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"Look, you're very smart."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Yuan Yan squatted down with a smile and whispered to Bronya.

"From the information I've obtained, Cocolia left a backdoor in your brain chip."

"As long as she has this idea, she can use this backdoor to activate the so-called Valkyrie system at any time to control your body."

"When it came to Jiuyou, because of Jiuyou's special power, the Valkyrie system, which shouldn't have been activated, was suddenly activated."

"Don't think I'm playing tricks on you. After all, if you use your smart brain a little, you'll realize I don't have enough time to commit the crime."

Yes.

What Yuan Yan said was absolutely correct.

Before Bronya met him, her body had already been controlled by that strange power.

He had reasons to do so, but he didn't have the opportunity or time to do so.

The criminal was not him, but that woman who looked very suspicious no matter how you looked at her.

It's not just Bronya, Xing too. Xing only became strange after getting the Xuanyuan Sword.

And if you just calm down and think about it...

The only person who could do this was someone who knew about the existence of the chip in Bronya's brain.

Besides Mother Cocolia, only the researchers can do this, but...

Wouldn't it be in line with Cocolia's mother's style to install this program in Bronya's brain chip?

Looking at the girl who had begun to doubt her life, Yuan Yan knew that his rhetoric had been successful.

Cocolia may have real feelings for her daughters, but while she has real feelings, some of her actions are too abstract.

She sent her daughter for human experimentation, which resulted in her death and disappearance. She discovered that the brain chip that was supposed to protect her daughter had a backdoor program. She backstabbed an ally of her alliance. She even bombed Changkong City, a city with millions of people, at her whim...

To be honest, after putting together all the things this woman had done, Yuan Yan felt that even if Bronya had a deep enough filter for her respected adoptive mother, after this set of operations, Bronya had some doubts about her adoptive mother. It really couldn't be blamed for the child not believing in her mother.

"Okay, don't make it so hard."

At this moment, Bronya looked at Yuan Yan who was forcing her to face the truth, and suddenly slapped away Yuan Yan's outstretched right hand.

"Don't, don't come over!!!"

"Okay, okay, I'm not coming."

Seeing the girl's rejection, Yuan Yan, who wanted to pat her on the shoulder, sighed helplessly.

"I was originally planning to discuss with you how to save that little Estonian girl, but since you're so repulsive... well, just pretend I haven't thought of anything."

"......What do you mean."

Bronya, who heard Yuan Yan mention Seele again, stared at Yuan Yan's face, trying to find any trace of lies on his face.

"Okay, stop looking. I'm different from your adoptive mother who's full of lies. From the time I met you until now, I've told very few lies."

This guy...!

Bronya felt extremely emotionally confused and still didn't want to believe Yuan Yan's words at this time.

But......

When she thought about Xier still waiting for her to save her, even though she knew that Yuan Yan deliberately threw Xier out to lure her into the trap, she finally chose the choice she didn't want to make at all.

He...has been trying to tell Bronya how badly Cocolia's mother treats Bronya since the beginning.

From this point of view, he... probably doesn't want to kill Bronya.

The girl didn't know what her value was, but now that she knew she had this value, then... even if she knew that Yuan Yan was planning to use her, she had to grasp this glimmer of hope.

Come to think of it, Bronya might have become weaker since she was adopted by Cocolia's mother and met everyone.

After staying with such kind and gentle people, Bronya almost forgot that for other people in the world, perhaps taking advantage of each other was the norm.

At other times, Bronya might have considered whether she should think of other countermeasures to avoid losing the initiative.

but now......

After all, he and Bronya are enemies. Although he hasn't attacked Bronya yet, given the difference in strength between us, he can take Bronya's life at any time if he wants.

Faced with the absolute gap in strength and the conditions he has put forward, Bronya has no power to choose at all.

Faced with Yuan Yan who stopped talking and chose to wait for her to make a decision, Bronya manipulated her leg exoskeleton and knelt on one knee in front of Yuan Yan.

