The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Heh-owe-"

While sipping the bitter black coffee, Mikael listened to Sakura and Prometheus reporting on yesterday's situation.

"Yesterday, a total of 123 riots occurred around the world. Eighty-seven of them can be confirmed to be caused by the Tenth Herrscher. A total of eleven cores were discovered. In other words, most Herrscher individuals have All managed to escape."

Mikael casually counted these two numbers on the writing board and asked without raising his head:

"Where's the power?"

Sakura's reaction once again exceeded that of Prometheus, and she answered before this artificial intelligence:

"The powers of the Ninth and Fifth Herrschers have also appeared. Yesterday I killed a Herrscher with the ability to become invisible. The unanimous conclusion of Velvet and Mebius is that this ability comes from the Fourth Herrscher's ability to treat fluids. control, that is, the invisibility effect achieved through changes in light and shadow.”

Mikael changed to another writing board, and in the voice broadcast as clear as a mountain spring, he circled the three numbers "four", "five" and "nine" written on it.

He also drew two horizontal lines under "two".

"Mikael, do you think the other party even has the power of the Second Herrscher?"

"It's just a guess. If there is no power from the Second Herrscher, how can so many Herrschers coordinate their tasks and distribute their powers?"

"Ahem!"

Prometheus finally had a chance to interrupt. She first cleared her throat to attract the attention of the other two people, and then reminded:

"As for how the Tenth Herrscher established communications, Dr. Mei and Velvet concluded through calculations and analysis of the core of the Tenth Herrscher that they should use the principle of quantum entanglement to coordinate communications. This method cannot be deciphered, and There is no delay in information transmission, which is far more convenient than using the power of space."

"Well……"

Michael held his chin up and recalled the two exchanges between himself and Alicia through the so-called Herrscher consciousness intersection, but he seemed to have never seen the consciousness of other Herrsters in that place. He always thought , this method of communication is unique to the so-called "Human Lawyer".

"No, that's not right... Maybe only the Human Herrscher can do it. But the Tenth Herrscher is an exception. They are both independent and unified individuals. Their own quantum attributes are in an entangled state, and their The communication shouldn’t be as close to face-to-face as Aili and I do, but maybe more similar to online chatting?”

Mikael can't figure out the specific principle, but...

"Perhaps I can use the power of consciousness to attach part of the consciousness to Aldemir's consciousness. Perhaps I can sneak into the communication between the Tenth Herrscher individuals in this way? It seems a bit risky. The Tenth Herrscher also has mastered part of the consciousness. With my power, I may not be able to cover up all traces.”

It's a pity. If this could be considered before the Tenth Herrscher mastered the power of consciousness, there would be no need to make so many preparations. Mikael could even try to directly use the power of consciousness to control a bunch of Tenth Herrscher's weapons. Individuals may even completely change their cognition, making them feel that they should fight for humanity.

But it's too late to regret it now. After this incident is over, if one or two individuals of the Tenth Herrscher can be captured alive, Aponia can try it.

I don’t know how well the Eighth Herrscher, who had lost his core, was trained and educated by her at the deepest level.

When he came back to his senses, Mikael saw Sakura looking at him with strange eyes. The doubtful eyes made Mikael couldn't help but rub his face to make sure that he was still himself.

"What's wrong?"

In addition to confusion, there seemed to be a trace of annoyance in his eyes.

"I...I just remembered, where is Mei? This is not Mei's office..."

"Ah - you finally noticed this problem."

The mechanical voice of Prometheus mocked silently from the side.

Sakura lowered her head slightly, and her fox ears also moved. She didn't know what happened just now, but she didn't notice anything unusual at all. This was the first time in so many years that she made such a stupid mistake.

"Oh? Mei and Kevin went to the Rhine. The riots there have not completely subsided."

"Well……"

"In fact, the coalition government has collected almost all the illegal activities of departments at all levels. I guess Kiir also thought that once a major unrest occurs, the corresponding crimes will be made public to quell public complaints. Unfortunately, it is all easier now. us."

Mikael took this opportunity to quietly change the topic to avoid Sakura's embarrassment.

"Huh? Then you don't have to go in person, right? In this situation, it's somewhat dangerous."

Mikael spread his hands and said:

"I said before that if you want to invite the king into the urn, you have to show yourself to be overwhelmed and unprepared. And Mei...forget it, in her own words, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs, although I don't agree with it either. , but you have also seen the result, now I am processing the files for her. "

"...Then at least I should be allowed to be the second line of insurance in the dark. Wasn't it always like this before?"

"this one……"

Mikael lowered his head and sighed softly:

"Sakura, in the past four years or so, have you really been with Suzu for more than ten days?"

"..."

Ying had never calculated these, but after searching her memory, she seemed to be always on a mission since the merger of the Fire Moth and Anti-Entropy. She was always accompanied by the night and the endless smell of blood. When Mikael mentioned Ling just now, she was unable to construct Ling's facial features in her mind for a while.

No matter how hard she tried, she could only draw a vague facial feature in her mind.

