The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Sigh... There are only seven days of vacation in total, and it's been raining for almost a day..."

Alicia held the end of the fork handle with two fingers and gently twisted it. Then the fork went up and down, tapping lightly on the dried bread slices.

Mikael chuckled lightly and was about to answer when he saw Mebius yawning and walking past the two people's table, not forgetting to glare at Alicia.

"Did you really go to her room last night?"

Mikael asked as he peeled the egg shells.

"Of course! Beautiful girls must do what they say!"

Michael looked at her last chance to open her mouth and stuffed the shelled eggs into her mouth.

Although I am very curious about what Alicia and Mebius said, but looking at Mebius's expression... apart from a hint of irritation, there seems to be some provocation?

In short, it didn't seem like there was any serious conflict, and Mikael didn't take the initiative to ask.

"Well!"

Alicia glared at Mikael dissatisfied.

"Don't look at me like that. Eat egg yolks when you should. Most of the nutrients in the whole egg are concentrated in it. Proper intake of egg yolks is said to have the effect of caring for the skin."

Ellie turned her head away stubbornly, as if "if you don't listen, I won't listen", but Mikael could clearly see the narrowed corners of her eyes and the blush on her pointed ears.

"Taking care of my skin is not important to me! Oh my, my metabolism has been completely disrupted since I had the super-transformation surgery..."

"You mean, no matter how much you eat, you won't gain weight, you will have beautiful lines even if you don't exercise, and you won't get acne even though you have a poor work and rest schedule?"

Mikael rested his head with his hand, his eyes a little wandering, obviously recalling some long-distant memories.

"Oh! Who did you hear that from? Grandma Mebius? Or dear Aponya?"

"You and everyone else said so, but..."

"uh-huh?"

Alicia raised an eyebrow and met Mikael's doubtful gaze.

"Have you...did you really undergo super-transformation surgery?" - Mikael wanted to ask this.

But when the words came into my mouth, it became:

"But the file sent by Prometheus said that your body fat rate was 1.2% higher and your weight increased by 769 grams."

"Ah... this, this, this... there are still some small fluctuations! Besides, if a normal girl eats cakes and sweets like me, she would have turned into... hmm! You think so!"

Mikael held his forehead with both hands and said helplessly: "Don't come to me next time you get a cavity..."

As for the unasked question... in fact, it was not a question that just came to mind now, but a question that he had been thinking about for a long time before he came to this world.

There was no doubt at first as to whether Alicia had undergone super-transformation surgery. After all, the very definition of a fusion warrior presupposes that she had undergone surgery...

However, there are contradictions in her self-report. Apart from a pair of elf ears, the side effects she mentioned as a "joke" did not actually exist. At least Prometheus reminded her about her body fat percentage after this.

Considering that the pair of elf ears were so perfect, Mikael even thought, was this a little...little...little gift that she had given herself under the pretext of fusion factors?

If the doubts ended there, that would be it, but what is even more bizarre is that - whether in the original history or in the current Ellie, their operations were completed without anyone else noticing.

Even Mebius, who was supposed to be the surgeon, only saw the file records and had no memory of the operation... In addition, none of the side effects of Da Zi Zai Tian showed up on Ellie.

And Ai Li didn't seem to get any abilities from Da Zi Zai Tian.

But the reason why he didn't ask was not that Mikael was avoiding the question again, but... he felt that he actually knew the answer all along——

Assuming that Ellie has not actually undergone super-transformation surgery, then the reason why she claimed to have done so and even falsified the operation records was simply to conceal her identity as a Herrscher so that she could use her full strength in the next battle. .

But this is not true today. In today's world, she has long shown powers that ordinary people should not have, and the fusion factor cannot cover up her former abilities. What's more, her identity as a Herrscher doesn't need to be hidden from Mikael. In other words, if she really hasn't had the surgery, at least she doesn't need to hide it from Mikael.

So... regarding the fact that she has not undergone super-changing surgery... it is not so much a question as it is a bit of romantic wishful thinking in Mikael's heart——

Thirteen Ying Jie and the other twelve all fell from human bodies into non-human existences. The only existence that was originally non-human was still human from beginning to end.

Alicia...she will definitely like such romantic remarks, right?

Alicia faced Mikael's complicated gaze and scratched her head in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh... I thought of a lot of things at once. Um... let's go take a look at the viewing porthole? Although we are not out of the storm yet, but to put it another way, no one will watch the scenery during a storm, so let's go now and see It must be a unique view, right?”

Ai Li looked at him deeply, and a smile quickly broke out on her face:

"Okay! But..."

