Uchiha Sasuke’s Collapse Chapter 058

An stared at Bronya mockingly and said, “It seems you don’t want to save your Seele, Bro! Nya! Sis! Ter!?”

“As long as Bronya lives in this world for one second, she will not give up finding a way to save Seele, but this method will never be at the cost of innocent lives!”

“Innocent people?! Hahahahaha…”

An burst into laughter, bending over backward. “You, a monster like you, are worthy of sympathizing with humans?”

Before Bronya could answer, the girl’s face became increasingly distorted. “We are all—monsters created by Mother!”

A chilling and eerie killing intent suddenly erupted from the girl. Then, a giant mech, dark red and deep purple in color, warped in front of them. The girl leaped onto it. The mech’s joints were embedded with bone-like quantum crystals, and its chest held an active core, throbbing like a scarlet giant eye.

“Beep—Warning, enemy-to-friendly combat ratio 7:3, recommend retreat.”

Along with the warning sound and An’s wild laughter, the priestesses gradually tightened their encirclement.

outnumbered, need to buy time…

Anti-Entropy’s special operations unit isn’t a huge threat. I need to first use Project Bunny to anchor An’s mech, then hack it.

Although Bronya had already made up her mind, her delicate face remained expressionless. She continued to argue with An, “Cocolia Mama is doing the wrong thing. Bronya is just correcting her mistakes.”

“Mistake? Bronya, you, who defy Mother, are the real mistake!”

An was not in a hurry to make a move. In her opinion, Bronya was already a dish on the plate; the only difference was whether she would start carving earlier or later.

As for the Herrscher of Thunder, the Warp Titans she led were already in position. That man, who looked as thin as a bamboo pole, couldn’t change anything.

“I didn’t expect you to bring Cocolia Mama’s ‘Shadow Serpents’ this time.” Bronya looked around the tightening encirclement, trying her best to appear surprised.

The so-called ‘Shadow Serpents’ were Cocolia’s personal direct force. Powerful figures always cultivated their own direct forces to serve them. They obeyed Cocolia’s personal orders and were only accountable to Cocolia, nominally belonging to Anti-Entropy.

Roughly equivalent to the Root in the Anbu.

“What, you look nervous?” An licked the corner of her mouth. “Don’t worry~ Mother doesn’t have time to deal with a traitor like you right now. Those conservatives are still holding Mother back, but it doesn’t matter. I’ll bring the Herrscher of Thunder back for her. No accidents will happen.”

“You acted alone, without Cocolia Mama’s knowledge?” Bronya breathed a sigh of relief.

“What, you wouldn’t think such a simple matter would require reporting to Mother and distracting her?” An shrugged. “I was originally just investigating why you disappeared. Capturing the Herrscher of Thunder… is just a side task to help Mother. A certain shorty actually fell into the Herrscher’s hands, truly disappointing Mother!”

An naturally assumed that Bronya had been defeated and captured by the Herrscher of Thunder, and then betrayed to survive.

After all, the mechs destroyed by electricity everywhere couldn’t be faked. It was impossible for a second Herrscher of Thunder to appear in this world, right?

Bronya’s eyes suddenly became a bit strange. “Since you didn’t report to Cocolia Mama, how did you mobilize these ‘Shadow Serpents’?”

“Of course, in your name.” An’s eyes clearly showed impatience. “Did you, little shorty, hit your head when you were captured by the Herrscher of Thunder? Mother appointed you as the leader of the Nagazora City Special Operations Team. Isn’t it normal for me to mobilize them in your name?”

“I see. It seems Cocolia Mama is still unaware of everything that’s happening here.”

Seeing Bronya slowly revealing a relaxed demeanor, An suddenly realized. She became somewhat annoyed and embarrassed. “You little shorty, you were trying to trick me?”

“Bronya finds it all quite obvious.”

Gazing at Bronya’s emotionless eyes, An felt a fire burning brighter and brighter in her chest. She subconsciously ignored the fact that this girl’s emotional circuits had been burned out, only feeling that she might be mercilessly mocking herself beneath her expressionless face.

“You damned puppet dare to mock me? I’m going to dismantle you into parts and bring you back to Mother!”

An seemed to go mad. The bone-white embossed patterns on the mech’s shoulder and knee armor instantly ignited, and blood-red patterns flowed like winding venomous snakes.

“Warning—intense Honkai energy reaction detected at 31.12° 11.4 meters northeast…”

“Warning…”

Bronya was not surprised by An’s sudden attack.

Her past experiences with An had long accustomed her to An’s extremely unstable personality. Aside from looking after the other orphans in the orphanage and carrying out Mother’s missions, capriciousness and madness were her bywords.

Bronya swiftly piloted Project Bunny into the air, but the encircling “Shadow Serpent” priestess unit seemed to have anticipated this. They all aimed their guns at Bronya in the air, then golden streams of fire continuously spewed forth, mercilessly strafing their former superior.

“Project Bunny, deploy energy barrier!”

An invisible protective membrane blocked the large-caliber bullets capable of piercing steel, leaving Bronya in the center unharmed, as if she were about to drift away by levitation.

“Hmph, trying to escape?”

Beneath An—the dark black Anti-Entropy specialized mech suddenly leaped up, deep red blood mist mixed with the trailing light, and a terrifying scythe slashed down.

Bronya seemed to have anticipated it. She skillfully maneuvered Project Bunny to deflect, dodging the fierce blow.

The mech landed, and the terrifying shockwave caused the surrounding “Shadow Serpents” to lose their footing and fall.

“It’s not over yet! UB- 001! Let me see how many sections a puppet’s joints can break into!” She manipulated the mech’s forelimbs to dig into the ground, and eight dark purple floating cannons ejected from the back compartment, weaving a deadly net of trajectories.

“Shift 2.7 meters to the side, Project Bunny’s left arm transforms into an alloy shield to block, judgment failed.”

Project Bunny’s defense did not seem to withstand An’s attack.

“Damage warning: Right leg mobility decreased by 41%, Titan general-purpose mech’s metal fatigue value has exceeded critical point.”

The damaged Project Bunny’s thrusters burst with blue flames, carrying Bronya crashing into a tunnel in the ceiling. The fungal Honkai crystal tunnel walls crumbled and peeled away with the impact, much like the mold beneath the orphanage.

The alarm and An’s execution declaration overlapped: “You’ll never save anyone, a puppet should… crack!”