Chapter 269 Battle Plan

"That...that..."

Ai Li opened her mouth, seeming to be hesitating, but finally blurted out the question in her heart:

"Then Yiwen Jielin...she is a spiritually aware fusion warrior. Didn't she...not see that?"

"As long as you are a normal person, you will not look at those close to you... Well, no, it should be said that as long as there are no quirks, even a fusion warrior with mental perception will not pry into other people's thoughts at will, right? Not to mention the person closest to me, don’t you think so?”

Mikael tilted his head and invited out the only serious mental perception fusion warrior present.

"That's right."

Su closed his eyes and spread his hands, his tone carrying some indescribable compassion:

"Unlike those around you who abuse your abilities, this is the bottom line for fusion warriors, especially spiritually aware fusion warriors. It is also a very necessary self-restraint - even if Aponya has not planted a commandment on this, we will still Consciously comply with this, this is the consensus of all spiritually aware fusion warriors.

"After all, compared to Kevin's fighting ability, once our mental abilities are abused, it will do more harm to human beings."

"..."

For a moment, Mikael couldn't tell whether he was discussing matters or admonishing him secretly.

Moreover, his proof did not end this topic, because Ellie found more contradictions:

"But I still feel something is wrong. As a girl, if the consciousness of her significant other ceases to exist and the Herrscher consciousness takes over, even if the subconscious and memory in the body still exist, it is impossible not to expose any flaws. ? Just like the problem of goggles, if you can find it, Mikael, I don’t think Yiwen Jielin can’t find it.”

Michael pursed his lips. For a moment, he couldn't tell what the voice of Alicia's words was.

Is it simply unwilling to accept that another friend he has known for many years has become a Herrist, or is it hinting to him that Yiwen Jielin may also be a Herrscher?

He had actually suspected this for a long time, but using the power of consciousness on Ewenjielin was different from using it on Aldemir.

Aldemir is an ordinary person, but as a fusion warrior, Evelyn is extremely sensitive to the flow of Honkai energy. Wasn't she caught on the spot when Mikael peeked at Mebius' thoughts before?

Not to mention, Yiwen Jielin is also a fusion warrior with mental perception. If she was not a Herrscher, she would only have to explain it later if she was caught doing this. But if she was a Herrscher, this would undoubtedly be a warning.

Moreover, she also has the ability of mental perception. In addition, it is known that the Herrscher of Dominance has displayed a small part of the Herrscher's power. It is not surprising that she is the power of consciousness. Mikael, even if Mikael relies on the power of power, it is not surprising. Advantages probed her mind without anyone noticing. Whether it could detect any abnormality was still a question——

She can also use her spiritual power to modify her consciousness!

The most direct way to identify whether she is a Herrscher is undoubtedly to dig into her heart, but this... wouldn't this be more of a warning?

Well... Having said all that, Mikael has already made a judgment in his own heart...

"Well...it's not impossible even if you don't see it!"

The solemn atmosphere in the laboratory made Kevin feel uncomfortable and restless. He didn't know why. Although Aldemir had been his comrade for many years, he couldn't be as...sad as others.

So he decided to break the atmosphere.

"It is said that a woman's IQ will decrease when she is in love..."

Seeing that everyone looked at him with inappropriate eyes, Kevin quickly changed his explanation:

"Just because you find something abnormal doesn't mean you will become suspicious... If you don't know about the Tenth Herrscher in advance, most people will probably make up a story in their minds when faced with the sudden abnormal behavior of their significant other. A reasonable explanation, right?

"For example, if Mei suddenly becomes very emotional one day, I won't be surprised at first and think that she has become a Herrscher. My first thought must be - her aunt is here!"

As Kevin talked, he gradually felt that something was wrong, but when Mei's sharp eyes swept towards him, his survival instinct made him ignore this abnormality.

While waving his hands to beg for mercy, he turned his head away with a wry smile. In order to make his body more relaxed, he leaned his back against the cold wall.

Although his own body temperature was unusually low for ordinary people, he still felt a coldness, a severe cold from the bottom of his heart. It spread to the whole body along with every expansion of the arteries, and then through the contraction of the veins, it continued at a lower level. The temperature returns to the heart...

Then, an uncontrollable numbness quickly spread from his chest and back.

Even though he didn't have a cold, or even no longer had the ability to catch a cold, Kevin still snorted.

His lower jaw suddenly trembled twice, and then he clenched it tightly. The "click" sound was transmitted to his own ears through the vibration of muscles and bones——

He originally thought he was not sad, and even felt a little guilty about it, but... he didn't know if it was some keyword triggered by his brain, or if it was just because he was slow, which made the feeling come slower.

In short, the scenes with Aldemir suddenly flashed through his mind.

The first encounter was at the celebration party for killing the emperor-level Honkai Beast Yasha in Luluye. At that time, both of them attended the party as "enthusiastic citizens", but their trajectories intersected here. :

Aldemir was directly recommended by Mikael and joined the Fire Chaser Moth, while Kevin followed Mei, who had received the invitation but was still hesitating, back to Thousand Feathers Academy.

