Was what just happened extrely embarrassing for Ruan i?
Not necessarily.
Her sense of morality was already rather... flexible.
Making such a sudden and drastic change only felt strange to her—it hadn’t yet reached the level of "sha."
If one had to explain it in a way ordinary people could understand, then it would be this:
Geniuses have their own moral fraworks.
That was true for Herta.
And it was true for Ruan i as well.
Their values were simply different from those of ordinary people.
"This is truly eye-opening. Are you conducting so sort of experint?"
If it had been just Herta alone, Su Ran would’ve suspected a sche.
Sothing like deliberately ssing with him.
But with Ruan i involved too...
That made it hard not to suspect internal competition between geniuses instead.
"Who’s cuter—you or her?"
Herta crossed her arms, her face full of a cat-like question mark.
"You."
Su Ran answered without the slightest hesitation.
"Good taste!"
Herta was delighted.
Winning against Ruan i so easily made her especially happy.
"It’s just different styles. Cat ears naturally give you an advantage."
If it were a maid outfit, though, then Ruan i might have won.
After all, her figure could actually support it.
As for Herta...
Well, hopefully her real body was a mature beauty and not a loli.
"I’ve seen the cat ears, taken the photos—now tell your real purpose."
When sothing was abnormal, there was always a reason.
Su Ran didn’t believe they were just here to act cute for no reason.
"I want to study with you. Is that okay?"
Ruan i took the initiative, seemingly thinking their relationship had improved.
"Get lost."
Su Ran rejected her without even a hint of courtesy.
"..."
Herta was secretly delighted.
Ruan i really was hopelessly bad at social interaction.
Did she really think wearing cat ears and owing a few tis would make soone comply?
Su Ran wasn’t one of her brainless admirers.
How could he possibly agree so casually?
Even Herta herself mostly provided things to Su Ran rather than asking him for help.
Right now, they were the ones trying to raise his favorability—not the other way around.
She clearly hadn’t grasped the hierarchy.
"Ruan i said you aren’t a normal lifeform in this universe. Care to explain?"
Compared to Ruan i, Herta was far more... human.
She didn’t bring up research.
She only wanted him to explain his mode of existence.
"Oh, it’s nothing special. I found a certain cosmic species, roughly copied their traits, created sothing similar to an evolutionary energy source, and tried evolving into their kind."
The explanation was simple.
Too simple.
So he just wanted to beco another species...
So he made an evolutionary fuel...
And then evolved himself?
"..."
Even Herta didn’t know how to process that ridiculous train of thought.
That actually worked?
"Was that species special in so way?"
A race that even Su Ran admired—
How powerful did it have to be?
Herta was curious.
"Handso."
"..."
Ruan i, Herta, and Raiden Makoto all fell silent at the sa ti.
They’d thought there’d be sothing profound.
But that was it?
Ruan i had even pulled out a notebook to take notes—
And the answer was just handso?
"That’s it?"
Herta refused to believe it.
"That’s way too cheap, isn’t it?"
"Very handso."
"Other than handso?"
Herta was starting to lose it.
Su Ran was a genius—
A Genius Society genius!
His abilities were absurd beyond asure.
And yet here he was, repeating handso like that explained everything?
Did he really have nothing else going for him?
She didn’t say it out loud.
Because if she did—
Su Ran would probably nod and agree.
When it ca to narcissism, only he could rival himself.
"That species doesn’t exist in this universe. I recreated it based on mory. I don’t even know how accurate it is—how could I explain its racial traits?"
Su Ran spread his hands.
If he really could do it perfectly, he’d already have an army of hundreds of billions of Ultras.
Who in the Honkai universe would dare say no then?
The next day, the Interstellar Mafia would be knocking on his door.
"So... you failed?"
Herta sounded disappointed.
She’d expected more miracles.
"That’s not necessarily true. At the very least, I evolved a lot. Even Nous noticed because of it. Maybe I succeeded."
At this point, whether it was success or failure no longer mattered to Su Ran.
He’d gained enough power to protect himself.
"If, as you say, they co from another universe... Does that an you can perceive other universes? Or that you yourself are from one?"
Ruan i had never truly cared about that species.
From beginning to end, her focus had always been Su Ran himself.
That single question hit Herta like enlightennt from above.
The concept of a multiverse had always existed—
But there was no definitive proof.
Even the greatest scientists couldn’t verify it.
Yet Su Ran claid to have created evolutionary energy based on a being from another universe.
Did that an—
He was the key to proving the multiverse?
Herta’s curiosity, which had briefly dipped, now skyrocketed.
Among the four of them:
Two were consud by curiosity.
One was struggling to explain things clearly.
And only one.
Raiden Makoto—
Hadn’t understood a single word of the conversation from start to finish.
But in order not to stand out,
She copied Herta and Ruan i,
Staring at Su Ran with a look of intense curiosity.
Even if she didn’t understand what they were talking about—
As long as the vibe was right, that was enough.
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