At Schicksal Headquarters, Otto, as the Archbishop, was not sitting at his desk completing tasks as usual, but was holding a controller, playing the newly updated "Kallen Fantasy."
Ever since Kallen appeared in the armor from this game last time, Otto had been wondering if, by developing other games, Kallen would also appear before him in the attire from another game.
Of course, dating sims were out of the question, not to mention 18X game themes.
Otto would absolutely not accept the setting of Kallen becoming the heroine of those dating sims, and he already had new ideas.
Making his cute Granddaughter a Vampire, and Kallen an existence like a Vampire hunter.
Theresa was the product of an experiment, and Kallen was Theresa's older sister, who had to personally kill Theresa to prevent her beloved sister from infecting more people. Such a script was also quite good.
Just as Otto was controlling Kallen, preparing to deliver the final blow to the final boss, Yae Sakura, a box suddenly popped up on the screen. This was for emergency messages.
However… the moment this box appeared, it also disconnected Otto's controller from the game.
When Otto returned to the game, he found Yae Sakura heavily attacking Kallen with the Soukai Nagamitsu · Hyoukaten. Just as Otto was about to take control, Kallen had already fallen to the ground, her HP at zero.
"…"
This was the first time Otto had failed a Strategy. When had he not pressed the final boss, Yae Sakura, to the ground and beaten her to death? How could something like this happen?
Although he shouldn't be playing games during work hours, as the Archbishop of Schicksal, he did have this privilege.
"I want to see what this so-called emergency message is all about. If it's not important, then there will be a good punishment."
Clicking on the box that had just appeared, he found that what appeared before him was an address, a web address.
Following this address, Otto found that it was a video that had just been released, probably less than an hour ago. And sure enough, the click count was unusually high.
"This is an emergency message? Could it be that some guy from Schicksal was bored and wanted to share this, and it ended up being sent to me? Really, it seems I need to do a good cleanup of Schicksal's internal members during this time."
Otto had no interest in such videos. [The Diva of the Honkai World]? Heh! What a name, why not call her the Savior?
As Otto reached out to close the video, he suddenly noticed a very familiar figure in the video. This figure made him stop his hand, sit up, and carefully watch the figure inside.
Otto realized that he might have underestimated this video a bit too much. Upon closer inspection, he found that the three characters appearing in this video were all extraordinary individuals.
Of course, Otto didn't care about the other two. What she cared about was one of them, a tall girl he thought about day and night.
"Kallen…"
Besides Otto of Schicksal, Cocolia, who was at Anti-Entropy Headquarters pondering her next moves, also found this video.
This video spread through the network like a virus, and she couldn't help but notice it even if she didn't want to.
[The Diva of the Honkai World]? Just by looking at the name, she knew it was some idol group. Cocolia had no interest in such things.
Rather than spending her precious time watching such things, she would rather do some research and find a way to make Honkai disappear from this world.
At first, Cocolia's thoughts were indeed like this, but half an hour later, Cocolia was watching the video, which she had no idea how many times she had played, her eyes fixed on one of the girls.
This was a girl who looked only fourteen years old, with long purple hair. Although she was singing, every movement exuded an elegant aura.
What attracted Cocolia was not the girl's elegant aura, but her appearance. The moment she saw her, Cocolia's tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Sirin…"
Cocolia was Sirin's mother, but as one of Anti-Entropy's executives, Cocolia didn't have much time to spend with Sirin.
So Cocolia only stayed by Sirin's side when she was very young, after which she entrusted Sirin to relatives, asking them to help take care of Sirin.
However, due to the advent of Honkai, the relatives who took care of Sirin died, and even Sirin disappeared to an unknown place.
During that time, Cocolia constantly searched for Sirin's whereabouts, until she believed Sirin had died in the Honkai there, and then she gave up searching for Sirin's whereabouts.
It was because of Sirin's death that Cocolia established the Cocolia Orphanage, taking in children who had lost everything in the Honkai Beasts.
Inaba Tsukiyo once thought that Cocolia took in these children merely to make them test subjects.
But unlike Schicksal, Cocolia treated them as her own children, using a gentler approach to have these children undergo experiments.
