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Given the failure of the last operation, this time she specially mobilized nearly half of her resources—the Titan forces produced by the Russian Heavy Industries Group, Cocolia's core base—to launch a surprise attack on the New Zealand branch.
"Hmph, fate is nothing more than this."
In the central control room of the Anti-Entropy warship to which Cocolia belonged, Cocolia, dressed in a dark green military overcoat, looked at the progress of the New Zealand branch with a mocking and disdainful expression.
Under her Titan forces, the Valkyries of Destiny were no match for the Titan forces—after all, the Titans were designed to confront those powerful Honkai Beasts head-on.
Basically, one Titan is equivalent to a squad of regular B-rank Valkyries.
Without being equipped with specialized weapons against mechanical weapons, the low-cost Valkyrie units are completely helpless against these specially treated iron lumps.
"The New Zealand branch is mainly staffed with B-rank Valkyries, so they will naturally have difficulty resisting your Titan forces."
Gray Snake's hoarse voice rang out from the side.
B-rank Valkyries have a hard time fighting against Titans; only A-rank Valkyries, equipped with specialized weapons, pose a sufficient threat.
However, in reality, A-rank Valkyries are quite rare in Destiny.
Apart from the Schicksal Headquarters having a slightly larger number, the number of A-rank Valkyries in each Schicksal branch can be counted on one hand. The weakest branch, such as the Far East Branch, only has Himeko (Theresa is not counted in the official staff).
The Oceania branch ranks relatively high among all the branches of Destiny, but it doesn't have more than five A-rank Valkyries.
As for the New Zealand branch... well, there's only one person there.
It is the original form of the Fourth Herrscher—Wendy herself.
Unfortunately, due to her experiments in pursuit of the gem, this youngest A-rank Valkyrie, who was expected to become the fourth S-rank Valkyrie, lost both her legs and was forced to retire in disgrace, ending up in a Valkyrie sanatorium.
If things go according to the original plan, then that idiot would probably have to take full responsibility for this.
"How is the Oceania branch headquarters doing?"
Cocolia didn't give the gray snake a friendly look and asked coldly.
According to the agreement, the anti-entropy force she leads will be responsible for the main attack on the New Zealand branch.
The World Serpent will be responsible for delaying the Valkyries from the nearest Oceania branch.
"Hehe, don't worry, they're too busy to care about this place right now."
Gray Snake didn't care. Their relationship was one of mutual exploitation. He chuckled, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of disdain.
To ensure the plan's success, even while still in hiding, World Serpent still committed a portion of its resources to guarantee the execution of the plan to seize the Gem of Desire.
To this end, he directly used the incomplete Honkai Beast Transformation Agent, which was created by Jackal based on the technology of the fusion warriors of the previous civilization. At the cost of sacrificing one of his gray snakes, he directly released an Emperor-level Honkai Beast, Ashura, into the urban area of Australia.
Although Ashura's strength is far inferior to the one that appeared in the second Great Honkai Beast due to the immaturity of the technology, even an incomplete Emperor-class Honkai Beast is enough to give the Valkyries of the Oceania branch a lot of trouble.
Gray Snake changed the subject:
"However, merely seizing the Gem of Desire is not enough."
"You're going to change your mind?!"
Cocolia's tone was icy.
Their agreement was simply that Cocolia would obtain and hand over the Gem of Desire, while Grey Serpent would bring back her daughter Seele, who was trapped in the Sea of Quanta.
"No, no, no, it's just a small change."
"While the desire for the gem is indeed my goal, it is still somewhat lacking in the current form."
—In fact, gems that haven't been activated by the Great Collapse are incomplete.
Although it also possesses Herrscher powers, its attributes in all aspects are inferior to those of the Herrscher core after being baptized by the Great Collapse.
Originally, the Gray Serpent only needed an incomplete desire for the gem.
Road signs and Honkai energy supplies—these are what he seeks from the Gem of Desire.
Regarding the Honkai energy replenishment, since we pre-ordered Chi You, it doesn't matter if there's a little less.
But the bad news that Grey Serpent had just received from Mistelin forced him to slightly change his plans.
Chi You needed to make up for what he lacked by craving gems.
