Chapter 592 The Second Herrscher Is Missing (Confirmed)

“Knock, knock, knock——”

“The A-level Valkyrie Jizi from the Far East Branch of the previous day’s destiny is here…”

“Please come in.”

The voice from behind the door was calm and quiet, but judging from the fact that the owner of the voice did not wait for Jizi to finish her report before speaking, her mood might not be as calm as her voice indicated.

At least not, without any fluctuations.

Jizi gently turned the doorknob, and the first thing she saw when she entered the door was Theresa standing on one side of the huge office, hugging her arms and sighing.

The former superiors and subordinates only exchanged glances, and then turned their eyes to the noisy figure.

“Please wait a moment, let Dr. Tesla finish his complaints first.”

As if he had already expected such a result, Einstein touched the saliva left by Tesla on her face, and raised his hand to signal Jizi to be patient.

Of course, Dr. Tesla would never let her or anyone down on this point:

"That group of old stubborn people can't communicate at all. They just keep repeating the same old things over and over again. It makes me so angry!"

"I hope you didn't call the federal senator like that in person, Dr. Tesla. Has the cause of the accident been determined?"

Compared to Tesla's empty search for enemies and indignation, Einstein maintained his usual calmness and restraint. Of course, if you are used to this scene, it is difficult not to have such an idea in your mind-is it because Dr. Tesla is always so uncalm that Einstein, who is with her, always has to be so calm? Or is it just the opposite, because Dr. Einstein is always so calm, so he gives Dr. Tesla the soil to vent his emotions?

In short, this is a pair of extremely weird people from any angle, and their personalities are hard to get along with, but they are extremely harmonious and complementary.

Perhaps it was Einstein's calmness that reminded Tesla, or maybe there was a stranger standing behind him who was not too familiar in any sense, Tesla's tone was also restrained a lot.

"I have checked all the mechas, from head to toe, and found no problems."

"But the accident is real. 'First, a security mecha rushed to the podium and yelled at the speaker, then more mechas rushed up to beat the speaker, and the audience was in chaos'. Anyone who watched the live broadcast of the speech can prove it. And, there are eyewitnesses behind you who witnessed the accident."

Tesla quickly turned back and glanced at Ji Zi, took a deep breath, but still said indignantly:

"Humph! Can telling the truth be called scolding? Cowardly and self-destructive, isn't every word true?"

Corresponding to Dr. Tesla's words, Ji Zi couldn't help but think of the mental journey told by the Utah congressman who had a mental breakdown and gave up on himself on the way back to the base.

It's a bit ironic.

"I won't comment on this, but even if it is equipped with a language module, the fact that the security mecha can launch a verbal attack on others is absolutely inconsistent with the program logic. Not to mention the physical attack on the spokesperson afterwards."

"Ha! Who knows? If you ask me, 80% of it is their own operating error, and 20% is for ulterior motives, trying to frame us!"

"Framed? What did they say?"

"It's the same old tune, saying that our means of containing the Herrscher are too lenient, and letting the Herrscher of the Void act freely is irresponsible to the people of the Federation. I repeatedly told them that Kiana's condition has stabilized after losing the conquest gem, and she can control her own power, but they just don't believe it. Just now, they questioned me, saying that this accident was a conspiracy of the Herrscher of the Void. Please, do they really understand what the Herrscher is?"

"In other words, do you think they are Did they intentionally create this accident to discredit Anti-Entropy, and then use it as an excuse to put pressure, in order to get involved in or even take over Kiana's protection work? "

"That must be the case! Every batch of mecha supplied to Congress was handled by me personally, how could there be any problems? "

"No, Dr. Tesla, I don't think so. The attitude of the federal government is not so much premeditated as it is to go with the flow and use excuses to put pressure. If it is really the case as you think, then the situation we have to face will be more difficult, and the federal government will not be like it is now, just making some protests with a lot of thunder and little rain. Moreover, this is not in their interests, and the federal government cannot shirk the negative effects of this incident. This is not in line with their usual style of doing things.

"There is another thing that I am very concerned about - the first-level termination action key for responding to emergencies did not work. I read the report that Ji Zi sent back earlier. It was not a key error or anything else, but the successful input did not have any effect. Obviously such a major accident occurred, but you said that there was no problem with the mecha. Either you missed something, or it means that the federal government's level in mecha technology is far superior to ours. Is this possible? "

Einstein hinted quite explicitly. Due to the difference in development paths, Anti-Entropy's mecha technology is the best in the world, and even Tianming can only shamelessly follow behind and copy it. Therefore, the only possibility is the former. Most likely, Dr. Tesla missed some details.

