People are crumbling, they're vile strangers

"Haha, he deserves it! Joyce, remember to give that stinky golden retriever an uppercut. It's best to knock his teeth out!"

Looks like...a certain Dr. Lobster is still pretty grumpy.

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And in another high altitude, on the Nibelungen that was flying silently, Jiu Xiao ended a certain communication, and turned to look at the members of the theocracy team below the bridge.

"Just now, Teresa Apocalypse, the branch chief of the Far East branch, announced a mutiny and rebelled."

The bridge fell into silence, and all the members turned their heads to look at Jiu Xiao, waiting for the acting captain's follow-up instructions.

"According to the request sent by the headquarters of the Mandate of Heaven, we need to intercept the Hermes where Chief Teresa is currently located, and persuade her to go back."

The Valkyries below still did not respond, and continued to wait for Jiuxiao's next order.

"Tch, it's boring..."

Looking at the quiet bridge, Jiu Xiao twitched the corners of her lips boredly, and issued her real order——

"Theocratic forces, the whole army, the target branch of Destiny! What I mean is—it's normal for us to persuade you to fight in the headquarters!"

"Wuhu!"

Cheers erupted from the crowd below.

"Ahem, be quiet!"

Jiu Xiao temporarily interrupted the cheers below.

"I know that although some of you newcomers have great opinions on the headquarters, you still have concerns about jumping in the face of the archbishop. After all, we lack orthodox and legal claims—"

"Then here I want to tell you a piece of information about your real captain, the S-rank Valkyrie Snow, although most of you have never seen her—"

"The full name of the captain of the theocracy team is Snow Apocalypse, the archbishop's own daughter, yes, his own daughter! We have a completely reasonable strong claim——!"

"How can there be a 500-year bishop in this world! Soldiers of destiny, gather troops, let's go!!!"

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About 40 nautical miles in the airspace of Tianming Headquarters——

The air transport ship Hermes, which belongs to the Far East Branch, is constantly entangled with the swarming Houkai beasts and firing defense satellites, and is rushing all the way towards the third airport of destiny.

"Damn it, there are too many Honkai beasts! If this continues, we can't hold on to our destiny. The Hermes, the third airport, is about to fall, Teresa! You better have thought of a good solution! "

Just when Wuliangta Jizi loudly warned Teresa that the battleship was in bad shape, roaring missiles and explosions enveloped the mobile defense satellites roaring in the sky and the Honkai Beasts on the deck of the battleship. , and those Honkai beasts who were entangled with the Valkyries and could not be covered by artillery fire were carefully swallowed by miniature black holes.

"Huh? Teresa, where did you find these helpers?"

Seeing the collapsed biochemical troops disappearing like snowflakes under the artillery fire of the anti-entropy mechanical troops that suddenly arrived, Ji Zi, who was suddenly at ease, began to look around; then she saw a young man.

——Indigo hair color and eyes, wearing casual clothes, hands in pockets, a pair of headphones engraved with the anti-entropy logo hanging around the man's neck, looking seriously at the surrounding Titans who are still fighting.

"An anti-entropy member? He's pretty handsome... Do you want to leave a contact information?"

Ji Zi, who had nothing to do for the time being, looked at the Honkai Beast and the defensive satellites who were still being baptized by the artillery fire, shrugged helplessly, and decisively chose to tease the man.

"According to the time ... I am almost 70 years old ... the honorable lady."

【It’s enough for me to be your grandpa, you group of Valkyrie Goddesses, how come one or two of you want to tease guys! 】

Joyce roared in his heart, the leader who couldn't bear the atmosphere in St. Freya Academy decisively proposed to support Teresa and the others, but they still couldn't escape.

"Over 70 years old??? You... brother, are you serious??? You look like you are in your early twenties at most—"

Ji Zi looked at the man in front of him suspiciously, a little inconceivable, and then he seemed to think of something and showed a suddenly realized expression.

"I heard that among the current executors of Anti-Entropy, there are several old people who have existed since before Anti-Entropy was established... It seems that this...grandfather? He is also a member of these respectable old people. huh?"

"Old man..."

Joyce twitched the corner of his mouth and reluctantly accepted the title.

Ji Zi, who was sizing up the young man with his appearance, suddenly realized something was wrong——

And Mei, who was originally assisting Jizi in fighting together, also came over at this moment. After seeing Joyce for a while, she suddenly remembered something, and quietly leaned into Jizi's ear and whispered:

"Teacher Himeko...this gentleman looks like the perverted hooded man who attacked the academy two years ago..."

"Well, Mei, I noticed, don't panic, I'll test him first, at least he helped us just now, so he can be regarded as a friendly army for the time being."

Jizi turned her head and responded softly to Mei's words, then continued to look at the indigo-haired man staring at the distant hammer and greeted again——

"Would you like to introduce yourself, old man? I'm Wuliangta Jizi, a teacher at St. Freya College of the Far East branch, so this old man who came to support us, what is his name?"

"Just call me Joyce, Walter Joyce—"

After the man's voice fell, Mei, who was standing behind Himeko, showed an expression of seeing a ghost. The girl had heard this name in the air from her father in the past. When this name was mentioned, her father always looked respectful.

[Walter Joyce] The first leader of anti-entropy, the first herrscher—the first herrscher in this generation to fight for mankind, and one of the founders of anti-entropy.

