In The Honkai World: Transforming Into An IF-Route Valkyrie

Hyperion

Inside the bridge, where the debris had been simply cleared away, Theresa sat with her hands crossed in front of her. This was the only thing in the entire bridge that could still be considered intact.

Although it was just a bare chair, from a certain perspective, it looked exceptionally pitiful.

Theresa frowned slightly as she looked at the communication screen in front of her and at Tesla, who had just run over panting.

Himeko leaned against the wall, her long red hair swaying with the slight bumps of the battleship. She held a cup of coffee in her hand—although it was instant, it was better than nothing.

Dr. Einstein still wore a calm, emotionless expression as she pushed up her glasses. Dr. Tesla, however, had a trace of irritation mixed with her frustration.

As for the reason, it was naturally Einstein, who was currently explaining things through the communication screen.

Tesla had been wondering why this guy hadn't followed her, assuming Einstein was just too used to sitting in an office and couldn't run as fast. It turned out this guy never even intended to come and just called directly!

After Einstein finished speaking, she looked at Tesla. Seeing the indignation on Tesla's face, Einstein shrugged. "I can only say that Dr. Tesla's brain didn't turn the corner fast enough. You can't blame me."

"Then why didn't you call me?!"

"Dr. Tesla ran too fast. I didn't have the time." Einstein casually took a sip of her coffee, looking completely normal, before turning to Theresa. "Anyway, that's what happened."

"So, that girl Irene took one look at the surveillance, said she was going to the Eye of the Deep, and ran off like a gust of wind, vanishing without a trace," Theresa summarized, her tone carrying a bit of helplessness and a subtle sense of being long accustomed to this.

How should she put it? It was indeed very familiar. It seemed like every time, this girl would run off right after speaking, and after running off, they might not even be able to find where she went.

"Pretty much." Tesla took over the conversation, imitating Irene's demeanor at the time and pointing at her own temple. "Irene seemed to know what happened, and then she said something like, 'I'm very familiar with him, he understands me, and the people in my head are even more familiar with him.'"

"See, just like that, all mysterious. She slipped away right after saying that. But speaking of which, although Irene seemed a bit rushed, it didn't feel like she was too worried that something might happen to Welt.

"It felt more like she was rushing to confirm something, or to receive someone."

"And explaining nothing once again." After pinching the bridge of her nose, Theresa looked up at the space in front of her and asked, "Rin, do you know what happened?"

"I know~" Rin answered Theresa's question without hesitation through the speaker. "But Sister Irene is going this time both to pick someone up and to stop him from coming back."

"Ah, what do you mean?" Theresa looked at the speaker where Rin's voice was coming from in confusion. "Is she picking Welt up? Or?"

"You'll know when we get there anyway~" Rin dragged out her tone. "Hmm, but I feel like Sister Irene probably won't be able to stop Uncle Kevin from coming back this time.

"He must have waited a very long time."

Kevin no longer had any reason to stay in the Sea of Quanta. His current physical condition was extremely healthy, and he had probably accumulated quite a lot of Honkai energy reserves within the Sea of Quanta.

Aside from not having his weapon on hand, there was almost no difference from his peak state. And she had also seen that video clip just now.

That blue hair couldn't be anyone else; it could only be Sister Griseo. Since they had found her, it was naturally time to return. Therefore, Sister Irene probably wouldn't be able to talk him out of it this time.

"Just how many things has Irene done without us knowing?" Himeko shook her head, pulling out her personal terminal and operating it while speaking.

"Fine, since you don't want to say, Rin, we can always find someone else to ask."

Rin didn't stop Himeko's actions. Everyone would know eventually anyway. She just wanted to maintain a little sense of mystery, which was why she didn't say it. If Himeko could find someone to ask, that was Himeko's ability.

Moreover, Rin roughly had an idea of who Himeko was going to ask.

"Himeko, who are you planning to call?" Theresa looked at Himeko. "Calling Irene? I already tried. That girl isn't answering, or maybe she has no signal."

"Of course not." Himeko shook her head and made the call. "You haven't forgotten, have you? Among us, there really is someone whom Irene brought out from the Sea of Quanta."

