Chapter 171: A Scuffle
The flame chasers currently around at the golden courtyard were having a staring match with Ein and Hua who were just merrily drinking and eating.
Eden was curious about him, wanting to know more about the mysterious man. Mobius was on guard, anxious that he will show something again. Feeling that he has more up his sleeve, Vill-v wanted to know what things he has made in his universe. SAKURA was just observing him. While Elysia and Aponia are by his side, they are already drinking as well while the nun just stares at him with her dead fish eyes.
"Wait, where's my legal Loli Griseo?" Ein asked as the only ones missing right now were Griseo and Kosma.
"They're in the deep end. Should I call for them?" Aponia asked and he nodded he then patted her head and Aponia flinched, not expecting that. Remembering the memories he instilled to her, being always told that she did a good job. "T-thank you." Aponia teared up and went to fetch Griseo.
Elysia saw it and she looked at him with a smile, not knowing what he showed Aponia. But she did know that the woman was the most misunderstood person in MOTH.
"Ein-san... What is your purpose here in this bubble universe then?" Mei asked with squinted eyes as even Hua alone could basically squash them all with just a wave of her finger. Terrifying her, noticing that Hua was very unstable. And if he decides to let her go out there, she doesn't even want to know what she'll do.
"Ahhh, we're here to have some fun of course! I know, how about I show you the Aesir special." Ein snapped his fingers and every single one of the males turned into females. The special of his company that he made with Phyllis, turning historical figures and heroes into girls.
Nobody noticed it at first, then Elysia had stars in her eyes and started laughing uncontrollably. To the point where she started to tear up. Mei then saw Kevin, Kalpas, and Su turn into women.
"E-Ein-san..." Mei looked at him with her mouth wide open and Natasha had a huge smile on her face. Seeing Kevin and Kalpas that were shocked out of their minds. "Heh, that's for being an edgelord Kevin, and nice boobs Kalpas kyahahaha!"
Elysia gave a thumbs up to him and Eden was amused, the two of them drinking wine while eating some cheese and crackers.
"That look suits you very well Kevin~ It seems that the boob window you have on your uniform did come in handy." Vill-v teased her and Mobius was laughing her ass off.
"Ohhh, did you base them on Kate and Krishna? They look identical, I know! How about I distinguish myself from the old timer here?" Hua manipulated her body and made herself have bigger boobs just like Nuwa's statues with Jingwei. (pic)
Sim Fu Hua choked on her noodles and some even went out of her nose. Making Hua laugh at her, amusing her to no end.
"Enough with the jokes Ein-san, what do you mean you want to have fun here?" Mei glared at him as she received some edge because of the various circumstances she had with the girls of St. Freya.
"Mei-chan, why are you so tense? Relax, you know? Just like you were in here, you'll get old quickly if you're always so serious." He showed everyone a picture of her in her dinosaur onesie and Natasha gave her a knowing look, trying to hold in her laughter.
Mei immediately used her herrscher powers and tried to take the picture, but Hua was extra sensitive to twitchy people and held her by the neck.
"Woah, you shouldn't do that if I were you." Ein eased Hua's hands and she released Mei. She gasped for air and her hands were so tight on her throat it left a mark.
Natasha stopped laughing and went quiet, remembering that the two visitors were not normal in any sense.
"Anyways, can you tell me what happened here? Why are you so, I don't know. Serious and upset?" Ein sighed and Mei looked down on the ground.
"A lot... Himeko-sensei died, Kiana-chan is dying. Bronya-chan is with Anti-Entropy. We're all fragmented and lost." Mei said with a somber tone as her face scrunched up.
Griseo then arrived with Kosma and Aponia. Ein made Griseo teleport on his lap, sticking her favorite lollipop in her mouth as he looked at Mei with his slitted eyes.
"Tell me more, girl." He said seriously and Mei got scared, like a frog being stared at by a dragon that wants to kill it with anything its got.
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Kanchou arrived shortly at Homu's joyful dining and was waiting for her partner to arrive. She looked at her watch and Himeko was 30 minutes late.
She then saw the redhead and Kanchou gave her the stink eye. "Sorry I'm late, I was held up by something." Himeko apologized and Kanchou wanted payback.
"Shouldn't the oh so wonderful volunteer police of Soukai not be making excuses?" Kanchou huffed with pettiness.
"I received some more information about the white phantom. There is an increase in sightings about the culprit." Himeko ignored her and was slightly anxious about the activity of the culprit.
