Chapter 598 The Fool in the Theater

"Wait a minute, I object!"

At the familiar voice, the puppet holding the dagger stopped approaching Kiana. And Kiana, who was still struggling, also calmed down at this moment.

But the silence was only temporary. After I silently confirmed the owner of that voice in my heart, and confirmed that I definitely did not have auditory hallucinations due to nervousness - especially the actions and whispers of the doll in front of me provided the most powerful proof:

"Hey, hey, Guinevere actually came back alive? What a great deal!"

"What the hell, didn't you see that she came back empty-handed? She moves around freely all day long and doesn't pay attention to anyone. You think she is so powerful. Doesn't this also fail to bring back the Herrscher of Reason?"

"Woo!"

The chain "哐" sounded. At the same time as the force, the teeth always bit the tightest unconsciously. The saliva flowed along the chain to the chest and flowed to the thigh. Come.

However, just to this extent, nothing can be done.

"Sigh... I really didn't expect that there would be so many blind people among the brothers and sisters who received the blessing with me. It seems that I have to pray to the gods for another miracle to heal everyone's eyes. Uh-huh."

A pretentious chuckle sounded from the side. Kiana wanted to turn her head to look at the person, but was pressed against her cheek by a warm and moist palm.

The same scene seemed to have happened not long ago, and Kiana was in a daze for a moment - a senior who often took care of her, and a junior who she often took care of, actually became an apostle of Honkai...

There was moist liquid sliding down her face in that familiar palm, but Kiana couldn't see clearly what it was, she just felt sticky and uncomfortable.

Then, she smelled the pungent smell of blood.

It was an extremely strong smell of blood, and it was definitely not just the blood of one person, but the smell of blood of many, many, countless people, including broken internal organs, and even incompletely digested food gushing out from a ruptured stomach. The smell of excrement—all of the above mixed together will give off a disgusting fishy smell.

For a moment, I was confused and my vision was blurred. The light, shadow, and space seemed to have double images, and they were rotating slowly or rapidly like a kaleidoscope.

It wasn't until the abstracted light and shadow merged into a colorful river, almost drowning her, that Kiana regained consciousness.

But his eyes were wide open, but it seemed like time was not flowing at all.

Fortunately, there are always some low-quality dolls that can help people wake up in unexpected ways.

"I*! Who are you calling blind? Why are you even more amazing than Wendy!"

"That's right, the mission is just a little more dangerous, so you're here to show us off, right? We can do it, but we just don't have a chance!"

"Puff——"

Guinevere covered her mouth and chuckled.

"It can't be done, it can't be done. My misanthropy is about to break out. It seems that some of our brothers and sisters need treatment not only for their eyes, but also for their brains."

As she spoke, Guinevere pointed to the dagger in Wendy's hand, and then pointed to the broken remains of the high platform on the stone slab and the broken mallet.

"They say you are blind, you really can't see. Although I just arrived, there are none of these things here, right? Why, can't you see it? This is the power of the Lawyer, and it is genuine The power of the Herrscher of Reason is exercised by us, but it is borne by the original First Herrscher, don’t you think so, Senior Wendy?”

"Well, with the power of the Herrscher of Reason, it is indeed a lot more convenient. Thank you very much."

The doll, which was already indistinguishable from the individuals on the surrounding stone steps, grinned a seemingly innocent smile.

"..."

"However, Guinevere. I admit that you have made a huge contribution to our plan, but you must understand that the death penalty for Kiana Kaslana has been passed by an absolute majority. Even if you add Your vote cannot change this decision at all.”

"Then you can execute Kiana Kaslana."

"Um?"

Guinevere smiled silently while rubbing Kiana's head. The originally snow-white hair looked like it had been soaked in a bucket of blood.

"Go! Go quickly! Anyway, the person you want to execute is Kiana, so go find Kiana - if she is still alive."

"It's hard, now it really turns into [Kiana is the one who is executed, what does it have to do with me K423]?"

The existence that can be called "Wendy" quickly turned around and glanced. The commotion behind him quickly subsided. Each doll suppressed his breathing and watched the game about Kiana's life and death intently.

Although most people don't know what's so noisy, it's better to be noisy than peaceful. Everyone was so amiable, it was so boring that I almost fell asleep, it would be great fun to watch it when they were noisy!

"If your objection is just for such meaningless sophistry, then it is best not to prevent me from carrying out the results of the trial."

"Wendy" held the dagger tightly and took a step forward as if to demonstrate.

"well……"

Guinevere finally withdrew the hand that was wreaking havoc on Kiana's head. She covered her forehead, hit her head hard twice, and muttered something:

"Oh, oh, oh, Wendy-senpai is really serious and strict, but...Wendy-senpai, I think it would be better to hold a new vote, right?"

