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There's absolutely no need to give a pleasant look to a light bulb like that.
"Yes."
The gray snake, pulling the raven beside it, peeked through the doorway, cautiously watching and fearing it might be pulled in, so it moved with extreme care, revealing only a sliver of its silvery-white hair and the corner of its eye.
He physically kicked the girl's shin, causing the world's number one assassin to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He then curled up into a ball and rolled away.
This is not pathetic.
This is how it is when facing Herrschers and Stigmata.
To be on the safe side, it would be best to take even those around you away in the same way. Otherwise, if the emotional exchange between the Herrscher and the Stigmata holder is interrupted, then even death would not atone for the sin.
Even the Lord, or even Mebius, the Creator, would never know what kind of existence the child born from a Stigmata holder and a Herrscher would be, right?
This made it very curious.
Genuine curiosity.
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If any World Serpent employees were to witness this moment, they would probably be so shocked they'd drop their teeth.
In the minds of most employees, the Raven is aloof and powerful, while the Gray Serpent is mysterious and unpredictable.
The two officers, yearning for what was unattainable, rolled around on the ground in the most comical way, curled up like balls—even rolling hundreds of meters away from the training room—before Gray Snake finally stopped his pathetic scramble in the most precise way.
Am I really that worthless compared to them?
"Can't you even give me a reminder?"
As the former number one fighter in the world, and a raven who was dissuaded from leaving even when she wanted to, Raven finally stopped rolling and got up from the ground. Touching the redness and swelling on her face and looking at the dust on her fingertips, she felt the deviation of the world for the first time.
The gray snake, adjusting its black coat, barely glanced at Raven, only turning its head slightly and flashing a red light as it considered Raven's significant contributions to the World Serpent.
"Yes."
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Even in the later stages of the story, when the combat power of a Herrscher-level being inflated to the extreme, their combat strength should not be underestimated.
Not to mention that nowadays, it's probably impossible to find even a normal S-class Valkyrie.
Yu Tu is wholeheartedly dedicated to the Stigmata Project.
Theresa was restricted and transformed into Ruozhi by Yu Duchen.
Rita hasn't been away from becoming an S-class for very long, and Durandal won't become an S-class until 2015.
In this situation, Raven is already considered a top-tier combatant. Although this top-tier combatant is not a complete Stigmata holder, nor has he undergone a complete fusion warrior surgery, and he has never even touched the super-transformation surgery that came with it, he is merely a powerful figure due to the times. Only when he encounters a true being who can dominate in the later stages will he realize the real gap—a non-human gap.
In fact, Raven has now realized this desperate gap. Every day, watching Jiang Cheng and Raiden Mei train, he has to worry that they might accidentally kill him.
Even Jiang Cheng, who seems the most ordinary, is now completely stronger than me in terms of pure physical ability, and his combat power after wielding the God's Sword can be compensated by his strength and brick-flying ability.
Jiang Cheng and Raiden Mei went through so much trouble and dragged it out for so long in order to fight against Otto, but Jiang Cheng and Raiden Mei never even considered trying to win him over. They didn't even look down on his fighting ability; perhaps he was never even on their radar from the beginning.
"Isn't it a bit too blunt to say it like that?"
Raven never imagined she would become like this, constantly criticizing herself for being inferior.
"Didn't you say I was S-rank before? Now you can't find three S-ranks in the entire Destiny."
Isn't it a bit strange to be so straightforward?
In short, that's the question the girl wanted to ask.
"They brought this on themselves."
Just talking about that damn thing makes Gray Serpent furious. He can't help but recall how he was beaten to death by the Herrscher of Thunder on the Flying Qun Yi Lin Yin Qi Si Wu Si Jiu Xia machine, and he couldn't find anyone who could fight back.
With such a powerful fighting force, and with so many preparations and backup plans left by the Lord and his followers 50,000 years ago, Otto managed to exhaust them all in one fell swoop.
That guy even dared to claim that he killed the Herrscher with a Honkai Fusion Missile—the missile killed the Herrscher of the Void.
