Night.
Inside one of Chiba Academy’s teaching buildings, Yuna suddenly awoke from her nap.
Her eyes were still blurry as she looked through the window.
Toward the place where the little runt who had attacked her earlier had abandoned her weapon.
If it were any ordinary weapon, Yuna would have simply left it embedded in the athletic field forever.
Unfortunately—
Everyone knew Oath of Judah was the Key of Binding.
To Yuna’s Honkai perception, that thing was basically an enormous black stain in the middle of the academy.
No matter what she did—
She could not erase it.
And now, in the middle of the night, the damned thing had suddenly released a burst of strong Honkai energy.
Along with the faint presence of a living person.
Yuna carefully extended her vines throughout the area.
After confirming nobody was there, she withdrew them.
She silently made a decision.
Tomorrow—
Even if being near that cursed thing made her uncomfortable—
She was getting rid of it.
Otherwise, why should she tolerate this stupid metallic clang-clang-clang nonsense waking her up every night?
Meanwhile—
Inside System Space.
“Elite 1 abilities really are incredible.”
Xia Ling lay on the snowy ground beside the expedition campfire and sighed in satisfaction.
“When Acceleration reaches maximum output, the air itself feels almost liquid.”
“Like I’m forcing my body through something thick and resistant.”
“I always thought that kind of description only existed in novels.”
[Looks like Yuna didn’t suspect someone was hiding there at all.]
After performing a scan, the System reported,
[The vines on the athletic field only moved symbolically.]
[Once they detected no one, they settled back down.]
“Perfect.”
“That confirms Yuna can’t clearly track my movement.”
“Tomorrow’s safety margin just increased again.”
“Oh, System.”
“I forgot to ask something earlier.”
“When you teleport me out of System Space…”
“Can you add visual effects?”
[…Host.]
[I genuinely never imagined someone could exploit a simple System Space this creatively.]
[There aren’t any built-in effects.]
[But that’s not a major problem.]
[Tonight I’ll download some mods and install them.]
“You’re not going to give me some cursed special effect, are you?”
Xia Ling’s eyes widened.
“Like those elderly-family-group-chat videos where flowers and animals fly across the screen?”
“Or some plastic-stool-level comedy animation?”
[I hadn’t actually thought of that…]
[Relax, Host.]
[When something serious is happening, I won’t sabotage you.]
“Don’t sabotage me when it isn’t serious either!”
[Ehehe~]
…
The following morning.
Chiba Academy athletic field.
Repeated crashing noises echoed outside.
Inside System Space’s training area, where Xia Ling had been getting beaten up again, she raised her head.
“What’s happening?”
“Is it my entrance already?”
Xia Ling stretched and looked at the System feed.
[Probably soon.]
[Yuna has started blacksmithing.]
“Blacksmithing?”
She nearly laughed herself off the bed.
Yuna was controlling enormous vine tendrils and repeatedly hammering Oath of Judah.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
The vines and Honkai energy could not even scratch the golden cross.
After realizing her attacks were useless, Yuna attempted to physically move it.
Push.
Pull.
Drag.
Nothing.
Between Oath of Judah’s Honkai-nullifying properties and its absurd weight, it refused to budge even an inch.
“Stop wasting your energy.”
A pleasant voice echoed across the field.
White boots belonging to a nun stepped onto the ground.
“Oath of Judah is a Divine Key manufactured from Soulium and a Herrscher Core.”
“It was designed specifically to resist Herrscher attacks.”
“A mere pseudo-Herrscher could exhaust every ounce of power and still fail to leave a scratch.”
“Oh?”
“Is that so?”
Yuna stopped attacking the cross.
The vines behind her began writhing.
“I don’t know how you removed my poison…”
“But apparently your brain is still just as stupid.”
“You came back to die again.”
Yuna’s taunt instantly made Theresa’s face flush red.
“Last time was just because I got careless!”
“If I actually get serious…”
“Someone like you is easy!”
“Heh.”
“What confidence.”
Yuna raised both hands.
The vines behind her expanded instantly and lashed toward Theresa.
“Hmph.”
Theresa did not even look at the approaching vines.
Her foot lightly tapped the cross.
Using it for leverage, her petite body shot forward directly through the gaps.
Then—
She delivered a flying kick straight into Yuna.
[Host.]
[About time?]
“Yeah.”
“Send me out.”
“You…”
Yuna had just picked herself up from being kicked away.
Her expression darkened.
Before she could finish speaking—
A blue pillar of light erupted across the athletic field.
Both Yuna and Theresa instinctively retreated several steps.
The pillar contracted.
Black and blue fragments scattered through the air.
“Such concentrated Imaginary energy!”
Theresa’s pupils narrowed.
She stared tensely toward the center.
Because within that fading light—
She could faintly see a human silhouette.
As the blue pillar finally vanished—
A petite girl appeared.
Curled inside a pale golden cocoon of light.
Her entire body was covered in wounds.
Because Xia Ling had just come straight from getting beaten in the training simulation. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Ugh…”
A pained sound escaped the girl’s lips.
Her eyes opened.
“This place is…”
“Ther… Theresa?”
“You know me?”
Theresa stared blankly.
She had absolutely no memory of this girl.
Yet the stranger had instantly recognized her and spoken her name.
More importantly—
The moment that girl saw Theresa…
She could clearly read the emotions in her eyes.
Shock.
Sorrow.
Longing.
None of it appeared false.
I don’t know who she is.
But whatever she feels toward me seems real.
I’ll deal with Yuna first.
Then we can talk.
Theresa opened her mouth.
Then her eyes widened.
Yuna’s vines had already launched toward the girl’s back.
Theresa’s heart clenched.
Oath of Judah began glowing.
Its expansion mechanism activated.
“Behind you!”
Seeing the tension in Theresa’s eyes, Xia Ling celebrated internally.
It worked!
Now all she needed to do was defeat Yuna according to script.
Then she could naturally grind Theresa’s affection rating.
Honkai energy extended from Xia Ling’s body.
A pale golden cylindrical barrier formed around her.
Her hand hooked backward.
Crescent Rose unfolded from compact mode.
Xia Ling aimed directly at Yuna.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Several shots fired.
Using the recoil, Xia Ling launched herself backward.
She landed beside Theresa.
“Tch.”
“Another helper?”
“Doesn’t matter.”
“You can both die here together!”
Honkai energy surrounding Yuna erupted violently.
Dozens of vines instantly sprouted.
They lunged toward Xia Ling and Theresa like a mass of serpents.
“I don’t know who you are.”
Theresa glanced toward Xia Ling seriously.
“But this thing in front of us is a Herrscher threatening human civilization.”
“She’s extremely dangerous.”
“You’re badly injured.”
“Hide behind my cross.”
“I’ll deal with her first.”
“Then we’ll talk slowly afterward.”
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