Twelve Trials from Scratch

"Uh, this... I... I'm here to check the storage of the ingredients! That's right, that's it! In order to avoid the waste and damage of the ingredients, I will find time to check them every day at about this time. long responsibilities."

"Oh, is that really so?"

Headmaster Loli put her hands on her hips, raised her head slightly proudly and said, "Of course, I'm a responsible headmaster."

"But since it is an inspection and counting, how can we proceed without turning on the lights?"

Her expression froze, unable to get off the tiger, so she could only bite the bullet and say: "That's because... that's because... because I don't need it! As an S-rank Valkyrie, seeing things in the dark is just a piece of cake, so I don't need to turn on the lights. no problem."

"But you were almost tripped before, didn't you?"

"Eh!? Rita... You guy, did you see the whole thing from beginning to end? And you were the one who scared me just now, right?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I just saw your serious appearance and thought you were enjoying the fun of walking in the dark wholeheartedly, so I didn't disturb you halfway."

"Who would have such a strange interest!"

"Then why did you do that?"

With a single word from Rita, she brought back the gradually drifting topic.

"That...that's because...it's because...because..."

Teresa was at a loss for words, and squeaked for a while, but couldn't think of a perfect excuse.

"Could it be because you forgot the time while reading comics, so you sneaked to the back kitchen of the cafeteria to see what other ingredients you can bring back for dinner?"

"That's not the case!" Her face flushed, and she said quickly, "Don't talk nonsense! As the head of the school, how can I secretly read comics and miss dinner by accident? Are you slander!"

"Oh, so there are still people who are lazy to read comics during work?" Rita said with a half-smile, and said meaningfully: "Master Teresa, you really look like a child."

Teresa froze, her face turned red, she sighed after a while, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, it's really because I was lazy to watch "The Adventures of Houm" and forgot the dinner time, it's my fault, it's my fault. It will never happen again in the future.”

As soon as the words fell, there was a gurgling sound in his stomach, and he lowered his head in shame, even the roots of his ears turned red.

Hehe, Lady Teresa, she is still as cute as ever...

Rita looked down at Teresa's embarrassment from a high position, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised a happy arc.

……

Soon after, Theresa's single dormitory.

"Rita, why did you come to the Far East branch so soon?"

In the dining room outside the kitchen, Headmaster Loli sat at the dining table, listening to the chopping body coming from the kitchen, while feeling powerless, she lay limply on the table like a slime and asked.

What she asked was not "Why did you come", but "Why did you come so soon", because Jizi had already submitted Su Qi's situation to her this afternoon, and she submitted it to the headquarters after reviewing, plus Su It is only natural that the headquarters will send someone to defeat the miracle of the A-rank Valkyrie within ten days.

Rita in the kitchen was preparing dinner in a smooth manner, and said unhurriedly: "We haven't seen each other for a long time, and His Excellency is a little worried about the living conditions of Her Majesty Teresa, so he specially sent me to take a look. This is the reason one."

"anything else?"

"And... to convey the new mission to Lord Teresa, and... to bring that Mr. Su Qi back to the headquarters for inspection."

Chapter 12 close

"How are you going to place him?"

Teresa's eyes moved slightly, she propped her upper body up, looked through the transparent glass wall between the kitchen and the dining room, and looked at the maid who was cooking with ease while holding the pan handle.

"Master Teresa is worried about that person? I remember that he doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does he?"

"That's right, I haven't met him, but he's also a member of our Far East Branch... Once he enters the laboratory, who knows what you will do to him?"

As an elder who looks like a child but has experience far beyond appearance, Teresa has been in Destiny for nearly 30 years, and has already seen through the piss of the Destiny Research Department who treats people like guinea pigs.

For the sake of research, they can break all the ethical and moral concepts that human beings have without caring. Human experiments are just basic operations, and even she herself is the product of a certain human cloning experiment.So, as an insider, she was a little worried that Su Qi would be treated as a guinea pig when he went to the headquarters, and disappear into the laboratory of destiny like so many people without a sound.

"Please rest assured, that gentleman is not a worthless existence, nor is he weak. It is too wasteful to use it only as a guinea pig. So as long as he can pass the identity check and the Honkai can erode the test, he should not It will be life-threatening.”

Teresa snorted softly, "So, if he is a guy with no other value, he will become a guinea pig?"

She totally disagrees with, and can even be said to hate the behavior style of the Destiny Research Department.If possible, she would like to clean up the research department and set a bottom line for them.But the big backer of the Destiny Research Department is the archbishop Otto herself, and she has her own weakness to be caught by the other party, so it is difficult to attack or leave, so she can only hide in the far east far away from the Destiny Headquarters. .

In the kitchen, Rita, who was preparing the food, paused slightly, then lowered her eyes, and said calmly: "Master Teresa, in this long war against Houkai, sacrifices are inevitable. The sacrifices brought about by backwardness, the number of dead in the laboratory is really insignificant."