Just as Himeko's words fell, the terminal was connected, and Seele's voice came through. Clearly, White Seele had regained control of the body: "What is it? Teacher Himeko, do you need something from Seele?"

"Come to the bridge for a moment, Seele. We have something to ask you."

"Okay, Seele will be right there."

Eye of the Deep

Griseo sat on the cold, slightly damp ground, her arms hugging her knees. Her long light-blue hair was somewhat messily draped over her, and her gaze was fixed intensely on the Eye of the Deep in front of her.

At the entrance to the Eye of the Deep, the vortex that seemed to connect to another dimension was violently churning at this moment, periodically bursting out with massive amounts of Honkai energy.

Griseo didn't plan on leaving. She didn't understand the outside world anyway, so she might as well wait for Uncle Kevin to return. She didn't know where this place was, so where else could she go?

So, she would just wait here. Anyway, Uncle Kevin should be able to end the battle very quickly. It was just a Herrscher, and merely the Herrscher of Reason at that.

Although she didn't know where Uncle Kevin's weapon went, even without a weapon, Uncle Kevin could still fight just as well.

It was just that Griseo still didn't know why they started fighting. They were clearly quite friendly at the beginning, even though she was a bit confused about the situation at first.

But Griseo actually knew a little bit. After thinking for a while, she also figured out why Uncle Kevin was so friendly to him.

Because he was a friendly Herrscher. But Griseo still didn't know why the two of them had to fight, and it was even that Herrscher uncle who struck first.

Just as Griseo was still contemplating whether she should go back and persuade the two of them to stop fighting, she heard a sound coming from behind her.

Griseo immediately raised her head in alert, only to see a streak of cyan light crossing through Haiyuan City at extremely high speed, heading straight toward her.

And that aura wasn't unfamiliar to Griseo. A Herrscher. Another Herrscher. What exactly was the situation with this civilization? Having a Herrscher of Reason was one thing—after all, Herrschers were bound to be born—but why did another Herrscher suddenly pop up?

Could it be that the Honkai wasn't playing by the rules this time and just sent all the Herrschers at once? No, that's impossible.

The stream of light landed in front of Griseo. The light dissipated, revealing Wendy's appearance.

Griseo immediately flipped over and stood up, subconsciously assuming a defensive posture. The thick fountain pen in her hand instantly emitted a dazzling light as she took a sword stance.

She didn't even need to sense the lingering whirlwind around the other party; it already revealed her identity as the Herrscher of Wind. Was she attracted by the constantly erupting Honkai energy behind her?

Irene looked at the blue-haired girl who had instantly entered a state of high alert. A hint of amusement and helplessness flashed in her eyes. It really was Griseo, and it was the grown-up Griseo at that.

"State your identity." Griseo looked at Irene and demanded. The reason she didn't attack immediately was also because she felt obvious goodwill from the Herrscher in front of her.

Irene didn't speak immediately but smiled faintly. Under Griseo's vigilant gaze, Irene took out Pardo's card from her pocket and pressed it against her body.

Amidst the glow, Wendy's figure and face rippled like water and began to change.

Her body slowly descended to the ground. Her originally hair turned into smooth light chestnut, and two fluffy cat ears 'grew' from the top of her head.

Her pupils shifted into a pair of nimble, heterochromic eyes carrying a hint of slyness and curiosity. Her clothing also transformed into a crop top and hot pants suited for easy movement, with a large tail swishing nimbly behind her.

Pardo blinked, her face displaying that familiar, lively smile from Griseo's memories, and her voice became brisk.

"Yo! Little Griseo! Long time no see! Oh my, I finally found you. Everyone missed you to death!"

Griseo was completely stunned. Her defensive posture unconsciously relaxed, and her large blue eyes filled with disbelief, shock, and a gradually welling surge of pleasant surprise.

"Sister... Pardo?" Her voice trembled slightly, laced with uncertainty. "Is-is it really you? Weren't you..."

"Hehe, it's me, it's really me!" Pardo, who was controlling Irene's body, nodded vigorously. "Though, the situation right now is a little bit complicated.

"As for this body, just assume I'm temporarily squatting in it for now. I'll explain the details next time. The important thing is that it's so great you're okay, Little Griseo! Boss Kevin is really something, just tossing you out like that. Wasn't he worried you'd get hurt?"

