Chapter 88: Kallen: Otto, Sakura, Does This Count as an Indirect Kiss?
What a stylish Kallen!
Looking at Kallen's heroic and majestic figure on screen, the now makeup-free Otto couldn't help but widen his eyes. But soon, he felt a bit of a contradiction. This cool version of Kallen had arrived to stop the experiments in the game...
No, one thing at a time! Kallen is the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, damn it! (Enthusiastically!!)
[In the game, the Kallen who arrived on the scene faced Eleanor once again. To prevent Kallen from stopping the experiment, Eleanor merged the power she extracted from the Black Box into her own body. In the next instant, violent Honkai energy transformed her into a terrifying monster!
Kallen used the power of Judah to restrain Eleanor and took the Black Box, stating to Otto that she would take it far away from Schicksal. The existence within the Black Box was not something Schicksal could control. However, at that moment, Eleanor used the power of the box once more, attempting to ambush Kallen from behind.
To protect Kallen, Otto reached an agreement with the entity that had been trying to tempt him all along—the "Void Archives." He used the power of the Void Archives to manifest a Mimicry: Shamash, piercing Eleanor's chest in a single strike. Kallen took the opportunity to strip the Honkai consciousness away.
After separating from Eleanor's body, the Honkai consciousness within the Black Box sought a new host. Otto's body was currently occupied by the Void Archives. It chose Kallen—a powerful body with a pure soul. To it, she was the perfect vessel.]
This scene made Otto exceptionally furious: "Loathsome Black Box! You want to occupy Kallen's body? Does a piece of junk like you even think you're worthy?!"
Watching Kallen in danger in the game, Otto felt equally uneasy. After all, whether it was the Kallen in the game or the Kallen in reality, she was Kallen to him! As long as it was Kallen, he never wanted to see her harmed!!
"Isn't this the result you brought about yourself, Great Inventor?" Yae Sakura huffed from the side. "If Schicksal hadn't been so stubborn, trying to unseal the secrets of the Black Box and using so many innocent people for human experimentation, Kallen wouldn't have been pushed to this point."
Otto sighed: "But in the situation at that time, was there any other way? You saw it too; Kallen, as the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, had to stand on the front lines against the Honkai, meaning she was at risk of losing her life at any moment... The version of me in the game only did those things to protect Kallen."
However, Yae Sakura did not refute Otto this time. She spoke slowly: "I don't think you were wrong. If it were me, I would have done the same thing. I wouldn't hesitate."
Otto froze. He hadn't expected Yae Sakura to say such a thing.
"Just as you are willing to give everything for Kallen, so am I. If it were me, I could never stand by and watch the day Kallen dies in battle arrive. I feel regret and apology for those who were sacrificed, but even so, I would not stop."
Otto hadn't expected that through a game, he would find common ground with his love rival. "Hmph... I didn't expect to reach a consensus with you on this. Truly surprising, Miss Yae." He shrugged. "I don't think Kallen's desire to save the world and be a shield for the people is wrong. But... if Kallen saves the world, then who will save her? Ultimately, people are selfish. I only want to protect the people beside me, the people important to me..."
If that made him evil, so be it. After all, he never planned to be a hero of justice. All he wanted to be was Kallen's "partner."
Yae Sakura smiled: "So from the very beginning, a tragedy between you two was inevitable."
Otto felt a bit helpless: "Please mind your wording, Miss Yae. It's a game, a game." "Perhaps reality is the same." "That is none of your concern."
Kallen seemed not to hear their intense debate, completely immersed in the story of Honkai Impact 3rd. The story of Holy Maiden Kallen resonated strongly with her... In reality, Kallen helped others quite often. she frequently participated in charity events and donated large sums in the Kaslana name; she had helped countless people. There was no special reason; she simply felt genuinely happy seeing the smiles on the faces of those who received help.
Precisely because of this, she could empathize even more with the Kallen in the game. What she wanted to protect was never a corrupt Schicksal, nor power, status, money, or fame. It was the people who were still struggling in misery.
