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Upon hearing the sudden news, Kiana felt as if a piece of lunar rock had been stuck in her throat, causing her to cough.
Ever since learning that her older sister is a Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie, Kiana has been looking forward to meeting her. In the Land of Rebirth, she even begged Silverwing to find some information about her sister.
She had seen photos of Durandal.
"Ahem, she, she... she's my sister?"
His fingertips trembled as he pointed at the cute blonde little girl.
The icy blue irises, the upturned corners of the lips, even the raised arch of the brow bone were exactly the same as in the photos I had seen—except that at this moment, that face was crammed into a small, tender face, as soft as a freshly sculpted snowflake.
"The S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny? What's she doing here!"
Tesla, who followed Rita out, was startled and immediately became furious.
Rita, unperturbed by the hostility, smiled gracefully, performed a maid-like curtsy, and explained:
"The two doctors from Anti-Entropy? In a different situation, Rita's duties would indeed prevent her from ignoring you all. However, in the present case, you need not harbor such hostility towards Rita."
Einstein frowned and cast a questioning glance at the silver-haired girl.
Silverwing nodded in agreement.
Tian Guang's simple "Sister Rita~" was enough to make Rita completely smitten. What is Otto compared to that!
"When did Kiana suddenly have an older sister? I remember Siegfried only had one daughter."
Putting aside his suspicions about Rita for the moment, Tesla looked bewildered and shook his head in disbelief: "Could it be as the rumors of Destiny say, that Siegfried was once a womanizer who left his mark on many women?"
After all, there was news that Siegfried had touched the Valkyrie's buttocks at the All-Star Headquarters. He was more than just a lecherous devil; he was practically a demon.
Raising his hand to press against Tesla's face to interrupt her, Einstein sighed silently, a hint of helplessness appearing on his otherwise plain face.
That's a rumor.
"but……"
As if a possibility had occurred to him, Einstein's calm expression gradually turned into one of disbelief and astonishment, and he spoke in a low voice that only Tesla could hear.
"From a scientific biological perspective, the relationship between a cloned offspring and its mother is closer to that of a mother and daughter, but given the moral ethics of human society, sisters may be a more appropriate relationship."
"You said it was..."
Tesla's eyes widened at the mention of the word "clone": "How is that possible!"
Entropy knows what happened when Siegfried escaped with his biological daughter and K423. They even negotiated with Siegfried, wanting to raise K423 who has the Core of the Void inside her.
An eight-year-old child was shot in the head and then free-falled from 10,000 meters. How could he survive?
Mei asked in surprise, "But isn't Kiana's older sister Durandal?"
This statement meant nothing to Rita, who knew the inside story, and Alicia, who knew nothing, but it was a bombshell for Trus and Einstein.
Holy crap!
The hot-tempered older sister, Tesla, even swore, her expression horrified.
What the hell is going on?!
"She is Durandal, but not the Durandal we know today."
Silverwing tapped Kiana on the head.
"Wait! Bronya, is it okay to tell her these things directly?"
Bianca remembers that at this time, Kiana instinctively avoided the truth of what happened back then. She didn't yet clearly know that she was the other side of the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, and the 'culprit' who caused her father to lose his arm.
She was worried that it would upset Kiana.
"I already told her about your relationship with her. As for other things, she has grown a lot during this time."
Back in Mei's private room, Silverwing took the drink brought by the waiter and sipped it to quench his thirst.
Kiana's gains in the Land of the Dead were not only in strength, but also in spiritual growth, stemming from the legacy of the heroes of the past civilizations.
"By the way, Mr. Siegfried is also aware of this."
"Is that so?"
Little Bianca looked at the white-haired girl who showed no signs of emotional breakdown and breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'm relieved."
Kiana, who could naturally feel Bianca's gaze, pursed her lips, half of her body hidden behind the Silver Wings.
Is it a similar feeling of being apprehensive about returning home?
Although she was very happy to learn that she had an older sister and had been looking forward to meeting her, neither Silverwing nor her father had ever mentioned the replicants or Sirin to her, not even once.
Rather than guessing based on their conversation, it's more accurate to say that she knew her true identity from the very beginning, but was simply trying desperately to forget it.
But when she truly faces Kiana, the person who first showed her kindness and the starting point of her life, she still feels confused and at a loss.
With her head down, Kiana looked away, her back to her little one fidgeting, her toes tapping the ground absently. After a moment of silence, she said shyly in a very soft voice:
"……elder sister?"
After she finished speaking, she cautiously glanced at Bianca and saw the little girl's doting gaze, which made her chuckle.
Okay, that's weird!
"I knew Kiana was cute, but is she really this cute at this time?"
Bianca looked at Kiana with cat ears on her head by Silverwing and screamed with joy!
Perhaps due to the influence of her childhood physical development on her personality, she had an impulse to lie on the ground and roll around wildly to vent her joy, like some kind of peculiar 'twisted creature'.
Bianca endured it with her strong willpower.