Kanchou then remembered the loli vampire. She went quiet and listened to Himeko's report. Unconsciously rubbing the spot on her neck where Tericula bit. Himeko noticed it and she needed to say something to steer her suspicion.
"This sounds like one of those urban legends. Things will get jumbled up if people keep on mistaking these sightings as reality ms. Sherlock." Kanchou tried to distract her and it worked.
"Esoteric things have some truths sprinkled into them. That's elementary, dear Watson. After all, nobody can imagine things that they've never seen before." Himeko retorted and Kanchou nodded, she has seen the culprit already.
They then returned to St. Freya and just missed the Russians. Along with Mei and Kiana, exhaustion seeped deep in Kanchou's bones and she passed out almost immediately when she hit the bed.
'Who was that vampiress? I swear I know her from somewhere... We'll investigate tomorrow again anyways.' Kanchou fell asleep and her nape started aching.
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The gang of St. Freya students that are a group of super soldiers roamed around Soukai city. Their enhanced bodies not really feeling tired. But they did feel hungry, and Kiana moreso.
"Ughhhh, we aren't going to have this problem if I didn't lose my pouch somewhere. That treasure is priceless! You'll never go hungry with it, you're like Jesus that gives out free food when you have it." Kiana whined and Mei gave a wry smile.
Bronya then had an idea and looked at Sin. "Da Bronya will get us some finances. Sin, you know what to do, there's a bank right over there." Bronya pointed at a bank and Seele sighed at her plan. While Rozaliya and Lilia had stars in their eyes.
"O-ooh! We're going to rob a bank?" Rozaliya got jittery and Lilia corrected her. "We're not robbing a bank Roza, we're borrowing. Remember that always."
Sin sighed and looked for some stockings. She ripped off Mei's and put it on the twins' heads. "Rozaliya, Lilia, go in and cause a ruckus. Me and Bronya will take everything we can get, got it?"
The twins then saluted and Rozaliya kicked down the front entrance with a resounding boom. "Everybody get down! You dirty littly cykas! I'll blow your head off with my fists if you even move a muscle!" Rozaliya threatened them and the people inside just laughed at the kids. Forgetting about the explosion that just happened with her kick.
Lilia demonstrated their seriousness by punching a hole through the wall, right at a guard's face. Making his legs wobble from the near death experience. "Don't move or you'll be sleeping with the fishes." Lilia said with her sleepy voice.
"Kiana-chan... Should we really be doing this?" Mei was unsure and Kiana looked at her like she was crazy. "What are you on about Mei? Banks are the prime evil of society, they steal everyone's money. We're just borrowing it." Kiana shrugged and nodded at Lilia's wise words.
Bronya and Sin then came out of the other side of the vault. Breaking down the walls. "Roza, Lili! It's time to bail!" Bronya shouted as they carried out big bags of cash.
Mei then started running in a panic and Kiana followed suit. With their speed, they immediately got out of the place and arrived at another district quickly.
"Yosh! Let's have some food first." Kiana looked for still open restaurants and they saw a nice looking place called Homu's joyful dining. They ordered everything on the menu as their bodies were like biological reactors that burn through food like fuel.
They then started roaming around the district with their now full bellies. Hearing a rumor about attacks that sounded eerily similar to how vampires attack.
"A... An adventure!" Rozaliya shouted out and Lilia gave an excited cheer. "Hey, maybe this is something worthwhile? Let's catch the vampire and then get famous. So Kanchou and Adelheid-san will find us sooner?" Seele gave a solid plan and they all excitedly searched for the culprit. Like ninjas in the night, jumping around all over the place to get a sighting.
Bronya created some simple radios and one of them saw a suspicious individual that matches the white phantom.
"This is Cherry, we found a suspect, over." Rozaliya informed them and they all converged at her spot immediately.
Bronya then raised her fingers, counting for a simultaneous attack. When the countdown finished, Seele was the first to strike as she has the most physical strength out of all of them.
"Hah! Surrender now you vampire! We'll turn you in to become famous!" Seele gave a flurry of attacks and the two assassin types, Sin and Bronya tried blindsiding the suspect. The woman dodged all of their attacks and Kiana got a look at her face.
"Wait! Wait! That's auntie Adelheid isn't it?" Kiana shouted out and they stumbled abruptly upon hearing the identity of the person they were attacking like thugs.
"Geez what in the world are you doing girls? If I was a normal person, Seele's first strike would've blown my head off." Adelheid deadpanned at them and they gave a wry smile.