However, because she was viewing it from a spectator's perspective, Kallen also realized that the version of her in the game was simply too weak. She had a heart to save the world, she had great power, and she was the strongest Valkyrie. But it wasn't enough. It was far from enough. In the world of Honkai, the power of a single person was tiny. What did the title of "strongest" matter? It couldn't save the world from the Honkai disaster.
Kallen was a hero, but also a total idealist with a bottom line and clear goals—undoubtedly noble traits. Unfortunately, in the world of Honkai, doing the right thing didn't always lead to a good result. The strongest Valkyrie, the hero, the Holy Maiden... no matter how hard Kallen worked, there were things she couldn't do.
Otto was the exact opposite of Kallen—unscrupulous in achieving his goals, not caring how many were sacrificed. This was undoubtedly selfish behavior, the actions of a villain that would be despised by countless people. But Otto could do the things Kallen couldn't. The Black Death was the best example: no matter how hard Kallen tried, she couldn't stop a plague. Otto used human experimentation but saved tens of thousands of patients.
So, was Otto's behavior righteous or evil? In the cruel and helpless world of Honkai, is justice always justice, and is evil always evil? Precisely because the Honkai world was so cruel, Otto was far from a simple villain; he possessed the complex duality of human nature. In the game Honkai Impact 3rd, Otto's existence was destined to be controversial.
While Kallen was playing the game, many viewers in Pardo's livestream were also following the plot. Seeing Otto and Kallen confront each other, the audience understood that their falling out was inevitable from this moment on.
[The path Otto is walking is the exact opposite of Kallen's. On this path, his hands are destined to be stained with blood...]
[But is Otto necessarily wrong? For those infected with the Black Death, Holy Maiden Kallen's light couldn't cure their pain; only a 'demon' like Otto could save their lives...]
[Sigh... although I hate Otto, I also think some of his methods weren't wrong.]
[Actually, whether it's Kallen or Otto, their intentions aren't 'wrong,' they just walk two completely different paths.]
[The world of Honkai needs a hero like Kallen, but it absolutely cannot lack a 'demon' like Otto...]
For a time, the chat was in a heated discussion about the opposition between Otto and Kallen. Some even asked in the stream:
[Pardo, what do you guys think of Otto?]
Pardo Felis thought for a moment: "Rationally, I can understand Otto's actions, but emotionally, I can't accept them... Don't ask me! This kind of question is too brain-burning for me!"
Kiana offered her opinion: "To those saved from the Black Death, Otto is indeed a savior! But the victims Otto used for experiments also had friends and families! I just can't accept that kind of thing!"
Raiden Mei thought for a moment and said: "Actually, a big part of why Otto does these things is for Kallen. Kallen wants to save the world, so Otto tries to use his way to help her save this broken world... Compared to the world, he must feel that Kallen is more important."
[It seems President Kiana is just like Kallen—an idealist!]
[Come to think of it, both Kiana and Kallen have white hair... wait, isn't Kiana part of the Kaslana family too?]
[Suddenly it makes sense why the Kiana in the game is so stubborn about protecting the weak... it's basically genetic, right?]
[Mei-chan's focus is different from Pardo's and Kiana's; she's more of the type who cares about the most important person.]
Their different responses matched their personalities. Pardo was street-smart and had to maintain her "persona." Kiana was the standard hot-blooded Kaslana idiot. And Raiden Mei?
I shall fall into darkness to bring you back to the light! Pots and pans! Submit to me! Roar! Kurikara! The evening rain will eventually... (Wait, wrong script).
The scene returned to Lord Otto's office. Kallen finished the Schicksal portion of the plot.
[Driven by the conviction that had flowed through the Kaslana blood for 50,000 years, Kallen used her will to seal the Honkai consciousness that wanted to occupy her. But she could only seal it temporarily; she could no longer leave the Black Box in this place. After several trials, Kallen managed to escape Europe, intending to ask the Immortal to seal the box.
