People are collapsing, but the integrated strategy is launched

"Do you need my help?"

"No, it has nothing to do with that. There's someone out there who wants to see you."

"You've probably heard of him. He's Kallen's fiancé, Otto Apokalis."

"Otto? I did hear Kallen talk about him. He seemed like a very good man."

When it comes to Kallen, Yaezakura perks up: "But, he was also a person from five hundred years ago... Could he be alive today as well?"

"He used soul steel to replace his body... If he doesn't want to die, he'll probably be harder to kill than anyone else. So, do you want to meet him?"

"Of course." Yae Sakura nodded without hesitation: "I also want to know more about Kallen."

"Okay, then remember two points." Xia Ling advised with some concern.

"First, don't reveal anything about the Jizo Soul. Don't let him know that the Jizo Soul is in your hands now. If he tests you, just deny it."

"Second, he has a lot of tricks on his mind, but when it comes to Kallen, he probably won't lie. At most, he just won't tell the whole story."

"But... I actually believe that he just wants to reminisce about the past. When it comes to Kallen, this person can still be trusted."

"In short, be careful about everything."

"Yes, I understand." Yaezakura nodded: "I will keep your advice in mind."

Pulling his consciousness out of the stigmata space, Xia Ling looked at Otto.

"It's alright, Bishop. Yaezakura agreed to come out and talk."

Otto held out his hand and gestured "please".

Then, the blood-colored stigmata space mark began to glow, and Yaezakura's figure slowly condensed around Xia Ling.

Xia Ling patted Yaezakura, nodded slightly, then stood up and left.

"In that case, we won't disturb the bishop from reminiscing about the past."

Under Otto's playful gaze, Xia Ling naturally took Theresa's hand and walked out of the room.

Taking his thoughts away from Theresa, Otto looked at the familiar pink-haired figure.

"This... must be Miss Yaezakura."

Otto's eyes were a little complicated, as if he was nostalgic for that era, and as if he was thinking of Kallen at that time.

When Otto was young, the two knew each other, but they had never met due to the times. However, Otto was very sure that Yae Sakura was a very important person to Kallen, and Yae Sakura also knew that Otto was the person Kallen trusted the most.

"Hello, Mr. Otto... I should say, I've heard a lot about you." Yaezakura extended her hand. "Does the world seem to require such etiquette now? Sorry, I just woke up not long ago, so I'm not sure."

"It's okay. I'm not someone who cares about these details. However, being able to actually meet you in my lifetime really makes me feel... complicated."

Otto also extended his hand. It seemed that he was deeply moved by this meeting.

"However, I still want to express my gratitude first."

Yaezakura bowed slightly.

"I am deeply grateful to Mr. Otto for taking care of Kallen and me, and for sending Judah's pledge."

Yaezakura thought that there was nothing wrong with what she said. After all, she was not good at lying and her words came from the heart.

Little did she know that after she said that, she stabbed Otto twice.

Fortunately, Xia Ling was not in the room at the moment, otherwise she might have been on Otto's assassination list because of her inability to hold back her laughter.

Otto did take good care of Kallen and even showed Kallen a Honkai beast eating a child at the execution ground.

He also took good care of Yaezakura, and now Yaezakura can be said to be world-famous (referring to the final boss of Kallen's fantasy).

"Ahem..." Otto suppressed the twitching of his lips and tried to convince himself that the witch's act was unintentional.

"There's no need to take care of me... If I really deserved your gratitude, Kallen wouldn't have passed away." Otto shook his head and was not going to accept Yaesakura's gratitude.

"The reason I want to talk to you alone is not because I want to find out anything. I know that the Key of Corrosion is probably in your hands or Theresa's. I also know that Xia Ling is probably not as simple as she seems. But it doesn't matter. I don't care about these things."

"I just wanted to... ask you a few questions and get your opinion."

Yaezakura's expression turned serious.

"Please feel free to ask questions, and I will answer according to my true thoughts."

"Since Miss Yaesakura is so cooperative, I won't waste any more words."

Otto's fingers tapped the table subconsciously.

"First of all, Miss Yaesakura, why do you...stay with Theresa?"

Yaezakura was slightly startled: "I thought you were going to ask me about Kallen."

"Both, but this question is what I am most concerned about right now. People should focus on reality. Compared with those questions that satisfy my personal doubts, the safety of little Theresa is more important."

Chapter 54: Otto doesn't want to talk and throws a Kallen at you

"I stayed with Miss Theresa only because I saw the same qualities in her as in Karen. This feeling made me feel as if Karen hadn't left yet."

Yaezakura stroked the hair beside her ears and said softly, "Besides, she does have Kallen's blood in her body. It is reasonable for me to protect her."

"Is that so..." Otto pondered for a moment and smiled with satisfaction.

I can only say that they are all Karen fans, even their reasons for approving Theresa are exactly the same.

"I think this answer is acceptable to me, at least."

"No matter what the answer is, please rest assured that with this answer, I will not stop you from staying with Theresa."

"So... second question."

"If it were you, you... never mind, just pretend I didn't ask this question."

Halfway through his speech, Otto suddenly shook his head slightly.

"Well, what's the matter, Mr. Otto?"

"It's okay. This question is too subjective. I don't want my regrets to affect your thoughts."

