Uchiha Sasuke’s Collapse Chapter 040

“Hmm…”

In the dimly lit small room, only a silver screen emitted a faint glow, illuminating the figure in front of it—a figure with light gray curly hair and eyes, a delicate body, and a lovely, lifeless face, like a doll.

She was Bronya Zaychik, one of Anti-Entropy’s interim leader Cocolia’s many daughters, and the executor responsible for retrieving the Herrscher of Thunder in this third Great Honkai plan.

At the beginning of the third Great Honkai plan, everything went smoothly. Faced with Cocolia-mama’s sudden attack, Raiden Ryoma was clearly unprepared. After he was imprisoned, at Cocolia’s behest, Raiden Mei’s classmates and relatives began bullying and isolating her around the clock.

And as a large amount of Honkai energy was introduced and stored in Nagazora City, the Honkai energy concentration in Nagazora City increased daily, making the birth of the Herrscher of Thunder seem like a foregone conclusion.

But the first accident occurred.

The foolish white-haired girl seemed unaware of the existence she was trying to save, actually disregarding the prejudices between classmates and relatives.

And she, coincidentally, became the last straw for the drowning person, becoming the last “string” that kept Raiden Mei from breaking.

Bronya originally wanted to ask Cocolia-mama for instructions to mobilize Titans to eliminate this foolish single-celled organism, but unfortunately, Cocolia-mama stated that she possessed the noble Kaslana surname, and if she died here without cause, it might attract the attention of Schicksal, and the third Great Honkai plan might have to be shelved.

If the Great Honkai plan could not be completed, then without the Herrscher of Thunder for them to study, Seele… would not be able to return.

Bronya could only add this lazy, good-for-nothing single-celled organism to her daily observation targets.

However, soon, a second accident occurred again.

A broken-armed young man suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Yes, he appeared out of nowhere.

To find this suddenly appearing young man, Bronya, using her hacking abilities, infiltrated the entire Far East’s biological database and then conducted data comparisons.

There was no such person as the “Uchiha Sasuke” the young man claimed to be.

All surveillance in the Far East, after strict screening by Project Bunny, had not seen such a person a month ago.

This meant that he had appeared out of nowhere in the Far East a month ago.

Of course, it could not be ruled out that this young man came from other regions. His origin and identity in the Far East were likely fabricated, as it would be unrealistic to hack and steal biological data from all over the world and compare it in such a short time.

In short, according to Bronya’s observations, this unknown young man’s daily life consisted of two points: clearing small-scale Honkai Beasts or Zombies that appeared in Nagazora City due to the increased Honkai energy concentration, and then teaching Mei and a certain single-celled organism swordsmanship.

This made Bronya feel vigilant. As the old saying goes in Shenzhou, “Those who come with ill intentions are not good, and those who are good do not come.” This young man’s origins were unknown, but it was clear at a glance that his goal was also the Herrscher of Thunder.

However, Cocolia-mama was currently bickering with her opponent, and Anti-Entropy had not yet become her personal domain. Acting rashly might cause unforeseen variables.

So Bronya drank carrot and beet soup, gnawed on roast duck, and viciously spied on the broken-armed young man.

“Why did he go to an internet cafe?”

Bronya was somewhat surprised.

In her mind, although this young man’s origins were unknown, he was agile, and judging by his methods of clearing Honkai Beasts and Zombies, his swordsmanship was superb. He must have strong backing, even if he didn’t come from a large organization like Schicksal.

Such a person must have exclusive communication methods. Bronya had been detecting his communication signals during this time, but ultimately found nothing.

She figured he was hiding well enough.

So what was he doing at an internet cafe?

But no matter what he was doing… causing him some trouble should be possible.

Bronya’s malice surged: “Project Bunny, help me cut off the power supply to that block in the surveillance footage.”

…

“?”

Sasuke stared at the screen, which had lit up and then gone dark again, deep in thought.

He had clearly turned on the computer according to the methods he had observed other users employing, so why did it go dark again?

Could it be that the power button on this machine was different?

Before he could ponder, the exclamations and questions from nearby seemed to indicate that he wasn’t the only one whose screen had suddenly gone black.

No, the entire internet cafe was dimly lit.

A power outage?

Sasuke instantly Shunshined out of the window, only to see the entire nearby block dark. People were continuously emerging from nearby bars, hotels, and various other establishments, everyone looking unfulfilled and constantly complaining to each other.

It seemed that the power supply for the entire block had a problem.

Then he would just go to another internet cafe.

Sasuke had visited almost all the internet cafes in Nagazora City these past few days to observe how people in this world used computers. He still remembered their specific locations.

He randomly found an internet cafe in the nearest block to his current location. As Sasuke stepped one foot through the doorway, the light bulb above his head went out with a click, and various wails came from inside.

“?”

Why was the power out again?

Thus, Sasuke tried several internet cafes one after another. Some lost power as soon as he turned them on, while others lost power before his left foot even stepped inside.

Sasuke couldn’t help but feel a little suspicious.

Was someone secretly tripping him up?

But then he found it strange. In his chakra perception, no one was secretly following him, unless the strength of the person tracking him far exceeded his own. But if the opponent was so powerful, why were they always fixated on cutting off power instead of engaging him directly?

Subsequently, Sasuke ran through several more blocks and finally stopped his steps.

It wasn’t that there were no more internet cafes; it was that the main circuit breaker for the entire city had been tripped.

“?”

He vaguely felt that something was wrong, as if some unknown force was targeting him, but on the surface, it seemed as though only the city’s electrical circuits had problems.

The Uchiha clan’s compound also frequently experienced such problems in the past, and even the entire Hidden Leaf Village had experienced major power outages, which was not surprising.

As a ninja, Sasuke suffered from a lack of information. He didn’t understand modern urban circuit planning and design. Therefore, only his natural ninja sense of crisis from years of ninja life made him vaguely feel as though he was being targeted.

“Hmm?”

It seemed there was a factory nearby where zombies and Honkai Beasts had appeared due to a leak in the Honkai energy storage device.

Sasuke was silent for a moment.

It seemed today’s internet journey would have to be put on hold.