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It's one thing that you wouldn't give Ellie a nice bracelet! But you actually put such a beautiful bracelet on another woman's wrist!
What's even more infuriating is that—because it's a legitimate reason, Alicia has no way to stop it and can only watch helplessly as her head sinks in a 'novelty'.
After all, if she were to speak up and stop it, wouldn't she become a 'jealous bad girl'?
Alicia wouldn't do that, so Alicia absolutely cannot stop it... Ugh, ugh, ugh!!!
Damn it!!! This bastard definitely did it on purpose!!!
The enraged Miss Alicia attributed the reason for her anger bar's surge to Jiang Qiao—that made the target clear!
Smiling, in order to maintain her beautiful appearance, the pink-haired fat lady could only express her 'anger' with silence.
Of course, this didn't stop her from quietly moving closer to Jiang Qiao, grabbing one of her arms—and then hugging her tightly, feeling my anger, Ellie!
He tried to express his dissatisfaction with force, but Jiang Qiao didn't care because, like Mei, he was completely focused on the 'test'.
As for the strength... it was so-so!
Seemingly due to some kind of 'buffer', the one who felt even worse was Miss Alicia, who was furiously trying to launch a 'revenge' attack. Her cheeks were puffed out... Damn it! This bastard hurts me so much!
Alicia, who was still smiling, twitched her eye... and quietly loosened her grip a little. However, when she realized that the owner of her arm was about to pull away, she puffed out her cheeks and pulled it back—don't even think about running away!
Forces are reciprocal—recalling a piece of knowledge she had learned during her childhood travels around the world, Alicia chose to increase her force!
Ellie, I'm in so much pain, but that wicked Jiang Qiao must be in even more pain! Hmph, come on! It's just about hurting each other!
Thus, he kept a close eye on the former—Jiang Qiao's expression was quite calm, and her gaze was quite 'upright,' showing no sign of turning her head to beg for mercy because of 'Miss Fatty's revenge.'
This behavior of not even glancing at me.
Without a doubt, Alicia was even angrier!
However, she couldn't accept the increased force—the fat lady felt that if she continued to be cut from the side like that, her ribs might break first. She silently adjusted her body and chose to retaliate with a 'buffer pad'. Well... although it was still a little uncomfortable, at least it wouldn't hurt as much.
Miss Alicia narrowed her eyes and nodded in satisfaction... Hmm... this feeling...
Unbeknownst to her, the fat lady seemed to have discovered a 'new continent'.
Unaware that her arm had become a kind of "tool" for exploring a "new continent," under Jiang Qiao's earnest gaze.
"Transform!"
The somewhat immature voices of Kosmo and Desdobia, a boy and a girl, rang out in the experimental area.
The next moment, the 'True Self Crystal' at the center of the bracelet shone brightly.
Hearing the somewhat strange sound effects, MEI looked at Jiang Qiao with a question in her eyes:
"Is this the surprise you were talking about?"
She was certain that she hadn't mounted anything so strange on her armor.
"Well... should we consider this a kind of 'Easter egg'?"
"As for the real surprise..."
As Jiang Qiao's gaze fell upon the transformed Kosmo... she inexplicably felt something hard, and as she slightly moved her arm, she didn't notice the barely concealed panting sound.
The transformed Kosmo is unmistakably revealed – adorned in incredibly gorgeous attire, looking extremely handsome, and sporting a pair of dragon horns on its head, reminiscent of the later Kosmo… Of course, the most noteworthy feature is undoubtedly its beautiful young woman figure.
A beautiful green-haired dragon girl with a dragon tail and horns!!!
"Eh--?"
"Pfft... Kosmo, you wouldn't happen to be Kosmo, would you?!" She also completed her transformation, but it wasn't too flashy, just full of a technological feel... What's more noticeable is that Desdobia, with her somewhat pointy ears, covered her mouth and burst out laughing after seeing Kosmo's appearance.
"You... umm, you're so cute!"
The blonde girl circled Kosmo once, giving him her opinion from head to toe, suppressing a smile as she looked quite satisfied.
Kosmo blushed – because becoming a girl was too embarrassing, so even when Desdobia pressed him for details about the experiment, he simply brushed it off with excuses like "secret experiment" and "secrecy regulations."
This time, however, he was caught red-handed.
Damn it, wasn't it supposed to be improved? Why is there still such a terrible side effect as 'losing your second brother due to carelessness'?
"Well... I've already said it, these are some unavoidable... 'minor flaws'."
Faced with the green-haired girl's angry glare, Jiang Qiao shrugged helplessly—an expression that said, "I can't do anything about it."
"Well..."
"Hmm?" Hearing the soft moan, Jiang looked at Alicia, who was holding his arm, with some surprise. The latter had her head down.
Unintentionally, one can see her bright red earlobes through her pink hair.
