After the cat escaped, Rita cut open the stone wall that separated them from Susannah.
"Has Rita seen that Honkai Beast before?" Elysia asked, vigilant of her surroundings.
"Yes, before you arrived, I had a skirmish with that cat," Rita said, frowning as she looked at the wreckage on the other side of the stone wall.
Only Catherine lay on the ground, and not far away, there were many robot wrecks.
"Has Susannah been taken away?" Rita asked, frowning.
"Rita, I think you don't need to worry about Susannah," Elysia whispered from the side.
Just as Rita was about to ask why.
The stone wall next to them suddenly shattered.
Durandal kicked through the adjacent wall, holding a cat, and beside her was a small Otto.
"Lord Bishop, why are you here?" Rita asked, somewhat surprised.
"Ahem, Rita, let me explain this matter," the small Otto said.
"Why aren't you still using Susannah's appearance?" Elysia put away her weapon and asked Otto curiously.
"Oh dear, Miss Elysia, after all, I have my own plans, don't I? There's no need to continue the disguise now, so of course I'll revert to my own appearance."
Otto said with a smile.
"But I remember you weren't like this either," Elysia took out her phone and took a photo of Otto.
"Mm-hmm, this way, I can share it with Theresa when I get back ♬ ~"
"Miss Elysia, this appearance is just what I looked like when I was young; it's not a disguise of someone else," Otto said, looking at the phone in Elysia's hand.
"Our Lord Bishop, please first explain your plan to Rita, after all, I'm quite curious myself," Elysia ignored Otto's gaze and carefully put away her phone.
As for Rita, she was currently holding her scythe, pointing it at the cat in Durandal's arms.
"Lord Bishop, please put it down. This time, I will definitely deal with it as quickly as possible," Rita said with a darkened expression.
"Meow! Meow meow!" The cat in Durandal's arms gnashed its teeth and cried out twice.
"Ahem, well, actually, it's like this: just now, the Lord Bishop said he wanted to take this Honkai Beast back to Schicksal for research, right?" Durandal looked at Otto.
"Huh? I don't have any interest in this Honkai Beast..." Before Otto could finish, he saw Durandal's murderous gaze and the cat's angry stare, and immediately changed his words.
"It still contains other information, so it indeed has some value."
"Alright, I understand," Rita bowed slightly, and the scythe in her hand slowly disappeared.
"Meow..."
Afterward, Otto explained his plan to Rita, and Rita understood that this exploration was merely to draw out the person behind everything.
Upon returning, Otto presented his analysis to everyone.
"So, the Second Divine Key must still be within London, which is also why that Jackal lady wanted to divert us from London," Otto said, pointing at the projection behind him.
"So, even if we know it's in London, how do we find the Second Divine Key?" Elysia asked, sensing the increased data sources appearing around her.
"Of course, by performing a comprehensive ultrasonic scan of the entire London," Otto said casually.
"For this, I have already dispatched special mechs to the designated locations, and I have already evacuated the residents within London as well."
"Next, we just need to wait for the detection results," Otto said, then directly sat on the swivel chair behind him, crossing his legs and looking at the data information in front of him.
"After this, there might be some battles, and the battles will be left to you, my lovely Valkyries," Otto said to Elysia and the others.
"Yes, Lord Bishop." x2
Durandal and Rita answered earnestly.
"Oh, let me lend you a hand," Elysia said with a smile.
"Thank you for your understanding, Miss Elysia," Otto said with a smile.
Afterward, everyone waited for the mech's information.
Not long after the ultrasonic waves covered the area, the machine calculated where the spatial anomalies were.
"Anomaly detected above the surface of the River Thames. Now, it's up to you," Otto said, looking at the detection results.
The few people behind him immediately ran towards the target location.
As they approached the target location, Otto's voice came through their communication devices.
"I will break through the barrier obscuring the Second Divine Key. The rest is up to you. I hope you can bring the Second Divine Key back to me." As soon as Otto's voice fell silent.
From various parts of the city, pink Honkai Energy beams attacked the area above the River Thames.
With a shattering sound like glass, the Second Divine Key was exposed to the world.
The appearance of the Second Divine Key looked like an old-fashioned train engine.
This train engine was now quietly resting on the water's surface, not sinking at all.
Elysia and the others appeared on the riverbank.
"I didn't expect the true form of the Second Divine Key to be like this," Durandal said.
"Yes, compared to the Black Abyss White Flower in your hand, Lord Bishop, the Second Divine Key doesn't look like a weapon at all," Rita said, standing behind Durandal.
Although Elysia knew the Second Divine Key was a train engine, this was her first time seeing it, and she didn't expect this engine to be so big!
Moreover, Elysia could feel that she seemed to have some connection with this train engine, as if she could control it.
Under the dragging of the mechs, the Second Divine Key was quickly pulled to the shore.
When it stopped, the door of the Second Divine Key suddenly opened.
Then, a small figure in a black robe walked out from inside the door.
"Outsiders, the Second Divine Key cannot be taken away," the small figure said in a somewhat childish voice.
"Is there someone inside the Second Divine Key?" Durandal whispered.
"No, my dear Durandal, this is not a person; this is a combat android from the Previous Era," Otto's voice came through the communication.
"Sorry, we must take it, because it is very important to me," Durandal walked to stand opposite the android.
"The Second Divine Key has a more important purpose; it cannot be moved," the android said, holding a small sword in its hand.
"Be careful, the weapon in its hand is a replica of Judgment of Shamash," Otto said, looking at the sword's appearance.
"Oh my, I didn't expect little Kevin to be so cute," Elysia said from behind.
"Elysia." The small android put down the weapon in its hand, "No, you are not her."
"Miss Elysia, if my guess is correct, your weapon is the Corruption Key. For combat androids, the Corruption Key is their natural enemy. I hope you can subdue this combat android," Otto said.
"You know a lot about my information, don't you ♬ ~" Elysia said through the communication.
"Of course, after all, you are the one that immortal is paying attention to."
"And back then, you could freely enter and exit the database without a key. After guessing, the greatest possibility is that you have the Corruption Key in your hand."
"Alright then, I'll take this Kevin doll ♬ ~" Elysia said, extending her hand towards the combat android in front of her.
Although the gesture of reaching out wasn't necessary, life still needed some sense of ritual.
Then, the android Kevin put away its weapon and walked in front of Elysia.
Elysia directly hugged the android.
"I didn't expect little Kevin to be so cute too, but this cold aura is really similar," Elysia said, somewhat excited.
As the Kevin android was hugged by Elysia, there were no other enemies on the Second Divine Key.
Jackal, watching everything from a distance, gnashed her teeth and said.
"This woman should have been on the Lord's side! Why is she helping Schicksal!" Jackal said, throwing the binoculars in her hand to the ground.
"Alright, Jackal, there's nothing else we can do now, is there?" Raven yawned beside her.
"So let's leave quickly. If we delay any longer, I can't guarantee I can help you evade Schicksal's pursuit," Raven said indifferently.
After a while, Jackal gnashed her teeth and said, "Let's go!"
Then the two left the place.
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