Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 184 All Parties Are Tempted (2)

Where is it? Where exactly is it?

Kiana frantically darted around Anti-Entropy's base, instantly taking down the guards around her. The mechanical guards were sliced ​​apart by the teleportation portal, as the landing point after teleporting was inaccurate due to the limited coordinates of the base.

So the two began to act separately. However, Gray Serpent did not trust Kiana in the end, so when he gave her the coordinates of the Raven Base, he specifically instructed her not to reveal that he had also given her the device to locate Siegfried.

Therefore, rather than splitting up, it's more accurate to say that Raven followed Gray Serpent's advice and sent Kiana away to act alone. Anyway, Siegfried's Honkai Beast genes are currently activated, causing him to be distracted and unable to fully unleash his power. With careful handling, it's still possible to defeat Siegfried.

After confirming that Siegfried was behind the door, Raven first took out a bomb, placed it on the door, and then withdrew. After the bomb successfully blew the door open, Raven threw a few more stun grenades into the room.

Intense flashes and piercing noises tormented Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma inside the room. Seeing that the people inside were temporarily powerless to resist, Raven quickly drew his weapon and rushed in.

After kicking away the Thunder Dragon Horse that was blocking Siegfried's way, Raven officially faced off against Siegfried, who was already in his half-beast form. It must be said that Siegfried was indeed worthy of being a member of the Kaslana family. His physical abilities were already far beyond those of ordinary people, and now that he had entered his half-beast form, he had fully recovered.

Seeing the enemy close at hand, Siegfried didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately swung the Judgment of Heavenly Fire at Raven. Raven first leaned back to dodge the horizontal slash, then performed a backflip, kicking both feet towards Siegfried's chin.

Just as Siegfried blocked the raven's kick, two throwing knives instantly appeared in his face. Fortunately, Siegfried reacted in time and extended his beast-transformed right hand to block the two knives.

However, this also obstructed Siegfried's view. Seeing this, Raven steadied himself and instantly circled around to the back, delivering a powerful blow to Siegfried's head.

The staff formed from the Third Divine Key has the power to smash the head of an ordinary Honkai Beast. If this blow had landed, Siegfried would have been seriously injured even if he hadn't died. Unfortunately, Raven's sneak attack failed. Raiden Ryoma, who had already gotten up from the ground, drew his sword and attacked Raven.

To avoid Raven's attack, he had to change direction, giving Siegfried a chance to catch his breath. Using his newfound tail after transforming into a half-beast, Siegfried successfully forced Raven back and then joined forces with Raven to attack Raven from both sides.

Seeing the situation reverse in an instant, the raven threw a smoke bomb at its feet without hesitation.

Moreover, this smoke grenade is not an ordinary smoke grenade; it contains smoke that dissolves Honkai energy, making it capable of pulling everyone present into a state where they can fight without Honkai energy.

Although the opponent returned to a normal human form after the Honkai energy within her body was broken down, Raven also lost the boost from Honkai energy. It is well known that human women are generally weaker than men of the same level of physical ability, not to mention that the opponent had Siegfried, whose physical abilities could almost be considered the ceiling of humanity.

The smoke bomb actually freed him from the distraction of suppressing the frenzied will brought about by the Honkai Beast genes within him, and the Honkai Beast genes were thus temporarily dormant, so his strength did not decrease much.

On the other hand, due to insufficient Honkai energy, Raven's Third Divine Key switched to energy-saving mode, transforming into a lipstick and becoming completely unusable in combat. Although the dagger in Raven's hand was also made of Soul Steel, it was utterly useless compared to the length of the Judgment of Heavenly Fire.

After being repelled once again, Raven realized that she was no longer able to take Siegfried away by herself against the combined attacks of Siegfried and Ryuma.

However, judging by the time, Kiana should be arriving soon, so Raven changed its strategy from offense to defense.

Siegfried and Ryoma were aware of Raven's change of strategy, and they also realized that there was more than one person invading the base. Just as Ryoma was about to contact the monitoring room to call for support and confirm the other intruder, Kiana arrived.

