flstandardbreds Chapter 53 Your father was framed by Cocolia!
Chapter 53 Your father was framed by Cocolia!
"Correction: Kiana's importance is zero."
"You're the idiot, you wretched little dwarf!"
Spurred on, Kiana charged bare-handed into the large hole where Bronya was.
"Kiana, watch out!"
At least grab a baseball bat!
Watching Kiana rush past, Sora didn't follow, but instead showed a thoughtful expression.
"Qiong, what are you thinking about?"
"Lightning, I'm thinking—"
"Just call me Mei, like Kiana."
After all, we've been through thick and thin together, so calling each other by surnames is a bit inappropriate.
"From now on, I'll call you Mei. Mei, I was wondering if this wall is a load-bearing wall?"
"..."
"Wow!"
With a loud "bang," Kiana kicked the mechanical arm of the Heavy Bunny's parry, and then flew back at an even faster speed.
"Ouch... Oh well, I'm fighting, and you guys are just chatting!"
An enraged Kiana seemed unharmed in the previous exchange, and the next second she jumped up and pounced on Raiden Mei.
"Waaaaah, Mei, I feel so bad, I need a beautiful girl's healing."
"Kiana, stop fooling around. Mei doesn't know how to heal."
"Mei? You're called Mei too?!"
Looking at Raiden Mei, who was supporting Kiana and seemed at a loss, and the paramecia on her body that were frantically trying to take advantage of her, and then at Bronya, who was not moving, Sora could only pick up the slightly deformed metal baseball bat by herself.
Let's try to resolve this peacefully one last time. Let's find a few more reasons, and if all else fails, let's talk about the Sea of Quanta.
"Bronya, fighting is no good. Put your weapons away and let's talk."
"Yes, as long as you disarm and surrender, Bronya guarantees your personal safety."
"Isn't that just asking us to surrender?! I, Kiana Kaslana, will not allow it! Little Grey, let's attack together!"
"Um, I think... be careful!"
After Kiana refused to surrender, Bronya's Heavy Bunny conjured two cannons.
After all, among the many fans of melee weapons and close-quarters combat in the Honkai series, Bronya is an outlier; she is a proponent of the theory of superior firepower...
A head-on confrontation with Bronya, a heavy weapons wielder, inside a convenience store? The space is so cramped, do you want to die or not?
For safety reasons, the moment Qiong saw the cannon, she decisively pulled the two women and ran outside.
"Heavy Bunny..."
"Qiong, what are you doing! Let me teach that little dwarf a lesson!"
Stop asking questions, run!
"Fire!"
After Bronya gave the order to fire, two shells hit the convenience store, leaving two more large holes in the small store. The blast wave made the once tidy store a mess.
"Tch, I have to admit, that little dwarf has some skill. But if she ever gets my ammo ready, I'll make her experience the Kaslana Gunfight!"
After the three of them ran for a while, Qiong looked back and saw that Bronya hadn't caught up.
"Bronya came here for me too...?"
Seeing that she hadn't caught up, Sora slung the metal baseball bat over her shoulder and looked helplessly at Raiden Mei, who was muttering to herself. How come she's already depressed again after all that comforting?
"Mei, don't overthink it. That shorty doesn't look like a good person! I'm sure she's not the boss; there's definitely a big bad guy behind her trying to catch you!"
“But I…” Raiden Mei wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sora.
"Alright, alright, there's no use thinking about it. Calm down, let's run."
Sora patted Raiden Mei on the shoulder, then looked at Kiana.
"Shall we get the weapons first?"
"Absolutely! Let's go!"
"Leave? Where else do you want to go?"
Nourishing——
After a series of electrical crackling sounds, several tactical mechs, each several meters tall, suddenly appeared in front of the three of them.
It's a Titan of anti-entropy!
"What is this?"
For Raiden Mei, her understanding of the world had been shattered today. The Honkai, the Herrscher, the assassins, the girl in the mecha, and the Titan before her left her bewildered.
"Hey you hiding in that tin can, come out here if you dare!"
The sound was coming from the Titan mech, so Kiana naturally assumed there was someone inside.
"Heh, ignorant. Our advanced mechs are unmanned! I'm not inside one!"
The voice was a woman's voice with an electric current. Qiong knew that voice all too well.
The god of the Honkai series civil war? The leader of the reformist faction? The designated villain in the beginner village? The only certified duck farmer, Coco Danzo in a certain sense, Cocolia!
She is also one of the few characters with character art but not on the ship, and is considered to be in the same tier as the two doctors, Red and Blue.
"I never expected that you people of Destiny would actually find out, but you were still a step too late!"
"Auntie, who are you? How do you know we are people of destiny?"
Kiana, completely bewildered, had no idea what was going on.
“You may not recognize me, but I do recognize you! I am Siegfried Kaslana’s most wanted criminal, daughter of Siegfried Kaslana!”
"You're talking nonsense! Dad isn't a wanted criminal!"
Kiana, calm down!
Qiong grabbed Kiana's hand to prevent her from rushing over foolishly like she did when fighting Bronya—with their level of weaponry, they wouldn't even be able to take down Bronya, let alone several Titan mechs.
Unless Kiana demonstrates to him what it means to fight a mech with bare hands, Sora feels there's no hope.
"I'm talking nonsense? I don't have a bad habit of lying... Okay, let's stop chatting here."
"Who's chatting with you?"
Cocolia ignored Kiana and continued talking to herself.
“I know you’re quite capable, but can you get those two through the iron wall of Titan armor? And my daughter is behind them.”
The three looked back and saw Bronya slowly floating over. Their escape route was blocked.
“Bronya…”
"You actually used a child as a weapon?"
"This is none of your business! Hand over Raiden Mei, and I'll let you go. Oh, and by the way, I'm curious, how did you manage to restore a Herrscher to normal?"
"No comment! We won't hand Mei over to you, you wicked mother!"
"Kiana, Sora, I think..."
"Mei!"
It goes without saying that Sora could guess what Raiden Mei wanted to say: she wanted to give herself up in exchange for the safety of the two of them.
Although he's a bit afraid of dying, betraying his teammates... he still has his pride! If he sells out his teammates to survive, how can he ever face anyone again!
"Absolutely not! I'll tell you something: the mastermind behind framing your father and sending him to prison is her, Cocolia!"
"what?!"
You actually know my name?
Cocolia was quite surprised; the gray-haired man in front of the screen clearly knew some of her information.
She believed she had kept the secret airtight, so where had it leaked? Was there a traitor within the organization?
"This woman has done a lot of bad things, I won't even go into the details of using her daughter for experiments. A major reason she put your father in jail was to make you like she used to be, and this crazy woman is willing to risk the entire Changkong City for it! We absolutely cannot let her get her way!"
"You're right, this little dwarf might also be controlled by that bad woman—what a bad mother!"
"Enough! You all know nothing! Bronya, take them down! Except for Raiden Mei, who doesn't care if she lives or dies!"
The Titan mechs rumbled and opened their cannon barrels.