"Deputy Leader, Bronya has learned that Cocolia is not someone worthy of Bronya's loyalty."

"From today on, Bronya will swear allegiance to the Vice-Leader. However... please, Vice-Leader, please tell Bronya how to save Seele."

Listening to the girl's words at this time, Yuan Yan naturally did not completely believe that Bronya would be so obedient.

After secretly using the power of erosion to peer into the girl's heart, he unexpectedly discovered...

It can't be said that this idiot has bad intentions, but he certainly doesn't tell the truth.

After being adopted by Cocolia, the originally cold-blooded Bronya was gradually influenced by the members of the orphanage.

It is precisely because she still has feelings for the important people around her that the girl would rather burn her own brain chip and commit suicide in the main storyline than continue fighting with her friends.

However, the fact that Yuan Yan told her through words this time was still not as exciting as the time when Cocolia actively manipulated her in the main plot.

At that time, after being manipulated by Cocolia, Bronya directly attacked Wendy, who had already recovered from her dark state, which indirectly led to a significant deepening of Wendy's degree of legalization.

But the situation is different now.

She only knew that Cocolia had tampered with her chip, but if Cocolia didn't do anything, even if the girl had doubts about her adoptive mother's actions, she would try to tell herself "Mother won't harm me" to try to help Cocolia and cover up this dangerous thing because she valued the relationship between them.

But at the same time, she also knew that it would be better to have a good relationship with Yuan Yan than to continue to oppose him.

Not to mention whether it is possible for her to return to Cocolia, even if she has the opportunity to escape from Yuan Yan now, she will not do such a thing.

Not only would Cocolia's massive collapse kill many people, but there was no sufficiently mature theory to support the conclusion that doing so would save Seele.

But it’s different on Yuan Yan’s side.

He didn't say anything, but just drew a cake for the girl.

But before Yuan Yan proposed the solution, it was unknown, and an unknown solution...

It's still better than her adoptive mother's method which has no chance of success.

After reading the girl's thoughts, Yuan Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with Bronya's thoughts.

It is impossible to expect her to defect immediately.

But now...ha, this kind of thing doesn't matter.

I believe in Cocolia's abilities, just as I believe in Otto's bottom line.

Originally, she had a good relationship with her adopted daughter, but in the original novel, she was able to force her adopted daughter to the opposite side of herself step by step through her own actions.

Now...haha, even if I, a foreign object, appear, it will not prevent her own abilities from changing too much.

"Don't be so quick to pledge your allegiance to me. First, go find your dear mother and ask her about this matter."

"Bronya understands, Deputy Leader."

After watching the girl walk away and begin trying to communicate with Cocolia using the chip in his brain, Yuan Yan, who had put the Conqueror Gem into a dormant state once again, felt that the total amount of energy in his body had not dropped too drastically. He only felt...

The situation is actually not very good.

Although with the implanted skill, he can use energy more economically to fight when using the power of the Conquest Gem and the Pseudo-Hermaphrodite Core, the corrosive power in the stigmata is not within the range of the implanted skill's burden reduction.

As a result, just now, after I used the power of erosion, the consumption was basically the same as nothing.

Does this mean that I've become more accustomed to this power, or is it...

—The old woman squatting in the stigmata used this power to further erode my body.

Moreover, I originally wanted to use this little girl's communication with Cocolia to find an opportunity to erode her brain chip and find out the specific coordinates of the other end of the communication channel.

But now...tsk, my proficiency in this power is still too low, and I can't perform such delicate operations at all.

[Hey, Yuan Yan, I feel like you're craving my power.]

As if the bell had heard Yuan Yan's inner thoughts, it suddenly entered his mind.

[Don't be so nervous and wary of me. If it weren't for the high concentration of Honkai energy in this area, I wouldn't be able to communicate with you so easily right now.]

I don't really want to communicate with you. I'm very busy now. If possible, could you please shut up?

