Preparations of a Crazy Woman

Chapter 265: 

"Sis, ter...?"

The moment the anxious Sakura appeared, the Twelfth Herrscher, who had originally dispersed into a virus, suddenly reformed into Rin's shape, but her expression looked to be struggling.

"That damn woman...!"

The Twelfth Herrscher clutched her head in pain. If that damn Lee hadn't previously placed a mental protection on this little girl, she would have been able to easily control the entire body, instead of being so easily influenced by the consciousness that should have been destroyed.

Kevin didn't miss this opportunity. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and Might of An-Utu instantly roared towards the Twelfth Herrscher!

But just as the flames were about to touch the Twelfth Herrscher, a blade light that sliced through space intercepted the attack.

".....Sakura, do you know what you're doing?"

Looking at Sakura standing in front of the Twelfth Herrscher, Kevin's expression was stern. "Your current actions are equivalent to betraying humanity..... Wake up, she's no longer your sister, but a crazed Herrscher."

"Did you see the tragic state of this city? All of this was caused by this Herrscher behind you detonating the nuclear bombs in the city....."

Kevin stepped forward slowly, holding Might of An-Utu. "So she must die."

".....I know Herrschers should die."

Beads of sweat appeared on Sakura's forehead. If she wanted to protect Rin, she should draw her sword and fight Kevin. But at this moment, the hilt of Frozen Naraka at her waist felt like a burning hot iron, making it difficult for her to grip.

She was a sister, but she was also a warrior. Sakura certainly understood that Herrschers were existences that must be eliminated for humanity. In fact, even as a sister, she had a duty to defeat this enemy that had occupied her sister's body and destroyed her sister's consciousness.

But.....

Looking at the Twelfth Herrscher behind her, whose expression was pained, as if different consciousnesses were desperately fighting for control of the body, Sakura's voice almost contained a hint of pleading. "But Rin hasn't given up yet! Maybe..... maybe she can defeat the Herrscher? At least give her some time, maybe there will be—"

Sakura's voice caught, but judging from her puzzled expression, this action was clearly not her own will.

"There are no maybes."

Step by step, Lee walked over from the street that had turned to sand, her expression blank.

"Murderous Herrschers all deserve to die. It's that simple."

"Lee?" After seeing Lee's arrival, Kevin also clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

With Lee here, even if the Twelfth Herrscher turned into a virus or hid in the system software, she couldn't escape. Lee could directly attack the opponent's consciousness.

And as Lee approached, the Twelfth Herrscher's expression became more and more ferocious.... Just the remaining mental protection was already so troublesome for her. If Lee really intervened in the struggle between herself and this host consciousness, things would probably be troublesome!

But the Twelfth Herrscher's worries were completely unfounded. Lee had no intention of intervening in their two-way consciousness battle. She just calmly took Frozen Naraka from Sakura's hand as she passed by, her expression serene.

"Lee, Big Sis...?"

Rin's consciousness seemed to be showing slight signs of clarity, and then, in Sakura's hopeful gaze—

Lee raised her sword and fell, precisely beheading the Twelfth Herrscher, leaving only the Herrscher Core to fall on the road.

An act that was too unexpected. Seeing her sister's head roll in front of her, Sakura almost screamed—but unfortunately, she couldn't say anything.

Under Lee's mental influence, Sakura couldn't even change her posture, and could only watch the tragedy unfold.

".....If only I had done this back then."

Calmly crushing the Twelfth Herrscher's fallen head, in the shocked gaze of Kevin and the frowning and contemplative gaze of Mei, Lee silently looked at Sakura.

"Why do you look at me with such hateful eyes, Sakura..... I just carried out the task that should have been carried out. You should be able to understand, right? After all, when you killed all the patients and children in Dusk Street back then, didn't you also think it was a task that had to be carried out for justice?"

"The patients with the Honkai disease gathered together were very dangerous, so they were killed..... Then Herrschers must also be killed." Lee's eyes drooped slightly. "Killing hundreds of millions of people, but only compensating with her own life..... That's already very generous to her."

Unable to speak, Sakura could only look at everything in front of her with sadness and despair.

Not to mention protecting Rin, now Rin's corpse was trampled in front of her, but she was still powerless – even though she knew that this body was just condensed by the Herrscher, it still caused her immense pain.

"I almost forgot you can't speak....."

Looking at Sakura, who remained silent in the same posture like a statue, Lee sighed softly, casually inserted the longsword in front of Sakura, and turned to walk towards Kevin.

At the last moment of her departure, she left only one sentence for Sakura.

"[Kill yourself], Sakura."

"?!"

In the unbelievable gazes of Kevin and Mei, Sakura, with a numb expression, suddenly pulled Frozen Naraka from the ground in front of her, and without hesitation, placed it on her throat and sliced!

Blood spurted out in an instant, and Sakura's body swayed twice before falling to the ground.

"Lee, what did you just do?!"

"I killed Sakura. Is there a problem?"

Lee calmly looked at Kevin. "She was obstructing you from defeating the Twelfth Herrscher just now, and even attacked you. This constitutes betrayal of humanity. Although I could have not killed her just now, Sakura already had the will to die when the Twelfth Herrscher died just now, so this can be considered a release. Besides, a MANTIS Soldier not protecting humanity but defending the Herrscher who destroyed the city..... Even though the current people have the mind-steel seal I placed on them, such a thing is still too damaging to morale."

"So Sakura had to die."

"Even so...!"

Kevin's expression changed constantly, but Lee no longer paid attention to him.

Instead, she picked up the Twelfth Herrscher's Core from the ground. "The Twelfth Herrscher's consciousness is a bit troublesome. It's lodged in the core and hasn't been completely eliminated..... We'll need to further strengthen the containment measures later. I'll leave it to you, Mei."

"Hua and Dr. Mobius were buried, but they're not seriously injured. They'll dig themselves out. There are no more reactions of ordinary people in Fortress One..... But Fortress Three is fine. We still have one-third of humanity surviving."

"So there's no need to be so serious." Lee looked at Kevin and Mei quietly. "The Honkai will end soon....."