"We are not only protecting human beings, but also protecting the humanity that makes human beings human..."

Theresa closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. After a long time, she opened her eyes again and looked at Bronya in front of her.

"Really? Did he say that?"

"Yes, Lady Theresa."

Bronya nodded. This was the answer Fang Zheng gave her when they were chatting.

In fact, deep down in Bronya's heart, she has always felt uncomfortable about this. To Bronya, Cocolia is her mother, and they once had a good time together in the orphanage. But after that, Cocolia changed. She betrayed Bronya's trust and almost cruelly asked her to betray her friends, causing harm to them, and also betrayed Bronya herself.

Cocolia's explanation for this is that everything was done to fight against Honkai, so although she did hurt Bronya's heart, everything she did was "for a reason."

Of course, Bronya would not agree with Cocolia's idea, so they had a conflict and the scene that Fang Zheng saw before appeared.

But after separating from Cocolia, Bronya also felt confused and conflicted.

She could feel that Cocolia was not really cruel and heartless. She was trying to protect the children in the orphanage and everyone's future. But could she do such a thing just for this noble goal? Could she ignore the lives of others and even trample on their feelings unscrupulously in order to protect everyone? Did she and others have to make such a sacrifice?

With this question in mind, Bronya found Fang Zheng. She wanted to know what he was thinking. Did he have to make sacrifices and become cold-blooded and ruthless in order to achieve such a goal?

But Fang Zheng's answer was completely different from what Bronya had expected.

"We protect humans. We protect not only humans themselves, but also their humanity. This is what distinguishes us from beasts. If humans abandon their humanity for the sake of immediate benefits, then they are no longer worthy of being called humans."

Of course, Fang Zheng added another sentence later: "For example, Americans are like this..." But considering that Einstein and Tesla are still here, they might fight with him to the death after hearing this, so he didn't say it.

It must be said that this answer surprised Bronya. She had never thought of thinking about the problem from this perspective, but she had to admit that this answer calmed her originally tangled heart. So she also contacted Theresa and reported the content of the conversation between herself and Fang Zheng to her.

However, for Theresa, this was like a ray of light in the darkness.

"We are not only protecting humans, but also humanity...?"

Theresa's eyes gradually lit up as she muttered to herself. Then she raised her head and smiled at Bronya.

"Thank you, Bronya. This news is very important to me... no, to the entire Savior Organization. I will find time to personally express my gratitude to Mr. Yuki."

After saying this, Theresa turned off the communication. At the same time, she clenched her fists and let out a long breath.

This is not an exaggeration by Theresa. In fact, after she inherited the position of Archbishop, the entire Mandate of Heaven organization faced a problem - that is, where should they go next?

The core secrets of the Destiny Organization that Fang Zheng had released, especially the cruel experiments on the children, certainly caused resentment among many members of the Destiny Organization and the Valkyries. But now, there was a force in the entire Destiny Organization that opposed it and believed that their reaction was too exaggerated.

Indeed, we experimented on those children and did some cruel things to them. But we also got results! We obtained the technology to artificially create engravings! Because of this, we were able to expand the team of Valkyries and deal with the collapse!

Indeed, the girl named Xilin eventually became the second Herrscher, the Herrscher of the Void, and her experience is sympathetic. However, our research on her body has also yielded significant results, and the ability to fracture space and time is one of the results of our research! Everything you Valkyries are using now comes from our research on them! Without the sacrifice of these girls, you would never have such power!

Indeed, this is a cruel and ruthless thing, but for the survival of mankind! In order to stop the collapse, sacrifice is necessary! Someone must be the devil! Otherwise, how can the Destiny Organization fight against the collapse? ! Someone must sacrifice! Justice defeating evil is a fairy tale, but reality is not that simple!

It must be said that although these people's words sounded unacceptable, they could not be refuted. The Valkyries who were originally filled with righteous indignation did not know what to say. The most important thing was, what should the Destiny Organization do next? Is it really as these people said, that in order to continue human civilization, some cruel and inhumane things are necessary?

In order to fight against the collapse and save human civilization, do we have to let those innocent girls suffer and die in pain?

Is this justice?

Is this the justice they defended with their lives?

In fact, this made many Valkyries become discouraged and even feel desperate. Some Valkyries even applied to withdraw from the Destiny Organization, which made Theresa feel extremely embarrassed. Of course, she was unwilling to support her grandfather's ideas. Theresa ran to the Far East Branch to open the Saint Freya Academy because she was unwilling to accept Otto's decision.

If she now accepted this view, what was the difference between her and Otto?

But if she doesn't accept it, what new ideas can refute this argument?

Theresa had been struggling with this problem before, but now, she has grasped the originally vague thoughts in her heart.

That’s right, human nature.

