Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Captain, what you just said is..."

“I’ve been thinking about what you saw or remembered in ME Club to make you show that expression. "

"..."

"I knew you wouldn't say it, so I thought and thought, and finally I knew it was the "Absolute Sword Style"..."

"I…"

Fu Hua subconsciously stepped back, and his eyes wavered a little, which made the captain even more convinced that his inference was not wrong.

"Why...you would..."

"I haven't used the "Absolute Sword Style" in front of you many times, and considering your expression at the time, if I think about it carefully, I can still guess it. "

"To put it this way, I, I really almost killed you..."

The scene from the past kept reappearing in front of Fu Hua's eyes. At the end of the memory fragment, facing his old friend's "Absolute Sword Style", he even had murderous intentions. But in the end, the blade of light, which could pierce everything, did not penetrate her body as expected, but he immersed all the swords in his hand into the old friend's body, causing her to almost die.

"But I'm not dead, and I'm standing here now."

"But...but I..."

"After that incident, you will also show the same expression now, but you are wrong, Chi Yuan."

"Hey?"

The girl raised her head suddenly, and her panicked look was reflected in the other person's eyes.

"You just forget a lot of what happened later, that's why you think so."

"..."

"The memories of more than five hundred years have finally turned into the most dazzling light on that snowy field, and turned into the fuel for the last "sword" you wielded..."

People are coming and going in the game hall, and if you listen closely, you will hear the sound effects of the games and the laughter among the students.

But no one noticed that the story the boy was telling now was an unknown past event, and it was also the beginning of another brief divergence between his and Fu Hua's paths.

"But I failed. The "Second Herrscher" was not defeated by me at that time. "

"Then why at such a price..."

"I only remember that the "Second Herrscher" hates you to the core. I know that Otto ruined your plan, but I can't let "Honkai" threaten the world. Moreover, if I don't take action... you will definitely be killed by her... "

"Kill, right? That's why you used "Yu Du Chen" on me before that..."

Fu Hua sat quietly in the seat in front of the game console. She lowered her head and said nothing.

As early as the day she saw the other party coming to the Far East Branch, she knew that this matter would definitely be mentioned, but she did not expect that the imagined accountability would not come immediately...

And on that snowfield sixteen years ago, everything had a chance to have a good ending, but only because of someone's interference, the "Second Herrscher", a girl named Xilin, thought she had been attacked again. Humanity's heartless betrayal. In the end, the irreparable misunderstanding prompted her to choose to follow the guidance of "Honkai" and escape to the moon.

Later, the "Second Herrscher" who gained great power on the back side of the moon made a comeback after dropping several meteorites on the earth. At that time, just to protect those cities that could be completely destroyed by the meteorites, the captain did his best.

"The Herrscher" finally brought tens of thousands of servants back to the place where everything started. She wanted to use that place as a starting point to burn out everything she hated with the fire of revenge. That place was exactly: the Babylon Experimental Tower.

As the captain said, before going to the Babylon Experimental Tower to face the "Second Herrscher" who returned from the moon, Fu Hua indeed imposed a powerful "Yu Du Chen" seal on him.

And the specific content of the seal is...

"If you fail, "Yu Duchen" will seal all the memories related to you in my mind... Is that right? "

"..."

Fu Hua remained silent. She knew about this, but she could no longer remember what kind of mood she had in realizing it.

Perhaps it was because he was afraid that if he failed, his old friend would be sad for his death, or perhaps he wanted to save his life by wanting him, who was severely injured, to leave the snowy field full of hatred and death.

Or is it…?

She couldn't remember, only fragments of memory were impacting her mind. Why, why did she do that?

she does not know.

"Captain, I, I still have something to do, so I'll just come here today and say goodbye."

As if he didn't want to give the captain any chance to speak again, Fu Hua lowered his head and walked out of the game hall quickly, and the captain immediately chased after him.

"Wait, Fu Hua."

Fu Hua, who was half-escaping out of the game hall, walked forward without looking back. The boy followed closely behind him and grabbed Fu Hua's hand within a few steps.

"let go."

"I don't mean to blame you, listen to me, Fu Hua."

"..."

The girl didn't want to raise her head, but the captain could still see that her expression wasn't very good.

Just a hug cannot solve all problems, and the captain certainly understands this.

Whether he is confused about his past because he has lost his memory or feels guilty about the things that happened in the past, it is precisely because he understands that he must speak clearly.

"Fu Hua, you don't need to blame yourself for the past, because I am standing in front of you now."

"...But that doesn't mean I could do that at that time."

"If we really still need to dwell on things that happened more than 500 years ago, then we wouldn't have the chance to face each other like we do now, right?"

"Hey?"

The girl in front of her suddenly froze, as if she suddenly understood what she meant. She stood there and thought for a long time.

The serious atmosphere between the two even made the students who occasionally passed by dared not speak or say hello. They just looked and then walked quietly by the road.

After a long time, Fu Hua slowly raised his head and turned his gaze back to the young man's dark and piercing eyes.

No matter what, she could not deny the times after that incident that she had long forgotten. She knew only by relying on the remaining impressions and memory fragments that they had indeed existed.

The young man's sincere eyes also told her clearly that he was not lying.

"Why do you think of it?"

Fu Hua suddenly asked.

"It's Ragnar," the captain replied.

"Ms. Ragnar? That Valkyrie instructor from headquarters?"

"Well, she told me, although...she is no longer here."

When he said these words, the captain's eyes suddenly flashed with sadness. Although it was only a short moment, Fu Hua did feel the regret and sadness that flashed in his eyes.

"Feel sorry."

"It's ok."

The captain shook his head, "After she died, a document that was noted in advance and left for me was handed over to me..."

"I see, she told you, so you remembered..."

"Yes, it is like that."

"Wait a minute, is it because..."

"Haha." The young man suddenly chuckled, "Just because we haven't spoken to each other for more than ten years doesn't mean I should keep pretending that I don't know you, right?"

"But you don't care?"

"Of course I care!"

The captain suddenly frowned and his face became serious, "You are not allowed to do this again by blocking my memory."

"Little, little branches..."

Fu Hua had never seen such a serious look in his old friend's eyes, which seemed not to tolerate any disobedience.

But Fu Hua understood that it was just an illusion. How could someone like him be like this?

He was not ordering him, nor was he warning him. What was contained in his eyes was an expectation of equality, a kind of sincere expectation that made people not want to "betray".