"Adelheid-san, we're glad we saw you. So what are we supposed to do here anyway? Kanchou is missing and she is the one who knows the specifics of the mission right?" Mei asked and Adelheid nodded.
"Umu, I know her location. And the location of the one we're looking for as well, you must've heard the rumors right? There's vampire attacks happening around this district." Adelheid told them and they all nodded.
"Well, that vampire is the key for us to be successful in this mission." Adelheid pumped her fist and wanted to see the Loli Tericula up close.
"I see, then shouldn't we go and catch her immediately?" Seele said and Adelheid shook her head. "The plot will unravel soon, then we will strike. My blood will neutralize her, even Kiana's can do the trick. As she has Schariac blood in her. And unfortunately, I saw her a little too late." Adelheid remembered Kanchou's meeting with Tericula.
"Da Bronya sees, then we wait. We can treat this as a vacation anyway, let's buy some games here. See what they have." Bronya shrugged and Adelheid nodded in satisfaction. As she was being run ragged by Anti-Entropy, so she wants to stay there for a few days too.
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Mei was compelled to tell the story of how everything went to crap. "So... This Otto guy... Released the 2nd herrscher so he could 'control' her. And Himeko burned herself using the key of blankness. Going missing and is apparently in the imaginary space?" Ein reiterated with furrowed brows and Mei nodded, finishing the story.
"Hmmm. I see... You guys don't have fail-safes here unlike in our universe where we could take care of the crap the overseer does. Hey Hua, I know what we're gonna do today." He handed her some videos and Hua looked at it, noticing what it was.
"Can I really watch this? Everybody told me I'm too young to." Hua asked with excitement and he nodded. "Look for him and watch it with him. I don't care, just make sure he sees it all." He stood up and looked at Mei.
"Thanks, I'll be bringing good news. Wait for me." He disappeared into the floor and Hua, like a kid in a sugar rush. Boarded her sword and flew away after blowing a hole through the roof.
"What just happened?" Mei asked everyone, confused on what he will be doing. "Un, he has red and black colors on him. He is angry and determined." Griseo said while still eating her lollipop.
"Who is she?" Mei asked the silent Kosma and didn't get an answer.
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Ein entered the imaginary space and coated himself with venom. Immediately locating the in universe Himeko that was floating in the imaginary space, protected by the gem of haste. But she was slowly eroding away as her life got burned by the abuse she put her body into. A woman who has below average honkai adaptability that resorted to drinking just for some relief from the pain.
"Geez, what the hell did you do to yourself woman." Ein gave a wry smile as he repaired her body and replaced her limbs that was being taken away by the imaginary space.
She was days off of being erased by the imaginary space and her soul would dissipate from the realm that no humans should be able to come into.
"I see. You still live, Einheri." The gestalt will of the honkai didn't expect that, but it got a boon from not destroying Himeko immediately. Just leaving her be at the imaginary space.
"I do, surprised? Should I give you a nice little gift for our reunion?" He teleported Himeko to earth and he squared up with the will of the honkai.
"A gift? I guess stop being an annoyance would suffice, but things aren't that easy? Is it?" The will of the honkai started to connect with the imaginary tree. Thinking that it would win, because he was in home turf.
Ein then started laughing and smiled at the will. "Yes, it won't. When you were holding up here at your little abode, I studied the blade. While you went on and destroyed universes, I've mastered the Jedi arts!" Ein brought out Masamune and released Enkidu on him.
The will raised a brow. "That is irrelevant. I am inevitable. You speak sophistry, look at how you protect humanity. Where did it lead you? Back to me." The will started to unleash the infinite amounts of honkai energy it had access to and smirked at him.
Ein then chuckled and brushed off his trench coat. "Nanomachines son. That won't work on me bub." The will frowned heavily and tried to damage his body with pure and unadulterated honkai energy. But nothing happened to him.
Ein's eyes then glowed, flashing green as he disappeared. "Things are a little fair now see? Now... Let's dance!" Ein smacked the will on the head, plowing the space of the imaginary space deeply. Almost reaching the sea of quanta.
"EINHERI! You are playing with fire you fool!" The will shouted at him with fury and anxiousness. "Heh, you aren't my parents. How about we get this show started, come on!" They disappeared from their places and clashed right at the middle of the sky. The imaginary space trembling violently, as the tree shaked, countless leaves falling down at the sea of quanta.
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Thanks for reading everyone, a nice little reunion. Anyways, ciao.