Starting from the Collapse World, I became the behind-the-scenes boss

Himeko simply smiled and rolled her eyes at the older loli's incompetent rage.

The seats here are height-adjustable. Does she really think she doesn't know who's secretly slacking off in the back?

Before long, the seat rose, and Theresa's head was fully revealed.

"Give me the stuff."

The school principal stretched out a small hand.

"Yes, yes, yes." With a helpless expression, Himeko reached into her cleavage and pulled out a USB flash drive about the size of a lighter. "I went through a lot of trouble to get these, can't you at least say thank you a little more?"

"..."

Theresa glanced at the sins on the red-haired Valkyrie's chest, then looked down at her own flat chest, and her brows furrowed into a deep frown.

Sooner or later, I'll flatten those two lumps of fat!

Thinking bitterly to herself, Theresa took the USB drive, feeling the lingering warmth on it, and a look of intense disgust instantly appeared on her small face.

"Couldn't you have hidden it somewhere else!?"

Theresa glared fiercely at the red-haired woman, hesitated for a few seconds, and then plugged the USB drive into the port on her desk.

There was no way around it; she still really needed what was in there.

"That's more discreet."

Himeko proudly puffed out her chest, completely oblivious to the fact that she was behaving inappropriately.

The one who should really feel ashamed is some nobody, right?

"Ah……"

Theresa scoffed at this.

Himeko is, after all, the ace of the Far East Branch; who would dare to search her body so casually?

Undoubtedly, this is the other party's twisted sense of humor!

While inwardly complaining, Theresa opened the screen and looked through the information of Shihen and the others, asking aloud, "How are those children doing? Are they adapting well to St. Freya?"

Despite their trust in Shihen and the others, she still conducted all the necessary investigations.

As the headmistress of St. Freya Academy, Theresa is kind-hearted, but not stupid.

Even throughout the entire Destiny Kingdom, there are countless people who dislike St. Freya Academy, yet the academy has stubbornly stood firm to this day.

"It's only the first day, what can you possibly see?" Sitting on the sofa, Himeko poured herself a cup of tea and pouted at Theresa. "However, that boy has caused quite a stir."

St. Freya is not without men, but they are almost all teachers or support staff.

Shihen was the first person to enter St. Freya as a student.

Moreover, the other person is very good-looking.

"normal."

Theresa nodded.

"Judging from that child's performance, he probably doesn't meet the admission standards, right?"

Taking a sip of tea, Himeko asked casually.

If we take into account her mecha piloting abilities, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Shihen is rated as an A-class Valkyrie.

But... Fate did not provide the boy with a mecha to pilot.

Without his mecha, the boy was far inferior to even an ordinary B-rank Valkyrie.

“Judging from his past performance in Anti-Entropy, that is indeed the case.” Theresa nodded slightly, but then her tone changed again, “But when I was talking to Kiana, she mentioned something: that boy once led them through the entire core area of ​​the Third Honkai Impact.”

Moreover, there was no sign of them becoming assassins throughout the entire process.

"What!?"

Himeko's pupils contracted involuntarily.

Staying in the core area of ​​the sequence-level Great Collapse for so long is something even a regular A-rank Valkyrie can't do!

While the Valkyries of Schicksal are undoubtedly exceptionally adaptable to Honkai energy, there are limits to their capabilities.

"In other words, that child may very well have..."

Himeko was taken aback.

There's only one thing she can think of that could make men, whose Honkai energy adaptability is generally low, surpass A-rank Valkyries.

"It's enough that you know it in your heart."

Interrupting Himeko's guess, Theresa smiled and nodded, a deep sense of satisfaction appearing in her eyes.

Hmph! Serves you right for always showing off those two lumps of flesh in front of me. Now you know how powerful your headmaster is, huh?

"But that child never mentioned it."

Himeko twirled the teacup in her hand.

Not only did she not mention the Holy Mark, Shihen even acted as if she was physically weak, and she only managed to complete the morning training session because she was forced to.

Moreover, his grades were abysmal, and he single-handedly dragged down the class average.

“They probably still have doubts about us.” Theresa was not surprised by the result. “In the predictions of those in the General Staff, that child was the most likely to become the leader of the anti-entropy era.”

The probability of turning him to defect is roughly equivalent to persuading Durandal at headquarters to defect.

With the official leader missing for many years and [Walter White] seemingly detached from the organization, Shihen is indeed the most dazzling new star of Anti-Entropy in recent years.

Considering that the other party can also serve as the commander of the Anti-Entropy in the Third Honkai Impact, Theresa would not be surprised at all if the boy could become an executor within a year.

If Anti-Entropy hadn't never developed a mecha comparable to an S-class Valkyrie, Destiny's rating of Time Mark might have been raised to S.

"Those guys from Anti-Entropy are really bastards!"

Himeko couldn't help but sigh deeply.

If they don't even cherish such talent, they deserve to be crushed by fate.

Although she had never fought against a boy in his prime, judging from the battle records, Himeko felt that she could only be sure of victory by standing on the Hyperion.

“And who can say otherwise?” Theresa’s tone held a hint of a sigh. “The boy who steadfastly followed Welt ultimately met his doom… Ah…”

Perhaps, after the old man who founded Anti-Entropy disappeared, this ever-growing organization gradually changed its nature.

