When Xilin was talking to the store manager, Kiana heard this sentence clearly.
On the other hand, if she became "his", then Xilin would not be able to stay in the world she originally lived in.
This actually explains a lot of problems. Even if Kiana is not quite sure where the "that world" that Sirin mentioned is, one thing that can be confirmed is that this cafe is a special existence independent of "that world".
As the Herrscher of the Void, Kiana is naturally very sensitive to the special properties of space.
If she guessed correctly, not only the "that world" that Xilin mentioned, but even for her, this cafe might be a place independent of the world.
A cafe that was independent of the world, a young store manager who could easily take away the power of the Herrscher, and the words that Rita had said to her.
I'm afraid that for this cafe and its manager, even a Herrscher, who they consider to be extremely dangerous, is just something that can be easily dealt with.
Therefore, as long as you can find a way to get their help, whether it is your own problem or the problem of other Herrschers...it may even include the problem of Honkai, it can be solved with the help of the store manager.
Having reached this conclusion, the next course of action became clear.
But after deciding on the next goal, another problem emerged.
——What should she do to get the store manager to help her?
Fame and fortune? Regardless of whether she could afford it or not, with the manager's ability, it would not be difficult for him to gain fame and fortune.
It was at this moment that Kiana suddenly recalled another sentence the store manager had said to Xilin.
[You should know how philandering I am...lsp. ]
Even in front of Xilin who confessed her love to him, "Teresa" who was already his girlfriend, and other employees, the store manager still said these words that could be called the declaration of a scumbag without batting an eyelid. Others did not seem to overreact to this statement, as if they thought it was a matter of course.
——So, seduction?
"Can you pay it with your body?"
In fact, Kiana regretted it the moment she said this.
It's not that she regretted seducing the store manager. If she could protect the world and everything she cherished, Kiana wouldn't even blink an eye even if she was asked to die immediately. In fact, she also believed that all members of the Kaslana clan, and even most of the Valkyries, could do this.
If she just wanted to seduce the store manager... this level of sacrifice was completely acceptable to Kiana, who thought her hands were already stained with blood.
In fact, considering the store manager's good looks, it is no exaggeration to say that he is making a huge profit.
The problem is, the problem is the problem - the question "Can you pay with your body?" is in response to the store manager's previous question "compensate for the loss".
Ahhhh am I a minter?! My only bargaining chip is actually used for such a meaningless thing!!!
And there is more to this question - why didn't you guys react when Xilin confessed to the store manager, but when it was me who tried to seduce the store manager, you all looked at me with murderous eyes! ?
And squad leader! Don't look at me with that expression of disappointment! This is a misunderstanding! I'm not that kind of casual woman! Don't you have Yu Duchen? ! Read my mind!
Feeling those piercing gazes, Kiana was sweating profusely and began to rack her brains to think of a sophistry.
Then--
"Well, you said so yourself."
——Under her hopeless gaze, the store manager nodded to Kiana's suggestion.
"As for compensation, I will let you pay with your own body."
"I will not show mercy, so be prepared."
The store manager sneered.
Kiana opened her mouth, her face full of despair.
Chapter 41: Rita: If I can't hit you, I'll run! I have the advantage!
The night is a cold night.
In the dark night, the sound of hammers kept ringing in the door of the cafe.
Kiana's eyes were empty, and the hammer in her hand weakly hit the wooden board in front of her.
"This is... what you call sexual compensation?"
The wings of light released by the Herrscher of the Sky spread out, and although they disappeared completely after the store manager deprived him of the power of the Herrscher's core, the remaining high heat still left irreversible wounds under the wooden tables, chairs, and cabinets.
"Why, are you not satisfied?" The store manager sat lazily behind Kiana with his legs crossed. He yawned loudly, "Hurry up, before the opening tomorrow, you have to fix all those tables for me. You should fix the things you broke yourself. Didn't your parents teach you this kind of right and proper principle?"