Before Raiden Ryoma could react, he heard a gust of wind rushing towards him, and the next second he lost consciousness.

Siegfried originally wanted to retaliate, but when he saw the appearance of the people who attacked them, the Heavenly Judgment in his hand stopped in mid-air.

"Long time no see, old man. See you again."

Before Siegfried could recover from his shock, Kiana swung her baseball bat. Strangely, only the handle of the bat was in Kiana's hand, while the rest was behind Siegfried.

By the time Siegfried reacted, the baseball bat was already in front of him. Before he could say anything, he was knocked unconscious by the increasingly large bat.

Seeing that Siegfried had also lost consciousness, Raven put away her weapon and stepped forward to check again. After confirming that she had, she began to tease Kiana.

"I can't believe you actually have the guts! I thought you wouldn't be able to do it!"

“That’s just how the mission is,” Kiana said, lowering her eyelids. “Let’s go back.”

Kiana opened the portal to the outside and left first. Raven could only shake his head helplessly, bend down, and carry Siegfried on his shoulder as he walked through the portal.

The portal then closed, and after a while, Raiden Ryoma regained consciousness. Realizing the urgency of the situation, Raiden Ryoma covered his head and quickly contacted Einstein to tell him everything that had happened in the base.

“That’s how it is.” After closing the communication, Einstein turned to Theresa and Himeko beside him and said, “It seems that Kiana has joined World Serpent and has also temporarily gained the power to use Herrscher powers from them.”

"But didn't Mei and the others send a message saying that World Serpent is about to cause a major collapse in Sky City? Given Kiana's personality, she shouldn't agree to it, and she should even develop a dislike for World Serpent and not join them so easily."

"Only Kiana herself knows the details, but what we do know is that if Kiana really joins World Serpent, then the conditions offered by World Serpent should be related to the matter reported by Mei and the others."

"You mean World Serpent offered to let Kiana join them on the condition that they cancel their plans in Sky City?" Himeko asked.

“Perhaps. If that plan is true, then this is probably the only way to explain why Kiana joined them,” Einstein said. “Following this line of thought, Kiana was probably initially in Sky City, even investigating the World Serpent's plan. Later, the World Serpent appeared before Kiana, using the cancellation of the plan as a condition, either as a threat or as a negotiation… In short, the final result was that Kiana joined the World Serpent. As for whether the plan was actually cancelled, we don’t know.”

"And then Kiana's first mission after joining World Serpent was to capture her father, which is really..."

Theresa was at a loss for words, and in the end, she could only helplessly shrug.

"What should we say now? Should we tell Mei and the others this information?" Einstein asked.

Himeko remained silent, her face grave, her right hand unconsciously clenching. Theresa, on the other hand, looked conflicted, as this matter concerned Kiana and Mei's father. Although Raiden Ryoma was unharmed, the fact remained that Kiana had struck him with a blunt object.

Given the strength of the Kaslana family, it's a miracle that the blow didn't leave a dent in Raiden Ryoma's head. He's probably been diagnosed with a severe concussion by now.

After much deliberation, Theresa decided to share the information with Mei and the others in Sky City. Of course, she deliberately omitted mentioning Kiana's ruthless attack on Raiden Ryoma.

"..."

"The intelligence has been shared with you. I didn't expect Kiana to choose to join World Serpent. I really hope Einstein and the others' predictions are correct."

Tesla sighed and said, then she carefully looked at Mei, but Mei's expression was calm and Tesla couldn't see anything in her, so she had to give up.

As for Rita on the other side, she maintained a smile the entire time without wavering. Tesla could at least guess some of Mei's thoughts, but he really couldn't figure out Rita's.

"So say something! Standing there in silence won't solve anything, will it?"

“No, I was just wondering, if Dr. Einstein’s speculation is true, then what about the plan I found at Shencheng Medical?” Rita said. “After all, there’s no need to keep a canceled plan in such an important place, is there?”

"What else can I say? It's either that the plan has really been scrapped, or it's still going on but we just haven't told Kiana about it."