"By the way, during today's self-introductions, that kid mentioned wanting to become someone like you!"

As if suddenly remembering something, Himeko spoke up, her eyes full of mockery as she looked at Theresa.

Theresa: "..."

Although it sounds like a good thing, why is she not happy at all?

He kept saying he would follow Walter, but fate came knocking instead.

While there are certainly reasons related to Entropy's own actions, is it really possible that the young man will run off to some other organization?

"Let him be. As long as we treat him kindly, the child will eventually understand our good intentions."

Theresa could only force herself to ignore it.

Even she knew that such words were mostly just an excuse from the other party.

If you truly idolize her, she won't hide her Honkai energy adaptability.

Undoubtedly, although the boy's body had left Anti-Entropy, his heart still belonged to Welt.

That's alright, they have plenty of time.

Theresa believed that St. Freya's sincerity could open the boy's heart, which had been locked by entropy.

"Oh, there's one more thing, it's about that Raiden Mei."

Himeko added.

"Ok?"

Theresa looked over.

"According to the medical department, they did not find any high-energy crystals like Herrscher cores in Raiden Mei's body. In fact, the concentration of Honkai energy in her body was only equivalent to that of a typical A-rank Valkyrie." Himeko took a deep breath and then concluded, "That Raiden Mei is very likely not the Third Herrscher."

“That’s impossible!” Theresa immediately frowned and retorted, “Even judging from the feedback from Anti-Entropy, the Third Herrscher is clearly just Raiden Mei.”

It's a major organization on par with Schicksal; there's no way they would mistake who the Herrscher is.

"Yes, Shihen and the others all agree on this."

Himeko nodded emphatically.

She didn't entirely believe the boy's story, but felt that he had no reason to tell a lie that could be easily seen through.

Judging from past behavior, the other party is clearly not a fool.

“So…” Theresa stroked her chin, lost in thought, before speaking again after a long pause, “Do they have any guesses about this?”

Throughout this entire incident, those children were the people closest to the Third Herrscher.

“They believe that it was likely that [Walter White] who did something,” Himeko explained. “He was the one who killed Raiden Mei’s father, Raiden Ryoma.”

Moreover, at the end of that battle, the Hyperion detected a Honkai energy fluctuation with a peak value exceeding 5000 HW, the characteristics of which were basically consistent with the Herrscher of Thunder.

But according to Shihen and the others, the Herrscher of Thunder should have already been defeated at that time.

"Was it that the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance fought against an unknown entity, and after being defeated, chose to use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder?"

Theresa guessed.

She had also read the battle records presented by Himeko and knew that after defeating the Herrscher of Thunder, [Walter White] fought with others, and that the intensity of that fight was far greater than that fight with the Herrscher of Thunder.

The fact that this leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance could fight two powerful enemies in succession shows that his strength is a bit too abnormal.

It's possible that the opponent is much stronger than the previous leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance.

After all, that Herrscher of Reason didn't have any particularly impressive achievements.

As for the nonsense about defeating the Second Herrscher, probably only Anti-Entropy's own people would believe that.

Whether in Schicksal's records or in her own memories, the other party always took advantage of the Valkyrie forces and the Second Herrscher being weakened to seize the spoils.

"That should be it."

Himeko nodded in agreement.

As for who that unknown person who fought with [Walter White] was... there are only so many top-tier experts in the world, how could another one just pop out from the cracks in the rocks?

Moreover, Anti-Entropy has already slapped a big poster in everyone's face that reads, "Destiny dispatches an S-class Valkyrie to cause a collapse in Changkong City, and the Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader bravely thwarts its conspiracy," and even attached a high-definition photo of the Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader confronting a certain S-class Valkyrie.

Well, one side wields a long river of silvery-white light arrows and occupies a high position, while the other side holds a bright white lance and is ready to fire. The special effects are simply maxed out, and the style is completely different from those of ordinary Valkyries.

According to rumors, a certain leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance even demanded a large copyright fee from Anti-Entropy for the photo.

Hmm... or maybe it should be considered two separate transactions, because the other party also helped collect the share for a certain S-rank Valkyrie.

As for whether that S-rank Valkyrie actually received the money... as a subordinate branch of Schicksal, they were too embarrassed to send a letter to the floating island to inquire.

On the surface, they probably don't know that headquarters has also sent out an S-class Valkyrie.

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Meanwhile, as Theresa and Himeko were whispering amongst themselves, the S-rank Valkyrie they were talking about was also caught in a media storm.

"Lord Youlandel."

Good morning, Lady Durandal.

"Greetings, Lady Durandal."

As the blonde girl walked across the floating island after finishing her morning exercise, the Valkyries and staff she encountered all greeted her warmly, and their gazes were all fixed on her face.

No, to be precise, it was the black mask with gold trim that covered the upper half of the girl's face.

Noticing the astonished looks on people's faces, Durandal's face flushed slightly, and she quickened her pace considerably.

Unfortunately, the girl eventually met someone who forced her to stop.

Good morning, Lady Durandal.

The gray-blonde girl, dressed in a uniform that resembled a maid outfit, bowed respectfully.

"Good morning, Rita."