Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

The captain thought about it and glanced at the long sword in his hand. The purple glimmer emitted from the prismatic crystal connecting the sword body and hilt seemed to be telling him that there was nothing abnormal about the "Key of God" itself.

So, where is the problem?

In addition, what worries the captain even more is Siren's self-confidence that comes from nowhere. She knows that "The Trace of Nothingness" has the same special power as it, and that power is enough to forcibly destroy this piece of her The conscious space that she had painstakingly constructed was different from the panic last time. This time, Xilin seemed to be much more at ease.

"I don't want to hurt you, but Kiana...she has her own life, and her life should not be implicated by your past hatred, nor should it become a footnote to your desire to take revenge on the world, so..."

With that said, the captain shook the "Key of God" in his hand, and his firm dark eyes met Sirin's contemptuous gaze, "So, I will do my best here to pave the way for her future life. Make a promise, after all...I am her captain."

"Well, Captain..."

When the girl behind the captain heard this, her cheeks couldn't help but feel a little hot. Just as she said that she was the captain's Valkyrie, the captain also responded to her precious determination with the same words.

However, Xilin, who was not far away, just snorted coldly, and then continued to chuckle disdainfully. It seemed to her that the captain's determination had no impact on the current situation.

It is precisely because of this weird self-confidence that the captain did not choose to take active action. He had to wait for the other party to reveal his flaws and obtain as much useful information as possible from the other party before doing so.

"Huh, why don't you give up your useless resistance, humans? Everything you do here is useless☆~"

"Are you so sure?"

Seeing the confused expression on the young man's face, Sirin felt very satisfied, and "showed mercy" to explain to the captain who was still unclear about his situation:

"Hehehe~☆ This is all the work of the little fool behind you. Thanks to her running to that underground space, although I don't know what happened, the Honkai energy there is very full~☆ It is full enough to I built this consciousness space again, and even... it was enough to make me invincible here~☆”

"The underground space... does it mean the central database under the church?"

The captain frowned and glanced at the girl behind him out of the corner of his eye. Kiana felt guilty, so she forced out a few words from her mouth: "I, I just want to help my aunt... "

"..."

According to regulations, trespassing into the restricted area of ​​the branch without permission is subject to severe punishment. Kiana also knows this in her heart, so she feels guilty... but now she feels guilty compared to when she was caught by the captain. , more importantly, it was the deep remorse Kiana felt in her heart after hearing from Sirin that the cause of all this was because she slipped into the central database.

She regretted that she didn't listen to her aunt and stayed in the dormitory obediently. She regretted that she broke into that underground space because she was smart and self-righteous, which led to this series of things happening.

It was even said that now, all the consequences of this behavior might not be borne by herself, but would fall on the captain who came to protect her. She didn't want this to happen.

But in fact, the captain did not mean to blame her. The reason why he frowned was just because in addition to being sure that the Kiana people were under the church, he also detected a more critical message from Sirin's words: "Honkai energy".

As far as he knows, the stable operation of the central database does rely on "Honkai Energy" as a medium. Therefore, when a visitor activates the "Conscious Immersion Mode" or the system generates a "Data Space", some extremely weak overflows will inevitably occur. "Honkai energy".

However, even if it is running at maximum power, the "Honkai Energy" generated in the central database is below the absolute safe value, and it is even said that it will be consumed immediately by the energy required to convert the data space, but Xilin said that " "Honkai energy" is very abundant?

If the lower limit of the "absolute safety value" had not been artificially modified, the "Honkai Energy" overflowing in the database would never have reached the level of "fullness" that Siren said. But if it were Theresa, she would not do it anyway. The safety value is adjusted to a level that affects ordinary people and even Valkyrie.

Then, to eliminate the possibility of system failure, other than Theresa and himself, the only ones who have the ability and authority to modify this without letting him and Theresa know about it are...

"Could it be that... from the headquarters...?"

For a moment, a certain man's name flashed through the captain's mind. Yes, there is only one person who can quietly bypass the authority issue and do this right now, the Archbishop of the "Destiny" headquarters: Otto Apopka Leith.

Thinking of this, the captain realized more clearly that things might be more complicated than he expected, but now that he had to confront Xilin here, he had no choice but to put his hope in Fu Hua and Ji Zi outside.

As long as they rely on their ID permission cards to enter the central database in time and drag Kiana out, there will be room for maneuver. At the same time, as Valkyrie, the two of them will definitely notice the abnormal concentration of "Honkai Energy" the moment they enter the central database door. In that case, Theresa, who is still searching for information in the data space, will receive the information from them. After being reminded, the safety value will be adjusted in time.

And all he has to do is just delay time.

It doesn't sound difficult, but is it really just that?

"It's okay, Kiana. You are also worried about Bronya and want to help the principal share the burden, right?" Looking at Kiana's self-blaming expression, the captain comforted her gently.

"captain…"

"However, although it's easy for me to talk here, I don't know what Theresa's expression will be when she finds out~"

"Woo..."

When she thought of her furious aunt who would criticize her for several days and write a bunch of self-reflection letters after she left, Kiana's face became even more ugly. It seemed that she would have to hide in the captain's room after she left. Let him beg for mercy behind your back...

"Uuuuuuuuuah...Captain, you must save me!"

"Sigh... It's not easy to get away with it..." The captain pretended to sigh heavily, as if he was hinting at something, and Kiana immediately reacted:

"I-I'll treat the captain to dinner!"

"Um……"

Seeing this, Kiana gritted her teeth and stretched out a finger: "One more month of gaming arcade fun!"

"Oh? Well...in that case, I'll try my best to think of a solution."

"Phew...saved."

After hearing this, Kiana breathed a sigh of relief, and the captain couldn't help but smile. In fact, he was just joking, and had no intention of actually asking Kiana to treat him to dinner or anything. After all, he had thanked him before Kiana, she had the opportunity to "get back together" with her old friend.

The captain said this just to ease Kiana's self-blame mood, and it did not do any good to solve the current situation.

But then again, in the eyes of the captain, since Otto has already taken such action, it is very likely that he has done more than that. In the worst case scenario... he may even send someone to further investigate this. put one's oar in.

This is not the direction he wants to see, but since the opponent is Otto, there is no way to rule out this possibility...

Now that he cannot leave this conscious space on his own initiative, he can only regain the initiative by trying to buy time for Ji Zi and Fu Hua.

However, what the captain here does not know is that at this moment, the old friend whom he has placed his trust and hope in has handed over his ID permission card to Rita and Hollander, and the three of them... are pressing O He rushed to the central database underground under the church according to Tuo's instructions.