CHAPTER 199: RAIDEN MEI AND BRONYA

Chapter 199: Raiden Mei and Bronya!

This morning at 10 AM, Changkong City was completely cut off from the outside world. The world released a statement confirming a contagious disease, BH, had broken out in Changkong City. In reality, it was a Honkai outbreak.

"These people are all dead!" Kiana casually shot down a few monsters that resembled zombies.

"They are ’Deadwalkers’ mutated from infected humans." A cute girl’s voice, yet filled with a flat tone, answered Kiana. The speaker was a girl with light gray curly hair and eyes, a cute face, but expressionless. She was petite, with detachable exoskeleton armor on her legs. She wore large earrings, military-style clothing, and had her hair styled into twin spiral pigtails with matching bows. She also held a yellow Homu plushie in her arms. According to her self-introduction, her name was Bronya.

Beside Kiana, another girl walked with them: Raiden Mei. She had long purple hair and light purple eyes, her long hair tied into a ponytail with a bow. At St. Freya Academy, she wore the academy uniform: a purple polka-dot bow, a black sailor suit, and long socks. These two girls were friends Kiana had made not long ago.

Just as Bronya said, the specific form of disaster in this Honkai outbreak was Deadwalkers. People around them inexplicably lost their minds; lower-level ones would bite humans like zombies. Higher-level ones seemed to gain supernatural abilities, possessing incredible powers. But no matter what, they existed only for destruction.

"Damn it, how do we finish killing them all?" Not only were the Deadwalkers endless, but it also felt like more and more were surrounding them, and white and pink Honkai beasts were also rushing over.

"Let’s find a place to rest first. Let’s go to that rooftop." With that, the agitated Kiana directly activated the power of the Herrscher of the Void, instantly teleporting from the ground to the highest rooftop of St. Freya Academy.

"Eh! Kiana, how did you do that?" Mei looked around in disbelief. They had suddenly moved from the campus to the rooftop.

"According to Bronya’s analysis, this is a spatial teleportation ability achieved under certain unknown conditions." Bronya’s eyes sparkled, and a rare hint of curiosity appeared on her expressionless face. This girl, whom she had analyzed as a dummy, seemed to possess some peculiar ability. Stigmata? Honkai energy? Or perhaps... a herrscher?

"Oh? How does this little girl possess the ability to move through space?" The scene of Kiana activating her spatial movement ability was transmitted to Anti-Entropy headquarters through Bronya’s eyes.

Cocolia, with her long golden curly hair, narrowed her eyes. Her target was the Third Herrscher, but this girl, who had Honkai energy adaptability and unknown spatial movement ability, seemed like good material as well. Perhaps she could be recovered along the way.

"Mei, what exactly happened to this world?" Standing high up and looking around, not only the academy but also the entire area was in chaos. All that roamed were Deadwalkers.

Kiana felt inexplicably sad. All her classmates and teachers had turned into Deadwalkers because they lacked sufficient Honkai energy adaptability.

"I don’t know either..." Mei’s eyes also held sorrow.

"This is Honkai," Bronya’s clear voice stated the reality. Honkai was such a terrifying thing.

Kiana, however, rubbed her messy hair in distress. "What kind of Honkai is this?!"

"Honkai caused by Honkai energy." Ren appeared beside Kiana, not startling her, but instead making her eyes light up, as if she had found her backbone. "Ren!"

"Who?!" Mei tightened her grip on her katana, vigilantly looking at the three people who suddenly appeared.

"Bronya detected unknown personnel. Heavy Armored Bunny 19C, activate alert status!" Bronya’s expression was solemn. Behind her, the air distorted, and the ethereal figure of a mech slowly solidified from the void, transforming into her partner, Heavy Armored Bunny 19C. It was a cool-looking armored machine, its arm cannons already aimed at Ren and the other two.

At this moment, a wisp of mist-like energy was swirling in Ren’s hand.