Ah……
Don't you find it ridiculous?
“Cecilia, Siegfried, Theresa…each of them is better than you, or at least should be better than you.”
"If you don't continue to make yourself stronger and develop your own power, sooner or later you won't even have the right to participate."
“I know your ideals and what you want to do. Although it may not seem to have grown and blossomed yet, if you don’t even have the ability to protect yourself, no matter how beautiful something is, it will only be trampled on at will.”
Out of a sliver of past affection—an affection that a mechanical creation shouldn't speak of—the gray serpent offered a final reminder at this very moment.
"Jiang Cheng told me that Otto would transform into a false god monster in the future, destroy civilization, and kill billions of humans."
“Through psychological testing and emotional probing, it was found that he was not lying and truly possesses the ability to see fate/the future.”
"I don't know if the future can be rewritten, and I don't know if their assassination will succeed, but I don't want you to die too ridiculously, to be killed by the aftershocks."
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In a small room high up, watching everything come to an end—on the sixteen screens in front of her, each displaying Jiang Cheng's expressions from different perspectives, the final embrace and his expression served as the curtain fell, and the white-haired woman gently pressed her fingertips against her chest as she turned off the screen.
Is this...emotion?
Despite the complexity of the changes, there's a surprising sense that they're understandable...
Can I understand these things too?
The extravagant hope that subconsciously arose in his heart was still hesitated for a moment before being casually tossed into a corner.
Well……
Time to get to work.
PS: Thinking about it carefully, Mistelin's living environment in the early stages was simply too terrible. The crazy, only loyal World Serpent member who only wanted to make money, and the Raven who was actually very empty inside, was simply like the inhuman Gray Serpent, even worse than the inhuman Jackal...
It seems like there's no one normal person around this Yutu who she can talk to.
Chapter 93 Otto's Assassination Operation - Beginning
"Are you ready, Gray Serpent?"
At the entrance to the World Serpent Main Base, we spent yesterday's training and dealing with the potential problems with Mei—at least temporarily resolved in a way that was relatively satisfactory to one side.
Jiang Cheng could finally inspect all the preparations for the assassination without any scruples, preparing for the plan he had long been ready to hunt down the world's biggest enemy.
The original plan was to destroy all of Otto's methods by relying on the Jizo Mitsu Soul, and to kill Otto once would be equivalent to killing all of Otto's abilities.
Raiden Mei gripped the Seven Thunders of Purification tightly, her prismatic purple eyes flashing with a powerful light, equally all-encompassing. Staff members, resembling gray snakes, waited on the sidelines, while Schicksal's latest fighter jet sat quietly on the adjacent runway. Yuuto was finally able to take a break from her work and stand at a distance to watch the most thrilling assassination segment of this civilization about to unfold.
Gray Serpent, unusually, donned a slightly more formal suit, no longer the identical black overcoat, and beneath his snake-like black mask, layers of red light flickered. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)
The two people following closely behind were dressed almost identically, each holding a document and an exquisite safe in their hands, creating a subtle yet ceremonial atmosphere that heightened the mood to its peak.
It bowed slightly. "Your identity is ready, and because the electromagnetic field around Changkong City has not completely dissipated, the Destiny Headquarters did not notice your departure. Otto will definitely not discover today's assassination attempt."
"Where's the equipment?"
“I have asked professionals to select drugs that will not cause any burden to each other and can form a certain synergy. They are all imitations of Lord Mebius’s technology. I specifically went to Paradise to inquire with the Lord,” Gray Serpent handed over the briefcase, which was opened to reveal a dazzling array of semi-transparent test tubes of various colors.
"Using these things together can improve your abilities tenfold in ten minutes. It's comprehensive, including basic endurance, strength, mobility, reaction speed, and by stimulating your nerves, your vision will also improve to a level close to that of professional equipment, allowing you to see in numbers..."
That's really impressive.
ten times.
They might be able to kill a Judgement-level opponent with their bare hands.
Jiang Cheng randomly picked up a vial whose name he couldn't understand anyway. The azure liquid flowing inside had a toxic quality that made him want to stay away just by looking at it, and the sight of it flowing through him evoked an instinctive fear.