Actually, keeping these children was just Cocolia's way of compensating for not fulfilling her duties as a mother.
She… truly wasn't a qualified mother.
Of course, she later clearly understood Sirin's past identity as a test subject captured by Schicksal and taken to Babylon Laboratory, and she also understood that Sirin had become the Second Herrscher.
But the supposedly dead Sirin actually reappeared before her. When Sirin died, the herrscher core, which had transformed into Honkai Crystals, was recovered by Anti-Entropy, and as a high-ranking member, she was aware of this.
But... what exactly is this video about? Why is Sirin appearing with a Valkyrie who supposedly died in Schicksal? Even a Valkyrie from five hundred years ago is here?
What exactly is going on?
Cocolia looked at the creator of this world, the so-called "Diva of the Honkai World." She felt that the person who published this video must have something worth her attention.
After Cocolia, there was Siegfried, who was hiding somewhere unknown. He also saw the video spreading online.
He would absolutely not mistake Cecilia in the video. His beloved, who should have died fourteen years ago, why was she appearing in this video?
Was it Schicksal's doing? Simulating Cecilia's appearance through Schicksal's technology and then doing something like this wouldn't be impossible.
But was it necessary to spread this video? And Siegfried also didn't believe Otto would include the Second Herrscher, Sirin. What exactly was going on?
At the end of the video, the three performers introduced themselves: the lively Kallen, the arrogant Sirin, and the shy Cecilia.
When Siegfried saw Cecilia, he immediately lost control.
Why?
Because Cecilia's current hairstyle was just like when they first met, and her shy expression, as well as the unconscious small gestures of her hands—this was absolutely not something Schicksal or Otto could replicate.
"Could it be... No, that's impossible. Could something this crazy really be happening? Could someone other than Schicksal and Anti-Entropy have mastered this technology?"
Cecilia's performance made Siegfried restless. Seeing Cecilia like that reminded Siegfried of their first meeting.
Even though it was only one day, that day spent together was a beautiful memory Siegfried would never forget in his life, and it was also what made Siegfried understand something more important than the meaning of living.
Suddenly, at the very end of the video, Siegfried saw Cecilia looking at the screen, her eyes hesitating for a moment, then she opened her mouth and said something to the screen.
This scene instantly energized Siegfried. He sat down and clipped this segment.
Although Siegfried wasn't proficient in computer knowledge, enlarging the screen was very simple.
After enlarging the screen, Siegfried focused completely on the screen, trying to understand what Cecilia had said through lip-reading.
"...Sieg...fried, Kia...na, hehe~ Hahahahaha~"
He shouldn't have made such a loud sound, but Siegfried couldn't control his emotions and couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"The most important question now is to find out who the publisher of this video is. I'm afraid Otto has already mobilized Schicksal's resources to find this person."
"Since that's the case, I also need to hurry. If Otto finds them first, who knows what might happen."
In fact, Siegfried didn't know that besides Schicksal, Anti-Entropy was also looking for the publisher of this video. It could be said that the two strongest organizations in this world were looking for one person, and this person was truly not an ordinary influential person.
Back at Schicksal, Otto had returned to his room for unknown reasons and projected the video using the room's large projector.
Just like a VR device, Otto had a strap tied around his head, and he was even holding glowing light sticks in his hands, cheering below.
Every time Kallen stepped out to sing, Otto would let out excited cheers, just like an enthusiastic fan.
The task of finding the video publisher? Otto had already instructed his subordinates to do it. Now he had his own things to do.
What Otto didn't know was that in a certain room in Schicksal, a white-haired girl with an eye patch was also watching this video.
Just like Siegfried, she was also watching Cecilia in the video.
She also understood what Cecilia said at the end of the video, especially after hearing her utter Kiana's name, tears uncontrollably streamed from her eyes hidden behind the eye patch.
She wanted to cry, but she couldn't. She absolutely couldn't let anyone see her weak side. She had to be strong; this was a truth she had understood over the years.
Clearly... clearly she thought she would never show such a loss of composure no matter what happened. Why?
"...Mom."
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