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"Give up...power?" The latter was somewhat bewildered.
"Yes, as long as you give up."
Snake's seductive words lingered in Seele's ears, making it hard for her to believe—based on what she had read in the information about the members of the Fourth Squad, and even the Firemoth.
The identity of a Lawyer is not something you can simply choose to be or not choose.
If you are a Herrscher for a moment, then you will be a Herrscher for life—at least for the original, initial Herrscher, this is hard to change.
But if she could, Seele would still prefer to be a human.
After all, she wasn't the strong type. Even though not many people knew that she was a Herrscher, the fact that she was actually a Herrscher was a kind of torture for ordinary people.
Especially when the people around you hate Herrschers so much, no matter how much you try to comfort yourself by saying, "How could I possibly be a Herrscher?", you will still feel lost and afraid... afraid that your identity as a Herrscher will be made public, afraid that the people around you will look at you with a different kind of hatred and anger.
Only by filling the void in one's heart with other thoughts can one find a moment of peace and stop being bothered by the fact that 'one is actually a Lawyer'.
Of course—not thinking about these things and becoming more 'simple' might also be a way?
after all...
While running away won't solve the problem, as long as you keep running away, can't you avoid facing it?
Seeing Seele nod, Mebius smiled.
"Hmph, since that's the case, then come to my lab."
Her voice revealed a hint of impatience.
Unlike this little guy who is obsessed with his human identity and afraid of other people's opinions, Möbius doesn't care what others think of him.
The Herrscher... this power is something she has always dreamed of.
However, Mebius originally lacked confidence and methods, so he had no choice but to settle for the 'fusion warrior' technology.
Although it also granted Möbius the 'immortality' he sought,... that kind of incompleteness makes it hard to call it a success—at least Möbius didn't consider it a success.
This is why, even though Mebius was already a Fusion Warrior, after the example of the Herrscher of Corruption, he still tried to take a huge risk to obtain the Herrscher of Corruption's consciousness virus.
Even now, Mebius is not confident that he can achieve the process of evolving from a human to a Herrscher on his own.
This is also why her current main research project, "to make the Herrscher of Domination the same as other Herrschers, thereby completing the evolution of humanity," has not yielded any results.
The material '█' obtained from Jiang Qiao gave Snake some ideas—but if he had this power of decay and creation, Mebius felt that he would definitely be able to achieve his pursuit.
"Are you coming along too, Alicia?"
Looking at Alicia, who was trying to follow him, Mebius had a slightly inexplicable smile on his face.
"Hmm~ Don't you welcome me, Mebius?"
Of course, Alicia couldn't possibly not go along, since Mebius was going to take the wicked Jiang Qiao with him too!
It was because I overslept that I didn't notice and allowed Möbius to lure the wicked Jiang Qiao to the lab.
Now that I'm awake, how could I possibly just stand by and watch Mebius drag the wicked Jiang Qiao away?
Hmm... Although I don't think anything will happen between Alicia and the other two even if we don't go, I have a bad feeling, so the pink-haired fat lady decided to keep a close watch on them—at least while I'm with bad Jiang Qiao, I can't let her be lured away by another woman!
"Hehe, I don't care."
"But are you sure you want to come? You need to keep an eye on me..." Leaning against the floating platform, Mebius rested his cheek against hers, looking at Alicia with a strange smile, and whispered, "To obtain this... power belonging to the Herrscher?"
"Are you alright, Alicia?"
The girl's body stiffened for a moment, but the smile remained on her face.
"Look at what you're saying, Möbius~ It has nothing to do with me, why would I care?"
"To be honest, I'm actually quite curious~"
"Hmph, whatever, come on then." Möbius said, piloting the hovercraft away slowly.
Alicia, who was following behind, was unusually quiet—at least normally she would talk a lot, instead of not greeting even familiar faces from the organization.
Finally, she stopped in front of Möbius's laboratory.
"Would you like me to go for a walk with you?"
A clear voice rang in her ears—Jiang Qiao asked calmly.
It means that Mebius was probably extremely eager for that power, but it wouldn't matter if it was delayed a little.
After all, this was a result of her own actions... Well, compared to MEI and Velvi, Mebius was indeed more direct than the other two.
Whether it's their style of doing things or their personality, that kind of hypocrisy can sometimes cause minor trouble for others.
