Collapse of iron, but I am the Supreme Strange

A little girl with gray hair and spiral twin ponytails was floating on the upper part of the bridge. She was wearing dark blue clothes that looked somewhat like a military uniform, and an exoskeleton armor that extended to her thighs.

A huge mecha without a lower body floated behind her. One hand of the mecha held a shield, and the other hand pointed the black muzzle of a gun at this side.

This girl looks very similar to Bronya - no, or rather, this is Bronya, with gray eyes and beautiful features. Seele is sure that Bronya must have looked like this when she was a child.

But... this is not right. Why does Bronya look like this? Firstly, Beloberg doesn't have such a high-tech mecha, and secondly, she herself wouldn't be this small.

The little girl looked at the scene on this side of the portal and froze in place.

The portal that suddenly opened just now must have scared her, but her reaction now was no longer alert, but "surprise", because the muzzle of the large armor behind her slowly lowered.

"Uh..." Seele scratched her head and asked tentatively: "Bronya?"

"?!"

The girl's eyes widened, and Xier was a little overwhelmed.

"Are you Bronya?" Seele asked again: "No, you are probably not Bronya."

"I, I am Bronya!" The girl said slowly: "I am Bronya... You are, you..."

The girl who called herself Bronya hesitated, her eyes trembling, and spoke in an unbelievable tone: "Are you - Seele?"

"Oh, you know me," Xier was a little surprised, but nodded: "Yes, I am Xier - Hello!"

The girl suddenly rushed towards Xier, which scared Xier.

The portal seemed to become unstable because of Xier's reaction. The picture behind the portal was distorted, and the portal quickly turned into golden light particles and dissipated in the air.

The girl failed to run to this side of the portal. Seele only heard her shouting, "Seele, I'm Sister Bronya—" and then there was no sound all of a sudden.

"......" Xier frowned and scratched her head in confusion: "It must be a mistake."

She said to herself, "This must be a mistake. Bronya is not that small. And, [Sister Bronya]? That's scary. I will never call Bronya [Sister]."

Xier nodded very confidently: "So I must have made a mistake. I have to open the door again."

She re-pictured what Bronya looked like in her mind - she was not a little girl, her hair was long and draped down her back, and there was no armor on her legs, and she was wearing black stockings!

Xier was now very sure of the image in her mind, so she clenched her fists and turned her arms towards the air again.

"Great! Now let me find Bronya!" she shouted. "I want to find the grown-up Bronya!"

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Ha people

Pepe's perspective

Chapter 4 In other words, it’s time to save the day! (3k)

Swish————

The spark portal opened again in front of Xier.

Xier narrowed her eyes and looked inside.

The scene over there looked like an office - there was a computer, a potted plant, and an ugly yellow little doll on the desk.

Sitting on the office chair was a woman with long gray hair, gray eyes, and a tall figure. She was wearing black stockings and a very capable OL outfit. At first glance, she was an office lady from a listed company.

Xier rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had seen something wrong.

Is this Bronya?

Could this be Bronya?!

Isn't Bronya a soldier? Why is she portrayed as a company executive?

The sparking sound when the portal opened attracted the other party's attention. The girl frowned and moved her eyes away from the tablet in her hand and slowly fell to the side.

Then, their eyes met, and they both stood there in a daze.

After seeing the other person's face clearly, Seele was stunned - this really was Bronya, yes, it was 100% certain that Bronya looked like this.

The girl stood up in fright when she saw Xier in the portal. She rubbed her eyes with her hands as if she couldn't believe it.

"...Am I...am I dreaming?" She said to herself, "I seem to see...Xi'er?!"

"Uh, it's me," Xier said awkwardly, "You're right, I'm Xier."

So the girl was even more surprised. She looked at Xier as if she was a computer that was stuck.

"You are... Bronya?"

Seele looked embarrassed: "Are you Bronya too?"

"...Xi...Xi'er——"

"Don't, don't be so excited!" Seele waved her hand: "I'm sure I've never seen you before. Are you really Bronya? Bronya Rand?"

"...Rand?" The other party was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "It should be Bronya Zaychek."

"..."

After hearing what the other party said, Xier decided that she had found the wrong person again.

Rand? Zajcek?

No way, are there really so many people named Bronya in the world who look the same?

And they all just happen to know someone with the same name as themselves, called Xier. Isn't this too bizarre?

"Okay!" Xier shook her head and prepared to close the portal: "Sorry to bother you at work, Bronya Zaycek, goodbye! See you later!"

“What?! Wait——” Bronya was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly tried to stop Seele’s actions: “Wait, Seele! Don’t turn off——”

But the girl was still a beat too slow. Xier had already closed the portal, leaving no chance for the other party to run to this universe. She pressed her temple and sighed helplessly.

"Oh, really," Seele raised her head, staring at the dark ceiling, and said to herself, "Where did so many Bronyas come from? I can't think of that girl's face now and call out a strange girl who is not called Bronya but looks the same, right?"

Xier had never heard of the "multiverse" or the "parallel world". She thought it was just because she was not proficient in magic, so she looked around and looked at the photos hanging on the wall.

The people in the photo are Bronya and Cocolia. It looks like the Grand Guardian is awarding a medal to Bronya. The photo was taken in a serious and solemn manner. It should have been taken at an official Beloberg event.

"what……"

Xier walked over and flexed her wrist while looking at the photo.

"The Great Guardian Cocolia, and Bronya."

She looked at the gray-haired girl in the photo and drew circles in the air with her wrist.