If there hadn't been a third collapse... maybe this would have just been an ordinary pass.

We met again after the third Honkai Impact. At that time, Kevin temporarily acted as the captain of the fifth team by virtue of his super physical fitness that he couldn't even figure out. After that, the two didn't like each other for more than half a year.

Naturally, it was not because of jealousy for coming from behind. Aldemir's hostility towards him was because after Mikael's first "death", he followed the request of Mei, who knew part of the inside story, and adopted a neutral attitude of indifference to everything. He didn't go to help Alicia.

Aldemir thought he was cold and indifferent, and looked down upon him...until Kevin saved his life on the eve of the Fourth Collapse, and later he learned part of the truth from Mikael, so the relationship between the two Completely reversed in one fell swoop.

I still remember that May and Mikael later devised a strategy of using every possible means to separate [SEELE]. At that time, Aldemir, who was walking by the lake, witnessed him being hit by a bullet and "his life hanging by a thread."

Therefore, his actions at the door of Mei's laboratory were really not a performance, but just an expression of true feelings.

However, Kevin inside the door was quickly bandaged by Mei, and then sat on the pony, pulling Mei and Yiwen Jielin to play Landlords...

Thinking of the unevenness of the grass, Kevin immediately pursed his lips, but his shoulders still kept shaking, and he kept making "crying, crying, crying" sounds from his mouth.

But soon, his pursed lips felt a hint of cold salty taste, and he burst into tears inadvertently.

"It's so embarrassing... Mei, Su, Sakura, Mikael and Ellie are all here... Fortunately, you turned away, they shouldn't be able to see it now... Stop it now..."

But the more he tried to suppress it, the stronger the sadness in his heart became, and the more sour his eyes became.

So, he sighed softly and let his body temperature gradually drop to below zero, and the tears stopped flowing because his eyelids were frozen together.

"I shouldn't be like this. Don't I only care about Mei...Aren't I very selfish...I'm not..."

As said in many comics, he originally thought that the most difficult thing for people to achieve is mutual understanding.

But it wasn't until this moment that he realized that the most difficult thing for people to see clearly is not others, but themselves.

He thought he had seen through himself and thought he was a very selfish person. He had never thought about saving the world or anything like that, and he never thought he would shed tears for the death of people other than his family.

But the salty and cold tears denied all of this, or maybe the definition of "family" in his world was completely different.

Mei felt a sense of coldness in her heart, and looked at Kevin, only to see him with his back to everyone, holding on to the wall with one hand, and walking out of the laboratory in silence.

So she opened her mouth and fell into a hesitation she had not experienced in a long time——

At this time, should we catch up with Kevin, or should we stay here and deal with the Tenth Herrscher first?

As if sensing her inner struggle, Mikael spread his hands and said:

"Mei, go ahead."

"No, we should still make a battle plan first. The sooner we make a plan and put it into action, the less damage the Tenth Herrscher will cause."

Mei crossed her arms over her chest, lowered her head, and answered absentmindedly.

"But... Mei, don't we already have a battle plan?"

"Huh?"

May's head shot up.

"Sure enough, the IQ of a woman in love will drop without a bottom line."

Mikael complained silently in his heart. Although it was unnecessary, he habitually lowered his voice and asked:

"Mei, your Blank Key should be completed, right?"

"Well..."

Mei let out a sigh and pushed up her glasses. Her rationality was belated, but she finally understood Mikael's voice-over——

"That's right, just follow... please enter the urn. After all, it is a combat plan that has proven its feasibility. It just needs to be improved in details and eliminate the part that contains risks."

In the eyes of Ai Li, Su and Sakura, this exchange between the two seemed a bit bizarre - obviously every word could be understood separately, but when put together, it was like a fantasy.

However, they are not fools. Of course, they know that this discrepancy is caused by information differences. However, except for Ellie's mouth to express dissatisfaction, Sakura and Su have no objection to this.

After all, they have long been accustomed to the role of executor.

"That's it..."

Of course, Mei understood what the "risk" Mikael was talking about was that the use of the Blank Key would cause irreversible damage to her body.

Although May herself didn't care about this "risk", it was obvious that Mikael didn't want it to happen, and Kevin never wanted to see such a result.

The corresponding solution is actually very simple - just rely on Mikael's space power to quickly rush to the battlefield, then there is no need for her to use the blank key, so the blank key is just a final insurance.

But this is what Mei is worried about - Mikael can quickly reach every battlefield through the power of the sky, and she doesn't think the Herrscher doesn't know that.

So under this premise, is the so-called inviting you to the urn too obvious?

Mei held her chin in thought.

She soon discovered that there was actually no room for manipulation.

After all, the prerequisite for Mikael to reach the battlefield quickly is that he gets the message for help sent by himself, so as long as the Tenth Herrscher is given the ability to block communications, wouldn't it be enough?

