Chapter 134: Return
"Is Kiana... asleep?"
Kirataka came to Siegfried's side, took off his camouflage mask, and looked at the girl in the old father's arms.
Although Siegfried noticed the change in his appearance, he was not too surprised by it.
He has seen the world, and although his ability to disguise himself is rare, it does exist.
In the distance, there was the Anti-Entropy Alliance's First Herrscher, and nearby there was the A-rank Valkyrie [Ghost] whom he had just dealt with.
He just focused on looking at the sleeping Kiana and whispered:
"Well...let her have a good rest for a while."
Because of pain and fatigue, Kiana, who had fallen asleep at this moment, still had a frown on her face.
Maybe it was a nightmare over there.
Kirataka brushed across her forehead, quietly calming the girl's emotions with Fenghuang Down and bringing her a soft dream.
"Thank you for your help."
——Letting Siegfried help with the performance was something he had already agreed with the other party.
"…I should be the one thanking you for doing this for Kiana."
Siegfried smiled and shook his head.
Although he really wanted to wait for his daughter to wake up and have a good chat with her, the current situation did not allow him to stay here any longer.
Although the A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal had been repelled by him, Otto would probably dispatch other troops to the city immediately.
Before that, he had to evacuate here.
The old father looked at his daughter in his arms with some reluctance, and finally raised his head to look at Kirataka beside him and asked:
"I'm afraid the Valkyrie of Schicksal will be here soon. Do you want to evacuate with me? And what about Kiana?"
Kirataka shook his head slightly and said:
"No... I have another way to get out of here. As for Kiana, she will stay here and be taken care of by the Valkyries of Schicksal who will come later. They will take Kiana back to St. Freya Academy."
Otto still has something to ask of Kiana, so he attaches great importance to the safety of this girl.
At a time when Fu Hua's mission is close to failure, he might be so anxious that he will directly arrange for Durandal and other Valkyrie teams on the border to rush over, right?
After saying that, he seemed to remember something and added.
"By the way, Uncle Siegfried, there is a man named Dr. Maki. I hope you can bring him back to Anti-Entropy when you evacuate. Um... I mean, bring him to the executive officers you are familiar with."
After that, Kirataka handed a ball of paper to Siegfried, which recorded the current location of Dr. Maki's hiding.
Although Cocolia is not a trustworthy person, the words of Dr. Tesla and Dr. Einstein are still reliable.
Moreover, both of them are orthodox Honkai scientists. It would probably be the best outcome to let Professor Machi, an expert who also specializes in conquering Honkai, work under them.
"I see."
Siegfried nodded and took the paper ball that Kirataka threw to him.
Then, he clenched his five fingers into a fist and hammered Kirataka on the shoulder.
"You pretty good boy. you took so many bullets from me and remained unscathed."
Kirataka seems to have many secrets, but he doesn't intend to delve into it.
"Ahahaha... Please keep this matter about me a secret and don't tell anyone."
Kirataka said with a wry smile.
Siegfried nodded, indicating that he knew about this.
He was not the kind of person who would spread secrets everywhere. Although he was somewhat unruly when he was young, now that he is an old father, there is absolutely no problem in describing him as "mature and steady."
Then, Kirataka closed his eyes slightly.
By going back in time, he was looking for a suitable escape route.
Although he doesn't need a route, Siegfried does, and it's still important to help him escape the city.
In the future timeline, he saw a familiar figure.
Wow, Durandal is really rushing towards this city... Did she receive Otto's order to replace Fu Hua to clean up the mess?
Unfortunately, she was destined to miss it.
After several attempts, a route that could avoid Schicksal's search was soon formed.
Kirataka opened his eyes and said to the white-haired man beside him:
"Uncle Siegfried, come, I'll take you out of here."
......
"The Serenity Gem is missing?"
In the floating island of the Schicksal Headquarters, Otto in the command room frowned as he listened to the report sent back by Durandal.
——After Fu Hua was defeated by Siegfried unexpectedly, he immediately arranged for Durandal, who was originally responsible for blocking Cocolia at the border, to change his mission and go to support Fu Hua.
Siegfried...this guy is really never under his control, what a troublesome guy.
The face of the blonde girl appeared on the screen in front of him. She nodded and reported:
"We only found traces of high concentrations of Honkai energy and Kiana Kaslana who was unconscious for unknown reasons. Judging from the environment here, this is where the Serenity Gem is stored."
The traces of battle and the damaged equipment all indicate that someone has already taken over here.
"... continue to clean up the battlefield and investigate the situation. At the same time, arrange for the mecha troops and the Valkyrie team to enter the country and bring special detectors to conduct searches in Singapore and surrounding countries."
Otto ordered calmly.
Then, he said to Amber behind him:
"Send a letter to the Singapore government, publishing all the evidence of their collusion with Anti-Entropy, so that they will not prevent any actions of the Schicksal in Singapore."
Naturally, he had already asked the Valkyries of the Central Intelligence Agency to thoroughly investigate the collusion between Cocolia's Anti-Entropy and Singapore.
Although the matter was not exposed in order to ensure a smooth operation, the relevant evidence had naturally been collected long ago.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Amber obeyed and disappeared from his side to carry out the order.
Alone, the Archbishop of Schicksal began to think and analyze the whereabouts of the Serenity Gem.
The intelligence sent back from the scene has proven that those involved in Anti-Entropy were either seriously injured or dead.
This couldn't be a self-torture tactic. After all, Cocolia's goal from the beginning was to create an artificial eruption to trigger the birth of the Herrscher.
But now even the Serenity Gem has disappeared, indicating that a third party force is involved.
If you want to prevent this event in which both Schicksal and Anti-Entropy are involved, you need to have very strong intelligence capabilities in advance, otherwise, it is impossible to know all the details of the relevant actions.
It is neither Anti-Entropy nor Schicksal.
All these signs made him think of a possibility.
"…Could it be that the [Serpent] did this? Is Siegfried in league with the [Serpent]?"
Otto thought.
Very early on, he had already realized through some clues that there was a third force hidden in this world besides Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
Their whereabouts are quite secretive, the location of their headquarters is still unknown, and some of their personnel have already infiltrated the organizations of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
While eliminating these traitors, he also interrogated several prisoners out of interest.
Conventional interrogation methods had no effect on them, but in front of Fenghuang Down, who was imitated by Void Archives, they still revealed some of the truth.
——The reason why I say "slightly" is because these captured traitors themselves have no idea about the full picture of the [Serpent] and only know a very limited part of the content.
In the past, they had lived in peace with Schicksal, so Otto did not spare any energy to deal with this group of venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, but just maintained a certain degree of attention.
The Serenity Gem really couldn't be said to be a necessary thing, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately let Dr. Maki steal it.
'But this does not mean that those guys can interfere with my experiments at will.'
'Now that they have begun to affect my plans...'
'Then it must be excluded.'
Thinking of this, Otto opened his eyes and began to arrange relevant personnel to investigate and collect detailed information about [Serpent].
......
In the quantum sea, inside a certain world bubble.
After sending Siegfried and Dr. Maki away, he also used the Cosmic Juggernaut to teleport directly into this world bubble.
It's safe here and Otto won't find us.
Kirataka came to the dead tree and placed the small box containing the Serenity Gem there.
Until the right time comes, let this Herrscher core that he snatched from Otto sleep quietly here.
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