"This is the Bronya I'm looking for!" Seele shouted, "Bronya Rand, the successor to Beloberg's Great Guardian!"

Then, golden sparks began to spin in the air according to Xier's wishes.

The portal was created, and when the space stabilized, a violent blizzard gushed out from the other side of the portal, causing Xier to shiver.

The strong wind howled and whistled as it rushed through Bronya's room, shaking the curtains and tables.

"What......"

Xier took a deep breath and looked inside carefully.

There was heavy snow on the other side of the door, and the snow was so thick that it was above the knees. Xier was very familiar with this scene. Although she grew up in the lower district, she was sure that the other side of the door should be somewhere outside of Beloberg.

"Bronya?"

Xier tilted her head and searched inside the door.

The snow was so heavy that visibility was no more than ten meters... You couldn't see clearly what was happening outside while standing in the room.

Xier wondered if she had opened the wrong door again. The two previous failures made her unsure of her abilities.

"...Well, forget it." Xier simply stepped into the portal: "Let's go and take a look. After all, this time I imagined it by looking at the photos."

Xier's feet were buried in the snow. She used her hands to block the heavy snow in front of her and walked forward with difficulty.

There was a whistling sound in her ears, like the wailing of the devil. The cold wind was like a knife cutting into her cheeks, causing her pain. So she began to complain to herself.

"I must be crazy," Seele said. "Only a madman would leave Beloberg at night, and I haven't put on my gear yet. Damn the blizzard. I miss the lower areas a little bit."

At night in Yalilo 6, the temperature dropped further and the blizzard never stopped. Without proper protection, even the Destiny Walker could be frozen to death in the blizzard.

The Silvermane Guards stationed outside the city to fight against the Rift also try to stay in the camp at night and rarely attack under the cover of darkness.

With a swish, the portal behind Xier was blown away by the strong wind and turned into spark particles that disappeared into the air.

"Oh," Xier turned around and shrugged helplessly: "Okay, there is no way out now."

As she walked forward, she shouted, "Bronya—"

The wind was very loud, so Xier had to try to raise her voice as much as possible.

"Bronya! Are you over there?"

Seele was prepared for no one to answer, but she didn't expect Bronya's voice to really come from the other side of the snow curtain.

"Who is there?"

Yes, this seems to be Bronya's voice.

So Xier raised her eyebrows and moved forward faster.

"Bronya?" she called.

"..."

No one answered this time. Xier felt a little surprised. Could it be that the guy was in danger?

After walking for a while, Xier vaguely saw the figures of other people in the blizzard.

But there are two people——who are they? Bronya and...

Xier narrowed her eyes and looked at the figure that was gradually becoming clearer in the snow.

"...Cocolia?"

When she saw the man's appearance and attire, Xier couldn't help but be stunned.

"Xi'er?!"

After seeing the person coming here, Bronya also froze in place.

"How come you are here?" Bronya asked, "Did you follow me all the way here?"

"Follow me? Don't be ridiculous. You have to be crazy to run out of Beloberg in the middle of the night." Xier summoned her sickle and placed it on her shoulder. "An Yi gave me a ring that can open a portal. I was teleported here."

"An Yi...portal?" Bronya gave him a puzzled look.

“Let’s not talk about this for now,” Seele raised her sickle and pointed it at Cocolia who was standing behind Bronya: “Hey - Great Guardian, right? Cocolia? Why are you here!?”

If Cocolia is outside the city of Beloberg, it means that Luca and the others cannot possibly find this guy. They are probably still wandering around Klipperburg, or having a great fight with the Guards, right?

"Child from the lower district," Cocolia turned slowly and looked at Xier: "I am not pleased with your coming."

"Unhappy? What a joke! If you're unhappy, then everyone in the lower level area will be much happier!" Xier shouted to Cocolia, "Stop talking nonsense here, I'm going to arrest you and hand you over to An Yi!"

"An Yi... Well, you mentioned the name of the "outsider" again." Cocolia patted Bronya on the shoulder: "See, my daughter, I was right. The people in the lower district have all been bewitched by that outsider."

"No, mother—" Bronya turned sideways and took two steps back: "Lord Anyi can save this planet. He can change the environment of Beloberg. Why don't you believe me? You know the changes in the lower area, right?"

"I--" Cocolia was about to say something, but suddenly she covered her forehead with her hands and showed a painful expression, as if someone had hit her temple with a baseball bat.

Cocolia closed her eyes tightly, then slowly opened them, and her eyes actually emitted a faint golden light.

"Mother, mother..."

Bronya was startled by Cocolia's sudden change in aura and could not help but stand there in a daze.

"My daughter - are you going to betray me too?! Only the star core -" Cocolia's tone suddenly became excited: "Only the star core is the only hope to save this world!!"

Cocolia's voice had unexpectedly changed as well. There was a kind of accent and electric current sound mixed in it, which was very strange.

"As the great guardian, I must eliminate outsiders! Move towards the future created by the star core!" Cocolia's expression was a little ferocious.

"Mother... why are you still so stubborn? Why do you do such illogical things--" Bronya bit her lip and clenched her fists: "Could it be that what Lady An Yi said is right, that you have become a puppet of the Star Core?... It seems that now you are just a Star Core monster with my mother's body!"

"Don't call him 'Sir'!"

Cocolia almost yelled at Bronya.

"Star core! Get out of my mother's body!" Bronya looked directly into Cocolia's eyes without fear.

Cocolia was stunned for a moment, her eyes trembling, but she was ultimately unable to resist the control of the star core. She laughed horribly like a zombie, then grabbed Bronya.