"Can't even take care of such a weak Valkyrie. This bunch of soldiers is useless." Catherine put away her pistol, gave Susanna a cold glance, and then turned to leave.
Susanna was killed by Catherine. Yup, her brains were blown out, so she must have died a horrible death...
But was it really Susanna who died?
Or was it just an illusion created by Fenghuang Down?
Just as Catherine turned to leave, the miserably dead Susanna on the ground quietly disappeared, and an unscathed Susanna appeared behind her.
"My, my, Miss Catherine, you're so mean!" Susanna grabbed Catherine's hand, and then, under Catherine's shocked gaze, used a mimicked Fenghuang Down to strip her of her consciousness.
Otto, transformed into Susanna, began to search for the necessary information in Catherine's memories using the power of Fenghuang Down.
"Tsk, even Fenghuang Down can't find the location of the Second Divine Key. This idiotic woman is really just a disposable pawn."
After his search yielded no results, Otto casually destroyed Catherine's consciousness with Fenghuang Down, then wiped his hands with a look of disgust.
"But even a disposable pawn has its uses."
Otto took out an extractor, inserted it into Catherine's body, and then injected it into his own Soulium body.
Subsequently, Otto's Soulium body, which had been transformed into Susanna, changed into Catherine's appearance.
After completing his disguise, Otto picked up the blade of grass that had been watching the show the whole time, feeling utterly exasperated with Ryn.
"I seem to recall giving you the mission to protect Susanna. Is this how you protect people? Also, why can you turn into a blade of grass, Ryn!"
"You can turn into Susanna, so why can't I turn into a blade of grass?" the little grass Ryn retorted, unconvinced.
From the moment Susanna appeared, Ryn knew this person was Otto in disguise. Although Otto's acting was very convincing, Ryn could feel the difference between Soulium and flesh even with his eyes closed.
This is because the Authority of the Herrscher of Death is to shape and define all things, but Soulium can block Honkai energy, so Ryn couldn't directly act on it, which naturally exposed him.
"I'll disguise myself as Catherine to meet with that mastermind named Jackal. You be ready to provide support at any time."
"Uh... sorry, I can't make it. There's trouble here at the prison too, I can't get away right now." The little grass Ryn shook his head helplessly, then continued to Otto: "I'll try to resolve it as quickly as possible. You take this clone of mine with you for now! Think of it as a miniature black hole grenade, no need to be gentle with me."
"Ryn, Ryn, can't you be useful for anything?" Otto took the little grass Ryn in his palm and followed the path to find Jackal.
According to Catherine's memories, Catherine was the so-called World Serpent person. She was responsible for luring the Schicksal Valkyries into the trap set by the World Serpent executive Jackal, and then eliminating the Schicksal Valkyries. After completing these tasks, she could go and report to Jackal.
And Jackal was waiting for the results just above the ruins.
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Ryn cut off the consciousness split off to the little grass, then looked helplessly at the white-haired, purple-eyed woman and her army of Transcripts in front of him.
A long time ago... which is to say, this morning.
Ryn had originally planned to get up and clock in as usual, continuing his very unpleasant prison life, when he found a very beautiful white-haired big sister sitting next to him.
But after a few more glances, Ryn exclaimed in surprise:
"Durandal?! Are you crazy? You dyed your hair white to come in here with me?"
(Durandal's face is very similar to Cecilia's; comparing their in-game models is like playing a spot-the-difference game. Hare, on the other hand, is a carbon copy of Cecilia, a one-to-one perfect replica.)
Hare blinked her big, charming eyes, very curious as to why Ryn would call her Durandal.
"Mr. Welt, you've got the wrong person. I'm not Durandal, my name is Misteln Schariac. Of course, you can call me Hare, that's fine too. But I'd be happier if you called me Misteln." Hare smiled and introduced herself to Ryn.
"It's not just me who's mistaken, I think you're mistaken too, Misteln. My name is not Welt, it's Ryn."
"Is that so? But according to the intel, you can also create black holes, Ryn. Did you not inherit the name of Welt?" Hare tilted her head, her big eyes full of confusion.
Hare wanted to investigate an existence similar to herself. But this existence was revered by people and had become a spiritual legacy. With a 'why not me' attitude, Hare had been investigating Welt for a long time, so after seeing in Ryn's file that he could create black holes, she had already decided in her heart that Ryn was the third-generation Welt.
"???" Ryn also looked at Hare with the same confused expression. "Me making black holes is my ability. What does that have to do with inheriting the name Welt?"
"Then have you inherited Welt's spirit?"
"...Heh, you're something else."
Ryn scratched his head, at a loss for words. Hare's innocent and curious child-like face made it impossible for Ryn to get angry at her, but why did she insist on associating him with Welt?
"Let's get this straight, I'm not very familiar with Welt. Although Welt taught me for a while, I don't think I'm at the level to inherit his name. Besides, what is Welt's spirit, and why should I inherit it? I have my own worldview, my own power, my own spirit."
"Is that so! Then you're very impressive." Hare clapped her hands thoughtfully and praised Ryn.
Then Hare stood up and walked straight through the prison bars, leaving Ryn's cell.
"Strange person... so interested in Welt, is she from Anti-Entropy?" Ryn pulled on the iron bars of the cell, confirming that there was nothing wrong with the door, but Hare had just passed right through it...
A while later, after Ryn had quickly washed up with the toiletries he had snatched from the prison guard, he found that Hare had returned.
And this time, Hare had brought many things with her.
"This is..."
"It's a breakfast I made full of love!" Hare lifted the lid covering the breakfast and handed a portion to Ryn. "It's my first time cooking. Ryn, try it and see how it tastes."
"Huh?! First time..." Ryn tremblingly took the breakfast Hare handed him.
Ryn was already traumatized by the food Kiana and Kallen made. It wasn't that it was inedible, it was just that you never knew what extra things the Kaslana family would put in normal food...
"By the way, Misteln, what crime did you commit to get arrested? From what I've seen, you shouldn't be locked up in here like me, right?" Ryn asked the Hare who was watching him as he ate.
Hare looked at Ryn gently and smiled sweetly. "I haven't committed any crime. I was just given a mission to either hold you up or kill you. But I don't want to kill you, so I can only hold you up."
"Huh...?" The breakfast in Ryn's hand fell to the ground, his vision began to blur, and in the last moment before he passed out, Ryn defiantly shouted that sentence.
"What the hell, you... this food is poisoned..."