[Wow, you're so fierce! I came to you with good intentions this time—do you need me to lend you my power? I won't charge you this time.]

Let’s just forget about this one thing.

After seeing Bronya showing a lost expression not far away, Yuan Yan responded coldly.

I am an orphan, without a father or a mother, and I have always been very clear about one thing.

No matter what field you are in, 'free' is often the most expensive.

[Alas, your kindness is taken for granted, so I won't force you. But don't forget, kid.]

[Even if you don't use my power, you can't always resist the erosion of the core.]

[Cherish the time you have left. After all, in a while, your body will be mine.]

Listening to the other party's malicious words, Yuan Yan once again used holy light to heal his internal organs and walked to Bronya's side.

"Okay, judging by your expression, the communication is over. After communicating with your beloved mother, do you have any new thoughts?"

"...No, after all, Bronya is already the deputy leader."

Although she said words that could be misunderstood, a lingering shadow of gloom could not help but appear in the girl's heart.

After she established contact with Cocolia, Bronya asked directly about the chip in her brain.

And just as she imagined, facing her daughter's very rare questioning, Cocolia was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'm doing this for your own good, so I left you a trump card."

If it were before, Lucia, the soldier king who believed in her adoptive mother's orders and words without a doubt, would definitely have been fooled like this.

But what Cocolia didn't know was that Bronya had already started to have excessive doubts about her because of Yuan Yan's words.

After the filter disappeared a lot, Bronya realized that when Cocolia said "This is the trump card", she was not prepared to say that "This backdoor can control Bronya's body".

The clever girl knew very well that sometimes, telling the truth but not finishing it was easier to deceive others than telling a lie directly.

After taking the initiative to cut off communication with her adoptive mother, Bronya felt that her heart had turned cold.

She guessed what Cocolia would do, but... she would rather guess wrong at this time than know at this time that her adoptive mother was hiding something from her in this regard.

Mother, what are you thinking about?

Did you start plotting Bronya's future from the day you implanted the chip in her brain?

Bronya really wants to continue to believe in you.

But Xier's matter, and everyone's matter...

If you hadn't insisted on completing the X10 experiment, Xier wouldn't have disappeared.

If you really wanted to do good for Bronya, you would have proactively informed Bronya of this 'trump card' that Bronya was completely unaware of when you installed the Valkyrie System in her brain chip.

I can feel that the look you give us is indeed full of love.

But why did your behavior make Bronya feel...

——In your eyes, don’t we look like your children who are worth cherishing?

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PS: 6.5K, continue tomorrow.

Just a few things.

Although the bounty for blades was opened yesterday and the bounty for bounties was not opened, after receiving the gold treasure chest from the big guy [Tears at Dawn] today, that big guy has thrown away the treasure chest. I think it is unreasonable not to count it as an extra chapter.

According to the calculation of $100 = 1 counter, the big treasure chest is equivalent to $1600 = counter 16. I owe words here, so I'll post it here as a witness.

As for what will happen if Otto forces Kallen, I think it is already very clear in the Sakura Memories and Purple Iris arcs.

When Otto was young, he was tricked by Hollow Manzo into sacrificing his life to save Francis, who had already died in battle. After saying this, Kallen felt that he didn't value his life and slapped him. After Kallen was captured, Otto said something ridiculous, saying "Look at your father, a dead man can't do anything," and was slapped again by Kallen.

Of course, from a practical point of view, Kallen slapped Otto just to wake him up. If she had hit Otto seriously, it would not be as simple as just having a red and swollen face. But after Otto released the Honkai beast, Kallen still slapped him.

Judging from these plot points, if Kallen really realized that Otto was seriously planning to do this, she would definitely beat him up. Moreover, Kallen was in a hurry to save someone at the execution ground when she slapped him. If Otto told her everything about how he resurrected the Herrscher and allowed the Honkai Impact 3rd...