Chapter 19: Ducky Me, Got Arrested (Tragic)
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Bronya was extremely confident in her abilities. After all, she was a top-tier assassin whose name was recorded in the Charon records, and during her childhood, she had the exaggerated record of single-handedly taking down an entire military base.
Although she had been out of practice for many years, with Project Bunny, the gift Seele had given her, she would only be stronger than before.
Flesh and blood couldn’t compare to a mech, and with the configuration of these three people in front of her, she found it hard to take them seriously.
However, given Bronya’s personality, she would normally be extremely calm and never underestimate her opponents. After all, if an assassin lost their composure, they wouldn’t be far from death.
But—
Bronya stared at that brute who kept calling her “shorty” this and “shorty” that, and found herself unable to calm down no matter what.
It was as if they were natural enemies.
Moreover, that barbarian had dared to call Seele’s gift “scrap metal” — this was truly unbearable!
Ducky me is going to properly teach you a lesson, you foul-mouthed idiot!
— The battle ended quickly.
Elysia: “Hmm, all done! Attached image.jpg (Ducky tied up like a dumpling)”
Jiang Qiao, who was heading toward the Herrscher, saw the good news that Elysia had sent to the group.
He was somewhat surprised.
“That fast?”
Although he had indeed provided some planning, for Elysia and her team of three to capture the duck so quickly still caught Jiang Qiao off guard.
Was the duck really that easy to beat?
Hu Tao: “Thanks to me~”
Elysia: “Yes, thanks to Hu Tao’s help, and your suggestion was really a huge help. Otherwise, that child’s firearms wouldn’t have been easy to deal with using just flesh and blood.”
From the group chat, you could hear the lingering fear and relief on the Pink Elf’s side.
After learning more details, Jiang Qiao immediately understood and felt somewhat amused.
Since he had given the goal of arresting the duck, he naturally had some suggestions on how to capture Ducky.
The duck herself didn’t need too much concern. Although she was indeed very formidable before, the X-10 experiment had caused her skills to decline sharply, and her exoskeleton couldn’t compare to her original limbs.
Moreover, if it were just about physical skills, Kiana, who had inherited Kaslana gun-kata and possessed monstrous strength, wouldn’t be far behind. Combined with Raiden Mei, who had received the complete transmission, and Elysia with her excellent combat abilities, they completely overwhelmed Bronya.
But Project Bunny was a very serious problem.
Once it activated its heavy firepower modules, flesh and blood simply couldn’t withstand it, and Project Bunny’s agility was extremely high, allowing it to protect Bronya very well.
Jiang Qiao’s suggestion was to use Raiden Mei’s importance to make the duck hesitate, unable to use lethal heavy firepower weapons.
To save Seele, she couldn’t let the 3rd Herrscher vessel get hurt, so she had to avoid using firearms to prevent accidentally injuring Raiden Mei.
This was the strategy of — holding Mei hostage to restrain the duck.
Tactical approach, you wouldn’t want the hope of saving Seele to disappear, would you?
Under these circumstances, the duck, who had fallen into a disadvantage, still pulled out her firearms but used them hesitantly.
Needless to say, in this situation, she naturally had thoughts of retreat.
Elysia and her team had the need to arrest Bronya, but Bronya had no necessity to entangle with them in battle.
With Project Bunny allowing her to fly, she had no need to fight these people to the death, she could always get back at them later.
At this time, Kiana, who was somewhat dumbfounded and hadn’t anticipated this, naturally became anxious and directly started taunting.
If it had been anyone else, Bronya would naturally not have given a damn, Ducky was very good at keeping her composure!
But when the target was Kiana, this taunt was really effective.
It actually made the duck not want to run away.
Then—
“Do you want to save Seele?”
Elysia, who had been taught a special anti-duck technique in advance by himself, used this sentence to make Bronya freeze, followed immediately by — Help me, group member sir!
More accurately, it should be group member miss, since currently the chat group only had Jiang Qiao as the male member, and he was temporarily too busy to come help.
After seeking help from group members, with the assistance of Hall Master Hu Tao’s elemental power, Elysia and her team worked together to force Project Bunny into recovery mode.
Without Project Bunny, there was only one duck left, and the outcome was naturally obvious.
Although she really wanted to say: “Mama, save me!”
Cocolia, who was determined to give her daughter more privacy, was completely unaware that her precious daughter had been captured, and was still immersed in the fantasy of — my daughter Bronya is invincible.
Hu Tao: “Really, they say harmony brings wealth, but I didn’t expect that when this Hall Master was called today, it would be to fight.”
Jiang Qiao: “By fighting this battle, you’ve potentially saved millions of people. Thinking about it this way, don’t you feel like you’ve gained something?”
Jiang Qiao teased Hall Master Hu Tao like this, but in reality, if left alone, Hu Tao would actually profit more.
If the Honkai eruption in Nagazora City actually broke out, Hu Tao could come here to do cross-dimensional business, and Wangsheng Funeral Parlor would definitely make a fortune.
Hu Tao: “I hope so. You all must work hard, I can’t help for now.”
Hall Master Hu Tao, who didn’t like death, naturally didn’t want to earn that kind of money. She was willing to help fight not just to earn some points, but more to contribute to saving the people of Nagazora City.
Otherwise, convincing Hall Master Hu Tao to fight for no reason wouldn’t be easy.
Although she had a Vision, she was still a businesswoman.
Hu Tao: “Sigh, if it wasn’t me who went, but our Liyue’s Rex Lapis, that would be great. If it were him, he could definitely save that city from fire and water directly. It would be such a pity if such a prosperous city were destroyed.”
While helping to deal with the duck, this curious young lady also took the opportunity to look at Nagazora City during her remaining commission time. Compared to the retro Liyue Harbor, the prosperous international metropolis of Nagazora City was quite shocking to Hall Master Hu Tao.
Jiang Qiao: “When you have time, you can go visit again. Maybe you could even expand Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s business. I remember that kind of one-stop service from your Liyue is quite popular and would definitely make a big profit.”
The use of points wasn’t just for sending red envelopes, otherwise, accumulating so many would be meaningless.
He had seen that there was a point shop function in the chat group, but it was currently grayed out, probably requiring certain conditions to unlock.
Jiang Qiao estimated that there would definitely be items for unlimited time travel available then.
After all, other chat groups had them, why wouldn’t mine?
He had only heard of systems produced by cats being useless, but never heard of chat groups produced by cats being useless!
Hu Tao: “May your words come true~”
Elysia: “Chatting with other girls? If you leave me alone, I might get jealous~”
Elysia: “Just kidding~ We’re already heading toward ME Corp! Saving Nagazora City starts today!”
Elysia: “Our progress is very fast~ We might finish before you do. Maybe we can even help you then?”
In Elysia’s estimation, Jiang Qiao, who was merely a Fire Moth warrior at most with slightly better Honkai energy usage, should be in a very difficult situation.
Needless to say, he would naturally need a lot of help.
But—
Looking at Elysia’s group message with its playful emoji in the chat group, Jiang Qiao, walking through the snow, gazed at the faintly visible figure in the distance. He also sighed, and the bow in his hand began to glow with pink light. His special protective suit also transformed into something more gorgeous after the flowing radiance.
“It seems I need to pick up the pace on my end too.”