Mei was thinking about whether to give Evelyn a chance to get in touch with the Key of the Third God - yes, like Mikael, she also believed from the bottom of her heart that Evelyn was the individual of the Tenth Herrscher, because just by virtue of How could an ordinary person like Aldemir have the opportunity to come into contact with the keys of the seventh and eighth gods?

The training of fusion warriors includes the subject of using other people's weapons, especially the God Key. Although this thing is not suitable for everyone, every fusion warrior must also learn how to use them. After all, anything may appear on the battlefield. In this situation, maybe it would require an unknown ordinary fusion warrior to take over the God Key and deliver a crucial blow?

And it's not easy to verify. Mei thought, she can check the training records of reverse entropy later and know at a glance.

"Wait a minute, there seems to be a problem with the previous plan. Mikael also has the power of consciousness. He not only has the method of electromagnetic communication... but the Tenth Herrscher also has a small part of the power of consciousness, just that small part. Can it have a blocking effect..."

Mei's mind was still constantly replenishing the "invite you into the urn" plan, but before she could come up with a complete result, she was pushed out of the laboratory by Mikael and Alicia.

"Ouch! Mei! If you don't catch up, be careful of Kevin running away!"

Alicia glanced at Mikael pointedly.

"Him? He certainly won't."

Mei said firmly.

She did not refuse the kindness of the two of them. She waved back hastily and ran towards Kevin's back not far away.

"I'm so envious..."

Ellie sucked her fingers and kept sighing, while Mikael on the side turned his face away and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

He pursed his lips, but what flashed through his mind was not what Aili just meant.

He suddenly felt that he was a little different today.

If Kevin's sadness is belated... then the sadness in his heart is not so much that it comes later or does not come. It is better to say that this sadness has always existed, because it has always existed, so that it is only Expressed in the form of silence…

So...so indifferent.

Perhaps, this is what Himihu calls numbness.

Therefore, Mikael was a little envious of Kevin and... Hua's sudden and explosive grief.

As that sentence ironically says - no matter what, people will always hopelessly miss and hopelessly envy the fragile self they once were.

But nostalgia and envy don't mean that he doesn't hate or dislike him, nor does it mean that he wants to walk the wrong path again, it's just some emotion.

"If there are no instructions, we will leave first. We must also monitor the damage that the Tenth Herrscher may cause in real time."

Sakura caught up with the two of them, walked a few steps side by side, and finally fell half a body behind, then asked for instructions.

"Ah, oh? Just keep everything as normal."

Mikael said something carelessly.

No, rather than saying that his words were meaningless, it would be better to say that they were based on some kind of information gap that prevented Sakura from understanding the meaning of his words.

Of course Mikael realized this, so he continued to explain:

"The so-called inviting you into the urn is actually quite different from pretending to be defeated to lure the enemy deeper. Since you want to implement this plan, you must first look like you were caught off guard by the Tenth Herrscher's attack. This will make them arrogant. , so that they can easily bite the bait we put out.”

Sakura understood now, although...

actually……

According to the attack method of the Tenth Herrscher, there seems to be no good way to deal with the Fire Chaser Moth head-on.

No wonder... with the Fire Chasing Moth now able to easily kill the armed forces of any Herrscher before the Tenth Herrscher, if it can't be solved by frontal combat, why bother using tactics?

But thinking about it this way, is Honkai aware of this, so that's why he shaped the Tenth Herrscher like this?

Sakura quickly shook her head. She suddenly found that she had gone through the longest period of thinking in many years, and finally came to a ridiculous conclusion——

Is it possible that Honkai still sent down each Herrscher consciously and selectively, formulating their powers?

Is it the same as the so-called gods? How is that possible!

But thinking about how Mikael and Mei always talked about "gods"... Sakura was confused for a moment.

When Su stood next to her and asked her where she was going next, she came back to her senses and looked in front of her. The backs of Mikael and Alicia had become a small black dot in the distance.

She tapped her foot lightly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"I'll go to the situation room and be on standby."

She wiped away all emotions and replied coldly.

"Oh? Are you still on call today? Then I'll go find Hua. Carol's death must be a big blow to her."

"Are you serious?"

Sakura's cold expression broke instantly.

She raised her eyebrows and shook her head at Su:

"Maybe... you don't need it, no, it's..."

Sakura kept switching words, trying to find a euphemism.

"Maybe, you don't need to comfort Hua?"

She finally chose to express herself directly.

"Hmm?"

"...Okay, Su, although you are a part-time psychologist and a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception type...but in some things, you are really...no different from Kevin..."

"Kevin?"

Su closed his eyes and tilted his head. The morning breeze was a little cold. He didn't wait for an answer for a long time, so he secretly opened his eyes a little...

Ying was no longer in front of him.

He touched his head without knowing why, and felt that he was alone in this dim tunnel...

Somewhat lonely.

Hey! I passed! I passed the qualification for the third railway test!