In the original future, she and Kiana recognized each other in the later stages of the Great Honkai. At that time, Kiana had been tempered by pain and hope, becoming the Herrscher of Fire, with resilience and gentleness, awakening her beliefs, resisting fate, and becoming a strong and brave Herrscher of Fire.
It's not that Kiana was bad, it's just that she became so mature that Bianca lost the opportunity to take care of her younger sister during her innocent years, which is a bit of a pity.
But now it seems she has a chance to make up for this regret!
"Silverwing, what do you mean by 'not now'?"
After glancing at Kiana and Mei, who were being hugged by the "older sister" and seemed somewhat at a loss, Tesla and Einstein's attention was drawn to those four words, and they had an absurd conjecture.
"As you can probably guess, Bianca comes from the future."
Silverwing casually tossed out words that infuriated Tesla.
"How is that possible! Any physics that allows this world to function properly cannot support the existence of time travel!"
"Well, I can't explain that to you."
Silverwing shrugged. She couldn't very well say that the system's special skill was a bug, could she?
"You can try to study it later. Right now, I need the two of you to help me calculate the most suitable location to 'detonate' imaginary energy based on the distribution of collapse energy in the waters around New Zealand."
"Detonate? Are you going to deliberately trigger the Honkai?"
Einstein looked at the silver-haired girl with suspicion and uncertainty.
Silverwing nodded: "The Great Collapse is inevitable. So, rather than letting it happen naturally, we can minimize the damage by deliberately detonating it in a place far from human habitation."
Her intuition told her that the fourth collapse would occur in New Zealand in two or three days at most.
Einstein remained silent: "This is indeed a last resort, but what do you intend to do..."
Before he could finish speaking, Einstein paused for a moment when he saw the wheelchair being pushed by Silverwing.
"With the Gem of Desire? In that case, this child will become a Herrscher."
"I have a way to solve this."
"!"
"?"
Einstein and Tesla were astonished.
Considering Silverwing's previous performance and Bianca's appearance.
"it is good."
"Time is of the essence, let's get started."
The group left the vicinity of the Destiny branch by car and switched to a small aircraft to return to the Anti-Entropy base.
However, Tesla was somewhat resentful of Rita's involvement; she still couldn't trust Otto's capable henchman.
It wasn't until Rita, in front of both her and Einstein, followed Silverwing's instructions and gave Otto a false report that things came to a head.
Well, it can't really be called false; all the information reported was true, just the truth that wasn't fully told.
For example, the fact that the Ural Silver Wolf infiltrated the New Zealand branch and took away Wendy, the container for the Gem of Desire, could not be hidden, nor was there any need to hide it.
Otto even reported that 'Bronya' possessed the twelfth divine key, Jizo Mitama.
Silverwing had no intention of hiding; she needed a suitable reason to infiltrate the branch so quietly.
Rita's current actions are no different from betraying her cause, but she cannot openly defy destiny.
Unlike the three main characters and the rest of the main characters who can't even have a pair of parents, Rita has both parents who live happily on the Fateless Floating Island, running a flower shop.
She could betray Otto for Bianca, but she couldn't abandon her own parents.
“Your Grace, Bronya seems to be planning to do something with the Gem of Desire, and Rita is investigating further.”
Rita's voice was as elegant and charming as ever.
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
Otto's melodious voice came from the other end of the communication line, making Tesla, who was far away on the back of the screen, grit her teeth. If Einstein hadn't covered her mouth, she would have spat at the screen.
“I will send Durandal, who is on standby in Australia, to provide support.”
"Yes."
Rita nodded respectfully.
The communication was disconnected.
"Lord Silverwing, judging from Lady Durandal's personality, she will arrive in New Zealand soon."
At this moment, Rita finally learns part of the true identity of the silver-haired girl, who, like Bianca, is a being from the future.
"Well done, Rita."
Silverwing curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Later, I'll go with Tianguang and Bianca to talk to Durandal at this point in time.
Even if the idiot goose, upon learning the truth, doesn't immediately defect to Silverwing, he also won't continue to blindly follow Otto's orders without any thought.
What can Otto do now that he's lost the combat power of two S-rank Valkyries?
Can we awaken the third sleeping S-class?
Excuse me.
That's me too!
When Li Sushang wakes up, the moon's shadow will be reflected in reverse, which will only provide additional assistance to Silverwing.
With three S-class heroes defecting, even the most cunning strategist like Otto couldn't cook without ingredients!
Sufficient strength is a prerequisite for implementing any plan.
PS:
Chapter 387 The Future.
New Zealand, the base of anti-entropy.
The command center was filled with the rapid tapping of keyboards by more than twenty experts from various fields, along with the sounds of detection and reports from various electronic instruments.
Tesla and Einstein stood in front of a miniature 3D projection, with a virtual New Zealand and the surrounding sea covering an area of about ten square meters. Hundreds of purple and red dots of light flickered in every corner of the virtual New Zealand.
Several large red dots were prominently marked in the surrounding sea area.
"Will the final result be a classic three-way choice?"
Standing at one corner of the projection screen, Silverwing rested his chin on his hand, gazing at the three final points that were specially marked.
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