"I hope you cause a major collapse in New Zealand."
The hoarse voice sounded in her ear, plunging Cocolia into a long silence.
He sighed only after the gray snake had left.
She did indeed carry out the Great Collapse she planned in Changkong City with the selfish desire to gain Herrscher power equal to that of the Alliance Leader.
But afterwards, Cocolia felt a little regretful.
—Especially since Anne also began to disagree with her approach.
And now...
"I must salvage this situation no matter what."
Recalling Seele's smile and Bronya's, Cocolia's eyes hardened.
No matter how many sins she commits, she wants to atone for the mistakes she made in the past.
For Seele, for Bronya... for myself, it's just a massive collapse...!
Once this deal is completed, Seele can come back, and Bronya will definitely be very happy. At that time, perhaps they can even return to the happy orphanage of the past.
"Drip drop~"
The communication rang.
Upon seeing the source of the communication, Cocolia revealed an excited expression.
The source of that communication was none other than Bronya.
Through the communication, she saw that exquisitely familiar face. Cocolia felt, perhaps it was just her imagination, that Bronya had returned to the time before the experiment began, to the time when she was happily living in the orphanage. But she subconsciously ignored this, and despite her delighted mood, she deliberately maintained a serious, indifferent expression as she asked the girl on the other end of the communication:
Bronya, where are you?
I'll be there soon.
"Ah, very good."
"and many more..."
Cocolia was a little confused when she heard this form of address. "Why don't you call yourself Bronya anymore?"
"Bronya has grown up, and Bronya has decided to stop calling herself Bronya."
Her words, which sounded like baby formula, answered Cocolia's question, leaving the latter stunned before she burst out laughing.
"That's good, daughters always grow up eventually."
—Although she was a scoundrel who had a control chip installed in her daughter's head, Cocolia, who genuinely treated Bronya as her daughter, was now feeling a little bit of the joy of seeing her daughter grow up.
"Alright, let's not waste any more time on small talk."
"My Titan forces have already launched an attack on Schicksal's New Zealand branch. All that's left is to release Honkai energy into New Zealand, triggering a Great Honkai Beast, and half the plan will be complete," Cocolia declared confidently.
“Now that you’re almost there—Bronya, my most outstanding daughter, I want you to go to the nursing home in New Zealand to retrieve the Fourth Herrscher.”
The silver-haired girl lowered her eyes, concealing the strange light within them, and made her request:
"...Okay, but Bronya wants to see Mother Cocolia before that."
"Hmm? Why is that?"
Cocolia found the request strange and instinctively felt something was amiss.
However, Bronya on the other end of the communication expressed some dissatisfaction:
"Does a daughter need to ask 'why' to see her mother? Bronya just wants to see her."
"What, is that not allowed? Bronya won't carry out the mission properly if that's the case."
Lively and vivid, she portrayed the emotions of a young girl so realistically that Cocolia even forgot that her daughter shouldn't possess such rich emotions after that experiment.
"Haha, no problem, of course no problem!"
Unaware of this anomaly, Cocolia was overjoyed.
Since the Blue Sea experiment, her relationship with Bronya has become very strained. Cocolia has always wanted to salvage this increasingly distant mother-daughter relationship, but she has never been able to find a way to do so—she can only hope to find Seele.
In Changkong City, she had once been tricked because of this love and trust for her daughter, and this time, she seems to have made the same mistake again.
Cocolia longs to reunite with Bronya, who misses her terribly.
Bronya arrived soon after.
In order to speed up the journey and also to prevent the female fox from escaping, Bronya used a stroller to speed across the sea, finally arriving in New Zealand within ten minutes and reaching the Anti-Entropy warship where Cocolia was located.
"It's been so many days, let me see you quickly."
Cocolia, who was waiting for Bronya directly in the ship's cabin, greeted her with great anticipation. In order to mend the broken mother-daughter relationship, she deliberately hid her cold and stern side and hugged her in the image of a loving mother.
"Have you lost weight?"
With a look of heartache on her face, Cocolia at this moment resembled a textbook example of a mother who loves her children dearly.
However, Bronya didn't respond much, only staring coldly at the former with her indifferent little face—as usual.