"Honkai energy?" Bronya stared at the energy being played with in Ren’s hand. Honkai energy is the energy released during a Honkai. The efficiency of Honkai energy surpasses any existing energy in this world. However, Honkai energy can erode living beings, causing them to transform into Honkai beasts and Deadwalkers. This was the most basic understanding of Honkai energy.

"Kiana, your friends don’t seem very friendly," Ren gently reminded her.

Kiana slapped her forehead and quickly stood in front of Ren, explaining to Mei and Bronya. "Mei, Bronya, they are my friends. Everyone, please don’t get agitated."

"Friends?" Mei and Bronya exchanged glances, sizing up the three suddenly appeared individuals. A very handsome man. A white-haired girl who looked innocent and curious, dressed in elegant attire. And... another Bronya?!

"Eh! Another Bronya!" Mei covered her mouth, looking at Silver Wolf in surprise.

"Huh?" Kiana also noticed then that Silver Wolf and Bronya looked almost identical.

"Bronya is very confused. Who are you? After searching my memory, I found no existence of a twin sister." Bronya was very puzzled and curious about this person who suddenly appeared and looked almost exactly like her.

Silver Wolf glanced at Bronya; she indeed looked very similar to her. Blowing a bubble with her gum, Silver Wolf remained calm, not flustered by someone who looked like her, and shrugged. "The world is so big, there’s a probability of similar appearances, right?"

"I’m Silver Wolf, but I know someone else named Bronya, and she also looks very much like you, like a more mature version of you." Silver Wolf was referring to Bronya from Jarilo-VI. This point of view was easily accepted by Bronya. "According to analysis, such a probability does exist. As for the Bronya you mentioned, Bronya would also like to meet her."

"Well, we’ll see if there’s a chance." Silver Wolf couldn’t guarantee that Bronya would come over.

"This place is... so chaotic. What kind of disaster has occurred?" The beautiful girl in a blue and white hat and dress, holding a scepter, was Furina. Initially, arriving in the Otherworld was exciting. But after observing the chaotic scene here, her mood became tense and cautious.

Silver Wolf was unfazed by the situation, instead sizing up Ren and Furina. "Are you two wearing matching outfits?" One in a black butler suit. One in a blue and white formal dress.

Furina’s eyes lit up; she felt that Ren standing beside her looked really good, and immediately, her dramatic flair took over, as she elegantly extended her hand. "My dear handsome sir, would you be willing to become my, the Hydro Archon’s, Furina’s, attendant?"

Ren smiled slightly, slowly lifted Furina’s small, delicate hand, bowed, and gently kissed the back of her hand. "Of course, beautiful Lady Furina." The sensation was like touching soft water, light and fresh, refreshing and delightful.

"!!!" Furina’s body stiffened with a gasp. A voice popped into her mind: "Eh! I was just acting! What should I do now?" She appeared calm on the surface, but her heart was in a panic. She was still hesitating whether to go along with Ren’s words, but Ren released her hand and chuckled. "Haha, just kidding. This is just a simple cosplay outfit."

Silver Wolf rolled her eyes at him; her eyes saw through everything. Ever since she learned that Ren was interested in the mother and daughter of Stellaron and Kafka, the label of Ren being a pervert had been fixed in her mind. Finally, she spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere. "So, how should we proceed this time?" After asking, Silver Wolf leaned against the railing, casually blowing bubblegum.

"You seem to be preparing to do something? Or rather... do you have a purpose?" Bronya did not relax her guard just because Kiana said Ren and the other two were Kiana’s friends.

Purpose? Ren didn’t need to hide, explaining as he spoke. "My name is Ren, and these two are Silver Wolf and Furina."

"Greetings, everyone. I am the Hydro Archon, Focalors, also known as Furina." Furina recovered from the previous interlude, maintaining the professionalism of an actress, supporting her exquisite scepter, and slightly tilting her hat. "Fufu really emphasizes her identity as the Hydro Archon at all times," Ren thought with emotion.