"..."
Otto stared intently at the cherry-haired girl in front of her and remained silent.
"So, this girl is..."
Otto was a little worried, but she couldn't say anything strange like "Divine Key" or "weapon" in front of a girl who was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.
A lack of morality does not mean a lack of humanity.
Well, humanity is a limitation of this version of Otto, and it might have disappeared in some versions.
This innocent girl, looking like a blank slate, awakened in Otto a feeling of compassion and tenderness.
However, the nature of the other party... corrosive... is extremely dangerous from all angles, right?
Especially if the opponent is a complete novice and does not know how to control her own power, the consequences could be serious.
"Think of it as having another younger sister; you won't miss having one more"
"I am possessing the doll," Tian Shi said casually.
Meanwhile, Higokumaru herself curiously examined her older brother, who had suddenly shrunk.
"In fact, one more won't make a difference..."
Otto's expression was inscrutable.
My two adoptive sisters are Eleanor and Vera, whom I picked up.
Now, I have added Higokumaru...
"Should I take her?"
Otto asked specifically about this.
If we really let her take control, we will have much more room for maneuver.
Anyway, Vera will undoubtedly be alone, and it is impossible to disturb God.
In that case, it doesn't matter if I take care of one or two.
"You're dreaming"
Tian Shi must have lost his mind to let Otto bring Higokumaru.
Unlike Jizo Mitama, Higokumaru is currently the Divine Key with the highest output potential, closest to that of a Herrscher.
It wouldn't be a big problem even to call them Herrschers, although the Herrschers of Corruption are not the type that stand out purely in combat power.
"And the... um... authority she possesses is mine"
Yes, that is the real problem.
The authority over Higokumaru is in Tian Shi's hands; after all, Tian Shi is the one who allowed Higokumaru to complete the final step.
This can be considered part of Dr. MEI's contingency plan, and it was quite well thought out.
As long as Tian Shi does not pass, Higokumaru will not be able to unleash the power belonging to the Herrscher of Corruption.
In her normal state, Higokumaru is probably just a small girl with a built-in buff that increases her affinity.
Even so, Tian Shi did not want Otto to lead the team, as she was a complete novice.
What if Otto suddenly has a dangerous idea...?
"It's fine"
Otto shrugged, indicating it was her decision.
After all, she is still in her "reform period," so there is nothing she can do; it was her own mistake to have ruined things.
"By the way, where is that Father Viktor?"
Tian Shi looked around; Cheng Lingshuang, Viktor, and the girls surrounding them were gone.
"It's already settled," Otto replied succinctly.
She would be doing herself a favor if she didn't get rid of this, right?
Even without taking into account the bad deeds this guy has committed, just the fact that he is a firm supporter of the Apocalypse family is enough for Otto to want him gone.
And given the other party's bad deeds, Otto felt even less that there was anything wrong with what she had done.
Of course, the most important thing was that the other party knew too much.
Well, I should mention here that although Otto's sense of right and wrong is a bit copied from Tian Shi's, she still has something.
However, such a weak sense of right and wrong usually cannot withstand the sincere desire to "do what God wants."
"I see"
Tian Shi nodded indifferently.
Since he deserved to be killed anyway, it's good to get rid of him.
Kallen's moral standards are so high that she wouldn't object to killing this guy, right?
"I told Cheng Lingshuang to take those girls first and also to let Kallen know"
Well, compared to Otto, who is completely unable to lift a finger or carry anything, or Kallen, who received knight training, Cheng Lingshuang is the fastest.
After all, there is a branch of martial arts called lightness skill...
So, let's head back too.
If Kallen really becomes a phantom thief and throws money all over the city, what's happening here will soon be discovered.
Tian Shi thought about Kallen's personality and felt somewhat helpless.
"Come on, Higokumaru, your brother will take you flying"
"Fly?"
Higokumaru tilted her head and then her feet left the ground...
"Is it like this?"
Higokumaru's face showed a "please praise me" expression.
"That's right, this is... Higokumaru is incredible"
"Hey, now she even has self-awareness, so reversing gravity is a piece of cake, right?", Void Archive mocked from the side.
