Otto walked over to the window, feeling somewhat inexplicable.
Silently, he sent out a string of ellipses, using it to express the strange feeling in his heart.
But at that very moment—
The doors to the central command room slowly opened.
Just as Otto turned around to look—
A small figure suddenly rushed forward and threw herself into his arms.
A ponytail of white hair, familiar to the point of aching—
the nun's habit that he himself had sewn by hand.
Warm dampness spread across the front of his bishop's uniform.
"…Theresa?"
The petite figure in his arms tightened her grip even more, burying her face against him, her voice muffled as she broke into sobs.
"Grandpa… I'm sorry…"
Otto froze for a brief moment.
At this instant,
this Archbishop—who for five hundred years had seemed to have long since lost his humanity, cold and indifferent to the extreme—
appeared, at last, to be moved.
He raised a hand and gently patted Theresa's head, just as he always had.
He said nothing.
And at this moment,
Otto failed to notice the final line of text glowing brightly on the screen behind him.
[A character who receives a perfect score will be granted a corresponding system reward based on the number of participants. Please check it at your convenience.]
Not long afterward,
Just as the audience in the chat group had finally begun to steady their emotions—
just as they had barely recovered from Otto's astonishing life—
just as they were finally setting aside the lingering weight of Apocalypse As It Was Spoken—
The screen changed once more.
The rating for the next character officially began.
Golden text slowly emerged.
[Randomly Selected World: Honkai Impact 3rd]
[Randomly Selected Character: Kevin Kaslana]
In an instant—
Everyone froze.
They stared at the words on the screen in disbelief.
[Ningguang: Kevin… from the Honkai world?!]
[Keqing: Kevin?!]
[Kiana: Kevin… Kaslana!]
[Durandal: …So it's him.]
[Star Rail · Himeko: The one even more insane than Otto…?]
[March 7th: That silver-haired guy??]
[Honkai · Himeko: Executor of the Stigmata Project… leader of World Serpent.]
[Honkai · Himeko: He's an existence even more unhinged than Otto…]
[Tesla: Damn it—why are there so many lunatics in this world?!]
[Tesla: At least Otto was doing it for his Saint.]
[Tesla: But this Kevin!! Isn't his goal basically human extinction?!]
[Einstein: Though it's for resisting the Honkai and preserving civilization…]
[Einstein: The Stigmata Project is so extreme that it's hardly different from destroying humanity.]
[Sushang: Kevin is absolutely a full-blown madman…]
[Yanqing: Anyone who thinks like that is terrifying.]
[March 7th: He's way more of a villain than Otto ever was!]
[Jean: At least Otto genuinely protected humanity and fought the Honkai…]
[Jean: If Kevin's Stigmata Project is carried out, the consequences would be unimaginable.]
[Star Rail · Himeko: The most troubling part is probably Kevin's threat level.]
[Raiden Mei: Not only does he command World Serpent…]
[Raiden Mei: Kevin's personal strength—]
[Durandal: …]
[Tesla: Tch. Another troublesome one.]
[Fu Hua: Kevin…]
[Fu Hua: In the end… I still couldn't stop the Stigmata Project…]
Within the chat group,
The moment Kevin's name appeared,
every viewer felt an involuntary jolt in their hearts.
So far, within the Honkai world,
there were two antagonistic figures who had appeared across multiple storylines
and exerted overwhelming pressure on everyone.
One was the Archbishop of Schicksal—
the man who manipulated human hearts, deceived even the Will of the Honkai and the Imaginary Tree itself,
the man surnamed Apocalypse.
And the other—
was Kevin Kaslana.
The progenitor of the Kaslana family.
One of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers.
The strongest fusion warrior to survive from the Previous Era.
And perhaps even now—
the strongest warrior in the world.
Even though, according to the timeline, Kevin should still be trapped within the Sea of Quanta,
the oppressive presence he brought was in no way diminished.
Beyond his overwhelming power,
he also commanded World Serpent,
an extremist organization lurking in the dark cracks of the world—
vast in scale, terrifying in strength.
And if there were one trait about Kevin that truly unsettled everyone—
it was madness.
Kevin's madness was not reflected in his mannerisms or words.
It lay in the Stigmata Project.
[To guide all of humanity's will and consciousness into the "Stigmata Space," then leave behind "Stigmata Will" as humanity's shadow in the real world, constructing a perfect utopia composed of "imaginary" existence.]
[The "Stigmata Will" can perfectly inherit all of human civilization and will never suffer from aging, sickness, or death. Thus, "civilization" will never again face the "Honkai."]
[In this way, humanity will have defeated the Honkai.]
It sounded—
not entirely infeasible.
But… abandoning physical bodies in the real world,
entering a utopia made of imaginary constructs—
how was that any different from being destroyed by the Honkai itself?!
And yet, before anyone could continue debating—
A calm, deep voice slowly rang out.
A voice that instantly erased all doubt.
The next person to be rated
was indeed that Kevin.
Kevin Kaslana.
"Why do birds fly?"
In that instant—
Inside the Astral Express,
March 7th immediately noticed something.
The cup in Welt Yang's hand trembled violently.
As though his state of mind had suffered a massive shock.
Though Uncle Yang's expression remained outwardly calm,
March 7th still sensed something deeply wrong.
This same sense of unease—
had appeared before, during Otto's evaluation.
Could it be…
that Uncle Yang also had a past connection with Kevin?
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