Looking at the chattering Pardo in front of her, Griseo's eyes were full of astonishment. Because she knew one thing very clearly: Sister Pardo had also sacrificed herself. So what was the deal with the Sister Pardo in front of her?

But she could also distinctly feel the colors that belonged to Sister Pardo. That couldn't be faked.

"Sister Pardo, how did you survive?" Griseo looked at Pardo with curiosity. Everyone knew about Pardo's death. Nothing could have survived in that kind of environment.

Could it be that Sister Pardo's weird and wonderful luck had taken effect?

"Hmm, accurately speaking, I didn't exactly survive either." Pardo scratched her head. "Anyway, it's a bit complicated. But Griseo, it's just good that you're okay."

Pardo patted her body as she spoke, only to realize that she didn't have the photo album she needed to contact the Realm. She asked in her mind.

[Sister Irene, where's the photo album? How come I can't feel it on me?]

[It's with me.] Irene shook her head mentally. Because she had full administrative rights, after transforming, she could pull items from her own inventory.

Otherwise, with those Transformation Cards, leaving aside everything else, Pardo's outfit simply didn't have any pockets to hold things. Anything slightly larger would have to be hidden on Pardo's person by Pardo herself.

Not to mention that large photo album. Therefore, those things were generally kept on Irene's person. Since Irene could pull items from herself using her authority, it wasn't a problem.

But when others were controlling the body, they didn't have this authority.

[Oh, then Sister Irene, you do it.] Pardo decisively handed the control back to Irene.

After Irene took back control of the body, she smiled at Griseo in front of her. Then, she turned and pulled that thick photo album from behind her back.

Griseo watched as Pardo right before her suddenly shifted into another color, revealing a puzzled expression. This color was exactly the same as when Irene had just arrived.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I am Irene." Irene opened the photo album in her hands and sent a message to everyone in the Realm. "Hmm, I was also the one who told Mr. Kevin roughly where you were and asked him to go find you."

While speaking, Irene also revealed her Bodhi imprint.

"..." Griseo looked at Irene, then at the album painted with many colors, and finally at the glowing Bodhi imprint in Irene's hand, instantly believing her words a bit more.

Those colors couldn't be faked. The colors of everyone in that photo album, though missing a few, were genuine, and the Bodhi imprint on Irene's hand couldn't be faked either.

But... why was she another Herrscher?

Griseo's expression became a bit strange. It wasn't that she couldn't understand what it meant. But were there really two of them already?

And why was Sister Pardo inside this Herrscher's body?

Just as Griseo was still puzzling over this, a voice came from the photo album. "What's wrong? Has Miss Irene encountered a problem that's difficult to handle?"

"Ah, Miss Eden, I didn't expect you to be the first to pick up the phone." Irene looked at the album and smiled. "I've picked up the person on my end, so I thought I should let you all know."

"Picked up the person?" Eden's voice was startled for a moment, but then she seemed to realize something. Before she could say anything else, Kalpas's voice violently barged in.

"Did you find Griseo?!" Kalpas's voice was rough yet filled with concern. "Where is Kevin?! Where did he die off to?!"

"Mhm, Kevin is still in the Sea of Quanta right now. He already sent Griseo over." Irene handed the photo album to Griseo, who was watching eagerly.

"Thank you." Griseo took the photo album. Although she had already guessed that everyone from the Realm was inside, but...

Griseo took a deep breath and spoke softly to the album, "Umm... Uncle Kalpas?"

After a moment of silence from the album, Kalpas's voice came through. Although Griseo's voice seemed to have changed a bit, it was undoubtedly Griseo on the other end.

Kalpas's tone became uncharacteristically gentle. "Hmph, as long as you're back. Granted, that guy is at least somewhat useful."

"Come back and get a checkup when you have the time, since you've stayed in the Sea of Quanta for so long." Mobius's voice also cut in. "Irene, bring Griseo over when you have the time."

After their voices fell, the voices of others also followed, all expressing their joy that Griseo was able to return safely. However, as Irene listened, she suddenly noticed a problem.

Why did it seem like everyone only cared about Griseo and paid absolutely no attention to what she just said about Kevin still being in the Sea of Quanta?

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