"Kiana, give up. You can't defeat me," Fu Hua said with a sigh.
"How could I possibly lose to you!" Kiana gathered a large amount of black mist in her hands, then directly surrounded the area where Fu Hua was standing.
"Now, let's see how you dodge this!"
Regarding the black mist surrounding Fu Hua's body, Fu Hua merely waved her arm casually.
The surrounding airflow gathered the black mist, finally forming a sphere, which Fu Hua directly threw high into the sky.
Finally, at an unknown height in the sky, the sphere, which had gathered a large amount of black mist, shattered, and the black mist slowly faded, eventually blending into the air.
"Ha... haha..." Kiana, still maintaining her attack posture, now had a few drops of cold sweat running down her forehead.
"Kiana, your move would indeed be surprisingly effective if you hadn't revealed your abilities to your opponent, but you've already told me your information."
"Don't... don't be smug! I... I have other moves!"
Kiana directly pressed the gem against her chest.
Kiana's clothes slowly dissolved, and then a suit of armor appeared on her body.
After the armor appeared, Kiana gathered even more Honkai Energy, and the armor slowly began to change.
"Hahaha, I knew it. This suit of armor is extraordinary." Kiana clenched her fists. "I didn't expect that the armor used in that data space would be this very one."
"With me in armor and you without, how will you win!" Kiana floated in the air, speaking to Fu Hua, who was still standing on the rooftop.
"Kiana, armor is merely an auxiliary item." As a feather drifted down, Fu Hua's voice sounded behind Kiana.
Kiana immediately turned and threw a punch behind her.
"Still too impetuous."
Kiana's body immediately plummeted towards the rooftop.
Lying in the crater, with her armor slowly dissipating, Kiana looked at Fu Hua, who was standing beside her. "How is this possible? How could it be so fast?"
"Kiana, when you have a certain advantage, you must not be too arrogant," Fu Hua said with another sigh.
"Kiana, you lost, oh, I'm taking the gem now ♬ ~" Aili squatted beside Kiana, reaching out to take the gem from Kiana's chest.
Then she put it into a box.
Just as the armor was about to completely dissipate, Aili took off her jacket and covered Kiana with it.
"I'm not reconciled..." As these words ended, Kiana closed her eyes and fell unconscious.
"You're so cool, Hua ♬ ~" Aili put the box into her pocket.
"Doctor Maji has been confirmed dead." Fu Hua picked Kiana up. "Our mission failed."
"Is that so? How did he remove that excessive Honkai Energy?" Hearing this news, the smile on Aili's face slowly disappeared.
"By detonating a portion of the Honkai Energy crystals to counteract the Honkai Energy emitted by them," Fu Hua said, looking at the collapsed building nearby.
"Is that so? He's truly impressive." Aili reached into her pocket and pulled out the USB drive Doctor Maji had given her.
"This USB drive contains Doctor Maji's research findings."
The two were silent for a moment.
Soon after, Ghost's voice came through the communication device.
"You're already on the rooftop, right? The aircraft will be here shortly." Ghost said, looking at another communication that had just ended.
"Mhm, thank you." Fu Hua glanced at the silent Aili beside her and spoke into the communication device.
"Oh, what are you thanking me for? We've cooperated so many times. This time, I should be thanking you for helping me save my bar," Ghost said, polishing the wine glass in his hand.
"Mhm."
"Alright, you can go back soon. I'm hanging up now." With that, Ghost ended the communication.
Then Ghost looked at Siegfried, who had just pushed open the door.
"Siegfried, why are you here again?"
"Hahaha, it's nothing. I'll be leaving soon anyway. I just wanted to come here and grab two bottles of wine to quench my thirst," Siegfried said, scratching his head. "Do you have any recommendations?"
Ghost turned around and gave a wry smile, then took out a bottle of wine from under the counter. "Siegfried, this is the most precious wine in my humble establishment."
"Oh, why are you so nervous? I'm not going to drink it all." Siegfried took the wine and immediately put it in his pocket. "Give me another, slightly cheaper bottle for now; I need to quench my thirst."
"I'll take this good wine back to drink with an old friend."
Ghost could only condemn this behavior inwardly, while physically, he obediently grabbed another bottle for Siegfried.
Carrying the wine, he walked out of the bar. Looking at the aircraft slowly shrinking in the sky, Siegfried also got into his car.
On the other side, Otto looked at the projection in front of him.
Finally, his gaze fell upon the image of Aili holding the gem with her bare hands.
Swirling the red wine in his hand, "My old friend, this friend of yours is also quite extraordinary."
"Possessing the Corruption Key, able to touch gems at will, is she also a Herrscher candidate?"
He drank all the red wine in his glass in one gulp.
"I didn't expect that in your current state, my old friend, you could still deal with her, who possesses the power of the Herrscher of Death."
"She even knows about the God-Slaying Armor."
"Does she also have the memories from the previous data space, or rather, does she have all the memories of this current personality, but it just doesn't usually appear?"
"However, it seems my plan was quite successful; the clone of the Herrscher of the Void also has human emotions."
"My old friend, are you so averse to my help?"
Otto looked at the panel beside him, which prominently displayed the fourth-generation armor that Fu Hua had tested.
Just now, if Fu Hua had spoken, Otto would have initiated the armor's teleportation procedure.
"Amber, prepare an aircraft for me to St. Freya Academy. I want to visit my old friend."
Otto handed the empty wine glass to the masked girl beside him.
"Yes, Lord Bishop," Amber took the wine glass and then arranged an aircraft for Otto to St. Freya Academy.
"However, Lord Bishop, what about the Singapore government?"
"The Singapore government? They're mere clowns. They'll come begging on their own," Otto said, closing the projection in front of him and walking towards the door.
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