Of course, he didn't think too much about it—after all, this could also be exciting, right?
That's a beautiful dragon girl with long horns. Although she's different from the cook, isn't it better to have a different style?
"Although there are some minor 'flaws,' overall I'm pretty satisfied, right?"
Jiang Qiao rested her cheek on one hand, a smile on her face.
Unlike the attribute gems, the original twin-tailed weapon could turn men into beautiful girls because of its special foundation.
Theoretically speaking, this replica armor, as well as the new armor that uses True Self Crystals different from Attribute Jade, should not have the somewhat harsh condition of 'having to sacrifice one's second brother'.
but...
There was no way around it, because 'Alicia' really liked it, and while he was making it, she secretly added some of 'Alicia's' personal touches... and that's how it ended up like this.
Yes, it was unavoidable. After all, this was something created using Alicia's power as the main force, and it even connected to the Origin Space to some extent.
If anyone's to blame, it's only 'Alicia', right?
"..."
Kosmo remained silent, but looking at herself in the mirror beside her, although she felt somewhat uncomfortable about still becoming a beautiful girl, especially with Desdobia present, but...
This outfit is so cool!
Looking at the dashing, incredibly handsome green-haired dragon girl in the mirror, and her futuristic armor, Kosmo was practically drooling with envy... Oh, that's me! Never mind then.
Without a doubt, this armor is the version of Kosmo has always dreamed of—except for a possible 'minor mishap' regarding gender.
As for Desdobia, she was quite satisfied with her armor—it was somewhat similar in design to Luna, but with bright yellow as the main color and light white as an embellishment, making it simpler than Kosmo's suit—this was undoubtedly the version of herself that Desdobia had imagined.
Mei looked at Jiang Qiao, who smiled and confirmed her idea.
The original armor certainly wouldn't have looked like this, because it was a test unit, and she designed it entirely as a 'data collection template'. In this case, although the appearance wasn't bad, it definitely didn't match what the two people in front of her were wearing.
The core reason for this difference is that Jiang Qiao added the Herrscher's ability to the True Self Crystal.
—Change your attire according to your thoughts.
The 'Twin-Tail Armor' also possesses this ability, allowing it to adjust its appearance according to the user's preferences, transforming it into the desired look.
Of course, this is not a difficult part, since the essence of Soul Steel is that it is a mobile nanorobot that can change its shape.
Jiang Qiao simply made some adjustments to this document.
In short, everyone present was undoubtedly very satisfied with the armor.
MEI was very satisfied—this saved her a lot of work.
Jiang Qiao was very satisfied—the design process was very interesting, and she felt a strange sense of accomplishment.
Kosmo was slightly dissatisfied—but Desdobia was very satisfied.
Alicia...—Alicia was also very satisfied. She was in a good mood and felt as if she had entered a state of calm.
But these external embellishments are clearly not important, or at least not that important.
MEI is most concerned about the specific data of the 'twin-tail weapon' – tentatively named 'True Self Weapon'.
This time, Jiang Qiao doesn't need to go offstage as an opponent for testing.
Because of the presence of two people, Desdobia and Kosmo can easily spar with each other.
Both are newcomers, and although Kosmo might be slightly stronger than Desdobia, it should be noted that in the original world, Desdobia was one of the original eight in the Fusion Warrior Project, and her talent is beyond doubt.
Perhaps because her opponent was Desdobia, Miss Kosmo seemed a little hesitant and quickly produced a defeat CG.
MEI, however, paid no attention to these things, and instead carefully examined the data about the two people collected through testing equipment and observation instruments.
Destobia's combat prowess is equal to, or even surpasses, that of the Honkai Emperor. At least on paper, she is capable of going toe-to-toe with the Honkai Emperor empowered by the Great Honkai environment. It should be noted that even as a Fusion Warrior, Destobia, as a mental perception-type Fusion Warrior, is not particularly outstanding in combat.
Assessment: There is still a lot of room for development in the future; we will have to wait and see.
As for Kosmo, looking at the various stats, he is slightly weaker, but still enough to contend with the Honkai Emperor.
Evaluation: Refer to Desmond B. B.
Having recorded it down, MEI looked at the evaluation of 'True Self Armament' on the tablet and nodded slightly.
It would be much more expensive than the Fusion Warrior program—after all, if we're not being precise, the Fusion Warrior program only requires human lives.
Although the reagents are expensive, they are relatively monotonous.
The only problem is the severe gap between the upper and lower limits—and Mebius is not going to talk to you about 'cost-effectiveness' at all.
Don't talk to me about costs. I will never allow anyone to die on my operating table because of this 'absurd' thing.
Even mice held precious value in Möbius's eyes—life should never be so cheap.
Driven by this unwavering commitment, she successfully raised the cost of fusion warrior technology to a level that gave the higher-ups at Firemoth a real headache.