"But the former is manageable. As for the latter, let's not even talk about the possibility that Miss Kiana might return to Sky City. Even if she is kept from returning, Miss Kiana can still find out about the current situation in Sky City through other channels. It's not realistic to secretly conduct experiments without Miss Kiana's knowledge. On the contrary, it will worsen Miss Kiana's impression of the World Serpent Organization. At that time, aren't they worried that Miss Kiana will reveal their internal information to Anti-Entropy to help you destroy the organization?"

"Who knows! Anyway, it's better to be safe than sorry. Besides, because of your impulsiveness, they now have the high-powered Honkai energy reactor needed for the Honkai energy bomb that was missing from their plan. In short, we can't really leave here until we recover that Honkai energy reactor."

“Dr. Tesla is right,” Mei said. “Whether Kiana comes back or not, or whether she really joined World Serpent, is not important to us right now. What is important is to find a way to retrieve the Honkai reactor that Ms. Rita threw into Shinjo Pharmaceuticals earlier.”

"I really don't understand. Someone else found out the information, but then they turned around and gave it to someone else in their time of need. I wonder if that person is a spy sent by World Serpent to Schicksal!"

"Heh, after all, I'm still human and I have moments when I lose my temper. I lost an entire squad back then, and you know, that was an elite squad!"

"Alright, alright, I know." Tesla waved his hand impatiently. "In short, it's because of your irrational behavior that we have to pay the price for it now. But since Tianming and Shencheng Pharmaceuticals have had a deep collaboration, you must be quite familiar with Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' territory, right?"

“Of course,” Rita replied, “but only the surface facilities.”

"That's enough. If you want the entire city to be covered by Honkai energy bombs, then the location where the bombs are planted must be high up."

"In that case, we probably won't be heading to Shencheng Medical Center."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Because the tallest building in the entire Sky Dome City is the World Trade Center, which was jointly built by Destiny and Divine City Pharmaceuticals."

"Tsk! It's Tianming again?! And why is it a joint venture with Shencheng Pharmaceuticals again?"

"After all, the area where the World Trade Center is located was once the site of a major collapse. Out of humanitarian considerations, Destiny also participated in the reconstruction work, and that building was built at that time. As for why Shencheng Pharmaceuticals was one of the investors, it's because of those big shots. Destiny isn't some bandit organization. A powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, so it can only silently accept the investment from Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. Now that I think about it, the World Serpent was probably already preparing that plan back then."

“Perhaps,” Tesla said, arms crossed. “Anyway, the target has been identified, but I’m still interested in the information inside Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. How about this, we split up. You’re in charge of investigating whether there are any Honkai energy bombs planted on the top of the World Trade Center, while Mei goes to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals again to confirm whether the plan has been canceled, and brings me some useful information as well.”

"I'm OK."

Mei nodded, and Rita naturally had no objection to the arrangement. After all, the World Trade Center was an asset of Destiny, and for someone of her status, entering to investigate was a piece of cake. Moreover, there was one thing Rita didn't mention: the World Trade Center was actually quite close to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, so close that it was right next to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.

And so everyone began to act according to their assigned tasks. Mei went to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals again to conduct an investigation, Rita went to the World Trade Center under the pretext of inspection to conduct an investigation, and Tesla stayed behind to coordinate.

Meanwhile, on the other side, through the communications captain of the Grey Serpent, it was learned that Kiana and Raven had captured Siegfried, but they were discovered during the capture. This also means that Kiana's joining the World Serpent may have already been discovered by others.

However, these are not things the captain needs to worry about right now. He has already entered the interior of Abyss City, but because Theresa and the others are there, Cocolia, who is in charge of activating the Eye of the Abyss, cannot activate it casually.

Therefore, the captain can only wait for Theresa and the others to open the Eye of the Abyss before trying to go in with them. Theresa and the others can't wait to start their experiments.

After all, this is related to whether the Gem of Desire can be successfully embedded into the Eclipse Armor. It's a good thing that Cocolia lied to them and said that she threw the Gem of Desire into the Sea of ​​Quanta, otherwise the captain might not have been able to wait until the Eye of the Abyss was opened.