However, when she reached Mount Taixu, it was in ruins. To avoid Schicksal's pursuit, Kallen had no choice but to take a boat to the Far East. The wounded Kallen drifted to a place called Yae Village, where she was saved by a shrine maiden named Yae Sakura. After spending time together, Kallen Kaslana and Yae Sakura fell in love with each other.]
"Wait!!" Otto, the head of Schicksal, could no longer sit still and snapped to attention! "Who wrote this script? No way, I have to go to the Kaslanas and have a serious talk with Siegfried and Cecilia about their daughter's education!"
Yae Sakura smiled: "My apologies, Mr. Otto. It seems I won this time?"
Otto grumbled indignantly: "Adaptation isn't random invention; drama isn't nonsense! This plot development is illogical! I will never accept it!"
"Give it up, Mr. Otto. It seems Kallen and I are the official pairing."
"I will never recognize such 'official' bullshit! MiHoYo doesn't understand Honkai Impact 3rd! And they don't understand Kallen!"
Whenever it involved Kallen, Otto was a different person; he could not accept this plot development! Just because you fox spirit spent some time with Kallen, you're holding hands and kissing? Nonsense, utterly incomprehensible!
"Love is a mysterious thing, Mr. Otto. You have to admit that."
Kallen looked at the bickering pair and let out a helpless sigh. "They're always like this, how troublesome."
Kallen Kaslana might be an idiot, but her level of stupidity was far from Kiana's. After all these years, how could she not feel that Otto and Yae Sakura were constantly at each other's throats? In fact, Kallen heard every bit of their banter, but sometimes silence is better than speaking. Amber thought she was like a block of wood, and Kallen felt being a block of wood was fine; if she weren't, who knows when Otto and Sakura would pull out blades and start hacking at each other.
Sigh. She truly had no way with these two.
"Alright, alright, Otto, if you care so much about the game's plot..."
Kallen suddenly stood up and launched a surprise attack on Otto. While he was stunned, she gave him a brief "dragonfly touching the water" kiss on his lips. "This way, you won't care anymore, right?"
Otto touched his lips, not expecting Kallen to pull a sudden move like that. This was bad. What should he do? He felt his heart beating so fast; pulling a stunt like this was just unfair! The Kallen before him, with a smile as bright as the sun, was too cute...
Otto felt a gaze that was practically murderous. He looked back; Yae Sakura was smiling, but there were no highlights in her eyes. It seemed she was about to draw her blade in the next moment.
"Sakura." "!?"
Yae Sakura was looking at Otto with murderous intent when her lips were suddenly touched. By the time she snapped out of it, Kallen was looking at her with a grin. At that moment, Sakura realized what had happened. Her face instantly flushed with red, and her flustered look was practically carved from the same mold as Otto's.
"Hmm? I kissed Otto, then I kissed Sakura. Doesn't that mean you guys had an indirect kiss?"
Kallen Kaslana's bombshell line nearly made both of them spit blood.
"Pfft! x2" "Kallen! What are you saying! x2" "Who would ever kiss a guy/girl like this! x2"
"Tsk..." Otto and Yae Sakura glared at each other. They both had the urge to go wash their lips, but the thought was immediately halted because, after all, those were Kallen's lips. Between Kallen and the indirect kiss, both were torn; feelings of joy and disgust were mixed together... What is this mysterious sensation?
Seeing the two of them quiet down, Kallen nodded with satisfaction and turned back to continue the game.
Outside the door, Amber witnessed the scene, dumbfounded. "Lady Kallen... what did she just do? No... a normal person couldn't possibly do something like that! Only an idiot like Lady Kallen could say something as explosive as 'indirect kiss'!"
Though Amber knew rich people had their quirks, in her eyes, a "Holy Maiden" like Lady Kallen—who was clearly a total "idiot"—had "unknowingly" become a legendary figure... Both Otto and Miss Yae were completely under her thumb!!
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