The smile on her lips gradually turned teasing——

"Mikael, for such a great opportunity, do you want to call Mebius along?"

The corners of Mikael's raised mouth froze, and his originally crooked smiling eyes gradually widened...

0.37 seconds after Ai Li asked the question, he quickly gave his answer:

"No! Don't!"

"Oh, is it so?"

Ai Li bit her finger, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Are you really not going to call her? After all, I just said that to her last night. If I turn around and abandon her today, it will have a bad impact on my credibility!" "

[How do I know what you said to her last night? 】

Mikael's roar in his heart did not affect his Adam's apple rolling as he swallowed saliva.

The fine beads of sweat on his forehead were blocked by the broken hair, so he couldn't see it yet, but the hair on the back of his head was already wet.

"Alicia...please spare me..."

[If Alicia’s words put you in a dilemma, don’t force yourself, just admit defeat... huh? You mean the dignity of being a man? what is that? Believe me, if you force yourself, you will only end up in an even more embarrassing situation. 】——Article 1 of "Mikael's Rules of Survival"

"Okay, okay! I won't tease you anymore!"

[But if you beg for mercy and admit defeat in time, she will lose interest and generally won't tease you anymore. 】——Article 1 of "Mikael's Survival Rules" (supplementary content)

The two immediately stood up, put the plates used for breakfast into the cleaning machine, and then walked together openly and slipped to the viewing porthole.

"...Wow! Mikael, look at that fish..."

"Isn't that just a dark shadow..."

The cruise ship was heaving in the storm, and the scenery seen through the portholes was constantly changing. Sometimes it was gray mist, sometimes it was turbid and dim underwater.

As for the fish, there really weren’t many to see.

"Don't say that! 'Unique scenery', wasn't that what you said just now?"

"I didn't expect it to be so..."

Whether it's in the fog or underwater, it's all blurry and I can't see anything...

"You should think so!"

Ellie poked Mikael's cheek and lowered his head slightly with her palms so that his eyes could be facing outside the porthole.

"You see, with such bad weather, people can't figure out what will happen in the next second. But according to what you said, if you think about it from another perspective, it is precisely because you don't know what will happen in the next second. There is expectation, even if it is just an afterimage of a fish, it is enough to make people excited, isn’t it?”

But the two of them waited at the portside window for a long time, but they didn't see the fish again...

"Ahhh! Damn it! This scenery is so boring!"

Ellie pouted, she turned around quickly and leaned her back heavily against the cabin wall, her annoyance visible to the naked eye.

Michael couldn't help laughing when he thought that she was still there just now saying that the scenery was interesting.

"Damn it! Michail, how dare you laugh at me!"

Ai Li suddenly rushed over and ruffled his silver-gray mid-length hair.

Suddenly struck, Mikael quickly launched a counterattack after a brief moment of confusion. The two of them twisted together noisily, fighting like two children. I don't know how long it took before they separated. Separated by a passage, each rests against a ship's bulkhead.

It was said that they were resting, but neither of them felt tired. After all, they were no longer ordinary people...

"Mikael!"

"Um?"

"Quick! Look this way and make a 'yeah' gesture!"

"No...there's no need to take pictures..."

Mikael resisted, but couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, tilted his head, and took the pose as Ally asked.

"Okay! Huh! You think I want to take pictures of you! Don't think about it. After so many years, you have only left two and a half pictures - one was taken during the previous trip, and the other was added to the chase. The ID photo from the time of Fire Moth, and the one taken by Ymer...hahaha! That one has no head, just pants!"

"Is this good? I don't think this is good!"

Mikael gets angry when he talks about this!

So he took out his cell phone, and sure enough, Yimer's profile picture remained unchanged, so he prepared to fill in another "crime" of his in the memo on his cell phone for future "revenge."

But Ellie obviously misunderstood what he meant:

"Oh! Mikael, you know me too well! Come on, come on! Take a picture of me too!"

She stood in front of the porthole, using the gray fog outside as the background.

She first tied the hair that had become a little loose in her head into Mikael's favorite high ponytail, and then adjusted her outfit——

She was still wearing the plain white dress. To match the color, she was not wearing the purple and gold hairpin, but a white hairband with a bow on each side.

Her smiling eyes narrowed into two arcs, and half of her tongue was exposed at the corner of her slightly raised lips. Finally, she put her hands together in front of her chest and made a heart sign.

Mikael held up his phone, but didn't press the button to take a photo.

He didn't know if Ellie had taken any photos since then besides joining Fire Chaser's ID photo, but at least, this was the first time that Mikael had taken a photo of her.

How could this kind of thing be possible in a normal world?

