[A few days later, news arrives.]
[The Second Herrscher has been successfully defeated by a single individual.]
[The name of the one who defeated her is: Elysia.]
[On the eve of the Second Herrscher's defeat, the Fire Moth Weapons Research Division laboratory was infiltrated, and its newest anti-Honkai weapon was stolen.]
[Afterward, Elysia joined Fire Moth as a free agent on the strength of her solo victory over the Second Herrscher, and quickly became Fire Moth's shining star.]
[After this battle, humanity regained its confidence.]
[After all, if Elysia could defeat the Second Herrscher alone with the aid of an anti-Honkai weapon, then there was no reason an elite force equipped with such weapons in large numbers should not be able to do the same.]
[What they never realized, however, was that the key to defeating the Second Herrscher was not the anti-Honkai weapon, but the person wielding it.]
[You study the mission report in detail. It is filled with moments where death was narrowly avoided, along with several vague and unexplained sections.]
[In short, it is a victory built entirely out of luck. There are simply too many coincidences—so many that they feel almost fake.]
[And yet, no one doubts the authenticity of the report, because no one believes that anyone could plan such things while fighting a Herrscher in a battle so full of mortal peril—except for you…]
"You're still poring over that mission report?" Mobius walked over with a cup of coffee in hand and took a sip. "If you have that much spare time, you'd be better off doing some actual research."
"Doctor, don't you think there are far too many coincidences in this report?" Mo Xie asked seriously.
"But that is what happened, isn't it?" Mobius replied, looking at the dawning look on his face. "Or are you suggesting that someone capable of killing a Herrscher that humanity as a whole could do nothing against would bother forging the details?"
She continued, "So, Miss Elysia is simply a hero born from countless coincidences. That is the conclusion."
Seeing that Mo Xie still looked unconvinced, Mobius offered a suggestion.
"If you really still have doubts, why not just go ask the person herself?"
The moment the words left her mouth, she watched Mo Xie pick up the mission report and turn to leave.
"Hey, wait—at least make me another cup of coffee before you go!" Mobius called after his retreating back, still holding the empty cup she had just drained.
"Doctor, I can make it for you," Blanka offered from the side.
"Forget it. I'm not drinking any," Mobius said flatly.
Blanka: "..."
[You find Elysia.]
[At first, she receives you quite warmly, and even has the leisure to flirt with you a little.]
[But when you explain why you came and begin pressing her for details about the vague portions of the mission report, she starts dodging the subject.]
[Faced with your relentless questioning, she grows visibly flustered, then escapes your sight with a clumsy excuse and excellent footwork.]
[Although she never actually tells you anything, you become even more convinced that Elysia is anything but simple.]
[Age 15: You come into conflict with Mobius.]
[Shaken by the overwhelming power of the Second Herrscher, she decides to create a weapon powerful enough to match that threat.]
[To that end, she prepares an experiment in which Honkai Beast genes will be injected into human bodies, allowing them to obtain the power of Honkai.]
[She calls this plan—the MANTIS Project.]
[You object to the plan, but not because you think it is unrealistic, nor because you believe it cannot succeed. Rather…]
"Doctor, if we're going to proceed with the MANTIS Project, then why don't we go all the way and use the genes of those two Herrschers directly?" Mo Xie asked, baffled by the stunned look on Mobius's face.
Yes—Mo Xie thought Mobius was being far too conservative.
If they were going to conduct human experimentation anyway, then why not choose beings that actually possessed overwhelming power—Herrschers?
Besides, no matter what else Herrschers were, they were still carbon-based lifeforms.
Honkai Beasts, on the other hand, were silicon-based.
From every angle, using Herrschers seemed more appropriate than using Honkai Beasts.
"You're trying to create artificial Herrschers?" For the first time, Mobius truly wanted to pry open Mo Xie's skull and see what, exactly, was inside it.
Her MANTIS Project and the creation of artificial Herrschers were two completely different things.
Besides, based on the only two Herrscher cases they had seen so far, even if an artificial Herrscher really could be created, it would most likely turn hostile toward humanity just like its predecessors.
Although Mo Xie had never considered himself a genius, his experiences since childhood had still left him deeply proud.
As a result, Mobius could not persuade Mo Xie, and Mo Xie could not persuade Mobius either.
In the end, the argument concluded with Mo Xie storming out of the laboratory.
"Are you coming back for dinner or not?" Mobius shouted toward his departing figure.
No answer came.
Only after Mo Xie had fully disappeared from sight did Mobius lift a hand to her forehead and sigh.
"So this is teenage rebellion? I suppose he's about that age."
Then she turned to the side.
"Blanka, what do you think?"
"Uh?" Blanka looked utterly bewildered.
"Forget it. Asking you is pointless."
[Mobius initially thought it was just an ordinary quarrel, but things were not that simple.]
[You realize that you and Mobius differ fundamentally in many areas of research. This had already happened many times before, but this time the clash is especially intense.]
[In the end, you choose to leave Mobius's laboratory.]
[The moment you step out, senior figures within Fire Moth approach you. After speaking with you at length, they decide to invest in you.]
[After all, the higher-ups are far from united. Each has their own agenda.]
[And you—Mo Xie—Mobius's personally invited assistant, famous despite your young age, are someone very few would dismiss as a fraud.]
[On top of that, your research direction—merging Herrscher genes with human genes—is precisely the direction they hope to pursue.]
[The power of the Herrschers is obvious to all, and naturally the higher-ups also wish to grasp that kind of power with their own hands.]
[Not to mention that, according to the examination of the two Herrscher corpses currently in their possession, if not outright immortality, then at the very least they appear capable of living for a very, very long time.]
[Humanity's obsession with lifespan has always been intense.]
[Now that there is even the faintest glimmer of hope, however slight, it is enough to drive people mad.]
[And so, you leave Mobius and strike out on your own.]
[Later, you hear a few remarks from Blanka about Mobius, things like: "Hmph! His wings have hardened—can't keep him anymore." "Those higher-ups aren't easy people to deal with. Don't come crawling back to my lab in tears after they sell you out." And so on.]
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