After a round of explanations, everyone finally understood the whole story from Himeko's mouth, so their expressions when looking at Wendy all changed.
To comfort Wendy, who had lost her ability to walk, Bronya even used her own personal experience to enlighten her.
"Wendy, did you see the armor on Bronya's legs? During a certain experiment, Bronya also lost the ability to walk and was in a wheelchair for a long time. But in the end, she relied on this exoskeleton armor and regained the ability to walk."
"So Wendy, don't worry. You'll definitely be able to walk again in the future too!"
Bronya's comfort seemed to work, everyone clearly felt the change in Wendy's mood.
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Online, Bronya's act of comforting Wendy by tearing open her own wounds drew praise from many netizens. The netizens never expected that this expressionless, emotionless girl would have such a delicate side.
Even the real-world Kiana had to admit that she too was touched by Bronya's actions. In Kiana's mind, memories of spending time with Bronya suddenly resurfaced.
Although Bronya would always laugh at her for poor grades, every time she needed help, Bronya would always appear in front of her.
Thinking of this, Kiana subconsciously looked toward Bronya, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa. But to Kiana's surprise, Bronya not only wasn't moved, but even had a solemn expression.
"Bronya, what's wrong…" Just as Kiana was about to ask, the content of the video suddenly took a sharp turn.
It's the same old saying, when nothing seems to go wrong, that's when something goes wrong.
As everyone was escorting Wendy to the designated location, waiting for the Hyperion to land, Himeko's anxious voice suddenly came through the communicator.
"Wait! Something's wrong! The detector picked up a Honkai energy reaction, and the source is Wendy's Gem of Desire! And the strength of the reaction is still rising…"
"1500HW… 2000HW! What on earth is happening?!"
Just as everyone was looking puzzled, that seemingly weak Wendy said something that made everyone's jaws drop.
"Hmph hmph, 2000HW, huh? Then it should be enough to destroy the Hyperion in one shot, right?"
"Miss Wendy… you… what are you saying?!"
Wendy ignored the shock in everyone's eyes, the corner of her lips curved into a trace of viciousness, and she suddenly floated up from the wheelchair.
"A bunch of hypocrites. I hate you all. I wish I could kill every last one of you!!!!!"
Accompanied by a gust of wild wind, Wendy, now transformed into the Herrscher of Wind, launched her attack on everyone.
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[Reality.]
At this point, many netizens in the live comments were criticizing Honkai Impact 3rd's scriptwriters.
Who would've thought one moment it's sweet bonding between girls, and the next they're pointing weapons at each other.
[I'm speechless! Were the Honkai 3 writers deprived of happiness as kids? How do they keep coming up with stuff like this?!]
[Honkai 3 writers, bring your heads over here, I'll give you a buff!]
[Not gonna lie, as expected of the ultimate weapon born of Honkai, this fourth Herrscher is seriously strong! She can actually suppress four people by herself?!]
[Didn't the earlier plot say Kiana is the Second Herrscher and Mei is the Third? Even two Herrschers combined still can't beat Wendy the Fourth?]
[What shocked me most is that even Van can't beat the Fourth Herrscher? I thought I'd see my Emperor Van slaughter everyone again!]
At the same time, the fierce battle in the video continued.
Under Bronya's suppressing fire, Van and the other two coordinated their attack on Wendy.
Their web-like offensive surged toward Wendy, but Wendy flitted between attacks like a ghost, that seemingly fierce assault couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes.
"This is bad. Wendy's power seems to be growing stronger under the boost from the Gem of Desire."
Kiana shouted between breaths, her eyes filled with urgency. "Van, think of something!"
In response, Van shook his head solemnly, but a flash of cunning quickly passed through his eyes, "Hold on just a bit longer! Major Himeko's support will be here any moment!"
Right as he said that, the sky suddenly dimmed, and a huge shadow enveloped the entire battlefield.
Everyone looked up, only to see several anti-entropy mechas descending from the sky. Their massive mechanical arms swung, and thunderous roars filled the air.
"All tactical mechas, release restrictions, target: the Fourth Herrscher!" a stern female voice came through. The mechas instantly rushed toward Wendy.
"This voice… could it really be Cocolia-mama?" Bronya looked utterly shocked.
In a flash of lightning and fire, Herrscher-Wendy was instantly subdued by the anti-entropy mechas.
This sudden twist left everyone stunned on the spot.
"These new tactical mechas are pretty good~" Cocolia said proudly. "Oh~ right, I almost forgot there's another Herrscher here…"
"Bronya, my daughter, with top-level authority, I order you: capture the Third Herrscher!"
Accompanied by a familiar red light, Bronya once again transformed into her previous black-armored appearance.
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[Holy sh*t! I'm 100% shook!]
[So this is why Bronya turned traitor? It was all because of this woman!]
[Judging by how she addresses her, is this woman really my ducky's mom? But why is she controlling Bronya like this?!]
[Cut the nonsense! Isn't the most worrying thing right now that Team Main Characters is in trouble again?!]
Just as people in the real world were worrying for the protagonist team, the situation twisted once more.
The Bronya, now thought to have betrayed them again, actually aimed her cannon at the tactical mechas behind Kiana and the others.
Amid Cocolia's cry of shock, Bronya made her choice.
"Heavy Bunny, fire!"
BOOM!
Under the barrage of Honkai: X-Black Core Invasion, the anti-entropy tactical mechas were caught completely off guard.
"Bronya, you! Why weren't you…"
Cocolia couldn't believe what she was seeing, how could the backdoor she left in Bronya's bio-chip be rendered useless?
"When Bronya was little, her parents passed away. In Bronya's heart, Cocolia was like a mother… But then Bronya met everyone at St. Freya Academy, and through being with them, I felt the warmth of family again."
"So this time, Bronya will no longer aim her cannons at everyone…"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Cocolia shouted, "There's no way you could've broken free from the backdoor I left in your bio-chip!"
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