Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Welcome~Mr. Zhi, are you the same today?"

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you, Miss Hanashiro."

"Hmm, there's no one there today. If someone gets dizzy alone, sister, I will come in and take a look."

"Haha, okay, I'll pay attention."

After saying hello to the caretaker of the large bathhouse, the captain headed towards the bathing area as usual.

The administrator here, Hanayo Hayakawa, is a beautiful woman in her early 20s. Like Mei, she was born in the Far East. She is also very kind and kind, but she is more lively. When she went to buy dolls with someone before the war, she was arrested. The girl that Honkaimon was chasing was also very talkative.

Although she is called the administrator, in fact, Ms. Hanashiro is also the owner of this large public bath.

The Hayakawa family has been operating a bathhouse in a tourist area in the far northeast for generations, and it used to be a very famous store. But a few years ago, due to a sudden "Honkai energy disaster", the entire scenic area where the bathhouse is located was reduced to scorched earth. Of course, the original bathhouse storefront also turned into a complete ruin due to the disaster.

Fortunately, Ms. Hayakawa was not in the bathhouse at that time and escaped the disaster. Thanks to the branch's timely response and the strong suppression of the resident Valkyrie troops, the disaster was quickly brought under control.

Later, due to some chance, she cooperated with St. Freya Academy and reopened a bathhouse here.

Ms. Hanashiro and the captain are old acquaintances. When she usually works here, she can always hear the girls who come to take a bath talking about the captain. In addition, the captain himself also likes to relax here, and the two of them go back and forth. They became friends.

"Whoo~"

After sitting down in the bathtub, the captain relaxed his body and breathed a sigh of relief. The bath water with just the right temperature took away most of the fatigue from the boy's body.

Ripples rippled back and forth on the clear water, and the captain sat quietly, enjoying the moment as usual.

No matter when you come, the men's bathing area is basically reserved. You are the only one in the large bathing pool. It is quiet and relaxing. No wonder the captain likes it so much.

However, the relaxation was only temporary after all, and soon the captain fell into deep thought.

After dinner with everyone, while Theresa and she went outside the dormitory to get some fresh air, the captain asked her about the "central database", and Theresa also expressed her affirmation.

According to Theresa, she is currently looking for a way to cure Bronya in the database, but it is not that easy to find what she wants in the huge information inventory of the central database.

Information related to human brain chips, and it also uses "anti-entropy" technology. These restrictions all affect the efficiency of Theresa's search, not to mention the cumbersome authentication and encryption. Many documents are even linked to her "Far East Branch" "None of the branch heads have access rights, which gives Theresa a very headache.

But when talking about this, The expression on Theresa's face was not so serious, because Theresa did catch a very useful clue, and she said that she should be able to find what she wanted in a short time. .

Looking at it this way, the situation may not be so pessimistic. After that, the captain also asked Fu Hua to go to the hospital to see Bronya when she had time and take her pulse, so that she could understand Bronya in time. Ya's physical changes.

Bronya's condition has become clearer, Wendy's belonging and walking problems have also been appropriately solved, and her old friend has also completed a certain sense of "reconciliation" with her...

Everything seems to be gradually getting back on track...

The young man lowered his head and looked at... his face reflected in the water. The rippling water made the boy's reflection a little blurry, but he could still see the smile hanging on it, which was not the smile he felt relieved about.

"From a certain perspective, we actually have the same wish, and my purpose has never changed from the beginning to the end..."

"You and I both have things we should do. We both spent a long, long time looking for answers on that long journey... And now, it's the same, isn't it? Haha..."

"..."

For some reason, the night before Rita's inspection ended, the scene of her conversation with Otto suddenly appeared in the captain's mind.

"Same wish"...

"The answers each of us is looking for"...

"The same...wish?" the captain murmured.

What is your true wish?

After thousands of years of journey, what answers have I found? In other words, what kind of answer are you looking for?

Then, long years and countless faces flashed before the young man's eyes one by one...

Like a piece of dead wood, floating on the river called "time", whether it is friends, enemies, or even... there are also those strangers who just passed by and whose names are unknown... most of them have sunk in into this river.

There are both beautiful memories that he cherishes, as well as sad past that makes him feel sad...

Every day in the past, memories reappeared in front of my eyes. In the end, the memories stopped at "that moment", at that dark and gloomy rainy day, in the muddy ruins, at... .When the person you once cherished the most slept peacefully in your arms...

"Xiaoye..."

The water droplets that slipped from the tip of his nose fell on the water surface that reflected his face, and then rippled a few times.

The purple crystal around the young man's neck exudes a gentle shimmer, as if actively responding to his thoughts.

"Huh..." The young man breathed out again, stretched out his hand again, and touched the crystal on the pendant with his fingertips: "Haha, it seems he is a little dizzy..."

After these words dissipated in the quiet bathing place, the young man stood up, and the clear sound of water flow immediately broke the silence here.