Chapter 41: Kalpas Breaks Down, How Many People Have to Die in One Episode
The plot on television continued. Due to the extremely tight plot, it also made the audience's emotions fluctuate wildly.
Kalpas could only sharpen his knife first, without impulsively rushing over directly.
The scene switched to Himeko's side.
"This is... where..." She woke up from unconsciousness, supporting her head that was not yet fully awake, and laboriously propped herself up.
"...Damn it, my body feels so heavy... How long have I been asleep..."
"How are Theresa and the others... I need to get out quickly..."
She staggered toward the gate, the noise in her mind becoming louder and louder.
In an instant.
A wave of fatigue surged through her entire body, and she fell down just dozens of centimeters from the exit.
She arduously crawled back up, leaning against the iron door, panting heavily.
Hm?
Suddenly, she discovered that in her hand, unbeknownst at some point, there was a vial of reagent—it was exactly the serum.
Feathers drifted down, attracting her attention: "Is that you? Fu Hua."
Looking at Fu Hua in the appearance of Feather Dust, she asked: "What are you here for with a captive like me?"
Fu Hua said: "What you have in your hand is the Honkai energy serum. It can alleviate the erosion of Honkai energy on the body. Find a safe place to use it. Once the serum neutralizes the Honkai energy in your body, your power as a Valkyrie will also be lost."
"..."
Himeko was silent for a moment: "A gift? Thanks a lot."
Fu Hua continued: "The Herrscher has awakened. After getting out from here, run toward the north—you will see a watchtower. It's very safe there; you can hide there. There will be some guards on the road, but I believe you can handle them."
Himeko said directly: "I don't need to know that. Tell me, where are Theresa and the others!"
"..."
This time it was Fu Hua's turn to be silent.
She had just experienced failure and learned of all of Otto's plans.
At this moment, after hesitating for a bit, she said: "If you want to save your companions, then pass through the watchtower and continue forward. I will wait for you in the laboratory on the other side of the watchtower."
After saying that, she disappeared.
Himeko also followed her words and hurried all the way to the watchtower.
By coincidence, Tesla had also been locked by Rita in the watchtower, this safe point.
After being rescued by Himeko, she angrily roared: "That maid—! Don't let me see her again!!"
This made even Himeko a bit curious: "What did she do to you?"
Tesla said angrily: "—She actually dared to humiliate me! While tying me up, she kept bowing her head in apology, saying things like 'Sorry, it might be a bit uncomfortable, please forgive any offense,' then why didn't you just let me go!"
"The most outrageous part is, she even thoughtfully sprayed perfume on both sides of the silk scarf... Is she deliberately toying with me!"
Uh...
Himeko listened to her complaints on one side while heading to the laboratory together.
As Tesla gradually calmed down.
They also guessed that Schicksal must have means to deal with the Herrscher; otherwise, Otto absolutely wouldn't just awaken the Herrscher like this.
Sure enough!
After Tesla hacked into the main system, she also found Otto's experimental data.
In order to create the Godslayer Spear capable of killing the Herrscher, he had conducted countless experiments; just from the data, one could see this person's obsession and madness.
But without a doubt, he was an absolute genius.
After reading this document.
Tesla hesitatedly looked at Himeko, wanting to say something, but swallowed the words back when they reached her mouth.
While she was hesitating, the other party spoke first.
"Can you make it? The Godslayer Spear." Himeko extended her right hand; in her hand, she tightly gripped that red serum vial, and on one end of the test tube, the letters HSN-b46 were prominently written.
"I think... now is the time for it to come into play."
"..." Tesla remained silent.
Samples of the holy blood could be found in the laboratory, but what was missing was this kind of serum; even Tesla couldn't manufacture the Godslayer Spear without materials.
But...
She understood even more what this serum meant to Himeko.
This was her personally giving up her only chance to stay alive.
However, looking into Himeko's eyes, she couldn't bring herself to say words of refusal, even from the standpoint of saving humanity—this was also the only way right now.
"The amount in this vial of serum is too small... only one chance to try..."
Himeko directly stuffed the serum in her hand to Tesla: "Dr. Tesla, this medicine is entrusted to you. I'll go deal with the enemies."
Tesla wordlessly watched her leave; the test tube gripped in her hand still retained the warmth from Himeko's palm.
In the end, she still didn't say that sentence.
But she also knew that even if she said it, it wouldn't change anything.
"I'll do it! I'll make it for you to see!"
Tesla directly started working on making the Godslayer Spear; without an experimental subject, she used herself as the experimental subject...
Meanwhile, Himeko confronted the guards in the distance to protect her.
Watching this scene.
The audience's hearts also ached.
From this dialogue, it could be known that Himeko's fate was already sealed.
Even Kalpas's knife-sharpening speed increased quite a bit.
Even more so, many people in the group were cursing loudly: "Damn director, do you even have a heart? Does Himeko have to die? Is him being alive getting in your way?"
"No, doesn't this mean they knifed Fu Hua, and now they still have to knife Himeko? How many people have to die in this one episode?"
"Himeko... don't, Himeko, I still want to drink with you."
"Everyone, don't panic; it probably won't happen. Didn't Fu Hua give the serum earlier? They can definitely find it later."
"I think so too; no matter how much of a bastard this director is, he wouldn't just let a character die casually, right?"
"Exactly, I can't think of how Himeko could die either. She can't die on the way escorting the serum, right? That would be too clichéd. This director may not be human, but he's not stupid either."
"I swear here: if you dare to knife my Aunt Himeko, tonight I'll rush to the director's house and knife him!"
Although countless viewers were venting in the group.
But everyone's eyes didn't dare to leave the television much; no one wanted to miss the plot of this episode.
Soon.
Tesla succeeded in making the Godslayer Spear through human experiments on herself.
And Himeko also arrived at the end of the laboratory under Fu Hua's guidance; in front of her was a red armor.
"Is this the thing you wanted me to find? Fu Hua."
Fu Hua's voice also sounded: "You've finally... arrived here. This is the thing you need. Otto's secret hidden here—his other trump card, the weapon to confront the Herrscher head-on—the Godslayer Armor prototype, Vermilion Knight: Eclipse."
"The Herrscher has already awakened. This suit of armor is our only means to fight her.
"It is not a product of this era, but a heritage left from the Previous Era civilization epoch. After Schicksal obtained it, they developed modern Valkyrie armors based on it.
"But Otto was not satisfied with this; he launched an even crazier plan."