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The core is simply a container for storing Honkai energy; having it allows for a more comprehensive exercise of power.
Jiang Qiao created this 'substitute' using the authority of the Origin. It blocks the singularity controlled by the Herrscher herself, preventing her from using her powers and condensing her core. The advantage is that it will have the same undetectable characteristics as the 'Herrscher of the Origin'.
"Being born into Schicksal, possessing the power of a Herrscher would be more harmful than beneficial to her."
Old Deng at the Destiny headquarters was dreaming of creating a self-controlled 'human Herrscher'.
If Anna were to return as the Herrscher of Ice, Jiang Qiao could easily guess what Otto would do, given his despicable nature.
"indeed."
Rita wholeheartedly agreed. Although she didn't know why her bishop so desperately wanted a Herrscher, what she knew was enough for her to agree with Jiang Qiao's approach.
"I will seal away her memories of this incident. I'll leave the rest to you."
“Rita understands.”
...
Although not as explicitly stated as Sue's, Kevin also has his own life.
He delivers food and packages, and occasionally works part-time as a police auxiliary officer. As for the future, he has heard that the IT industry has a promising future, and if possible, he would like to find a company he likes and become an ordinary office worker.
MEI's disappearance brought him more of a temporary sense of loss and regret. The sun will still rise, and tomorrow will still come.
Besides wanting to see each other again and remain friends, it might also be a wish that the other person can be happy if they really have someone else they like.
Wearing the auxiliary police hat, Kevin began his day.
The job is unusually simple. Apart from maintaining order sometimes and occasionally acting as a traffic cop, there aren't many troublesome things... However, the city seems to have become chaotic recently, and the violence that is lurking in the shadows is exhausting.
But it's okay—the righteous Batman will make those bad guys nowhere to hide.
Kevin was disappointed that he couldn't use the bat.
Hmm, maybe police batons are the same?
Kevin, having completed his role as a makeshift traffic cop, issued a ticket to a 30-year-old girl on a motorcycle who had caused an accident and was yelling "I'll take your hands and feet off!", and leisurely observed his surroundings as he walked through the alleyway, carrying out his duty of upholding justice.
I was hoping to bump into MEI by chance.
Although MEI didn't run into him, Kevin quickly spotted a furtive figure who seemed to be waiting for something.
It was a girl dressed rather scantily cladly—Kevin wasn't particularly interested in her, after all, having good buddies around and women would only affect his bat-swinging.
With Kevin's experience as a seasoned auxiliary police officer, he could tell at a glance that the girl wearing a cat-ear hood was definitely a 'habitual offender'.
And that bulging little handbag.
Kevin's gaze sharpened as he recalled the recent surge in popularity of a certain psychotropic drug among the lower classes in Europe.
The white-haired boy, with this thought swirling in his mind, slowed his pace and approached gently.
He knew that repeat offenders like this were extremely difficult to catch.
If he alerts her, even with his basketball prowess, he might not be able to catch her.
Quietly, quietly...
Ps:
"The Sand Sculpture News: A Homophonic Tale"
1. Kevin and Sue were playing chess when Sue suddenly opened her eyes and made a brilliant move.
Kevin exclaimed: "That's a game-changer!"
2. The portable self-propelled washing machine that Wilvi just invented, which also doubles as a super-loud speaker, accidentally caused two cats, Cat and Sakura, to temporarily lose their hearing. They were nicknamed "Big Wilvi, the Deaf One".
3. After the collaboration with COCO Milk Tea, Eden saw that Aili really liked drinking milk tea, so he invested in acquiring a milk tea brand and renamed it: Eden.
4. "Plum rain season."
Busy with work, Mei dismissed Kevin, who had come to curry favor, in this way.
5. "The price has remained the same for so many years, how is it expensive?"
Cat is promoting eyebrow pencils in a live stream.
"Fifty for an eyebrow pencil!"
6. Vervier and Mebius collaborated to develop a super-destructive energy-concentrating battery, with the advertising slogan: "One battery is better than a thousand."
7. "Kosmo, have you solved this problem?"
"……never mind."
8. "Princess!"
Big Gretsch and Little Gretsch exclaimed each other's names in surprise.
9. Hua was invincible in the boxing match, and the audience chanted, "Hua Qiang! Hua Qiang!"
10. When playing chess, Aponia is reluctant to make a move, so her chess friends call her Aponia the one who never makes a move.
