Chapter 17: Who Do You Think I Am? I’m Elysia!
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Elysia: “That’s wonderful~”
When Jiang Qiao told her about his decision, Elysia was very happy.
To be honest, she didn’t want Jiang Qiao to take risks, after all, she was currently using his body to take risks.
If Jiang Qiao used her body to do those dangerous things, what Elysia would worry about first wouldn’t be her own body, but Jiang Qiao’s safety!
That was something Elysia should do, not a responsibility that Jiang Qiao should bear.
But when Jiang Qiao made the same decision as herself, aside from worry, all she could do was encourage him, right?
Jiang Qiao: “I figured you’d say that.”
Jiang Qiao: “Don’t worry, a mere pufferfish isn’t even half as good as me! I’ll definitely return your body to you completely intact.”
Sakura Kyoko: “If you can’t handle it, need help? I happen to be free and can help you out, but it’s not free, you know.”
Sakura Kyoko spoke up like this because the chat group’s commissions had refreshed.
And there were two of them.
【Save Nagazora City (Limited Time Commission)】
【Group members participating in the Nagazora City rescue operation can receive 10/20/30 points based on contribution.】
【Restriction: Each group member can only participate once, and the time limit is one hour.】
【Defeat the Herrscher of the Void (Limited Time Commission)】
【Defeat the Herrscher of the Void, participating group members can receive 10/20/35 points based on contribution】
【Restriction: Each group member can only participate once, and the time limit is one hour.】
— The above two commissions can only choose one to participate in.
Jiang Qiao saw this too, so he felt much more at ease about Elysia’s side, after all, there was still some strong support in the group.
Jiang Qiao: “Wanting payment when there’s already a reward, how greedy.”
Sakura Kyoko: “Hmph, what’s wrong with that? Wanting more is human nature, isn’t it? Besides, I’m not asking for much, just treat me to a meal, that’s not too much, right?”
The girl mumbled with puffed cheeks while biting into her taiyaki.
Magic isn’t free, you know! Don’t you understand she has to pay her own expenses to help out!
Jiang Qiao: “I don’t need help on my side, I can handle it with ease by myself. Having you guys come would actually cause problems.”
Although Jiang Qiao actually wanted external support quite a bit, after all, despite appearing confident, he wasn’t completely certain about defeating the Herrscher of the Void.
If Sakura Kyoko could come help him, it would definitely be safer.
Unfortunately, this was a choose-one mission.
Compared to his side, Elysia’s side probably needed help more, right?
And terrain factors had to be considered too.
In Siberia where a Honkai eruption had already occurred, if group friends without Honkai resistance came over, they might be finished before even facing the Herrscher of the Void.
Yunyun: “Are you really sure you don’t need help?”
Jiang Qiao: “Hmph, who do you think I am? I’m Elysia!”
Elysia: “I’m the real Elysia!”
After sending this message, Elysia’s face puffed up angrily, looking like a bun.
And in her ears, she heard Kiana’s excited voice:
“I found that shorty you mentioned!”
At this moment, Elysia and the others were outside.
And what they were doing was exactly what Jiang Qiao had arranged beforehand as part of the Nagazora City rescue plan — dealing with Ducky.
After finding Kiana, Elysia could already start attempting to counterattack Cocolia.
But with their paper strength not quite sufficient, they had to further weaken the combat power around Cocolia.
First and foremost among these was Bronya.
She didn’t have the conditions for persuasion, or rather, there was completely no need for persuasion.
Before the chip in her head was dealt with, trying to turn Bronya would be extremely foolish behavior.
Because Bronya was a very powerful fighter.
So even if they couldn’t turn her, they at least had to make her lose combat effectiveness and be unable to participate in the upcoming battle.
In Jiang Qiao’s judgment, Bronya would definitely be monitoring Raiden Mei from somewhere around her.
So what Elysia and the others had to do was simple.
Lure Bronya to a place with open terrain where it was difficult to hide.
Then, have Mei attract her attention, while Kiana and Elysia would ambush her!
…
Just as Jiang Qiao had said before, Bronya had been tracking Mei all along. Even during the alley attack, she had been on standby somewhere.
Originally, she wanted to use a sniper rifle to eliminate those dangerous targets, but it ultimately came to nothing due to Kiana’s appearance.
However, the fact that there was now one more person around Raiden Mei made Bronya somewhat conflicted.
She had also considered whether to report this change to Mama, but thinking about what Cocolia had told her about making her own judgments, and that ordinary people didn’t need too much attention, she didn’t think about it too much.
But the 3rd Herrscher subject’s actions were becoming increasingly strange.
Without Bronya knowing what was happening, the subject had gone out with suspicious people and split up again.
Needless to say, this time she naturally chose to track Raiden Mei, ignoring the existence of those two people.
Following and observing like this, before she knew it, they had reached a place with sparse buildings.
And the Herrscher subject was just staying in place, not knowing what she was waiting for.
The night wind was somewhat cold, but Bronya didn’t mind.
After all, her ethnicity was Russian, very cold-resistant. The evening breeze of the Far East region was completely incomparable to Russia, not to mention she was a mercenary by background.
The only thing she cared about was Raiden Mei’s situation.
“Target intention unclear… entering standby state.”
Not believing there was any possibility of exposure, Bronya, while monitoring Raiden Mei, also employed a special technique that could replenish energy.
— Having Project Bunny monitor in her place.
She just needed to be woken up when the target made a move.
In terms of how to exploit labor, early-stage Ducky had already gained considerable experience.
But, just as she was having sweet dreams about reuniting with Seele, suddenly a chill ran down her spine—
“Clang!”
The sharp sound of metal clashing against metal, accompanied by the girl’s suddenly opening eyes.
Bronya, awakened from her sweet dream, very nimbly rolled away, her gray eyes filled with alertness and coldness as she stared at the attacker.
A white-haired, blue-eyed girl with twin braids — it was Kiana.
Her gaze moved to the baseball bat in Kiana’s hand, which was firmly blocked by a steel-like shield.
“This is the robot you mentioned? Doesn’t look like much, just looks like a pile of scrap metal.”
Kiana, who had backflipped to create distance, was talking to herself, making Bronya focus on her ear.
A portable communication device?
…A miscalculation.
However—
“Scrap metal?”
Kiana’s evaluation of Project Bunny rarely made the usually composed Bronya, who couldn’t express much emotion due to nerve damage, angry.
She said coldly:
“Project Bunny is not scrap metal! It’s Bronya’s important partner!”