Even if she doesn't have this function, as long as she has true self-awareness, she can fly using only Honkai energy!
I have a feeling this fellow has become a bit arrogant lately.
Otto looked at Void Archive and suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Your Majesty, there should be an access lock inside Void Archive that only you can open, if you have time, please take the trouble to do so"
Void Archive: "???"
"I have time right now," Tian Shi smiled kindly at Void Archive.
"You, you... don't come any closer!"
…
"Hmm... As expected, Viktor's death... or rather his disappearance, has caused quite a stir in the city"
Otto sighed while studying the knowledge Tian Shi had extracted from Void Archive.
"In the city? It's more of a national celebration in the city"
Tian Shi, who was watching with Otto, sneered twice.
Eighty percent of the people woke up and found they had more money than usual, and Viktor, who had been exploiting the people, had disappeared again.
This is doubly happy, right?
The fact that the city hasn't started celebrating yet is due to the remaining 20% of the nobles.
"But this arrangement has made Kallen take the blame"
Otto sighed.
"Although, given Kallen's personality, she really wouldn't mind taking the blame"
After all, Otto didn't really have any ulterior motives toward Kallen.
But they can't do anything about it.
They killed Viktor, so in the end, Kallen, the phantom thief who squanders money, will undoubtedly take the blame.
However, no matter how much Schicksal suspects, it wouldn't really blame the Kaslana family.
Setting aside whether Schicksal can discover the phantom thief's identity, even if it succeeds, given her father's style, he will most likely find someone else to blame.
The final judgment cannot be settled in these turbulent times.
However, these matters are no longer Otto's business: she has completed all the tasks assigned to her.
As for politics based on Schicksal, it is better to wait for the political situation to collapse on its own than to get directly involved and cause trouble.
Now she is thinking in the long term: five hundred years from now.
Otto carefully studied the two documents in her hands.
As Void Archive had said, one was a Soul Steel Body and the other, an artificial body of flesh.
After a short time, Otto temporarily abandoned the technology of artificial bodies.
She can't do it and she doesn't understand it... or rather, it's not something she can understand at this moment.
After all, she is only twenty-three years old and, undoubtedly, her qualifications are inferior to those of the founders.
Furthermore, midway through her career, she left secular science to devote herself to Honkai studies.
However… this thing is a combination of advanced Honkai science and top-tier biology, and Otto is currently quite weak in both areas, so for her it is like reading gibberish.
And the most important thing is that this technique was finally summarized as a failure by the researcher Mobius.
Although she casually wrote in the epilogue that the failed experiments were quite interesting... Otto wasn't really interested, as it was no longer her goal.
Well, Otto thought this might be the reason why Dr. Mobius classified the technology as a failure.
However, Otto's inability to understand is partly Tian Shi's fault.
Biology is one of the few fields Tian Shi is completely ignorant of.
Even if he has some knowledge of related areas, he is still a complete novice; well, although this level of novice is already superior to many others.
His ability to reach such a level of knowledge is largely due to the research talent provided by Mobius; compared to that, knowing nothing about biology is nothing.
Therefore, Otto has decisively abandoned the technology of artificial bodies and plans to seal them for later review.
There are some quite interesting things there, such as adding Honkai Beast factors to the body.
It is clear that Mobius, as a founder, truly aimed to create a perfect body for her God.
(But then again, the so-called most perfect body wouldn't be made of the most powerful Honkai Beasts... or Herrschers... or even more than a single Herrscher, right? But would a body made like that still be considered human...? That would probably be a true God...)
Although the technology was not described, Otto somehow resonated with Dr. Mobius from 50,000 years ago through the written words.
So give up, give up decisively.
There is a big trap hidden in this.
Anyone who gets involved is a fool.
Didn't you see that even the founder gave up?
Otto realized she wasn't even half as good as the other.
At least that one could get out after jumping, but if she jumped, she might hear a thud and disappear.
The other technique, Dr. MEI's Soul Steel Body technique, was much simpler.
While high-end needs far exceed the industrial civilization of this era, low-end ones... well, as long as the carving techniques meet the standards, it's fine.
Of course, this latter simple and crude method is obviously intended for Tian Shi; Otto herself would definitely need a more refined approach.