It's like an instinctive aversion to green and blue liquids and food.
That's a resistance flowing in our genes to things that could be life-threatening.
"With the technology installed in your robotic arm, your combat power will be no less than any of the former S-class members of Schicksal for the time being. Coupled with the Thirteenth Divine Key, you can call yourself Ottoka. In addition, by committing suicide, this battle will be absolutely foolproof."
Grey Serpent earnestly added to his previous two requests, "There is a very high probability that you can defeat Otto without Miss Mei's assistance, so you won't have to witness Miss Mei getting injured."
"What about the time?" He put the potion back in the box.
"Although the steps to reach Destiny have been shortened as much as possible, there is still a five-hour inspection period. Rest assured, the defenses on Destiny Floating Island are currently at their weakest in the past seven years," Gray Serpent waved his hand, and the staff next to him respectfully handed over another piece of information recorded on paper—to avoid any behavior that might arouse Destiny's vigilance, the simplest and most antique method of recording was used.
Even though everything that needed to be done has been done, and even the personnel infiltration is almost complete, as this is the first time to demonstrate our strength to the Herrschers and Stigmata holders, we must be fully focused and cannot tolerate any mistakes.
Even so, the information held by a non-human intelligent machine is no different from that stored in a computer; at least its cold tone is just like a system notification.
It provides detailed information and important notes.
This also includes some new demands put forward by Jiangcheng.
For example, based on information from spies, some solutions were provided, and some issues concerning the floating islands were addressed on the way, due to time constraints.
The only good news is that the World Serpent isn't qualified to walk straight to Otto's office in a completely formal manner—such a formal method wouldn't achieve the desired assassination effect. So, you only need to remember the first half of the procedure; the rest you'll have to do yourself.
With the Jizo Soul, which is a killer against the technology side, the latter half is actually easier, although in actual battle, every segment requires full concentration.
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"nervous?"
Having silently donned full gear, the raven, completely hidden under its hooded coat, was feeling rather bored.
Gray Serpent even ordered him to come here to work as someone's assistant, using a favor and a large sum of money as a form of command.
However, after arriving, he was sidelined due to his combat strength and status! Even the Grey Snake surrounded Jiang Cheng from all sides, barely glancing at him. Only the Grey Snake with whom he had the closest relationship and the longest cooperation was willing to provide some casual conversation.
But that would be too boring.
It's so boring.
Raven approached the Herrscher of Thunder/perverted simp, who was the most important and silent one in the area, and who was simply stroking the gleaming longsword in his hand, sensing the core and flashing lightning surrounding it.
——Raiden Mei.
The beautiful young woman's face, though perfectly youthful, was only illuminated by the light of lightning. Her slender fingertips lightly brushed the tip of the knife, and even as footsteps drew near, her eyes, which shone with the same intensity as the weapon itself, remained unchanged.
Even without receiving any response, the girl simply checked her belongings.
The raven continued to watch it.
He gazed at the weapon that once belonged to him.
Especially when you see the lightning obediently wrapping around your fingertips, as docile as a puppy.
Recalling the differential treatment the gray snake received yesterday and the hints about the future that were revealed about it.
There was no jealousy whatsoever, nor any grand ambitions or grand plans; it was simply...
No.
I haven't found a free moment yet.
They haven't even had the dream of owning a villa on an island yet.
Even so, in a sense, it could be described as completely aimless. The raven, lost in its daze all day, seemed to have a bitter candy stuffed into its mouth; even its gaze and voice had become somewhat sour.
"This weapon was always meant for me, but its stability in my hands is laughable. Sometimes I even have to learn how to kill people with a slingshot..."
"—You're not suitable." Mei shook her head.
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What happened to Raiden Mei's supposedly kind personality?
Wasn't she acting very gentle before?
The raven was instantly speechless—just standing there gave it goosebumps.
The only reason they didn't immediately choose to run away was simply because of their previous impression of the girl as gentle.
Maybe I said something wrong.