"This must be Viktor's mansion, right?"
Kallen, dressed as a phantom thief, along with Otto and Cheng Lingshuang, were stationed outside.
"Yes, we have to find a way to sneak in, but it's better not to kill anyone"
Otto pretended to be very moral.
That being said, Otto's moral depravity has nothing to do with Tian Shi.
Education is not a simulation game where you simply touch and that's it.
If we are really talking about education, let's set aside the distant past and focus on the recent college entrance exam.
Let's set the humanities aside for now, but who dares to say that teachers didn't make every student review every question between three and five times before the college entrance exam?
Why do some outstanding students get scores above 95%? Why do some struggle to even reach 50%?
If you can enter the same school and class, then it is very likely that there is no significant difference in the academic backgrounds and family circumstances of the students.
So where is the problem?
It's the people's fault!
Tian Shi took Otto with him as usual.
Although some had prejudices against him, his moral principles remained acceptable.
He taught Otto by example, and Otto did not make any mistakes while she was with him.
You can't hit your child for fun on a rainy day, right? Wouldn't that be looking for a fight?
Even if we go one step further, imagine you are at home playing video games or watching TV shows and, suddenly, your parents come in and tell you never to commit a crime, and then they make you turn around and look up to listen to their sermon; anyone would be confused and might not even listen to you.
Moral education should focus on mistakes or finding examples.
So Tian Shi couldn't find any mistakes from Otto.
Before turning eighteen, Otto was a harmless homebody, okay?
After turning eighteen, she became even more cunning and unlikely to make mistakes.
So, how about looking for examples?
Where can you find them? Does Tian Shi really have time to take Otto to places like the courthouse every few days?
Books? Why would Tian Shi need to find them? Otto definitely knows them better than Tian Shi.
The only example Tian Shi could find for Otto was to point at the foolish Kallen and warn her:
"Don't be as foolish as her"
And speaking of Kallen, Kallen's moral standards are top-notch, aren't they?
Nowadays, to put it bluntly, anyone with a higher moral standard than Kallen is at least a semi-saint, if not a saint.
Kallen was truly capable and willing to commit suicide because she believed "the world would be a better place if I died".
As for Nagamitsu and Francis, they had the morals of an average person and the morals of a hero.
In other words, even without mentioning Tian Shi, the people who are around Otto daily are all above average in terms of morality.
Furthermore, Tian Shi has been doing everything possible to prevent Otto from getting involved in her family's messy affairs...
But Otto's morality was still zero.
Tian Shi could only say that the girl had grown up and had her own ideas.
Otto is 23 years old this year, she is no longer the girl who listened to me with all her heart.
Who can guarantee that her ideas will remain unchanged for ten years?
Tian Shi sighed softly.
On the other hand, Otto herself knew her own situation.
She had to admit that before eighteen, she was a completely harmless homebody.
Although she understood some things, Otto was not interested in them at all.
Eh? How can you understand it when you're not in the mood?
Nonsense!
Can't you understand those useless and trashy operations just by looking at them?
Anyway, Otto despised these things before turning eighteen.
In her opinion, all of them and their struggles are trash, and they can still have so much fun with them? But I, Otto, am not crazy, and I am not going to play with your nonsense.
I'd rather turn around and investigate with God in the workshop.
However, no matter how distant Otto was, she couldn't stand having an idiot constantly nagging in her head.
Yes, the Void Archives.
Void Archive doesn't offer vulgar reasons like "I can grant your wish" or "I can give you eternal life".
Everything she blurted out boiled down to one thing: Join me to finish off my biological mother! I'll make you my stepmother!
A simple and direct way to seduce Otto, who was captivated by her.
Although Otto genuinely felt that associating with Void Archive to defeat a monster like Dr. MEI was an idiotic act, she couldn't resist Void Archive's constant complaints.
Otto was tempted by this girl for five years and finally, after a persistent effort, she was conquered.
Although Void Archive is an idiot and her ideas are idiotic, I am not!
She can post pictures of God, why can't I? I won't allow it!
By the way, Otto had anticipated her fall; after all, she hadn't reported Void Archive when she first tempted her.
Then Otto discovered that Schicksal's power wasn't completely useless, eh?