If she ignored the cherry-pink hair color and the red highlights on her forehead, she would never think of this as Ling.

"This is my responsibility after all. I'm sorry, Ying."

"No."

Ying shook her head quickly, "Someone has to do that kind of thing, and I am the best candidate after receiving various trainings from the Poison Pupa. Besides, I do this so that I can better get along with Ling and... well, that's it."

At the end of her words, the corners of her mouth slowly lifted.

Looking at this hopeful smile, Mikael was speechless for a moment, just silently crossed his hands in front of him.

"Anyway, now that the Fire Moth has merged with the United Government, there is no need for you to continue your work. Enjoy your vacation. As for the protection of Mei, in addition to Kevin, there is also Qianjie." As he spoke, he took out a pocket watch-like object from somewhere and handed it to Ying: "I originally wanted to take you to the World Bubble to see Ling. Well, they are responsible for searching for the World Bubble in Mu Continent. But considering the problem of the tenth collapse, you can only communicate with Ling remotely in this way." "My body is to the quantum sea... uh, use this? Can I communicate with Ling?" Ying originally took Gneius with one hand. When she heard that she could communicate with Ling, she immediately let go of her left hand holding the hilt and held it carefully. "Why are you so careful... When Qianjie was communicating with Yimer before, I don't know what happened, and I threw it to the ground twice, but nothing happened."

"Oh...oh..."

Ying tried to suppress the excitement and excitement that kept surging in her mind. This was not difficult for her in the past, because the most important thing for a killer is to keep a stable emotional state at all times and not be trapped by external things, but now...

But she is Ying after all, and the feeling of mental disturbance only lasted for a moment. She took a deep breath, nodded gently to Mikael, and then left with Gnius tightly in her hand.

"Okay, okay! Prometheus, let's deal with other files!"

Mikael stretched lightly, and I don't know if he thought of something, and he quietly clenched his right hand.

"Um... I'm sorry, Captain Mikael, the next step is your most hated part - checking the various funds in and out, and approving the funding applications of various departments."

"I..."

There was no way, Mikael was forced to work for a day by Prometheus, during which he received instructions on handling more than 200 global riots. It was not until the night was dark that he dragged his feet out of the office.

"Heh-yawn-"

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Ellie leaning against the wall, dazed, nodding her head and yawning.

She heard the door opening and closing in a half-awake state, so she raised her head and rubbed her eyes:

"Ah! Mikael, you finally came out!"

As if infected by a mysterious power, Mikael also yawned, and then slowly replied:

"Well, how about you over there, how are those new recruits?"

If Ellie had nothing to do, of course it would not be Mikael's turn to waste time dealing with so many boring documents.

Unfortunately, the mass-produced fusion warriors that were mobilized earlier have all completed the operation under the auspices of Spasi, and will be ready to join the ranks in the next two days.

Although the number of people has been repeatedly reduced due to funding issues, and most people have been assigned to other positions, the number of people who eventually became fusion warriors still exceeded 2,000.

This number is only one-tenth of what Mikael had expected before, but for Anti-Entropy, which has only had single-digit members for a long time, even after the unprecedented expansion after the eighth collapse, there are only more than 60 people...

No, to be precise, for the Fire Chaser Moth, it has never had the experience of managing so many fusion warriors.

Managing ordinary warriors is already a laborious task, but there are still regulations and supervision systems to assist.

And fusion warriors... Although these people themselves have been proven to be "reliable" and "determined" before becoming fusion warriors, what people fear most is the gap-

Many "financial experts" who have been used to hard times, after winning the lottery and becoming rich overnight, quickly squandered their huge wealth.

Many people are cautious and abide by their duties when they are still ordinary, but they become corrupt and degenerate in an instant after they are in power.

The same is true for fusion warriors. Their so-called "reliability" and "firmness" are based on the identity of ordinary people. But after suddenly gaining power far beyond that of ordinary people, can they still maintain their original intentions?

Alicia's main job for a period of time is screening. With her extraordinary insight into people's hearts, she only needs two or three sentences to understand a person's thoughts.

But this is bound to be a tiring job, so when Mei comes back, Mikael will also be with her, but the difference is that Mikael uses the power of knowledge.

However, this is actually only a small part of the problem. The biggest problem is——

"Hey, Mikael, how are you going to organize these two thousand people?"

Mikael rubbed his sore eyes, one head and two big ones.

What he told Yiwen Jielin before was indeed true. His Anti-Entropy did not plan to have so many people. He had even planned to transform Anti-Entropy into "Ying Jie", and the rest would be mixed with ordinary troops. Improved Fire Chaser's efficiency in handling the Herrscher's following Honolulu events.

But the appearance of the Tenth Herrscher disrupted this plan.

No one knows whether there are individuals of the Tenth Herrscher among this group of fusion warriors, or how many there are.

There is no way to quickly screen - these fusion warriors themselves will emit Honkai energy radiation, and the Herrscher only needs not to use the power, just like Mikael did in the Fire Chaser Moth at the beginning, or Kiana in Like Sky City, the intensity of the Honkai energy reaction they emit is not as high as that of the Fusion Warriors.