Calculating the time, it was less than two hours since Jizi returned to the base with the remains of the mecha and the group of congressmen. Judging from the speed of the comprehensive inspection, it was indeed a bit too fast. In other words, Einstein had reason to suspect that Tesla came to inspect the mecha with a preconceived prejudice. Subjective emotions should not be substituted in scientific matters. Naturally, it was difficult for her to completely trust Dr. Tesla at this moment. judgment.

"Hmph! So you still think there is something wrong with my examination?"

Tesla raised her fiery red mechanical arm, looking fierce as if she was about to fight, but after saying these words, she turned around very simply and rushed out of the office.

Before the door closed, Tesla left the last words——

"Jiwotou, just wait for me! I'll make another inspection report for you to see!"

"Bang!"

After all, it was the thin door that suffered the pain it shouldn't have to bear.

But at least Einstein can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Huh, Jizi, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

"It doesn't matter. As a witness to that absurd farce, I can actually understand Dr. Tesla's indignation."

"Um."

Einstein just responded softly, and then fell into a brief silence.

Although she had the experience of fighting side by side at Tianming Headquarters, Jizi had been recovering from her injuries for nearly eight months after that, so she was not really close to Einstein.

"Have they all settled down?"

"Well, I originally wanted everyone to go back and have a good rest, but after experiencing something like this, the three little ones Bronya, Xier and Guinevere seemed a little excited. They are all in my dormitory now. I’m playing cards here.”

"I heard someone was injured?"

"Well, Guinevere was shot in the arm in the end, but the bullet grazed her. Mr. Kruger, the intern who joined us temporarily at that time, had already treated her wound and came back to give her a few more injections. No big deal.”

"Kruger... Alan Kruger, right? I seem to have the impression that he is a new intern doctor..."

"I didn't expect you to know him."

"No, I just met him a few times on the road. That man has a very special temperament. He is a guy who can stand out in the crowd immediately, so I am a little concerned about him."

Einstein shook his head, which also meant that the familiar greetings were over.

"Although this matter is indeed very troublesome, next, please repeat to us what happened at that time."

"Eh. First of all, confirm the number of casualties in this accident. So far, a total of thirty-one people have died. Seventeen of them died on the spot. Fourteen died after being sent to the hospital after rescue efforts failed. Nine others were seriously injured and endangered. They were seriously injured but not alive. Forty-three people are in danger, and 205 are temporarily classified as minor injuries. As for bruises and sprains, they are countless."

"Compared with the numbers in the previous version, there are seven more people who failed to survive."

"Yes."

"But... maybe saying this is a bit disrespectful to the deceased, but considering the situation at the time, compared with the total number of tens of thousands of people at the scene, which may even exceed 100,000, this number is a pretty good result."

This statement... does not respect the deceased, but Jizi breathed a rare sigh of relief.

"In other words, Bronya and Xi'er don't need to receive any punishment, right?"

Einstein blinked, said nothing, and simply nodded.

"Of course. You went to Salt Lake City just to purchase necessities for the party, and the handling of the scene was beyond reproach. Even if the federal government deliberately wants to find a scapegoat, then you have to look at our faces."

These words may seem more passionate when spoken by Dr. Tesla, but when spoken with Einstein's unique calmness... even half-dead voice, they are even more confident and firm to the point of being undeniable.

"However, those children may feel uncomfortable. I'll give you two days off to adjust."

Theresa's voice came from behind, and Jizi felt that Theresa's voice was like the sound of nature at this moment.

"That would be great."

Temporarily ignoring the supposed serious report scene, Himeko sighed softly.

But she quickly turned to look at Theresa, who was holding her head thoughtfully:

"Principal, will this matter...especially the criticisms from the federal senators reach Kiana's ears?"

…………

When Himeko returned to the dormitory area with one hand rubbing her aching shoulders and the other supporting her lower back, the hour hand of the clock was already slowly moving behind the number "9".

However, the moment she opened the dormitory door, she still tried to soothe her facial muscles and showed a relaxed posture...

Of course, as a matter of fact, she seemed to be overthinking it.

The three girls sat cross-legged in a circle on the bed, focusing all their attention on the cards. They only glanced at her who came in through the door, and then lowered their heads.

