka looked down at the mechanical watch on his hand and made a decision.
Nearly fifty minutes had passed since leaving the cabin and meeting Bronya here, and the limit of backtracking was almost reached.
In other words, it is necessary to set up a new "save point."
'None of the other routes could find Raven within an hour. Hmm... I'd better choose this route.'
He confirmed the experience of meeting Bronya at the moment as reality and recorded it again with the present time point as the source point for tracing back.
Next, he will "split his troops into two groups." On one side, he will take Sora to find a safe haven for Raven as originally planned, and on the other side, he will try to follow Bronya to find Raiden Mei to see what will happen.
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