Under such circumstances, it would obviously be unwise to stick to the original plan and disperse these fusion warriors to various units.

As a side that is engaged in defensive counterattack or annihilation war, Metropolis feels that its enemies are too scattered and tries hard to bring them together so as to catch them all in one fell swoop. How can there be any reason to actively disperse them?

But if you don't do this, not only does Anti-Entropy not have the experience to manage more than 2,000 people, but it actually doesn't have the ability to manage more than 2,000 people -

After all, management is based on contact in a hierarchical structure. No one has ever successfully managed more than fifty people directly.

Even many monitors during their student days would manage their classmates in groups. Direct management is not impossible, but that kind of organization is definitely not able to meet the needs of training.

Assuming that the current sixty people in Anti-Entropy can be assigned as managers to the new fusion warriors, then one person will have to manage forty on average. However, most of the so-called "old fusion warriors" currently in Anti-Entropy They are also the products of the eighth collapse.

Not to mention, under the oppression of the Tenth Herrscher, except for the acquaintance Ying Jie, Mikael and even Destobia could not guarantee the possibility of becoming an individual of the Tenth Herrscher.

Without considering other issues, the best way would be to put it aside and wait until the tenth collapse is over before considering it again, but that is obviously impossible.

It's not that all those two thousand people are Herrschers, so it's impossible to leave them alone. If you do this, not to mention whether others will have objections, wouldn't it be easier for individual Herrschers mixed in to fish in troubled waters?

Mikael tapped his arm twice with his index finger and quickly took transitional measures:

"Let's start with this, setting up a three-month training period, using the excuse of training new recruits and integrating warrior tactics with coaches...

"Well, this can't be regarded as an excuse. In short, I just told them that there needs to be a three-month training period for recruits. During this period, everyone is divided into four teams. You, Hen, and Blanca will each lead a team. I You can help me lead that team first, and then...

"There is no need to spread the original fusion warriors among them in the form of officers at all levels. Directly divide these recruits into hundreds of teams, and they will elect the squad leaders themselves."

"Well……"

Alicia frowned slightly and understood what Mikael meant——

"You are saying that if there is an individual Tenth Herrscher among them, they will never let go of this opportunity. After all, only by becoming the squad leader can you have the opportunity to secretly incite more people to cause trouble.

"Hmm... That's really insidious, Mikael. Moreover, a squad leader can directly manage a hundred people. As a normal training requirement, it is barely enough, but if you want to incite them, it will be quite difficult!"

Mikael poked her face dumbfounded:

"You can obviously praise me for my wisdom, but you insist on saying that I am insidious..."

"Then...then I didn't think of the right words for a while!"

Mikael rested with her against the cold wall for a while, and suddenly said:

"You go back first, I still have some work to do."

"Oh? Going to Mebius's laboratory again? Or... Huh? Where's Hua? I haven't seen her all day today. Did your enlightenment yesterday work? Do you want me to go again?"

"That's not necessary..."

The corners of Mikael's mouth twitched and he refused her kindness.

"However, the following matter is really related to Hua. But I am going to Velvet's workshop."

"oh?"

Seeing how frank Mikael was, Ellie couldn't say anything.

She pretended to be relaxed and sighed, "Oh, now that I think about it, it's been a long time since I went to the workshop to see Velvet!"

Mikael raised his eyebrows and invited without thinking:

"Huh? Let's go together then?"

"Forget it...forget it, I'm quite tired today...then, I'll leave first! You have to come back early!"

Mikael tilted his head, not quite understanding why she changed her mind again.

He shook his head, watched as Ellie's back disappeared from sight, and then walked towards Velvet's workshop.

As usual, he did not use the power of space to move quickly.

That is fast and convenient, but... after all, it is different from a "person's" living habits.

It's as if, in theory, both Herrschers and Fusion Warriors could escape sleep, but no one has ever done so.

They still feel sleepy, which is a testament to being human.

Besides, it's only a few steps away.

"Huh? You came so late... I left my things behind the door, you can just get them yourself."

Hearing the footsteps behind her and knowing it was Mikael, Velvet ignored him and was doing something with an unexplainable machine.

Mikael didn't care about anything else and picked up the golden long sword behind the door. In the middle of the sword grid was a gem that was constantly emitting dark red light.

"I didn't expect you to make something so quickly."

"Hmph, this is the only one, I don't have time for the others at the moment. And... how to put it, we don't fully understand the analysis of the so-called domination power, so I'm not sure what function this God's Key will have in the end. --Absolutely not.

"But then again, can't you directly reproduce the power? Why are you so anxious to use the God Key?"

Reappearance is naturally possible, but first of all, the core of the Tenth Herrscher is not "complete", and secondly, the power of recurrence is temporarily useless. It is impossible to rely on this to penetrate into the enemy's interior - although it can be reproduced, the "control" that Mikael reappears is not one of the Herrscher's original individuals.

but……

"I didn't say this was for my own use..."

Mikael gently stroked the golden sword body with lines with his palm, and smiled involuntarily.