Sirin, the Herrscher born during the Second Honkai Eruption, and Cecilia, who went to fight her, were engaged in an intense battle in this space.
They should have died in that battle, but in this special space, they appeared here for unknown reasons.
As a Herrscher, Sirin hated this world, hated the Valkyries of Schicksal, or hated those hypocritical adults.
So, when Sirin discovered Cecilia appearing here, she attacked Cecilia without any hesitation.
If it weren't for this woman, she wouldn't have died; she could have followed the divine command to destroy this world and eliminate those hypocritical humans.
"All you Schicksal Valkyries deserve to die! All you Schicksal guys are no good! You're all a bunch of liars! Big liars!"
When they claimed to adopt homeless children like them, it was entirely to turn them into test subjects.
They only spoke sweet words, only made empty promises, and only deceived naive children like them.
"Children distinguish right from wrong; adults only see pros and cons." This saying couldn't be more fitting to describe those Schicksal scientists!
"Why should we be sacrificed? To hell with your glory! I'm not a sacrifice! I'm not a tool for you guys to use!"
"Don't lecture me with such grand principles! Sacrificing a few to save the many? Why should I be among the few? Who gave you the right to decide this?!"
Sirin continuously summoned spears to attack Cecilia, while rapidly teleporting using the power of space, preventing the Black Abyss White Flower in Cecilia's hand from effectively functioning.
The divine key—Black Abyss White Flower—was created from the core of the Herrscher of Death.
The black abyss possesses the authority of 'decay,' with the ability to decompose, while the white flower possesses the authority of 'creation,' which is the ability to regenerate.
However, this terrifying power was completely ineffective in this space where death meant resurrection, so Cecilia could only passively dodge Sirin's attacks.
Looking at Sirin's attacking figure, Inaba Tsukiyo inexplicably felt an urge to cry.
It wasn't because of Sirin that she was crying, but rather it seemed to be because of some forgotten memory. What was the reason?
Although Inaba Tsukiyo had forgotten her past memories, Herrscher Tsukiyo clearly inherited Inaba Tsukiyo's past memories, which were the memories from before she became Inaba Tsukiyo.
In her previous life, when she was still playing Honkai Impact 3rd, she spent a lot of money trying to get Sirin's stigmata, but after more than a dozen pulls, she didn't get it and almost fainted from anger.
Now, seeing the real person appear here, she naturally felt very excited.
Even if she herself had forgotten this dark history, her body honestly remembered this feeling.
(fuhai: The feeling of an African person?)
By the way, it seems there's also something like Honkai God Realm 3 in this world. It's a mobile game with the same setting as Honkai Impact 3rd, but the plot has significant changes.
She didn't know if it was Nicholas Dawei's doing; to design this game in the Honkai World was truly something else.
Although there were many more things she wanted to complain about, Sirin seemed to have noticed something.
At this moment, she stopped attacking and lowered her head to see the third party who had entered this space, which was Inaba Tsukiyo.
The moment she saw Inaba Tsukiyo, Sirin initially thought the other person was a human who had entered this space for unknown reasons.
But soon she noticed something abnormal: how could an ordinary human possibly break into this space?
Furthermore, Sirin detected a familiar feeling from Inaba Tsukiyo.
This feeling was just like when she became a Herrscher, and Lord God was by her side.
The moment Sirin looked at Inaba Tsukiyo, Inaba Tsukiyo's eyes also began to change, turning golden like Sirin's, with slightly rhomboid pupils on the outer ring.
This transformation did not result in a loss of control; it was simply Herrscher Tsukiyo transferring her power to Inaba Tsukiyo, which caused this change.
Through the power of space, Sirin instantly appeared before Inaba Tsukiyo, looking at the deity before her. Her right hand trembled, wanting to caress Inaba Tsukiyo, but she was afraid that everything she saw was an illusion and dared not touch.
As Sirin's hand was about to withdraw, Inaba Tsukiyo reached out and held Sirin's hand.
"Is this... another Herrscher?"
The situation before her left Cecilia completely bewildered. From Inaba Tsukiyo's eyes and the Honkai Energy she emanated, it was clear that Inaba Tsukiyo, like Sirin, was a Herrscher.
'Did she create this space? For Sirin? Then why did she pull me into this space too?'
If it was just for Sirin, who was also a Herrscher, there shouldn't have been any need to do something so troublesome. Why?
Inaba Tsukiyo held Sirin's hand, and the moment she did, Inaba Tsukiyo felt a familiar sensation. It was as if it came from a certain idiot.
"Me? I agreed to become a St. Freya Academy student to find my rotten old man."
"Why aren't I with my dad? I don't know either. One day he suddenly disappeared, and I don't know what happened."