Even if you don’t like taking pictures, you should have at least a hundred photos by the time you are in your early twenties, right?

But...for them, they have very little leisure time and little time to relax. Their minds are always weighed down by a mountain. Even if they can take a breath occasionally, few people would think of taking pictures.

And like in the original world, Hua and Su's memories only had the time to chat about their hometown 50,000 years after the collapse of the previous civilization, and finally discovered that the two of them were half fellow villagers... What's behind this? The buried depression and heaviness are simply unimaginable...

But fortunately, he doesn't have to feel that heavy yet. He still has the opportunity to take a photo of Ai Li for the first time as a record.

Record her joy at this moment, record her carefreeness at this moment, and record her existence forever.

In order to ensure that this "first time" shot was perfect, Mikael adjusted several angles in succession, but was still not satisfied - it was not that the effect was not ideal, but... for Alicia, at least, In Mikael's mind, no matter which angle he looked at, it was perfect enough that he didn't know which one to choose as the "first one".

Ai Li didn't rush her, her movements seemed to be frozen, always staying at this most perfect moment.

Mikael even had an extremely selfish idea - he wanted to freeze time at this moment at all costs and look at her forever. No one, whether it was Honkai or a human, should interfere, and just let the two of them The individual remains in this state forever...

But he does not have the power to suspend time. This plan was not feasible from the beginning. As for the result of rational thinking and Alicia's wishes, it is not important.

In the end, he chose the most ordinary and ordinary angle - taking the first and only photo from the front from his own perspective.

"Oh! We really have the same mind! I saw that you spent a long time adjusting your posture there, and I was very anxious! Fortunately, you finally chose the angle that I am most satisfied with!"

Mikael reached out and swept the bangs on her forehead, and said funnyly:

"Since you already have your favorite angle, why didn't you tell it from the beginning?"

"La la! I also want to see if my dear Mikael can still maintain the tacit understanding with me after two years of ruthlessly rejecting me!"

There was no words between the two of them, they just turned to look at the uninteresting scenery outside the porthole window.

"Mikael, why do we go to the beach every time we take a so-called vacation? Attica was originally going to the beach, but this time we directly used Eden's cruise ship. Do we have such a soft spot for the sea? ?”

During their six-year journey, the two visited almost all parts of the world, including cities, plains, seasides, mountains, deep valleys, jungles, deserts, snowfields, and seas of ice.

But I don’t know why. Nowadays, when thinking about vacation, everyone always thinks of the sea first.

"Why is it always the sea..."

she murmured.

"Because the land is full of Honkai Beasts."

Mikael shook his head helplessly.

Probably because most of the foundations of human civilization are built on land, there are very few Honkai beasts in the sea, which was the wave that broke out during the fourth Honkai Impact.

Later, at the location of the Eye of the Abyss, there would occasionally be abnormal Honkai energy emitted, mostly quantum shadows. It only needed to send Qianjie or Kevin to clean it up regularly.

Later, after the seventh collapse, Mikael completely sealed the Eye of the Abyss, and the Quantum Shadow no longer appeared. For a time, the underwater world actually became a safer place than the land.

This is probably why, every time we go on vacation, everyone always thinks of the sea.

If you are on vacation on land, you will definitely not be able to clean up the Honkai Beasts you encounter along the way, but if you have to do this kind of thing when you should be relaxing...who is willing to work overtime while on vacation? Although there are large bonuses for this kind of overtime work, to put it bluntly, after the world has collapsed to this extent, money is equivalent to numbers.

You put a bunch of numbers in front of me and want me to work overtime? How can it be!

Of course, they are not the only ones who can think of the scarcity of undersea Honkaiju. The coalition government also has similar ideas. At least as far as Mikael knows, on the seabed near De Moana Chino, they mobilized huge sums of money to build An underwater city.

Although they knew that theory was unreliable, in the spirit of "just in case it works", they even made the appearance of the underwater city look like a castle. It was really full of buffs...

But the most ridiculous thing is that it has been almost three months since the underwater city was completed, but they have still not decided whether to send people to move in——

It seems that they are just now remembering that once they send people to station, it is possible for Honkaimon to be born, and fighting Honkaimon underwater...

I'm sorry, but very few of humanity's existing equipment can maintain combat effectiveness underwater. Their imitation of the Fire Chaser aerial battleship also has the ability to dive, but it has no underwater combat capability. In the end, fusion warriors will have to be called in...

hehe.

After Mikael told Ellie this, she burst out laughing and had no choice but to hold on to the edge of the porthole.