It's a pity that Jizi, who had her back to Mei, didn't see her student's expression, and facing the two who had already communicated, Mei didn't know how to interrupt for a while.

"Mr. Joyce seems to be very interested in these Houkai beasts? It seems that you haven't seen them before?"

Wuliangta Himeko, who had no idea of ​​the meaning of the name, continued to test the man in front of her.

"Ah... I really haven't seen..."

Joyce continued to look up at the scene that he had never seen in his "lifetime" in the past, although all of this was created by himself-intensive artillery fire strafed the same dense group of Houkai beasts, and the steel produced by the fusion of modern technology and technology of the last era The creation roared at its natural enemies, spitting out continuous flames to clear the way for the battleship.

[Sure enough, it's a clone or something... I haven't seen Honkai Beast, but I claim to be over 70 years old, so I inherited part of the memory of the original owner? 】

Ji Zi, who had completed her brain research, also showed a clear expression—but in order to confirm the last point, she continued to ask a question.

"Mr. Joyce, can you tell me how anti-entropy was developed in the first place?"

"..." The man fell silent, showing a troubled expression.

[Sure enough, you only inherited part of the memory? 】Our respected Jizi's wrong answer is that he is going farther and farther.

"Well, Mr. Joyce, is there something unspeakable?"

Ji Zi changed his attitude a bit, showing a concerned expression.

"Ah, there are no words to hide... But, if you want to ask me about Anti-Entropy's past... I really don't know, I was already dead at that time..."

In Jizi's hellish expression, Joyce shook his head and spit out an answer that ordinary people can't understand...

"Wait, what do you mean you are dead???"

Himeko's question blurted out, and Mei, who finally found a chance to insert her mouth, finally spoke at this time, interrupting Himeko's question——

"Mr. Walter Joyce...are you who I imagined you to be?"

Mei looked uncertainly at the man with a soft expression in front of him.

"Ah, I heard Ain mention you...Miss Raiden Mei, if you heard this name from your father—"

"Yes, I am the original leader of Anti-Entropy...the First Herrscher, Walter Joyce himself."

The indigo-haired man scratched his head in embarrassment when he said this name. He, who had never really held a high position, was told by Ain and Joachim after waking up that he was already a man who could go against the fate of the year. When he was the spiritual leader of the huge power, Joyce even felt that he might not have woken up for a moment—until the man named Kevin froze himself to a jolt.

"Then why do you have no memory of that time???"

Ji Zi, who was full of question marks, blurted out the question.

"Ah...that's a long story."

Joyce showed a nostalgic expression.

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Joyce showed a few chairs, indicating that the few people could sit down and chat slowly. Jizi and Mei didn't shirk any more, and simply took their seats, waiting for the story of Mr. Joyce in front of them to ease, while the man was watching After the two ladies were seated, they began to slowly tell their own stories.

.....

"That's it...at the very end...I and Riana, the most powerful Valkyrie at that time...stopped the Honkai fission bomb fired by Otto towards New York...and my last memory is only that The image of the child crying and pressing my wound trying to stop the bleeding..."

"——I gave him the core, including the meaning and mission contained in this surname. A human identity died."

The man's eyes were soft, and he seemed to think of the crying child under the collapsed Empire State Building.

"That child is the true anti-entropy leader... As for me, an old guy who has been sleeping in the core for more than 50 years before being awakened... At most, it is a spiritual symbol. The so-called anti-entropy leader, to be honest, is still Joachim is right...I didn't do anything."

The man with indigo hair shook his head and sighed.

"Well, Mr. Joyce, there is no need to say that...Your deeds are enough to be called a great person. It is what you did that saved the members of the original anti-entropy and saved the time. The people of New York have the anti-entropy of today, don’t they? They gathered together because of you—”

Himeko looked at Joyce who was sitting there shaking his head and sighing.

"..."

The man remembered the excited and ostentatious expressions of Ain, Tesla, and Joachim when they returned home with him.

At that time, Joachim still sneaked up to his side, and mysteriously introduced the rebuilt Empire State Building to himself in an excited tone——

"Joyce, do you know that the reconstruction of the Empire State Building was funded by anti-entropy, and on the first foundation pile it laid, everyone at that time engraved your name on it to commemorate you , you are the founder of this building."

...

"When I came back, I saw the rebuilt Empire State Building with my name engraved on its first foundation, and I saw a bustling city that is one of the best in the world, without the screaming and bewildered children I saw in the past, I saw the long-lost smiles of my former friends and juniors...Maybe——I’m not an ordinary person like I told you.”

"Ahhh...how many young people are required to come and drive to an old man like me...that's a shame."

Joyce shook his head, raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brow, and began to have a headache again.

"Hey, hey, old man, you haven't grown up there yet, have you? You've been asleep for more than 50 years. It doesn't count. You're not much older than us. You're only in your early 30s and [-]s, right?"

"Then you still call me Mr.... Just call me Joyce."

Walter Joyce, who had no airs at all, waved his hand casually, and looked at the little white-haired nun who had rushed behind Himeko and Meiren for a long time.

"Well, are you the Ms. Teresa that Ain mentioned?"

Joyce turned his attention to the petite Head of St. Freya.

"That's right, you are the leader of Joyce, right?"

Teresa nodded in acknowledgment, looked at Joyce, and the young man also nodded.

"Thank you in advance for your assistance, but...why did Mr. Joyce come here in person..."

"Of course it's to stop a real old thing from messing around... That punch back then was far from enough."