Kiana pouted and didn't refute, but the strength in her hands became heavier.
In fact, she herself knew that this was the best outcome for her. Just as the store manager said, it is only natural to find a way to fix the things you broke yourself, no matter where you are. The store manager even did not ask her for compensation for the things she broke in his store, which was already a sign of great kindness.
But...how to put it.
Obviously, she had prepared herself mentally, but the store manager just asked her to do hard labor for one night. This huge gap between the two made Kiana feel like her expectations were betrayed.
Bah, bah, bah, what betrayal? I'm just prepared to sacrifice a little bit of my looks. I don't expect such shameless thing!
"Mr. Manager, the bath water has been heated for you."
Just then, a crisp sound of footsteps came from the ceiling, and the figure of the long-haired maid appeared at the stairs on the second floor.
She glanced at Kiana, who was half squatting on the ground with a hammer tilted up, and smiled slightly: "It's very late now, Miss Kiana, let Rita help you watch over here. As the manager of this cafe, you can't be impolite to tomorrow's customers because of lack of sleep."
"..." Kiana paused for a moment as she hammered, and said unhappily, "Even if no one was watching me, I would help you fix these wooden tables. I won't even go back on my word for such a small thing."
"That won't work. Who knows if you will suddenly change into another unreasonable personality when no one is watching you." The store manager snorted coldly, "How can you make me trust someone who just lost control a few minutes ago?"
"..." Kiana was speechless for a moment. She gritted her teeth in indignation and slammed the hammer in her hand heavily, as if she was venting something.
Ka La——!
As a result, the table top that had just been almost repaired let out a wail of being overwhelmed under this powerful blow.
"Uh..." Knowing that she had screwed up again, Kiana's expression froze, "Do you believe me if I say this was an accident?"
"I believe it, but this does not change the fact that there is one more piece of the table top you need to repair." The store manager said indifferently.
"..." Kiana pursed her lips, the grievance on her face almost overflowing.
To be honest, with the monstrous physical fitness of her Kaslana bloodline, she would not feel tired at all even if she did this kind of work continuously for twenty hours. However, as her five senses had just recovered not long ago, she could not guarantee that she could perfectly control the strength during these twenty hours.
——The result is the tragic situation we see today.
Although she had been working for more than an hour, not a single table top that she had repaired had cracks. Instead, the cracks on those table tops became more and more numerous, and some of the table tops that were already on the verge of falling apart were completely scrapped.
Damn, is this the manager's plan? Kiana thought indignantly, he said he would let me go after I fixed these things, but he knew that I couldn't control my strength in my current state! If I'm not careful, it's easy to break these already fragile wooden tables, and then I'll fall into a vicious cycle where the more I do, the more work I'll have to do, and I'll never be able to get out of it.
You are so despicable!!!
At the same moment, in Tianqiong City, in a building outside a coffee shop, a pair of wine-red eyes stared blankly at the open door of the coffee shop.
She raised the infrared night vision goggles, and there was nothing in the dark vision. But after putting down the night vision goggles, the two-story building was clearly visible.
"Deputy Captain, the members of the third team have completed the search of the surrounding area and have not found any traces of K423 for the time being."
"No trace of K423 was found?" She looked at the silver-haired figure knocking on the wooden board behind the door of the building, and repeated in a low voice the words coming from the headset, her tone revealing an extremely strong sense of absurdity.
About an hour ago, the observation satellite of Destiny suddenly detected an extremely strong Honkai energy fluctuation here. After comparison, the wavelength was highly consistent with the Honkai energy released by the Second Herrscher. So on the way to Shencheng Medical, Rita immediately changed the scheduled route of Eos and changed its landing location to the vicinity of the coordinates of the Honkai energy fluctuation.
As an executioner who is good at operating in the dark, Rita hid herself in the night as soon as she arrived at the coordinates, and then... found the target effortlessly.
No...using the word "found" is actually a bit inaccurate. After all, this coffee shop located on the border of Tianqiong City is too conspicuous. There is no shop still open for business within a five-kilometer radius of this coffee shop, and not even a single resident can be seen. Not to mention a Valkyrie like her, even for ordinary people, it is difficult not to notice this strange coffee shop.
Not to mention, their target was banging on the wooden board in the dead of night - if this happened in a normal residential area, it wouldn't take long for someone who couldn't sleep to come and complain.
But soon, Rita discovered something was wrong.
Except for her, all the members of the Immortal Blade seemed unable to see this cafe. What followed were all kinds of weird phenomena - the only ones who could see it and the people inside it were their own naked eyes, and no one except themselves seemed to be able to see it. Moreover, no known imaging equipment, including satellite images and infrared thermal imagers, could capture the existence of this cafe at all.
When she discovered this, Rita deliberately and tentatively gave instructions to a member of the Undying Blade to cross that area. Then she saw with her own eyes that member pass through the cafe without noticing, as if the space around them was distorted.
During this process, K423 who was knocking on the wooden board and the young boy sitting behind her obviously noticed the member of the Immortal Blade, but they just raised their heads to look at the member and lowered their heads again as if nothing had happened.
Rita instinctively smelled a hint of trouble. Logically speaking, in this situation where she was unclear about the other party's background, the safest option was to retreat temporarily.
But at the same time, Rita also knew that the safe choice never meant the best option. As long as she was still carrying the mission of bringing K423 back to destiny, she would inevitably confront the other party one day. It was just a matter of sooner or later, and whether it would be openly or secretly.
Now, K423 has discovered the members of the Undying Blade team, so her concealment has probably lost its meaning, but even so, she did not make any substantive response.
Are they looking down on us? Or are they confident? Rita did not feel any strong power from K423 and the boy sitting behind her. Rather, by the standards of a Herrscher, the Honkai energy fluctuations surrounding K423 were so weak that it was unimaginable.
"Attention, all units, stop searching, take cover and take up positions nearby. No matter what abnormalities you see, no action is allowed until I give the order."
"Remember, no matter what unusual situation you see, don't act rashly." Rita said solemnly in a serious tone.
"Yes!"
After receiving a response, Rita revealed her God-killing Armor and calmly showed up on the street in front of the cafe.
Behind the door of the cafe, Kiana raised her head, glanced at the elegant pale blue figure, then immediately lowered her head, her eyes full of gloating.
Chapter 42 The So-Called Transaction
In the eyes of most people, Rita Rossweisse, the vice-captain of the strongest Valkyrie team in Destiny, has always been a person with a strong sense of mystery.
As one of the only three active S-class Valkyries in the Sky, Rita's status and popularity in the Sky are unquestionable. She is so beautiful and elegant that many Valkyries are fascinated by her, but feel ashamed of themselves. She is also so humble and polite that there has always been a rumor circulating in the Sky:
——No matter who you are, no matter which branch you belong to, if you are lucky enough to meet this supreme deputy captain at the headquarters, then you will be very lucky to hear her call out your name in that soft and charming voice that can make your bones soften.
There is no doubt that this kind of meticulous observation and humble and warm attitude have won the favor of most Valkyries. Under this humble appearance, some people may even unconsciously forget her noble status as an S-class Valkyrie.
Only members of the Immortal Blade team know how dangerous this seemingly humble vice-captain is when he gets to work.
The sound of high-heeled boots hitting the ground was crisp and pleasant. When Rita showed up, all the members of the Undying Blade team immediately formed a tight encirclement with Rita as the center. They used nearby buildings as cover and raised the standard submachine guns of Destiny. Gun barrels with a very sci-fi feel extended from the dark windows.
Although they were a little confused about Rita's decision, the well-trained Immortal Blade still formed a dragnet the moment Rita gave the order.
As long as Rita, who was walking on the street, gave further orders, energy bullets would pour out from all directions in an instant.
Rita walked to about one meter in front of the door of the cafe and stopped.
Earlier, when she tentatively asked a member of the Immortal Blade to try to contact this cafe that no one could see except her, it was at this location that the member's figure suddenly disappeared, and instantly appeared at the back of the cafe without him noticing.
Therefore, this location is the maximum scope that this cafe can interfere with.
Before Rita could speak, a calm voice floated out from behind Kiana.
"Dear customer, our store has passed its latest business hours. If you need anything, please come during business hours."
The person who spoke was the young man sitting behind Kiana. He sat with his legs crossed, looking casual and lazy. His eyes were not directed towards Rita, but he was still staring at Kiana who was hitting the wooden board with a hammer with a scrutinizing look.
Kiana raised the hammer, paused slightly, and then swung it down again, as if she didn't see Rita standing in front of her.
Out of a cautious mentality, Rita, who did not see the other party's intentions at the first time, did not choose to use coercive means directly. She raised her eyes and looked at the young face of the boy with her charming wine-red eyes. Her delicate face showed a moving smile: "Hehe, hello, little brother, may I ask, are you from this store?"
The moment Rita said the word "little brother", Kiana chuckled uncontrollably and almost laughed out loud, while the young boy's face obviously darkened.
"Judging people by appearance doesn't seem to be a good habit." The young man crossed his arms and reluctantly moved his gaze from Kiana to Rita's face, his eyes full of dissatisfaction. "I'm the manager of this store. I repeat, we are closed. If you need anything, please choose another time to patronize."
"So you are the manager of this store. I apologize for your impeccable manners." Rita bowed slowly with impeccable understanding. "May I know the manager's name?"
"No need to test me. You don't need to know my name." The young man glanced at Rita calmly. "I know you, Rita Rossweisse, the S-rank Valkyrie of destiny. I also know the reason why you appeared in front of me. I will say it one last time. Our store is closed. If you have anything to do, please come during business hours. During the rest period, we will not accept any customers."
Rita narrowed her eyes slightly. "It seems that the store manager doesn't seem to welcome me very much. What a pity. I was thinking about whether I could offer you a lucrative deal."
"...Transaction." The store manager chewed on the word, then suddenly kicked Kiana's heel lightly, "Anything about this unfortunate thing?"
"Hey! Who are you calling unlucky?!"
The corners of Rita's mouth twitched, as if she was trying to hold back a laugh. She took a lot of effort to hold back her expression and took a deep breath. "Since you know my identity, you should also know the identity of this child. Hand her over to us. In return, I can provide you with a generous reward."
"Reward?" The store manager seemed interested. "How much?"
Rita struck while the iron was hot, her smile becoming more and more brilliant and attractive, her wine-red eyes so beautiful that they seemed to be dripping with water: "You will gain a powerful ally, and... within a reasonable scope, Rita can meet one of your requests in a private capacity."
The store manager touched his chin and said, "It sounds pretty good."
Rita breathed a sigh of relief: "Then..."
"Hey, are you selling me out like this?!" Kiana interrupted Rita's words with a shout, "No! I don't agree! Besides, you already have a girlfriend! Don't be so weak-willed as to fall at the feet of this guy! And among your girlfriends, isn't there already a Rei..."
"Shut up! Everything you own is mine now. What right do you have to disagree?" The manager glared at Kiana fiercely and blocked her words.
Then he suddenly smiled, a very kind smile, and looked at Rita with a sincere look: "To be honest, I kept this guy only because he caused a lot of damage in my store, and I wanted her to compensate for the loss of the store, you see..."
"That's easy. The losses caused by Miss Kiana will be fully borne by Tianming." Rita nodded without any hesitation and said with a smile, "Do you have any other conditions?"
"There are no other conditions." The store manager was a little shy for some reason, "There is just one thing... I don't know if you mind."
"You say." Rita smiled, "We all know the value of this child. Within a reasonable range, Destiny is of course willing to meet all your conditions."
“It’s not a condition, it’s just…” The manager raised his hand and gently drew a line in the air.
