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Chapter 172: Herta: ’A scumbag who toys with feelings!’ · Oct 08, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: The Girls Shocked by the Vastness of the Universe 2026-10-08
152 Chapter 152: Ningguang & Yae Miko’s Shared Question 2026-10-08
153 Chapter 153: The Narcissistic Herta Deals a Psychological Blow to Ningguang 2026-10-08
154 Chapter 154: Herta & Ei: ’I Don’t Argue With Children.’ 2026-10-08
155 Chapter 155: Herta: ’Do You Even Have a Brain?’ 2026-10-08
156 Chapter 156: A Depressed Raiden Ei, and a Terrified Kamisato Ayaka 2026-10-08
157 Chapter 157: Herta, Incorrigible as Always 2026-10-08
158 Chapter 158: Ningguang: ’We’re Punching WAY Above Our Weight, Folks!’ 2026-10-08
159 Chapter 159: The Tsaritsa Is Outdated Again 2026-10-08
160 Chapter 160: Childe, Fighting for the Tsaritsa’s Happiness 2026-10-08
161 Chapter 161: Miss Yelan, Whose Courage Truly Knows No Bounds 2026-10-08
162 Chapter 162: Bad Woman Yelan: ’Hmph! Can we negotiate?’ 2026-10-08
163 Chapter 163: Yelan: ’Was that on purpose… or a mistake?’ 2026-10-08
164 Chapter 164: Yelan: ’What? Ningguang… defected?’ 2026-10-08
165 Chapter 165: Yae Miko: ’So? Does my fluffy tail feel nice?’ 2026-10-08
166 Chapter 166: Would the Tsaritsa Cry and Throw a Tantrum? 2026-10-08
167 Chapter 167: Yae Miko: ’If we’re ranking narcissists, I’m only second place!’ 2026-10-08
168 Chapter 168: Yae Miko: ’I’m climbing the social ladder too!’ 2026-10-08
169 Chapter 169: Lumine’s Straight Back Almost Bent 2026-10-08
170 Chapter 170: Childe Learns the Truth of the Geo Archon 2026-10-08
171 Chapter 171: Herta: ’Of course I forgave him!’ 2026-10-08
172 Chapter 172: Herta: ’A scumbag who toys with feelings!’ 2026-10-08
173 Chapter 173: Ningguang, Wrongly Accused 2026-10-08
174 Chapter 174: Sandrone: ’I just got injected— and now you say it’s poison?!’ 2026-10-08
175 Chapter 175: Sandrone: ’Even if I die, I won’t beg you!’ 2026-10-08
176 Chapter 176: The Tsaritsa: I Have It and She Doesn’t… I Win BIG! 2026-10-08
177 Chapter 177: The Tsaritsa’s Expectations 2026-10-08
178 Chapter 178: Herta: ’Do you realize that’s a crime?!’ 2026-10-08
179 Chapter 179: Herta Gets Checkmated: ’At most you could beat five of me!’ 2026-10-08
180 Chapter 180: Herta, Who Gets Bullied and Lets It Happen 2026-10-08
181 Chapter 181: Ningguang: ’We really ARE country bumpkins now.’ 2026-10-08
182 Chapter 182: Raiden Ei: ’Don’t go! I’ll… I’ll take care of you!’ 2026-10-08
183 Chapter 183: Raiden Makoto: ’So… you prefer me over Ei?’ 2026-10-08
184 Chapter 184: Ei, Fully Bamboozled 2026-10-08
185 Chapter 185: Ayaka vs. Beidou: A Battle of Pride 2026-10-08
186 Chapter 186: Lumine: ’I Actually Have a Pretty Big Background!’ 2026-10-08
187 Chapter 187: Ayaka Wants Something She Can Brag About 2026-10-08
188 Chapter 188: The Raiden Shogun Who Pushes All the Blame Away 2026-10-08
189 Chapter 189: Ganyu’s Best Line: ’…Huh?’ 2026-10-08
190 Chapter 190: Ningguang’s Ambition: ’Liyue Shall Have Only My Voice’ 2026-10-08
191 Chapter 191: Keqing, Whose Priorities Are Uniquely Her Own 2026-10-08
192 Chapter 192: Yoimiya, Who Just Wants to See Little Ei 2026-10-08
193 Chapter 193: Ayaka Wants to Be Cherished 2026-10-08
194 Chapter 194: Ayaka Doesn’t Want to Be Noticed 2026-10-08
195 Chapter 195: Raiden Ei’s Judgment 2026-10-08
196 Chapter 196: Super-Brave Lumine: ’I’ve Come to Defeat You, Raiden Shogun!’ 2026-10-08
197 Chapter 197: Raiden Ei: ’I Will Bury You Inside the Statue of the God!’ 2026-10-08
198 Chapter 198: Lumine: ’Why Are You Preparing a Cenotaph for Me?!’ 2026-10-08
199 Chapter 199: Lumine: ’Raiden… Little General?’ 2026-10-08
200 Chapter 200: The Breeding Envoy That Terrified the Gods 2026-10-08

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Herta: “A scumbag who toys with feelings!”