Chapter 175 This is just ordinary water!
"I wonder when Sister Ying will be back."
Leaning against the wall on the street, Pado muttered to herself, all alone.
There are factional disputes between Europe and Mu Continent. When dealing with the internal affairs of the Mu Continent factions, Dr. MEI had already foreseen the problems of the European faction, but he was too busy with the threat of collapse and lack of energy to deal with them.
However, this does not mean that their influence in Europe is completely nonexistent—even though the majority of the European factions are composed of the decadent and old-fashioned people from the old European aristocracy, it does not change the fact that there are a few people among them who, like Dr. Spassy, believe that only by uniting can humanity win this war against the Honkai.
Sakura was one of the people who went ahead to meet with him.
As for Pado, although she had grown fond of the child during their brief time together, Sakura chose to act alone for the time being, for the sake of the secrecy and safety necessary for their line of work, and would bring her along when the operation officially began.
This is why the cat waited for a long time.
Bored out of her mind, Pado pulled out a silver coin with a cat's paw shape from her pocket and started playing with it. The coin, tossed high into the air, swirled and reflected in her blue-green eyes, which resembled those of a Persian cat. The wariness she had developed from years of wandering the Dusk Street came into play at this moment, and a chill ran down her spine, making the girl instinctively shiver.
Nothing good ever happens when she has this feeling. When she was a thief in Twilight Street, she used this 'intuition' to escape death several times.
This time, Paddo undoubtedly chose to trust that feeling as well.
—But it's all for naught.
"Got you!" Before Cat Cat could even unleash her skills that allowed her to roam freely through the twilight streets—or perhaps because her comfortable life as a warehouse keeper in the logistics department had made her a little complacent—a cold, youthful voice rang in her ears, followed by a feeling of restraint.
"Ouch—Hero, spare me! Hero, spare me! I surrender, I surrender!"
Her fair, slender arms were twisted behind her back and pressed hard against the wall in a manner that resembled the imprisonment of a mortal. The pain caused Pado to instinctively perform a French military salute. If she hadn't been restrained, given her cat-like nature, she probably would have already knelt down and kowtowed in surrender.
After seeing the white-haired youth's clothes, Pado panicked even more—she looked like a mouse encountering a cat.
Oh no, it's the cops!
Could it be that I've been exposed?
Thinking of her 'glorious' past on Twilight Street, Pado felt a bit unwell.
If I get caught, I'll be locked up for ages.
And being arrested is one thing, but if being arrested causes problems for what Ai-Li and the others are trying to do... Thinking back, when Sakura told him to keep a low profile, the cat's expression twisted, trying to hide its identity in this way.
"What are you looking at? Behave yourself and show me your identification!" Kevin was very professional, staring at Pado with a serious expression. Although she was flustered, she could only silently take out the identification card that the staff at the base had helped her with after she entered the Firemoth—a metal card with the Firemoth logo printed on it.
Undoubtedly, this is completely different from the identity documents, passports, and even driver's licenses commonly used in Europe.
Because it is unique to fire-fighting moths, it is not registered in the police and security systems of various countries.
A background police officer like Kevin, who was just posing as a comrade, naturally wouldn't be able to detect anything like this, which made him even more suspicious of Pado. He said bluntly:
"Please open the bag."
Although most police officers in Europe favor forceful enforcement, Kevin is very law-abiding.
"what..."
"Any questions?"
Paddy shuddered at Kevin's sidelong glance and timidly replied, "N-nothing..."
There wasn't much noteworthy in her small bag: some currency circulating within the Firemoth, a few cat paw silver coins that cats love, a gleaming bottle cap, marbles, a tangle of metal wire, and a metal device that looked like a key—Kevin's gaze settled on the only thing that caught his attention and made him suspicious: a strangely shaped bottle filled with liquid.
"What's this?!"
Kevin picked up the bottle amidst the cat's flustered expression. Noticing the reaction, Kevin became even more suspicious and asked a question.
"Ah...this...this is just ordinary water!"
"Ok?"
This reaction is clearly very abnormal—僴—suspicious (certain).
With his professionalism, keen sense of smell, and sharp intuition, Kevin was certain that there was something wrong with this bottle of water.
He tentatively opened the bottle cap, and the cat's gaze was fixed on it.
Even more suspicious.