What makes us human is our human nature.

This is the most precious thing for us as human beings. Becoming a devil is not the only way to fight against Honkai. We are human beings, so we must face the threat in a human way. Just like the blood of Kallen Kaslana flowing in her body, Kaslana is the shield of the people. Its mission is to protect the people, not to sacrifice them!

Thinking of this, Theresa clenched her fists and stood up. She knew what she should do next and the consequences of her actions.

But she had made up her mind.

Theresa reached out, pressed the button, and gave the order.

"Notify all branches that I will be giving a speech in half an hour - about destiny and our future."

Then, that night, the new Archbishop of the Mandate of Heaven, Theresa Apokalis, gave a public speech. In the speech, Theresa determined the future core idea of ​​the Mandate of Heaven - the Mandate of Heaven protects humans and human nature. Therefore, in the face of collapse, they will fight against it as humans until the last moment. Even if they fail in the end, they will maintain their dignity as human beings in the face of the disaster of collapse. Instead of abandoning humanity and becoming a ruthless, unscrupulous devil.

Theresa's speech was unanimously recognized by the members of the Destiny Organization - it was impossible, although her speech stabilized the faith of the Valkyries on the front line and many grassroots members. But some people thought that Theresa's approach was purely idealistic. After all, only by surviving the collapse disaster can we talk about what humans are like. If they fail in the face of collapse, then they will disappear like the previous civilization, and nothing will be left.

If everyone is dead, what is the point of talking about human pride and humanity? If we cannot survive, then everything is meaningless.

In the end, these people chose to leave the Destiny Organization and their whereabouts are unknown... Of course, this is all a story for later, so let’s not talk about it for now.

Of course, Bronya didn't know what Theresa was thinking. After ending the call, she lay down on the bed, staring at the ceiling in front of her without blinking, but she couldn't fall asleep.

And at this moment, an idea suddenly came to Bronya's mind.

Why not go talk to Yuuki...

Thinking of this, Bronya subconsciously left her room and walked towards Fang Zheng's bedroom.

To be honest, Bronya's feelings towards Fang Zheng are a bit complicated. On the one hand, she is indeed grateful to him, after all, Fang Zheng suppressed the Herrscher of the Sky and rescued Kiana. Although Bronya always talks about "stupid Kiana" on weekdays, she also doesn't want Kiana to become a Herrscher and be killed.

Not only that, he also healed his legs and resolved her inner doubts. To be honest, if Bronya were to evaluate him, Fang Zheng was actually a very good man.

But...but he can really make people angry a lot of the time.

For example, every time Fang Zheng saw her, he would say "Yo, banya" and Bronya would be at a loss for words.

And that miraculous stripping skill, which seemed like something only a pervert would do, but he was able to make a well-reasoned argument, leaving Bronya at a loss as to how to refute it.

This man is full of twisted ideas and likes to talk nonsense, which makes people speechless.

But although his behavior and words are sometimes annoying, he really helped me. If it weren't for him, Wendy wouldn't be rescued, Kiana wouldn't be rescued, and my body wouldn't be healed...

Thinking of this, Bronya felt her heartbeat speed up a little. Wait, think about it carefully, it's so late, going to a man's room by myself, isn't it a bad idea...

At this time, Bronya had already walked to Fang Zheng's room. She hesitated for a moment, but still reached out her hand to knock on the door. After all, she had not done anything wrong, she just wanted to chat with him. Although the man's words were very irritating, she had to admit that sometimes what he said made sense.

“…”

However, just when Bronya was about to knock on the door, she suddenly heard voices coming from inside the door, which made Bronya stunned for a moment, and then she moved closer to the door panel and listened inside.

Then, Bronya heard a charming and sweet voice.

“Ouch… Senior… It’s so itchy… Don’t lick that…”

This voice seems to be that of the girl named Kurosaki Meia?

After spending some time on Leander's battleship, Bronya had gotten to know almost all of these people from another world.

Then, Fang Zheng's voice sounded.

"Didn't you come to me on your own initiative?"

“Eh…? After coming to this world, we have been acting together. It has been a long time since I have received the love of my seniors… Ah…!”

Having said this, Kurosaki Mei suddenly let out a soft cry.

"Ah... Senior... No... You can't..."

"It's obviously you who's making it so tight...but you still say no?"

"Um... no... don't... go out..."

"Sure, we have a night to enjoy it...right? Ya?"

“Hmm…ah…senior…senior…it’s not enough, lick it again…ah…”

Listening to the unclear voice coming from inside the door, Bronya's face turned slightly red. At the same time, she felt an indescribable throbbing deep in her heart.

"It's... obscene."

Staring at the door in front of her, Bronya blushed and spat lightly, then she turned around and left.