Chapter 131: Otto Becomes a Priest? The Villain Becomes a Great Man?
"Cocolia becoming a history teacher.... this world is truly ridiculous enough."
Inside the Bilibili livestream room...
Senti complained about this point; she had no good impression of Cocolia. Although Cocolia was indeed a mother who loved her daughters, her various methods were far too self-centered and cruel. The Third Honkai Impact was the result of Cocolia being "bad at the game but loving to play"; in the end, Mei wasn't recovered, the plan was sabotaged by a certain white-haired idiot, and even the Bronya she sent out was lost to the other side. A losing business deal, practically a "buy one, get one free" failure—truly unparalleled.
In the game plot, Bronya was also extremely surprised upon seeing Cocolia. In the classroom, Cocolia raised a question about the Second Honkai Impact, and Bronya was chosen to answer.
"The Second Honkai Impact was the greatest disaster in human history, starting from the Babylon Labs in Siberia and spreading worldwide. During the Second Impact, the Herrscher of the Void, who dominates space, was born, bringing unimaginable disaster to humanity." ——This was Bronya's answer.
However, Cocolia pointed out Bronya's "error" at that moment. After the outbreak of the Second Impact, Schicksal took immediate action, successfully controlling casualties in the surrounding areas, and the Herrscher was eliminated 22 hours after her birth. Thanks to Schicksal's decisiveness, most regions of the world avoided the disaster.
Looking at Cocolia's words on the screen, Senti rubbed her eyes and turned to the Fu Hua beside her. "Old Timer, has this Cocolia's brain malfunctioned or has mine? She said Schicksal avoided the Second Impact? Ha! Who doesn't know that guy Otto was the one pulling the strings during the Second Impact!"
Fu Hua looked helplessly at her silly sister. "Bronya said before that this world is different from the one she knows. It's normal for historical events to be changed."
Next, Cocolia played a recording of that history, causing a string of question marks to flood the chat. In the recorded footage, tactical mechs developed by Schicksal's North American Branch were deployed for the first time, becoming one of the primary forces against the Herrscher. As for the other, the Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie Cecilia led the Snow Wolf Squad, protecting a vast number of civilians while fighting the Herrscher. Without their efforts, the world's wounds from the Honkai would have been much harder to heal.
Cocolia was one of the people saved by them back then!
However, after the Honkai ended, the Snow Wolf Squad was questioned for "disobeying orders." But Cocolia felt the squad did nothing wrong; a Valkyrie must have judgment and a sense of right and wrong—if one only blindly obeys orders, they are no different from a tool.
The founder of this St. Freya Academy.... was that S-rank Valkyrie, Cecilia Schariac!
[??]
[No, brothers, there are too many things to complain about here. I don't even know where to start!]
[Schicksal North American Branch? Isn't that the predecessor of Anti-Entropy? Aren't those tactical mechs basically Titan-daddies?]
[So, in this world, the North American Branch didn't split from Schicksal, so Anti-Entropy doesn't exist.]
[The Second Impact was stopped by the efforts of Cecilia and the Snow Wolf Squad, and the disaster was controlled.]
[Cocolia didn't start an orphanage, nor did she adopt Bronya and the others....]
[Cecilia lived, established St. Freya Academy, and trained these Valkyries to become outstanding talents?]
For a time, the chat exploded with comments. After all, the history of this world was too different from the "original" history they knew; it was a complete departure. Even Cocolia had become a Valkyrie. Cocolia even told Bronya that all the Valkyries here are free, and Bronya is no exception. They can live freely, shed youth and sweat, and pursue happiness. They are free, and a beautiful future is in Bronya's hands.
She was a completely different person from the power-hungry, self-centered Cocolia in the viewers' memories. The blueprint of a beautiful future for the Valkyries of St. Freya drawn by Cocolia struck the viewers' hearts.
Indeed. If history had developed like this, Cecilia wouldn't have died, Bronya and Seele might not have gone through the X-10 experiment, and everything originally destined would have changed... the future of this world would be incredibly beautiful. These young Valkyries could live freely in this St. Freya Academy and decide their own paths for the future....
But. All of this existed only as an illusion within this world, not reality.
[Dammit! Old Thief Su Mu clearly has the ability to write this kind of plot, but he refuses to show it to us in the main story!]
[Sigh, look at the Valkyries who can live happily in this parallel world. Why couldn't it be like this in reality?]
[No, this world is basically a collection of the Old Thief's malice, right? He's showing such a beautiful world just to prove that the original Honkai 3rd plot could have gone this way?]
[I'd say be satisfied. At least the Old Thief is willing to give everyone a 'patch' in a parallel world to create a happy ending.]
[It's the same tactic as having Sakura and Kallen stay together in the Stigma space after they die. The Old Thief understands 'substitute literature' (cope).]
The happier the Valkyries were in this "parallel world," the more the audience felt that Kiana and the others in the main story were too tragic!