Furthermore, for individual production, it is not necessary to focus too much on the technological level of civilization.
Like those assembly lines that take three days to produce one?
Does Otto say three days?
She would be lucky if she could manufacture one in thirty or even fifty years!
Anyway, as long as it's not cut, the Soul Steel body theoretically only needs regular maintenance...
And to be honest, there are not many people in this era who can cut a Soul Steel body.
However, on the other hand, doing it every thirty or fifty years is still a small loss.
After all, it would mean she would have to give up her old and decrepit body.
If possible, she believes it would be better to do it within ten years and preserve her young and beautiful body.
After all, Otto had some concerns about fertility.
"My divine being, this technology..."
"Around 1989, I believe"
Tian Shi's expression was subtle.
So, does that mean Otto is credited with immortality?
However, it makes no sense for Tian Shi to deceive Otto.
After all, Dr. MEI's technique is different from Mobius's.
It's already broken down and the requirements are not high.
You can figure it out if you stay firm.
"If materials are collected quickly enough, the time can be even shorter"
"The problem is in the materials?"
Otto realized that her way of thinking was somewhat different from God's.
"This is an area where I excel"
Tian Shi sighed.
This thing looks cool, but to be honest, it's like an armed pet.
It's even a bit more basic than an armed puppet.
After all, armed puppets are limited in size, so you have to be careful with many aspects.
A proper Soul Steel humanoid body doesn't need so many twists and turns; you can just try with a straight cut, although this type of straight cut is already considered delicate work compared to many other operations.
So the only problem for him was how Otto would manage to get so many materials.
However, it doesn't have to be pure steel.
In some places, common materials can be used, but you have to pay attention to maintenance.
"Schicksal should have this in reserve"
Otto thought for a moment.
Schicksal has unearthed quite a few relics in the last thousand years, and its technology, at most, is only capable of gaining benefits without needing processing technology.
Even if it were used, the consumption would probably be minimal...
Furthermore, regarding processing, Nagamitsu's help might be necessary.
"Being a novice is a blessing in disguise, but it has been a great help"
Hmm...
Thinking about it this way, Otto felt more and more that she needed to add fuel to the fire of political struggle within the Apocalypse family.
As for fine carvings, they are not hard to find.
There are many famous sculptors in Italy, so we can invite one.
Italian sculptors… speaking of which, Michelangelo was born this year, but her predecessors are currently at their peak.
Well, for example, Verrocchio or someone like that, with Schicksal's influence, summoning one wouldn't be a problem at all.
Furthermore, speaking of which, Tian Shi and Michelangelo had met once in the World Bubble: Caterina Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Tian Shi could even see Bianca in his world bubble if he wanted to.
However, the birth dates of famous characters in the Honkai Impact world are quite chaotic.
For example, if Tian Shi remembers correctly, Shakespeare might be touring Schicksal territory right now, having been born about a hundred years earlier than in real history.
Michelangelo might have already been born in that era.
However, this is Otto's work and has nothing to do with Tian Shi.
"Speaking of the most important thing, the transfer of consciousness, what are you going to do?"
"Transfer of consciousness... After everything is settled, I still need to go to Shenzhou to see if I can borrow a feather"
Otto reflected for a moment before answering.
Although Higokumaru also possesses mental abilities, the Herrscher of Corruption is not an expert in very precise manipulations; in this sense, she still depends on Feng Huang Down.
The power of the Herrscher of Corruption lies in its ability to corrode living beings, machines, and even everything alike.
However, she is clearly inferior to the Herrscher of Sentience in the subtle manipulation of the mind.
While she is an expert at corrupting others, don't expect Higokumaru to handle something as delicate as consciousness transfer, which is like walking on a tightrope.
"Can't Void Archive simulate Feng Huang Down?", Tian Shi asked, somewhat puzzled.
"I have no intention of letting Void Archive simulate Feng Huang Down"
Otto replied, looking at Void Archive, who had been complaining about "I am no longer pure" since yesterday.
"What I need most is for Void Archive to simulate the Key of Stasis: the Hibernation of All Things"
Since I don't have time to invest in technology, I'll have to take the shortcut!
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