Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"She's gone!"

"I know she's gone."

"She's gone, so what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see what kind of trouble you've run into."

Noldrei already knew that Kiana had run away from Mei.

But he didn't go to find Kiana. Instead, he came to Bronya.

"Is this the system sent by Anti-Entropy? I heard that it was combined with the Honkai monitoring system of the Schicksal branch in Japan?"

Noldrei inspected it for a bit, extended a tentacle, turned it into an electronic device, and connected to Academy City's main system.

Bronya was in control of the entire monitoring system of Academy City, but she never would have thought of Kiana.

As a shapeshifting future human, Kiana could even stick to cracks in the walls. Her figure couldn't be found through the monitoring system at all.

The best way would be to have Tesla control all of the electronics in Academy City and directly filter through the entire network.

But that wasn't necessary. There was really no need to force Dr. Lobster to such a degree.

Noldrei had told them to take a break. So he naturally allowed them to do whatever they wanted. It was fine even if they went to find some pretty girls and partied.

"Calm down, little Bronya. I didn't come here to argue with you, and besides… aren't you being a bit too worked up? You can't just keep using Academy City's main system to play games."

As soon as Noldrei's words fell, Bronya froze.

That guy had actually guessed it right. Bronya had indeed been frequently using this thing to play games. It was just one word, awesome!

He even discovered that!

Bronya felt upset in her heart, afraid that she wouldn't be able to use such a high-performance game system again.

"You're actually doing this…"

Noldrei had quickly found the evidence in those documents, and he was speechless about Bronya's slacking-off behavior.

"Bronya can't help it, Kiana always uses cheats when playing games."

Bronya was still looking for excuses, talking about the "good game environment" and "excellent gaming ethics," which were all things that Noldrei didn't understand.

"Okay, okay. I didn't come here to get on your case. By the way, why aren't there any cameras inside the schools?"

Noldrei looked at Nagazora City's monitoring system and realized that it only monitored key traffic locations. Although there were some drones in the air, many places had still been left vacant.

"The people installing the equipment couldn't help it. That's just how the rules are here in Japan. We need to leave some private space for people. Someone bought an entire building in Nagazora City. Many of the people inside were rich and powerful people. My people can't monitor the inside, they have their own security system."

Bronya had a look of disapproval on her face. Of course, she knew Dr. Tesla's capabilities. She could see the entire city with a single electronic network scan.

No matter how efficient the monitoring system was, it could never be better than Dr. Tesla's brain.

Noldrei asked, "Is there enough manpower?"

"Not enough. For a city with a population of three million, and with those many local students, with the additional hundreds of thousands more, especially since these people aren't… good students."

It seemed that Bronya had really been screwed over and didn't have a good impression of these students anymore.

"The local police force isn't enough anymore. They can't even pay the salaries of the police officers in some places, and the same goes for some of the support staff. If it weren't for the emergency aid from Anti-Entropy and Schicksal, Nagazora City would have probably collapsed when the city walls were built."

Bronya couldn't understand why this was happening. How did Japan become unable to even pay the police officers? Wasn't the pay for police officers quite high in Japan?

Noldrei asked helplessly, "Is there a solution?"

"Implement an auxiliary police system. Although this would indeed alleviate some financial pressures, their level of professionalism is no good. So, my suggestion is to let the local police earn money from other sources."

Bronya was truly a genius. Noldrei immediately agreed to her opinion.

"Little Bronya, you're right! I'll leave this important task to you!"

Noldrei solemnly patted her shoulder. The action didn't look like a pat. It was more like he was pressing down on the girl's shoulders from above.

"..."

"You're the emperor, so what you say goes."

Bronya had given up struggling. She then added, "Also, we're a little short on security guard trainees in Academy City. They need proper criminal investigation training."

"How about this, I'll give you a modification and create a functional organ that can transfer memories to other people?"

Noldrei had overestimated this era's ability to learn, and he had also overestimated this era's ability to accept.

The genetic Identity IDs, biological synthesis manufacturing, the living Stigmata battlesuits… not to mention the other more stimulating things, these things alone were enough to cause chaos.

Bronya looked at him in shock. She had never imagined that she would receive such a power.

'Are you a superpower distributor?'

She actually didn't really want this kind of power. If she had this power, Noldrei would definitely treat her as a human teaching tool to directly impart knowledge to the students.

And most importantly, Bronya didn't really want to share her memories.

"W-wait… you have the power to create this kind of organ. Don't tell me you've also peeked at Bronya's brain?"

The little loli was shocked and nervously took a few steps back.

If someone were to learn about her longing and her thoughts for Seele,

Especially if that person was an unscrupulous guy like Noldrei, then that would be like a university student reading out loud the love letter they wrote to their crush in elementary school.

That was too perverted!

"When did I ever peep at you guys? Us future humans also have pride. How could I possibly peep at the hobbies of you primitives? Would you be interested in knowing how the cavemen of the Stone Age express love when they're in heat?"

Noldrei was very angry. He felt that he had been looked down upon by his subordinate.

"Isn't that exactly what you did when you peeked at Bronya's memories?!"

Bronya's face turned red, and she felt ashamed. If he hadn't looked at her memories, how would he know about "expressing love when in heat"?

"What could I possibly have seen? Like when you guys took baths together when you were young? You're joking, right? What difference would there be if I asked you to take a bath with me now?"

As Noldrei was talking, he transformed into Seele's form, which shocked Bronya.

This girl's form didn't come from Bronya's memories but from Cocolia's memories.

"Little Bronya, if you work hard, I'll let you recall your childhood with me like this. What do you think?"

"I can also help you with the things that your friend doesn't allow you to do."

Noldrei's words were very tempting. He had always been like this, never threatening his subordinates. He was a truly good leader!

Bronya wiped the nosebleed that was flowing down and said righteously, "You can't trick Bronya! Bronya also has integrity!"

She paused for a moment, wiped her nose again, made sure that it wasn't bleeding anymore, and then asked in a low voice, "Can you really do that? I mean… what things that I'm not allowed to do?"

Crap, Bronya's integrity had fallen here.