At this moment, footsteps came from behind. Sirin and Shun turned their heads at the same time. It was a Valkyrie squad. Sirin carefully memorized the faces of these people.
Once she left this Imaginary Space, she would turn the entire world upside down if she had to, but she would kill these people.
What followed was the all-too-familiar negotiation. The negotiation failed, guns were drawn and fired at each other, and Shun was pierced by a high-frequency particle spear thrown by a Valkyrie, falling into the icy river water.
In a fit of rage, Sirin suddenly stretched out her right hand. Her five fingers, like sharp claws, swung backward with force! In an instant, five dazzling golden lights cut across the void like lightning, leaving five shocking cracks.
These cracks rapidly spread. Wherever they went, space seemed to twist and deform as if torn apart. The Imaginary projections of the Valkyrie squad shattered like fragile glass the moment they came into contact with the cracks, turning into specks of starlight and dissipating into the air.
However, even though the enemies before her had been easily destroyed, the anger in Sirin's heart did not subside in the slightest. She knew very well that what she was doing was merely venting her momentary anger and could not truly solve the problem. But at this moment, she could no longer care about that. She only wanted to use this method to release the uncontrollable anger and resentment deep in her heart.
The five Imaginary cracks that Sirin had torn open had already made this space extremely fragmented. A sound like breaking glass rang out, and Sirin and Bella returned to the bank of the Moskva River in the real world.
"Queen!" Bella stepped forward and grabbed Sirin's hand. Since her birth, this was the first time she had seen Sirin so angry.
"It's okay, Bella… I'm just a little angry." Toward this only friend, Sirin gave infinite patience. After all, she only had Bella now.
"Whatever Queen wants to do, Bella will support Queen." Bella knew clearly that Sirin's anger must be directed at something; it could not be without reason.
"Mm. I'm going to kill a few people, maybe even more. The Schicksal organization… anyone involved with Mom and little Shun, I won't let a single one go."
It was just that Sirin still hadn't figured out Schicksal's intelligence and details yet. Even with a target for revenge, she didn't know how to find them.
"Queen, near where I was born there is a tower-like building that seems to have a very strong Honkai energy reaction. I don't know if the targets Queen is looking for are inside."
"Oh? There's something like that." Sirin had been worrying about not finding any traces of Schicksal, and Bella had given her such a pleasant surprise.
"Let's go, Bella. Take me to see." A purple portal flashed, and Sirin and Bella disappeared from the spot.
A while later, a brown-haired young man in a coat arrived here. He picked up the Honkai energy crystal left behind after Sirin opened the portal.
"Second Herrscher… No matter what you want to do, I will stop you. In the name of Welt."
The man pushed up his glasses and put away the Honkai energy crystal. He still needed the residual Honkai energy reaction from the Second Herrscher on it to track others; he couldn't afford to lose it.
"Yang, did you find any clues?" Einstein's voice came from the blue Titan mech.
"Mm, I found a Honkai energy crystal with the Second Herrscher's Honkai energy reaction. It looks like she was here not long ago."
"Then what are we waiting for, Joachim? Hurry up and take us to find the Second Herrscher! Perfect chance to test how powerful my latest invented weapon is!"
"Dr. Tesla, I advise you not to act rashly before you know the Authorities of the Second Herrscher."
Einstein's blunt and indifferent voice directly targeted Tesla, who was about to burst with overconfidence. Although it was mockery, it was also a reminder to this impatient and easily overheated fellow.
"Huh? Chickadee, you actually look down on my newly invented weapon?" Obviously, the telegraph-machine-like person did not appreciate the kindness.
"Fine, as long as you're happy." Einstein said helplessly. After partnering with Tesla for decades, she had long grown used to Tesla's personality.
Shun received bad news: he was going to be sent to the rear. Although Shigure Kira had already brought him all the way to Schicksal's Warsaw branch, she still used the excuse of being worried about his safety and wanted to send him directly to Schicksal Headquarters.
"Onegai… watashi…" Shun grabbed onto Shigure Kira's thigh-high stockings, holding on tightly and refusing to let go.
If he let go, he would be carried by the Valkyrie behind him onto the transport ship arranged by Schicksal, and then he would truly have no chance left.
"Little Shun, weren't you very obedient at the beginning? Why aren't you listening to Sister now?" Originally Cecilia had said to hand Shun over to Theresa, but it seemed Theresa had been called away by Lord Bishop and there was still no news.
So it had been Shigure Kira taking care of Shun all this time.
No! He had to go all out. He absolutely could not leave the front lines now. If he left, everything would be over!
For this, Shun had to make a sacrifice! This was a trial!
Shun took a deep breath and built up his emotions: "Kira Sister! I'm your fan!"
This loud shout from Shun successfully stunned Shigure Kira on the spot. The young Valkyrie who had been responsible for taking Shun away quickly left as soon as she saw things going wrong.
"Fan? Fan? Little Shun, what are you saying… I don't have any fans anymore."
Shun's words awakened long-buried memories in Shigure Kira. She had originally been a girl who dreamed of becoming an idol. Although she was tone-deaf, she had practiced singing extremely hard.
One day when she went to register for an idol audition, she accidentally got lost and ended up registering to become a Schicksal Valkyrie instead. Later, she even became one of Schicksal's only six A-rank Valkyries.
She had thought she would never recall these things again… Yet today, the child whom Lady Cecilia had taken in as her adopted younger brother, whom she had only just met.
However, Shigure Kira quickly reacted. She poked Shun's head and said, "Hey, little Shun, didn't Lady Cecilia tell you?"
Shun hurriedly shook his head and said sincerely, "Sister Cecilia didn't tell me anything about Kira Sister. I really am Kira Sister's fan!"
Seeing that Shigure Kira still looked unconvinced, Shun quickly added, "I remember hearing Kira Sister practicing singing when I was very young. If you don't believe me, I can sing it!"
Shigure Kira suddenly recalled that she had indeed persistently practiced for a long time in the past in order to become an idol. Maybe little Shun really had heard her singing before?
Seeing Shigure Kira's expression gradually soften, Shun immediately seized the opportunity and sang.
"Kira, Kira, Kira Star! Twinkle, twinkle, shining bright."
Although Shun didn't know any singing techniques and it was just simple a cappella, it made Shigure Kira extremely excited.
Because this lyric was really the song she used to sing to cheer herself on when she was trying to become an idol.
That meant—little Shun was really her very first little fan in her idol career that had never even started?
No matter what, Shigure Kira had already thrown the idea of sending Shun back to Schicksal Headquarters out of her mind.
Looking at Shigure Kira's expression that looked like she was about to cry, Shun slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although lying wasn't good, there was no other way.
If he could sing To Keep a Heart Free from Sorrow and ignite the Elysian Star Sea, he wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble.