"What's wrong?"
Kiana looked at Mei, her expression changing slightly as she moved closer out of curiosity.
"You'll know after you take a look."
Mei didn't say much but moved the paper in her hand toward Kiana.
"Well... let me see... Wow!?"
Kiana screamed subconsciously when she saw the first line of words on the paper.
[Information about Cocolia]
"This... isn't this the name of the person who wants to plan the Honkai Eruption?!"
Kiana was a little surprised and continued to read.
[Once a former Soviet officer, she joined the anti-Honkai organization "Anti-Entropy" after the Second Eruption and historical changes. With ruthless methods, she became the executor of Anti-Entropy in less than a few decades and the iron-blooded leader of the Anti-Entropy radical faction.]
[Although she is a tough type, she is inexplicably indecisive at times. She is the kind of bad woman who can make a decision without hesitation when something happens but will do whatever it takes to save it because of regret afterward.]
[Although she doesn't seem to have much combat power, she is actually not weak in combat force. With the help of Anti-Entropy technology products, she is able to suppress most B-rank Schicksal Valkyries head-on.]
[The main planner of the Raiden Ryoma corruption case is also Cocolia.]
[Appendix: Please be careful of the Anti-Entropy Titan Force, which is a force that has defeated a Herrscher.]
On a small piece of paper, all the information about Cocolia was laid out. After reading it, Mei's face was terrifyingly calm.
So... did my father go to jail because of this woman?
This is truly a narrow road for enemies!
She framed her beloved father, sent him to prison, and wanted to destroy the city where she grew up.
"Unforgivable..."
She whispered, and the coldness in her words made Kiana shudder.
"...Let's sort out the information about this woman named Cocolia first."
Mei recovered and set the information about Cocolia aside. She was very angry, but in the current situation, anger was meaningless. It would only make things more chaotic and allow Cocolia's malicious plan to succeed. She had to stay calm.
"First of all, do you know anything about the anti-Honkai organization Anti-Entropy revealed in the intelligence, Kiana?"
"Sorry, I've been out with my stinky dad. I don't know much about on the surface. As for the organizations that resist the Honkai, I only know one called Schicksal, and I don't know much about the others."
Facing Mei's inquiring eyes, Kiana shook her head.
"That's a bit troublesome..." Mei frowned and sighed. "Try searching for this word on the Internet; maybe you can find some useful information."
Mei didn't use computers much, so she didn't have one in her room. She supported her forehead, saying, "If I remember correctly, there seems to be one in my father's room..."
Kiana followed Mei as they entered a room.
"It's so clean here."
Kiana looked around, surprised that although the decor was simple, it was very clean and didn't look like a room that hadn't been lived in for a long time.
"Well... I've been cleaning here all the time." Mei replied, opening a laptop that hadn't been used in who knows how long. The screen lit up for a moment, then went black.
"Uh..." Mei was stunned by this situation.
"What's wrong?" Kiana, who was lying nearby, didn't quite understand what was happening.
"...It seems that it has been out of service for too long." Mei was uncertain as she looked at the dim screen in front of her, since she didn't know much about computers.
"Huh... There's no choice; I can only go outside." Mei felt a bit helpless.
"Well... Can't you use a mobile phone to search for things?" Kiana was puzzled. If she remembered correctly, mobile phones could also search for things now.
"Mei, you didn't think of that, did you?"
Mei didn't show any embarrassment at Kiana's words, but sighed instead.
"Kiana, where's your cell phone?"
"I don't have one." Kiana spread her hands in resignation when asked by Mei.
She had lived with her stinky father on the edge of a small village in Europe. Even when eating toast and cheese slices, they had to be frugal. It could be said that father and daughter were real poor people—no money, no demands.
Mobile phones, such a luxurious and useless item, were naturally far from Kiana's reach. She knew that mobile phones could search for things because she had heard others talk about it during her wanderings.
"Sure enough..." Mei expressed surprise at Kiana's answer and then took out her own cell phone from her skirt, waving it. "This is mine."
"Do you think it's the kind of high-tech device that can search for things on the Internet?"
Holding a nine-button phone that looked delicate and beautiful but was outdated, Mei's face was full of helplessness.
"Hey... Isn't Mei a rich lady?" Kiana was a bit confused when she saw the phone in Mei's hand.
Aren't you a rich young lady? Shouldn't you be using the most advanced high-tech devices?
"I don't use a mobile phone much..." Mei muttered softly. "And who says that young ladies must have high-tech products? Isn't the young lady in the next studio a technology inept magus?"
"Why do I always feel that Mei said something strange."
"Forget it; let me show my strength first."
Kiana rolled up her sleeves confidently. "Mei, get out of the way; let me help you fix your computer!"
"? Can Kiana fix computers?"
Mei was a bit surprised to hear this but couldn't understand Kiana's attitude.
Did one really need to roll up their sleeves to repair a computer?
"Ah... I've never repaired a computer, but when I was wandering, someone taught me how to fix small faulty home appliances."
"Really... I'll leave it to you, Kiana."
Mei hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter. She looked forward to seeing Kiana's skills.
Then, the next moment, accompanied by a "bang" sound, Mei was shocked.
"...Kiana... Is this how you repair things?!"
She stuttered.
"Yeah, that's right," Kiana scratched her chin. "I heard that when something breaks, you can basically get it back to normal by just hitting it once."
"Strange; why hasn't it recovered yet? Could it be that one hit is not enough..."
Ñ
She looked at the flickering computer screen, puzzled, and then became eager to try again.
If one hit wasn't enough, trying again would surely work after a few tries. The boss of a scrap recycling station said so.
Mei couldn't help but speak up, "Kiana... I think if you hit it again, this computer may never work again."
Although she didn't feel sorry for the computer, she was a bit panicked watching Kiana do this.
But it seemed Mei's warning came too late.
Bang!
Having hit the computer again, Kiana looked at the screen that was slowly turning on and asked in confusion.
"What did you say just now?"