She had previously asked Kiana about her past, and Kiana recounted her and Siegfried's story, including Siegfried's disappearance.
One piece of information Inaba Tsukiyo now understood was that Siegfried was a wanted criminal by Schicksal and on the run. So why was Kiana, his daughter, completely fine?
It was too suspicious, truly too suspicious. As a member of the Kaslana Family, Otto had no reason not to apprehend Siegfried, and Kiana, as his daughter, was also a key figure to draw Siegfried out.
Even if Kiana was a student at his beloved Granddaughter's academy, given Otto's personality, would he truly do nothing?
After Herrscher transformation, Inaba Tsukiyo clearly felt the same sensation from Sirin and Kiana. Why would people with no connection have the same feeling?
"It seems Otto used your DNA and Kiana's genes to create a clone."
If it was Otto, he would definitely do such a thing. Theresa was a synthetic human created by Otto using Kallen's Honkai Beast genes.
"Eh? Used my DNA?"
"What? Used Kiana's genes to create a clone?"
Cecilia, who had been cautiously observing Sirin and Inaba Tsukiyo, was completely rattled after hearing Inaba Tsukiyo's statement. What was going on?
What had happened during the fourteen years she had been dead?
"Heh heh~ Thinking about it, this is something Schicksal would do, isn't it? They want to obtain the Herrscher's power, so they directly combine my DNA, as a Herrscher, with someone who has strong Honkai Energy adaptability to create an artificial Herrscher. Isn't that perfectly logical?"
Although she was a bit surprised at first, as a former test subject, she clearly understood the thoughts of those Schicksal scientists.
To research methods for combining Honkai Energy with the human body, they would inject Honkai Energy into girls as test subjects. Schicksal had done such things countless times.
Cecilia ignored Sirin, who was constantly sneering beside her. Her entire focus was now on Kiana, and she had forgotten about being cautious.
This was completely different from what she had imagined. According to her predictions, Siegfried would be depressed for a while because of her death, but because of their daughter, Siegfried should have pulled himself together.
Even if something happened, Theresa should have helped. Why did it turn out like this?
If Inaba Tsukiyo's words were true, Siegfried was wanted by Schicksal, and Kiana's genes were combined with Sirin's genes to create a controllable artificial Herrscher, then... then...
"This is just my speculation; I can't say with 100% certainty that this is correct. It's just that the Kiana I know now indeed has Sirin's aura. If you feel you have some connection with Sirin, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
"...How could this be?"
Cecilia still found it hard to believe, but what reason did the other party have to deceive her? She had nothing that could be exploited.
The only thing that could be exploited was probably her power after death.
However, if the other party was truly a surviving Herrscher, she could obtain her power even if she ignored her resistance.
"Hmph! So you Valkyries are just pawns being used. You naively want to fight Honkai, but you create the Herrschers of Honkai. How ridiculous."
They claimed to want to protect this world, yet they allowed the Second Herrscher to be born, destroying this world.
Now they even want to control this power. They are truly a bunch of overconfident humans. There should be a limit to arrogance!
"Um... your purpose in coming here, is it to ask for my help?"
Sirin dared not speak to Inaba Tsukiyo in the same way she spoke to Cecilia. After finally meeting the person she wanted to see, she had to be a bit more obedient.
"Yes, you died fourteen years ago. As soon as you leave this space, you will disappear. However, by using my body as a vessel, I can inherit your power."
"Inherit... does that mean making me a Stigma?"
Sirin still knew about Stigmata; it was a technology from the previous era.
"Yes, that's right. This human body can bear the power of Stigmata. If possible, lend me your power, Sirin."
"Hmm... actually, my power was given to me by you. Lending you power is just returning the power you bestowed upon me. However, due to death, most of my power has disappeared."
After receiving the power of God, Sirin simultaneously possessed the powers of the Herrscher of Thunder, the Herrscher of Wind, the Herrscher of Death, and the Ruler of Flame.
But after her death, these four powers all turned into four Honkai Energy gems, which were recovered by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
"It's alright; recovering these four powers is just a matter of time. And even without these four powers, your spatial power is what I need."
Don't underestimate Sirin just because she isn't in her complete form; even the current Sirin is incredibly powerful.
Sirin seemed a little shy in the face of Inaba Tsukiyo's praise.
Sirin was originally just a fourteen-year-old child. If she hadn't been taken for experiments, she wouldn't have had the idea of destruction.
So it's all Otto's fault!
'This girl is surprisingly easy to trick.'
Sirin's reaction was like a child being praised, the kind who would jump around excitedly with just a few compliments.
She just tried to talk to Sirin from a Herrscher's perspective, and she didn't expect this child to believe everything. Or was it just because of her identity?
"Wait a minute!"
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