"Third question, if you were given a chance to give up everything here and go to Kallen in another world to start over again, would you... be willing?"

"I think this problem should be left to the me in another world to worry about." Yaesakura said with a faint smile.

If you were someone who had just broken the seal, this option would be very tempting.

After experiencing everything in the Stigmata space, witnessing the entire life of her counterpart and communicating with her, Yae Sakura has become more open-minded.

"Maybe I have made many mistakes and have many regrets in this life, but everything I have experienced is still the result of the hard work of Kallen and I."

“Maybe it’s not perfect, maybe it’s full of regrets, but I won’t deny them. I just want to do better in the future.”

"In this way, maybe at the end of my life, when I meet Kallen on the other side of the world, I can proudly tell her about my past and see her again."

This answer left Otto completely silent.

He didn't believe in the afterlife, but he wouldn't deny Yaesakura's idea.

He knew that even in hell, he might not be qualified to meet Karen again. After all, he had embarked on a path completely opposite to Karen's.

But, it’s great…

He suddenly envied Yaesakura's mentality. Perhaps, the other party's choice was what Kallen really expected.

But he couldn't do it, he could never let go of that day, so he would definitely take this path and never look back.

"Maybe... you are right, but it doesn't matter. I don't regret the path I took."

Under Yaesakura's puzzled gaze, Otto suddenly sighed without any context.

"Haha, don't mind, I just speak my mind."

Otto smiled and stood up.

“It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to have a friend of the same age as you hundreds of years later and talk about the regrets and hobbies of your youth together.”

"Anyway, thank you, Miss Yaesakura, for being willing to chat with a sinner like me for so long."

"So, please accept this thing. Just think of it as a token of my gratitude."

Otto threw a data storage disk to Yaesakura.

"This is......"

"Maybe you don't know it, but Xia Ling definitely does. Or you can go find Bronya at St. Freya's College. They should all be very impressed by it."

"This was a mistake I made, a mistake that occurred during self-reflection. Out of guilt, I didn't have the courage to deal with it."

"So, I'm begging Miss Yaesakura to help me and take good care of the data here."

"The Key of Corrosion should be in your hands. With that thing, you can easily import the data here into your Stigmata space."

"After that, please take good care of her for me and convey... my apologies."

Without giving Yaesakura room to refuse, Otto stood up, bowed slightly, and left the room.

"Hmm? Yaesakura, are you done talking?"

Xia Ling's Theresa seemed to have seen Otto leaving the room and poked her head in from the door.

"Well, Mr. Otto is a very nice man."

Yaezakura nodded and handed the data disk to Xia Ling: "However, he seems to have entrusted me with something."

"Hey, this thing is..."

When Xia Ling saw the data disk, her expression turned a little strange.

After inserting it into the terminal and browsing it, Xia Ling sighed.

"As expected of Otto... He really has a plan for everything."

"You may not believe this, Yae Sakura. This thing... should be a Kallen."

"what?"

That’s right, what Otto handed over to Yae Sakura was the record that Kiana and Bronya visited during their adventure in the data space.

Data Kallen, who developed self-awareness through countless reincarnations.

......

"Otto, you clearly know that Yaezakura must be related to the Key of Corrosion, why don't you try to get it!"

After leaving the room, in Otto's consciousness, the inexperienced and playful Xukong Wanzang began to express his opinions.

"You should know that this thing can kill your soul steel body with one kill."

"Okay, shut up. The Key of Corrosion is actually a meaningless thing. Otherwise, why do you think I have never gone to the Far East to look for this thing in the past five hundred years?"

Otto was already in a bad mood, and Xukong Wanzang happened to come to him, so he simply started preaching to this punching bag.

"Those who may hold the Corrosion Key now, whether it's Theresa, Xia Ling, or Yae Sakura, at least they won't use it against Sinister, or in other words, against the main control network of Sinister's headquarters."

"They are not bad people. They know how much damage will be caused if they use this thing against the Destiny Headquarters. They will not hurt innocent people."

"As for me, huh, the power of erosion is ineffective against you who is also the core of the Herrscher. As for my soul steel body, maybe it can take over one of them in an instant, but so what."

"All I need to do is cut off the connection with that body and kick it off the network, and the problem will be solved."

"My consciousness is transferred by the mimicking Yu Duchen. The erosion cannot break through your defense at all."

"After my backup consciousness from other parts of my body wakes up, I can quickly analyze the situation even if I lose that part of my memory."

"As long as I am on guard, the Key of Corrosion won't cause me much damage."

"In that case, why should I risk a premature breakup with Theresa by forcefully grabbing a worthless thing?"

"Xukong Wanzang, a perfect plan is not one that takes every step into account and resolves all risks in advance."

"That's not called perfection, that's called conceit. Except in novels, no one can perfectly calculate every step in the future."

“A truly perfect plan should take all risks into account and create enough margin for error to accommodate all risks occurring simultaneously.”

"For a risk like the Corrosion Key that is already in the fault tolerance space, it is far better to let it remain as it is than to force it to be resolved. Actions like yours are actually creating risks and destroying your own layout."

"Alas... I hope you won't make such a mistake in the future."

With a light sigh, Otto ignored the silent Void Bankang and slowly walked towards the center of the temporary branch.

The time is almost up, and before leaving, he has to deal with one last thing, which is to wrap up the incident involving Wendy and Haimo.