Teresa was silent for a moment, her face turned serious, and she said in a low voice, "Rita, no human life is insignificant."

Rita turned her head and took a deep look at Theresa outside, "I'm sorry, Rita made a slip of the tongue, but the truth is so cruel, sacrifices are always unavoidable, and... with the wisdom of the Bishop, I think it can help us point the right path."

There seemed to be a slight difference in the tone. Compared with the respectful and distant attitude she had always had, as if wearing a mask called "maid", which made people feel unpredictable, there seemed to be a little more real humanity in her voice at this moment.

Hey, this guy Rita...

Teresa was slightly taken aback, feeling that the other party's words seemed to mean something else, but it was too vague and elusive.

She shook her head, put it aside for the time being, and said in a complicated tone: "Yes, the fact is that, no matter how dissatisfied I am with the status quo, I have no ability to change it, unless I can convince Grandpa, but... this matter is even more impossible Come on..."

Teresa has complicated feelings about her grandfather, Otto Apocalypse, Archbishop of Destiny.

From a personal point of view, Otto created her with the genes of Valkyrie Kallen and Honkai Beast Vishnu, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is her biological father.Then he adopted her as a test subject as a granddaughter, and gave her status and favor without hesitation, even in terms of daily necessities, and the favor she gave might not be repaid in a lifetime.

But on the other hand, Otto is extremely cruel to everyone except her, and many things he does are contrary to her ideals, which makes her disgusted and angry.One of the main reasons why she resolutely went to the Far East and deliberately did not contact Otto for a long time was because she didn't want to face him and didn't know how to face him.

In addition, what makes her feel even more sad is that Otto may not be in love with Teresa, but the phantom of the person behind her.

As an experimental subject, it is impossible for Teresa not to care about her birth origin.With the power and position given by Otto, all her own strength, and the long investigation time, she has already speculated about the ins and outs of why she appeared in this world.

No one knows how she feels when she realizes that all that her only "relative" in this world has given her comes from "Kalen Kaslana", the Valkyrie who passed away 500 years ago.

Disillusionment, sadness, anger, gratitude, disgust, doubts, jealousy, pity...the emotions at that time were too complicated, even she couldn't explain it herself.But from that moment she understood that Otto's love for her was limited, even if it was not illusory, it was also mixed with too many impurities.Maybe she didn't really walk into that man's heart, and it was difficult for her to really change him.

The subsequent development was as she expected.Otto took good care of her in personal life, but he never listened to her opinions when it came to business, and perhaps still judged her for being too naive and naive.And then Cecilia's death made her fully realize the reality, and she had to admit in despair that she couldn't really change that man.

"Forget it, let's stop this topic."

Knowing that it would not be of any benefit to continue, Teresa sighed softly, "Although I am a little worried about that person, although I really want to tell grandpa that if he does that kind of thing again, I will hate him even more, but he certainly won't Listen."

"Then, do I need to convey the opinion of Lord Teresa to Lord Bishop?"

She snorted softly, "It's okay, tell him. Even if he doesn't listen, even if he says I'm naive, I'll still say that."

"Yes, I will convey your opinion to the Bishop."

"Next, what task do I need to do?"

"Honkai Fusion Converter... This is an extremely important relic of the previous generation that was excavated from the remains of the Dead Sea. Someone stole it from the Saint 7308 Research Institute at the headquarters. Your Excellency the Bishop hopes that you can get it back as soon as possible. to recover."

Teresa asked: "Honkai fusion converter, what is that?"

"According to the analysis of the Holy 7308 Research Institute, it is a kind of aggregation conversion device that can actively gather the Houkai energy in the nearby area and freely convert it into other types of energy..."

She couldn't help interjecting, "So as long as there are enough deployments, wouldn't it be easy to suppress the Honkai below the disaster standard, and in turn use the Honkai to benefit all mankind?"

"The designer of the device, Dr. Mei of the civilization of the previous generation, also thought so, but after making the test product, he found that the power of the aggregated Houkai energy is limited, and the device itself will be interfered and eroded by the high-density Houkai energy, resulting in a locked module. And the conversion module cannot be maintained for a long time; coupled with the high cost and short service life, the originally designed Honkai energy response interrupter has not achieved the expected effect, and will continuously attract a large number of Honkai beasts to attack. So it can only be sealed as a failure."

"Since it's just a failure, why does grandpa attach so much importance to it?"

"Although it is just a failed product, as the density of the Houkai energy absorbed in the device increases and the erosion strength becomes stronger, the damage rate of the device itself will also increase rapidly, and the service life is limited, but at least in terms of the aggregated Houkai energy. It was successful. What's worse, when the device was stolen, the Saint 7308 Research Institute was preparing to imitate it, and it was in the activated state, and the person who stole it should not know the key to turn it off...Master Teresa, you know What does that mean?"

