Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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Liu Bai shook his head, not considering the Star-Devouring Whale as an opponent, because everyone knew that this matter was too strange.

But if we really want to speculate... we don't have enough information.

All brilliant strategies are based on intelligence.

Making accurate predictions without any information is called true fortune telling... Oh, well, maybe that's what the people of the Immortal Ship really are like.

The "Qiong Guan Zhen" style of thinking is a case of choosing to pretend to be reasonable over deviating from common sense.

Exhaustive exploration... using limited information to "exhaustively" enumerate the future.

It deviates from common sense but still makes sense, and while it makes sense, it doesn't fully explain the principles.

"However, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit... We also need to be wary of potential troublemakers—but that's something the reserve team needs to be responsible for."

Chapter 384 Filling the Gaps

The next day, morning.

It must be said that Beidou is truly a very punctual captain.

After being woken up by Rita, Liu Bai immediately logged into St. Freya Academy.

"Kiana, have you caused any trouble for anyone these past few days?"

Cecilia, who was in charge of welcoming them, had already started chatting with her daughter.

"What trouble could I possibly cause Liu Bai? It's clearly that guy Liu Bai who's causing trouble..."

Qi Liuyan pouted, her willfulness tinged with a hint of coquettishness, and as she spoke, she glared fiercely at Liu Bai, who had just arrived.

"My daughter has caused you trouble."

Cecilia bowed slightly to Liu Bai.

"And Rita, it's been a long time. I'm so grateful for your care of my two daughters."

"Not at all... it was merely what I was supposed to do." Rita returned the greeting calmly, and Liu Bai followed suit.

Although he doesn't usually back down from Kiana, if the hot spring incident gets brought up... well, things will be pretty bad, right?

Liu Bai decisively pretended not to have seen Kiana's expression.

"You two, please come with me."

…………

What followed was a series of formulaic greetings and pleasantries.

After going around in circles, the last person Liu Bai saw was... Karen.

Karen, dressed in her finest attire.

It's a simplified version of the "teammates are the big boss" tactic.

"So, Mr. Liu Bai, are you satisfied with the hospitality of the Far East Branch?"

While asking polite questions in a serious manner, Karen was lightly kicking Liu Bai under the table with her leg.

Where did this kid come from?

"Ahem!" Cecilia seemed to have noticed something and couldn't help but cough twice.

Have some shame!

—However, it's not surprising that Cecilia could notice it.

After all, Kallen is currently in the main position, followed by Liu Bai and Cecilia.

It's perfectly normal for them to be caught exchanging glances and making subtle moves.

Karen thought for a moment, then stopped.

You really need to pay attention to your image.

However, Cecilia, who had given the warning, was in a daze and glanced at Kiana, who was sitting at the back of the table, engrossed in playing on her phone.

Well, the "last seat" at this kind of conference is roughly equivalent to "the children's table".

This girl... she really does spend all her time playing...

Although Cecilia initially entrusted Kiana with her care because she trusted Möbius, she now genuinely wants to find a son-in-law.

Then the son-in-law was snatched away by Old Deng.

Cecilia facepalmed.

dong dong.

Cecilia tapped on the table.

"Next, could we confirm the strategy we agreed on earlier? Kiana, you say."

"Eh? I..."

Hearing her mother's stern tone, Kiana immediately stood up.

At the academy, Cecilia wouldn't go easy on Kiana just because she's her daughter.

Special tutoring was inevitable, but Kiana was several times stricter with him during class than with others.

"Eh……"

Kiana instinctively stood up, but she was completely bewildered by the question.

Why ask her?

She should sit at the children's table, okay? Why ask a child something like that?

Kiana's pleading eyes swept around her surroundings.

However, it was of little use. Those present who were familiar with Kiana didn't listen very attentively during the meeting, and among the main attendees who did listen attentively... it seemed that only Rita and Kiana were close.

As for Karen?

Karen could only shrug and indicate that Cecilia was the true head of the Far East Branch.