"You...what's your reason? If you keep saying those sophistry, I don't mind helping you review our doctrines before killing Kiana."

"Isn't that natural?"

Guinevere sighed, tilted her head, and cast a disappointed look at "Wendy".

"Senior Wendy, before sentencing her to death, did you also ask for her cooperation intention?"

"That's natural, but you should have guessed that she would never cooperate with us. In order to clear the obstacles on the road to the utopia, killing her is undoubtedly the best choice."

"Ah——"

Guinevere covered her face with excitement and screamed, and she didn't seem to care about the blood on her hands at all. She kept scratching her cheek until a strange blood totem almost appeared on her fair skin, and she stopped.

But after a pause, her voice rang again, and it took only a second to complete the transformation from mild to arrogant:

"I really, I really, I really can't stand you idiots!"

The heels of her shoes trampled the ground hard, and Guinevere looked like she wanted to peel off a layer of her skin.

In contrast, the silver thread connected to "Wendy" jumped up and down, and its joints swayed up and down, left and right, and its head was stuck in a 360-degree rotation cycle again.

Guinevere did not miss this opportunity. She took two deep breaths, imitated the gods, raised her arms, and raised them to the same level as her shoulders-

"Don't forget the guy who is tied here now..."

After saying a few words, Guinevere still failed to imitate the gods to the end.

She put down her arms and put her hands on her waist to ensure balance, and at the same time raised her legs and stepped on Kiana's head.

"It's not just one person who is tied here. The reason why they refuse to join hands with us to welcome the utopia promised by the gods is probably because the control of their bodies is still firmly in the hands of Kiana, or K423's consciousness."

"You mean..."

"That's right!"

Guinevere tried to snap her fingers, but the sticky blood between her fingers affected her performance. She tried three or four times but failed to make any sound.

But she didn't seem to be embarrassed at all, and just kept talking:

"Most of the crimes you mentioned about Kiana should be blamed on that Sirin. Of course, the existence of the so-called Kiana is essentially the other side of Sirin."

Hearing her words, Kiana struggled again without surprise.

Guinevere didn't say much, but just increased the strength of her feet and stepped directly on Kiana's head to the side. Unfortunately, her mouth was strangled by the iron chain and she could hardly move. If she really used all her strength, the corners of Kiana's mouth would be torn by the chain. But this alone was enough. Under great pain, Kiana quickly became obedient for the umpteenth time.

"It's too stupid to expect a fool like Kiana to understand the great cause entrusted to us by God. I don't even know who came up with this masterpiece."

Guinevere's eyes stopped at the face of the puppet transformed by Wendy, but quickly moved away.

"In short, Kiana's unwillingness does not mean that [Sirin] is unwilling. Don't forget that she contacted God and received guidance from God much earlier than us, but her consciousness has been suppressed by Kiana for a long time. But we are still here, we can let Sirin control this body and fight side by side with us. Who made each of us get so insignificant after the power bestowed by God was divided into a thousand parts? If there is no good thug, it would be too difficult to burn this old world."

For some reason, Kiana did not struggle or resist this time, but turned her sky blue eyes, wondering what she was thinking.

Guinevere glanced sideways at Kiana, and for some reason, a smile appeared on her lips.

But soon, the questioning voice in front of her drew her attention back.

"What you said may make sense, but there is still a problem - in order to awaken Sirin's consciousness, theoretically, a core-equivalent Honkai energy is required. Aside from the core in Kiana's body, there are only the First Herrscher, the Third Herrscher, and the Eighth Herrscher. The First Herrscher's power was taken away by you, and the core is still in her hands. The whereabouts of the Third Herrscher and the Eighth Herrscher are unknown. Oh, yes, I also missed a plague gem. Why, did you bring that thing back?"

"Of course... No! What can I do alone? In fact, if it weren't for the gods' personal intervention at the last minute, I would not be able to come back."

The puppets communicated noisily again. It's not that they are interested in Guinevere's proposal. Most of the puppets may not be able to distinguish the concepts of Herrscher, Core, Gem, etc. What really attracts them is the "God" mentioned by Guinevere.

"It seems that you are not too stupid - God certainly can't personally save me, a one-thousandth person. He just wants me to do one thing, um, yes, that's it, he told me how to awaken the Herrscher personality without the stimulation of Honkai energy."

Then, without giving Wendy or any puppet a chance to refute, she quickly walked over the puppet that Wendy had turned into and walked towards the wreckage of the platform, which was the center of the triangle knot.

She raised her hands in the air, and before Wendy could speak, her head rotated 360 degrees - the same action happening to a doll was already weird enough, but when it happened to a humanoid, it was even more...

