Chapter 11: Low-Threat Target, No Further Attention Required
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In the plan to save Nagazora City, Kiana plays a crucial role.
After all, whether it was Mei or Elysia, as ordinary people, no matter how high their combat effectiveness was, it was just that.
But Kiana was different. The white-haired fluffball with Kaslana bloodline had initial combat power approaching that of a B-rank Valkyrie. Although it seemed quite low, by Schicksal’s standards, this was already at the level where with suitable weapons, one could go head-to-head with 2-meter-tall Honkai beasts.
And she was also very easy to persuade.
Out of the Kaslana family’s sense of responsibility, as long as the crisis about to occur in Nagazora City was told to this white-haired fluffball, even if you wanted to kick her away afterward, you couldn’t do it.
Mei, who had been manipulated by Elysia, frowned with some confusion:
“So, where exactly is that girl called Kiana?”
If it was in Academy City, not knowing the specific information would be very troublesome, because Academy City was composed of more than 10 academies with hundreds of thousands of students.
“Mm-hmm~ You don’t need to worry about that, she’s attending Senba Academy just like you, Mei!”
Kiana’s range of activity was just the Nagazora City area and Senba Academy. She, who had been searching for Siegfried, had to work part-time to make a living.
As for Senba Academy, according to the setting, she entered as a transfer student and came into contact with Raiden Mei.
Although Jiang Qiao was actually quite puzzled about why a white-haired fluffball who worked part-time all the way could transfer from Europe to the Far East.
Did she have a guardian?
Of course, he knew that Siegfried was actually secretly watching over Kiana, but for procedural matters like this, the other party probably couldn’t handle it.
“…”
Jiang Qiao, who had returned to his room, sat in front of the vanity mirror deep in thought.
If possible, then Siegfried would definitely be a powerful external ally. Not only was his own strength formidable, but when he defected from Schicksal, he had also taken the Divine Key Judgment of Shamash with him.
Moreover, through him, one could try to contact the Anti-Entropy duo and Theresa from the Far East Branch.
If they knew about Cocolia’s intentions, then without a doubt they would definitely come to stop Cocolia.
“No, those two from Anti-Entropy can’t be contacted!”
Jiang Qiao shook his head and crossed the research duo out of the external ally range.
It wasn’t that they weren’t powerful enough, but because the danger level was too high.
In reality, there were many external ally candidates for saving Nagazora City.
Even if Otto wanted to watch from the sidelines, that silly goose from Schicksal headquarters would definitely fly over overnight with the Immortal Blades if she knew about this.
But due to various factors, external allies from Anti-Entropy and Schicksal were very dangerous in this struggle.
With Cocolia’s fox-like personality, she couldn’t possibly not be on guard against Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. Plus, with the World Serpent’s shadow in this plan, the movements of Anti-Entropy’s conservative faction and Schicksal were practically transparent.
If Cocolia discovered it, with that woman’s ruthless way of doing things, Jiang Qiao had every reason to suspect — she would directly blow up the large Honkai energy reactor.
The Cocolia he understood was completely capable of doing such a crazy thing.
In that case, the external allies would probably still be on the way while Nagazora City would have already erupted in a Honkai eruption ahead of schedule.
Schicksal headquarters wouldn’t work, and the Far East Branch was even more out of the question.
That place was like a sieve, and probably as soon as the Hyperion approached Nagazora City, Cocolia would notice.
“Sigh, I hope Elysia and the others can successfully find Kiana.”
While Jiang Qiao was praying for those two girls, Nagazora City 50,000 years later also welcomed another day’s dawn.
Elysia and Raiden Mei certainly couldn’t act at night. Although they knew time was urgent, they didn’t even know what that girl called Kiana looked like or where she lived.
Moreover, they were just ordinary people and needed to conserve their energy.
Logically speaking, today’s itinerary should be to go to Senba Academy to find Kiana. Although they didn’t know which class she was in, if it was just one school, they could do it with some time spent.
But Elysia learned some very bad news from Raiden Mei — today was a rest day.
As a normal academy, Senba Academy had a two-day weekend system like ordinary schools.
This meant that today and tomorrow, for these two days, that Kiana definitely wouldn’t appear at Senba Academy. Going there would be a waste of time.
The pink fatty, whose brain had gone somewhat blank, instantly lost her ability to think and began asking for help.
Elysia: “What should we do, Jiang Qiao, today is a rest day!”
Jiang Qiao: “Huh?”
Rest day?
There was such a thing?
Jiang Qiao realized it was a day off and then fell somewhat silent.
He had completely failed to pay attention to the time aspect of the problem. Because his side was normal time, he subconsciously thought that Elysia’s side was the same as his.
“Miscalculation!”
The pink girl suddenly banged her head against the table, her forehead turning red.
How could 50,000 years ago be the same as 50,000 years later!
Moreover, they weren’t even in the same place!
Two days, who knew what that Cocolia could do in two days.
Jiang Qiao: “…You guys go to Nagazora City and try your luck. Maybe you can run into Kiana working part-time.”
If they missed the stable opportunity to capture the white-haired fluffball during school hours, they could only hope for random encounters in Nagazora City.
Elysia: “Luck? Mm-hmm~ I think my luck is pretty good.”
Elysia: “And Mei and I are two people! If we split up and act separately, we’ll definitely find her quickly!”
Jiang Qiao: “Good luck.”
Jiang Qiao thought for a moment and added another sentence:
Jiang Qiao: “If you’re acting alone, you can try to scout around the ME Corp building area.”
It was impossible to go with Raiden Mei. That old witch Cocolia definitely had people watching the latter. Actively running to the opponent’s territory was basically delivering themselves.
But if it was Elysia alone, wandering around the ME Corp building, that woman definitely wouldn’t be interested in paying attention.
Elysia: “Reconnaissance? Mm-hmm~ I’m quite looking forward to this kind of movie plot! No problem, I, Elysia, am very good at this kind of thing!”
Yunyun: “Miss Elysia is so amazing!”
Hu Tao: +1
After chatting in the group, and tasting Mei’s terrible cooking skills again, Elysia praised that it had improved a bit from yesterday — less salt was added (still so salty!).
The two, ready to set off, left the Raiden Residence and began the great operation to find the white-haired fluffball.
And all of this was captured through drones into the eyes of a small figure sitting in a high place.
“Target separated from suspicious target, suspected of having some purpose.”
Looking at the two figures acting separately, Bronya’s expressionless small face remained as cold as ever, uttering very mechanical syllables.
She glanced at Elysia’s figure, hesitated for a moment, remembering what Cocolia had told her.
Finally abandoning the idea of tracking, she silently uttered a sentence:
“Low-threat target, judged to require no further attention.”