"...I know, Bronya is in your hands."
After listening to Sin's report on the situation in the hangar, Cocolia made a decision with a grim expression and then cut off the communication.
"I didn't expect Bronya to... Alas."
With a bit of anger, Cocolia massaged her temples. She never expected Bronya to cause such a big surprise after returning from her mission.
"But..."
Cocolia glanced coldly at Kiana and Mei on the monitoring screen.
"It's too naive to think that you can stop my plan with just these two brats."
Paralyzing the mecha troops, stopping Sin, and then turning against her—Bronya had indeed planned very carefully.
At least on the surface, it appeared as though all the defenses Cocolia had set up were now gone.
But this was only on the surface.
As the most ruthless person in Anti-Entropy and known as the cunning "female fox," Cocolia had secretly kept more than one card up her sleeve.
"Let me teach you a lesson, my lovely daughter."
With a slight gnashing of teeth, Cocolia looked at the two people in the picture with a cold expression before turning away.
Walking out of the control room, she headed to the most hidden door, which was declared to be an abandoned room for staff.
The only person qualified to enter this room in all of Anti-Entropy was Cocolia herself.
This was her biggest hidden card.
The mechanical door slowly opened.
Inside was a spacious, undecorated room with a flat floor. It seemed like just another abandoned, useless room as Cocolia had told the staff.
However, after operating the encoder she carried, a silver culture chamber slowly emerged.
Looking inside through the transparent glass, a blue-haired young man was lying inside, wearing simple clothes.
This was the clone Cocolia had created using the genetic data of Welt Joyce, the leader of Anti-Entropy.
Through cloning technology, she had tried to replicate the powerful abilities of Welt, the first Herrscher.
But unfortunately, the result was not as successful as hoped.
The clones created by the technology weren't as strong as the original and were prone to defects, such as brain issues, extreme self-centeredness, or even abnormal sexual fetishes.
However, despite the imperfections, after removing the defects, the clones did have some of Welt's abilities.
The one before her was the first in the clone series.
This one could control gravity up to one hundred times.
Compared to the ten thousand times gravity of the perfect Star of Eden, it was insignificant.
Of course, this level was still enough for now.
Gravity was an ability that should not be mastered by humans. Even at just one hundred times, it was enough to kill an A-rank Valkyrie from Schicksal. If it hit an S-rank Valkyrie, even they might not survive unless they were an extremely special individual.
And now, just relying on those two little girls?
Through the controller, Cocolia directly opened the incubator and woke up Welt(Clone) inside. He stood respectfully beside it as the blue-haired man inside opened his eyes slowly, stood up, tilted his neck, stretched his arms, and flexed his stiff bones.
"Tell me, what made you wake me up?"
With a bit of frivolity in his tone, Welt(Cl
one) glanced at Cocolia impatiently. According to the information Cocolia had given him, he should have been in a state of serious injury due to the second eruption, so he needed to rest in the incubator and should only be awakened when absolutely necessary.
The pressure made Cocolia lower her head slightly as she spoke in a dull tone.
"...Because of the trouble caused by my adopted daughter, two little girls took advantage of the chaos to enter the base and try to destroy our plan."
"Huh?" Welt(Clone)'s eyes suddenly turned cold, and the gravity flowing through his muscles instinctively applied pressure to Cocolia. The attack was so sudden that it caused Cocolia to kneel immediately.
"Just two little girls woke me up?" Welt(Clone) asked as he looked down at Cocolia from above, his eyes sharp and filled with dissatisfaction. He bent his knees slightly and squatted down, extending his hand to pinch Cocolia's chin, lifting it up. He sneered, "If you can't even handle something so small, I don't think there's any reason to keep you around, is there?"
"...Sorry, Lord Welt... The issue with my adopted daughter is that I failed to discipline her properly, but... one of the two little girls who came to attack is the third Herrscher in the plan."
For this rudeness, Cocolia did not show any dissatisfaction and was extremely servile.
"To be on the safe side, I woke up Lord Welt."
"Oh?" Welt seemed intrigued.
In an instant, Cocolia felt the gravity that had almost crushed her disappear without a trace.
"Now that I think about it, I haven't seen any others of her kind yet."
The real Welt had experienced the Second Honkai and seen the Second Herrscher.
Originally, this should have been engraved in Welt's genes, but due to Cocolia's inadequate skills, this version of Welt only remembered that he had participated in the Second Honkai, with no recollection of the Second Herrscher.
"Hmph, I'll spare you for now since you've made many contributions in the past."
Welt picked up a hooded coat from nearby and put it on, smiling with a hint of frivolity.
Honestly speaking, the original Welt(Clone) was a handsome gentleman, but the replica, while inheriting the original's appearance, carried an unbearable amount of bad taste.
"Let me see what that fellow looks like."
He walked out and stopped just before the door, turning back slightly to leave a chilling warning.
"If you wake me up for such trivial matters again, I think you know what will happen, right?"
"I understand!"
Cocolia quickly responded.
This inferior product had an extremely violent personality. If the answer wasn't satisfactory, it would lead to discomfort on her side.
"I understand."
With that, Welt disappeared into the corridor, leaving only Cocolia behind.
She straightened her clothes, which had become messy due to the gravity.
With great skill, she tidied herself up before dealing with the secret room.
Cocolia returned to the control room, glancing at the monitoring screen. She watched as the two people neared Welt, and a curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Let them fight. It's better if they can hold out a little longer."
In that case, she could also collect some data from the battle to improve future versions of the Welt clone.
If it's a one-sided battle, it would be too boring.