Chapter 92: I’m Not Elysia
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The curtain on the Third Eruption was raised as Jiang Qiao pressed the detonation button.
Because the citizens of Nagazora City had been evacuated in advance, the number of zombies generated within Nagazora City was extrely sparse.
Of course, the existence of Honkai Beasts wouldn’t be affected by this.
— At the temporary camp extrely close to Nagazora City, Dr. I was here responsible for coordinating the Fire Moth troops.
“I didn’t expect the Third Eruption to co so quickly.”
“But compared to the previous one, this Honkai eruption’s scale is quite small.”
A bold, mature voice rang out in the camp. Dr. I looked toward the direction of the voice, and what ca into view was a red-haired woman wearing a specially-made anti-Honkai Energy combat suit.
Fire Moth Fifth Squad Captain — Himiko.
She and her Fifth Squad were mainly stationed at Fire Moth’s Fifth Base in the Far East region.
I had already investigated her information in advance.
Kind-hearted and very easy to get along with, just sowhat fond of alcohol to the point of addiction.
“Isn’t it better if the scale is smaller~”
A vibrant, sweet voice rang out in the camp, drawing the attention of many Fire Moth soldiers.
A pink-haired girl in high heels walked to I’s side, revealing that smile widely known throughout Fire Moth — Miss Elf’s smile.
“Mm-hm~ Hi, I’m Elysia. As you can see, a girl as gorgeous as a fluttering flower?”
The current 【Elysia】 didn’t know Himiko yet, since Elysia had actually only joined the organization not too long ago, and Elysia was stationed at Fire Moth headquarters, which wasn’t far from the Far East where the Fifth Squad was stationed.
During the previous Second Eruption, because they were attacking different directions and the Fifth Squad entered the battle relatively late, they hadn’t t.
This was their first eting.
Himiko grasped Jiang Qiao’s extended hand:
“Himiko, captain of the Fifth Squad.”
“Although I’d heard long ago that Elysia, who defeated the 2nd Herrscher, was a very beautiful girl, I didn’t expect her to be this cute.”
After releasing her hand, she looked at 【Elysia】 appearance and couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
The latter humd through her nose and smiled in response:
“Mm-hm~ You’re also quite a beautiful girl?”
“Haha, you’re so sweet-tongued. After this battle ends, we should have a drink together soti.”
Just like the later Hiko, Himiko had a straightforward personality, and at this ti she was more like the younger Hiko. After being praised like this, she openly showed her happiness and proactively suggested drinking together.
Seeing that the two were about to start chatting right in front of her, I felt speechless while having to intervene:
“Alright, chatting can wait until later. If you keep talking like this, there’ll be no end to it.”
“Right, let’s talk later then. Now let’s discuss business.”
Himiko had excellent military discipline. After being reminded, she smiled and nodded, then returned to seriousness.
I also spoke up:
“Currently, the higher-ups have assigned as the main commanding officer responsible for this Honkai eruption.”
Originally, the ideal candidate should have been Mobius, but unfortunately the higher-ups’ impression of Miss Snake really wasn’t great. It just so happened that whether in previous etings or in the mobilization handling before the Honkai eruption, I had shown amazing talent, so she naturally beca the commander of this Third Eruption.
“I’ve already made arrangents in advance. Captain Himiko, your Fifth Squad needs to advance from the north of Nagazora City and clear out the Honkai Beasts on the periphery.”
“Understood.”
After Himiko led her Fifth Squad to prepare their equipnt, they directly left the camp.
What remained on site were I and Jiang Qiao.
The forr spoke:
“Elysia, headquarters… requires that you cannot enter the battlefield without receiving orders.”
When saying this, I’s tone carried so helplessness and resentnt, though these weren’t directed at Jiang Qiao, but at Fire Moth’s higher-ups.
— As the primary hero who defeated the Second Eruption, Elysia’s prestige within Fire Moth was extrely high.
Outstanding abilities, powerful social skills, and that prestige, it could be said that in the eyes of the higher-ups, this hero of the Second Eruption had beco an extrely troubleso existence.
Perhaps letting her participate could indeed solve this Nagazora City Honkai eruption as quickly as possible.
But to suppress Elysia’s prestige, the higher-ups would rather have the soldiers below shed more blood than let Elysia appear on the battlefield again.
Even if more blood was shed in the process, the higher-ups would be quite happy to see it.
This way, while Fire Moth soldiers were fighting bloody battles outside, the hero of the previous Honkai eruption wouldn’t participate in combat. Even if Elysia later explained that she was following orders from the higher-ups, Fire Moth could use other excuses to deal with dissatisfied soldiers below.
And Elysia? Even if she wasn’t labeled as cowardly, the prestige gained from the Second Eruption would plumt, and the interpersonal relationships she’d cultivated that gave the higher-ups headaches might also develop cracks.
When it ca to suppressing their own people, Fire Moth’s higher-ups could be said to have their abacus beads clicking loudly.
Soldiers were like sharp knives.
But if a knife’s prestige was too heavy, wanting to use the knife or handle it would beco extrely difficult, and there might even be a risk of cutting oneself.
To better control Elysia, this knife, and make her into the puppet the higher-ups wanted, they made this decision.
I sighed:
“By the way, when learning of this decision, I heard that Dr. Mobius stord out of the eting.”
Making such discourteous behavior in a eting of higher-ups, she estimated that Mobius’s laboratory would probably face budget cuts as punishnt afterward.
The girl smiled knowingly, lightly covering the corner of her mouth:
“That’s definitely sothing Dr. Mobius would do. I can almost imagine her angry little expression when she returned to the lab.”
“But those people up there really don’t make things easy.”
Sighing lightly, although the pink-haired girl’s words didn’t reveal negative emotions like anger, showing more helplessness and speechlessness, I could hear the dissatisfaction in the girl’s words.
She also sighed in admiration:
“We’ll have to find a way to solve this problem later. Having such teammates causing friendly fire is really too damaging.”
I, who had been a simple young girl not long ago, also couldn’t help but think “I can’t handle this” in her heart after experiencing the weight of Fire Moth’s higher-ups.
Working together with these parasites was really unbearable.
Even the extrely rational I had to admit the necessity of the asures Jiang Qiao had ntioned to her about dealing with these troublemakers later.
“Forget it, too lazy to think about those annoying things. I, you should smile more and be happy. If girls get angry, it’s very damaging to the skin.”
“…In this situation, how do you expect to smile?”
Rolling her eyes, I sighed.
Although the situation had been handled as well as they could manage, this Third Eruption had just begun.
“Alright, alright~ I sense a very strong Honkai energy reaction in the center of Nagazora City~ I’ll go take a look first.”
The girl chuckled lightly, a curve forming at the corner of her mouth.
— He wasn’t Elysia.
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