"Ahem... you're amazing, Professor Elias Nokianvirtanen."
Nancy Edison, dressed in a protective suit, walked out of the thick smoke, her originally delicate face had been blackened by smoke, but the killing intent in her pupils could not be suppressed.
"Honkai energy bomb... who gave it to you? No, don't guess. The only one capable of making such a dangerous weapon is probably the Bishop."
"You—!" Finn, who had been nonchalant at first, now had a look of pain on his face. Seeing Edison walk out of the thick smoke, although he couldn't hide the astonishment on his face, he felt inexplicably relieved.
"The real Moonlight Throne was transferred a long time ago. What you blew up was just a replica with a Honkai emitter installed... Letting scholars act as spies is really Otto."
"You guys have been prepared...too." Finn had a wry smile on his face, "It seems you have seen Bishop Otto's actions from beginning to end... from the manipulated Dead Sea Scrolls to the current explosion."
"I never figured it out, but someone reminded me." Edison shook her head. "It's you... how do you think I should deal with you?"
Just as Edison lamented before, letting scholars act as spies... Edison really didn't realize it.
No, it should be said that the Finn, Elias Nokianvirtanen, had been obediently helping before. In this situation, without Tian Shi's help, Edison would never have thought that Finn would betray her.
"I have nothing to say." Finn sat down on the ground and spread his hands, looking quite rogue.
"You—!" At that moment, Edison really wanted to shoot Finn who was in front of her. But obviously, now is not the time.
"Don't look at me like that." Finn seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. "I have a family, elderly parents, a beautiful wife, and a son who goes to school."
"We humans are not animals that can do whatever we want."
"You mean you can't help it?" Edison laughed angrily. "If you blew up a real Moonlight Throne, I'm afraid the scene of Berlin would be replayed in New York!"
"I plead guilty, but I really didn't know it was a Honkai bomb." At this time, Finn lowered his head. "Since Princess Nancy discovered Bishop Otto's plan, then the city..."
"There was no complete evacuation." Edison had a dark face under the protective suit. In other words, Honkai energy has begun to leak.
"You, you must know what Otto wants to do, tell me what you know."
"Maybe... is it to get rid of you, Princess Nancy?" Finn smiled bitterly, "I don't know what that Bishop wants to do now. My original task was actually to help you translate that ancient scroll so that you can go through the Moonlight Throne project smoothly. As for the modification... he only said that it would only waste your time; of course, I know that's a lie."
"So, you discovered that the data was corrected and told Otto?"
"No, I didn't say... because it's none of my business."
Very honest answer.
As a professor and librarian, Finn is very close to Laboratory 42, how could he not know the consequences of erroneous data? It's just that the reality given by Otto forced Finn to bow his head. So, after seeing the data of the repaired ancient scrolls, Finn had no intention of telling Otto, and pretended not to know.
Even if Otto had doubts later, he could argue that it was Edison who discovered the error herself. —After all, his job is a paleographer, and Otto gave him the task of translating ancient scrolls for Edison.
That way, he doesn't have to suffer from guilt.
"But Bishop Otto sent someone two days ago to give me a new mission." Needless to say, Edison understood this task.
"Installing a bomb. Heh, he's very good at it." As a translator, Finn has the right to observe experiments in the laboratory and make certain corrections. Edison showed a look of disgust, but then this disgust turned into confusion.
"Maybe getting rid of me was part of his plan, but... um, maybe that's all? Well, it's not clear after all." Edison deeply felt that she couldn't understand the logic of that bastard Otto.
Then just don't look for it.
"Give him a protective suit! Then, follow me and clean up the mess you caused!" Edison looked coldly at the blond man sitting on the ground in front of her.
"Understood."
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[Did you wake up?]
As soon as Welt woke up from the back seat of the car, he saw a glowing sphere turning light into words.
[Are you having that nightmare again? Or rather, memories.]
"Well, of the day I was born in Berlin." Welt sat up a little drowsy.
"It's clearer than ever... 300,000 people, wasn't it?"
[Yes, in the Berlin eruption, which was the first one, 300,000 people died, and one survived.] The light curtain changed again. [As for the fact that it became clearer this time, it might be due to the Honkai pulse. Ada detected a small amount of Honkai pulse.]
"Really? That's really..." Welt wanted to find a word to describe the current situation, but his head was too chaotic, so he could only give up.
[You seem to have something on your mind?]
"Ah..." Welt nodded, "I not only dream about the Berlin eruption recently, but also about those... those who were killed in Berlin."
[So? Do you think you are the ominous child of 300,000 people who are plagued by resentment and hatred, or the hero who carries the good wishes of 300,000 people?] Asked the Star of Eden floating in the air.
"Hero or something..." Welt rubbed his nose in distress.
"But... maybe I really carry their souls... it's very, very, very heavy."
Those who died in the Berlin eruption suffered, they certainly suffered pain, helplessness, and even despair, but at the same time, there was the brilliance of humanity... the soldiers, the Valkyries, the scientists who sacrificed their lives to prevent Honkai, and the ordinary people who stepped forward to stop Honkai.
Welt felt that... he had to shoulder the wishes of these people. He couldn't allow what happened in Berlin to happen again.
[[That's a very good conclusion. I thought I had left you alone for too long, causing you to grow crooked.]
"Senior, what are you talking about..." Why does it feel like an old father looking at his son?
[After all, Einstein and Tesla, those two people are difficult to deal with, aren't they? They are simply two troublesome children!]
"The two doctors are quite good. They are willing to take me with them everywhere... well, although I feel like I'm a bit of a light bulb."
Clang! The Star of Eden crashed hard into Welt's forehead.
[Don't talk nonsense, hold this ball, now I will help you get used to the Star of Eden.]
"What?"
[Today... you may really need to step forward, little Herrscher brother.]