[We await the arrival of anti-entropy technology support...]

Kiana's phone lit up, and Liu Bai's chat appeared at the top.

—Liu Bai wasn't that kind-hearted.

But the fact that he had seen someone else's daughter naked... made him feel particularly guilty.

It all seems like something that could cause a rift in the alliance.

...Although he also saw it.

In some ways it's even worse.

But for Kiana right now, this is her lifeline.

Kiana cast a glance at Liu Bai, as if he were her brother.

Cecilia noticed Liu Bai's subtle actions, but didn't say anything.

—Anyway, she never thought her daughter would actually know what was discussed at the meeting.

It was only after Liu Bai started helping Kiana summarize that Cecilia became a little more serious.

"Um……"

Cecilia nodded repeatedly; the previous operational meeting had emphasized a principle that was both upright and effective.

but……

"Is it really possible to make everyone lower their guard when Mr. Liu Bai calls their names...?"

Cecilia pointed out the most unrealistic aspect of the entire strategy.

It's not that it's impossible, but for them, it would take years of adaptation.

Especially when their names are called during battle... let alone these battle-hardened warriors, even ordinary people would tense up.

"How about using the Love Elixir?"

"Reject it. That would indeed achieve the goal, but it might not even allow us to fight."

Ye Lan rejected Huang Quan's proposal.

When faced with a formidable enemy, a normal person would prioritize fighting the enemy. But what priority someone who has drunk the Love Elixir would have is anyone's guess.

As for having Liu Bai handle the mediation?

...Stop joking around, it's like Liu Bai has never been exposed to Huang Quan's strong alkali before.

What good is trying to harmonize things?!

This is indeed a very troublesome problem.

Many people knew there was a problem at the time, but they remained relatively optimistic.

Unexpectedly, Cecilia pointed this out without any hesitation.

However, this matter concerns the safety of all of them.

“There is a way.” Bai tapped the table. “My acceptance of this at the time meant I had a way… but the way might be rather ‘chaotic’.”

"How does it compare to Love Elixir?"

"...even more than that?"

"Then what the hell are you talking about!" Even though it was her own man, Ye Lan was still about to lose her temper.

"But it is much milder in nature—you can think of it as more sophisticated, but milder."

The answer is simple—hypnosis.

Strange and unusual items can become the key to turning the tide of battle with just a slight adjustment to their usage.

All you need to do is draw a five-star permanent hypnosis item and hypnotize all participants if they volunteer.

The advantage of these notebook props is that they are "conceptual weapons".

No matter how powerful you are, a single act of hypnosis or time stop will render the woman "unfit for the role of a strong woman."

...Of course, anti-routine scripts are not included, and their drawback is that the usage is too fixed, for example, the other person must be staring at their phone...

"...Is it more high-end?"

These words made Ye Lan's expression a little strange.

Yes, she understood what she meant. It was like how modern surgery was more advanced than the ancient practice of sawing people apart with a saw.

However... regarding the so-called high-end aspects of love potion.

It feels like a goblin has evolved into a machine.

"...Is there really no other way?"

Cecilia spoke up.

Yelan suddenly looked at Cecilia with an incredulous expression.

She didn't believe Cecilia had no relevant information at all.

You're a married woman! Why did you agree so readily?

"I'm not going in."

Cecilia seemed to sense Yelan's thoughts and shrugged.

“We can’t leave the outside world to Theresa, can we? But Siegfried will probably come with Anti-Entropy, so I’ll leave my husband in Mr. Liu Bai’s care.”

"it is good."

Liu Bai truly had no evil intentions in this matter.

As for Theresa, who was criticized, she looked sullen.

—It's safe to say that Theresa is the one who's in the worst mood right now.

In Kiana's previous scheme, in order to make Theresa's performance seamless, no one told Theresa about the relevant plans.

Theresa had finally gotten over the unpleasantness of being kept in the dark, and then Liu Bai arrived...