Xiao Shi’s Identity “Yes, the person who entered the Stigmata Theater to perform this time was Raiden Mei, and she received a score of seventy-one,” Fu Hua whispered from a corner.
After leaving the Stigmata Theater, Fu Hua had originally intended to find Theresa, but she received a message from Theresa first, asking her to come by later.
Coincidentally, Otto also contacted her at that moment, so Fu Hua carried out her work from the corner, reporting some of what had happened inside the Stigmata Theater to Otto.
Upon hearing the news, Otto’s holographic projection shifted into a more comfortable position and reclined on the sofa.
After thinking for a moment, he said, “Fu Hua, my old friend, I want you to investigate something.
“When Raiden Mei saw the Affixes available for the Prayer, was there one capable of resurrecting the dead?
“If Raiden Mei didn’t see those Affixes clearly, find a way to have the next person who enters the Stigmata Theater to perform pay attention to them.” Fu Hua gave Otto a long look.
Many of her memories had become blurred or had even been forgotten, but she had ultimately recovered some of them.
Even after all these years, Otto was still the same Otto.
In the end, she nodded and agreed.
Only then did Otto bring up the second matter that concerned him more.
Otto said, “Old friend, you previously said that Raiden Mei obtained the Relic of Saint Kallen from the Stigmata Theater?
“It’s a special device that can treat the human body by releasing self-purified Honkai Energy while also driving away certain Zombies and Honkai Beasts.
Could that device…” Otto paused there.
Fu Hua already understood what Otto meant.
She shook her head and said, “I’m afraid that would be difficult.
The Academy Principal places great importance on the device Raiden Mei obtained from the Stigmata Theater.
“Taking it away directly would be virtually impossible.
“Unless you use your authority as Schicksal Headquarters’ Overseer and directly order the Academy Principal to hand over the device, it will probably be difficult to study it.” Otto shook his head and said, “If I used my privileges as Overseer to do that, there would be two possible outcomes.
“Theresa might realize that someone very close to them is a spy, or she might even realize that there are other spectators inside the Stigmata Theater.
“Neither outcome would be particularly worthwhile for me.” Otto made his decision.
“In that case, old friend, there’s no need for you to deliberately expose yourself.
“Let that device remain in the hands of my adorable granddaughter for now!
I’ll send someone else to obtain the various technologies contained within it.” Fu Hua wasn’t one of only one or two spies Otto had planted at St.
Freya Academy.
For now, he could simply allow Theresa to conduct her research.
Once everything was finished, he would be able to obtain all the results.
There was no need to rush.
“All right, then there’s one final matter.” Otto rose from the sofa.
“Find out exactly what state Raiden Mei was in when she transformed into a Herrscher inside the Stigmata Theater.
“This matter is extremely important to Schicksal.
Our current understanding of Herrschers is still very shallow.
“If we can understand the issue with Raiden Mei, it will help us learn how the consciousness of the Herrscher Persona and the primary personality transform into one another.
“Old friend, I’ve conducted countless studies into the Honkai, but in the end, I’ve only managed to understand one thing.
“Relying on humanity itself to defeat and overcome the Honkai is virtually impossible.
“Our only hope is to use the Honkai to defeat the Honkai.
“If we can make Herrschers fight for humanity and put them to use for us, we’ll be able to avoid an enormous number of sacrifices, and humanity’s chances of defeating the Honkai will increase tremendously.” Since Otto had already gone this far, Fu Hua could only agree.
Meanwhile, Theresa had already sent the other two doctors back to their respective posts.
While Xiao Shi was changing clothes in the next room, Theresa quietly pulled Kiana aside, wanting to say something to her.
However, after thinking for a moment, she ultimately decided not to exclude the others.
Theresa said, “Mei, Bronya, what I’m about to tell you is classified information from St.
Freya Academy.
“Remember, after hearing it, you mustn’t tell anyone.” Only after both of them nodded did Theresa have Kiana explain Xiao Shi’s origins.
When they heard that Xiao Shi had appeared out of thin air inside Kiana’s room, both of them looked somewhat astonished.
“So that’s how Xiao Shi appeared?
Bronya previously thought…” Bronya said.
Bronya paused there and glanced toward the room where Xiao Shi was changing.
She probably couldn’t hear their conversation from inside.
Only then did Bronya continue, “Bronya thought Xiao Shi might be a clone created by some evil scientist using Kiana’s genes.
“Now it seems Xiao Shi’s background is even more mysterious than Bronya imagined.” Hearing this, Mei asked in surprise, “Bronya, why would you think that?” Seeing that both Kiana and the Academy Principal looked curious, Bronya explained her conjecture.
“Actually, Bronya noticed from the very beginning that something was unusual about Xiao Shi.
“After all, Kiana and the Academy Principal’s acting at the time was honestly a little too poor.” Hearing Bronya say this, Kiana was somewhat unconvinced.
However, when she turned to look at Mei, she found Mei wearing an expression of agreement as well, causing Kiana to begin doubting herself.
What was going on?
When she and the Academy Principal worked together back then, she had felt that her acting was quite good!
Could Bronya and Mei really have seen flaws everywhere?
Academy Principal Theresa also coughed, interrupting Bronya.
“Bronya, what happened next?” Bronya replied, “At the time, Bronya only believed Xiao Shi must be hiding some kind of secret, most likely related to physical experimentation.
“After all, there are many patterns on her body resembling Stigmata.
Bronya didn’t believe they could have naturally grown that way.” Bronya’s inspiration came from her own experiences and those of the others at the Orphanage.
Since all of them could be taken away for experimentation, it wasn’t so difficult to imagine that there might be other children in the world who had also been forced to undergo experiments.
Moreover, Xiao Shi looked so similar to Kiana that it made Bronya think even more strongly of things such as cloning.
Bronya continued, “But that was what Bronya thought before.
“Now, Bronya believes Xiao Shi might be connected to the Stigmata Theater in some way!” ★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!