When Guinaifen and Sushang finished watching the missed episodes from yesterday together, it was already 9 PM.
Looking at the still enthusiastic viewers in the live stream room, Guinaifen wasn't disappointed either and ran to end the stream and eat.
After ordering a delivery using her phone, Guinaifen called her roommate Sushang again and opened the Honkai Impact 3rd video.
The video's story continued from the last episode.
When Seele said with a frightened face that Van was the one who rescued her, Bronya fell into complete confusion.
She really couldn't believe that the companion who fought side by side with her could actually be the "snake" that Walter spoke of.
If Van was the "snake", then that would mean all the experiences and memories they had before might have been a scam.
A scam meticulously orchestrated by World Serpent.
———
[In the video.]
Van, looking at the hesitant Bronya, still had a smile on his face.
If you observed carefully, you could notice a trace of impatience hidden behind the smile.
"Bronya, my friend, quickly give me the core of the Herrscher of Reason. Could it be that you can bear to see me trapped forever in this bottomless Quantum Sea, never seeing the light of day?"
If Bronya had any doubts about the Van in front of her before, now, what "Van" said made Bronya eliminate all suspicion.
"Bronya doesn't know why you look exactly like Van, but the Van Bronya knows would never say such words!"
Saying that, Bronya directly summoned Heavy Bunny and projected the Key of Truth through the Herrscher of Reason's power toward the person in front of her.
"Warning will be given only once. Now, get out of Van's body for Bronya!"
When Bronya's cannon muzzle lit up with blue light, the skin of the "Van" in front of her suddenly showed dark green ripples.
The disguise melted like a wax figure under high heat, and sticky liquid sizzled as it seeped into the floor cracks.
"Oh my~ I've been discovered~ What an interesting little girl... You'll definitely become an excellent little white mouse~" A low whisper like a serpent's voice echoed around them.
"You can call me Doctor Mobius... Or, calling me elder sister is fine too~ After all, you're about to become my forever inseparable conjoined specimen on the surgical table."
———
[In the real world.]
When Guinaifen saw the person on screen wasn't Van, she let out a long sigh of relief.
"I knew it, how could my husband betray anyone."
[???]
[Main streamer, this is your husband? He's my husband!]
[What's there to fight about? Van is my husband, Guinaifen is my wife, and we're the happy trio of fortune.]
[Goddamn lucky trio!]
[Don't get happy too soon. Did you all forget there are two snakes? Maybe one of them is Van.]
Seeing this comment in the live stream, Guinaifen immediately refuted, "My husband isn't the 'snake', the timeline doesn't even match, right!"
Even so, the other party continued to stubbornly insist, even saying, if Van wasn't the snake, then they'd send a Rocket (a pricey gift).
If he was the snake, then Guinaifen would have to perform a chest-breaking stone act.
Ignoring Sushang's objection beside her, Guinaifen agreed without even thinking. Seeing Guinaifen already thanking the boss in advance for the Rocket, Sushang was speechless.
"Guinaifen, you agreed really quickly. But the chest to break the stone on, is goddamn my chest!!!"
———
[Back to the video.]
While Bronya was still observing the surroundings, a sharp sound of air splitting came from behind her.
"Careful!" Seele pulled Bronya back three steps.
Right where they had just been, dark green spikes burst from the ground.
"Oops~ The little white mice dodged it~"
Mobius tilted her head and looked at Bronya and Seele, her pupils glowing with vertical green light in the dark.
"But that's fine too... After all, before dissection, some proper exercise is necessary."
As she finished speaking, dark green liquid suddenly appeared on the floor, surging toward Bronya and Seele.
Bronya fired with Heavy Bunny, but the cannonball was swallowed by a snake-shaped shield made of the dark green liquid.
Seeing her attack nullified so easily, Bronya felt shocked beyond words.
"This is an attack formed by the power of the Herrscher. And it was so easily..."
"Don't space out~ little cutie!"
Suddenly, a woman's voice whispered into Bronya's ear from behind.
Bronya reacted quickly and activated a defensive field using Herrscher powers. Unfortunately, it was too late.
As Bronya turned around, a spear made of dark green liquid was already within reach.
Just in that life-threatening instant, a sharp arc of light entered the battlefield.
Seele's deadly strike was easily dodged by the woman, and her scythe only sliced a few strands of long green hair.
"Tch~ annoying little white mouse. Looks like I should get rid of you first..."
The next second, dark green liquid surged from the floor under Seele's feet, wrapped around her waist, and slammed her into the wall.
"Seele!"
The Key of Truth constructed from Herrscher power circled around Mobius, ready to deliver a grand firework show for the crazy woman.
"Fire!!!"
Boom!
———
[In the real world.]
[According to the rule of "smoke but no injuries," this attack from Bronya was completely in vain.]
[Why do I feel like my Duckie (Bronya) got weaker after gaining Herrscher of Reason powers?]
[How strong is this Mobius anyway?]
[I don't know about Mobius in the video, but in real life, she's a famous biological scientist.]
[Damn, she really has a real-life prototype? Isn't miHoYo afraid of lawsuits?]
———
When Mobius in the lab saw herself appearing in the video, she showed an expression of realization.
Recalling the memory fragments in her mind, Mobius further confirmed her suspicion.
"As expected... there must be a secret in this world that I don't know about... Looks like I should start preparing for the upcoming academic conference..."
Thinking this, Mobius took out her phone, "Klein, bring me the information on St. Freya Academy personnel that I asked for earlier..."
"Doctor, in addition to the five people you previously mentioned, I've also prepared the data for other students in the same class..."
"Then bring it all over."
After hanging up the phone, Mobius once again set her gaze on the screen playing the video, lost in thought.
———
[Back to the video.]
When the smoke cleared, besides the ruins left by the bombardment, there was no one else around.
Seeing this, Bronya's alarm bells went off in her head. Her instincts, honed by years of life-and-death combat, made her dodge sideways instinctively.
Mobius's true body had unknowingly appeared behind her. Her fingernails had grown into scalpel-shaped claws, and they slashed a bloodline across Bronya's nape.
When her back hit the wall, Bronya realized her combat uniform was already soaked in cold sweat.
As the assassin "Ural Silver Wolf" who battled against Honkai as a Valkyrie, Bronya had seen countless enemies.
But the oppressive feeling from the woman before her was entirely different, it felt less like a human enemy and more like...
A non-human predator.
"Ah~ dodged it, huh?"
Seeing her fatal strike dodged, Mobius showed not the slightest anger, but rather growing joy.
"Don't be scared, little girl. After all, death is just the beginning of evolution~"
Before her words finished, a giant dark green hand silently appeared behind Bronya and grabbed her.
"Caught~ you~ my lovely little white mouse~"
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