Only Xie'er, who had a golden crown on her head for no reason, showed an awkward smile.

She didn't mean to be offended. Jizi just thought it was great that the three of them could briefly immerse themselves in the world of fun like they are now, a little heartless...

But then she realized something - Bronya really liked and was good at using games to relax herself after training and fighting. I'm afraid this is the same situation now.

For the Siberian Silver Wolf, who was used to the darkness, the storm during the day should not be enough to make her heart fall into meaningless internal friction, or any other tangled and uncomfortable situation. But for the always gentle Xier, there will be some feeling of spiritual shock.

Of course, Jizi felt that Guinevere should be the one who felt the most uncomfortable and needed the most care. She had specially taken some time to check the girl's resume before--

She was transferred from the boot camp to the mecha unit in September last year and became a weapon operator. Two months later, she participated in the battle led by Cocolia to block Orlandel in South America. After the war, she suffered from psychological disorders and was transferred to a civilian position, but she voluntarily joined the team supporting the Hyperion a few days later.

And because she had no performance on the battlefield and became the only wounded on the bridge of the Hyperion in the battle of Haiyuan City, it was heard that her colleagues had a lot of complaints about her, thinking that just getting close to her would bring bad luck.

This is the thin resume of the girl who seemed unremarkable at first glance.

Even without checking, Himeko could see the contradictions in the girl - optimism and pessimism, cheerfulness and introversion, bravery and cowardice are all integrated in this girl. For a child whose mental state is slightly abnormal and who is still a new soldier, I am afraid that all of this is difficult to accept.

And now...

"Aces!"

The girl shouted excitedly, and instinctively wanted to take the cards with her hands, but she cried out in pain.

Before Seele reached out to help her, she picked up a deck of cards with her mouth and spit it in front of her.

"Aces... Bronya can't afford it."

After a short silence, Bronya shook her head with a dead look - although if she exaggerated, her expression most of the time could be described like this.

The girl immediately became excited, and she once again declined Seele's help - because there were not many cards left, she could already grab them with her injured hand, and use the hand that was originally used to grab cards to play cards.

"Pair of Kings!"

The girl was so nervous that she kept blinking. Even without the so-called mind reading, it can be guessed that she was praying in her heart that the other two A's were not in the hands of the same person.

"I can't accept it."

Bronya shook her head without hesitation.

Seele instinctively wanted to draw a card, but thinking of Bronya's reaction, she also shook her head.

The blood rushed up, and Guinevere felt that her bad luck of losing ten games in a row before had reversed - that's right, according to the Eurasian law of conservation, how could someone be unlucky all the time?

With an excited heart, looking at the only two cards left in her hand, "4" and "5", Guinevere made a final prayer in her heart, and then drew a "5" and slapped it on the bed sheet.

Two fingers tightly pinched the last "4", and even the wound on her forearm caused by the bullet began to hurt. With such a nervous mood, Guinevere looked at Bronya.

"Alas... bomb, two, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, four, end."

Starting with four "3", Bronya kept throwing cards until she had nothing in her hand.

"Puff--"

Himeko stood aside and watched. It was obviously a very tragic tragedy, but she couldn't help but laughed out loud impolitely.

However, the laughter was not directed at Guinevere's catastrophic bad luck, but...

"Bronya! This is the way to play Landlord that Fu Hua once taught everyone, right? But the landlord is obviously Seele."

Himeko patted Bronya's head hard, and while scolding, she picked up the paper crown on Seele's head that looked like a gift for buying a cake.

As she spoke, she laughed again "puff".

Maybe her intervention was too strong, or maybe it was because a card game had just ended and everyone had entered the refractory period. The lively atmosphere among the girls gradually calmed down, and even because of the time, a trace of dead silence appeared.

This sudden dead silence was like the pale river beach after the river water receded, and like the mossy courtyard after the face of the person disappeared.

When they came back to their senses, in a trance, a huge void formed in everyone's heart.

In fact, if this was an ordinary day, even if Ji Zi inserted herself so unromanticly, the three people who had been running in for half a year would not fall into an awkward situation where no one spoke.

In the final analysis, the reason why silence spread unscrupulously was that everyone had no intention of playing at all.

This was also the reason why they tacitly chose Landlord, which was not very good at playing, because compared with Monopoly, which was played more by people here, the rules of Landlord were much simpler.