Wouldn't it be good to use it to please God and create a group of female followers to serve him?
Furthermore, her older brother had just died unexpectedly at that time.
Otto, who had discovered her own ambition, thought about it for a moment and then devised Plan A: sit back and watch the two tigers fight.
Then came the Eastern Expedition, in which Otto, to gather followers, took Kallen.
However, since the reasoning was well chosen and Otto herself was responsible for lying about the plan, Tian Shi didn't notice anything unusual.
But a problem arose after the Eastern Expedition: she encountered the Crimson Immortal.
Meanwhile, due to a misunderstanding, she came into conflict and Void Archive said something wrong, leading Otto to discover another fact.
It doesn't seem like I have any ambition; my purpose for existing is simply to please God.
As long as God is happy, what do I care about the world, Schicksal, or the collapse of the world?
Thus, Otto realized her true nature, abandoned morality, and consequently, the priority of finding followers also decreased.
Upon returning and seeing the predictable scene of indulgences, Otto, decisively and immorally, devised a Plan B in her mind.
However... this was too blatant, and it didn't fool Tian Shi's intuition.
She gave herself away immediately and he sent her.
Then Otto quickly adopted her own morality and pretended to be the obedient daughter of God.
From this perspective, Otto didn't exactly abandon morality; rather, she treated it like spare parts, attaching them when necessary to simulate having them and removing them to collect dust when she didn't need them...
"Don't worry, I didn't want to make things difficult for them"
Kallen smiled at Otto, who had given her these instructions.
"I'll go first, you two can do whatever you want!"
The Valkyrie's agile movements allowed Kallen to detect a blind spot and jump over it.
"We're next"
Otto looked at Cheng Lingshuang.
"Will God take us both or will Lingshuang take me?"
Thoughts of Cheng Lingshuang and Otto: Cheng Lingshuang seems to be completely indifferent to morality, but in truth, her moral values are quite universal.
"The two of us?"
Cheng Lingshuang raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Can the Grandmaster carry her?"
"I am light"
Otto replied with dead fish eyes.
"They're two less than Kallen's on top and two less on the bottom, so she's quite heavy!"
"There's no need to force yourself." Tian Shi couldn't help but comfort Otto seeing her like that.
"Pfft~"
Cheng Lingshuang let out a cold laugh.
Hmm... although her smile wasn't very distant.
"Does someone think they're heavier than me?"
Otto looked Cheng Lingshuang up and down, who was trying not to laugh: You're not much better than me!
"Among your fellow disciples, you're the only one who has nothing!"
"..."
Cheng Lingshuang fell silent immediately.
They were so busy seeing the jokes that they forgot about themselves.
She also had a very quiet life.
Or perhaps no one in her sect cared about those things before, so she subconsciously forgot them.
To be honest, both are the type whose bumps are not visible when they wear clothes.
To suddenly be told something like that while you're out makes it hard not to get angry.
"Grandmaster, can I hit her with my sword?"
"Obviously, no"
"Hmph"
Cheng Lingshuang curled her lips.
"Then please take us both, Grandmaster, I don't want to carry her inside"
"A hug?" This time, Tian Shi arched an eyebrow.
"What are you thinking? Of course I'll carry you!"
You'd be lucky if I grabbed you by the neck and flew there!
You still want to hug me? You're so spoiled!
Especially you, Otto!
In his ghostly form, Tian Shi took off with the two of them.
Since they flew at a high altitude, the guards wouldn't be able to see them.
So it didn't take much effort for Otto and Cheng Lingshuang to land in a secluded spot in the courtyard.
"So, Kallen came to rob the rich and help the poor, what are we doing here?" asked Cheng Lingshuang.
"Looking at what my father is doing"
Otto looked around.
She knew very well that this priest, Viktor, had been working for her Apocalypse family.
Then Otto couldn't help but wonder: how did Apocalypse possess Honkai technology that surpassed the mundane world and even the other two great families without relying on Void Archive?
After all, Void Archive hadn't been used for more than two thousand years, and the original base couldn't be trusted for two thousand years.
"There's a basement ahead of you"
Tian Shi had already scouted the route for the two.
"Or rather, a laboratory"
Tian Shi's statement immediately piqued Otto's interest.
