With a look of "I don't understand, but I'm deeply shocked" on her face, Kyuusyou watched as Muninn finally conjured up a mineral water bottle's worth of liquefied Honkai energy... or rather, a beautiful girl's saliva.
"Sorry, Doctor Mei, you've been dead for over fifty thousand years. I'm sure you won't mind your husband drinking a beautiful girl's saliva after ten thousand years... right?"
"Anyway, in the past, that old rogue also burned girls' clothes, didn't he? What do you say, Muninn?"
Kyuusyou whistled, looking at Muninn, who was staring at her and Kevin as if they were perverts.
"Gulp, gulp... Speaking rationally, you're not much better..."
Muninn rolled her eyes, taking a big gulp of water from the bottle in her hand.
"So, Muninn, aren't you the Apostle of Memory? Go see if the old man ever encountered such a comical scene in the past, where the opponent Herrscher's clothes got burned off by Shamash in the middle of a fight."
"...Theoretically, Herrschers' clothes are all made of Honkai energy, so they shouldn't be burnable, right?"
Having just been ruthlessly drained of her Honkai energy, Miss Muninn didn't want to move. She just waved her hand lazily, intending to brush the matter off.
"Are you sure? Isn't Shamash also made of Honkai energy?"
Hearing Muninn say this, Kyuusyou's interest was piqued even more. She picked up the Might of An-Utu that had fallen on the ground, intending to poke Muninn's clothes once or twice.
"Waaaah!! Don't poke me! I'll look, I'll look, alright?!"
Seeing her lunatic guardian Kyuusyou actually holding Shamash and trying to poke her, Muninn instantly energized, crossing her arms in a "no" gesture.
"Then hurry up and look—"
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"Emmm....."
"So? What did you see? Did you see anything good?"
"Uh... It seems they actually can be burned away? At any rate, the remains of the 11th Herrscher I saw at the end... were completely naked from top to bottom... But for most of the others, it seemed like both their clothes and bodies were turned to ash together... with only their Core left behind."
"Hmph. How boring."
"Lady Kyuusyou, you have to understand... Aside from the Herrscher of Finality and people like you who are completely off-the-charts for humans, no one can take a direct hit from Shamash: Key of Destruction. If I were to get hit by that, I'd be straight to the respawn queue."
Muninn flipped the meat chop that was sizzling and dripping oil on Shamash, shrugging at Kyuusyou.
"Speaking of which, will pouring a whole water bottle's worth of saliva... Ahem, of Honkai energy directly into it choke the old guy... And Muninn, are you sure there are no bacteria in your saliva?"
"...What kind of bacteria can dance in liquid Honkai energy? The Black Death? Even the Black Death couldn't kill this Kaslana Old Ancestor."
Muninn rolled her eyes and seemed to think of something, adding, "If you think pouring it straight down is inappropriate, you could find a baby bottle and squeeze it in little by little..."
"Forget it. He's a grown man. When he wakes up and finds a baby bottle in his mouth while we're still feeding him, the urge to kill himself will probably quickly turn into murderous intent for us... And he'll probably smash you to smithereens, little Muninn."
"Hilarious. He couldn't kill me even if he tried."
Muninn rolled her eyes. He couldn't smash me to smithereens, and I could still spread your dark history all over the world.
"Anyway, come up with a more proper method, Muninn."
Kyuusyou shook the water bottle, her expression pained.
"Then find a saline bottle and give him an IV drip. If you think that's too slow, Lady Kyuusyou, you could take off his pants, find a syringe used by veterinarians, and give him a shot right in the butt."
"Why do I feel like you always come up with such terrible ideas, Muninn... Just the IV drip will do."
Kyuusyou rolled her eyes and walked into a small clinic on the street. The clinic's owner had already fled to safety after seeing the situation turn bad, and the young woman quickly found all the equipment she needed inside.
"Next, we just have to wait for this bunch to wake up..."
After finishing with Old Man Kevin, Kyuusyou clapped her hands and nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the "bodies strewn across the field" of the Heroes.
"Speaking of which, what exactly did you do... Why did the MANTISes in the back suddenly disconnect and fall to the ground with a thud..."
Muninn curiously rubbed the faces of several MANTISes, looking at Houraiji Kyuusyou in confusion.
"Oh, this... It's the Authority of Apocalypse Famine. In a way, it's similar to the Herrscher of Binding's ability. I drained all the Honkai energy in this area, including the energy on their bodies. As for the MANTISes, well, you know how it is."
"Only that cat-girl named Pardofelis saw the writing on the wall and immediately lay on the ground pretending to be dead, so I didn't bother with her... Speaking of which, why hasn't that cat come back yet..."
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Young Miss Pardofelis, the Cat, is currently facing some troubles in her life.
"Let me pet you—!!!"
"...Bronie wants some too."
As you can see, the adorable Cat is surrounded by the Four Great Villains, who are all over her tail and ears. Even her own pet kitten, Canned Food, hasn't escaped their clutches...
"Hahaha, that tickles... Haha... Um, aren't you guys supposed to be leaving? If you keep petting me, Boss Kyuusyou is going to get impatient—"
As Pardofelis finished speaking, the cat-petters stopped their movements—
"Cat, can I ask you a question first?"
Bronie looked at the Cat with a strange expression.
"Sure, go ahead. What do you want to ask?"
"It's just... what did Kyuusyou do??? Why did you suddenly come find us?"
"Wait, did that purple-haired big-breasted monster mess up? And then Fire Moth sent you, a Cat, to lure all her companions back home—!"
Big Sis Seele, with her extremely vivid imagination, immediately wore a vigilant expression—To think you're this kind of Cat!
"Uh... Someone did mess up... but it wasn't the group you're thinking of..."
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"The ones who messed up were the Fire Moth's Flame-Chasers... Ah, it was the first time I've seen someone beat up Boss Kevin, Elysia, and Brother Kalpas all at once... Luckily, Boss Kyuusyou didn't seem to have any malice toward us, she just knocked us unconscious..."
"I was chased here by Boss Kyuusyou to find you all and meet in front of the Fire Moth building. If I don't bring you back, I'll be beaten into a cat pancake—Big Sisters, please show some mercy and save this cat!"
"Ah, this..."