Just as Himeko was about to tease that no one could resist Kiana's words, she suddenly found that the Hyperion's communication was malfunctioning.
Then she discovered Cocoilia's communication appearing on Kiana's end.
"What's going on?! Ai-chan, are you slacking off again?! Or did you do this on purpose?!"
Theresa tried to fix it but couldn't find the problem.
"Um… before, it might have been on purpose, after playing so many galgames…"
Ai-chan had indeed acted out a broken scene in front of Kiana before.
"But I didn't expect Mei to suddenly come in. She's the Herrscher of Thunder, it's hard to detect her location…"
Ai-chan's image appeared, her two small hands with fingers touching, looking as if she knew she was wrong.
"…I knew you were acting. What about this time?"
Theresa knew, she had guessed correctly after all.
"But this time it's really not my fault! I'm already searching the system logs!"
Not long after, Ai-chan found the reason.
"It was… that Bronya before. A virus from her side, it's been lurking and only now burst out! But I've already cleared it!"
No matter what, Ai-chan was a high-tech artificial intelligence, and as long as she found the problem, she could solve it easily.
"Bronya… Tsk, I still underestimated the extent of Cocoilia's madness."
Theresa, of course, knew Bronya didn't do it on purpose, but Cocoilia definitely did.
As long as Bronya touched her network, it would get infected.
Although Ai-chan could clear it as soon as she found it, it was truly disgusting for it to erupt at this critical moment.
"Why would she do this… Alright, I know why. The Titans she secretly transported…"
Just as Theresa wondered why Cocoilia would do this, she saw the Titans recovering from their quantum state to normal.
If not for this virus, they could have completely stopped the Titans from transforming before they recovered.
"Wendy!"
With lightning speed, Cocoilia decisively knocked Wendy unconscious, staging a scene where a Titan took out Wendy with one punch.
She knew that if Wendy reacted, the hostility and Honkai energy that Kiana had weakened would rise again.
These mass-produced Titans couldn't fight against a Herrscher, the top combat power of Honkai…
Would a Herrscher really be knocked out by a Titan when their authority was perfected?
"Cocoilia! I haven't even settled the score for Mei yet! This time, let's settle everything, including the past!"
Kiana's White Comet Armor's energy output was maximized, intending to take down Cocoilia.
To pinpoint the quantum coordinates of the Titans, Cocoilia naturally had to come here herself to locate them.
Finally, she met this big villain.
"Hmph, if you were a Herrscher, I wouldn't appear so brazenly. With just these Titans, you'll be too busy to cope ~"
Cocoilia was unfazed, waving her hand, and an unknown model of Titan behind her moved out.
"Coincidentally, I'm very interested in researching an anomaly like you. Perhaps I can modify the Titans to make them no longer low-to-mid-tier combat power."
She had learned many things from the World Serpent's channels.
Although she didn't know where they got the information, that wasn't important; she would control the World Serpent sooner or later.
For now, it was just a temporary collaboration.
"Damn it! These cannon fodder are really in the way! Why aren't Aunt and the others here yet?!"
Although they were just cannon fodder in the game, for Kiana right now, they had become an insurmountable obstacle.
Even with Mei by her side, they were in a tough fight.
"Ah!"
Caught off guard, or perhaps because she wasn't good at combat to begin with, she was directly hit by a Titan's heavy punch. If not for the armor's protection, Kiana felt her spine might have broken.
"Heh heh, the Valkyries of Schicksal are nothing special, not even as good as low-to-mid-tier Titans ~"
Although Cocoilia considered Titans to be low-to-mid-tier combat power, she wouldn't miss an opportunity to mock the Valkyries.
"Then I'll take you both…"
"You are absolutely not allowed to take Kiana!"
Seeing Kiana threatened, Mei's Honkai energy, far exceeding the safety line, erupted.
Surging lightning surrounded her, and in an instant, she broke through a large group of Titans and arrived beside Kiana.
To protect Kiana, the seal even loosened, or perhaps, it was simply the output at the safety line.
"Ah, I almost forgot you were here, Raiden Mei. Your father misses you very much. Why don't you bring Kiana back to Anti-Entropy so you two can reunite ~"
Cocoilia only then remembered that there was a Herrscher present.
Mainly, after being sealed, Mei's Honkai energy output was so low that she barely noticed her.
"You're the one who caused my father to be imprisoned! How could I possibly listen to you… Put Wendy down!"
Initially, she didn't want to bother with Wendy, but Mei thought about it and still spoke up.
"Hmph hmph hmph, well, that's the expected attitude. But with this protective attitude towards her, you won't have it once you know the whole truth ~"
Even with the Herrscher of Thunder right in her face, Cocoilia remained composed.
Truly worthy of being the main villain who propped up the early plot!
"What truth?"
Her subconscious told Mei not to ask, but she really wanted to know.
"Shut your mouth! Cocoilia! Do you think we'll listen to you like Wendy did?!"
Kiana, having recovered, quickly shouted to stop her. Her intuition told her that the situation was very bad.
"Hmph hmph hmph, if the Gem of Conquest hadn't gone wrong, I wouldn't have said anything, but now, for me, the Gem of Conquest is no longer important."
From the moment she detected Kiana and Mei as dual Herrschers of Thunder, Cocoilia knew the Gem of Conquest might have problems.
In that case, it was no longer something she needed.
"Damn it! Stop talking!"
From Cocoilia's attitude, she really might know… Date A Live!
"Let me tell you the truth! Raiden Mei! Why Kiana met you! Why she can seal a Herrscher! The answer is!"
Whether to capture Kiana or to take Wendy away, Cocoilia wanted Mei to know the truth and lose control.
"'The Third Herrscher's Date A Live', executor: Kiana, mission objective: approach the Third Herrscher, Raiden Mei, gain her trust, and finally seal her."
She pulled out a mission report and transmitted it to Mei's armor communication.
"So… how pathetic, Raiden Mei. Everything about you is just like this Wendy, full of lies."
In the end, as if with pity, Cocoilia slowly spoke.