"You..."
Seeing Fuli's strange expression mixed with five flavors, a flash of surprise crossed Bronya's large eyes.
But she still spoke, "Bronya will say it again. Hand over Raiden Mei, and Bronya can let you leave."
"Lady Bronya!"
Hearing this, one of the soldiers seemed a bit dissatisfied and wanted to speak.
Bang!
"Shut up! There's no place for you to speak here!"
The person beside him stopped him with the butt of a gun.
This caught Kiana's attention. She raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically, "Saying you want to catch Mei, having a small chest is one thing, but you can't even manage your own dogs."
It's no wonder she had a bad temper. Whether it was the widow in mourning and black silk just now or the female waitress in the Chinese restaurant, they were all standing fully armed in the crowd at this moment.
Even if her reaction was slow, Kiana could realize that this group of people had been setting her up from the very beginning.
"Bronya has no dogs under her command." The girl shook her head slightly. "Bronya's subordinates are all precious. Bronya does not allow you to speak of them like that."
"Lady Bronya!!!"
"Angel! It's a little angel!"
"Please don't refute her, Lady Bronya! This subordinate is your dog! Woof! Woof woof!"
"Then I'll walk you when I go out on a date with Miss Bronya."
"Who ate sh*t? Why does your mouth smell so bad?"
The girl's remarks caused quite a stir in the crowd. A group of men and women wearing exoskeletons had red hearts in their eyes and twisted bodies on the spot, and their gazes towards Fuli's group were filled with determination.
Fuli actually understood them quite well. Kuudere, flat chest, mecha girl, double helix drills, assassin, super god gamer, tsundere, prosthetic limbs, twin tails, long curly hair, little angel, little sister, referring to herself in the third person... Having so many moe attributes at the same time, Bronya is really, really, really super cute.
Just seeing that tense, tender little face, Fuli himself couldn't help but want to step forward, hold her in his arms, kiss her, hug her, and lift her high like in the previous playthrough.
What? Kiana mocked Bronya for having a small chest?
Pinru... phooey, flat chest is a rare resource!
(Note: "Pinru" is a reference to the Chinese meme "How come you're wearing Pinru's clothes?" meaning "Why are you so showy/seductive?" Here, "Pinru" sounds like "Pin Ru" or "Flat Breasts".)
"A little girl says two nice words and you get bamboozled so hard you can't find North. I thought such simps would only appear in VTuber fan groups and idol fan groups, I didn't expect to see live ones this time!"
Facing the indignant Anti-Entropy troops, Kiana, with the Galactic Baseball Bat in her left hand and the Dragon Venerable MK2000 in her right, sneered, "Originally, I only planned to pierce through your formation single-handedly and leave. Now it seems this Miss has to perform what is called 'taking the enemy leader's head amidst a myriad of troops,' capturing that guy called Bronya alive in front of your faces, and spanking her butt hard!"
"Is there such a good thing?"
A voice suddenly popped out from the crowd.
Everyone looked over and found it was the middle-aged captain who had taught the recruit a lesson with his gun butt earlier.
This guy was wearing a black silk head cover similar to bank robbers. Upon realizing he was receiving a gaze of attention, he shyly lowered his watery eyelids with long eyelashes attached.
"Chu ❤ Mi ~"
"Yue..." (Retard sound)
Kiana almost threw up directly. The girl admitted that even though she realized these people were deliberately trying to provoke her in this way, her only thought right now was still to beat them into two small cookies with one punch!
Can't tolerate it, gonna blast this group of idiots with one punch!
So she did.
"Eh, Ah-Li, what are you doing?"
"Don't fall for it." Reaching out to drag back the wildly running white-haired Husky, Fuli whispered, "I'll hold off Bronya. You two take the opportunity to leave. We'll meet at Susannah's place (Yae Village ruins)."
Considering that their conversation might be lip-read or monitored, he didn't directly say the meeting place was the Yae Village ruins, but used Susannah as a code name.
He believed the girl could understand.
Kiana yelled, "No need! I!"
"The opponent is A-rank."
As soon as Fuli's voice fell, three tracer swords whistled past, piercing through an equal number of incoming double-sonic plasma balls in mid-air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three fireworks exploded in mid-air, raising the temperature of the entire street significantly.
"Okay!"
The weight of an A-rank was enough to cool down Kiana's overheated brain. She looked at Fuli worriedly and pulled Mei to run in another direction.
"Fuli!"
Mei, who had been silent since hearing "Hand over Raiden Mei, I'll let you go," couldn't help but look back. A pair of pure white wings was thrown right in front of her.
That was the D-rank item Celestial Wings, borrowed by Fuli from Susannah, which possessed the ability to let people fly for a short time.
"Let Kiana tell you how to use it. Also, have her give you the Galactic Baseball Bat. What's the point of hacking people with a wooden sword?"
Fuli retracted his throwing motion and threw a gloating smile at the girl who looked worried. "Instead of caring about me, you should care more about yourself. These Titans, soldiers, drones, and whatnot will be chasing and blocking you next. I only need to deal with one Bronya here."
"What do you mean 'one'! She's a living person too!"
Even while running, Kiana couldn't help but retort.
"By the way, calling her so intimately, did you two know each other before?"
Subtly questioning tone, god knows why.
"You don't need to care about this matter."
"Tch! Acting all mysterious!"
Kiana was in a bad mood again.
The scumbag playing with a maiden's feelings said again, "Don't lose our Princess Mei, okay?"
"Don't look down on a Kaslana knight!"
"Mhm, mhm, I'll look forward to it for now."
Fuli waved his hand without looking back.
Meanwhile, on Bronya's side—
Seeing her attack easily blocked, and roughly determining that Fuli's combat power was not below hers, the gray-haired girl ordered those around her, "Chase them. Raiden Mei must be taken alive."
"Yes!"
Receiving the order, the numerous subordinates changed their previously playful appearance. They quickly bypassed Fuli, who was standing in the center of the street, from the left and right sides, and chased in formation in the direction the girls left.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Continuous explosions soon came from behind. The wind waves stirred up tore at Fuli's incandescent coat, and the momentarily erupting light even caused shadows to shift for an instant.
"Clearly a downtown area, yet you care so little about the impact?" He was surprised by the Anti-Entropy troops' style of action. At least do some superficial work, right?
"In order to capture Raiden Mei, certain sacrifices are unavoidable."
Project Bunny 19C appeared behind Bronya. It gently embraced the girl in its arms, like a knight guarding a princess in a fairy tale.
It's just a difference between dying sooner or later.
The girl, who knew Cocolia's entire plan, lowered her silver-gray eyes, which turned stubborn and resolute in a blink.
Seele...
She raised her hand and ordered expressionlessly, "Project Bunny, fire!"
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