Giving the Bunker one day wasn't because Takatsuki had nothing to do; it was precisely because he had his own things to do that he said so.
Erosion had completely controlled the thirteen orbital satellites. Takatsuki didn't intend to take all the orbital satellites with him. After all, while lasers had great destructive power, their cost was also high. He didn't want the Earth to be a mess later on.
Moreover, he hadn't forgotten that the Final Herrscher didn't appear yet. If he brought back weapons with great destructive power and erosion directly controlled the lasers to fire a shot at Saint Freya, Takatsuki would have nowhere to cry.
"Lord Takatsuki, where are we going next?"
Several androids followed Takatsuki and Mei back to Earth. 9S didn't understand why Takatsuki wanted to return. Hadn't the objective already been achieved?
"We're going to the Resistance Camp."
Although this world was almost destroyed, Takatsuki didn't intend to leave it alone. After all, if he took the YoRHa with him, these resistance fighters would face immense trouble. Although he couldn't strengthen the resistance, he could leave them the YoRHa's equipment data and combat data.
"Mei, A2 and the others are very fast. I'll carry you as we travel."
Takatsuki looked at Mei. Androids had strong mobility; 2B and the others could run faster than a Valkyrie. But Takatsuki had the Rabbit Talisman. Even if their speed increased tenfold, they couldn't catch up. After all, the Rabbit Talisman could exceed the speed of light when pushed to its limit, and even in its normal state, it had speed comparable to sound.
Mei originally wanted to say she could use her Herrscher power to accelerate, but hearing Takatsuki's latter half of the sentence, she immediately swallowed her words.
"Mm."
Wrapping her arms around Takatsuki's neck, Takatsuki gently lifted the girl in front of him in a princess carry.
"Let's go."
Hearing Takatsuki's command, 2B immediately took the lead and ran towards the resistance camp.
Takatsuki also followed with Mei in his arms, walking as if strolling leisurely. The Rabbit Talisman's speed was difficult to control, but Takatsuki had practiced and could now control this rapidly moving magical energy.
Each step he took wasn't fast, yet it was like teleportation, leaving behind trails of afterimages.
"Is this a human ability?"
9S looked at Takatsuki's footsteps with some amazement. He didn't know what abilities humans once possessed, but he could be sure that Takatsuki was a special existence even among humans. If all humans had such abilities, how could they have been exterminated?
"Warning: large number of machine lifeform reactions detected ahead."
The Pod suddenly issued a warning, and the three androids instantly stopped, their back-mounted weapons appearing in their hands.
At this moment, everyone also saw a large number of machine lifeforms ahead, their eyes glowing red.
Among them were many large machine lifeforms and some special individuals.
"How could there be… so many machine lifeforms?"
Seeing the massive number of machine lifeforms before him, 9S showed a shocked expression.
2B: "Prepare for battle."
A2: "You don't need to tell me."
Just as the two were about to charge forward, Takatsuki stopped them: "Stop."
"Lord Takatsuki?"
Takatsuki put down Mei from his arms and looked at the army of at least tens of thousands of machine lifeforms, saying, "You can't handle this many machine lifeforms."
This wasn't a game. In a game, even a few million wouldn't be a problem; with a few shockwaves, one slash would clear an area. But this was reality.
"I'll do it."
Looking at the army approaching step by step, Takatsuki walked to the front of the group and raised his hand. With so many machine lifeforms, even Hatori Nozomu couldn't control them all. His spiritual power simply couldn't control them; these machine lifeforms had rather strong electronic defenses.
Boom!
Huge flames erupted from Takatsuki's body.
"Waaah! It's on fire!"
9S panicked, seeing the flames erupting from Takatsuki's body.
"Don't worry, this is Takatsuki's ability."
Mei explained in due course.
"Ability? Humans can do this?"
9S watched in shock as Takatsuki "blew" massive flames towards the robot army, accompanied by violent explosions.
The surging inferno instantly engulfed the entire street. The scorching Demon Flame could even melt steel.
Although these machine lifeforms were very unscientific, even magical, their materials were still ordinary metals. While some had specific reinforcements, the unreinforced parts were undoubtedly melted into molten iron by the Demon Flame.
As the Demon Flame dissipated, the street was filled with liquid iron and lava formed from the melted ground.
A gentle breeze swept across, bringing not coolness, but scorching air.
"Hoo—"
Letting out a long breath, and looking at the masterpiece he had created, Takatsuki looked up.
"You've watched enough, aren't you coming out?"
9S hadn't yet reacted to Takatsuki's words, but 2B and A2 were already vigilantly looking in the direction Takatsuki was staring.
"Pod!"
At 2B's command, Pod 042 flew in front of them: "Detection: Special machine lifeform reaction found."
Clap, clap, clap…
With a round of applause, a white-haired figure in a white shirt, black trousers, and black gloves walked to the edge of a rooftop, looking down at everyone below.
"Long time no see, 2B, 9S."
"And, nice to meet you, Human."
He jumped from the tall building, crashing heavily onto the ground, creating a huge crater.
But he emerged from the pit completely unharmed.
"My name is Adam."
At this moment, 2B also recognized the figure before her.
"You are, that special individual from back then!"
Adam: "Oh, 2B, I'm glad you remember me. I've been observing you. I originally thought you were very close to humans because you were created to imitate humans."
"But I never expected such a pleasant surprise; you actually discovered true humans."
Adam looked at Takatsuki and Mei, his eyes filled with longing, a longing for something he had always pursued.
Just like humans, the easier something is to obtain, the less it is cherished; the more unattainable something is, the more it is desired.
"Human, I really want to have you, dissect you, unravel all your secrets."
Adam faced Takatsuki with a manic smile.
"Humans, why do you love each other, why do you hate each other, and why do you hurt each other? I truly, truly want to know!"
Takatsuki faced Adam, thought for a moment, and took out Jizo Mitama.
After a moment's thought, another sword appeared in his other hand.
Hestia's Edge.
"I was wondering how to resolve the war on the surface. Now it seems I don't need to worry. Thank you, Adam."
"Hm?"
Adam didn't expect Takatsuki to say such a thing, but it didn't matter. Adam was extremely confident in himself.
Just as they had once exterminated their creators, he naturally had full confidence in confronting humans.