If someone were to pass by them at this moment, they would likely only see them as a good-looking brother and little sister.
"You, what exactly do you want to do?"
Bronya's hands clenched.
She didn't know how many weapons she had left, but since even Project Bunny couldn't do anything to Byakuya, she felt her remaining methods probably wouldn't be of much use either.
Recalling Byakuya's combat ability, which far exceeded what the intelligence suggested, Bronya felt like a pathetic little rabbit sitting next to a terrifying big lion.
"Heh heh, shouldn't I be asking you that? Cocolia's assassin, Bronya, little sister, do you still need me to help you find a gift now?"
"...You won't get any information about Cocolia from Bronya. Since you've caught me, do whatever you want with Bronya."
This emotionless girl clenched her small hands, seemingly still calm, but it was actually because her emotional circuits were damaged from participating in the X-10 experiment orchestrated by Cocolia in the past.
Because of this, Bronya couldn't feel joy and could no longer smile, which is why her adorable little face had become expressionless.
Byakuya once again made a mental note against Cocolia, thinking he really should have eliminated that woman during the Second Honkai Eruption.
Look at all the good things that woman has done.
"Tsk! Little girl, don't say such things so easily. Dignity is often not as important as life. You're not a soldier; at this moment, you should ensure your survival at all costs."
Byakuya chopped Bronya on the head with a hand.
"Ugh!"
Although this was an attack from an enemy, Bronya didn't know how to react. Being lectured by her target to cherish her life?
Bronya adorably hugged her head.
She wanted to retort to Byakuya that she had experience as a child soldier when she was very young, and had an impressive record, successfully assassinating over a dozen officers.
But thinking that being a child soldier wasn't something to brag about, she decided not to say it.
"Do you have anyone important? Is there anyone you want to see? If you die, is there no one who would weep for you?" Byakuya asked.
"......"
"If there is, then you must try to live for those people. This is from my own experience; there is hope only when you are alive. The dead have no future."
"...Seele."
Bronya fell into deep thought at his words.
The image of her little sister, lost in the Sea of Quanta, appeared in her mind. If she died here, she wouldn't be able to fulfill her promise to Seele.
They had promised to meet again.
They had also promised to watch the sea together again!
(This person is right, Bronya cannot die here. She must live to see Seele again!)
"You, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Oh, that look is much more proactive. It seems you've given up on that boring persistence. Very good."
"Bronya wants to know your purpose. Why are you stopping Cocolia's plan? It's an important plan for humanity to defeat the Honkai, and also to find Seele..."
Bronya stared directly into Byakuya's eyes.
She really couldn't understand the young man in front of her. He was clearly an enemy, yet he had just advised her to cherish her life and hadn't done anything to harm her.
In fact, Bronya even sensed goodwill.
This made her almost doubt if her usually accurate intuition was wrong, because if this young man was a good person, why would he stop the plan to defeat the Honkai?
"It seems Cocolia really didn't tell you the truth. Tell me, how did that vixen trick you?"
"Bronya doesn't understand what you're saying. Cocolia tricked Bronya?"
Although her facial expression didn't change, Byakuya could clearly sense the confusion in Bronya's words.
He realized that Cocolia had only told Bronya part of the plan, saying that activating the Herrscher power within Raiden Mei would provide a way to defeat the Honkai and also save Seele Vollerei, who was trapped in the Sea of Quanta.
But she hadn't told Bronya about her complete methods, nor the consequences of this plan.
"Let me tell you what your hateful Cocolia is truly plotting..."
"???"
Then Byakuya told Bronya that her wicked adoptive mother was planning to artificially trigger a Great Eruption at the cost of millions of lives of the entire Changkong City residents.
To make Mei descend as the Herrscher of Thunder.
And the methods she had already employed, including framing Mei's father and having him imprisoned, bribing students to bully Mei at school, and even later resorting to kidnapping.
"How could this be? Bronya didn't know. Cocolia actually wants to kill everyone in this entire Changkong City. This, how could this be..."
Bronya's resolve instantly shattered, and she broke down.
"Mmhmm, although I can't show you any direct evidence, I think you somewhat know... what kind of unscrupulous bad woman your adoptive mother is, right?"
"...Bronya, cannot refute."
The once lively Bronya now hung her head, looking very dejected. She blankly looked at the passersby coming and going on the street. Because of Cocolia's plan, so many people were going to die?
If that were truly the case, then what good would it do if she successfully found a way to save Seele from Raiden Mei?
Bronya knew how kind her little sister was.
If so many innocent lives were sacrificed to rescue her from the Sea of Quanta, then how guilty, sad, and sorrowful Seele would be afterward.
Doing so would only save Seele's body, but it would completely kill her heart. This was something Bronya absolutely could not do.
"Looks like you've figured it out? Good, now it's your turn to tell me some information."
"What do you want to know from Bronya?"
"Don't be nervous, it's nothing big. I'm just curious... Cocolia is your adoptive mother, right? What about your biological mother? How is she?"