Alicia remained silent for a moment, offering no response, while Jiang Qiao wore a slightly wistful expression:
"Möbius's laboratory is so monotonous that waiting can be quite tedious."
"I guess even the fairy Ellie wouldn't like that kind of atmosphere, right?"
Jiang Qiao looked at the fairy Ellie who had been following her closely. The latter was holding a fairy wand and had a blank expression, but the next moment she revealed a cute smile.
"Yes, Dr. Möbius's lab is so stuffy, it's not suitable for a fairy like me..."
"So I'll stay outside~ Hey—look, it's little Gretchen!"
Following the fairy Ellie's gaze, a little girl with sky-blue hair, wearing a snow-white children's dress, was staring blankly at the corner of the laboratory wall, blinking her watery purple eyes.
The daughter of Hen and Blanca—Gresh, the heroine of [Starry Night].
Born between the First Honkai Impact and the Second Great Honkai Impact, because his mother Blanca was Mebius's assistant, and because Hen was a warrior of the organization and the captain of a squad, he was often stationed outside, so he would often run to Mebius's laboratory to play. Because of Blanca, or perhaps because he himself liked children, Mebius also liked this well-behaved little guy.
"Little Gretchen, what are you doing here?" Alicia smiled again, leaned closer, and knelt down to pinch the latter's soft, slightly chubby cheeks. "Aww~ So soft, so cute~"
—Logically speaking, Blanca has already been transferred to the medical logistics department, so little Greta shouldn't be here.
"Ugh...ugh...ugh...Mom's so busy...nobody's here with me..."
Little Greta mumbled incoherently as her cheeks were pinched and kneaded like dough.
"Oh dear... this is really..."
Alicia smiled broadly, her face full of affection for children. She seemed to remember something, turned to Jiang Qiao, who was standing at the lab door, and called out:
"You naughty Jiang Qiao, you go in first~ I want to play with little Gretchen."
What a wicked Jiang Qiao... Herrscher or whatever~ Where is the little Grey Shuri fragrance!
Jiang Qiao smiled helplessly, then left Alicia and the fairy Ali behind and followed them into Mebius's laboratory.
"Hmph, so slow."
Inside the laboratory, Mebius's words, tinged with a hint of dissatisfaction, echoed in my ears.
"If you were just a little more direct and assertive, that awful woman would be much better off now."
"maybe."
Jiang Qiao didn't mind and smiled as she said:
"But aren't flowers meant to be cherished? Especially... a delicate crystal flower, isn't it? You know Möbius, crystal is very fragile."
"Tch, I don't care about any of that—but if you keep dragging this out and wasting my time, I don't mind being a little 'rough'."
"?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiao's gaze slowly fell on Mebius's 'wheelchair', looking somewhat puzzled.
...Miss Minor Fish always seems to have an extraordinary level of confidence.
Even when asked if she needed any 'help,' she stubbornly insisted that she was fine.
Noticing that gaze, Möbius's cheeks flushed slightly, and he squeezed his thighs together, glaring fiercely at her.
Seele, who was standing next to her, looked completely bewildered... as if she couldn't understand at all.
However, this did not stop Mebius from strapping her to the operating table.
"that..."
Strapped to the operating table, looking at the restraints on her body and the somewhat eerie atmosphere around her, Seele's face turned pale, and she asked in a very soft voice, "What are you doing?"
She had a feeling that something bad was going to happen next.
Subconsciously, Seele thought of the horror movies she had once seen by chance.
"Hmph~ Don't you think this creates a better atmosphere?"
A woman's soft voice, as cold as a snake's, wafted through her emerald green snake eyes, a hint of a smile playing on them. She lightly swept her long, green hair, which was dry and even thinning from staying up too late, and gently wiped her slightly damp lips, making them moist again.
"After all—I'm a professional!"
"cut."
Not far away, Jiang Qiao, a black-haired youth leaning against a mobile platform—or rather, at this moment, he should be called 'Jiang Qiao (Mebius)'—smirked, revealing a hint of dissatisfaction.
This familiar smell...it's disgusting, it's like looking in a mirror...
The reason she disliked this guy was not only because of his identity as 'Alice', but also because he was just too annoying!
It's a pity... Mebius had absolutely no ability to teach the former a lesson—in fact, he was beaten so badly that he was completely routed and left in a state of utter disarray.