It was impossible to completely forget what happened during the day - absolutely impossible. Even for Bronya, even if she could tell jokes to lighten the mood during the mission, after all, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people crowded together, if there was a slight mistake in decision-making or execution, so many people would be crushed by the iron claws of the mecha like lambs to be slaughtered.

As a mercenary, the battlefields that I encountered at most were hundreds of people. As a Valkyrie, I did participate in missions that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, but the psychological pressure of silently shouldering and watching so many people as "hostages" was absolutely not to be confused.

Not to mention the three girls, even Jizi was still frightened. It would be no exaggeration to say that this was the most disastrous day she had ever faced since becoming a Valkyrie.

"Ahem!"

Jizi coughed slightly and asked with the purpose of diverting attention:

"Tell me, should you call Kiana over? It will be more fun for everyone to play together."

"That guy... has to get up at four o'clock every morning to train, or..."

Bronya looked into Jizi's eyes and quickly understood her other plan - she didn't want Kiana to know about it, so for this reason, it was better to let Kiana stay with them.

But that idiot worked too hard. In the past, when the two of them played games together, she would yell to go to bed as soon as nine o'clock passed.

…

"It's okay. I asked Theresa. Kiana will be on vacation starting from noon today, including not training all day tomorrow. How about it? If no one refuses, I will call her!"

"Wait wait wait!"

Under the puzzled gaze, Guinevere suddenly raised her uninjured hand.

"Let me go, let me go!"

"Huh? But Guinevere, your hands..."

"Oh, this is just a skin injury! Uh... mainly just now... uh..."

Ji Zi smiled helplessly:

"Okay, I'll let you go. If you go out for a walk, your bad luck may be gone."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuorijiko-senpai still understands me!"

The moved tears flowed down in the shape of kelp. Guinevere hurriedly tried to get out of bed, but unexpectedly her crossed legs were already numb and stiff. As soon as she touched the ground, her legs softened and she fell down——

"Ahhh! The wound! The wound is open!"

"Guinevere! How about letting Xier go..."

…………

"In the end, she left alone."

Looking at the closed door, Bronya sighed in a mature manner.

"Guinevere is quite strong..."

Xi'er also sighed. But the two of them soon gained Ji Zi's contempt:

"We all know she has this kind of temper, why didn't you let her go just now?"

"Bronya just couldn't hold it back in the end."

"puff!"

"Hahaha!"

After Guinevere left, the originally stagnant atmosphere became more lively. After all, compared to her who had only joined this small group for half a year and had only known Himeko for less than a day, the relationship between the other three people was more stable.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Xi'er hurriedly ran to open the door, but Guinevere was the only one who walked in.

"Well... Kiana doesn't seem to be in the dormitory, and I don't know where she went... but I have already sent her a message on my mobile phone!"

"Sigh... According to Bronya's understanding of that idiot, I'm afraid she may have been stimulated again, so she should practice more alone in the training room..."

Himeko sighed noncommittally.

None of the four of them took this matter to heart. They were just playing around, feeling sleepy. Then for some reason, they fell asleep without turning off the lights.

…………

"Dong dong dong——"

Jizi was awakened by the rapid knocking on the door. She held her head and climbed up from the ground. Only then did she realize that she had rolled to the door of the toilet.

Looking back, Bronya and Xi'er also rolled to the ground. Only Guinevere, the injured, was enjoying the soft bed.

"Uh... I have a little headache. I guess you didn't drink any wine last night?"

Ji Zi smoothed her hair casually, feeling like she had a hangover. But as she tried to remember, she couldn't remember that she drank last night - she probably didn't drink. Although she wanted to do it, it would be too damning to do such a thing in front of three underage girls.

“Dong dong dong!!”

The knocking on the door became more and more urgent, but Jizi's eyes were blank for a moment, as if she had just heard it.

Yawning and reluctantly shouting "Come on, come on" - in fact, you only need to take half a step forward to open the door.

It must be Theresa who is so annoying early in the morning, right?

Opening the dormitory door grandly, Jizi opened her sleepy eyes wide. The first thing she saw was a face that was as cold as ice.

Lowering her head again, she met Theresa's gaze, but Theresa's expression was not much better than that man's.

"What's wrong? You look like you just drank two glasses of bitter melon juice."

Jizi rubbed her eyes and was still joking as usual, but after Theresa spoke, she lost all sleep in an instant, and her expression was really as scary as if she had eaten a bitter melon alive——

"Himeko, Kiana is missing!" (End of this chapter)