Teresa's complexion changed slightly, "Because of the aggregation and attraction effect of the Houkai energy, when the Houkai energy is enriched to a certain level, the Houkai beast will be born, or be attracted, and actively chase the device. The concentration of Houkai energy is getting higher and higher, and the Houkai beasts that appear will become stronger and stronger. After reaching the limit value, there may even be emperor-level Houkai beasts, and... Herrscher."

"That's right, so even though the entire Valkyrie team has been sent to pursue it, Lord Otto still hopes that Lord Teresa who is nearby can lend a helping hand."

“Nearby, where is that person?”

"According to the previous report, the thief should be stopped in the ancient city now, but it seems to be supported by anti-entropy people, and its specific location cannot be determined yet."

"The ancient city... Rita, you should have said it earlier, that thing may cause a large-scale collapse at any time, I don't have time for dinner!"

Teresa stood up, as if ready to leave immediately.

"Wait, Master Teresa, are you leaving now? Why don't you finish the whole bitter gourd feast I prepared for you before leaving?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Now the ancient city may collapse on a large scale at any time, and someone may be sacrificed at any time. How can I still eat it? Just an overtime instant noodle on the way is enough. Tell me now The contact method of that Valkyrie team, and... remember to send me the detailed information of that person as well."

After a while, Teresa had no time to eat, so she came to the tarmac behind the academy, carried the "Judas' oath" on her back, boarded the anti-Honkai heavy helicopter named "RPC-6626", and left in a hurry.

The four wheeled propellers of the helicopter whipped up a strong wind, blowing sand and rocks near the airport, weeds fell, and Rita's skirt fluttered and rattled.

She raised her hand to block the strong light from the searchlights around the airport, looked up, and watched the petite figure carrying a big golden cross taller than herself ascend higher and higher, stepped into the cabin, and suddenly sighed softly.

"It's a pity. It's just a waste of time, but the prepared meals will be wasted."

As said, although Teresa has just set off, Rita has already predicted the result in advance, because the place where the thief is located is not the ancient city, but Dongji City.The location of the mission is all wrong, no matter how active they are, they will only return in vain.

"Although the Valkyrie team was immediately sent to pursue them, judging by their levels and actions, our Lord Bishop doesn't seem to be in a hurry..."

As she walked out, she murmured thoughtfully.

In Rita's view, there are quite a few strange things about this mission.

First of all, the Holy 7308 Research Institute is located in the headquarters of Destiny, and its importance ranks at the forefront of all research institutions in Destiny. It is Otto's site. As for the former Shenzhou ace special soldier and semi-finished "Valkyrie" reformer in the data, he is really capable and is on heavy alert To steal precious pre-civilization relics from the 7308 Research Institute?

Secondly, the pursuit has been going on for several days, and the other party is within the radiating range of the influence of Destiny, even if there are anti-entropy people making trouble, with the technology and power of Destiny, it will really make it easy for that person to escape to the extreme east. come?

Then came the Valkyrie squad.Although it is a secret army trained by Otto, the loyalty is unquestionable, but the overall ability level is not too outstanding, and the actions during the pursuit process are also a bit strange, as if they did not try their best.

Finally, it was Teresa's arrangement.Even if the unexpected factor is reduced and he is allowed to send her away before carrying out the task, why did he choose the ancient city instead of the extreme east city?Wouldn't it be better to have the best of both worlds?

So to sum up, Rita has reason to suspect that a certain bishop directed this task, but in fact everything was planned by that man.

"Forget it, the Bishop has his plan, and I also have my mission. I am Rita Rossweisse, but the Bishop's loyal dog..."

Leaving the tarmac and walking on the path in the campus, in the shadow cast by the trees beside the path, Rita's lips raised a meaningful arc.

……

About half an hour after Teresa left, a lingering helicopter gunship crashed into the sea near Canaan Island, emitting black smoke. With a bang, flames and thick smoke rose into the sky.

Soon, a middle-aged man dressed in black imitation Valkyrie armor was wet by the sea, his hair stuck to his forehead, his face was pale and tired, blood was faintly oozing from his tight combat uniform on his left abdomen, and he looked very embarrassed. Swing away and climb up to the shore with difficulty.

"Ha...ha...damn anti-entropy...damn Honkai beast..."

The sea water was dripping from his body continuously, he was covering his abdomen with his left hand, and he was holding a boxy black suitcase in his right hand. While panting and cursing, he hunched his back and walked forward on the beach with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Row.

boom!

After walking more than a dozen steps, he threw the heavy suitcase on the sand booth, then sat down on it, took a few breaths, and then tapped a few times on the special personal terminal on his right wrist, A contact was initiated with someone who does not exist in the terminal address book.

Soon, the circular terminal display shone brightly, and a light screen the size of a laptop monitor was projected, which was extremely conspicuous in the dark night.

"Zhang Qian, where are you now?"