She finally stopped laughing, wiped the tears from her eyes, and said:

"When it comes to the coalition government, it's hard not to think of May - poor Kevin, and little Gratius. Originally, May had already arranged work for Prometheus, as well as Uncle Hen and Aunt Blanca. We agreed to go on vacation together, but the coalition government suddenly had a meeting and the schedule was immediately canceled, and we..."

The coalition government's order was issued just when everyone was preparing to leave. The incident happened suddenly and it was impossible not to go. Kevin had proposed to simply go to Mu for a vacation, but in fact he just didn't want to be separated from Mei. But this is obviously impossible.

If the anti-entropy crowd went to Mu... Although they were here for vacation, Mikael felt that the coalition government would not believe it.

For this reason, even sending Kevin will inevitably stimulate the opponent's fragile nerves.

The final result was that Aponya was still staying at the base, and the rest should take a vacation. Finally, with Mei as the center, a team with a small number of people and a somewhat mediocre look was organized.

On the surface, there are Mei, Hen, Blanca, and Evelyn, plus an ordinary armed team commanded by Aldemir.

Sakura is responsible for assisting secretly.

Although there are three fusion warriors in this team on the surface, Blanca and Ewenjie Lin were both temporarily operated during the Eighth Collapse. It is difficult for the coalition government to collect information about them, and Hen has been there all year round. Moon, also has almost no combat record in its missions against Honkai.

What's more, they know nothing about the abilities of spiritually aware fusion warriors.

This ability is of limited use against Honkai, but when it comes to dealing with humans themselves...

Once there is a real conflict, the three of them can play a better role than ten Kevins.

But...Mikael didn't think that would happen.

"No! Michail!"

Ellie asked while rubbing his cheek:

"Why don't you postpone the vacation for a few days, wait until Mei and the others finish their meeting, and then we can vacation together!"

"The vacation can naturally be postponed, but the coalition government has not been chasing fire moths for a long time. This time there will definitely be big moves. Once the meeting is over, in the short term, not to mention May, even we may not have time to take a vacation. . This is why May and Aunt Blanca hope that Kevin and Gracie can enjoy this holiday respectively. "

Of course, the truth is more than that. Just like in addition to the bright team, there will also be a marginalized person named Sakura who will appear as a secret insurance. What Mikael said above is only a reason that can be put on the bright side.

There are reasons that can be put on the table, but there are also reasons that cannot be put on the table and can only be kept in the heart.

On the one hand, "vacation" itself is a signal that most ordinary people like the coalition government are comfortable and not hostile.

On the other hand, since they are in the North Pacific, extremely far away from the Mu Continent, this is like a deterrent...

But more importantly... matters related to the top leadership of the coalition government.

Let's put it this way... To a certain extent, the initiator of this "meeting" that left everyone confused and secretly defensive was none other than Mikael himself.

On the night when the eighth collapse ended, he couldn't wait to leave the headquarters quietly. Relying on the eight powers, he quietly sneaked into the headquarters of the coalition government in Mu Continent, and even around every [SEELE] member. It's really a piece of cake.

Although it is a bit late to say this, it is not too late for the matter of "unifying the resources of all mankind to fight against Honkai".

As for how to do it?

Using the power of mental perception to influence the top leaders of the coalition government was something that Mikael first did with Aponya after the fifth collapse.

But today is different from the past. After years of accumulation, the coalition government has also been cultivating three fusion warriors through blind cats and dead mice. The specific information is blank - not even uploaded!

Mikael had to consider the possibility that there were fusion warriors with mental perception among them, and Aponya's ability itself was relatively high-recognition, and if the control was tight, it would be easy to detect.

So Mikael adopted a completely different approach this time - he did not have too much mental influence on the people of [SEELE], but gave some seemingly dispensable "hints" in order to achieve the ultimate goal. the result of.

For example, "Unite to fight Honkai".

For example, "That day, He fell from the sky, and the people on the ground looked up and saw the starry sky" - although Mikael didn't understand this sentence himself, he thought of it at the time and put it in...

It sounds like a commandment, but it is not exactly the same. The commandment is more effective and the results are more obvious.

If we use an analogy between the two, the commandment is like holding a person in front for a while, while the "hint" is just a gentle push from behind. The effect is of course that the discipline is better, but it is also easier to detect.

Mikael straightened out these things and casually held the bulkhead with his palm. Then, he and Alicia retracted their hands in unison.

"what?"

"Were you shocked too?"

The two looked at each other and made a judgment in less than a second... No, there is no need to judge. You can see the huge body through the porthole——

"Seventy-five degrees to the port side, 200 meters underwater, judged to be an emperor-level Honkai Beast, first-level battle preparation!"