In the following plot, Bronya was chosen as a member of a Valkyrie squad for a mission. In this team, she encountered the Seele she had been longing for! Although Bronya was shocked at first, she later understood that since Cocolia became a Valkyrie in this world, there would naturally be a Seele who grew up normally. But during the mission, Bronya noticed abnormalities in Seele and soon confirmed that, like her, this Seele did not belong to this world!
Finally, Bronya and Seele reunited, embracing each other and sharing their longing and emotions.
[Something's wrong. Something is very, very wrong!]
[Reuniting with Seele? Is this really something Old Thief Su Mu would do?]
[There has to be a catch, right? Bronya isn't really going to just take Seele out of the Sea of Quanta and back to reality that easily, is she?]
[Impossible, absolutely impossible! The Old Thief definitely has an ambush waiting!]
Although the viewers were moved by the reunion, their concern that it was a trap outweighed their emotion! In their experience, the Old Thief was never this kind! The main story just started, and they already reunited? Taking Seele back from the Sea of Quanta this easily? There's no way!
"Oh, come on! This plot will definitely be a happy ending! Look at how accurate my intel has been!" Senti, however, continued to brag in the stream.
[A regular 'intel dog'.]
[Can Senti be played without a nerf to her intel?]
[Did the Old Thief really change? No 'stabbing'?]
The audience was initially skeptical, but Senti's words made many believe it, thinking Su Mu might have actually turned over a new leaf. However, in the subsequent plot, Bronya's Valkyrie squad encountered a boy possessing the power of the Herrscher of Reason—the same Joachim Bronya met earlier. But in this world, he seemed to have been imprisoned for various experiments. Ultimately, Bronya made a choice, letting Joachim join St. Freya Academy as a member.
As Bronya passed the trial, she arrived in a new space. In Project Bunny's hand, a notebook with a butterfly clip appeared. As Bronya was feeling emotional, Joachim appeared before her again and congratulated her on passing the first world's trial. He confessed his identity to Bronya: he was a fragment left behind by the First Herrscher, Welt Yang, tasked with guarding this place.
This left the audience confused. The boy was Welt? What did that mean? Did something happen to Welt in the Sea of Quanta? And why did he set up trials? Joachim told Bronya that the girl named Seele possessed a special power—the ability to traverse the Sea of Quanta—and had accidentally established a connection with this labyrinth.
In the worlds to come, Bronya would see Seele, but to find the real Seele, she had to delve deeper into the Sea. The butterfly-clipped notebook would become the link between her and Seele.
[I knew it! How could it be that easy!]
[So after all that, she didn't meet the real Seele.]
[Back to doing trials.]
[Heh! I almost believed the streamer's nonsense!]
The in-game plot made Senti scratch her head sheepishly, but she quickly feigned composure with a dry laugh. "Haha, well, I wasn't wrong! Seele is in the Sea of Quanta, and as long as Bronya passes the trials, she can definitely bring Seele back! They're just small trials; they won't stop Bronya! Anyway, this story definitely won't be depressing!"
Senti's take received agreement from many viewers. Rescuing an important person through various trials was a classic, solid plotline. From the direction, it didn't look like there would be any "blades," just some minor setbacks for Bronya along the way.
[Haha, great! For this new main story, I can watch without tissues!]
[Exactly! You don't know how many tissues I had to prepare for every Honkai 3rd update; I always ran out!]
[You'd better really be using them to wipe tears, kid.]
[When I type a question mark, it's not because I have a problem, but because you have a problem!]
Senti didn't continue the banter and resumed playing. In the following plot, Bronya entered the second world. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a snowy plain. Beside her stood three people: Theresa in a nun's outfit, Joachim, and a man who left Bronya utterly shocked.
A blonde, blue-eyed man was kneeling by a tombstone, holding a cross, acting exactly like a priest. That person was none other than Otto Apocalypse! These familiar figures appeared before Bronya, and she realized she had reached the second world. Seele was also behind Bronya.
Bronya realized that the breakthrough for this world lay with Joachim, but she never expected that in this world, Otto had become a priest who ran an orphanage and adopted many children.
[? The loathsome villain Otto became a priest?]
[That is too unbelievable! But then again, this isn't the real world; anything can happen!]
[True, Priest Otto looks way too handsome. For some reason, I think he fits the role....]
[Yeah, I actually find this Otto quite pleasing to the eye. This is surreal....]
Seeing Otto become a kind-hearted priest in the second world left the audience with incredibly complex emotions. Clearly, this world showed them a possibility—a possibility where Otto could be a good person. Otto was always a controversial character; as a major villain, he possessed a complex duality. On one hand, he was a madman willing to pay any price to resurrect Kallen; on the other, he was tolerant and gentle toward Theresa... he was destined to be a character full of contradictions.
It was precisely because of this that Otto's popularity remained high. As for how many of those fans wanted to tear him to pieces... well, liking a character and wanting them to die are not mutually exclusive.
But what exactly happened in this world? Where was the historical node changed that led Otto to become a priest?
END OF CHAPTER
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