The Synesthetic Anchor wasn’t a large device— it actually looked more like an injector.

So even a hundred of them wasn’t particularly heavy.

Well... for a Pathstrider, at least.

For ordinary people, carrying a hundred anchors would require some care.

But Asta was not ordinary.

In less than ten minutes, she arrived hugging an entire crate of them.

And the moment she entered, she saw two Hertas standing there.

At that moment, she finally understood.

Someone had pretended to be Madam Herta to give her orders.

She stared at the two identical puppets with a deeply wronged look.

Puppets had no distinguishing features she couldn’t even tell which one was the real Herta.

”Mr. Su Ran, if you need anything next time, you can contact me directly.

There’s really no need to trouble Madam Herta.”

She had thought it was some emergency research request.

But no turns out it was the other genius again.

”That won’t do,” Su Ran refused instantly.

”You’re Herta’s rich patron.

How could I bypass her and go straight to you?”

This wasn’t his rich woman.

He couldn’t just use her as he pleased.

And asking Asta was the same as asking the IPC for help.

Asking Herta was different.

He still didn’t want to get too entangled with the company.

”Ha. Good. At least you know your place.”

Herta nodded with satisfaction.

This guy was usually arrogant and shameless seeing him follow any rule was rare.

”But also,” Su Ran added, ”asking Herta for help doesn’t create any debts.

But asking you definitely does.”

Herta: ???

Oh?

So that’s how you want to play?

She had finally begun to waver emotionally and this was what she got in return?

Herta bared her teeth at him, very nearly lunging forward to take a bite.

Whether it was rude or not wasn’t something she cared about.

She never cared about appearances.

”But would this not trouble Madam Herta too much?”

Asta asked carefully.

”She already has many important experiments to conduct.”

Though Su Ran’s explanation was flattering, Asta also sensed... other implications.

It sounded as if Su Ran deliberately avoided dealing with the IPC and preferred to freeload through Herta.

Of course, this was just Asta’s imagination.

She didn’t dare assume she understood a genius’s mind.

Maybe he simply wanted to interact with Madam Herta?

After all bickering pairs were a classic romantic trope.

And as someone who loved shipping characters, Asta was internally thrilled.

”Important experiments? Like what?”

Su Ran looked curiously at Herta.

Aside from the Simulated Universe, what other experiments did she even have?

”Researching you.

What do you think—important or not?”

Herta rolled her eyes.

Aside from her universe simulation, what else could be more important than studying him— and the things he created?

He had promised her bombs.

He brought absolutely nothing.

”Important indeed.

Then keep working hard.”

Su Ran wasn’t going to stop her research.

But he wasn’t going to offer himself for study either.

Even the Erudition Aeon couldn’t fully analyze him.

What could Herta find?

”Hey! Your space station is still completely empty.

Are you sure you don’t want me to send a few people over?”

Right now Su Ran’s station was just...

an empty shell.

Aside from Herta’s puppet and a fully equipped lab of stolen equipment, there was nothing there.

”What if you seize it for yourself one day?” he said.

Herta snorted.

”So what?

Just marry me and the whole thing becomes joint property.”

Asta covered her mouth, barely containing her excitement.

She stared unblinkingly at the scene.

Her only regret was that Su Ran wasn’t using his real human body.

Otherwise she might have fainted from joy.

For a hardcore shipper like Asta this was perfection.

”But my talent is obviously better than yours.

Why am I the one who has to marry?”

Herta nodded seriously.

”That’s fine too.

I can marry. Same result.”

Order didn’t matter.

She only wanted to research Su Ran and his creations.

”My bride price is one hundred billion credits.”

Su Ran named the price shamelessly.

Herta waved it off.

”No problem.

Asta has that much.”

Asta scratched her cheek awkwardly.

She liked watching drama not being dragged into it.

”If Asta can afford a hundred billion credits,” Su Ran mused, ”then why wouldn’t I just marry her instead?”

Asta’s face instantly went bright red.

”Because she’s not as pretty as I am,”

Herta declared proudly.

Neither of them ever reasoned properly.

Now it was just a battle of shamelessness.

”Then if I wanted someone pretty, why not go for Idrila, the Pure Beauty Aeon?”

A Pure Beauty Aeon a cosmic embodiment of perfection.

If she had a humanoid form, wouldn’t she completely crush Herta?

”But Idrila disappeared ages ago.

She might even be dead.”

Herta admitted she had no confidence competing with an Aeon of Pure Beauty.

”Then I’ll just look for her in version 3.0.”

Su Ran said casually, and teleported the crate of Synesthetic Anchors back to his own space station.

Just as he was about to log off, Herta lunged forward desperately.

”Take me with you!”

”...”

”Next time for sure.”

And he logged out instantly.

Bickering with Herta was a waste of time.

Better to return to his little rich woman.

”You bastard! You absolute bastard!

Running away again!”

Staring at the now-motionless puppet, Herta stomped her foot furiously.

”’Next time for sure’?

More like next time my foot!”

He remembered her only when he needed something.

And the moment he got what he wanted he vanished.

”Scumbag!”

Herta cursed him viciously.

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