"Stop talking nonsense, let's start the vote again - if you agree to give Kiana...oh no, if you agree to give our dear senior Siren a chance, please raise your hands!"

I don’t know if she received the indescribable blessing from the gods. Those guys who were clearly noisy when Wendy was hosting, gradually became quiet at this time, and then raised their hands obediently.

"It looks like there's no need to count them."

With something that might be called a "victor's smile", Guinevere turned around and stared at Wendy quietly.

"Let me give you a try. Anyway, you won't lose anything if you fail."

"Oh? Really? But I see that Senior Wendy seemed quite anxious about [killing Kiana] before. Why exactly?"

"Don't ask if it's none of your business."

"Oh! But didn't Senior Wendy warn me before not to always refuse to share information with everyone?"

The doll transformed by Wendy tilted its head, and the exaggerated and useless golden horns on both sides of its head almost scratched Guinevere's eyes.

Her eyes were covered by huge black eye patches, making it impossible to see what she was thinking, but Guinevere probably didn't care either.

Wendy's head turned back again and again.

As if she was deliberately teasing her, Guinevere spoke again at this moment:

"If I want to awaken Siren's personality, I have to borrow a few people from you."

"Can't you just go find the person you want? Ask me for what? It's a waste of time."

"Ah? Ah? When did Senior Wendy hate me so much? We are comrades who cooperated with each other tacitly and finally brought Kiana out of the anti-entropy base!"

"..."

"Or is it that Senior Wendy feels uncomfortable because I met the Lord God?"

Click——click——

The puppet's head was turned 170 degrees to the right, and its dark eyepatch was facing Guinevere's gaze.

"God saved your life so that you could become the cornerstone of reaching the Utopia, not just to talk nonsense here."

"Is this nonsense? I don't think so. On the contrary, I think it's very interesting that Wendy-senpai is eager to kill Kiana - what? It's Wendy-senpai who feels ashamed of Kiana, so she is eager to let everything go. Settle down so that there is no room for regret, or is it because... Senior Wendy is afraid that someone as smart as me will think of Sirin's personality and use the power of the Second Herrscher? "

"It's nonsense, nonsense."

"Well! After all, Wendy-senpai has never opened her heart to me, so I can only guess this way. However, Wendy-senpai has already turned into a doll, so it seems that I don't need to say anything more. ”

"..."

Click——click——

The doll's head turned back to the front.

Wendy left, leaving only one sentence to Guinevere:

"Now that you're here, don't keep that ugly look anymore. The business is to become one with us."

"Ah, that won't work. Although I also want to experience a puppet-like body, in order to draw out Siren's personality, I still need to use this not-so-good-looking skin for the time being."

"Then don't talk nonsense."

"I know, but it also depends on the cooperation between Kiana and Sirin."

"..."

"Huh? Did you leave?"

Dangdangdang——

Guinevere raised her chest and raised her head, and inexplicably waltzed twice.

Eeyah - Eeeah -

As if to accompany her dance, the sound of the doll's joints rubbing was endless.

But when Guinevere hummed a little tune and completed the seventh circle, most of the dolls were pulled by the silver thread and flew towards the sky again.

"What a wonderful way to exit, as if on a carefully constructed stage, the noisy and gesticulating characters were lifted up into the sky by the threads of fate. But what can be reached above the clouds is Valhalla, after all. Or Helheim?"

"..."

Guinevere walked up to Kiana step by step and slowly squatted down.

"Kiana, what do you think, if you die at this moment, should your soul go to heaven or hell?"

Guinevere reached out and touched the chain that locked Kiana's lips and head. Blue light bloomed from her fingertips. After a while, the chain dissolved.

Kiana's tongue swirled in her mouth, bit by bit massaging the parts that were sore from the friction of the chains.

She was eager to speak, but Guinevere tapped her lips with her index finger.

"You don't have to rush to answer. Now you can't give the correct answer at all. I know that after witnessing everything before, you will only believe that this is a farce - and it is indeed, who is the name of this place? It's called [Domination Theater]. You can see too many absurd and ridiculous dramas here, but you don't know if everything you think is ridiculous actually happened or is just a fiction. story.

"Of course, the crimes listed by those idiots are really funny. Kiana thinks so too. Those are obviously the crimes committed by Sirin. Even if they are smaller, such as the affairs of Lady Cecilia Shaniat, the affairs of Lord Siegfried, and the affairs of the real Kiana, these are not your responsibility.

"Kiana, I admit that you have never done any evil subjectively. However, there are too many evils that occur without your awareness, and even if you want to do good, you cannot avoid it." (End of this chapter)