"Our family's experiment… I've never heard of this before, and for an experiment like this, the defenses are a bit lax, aren't they?" Otto looked around, but saw no guards.
Compared to the outside defenses, the interior is practically non-existent.
There is a saying that the fewer people know about it, the better.
Tian Shi was well aware of this experiment; after all, it was the beginning of the rift between Otto and Kallen in the original story.
"That seems to be something quite sinister"
Otto didn't take it seriously.
Is there any unspeakable experiment she carried out that reveals her unspeakable thoughts about God?
Otto strutted into the stone basement with Cheng Lingshuang.
The basement exuded an ancient aura, along with an unsettling atmosphere.
"The internal energy here is quite strange"
Cheng Lingshuang raised her eyebrows and said.
"They're too active... I'll ask you, Master, to keep a close watch"
The true energy Cheng Lingshuang mentioned was naturally Honkai energy.
"Of course"
Tian Shi nodded.
"Pay attention, you'll see Father Viktor when you get to the corner, Lingshuang, go and subdue him"
"I accept the request"
Cheng Lingshuang nodded expressionlessly and turned the corner.
Ten seconds later, Cheng Lingshuang appeared in front of Otto carrying Viktor, who looked like a dead dog.
She had heard what he had done.
She only half-understood what indulgences were, but she definitely understood the terms "forced buying and selling" and "kidnapping women".
It wouldn't be unfair to kill such a person with a single sword strike.
"You, you are... Miss Otto!?"
Viktor was surprised the moment he saw Otto.
Aren't we supposed to be on the same side? What's going on?
Could it really be because of that little thing that happened during the day?
"You! Do you even know where you are?"
"Where?"
Otto gave Viktor a mocking look.
"Priest Viktor, perhaps you could speak a bit louder… As for where this place is, I really don't know, so could you tell me, please?"
Viktor's pupils reflected Otto's smiling face and the next moment, a chill ran down his spine straight to the top of his head.
Given her attitude, could it be that they have already killed all my guards?
"I... we are researching ways to cure the Black Death" Viktor's voice trembled and lowered.
However, Tian Shi was speechless when he heard this reason.
"Priest Viktor, is it possible you've developed a cure for the Black Death, and the first person to recover is now my adoptive sister?"
Otto looked at Viktor like he was an idiot.
"But since you don't want to say it, I won't force you... Lingshuang, dismiss Father Viktor"
"Wait, wait! I can say it! I really can say it!"
Viktor, who looked like a dead dog, suddenly perked up.
"Tell me"
Otto, who had just realized something, nodded and looked at Cheng Lingshuang with a somewhat speechless expression.
At that moment, Cheng Lingshuang was standing next to Otto, looking at him with dead fish eyes.
"Do you really think I'd give you the time of day? I barely pay attention to my fellow disciples, okay? Who do you think you are?"
Cheng Lingshuang's gaze made the veins on Otto's forehead throb.
Well, if they don't listen, they don't listen.
Isn't there an unexpected advantage?
And there's nothing wrong with her gaze.
She thinks it's nothing, as long as she keeps listening to God.
It seems they have a lot in common, like being hardcore fans.
"The Archbishop... the Archbishop is guiding us to explore ways to defeat the Honkai"
He didn't want to die yet; he still had so much wealth and luxury to enjoy... and if he survived today, he might still have a chance to defeat this despicable youngest daughter.
(Does this guy even know what he's talking about?) Even Void Archive was speechless.
(He could insist it's to cure the Black Death).
Void Archive considered this reason to be even more ridiculous than the previous one.
Hmm... so stupid that you can tell the truth at a glance.
"Oh?"
"It's right behind the stone door!"
Viktor, lying on the floor, pointed tremblingly.
Otto then discovered that the stone door bore the symbol of the Valkyrie of Schicksal.
"I'll open the door"
Tian Shi directly possessed the stone door, opened it, and revealed the scene behind it.
A scene reminiscent of a cult ritual, with a young girl kneeling on the floor, hands tied to a cross, while six other girls are tied to crosses and surround the girl in the center.
This arrangement would look perfectly natural even if you drew a six-pointed star.
However, Otto's gaze quickly passed beyond the seven girls and landed on a... black box next to the girl in the center.
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