Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

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For Kiana, it was a short dream...

Everything as far as the eye can see is a sea of ​​fire, and the air is filled with the remains of all things being burned...

The one-armed man knelt in front of her, hugged her tightly, and spoke words that he couldn't hear clearly. Through the unbearable heat waves, she seemed to be able to see a person in the distance... no, several figures fell to the ground, but the flames blocked the girl's sight and she could not see clearly.

Only one photo with half of its face burned was picked up by the hot wind and flew past his eyes...

I think I have seen the person in the photo somewhere...?

This was not the first time she had had this dream, but as always, every time she came here, the dream would come to an abrupt end.

Being called by someone's voice, Kiana opened her eyes suddenly and sat up from the snow. Her body's senses were restored in an instant. The dazzling pure white in front of her eyes made her eyes feel uncomfortable.

"hiss…"

"Kiana, don't worry, let your eyes slowly adapt to the surrounding light."

A reliable voice came from her ears. Kiana nodded subconsciously, but she immediately realized who the owner of the voice was.

"captain?"

Ignoring her eyes that had not yet recovered from the sting, Kiana opened her eyes again and looked to her side. The black-haired boy was standing next to her, looking at her with his gentle eyes.

"Captain...you...can you see me?"

"How can I not see such a big living person lying in the snow?"

"..."

Something seemed wrong. Kiana judged that the boy in front of her was indeed the captain, but what he was wearing was not the black coat she had seen before, but the black uniform he often wore in the academy.

So she immediately understood that the captain in front of her was not the same as him sixteen years ago.

"What's wrong? Kiana, she looks like she's about to cry."

"Captain...Captain!"

The scenes he had seen before and the tragedies he had experienced suddenly came to Kiana's mind again. Every time he tried to call the captain and try to change something that had happened, the result was the same meaningless, but Now, she got a response.

The concern from the boy in front of her allowed Kiana to finally release the many grievances and sorrows she had accumulated in her heart. She threw herself into the captain's arms and cried sadly, holding him tightly with both hands.

"Kiana..."

The captain seemed a little surprised by the sudden hug and the girl's cry, but then he reached out and gave Kiana an unexpected response, a warm and tight hug.

Kiana's cries were carried by the cold wind to the distant sky. In the pure white in the distance, the giant tower that had given rise to so many misfortunes stood there, just like the sky covered by dark clouds, dark and Unknown.

After a long time, as her mood calmed down, Kiana's crying gradually stopped. She released her hands holding the captain, and the captain immediately let go of her.

"better?"

Kiana nodded, wiped her tears, and giggled: "Well, hehe, I'm much better now."

"That's good."

"I always feel that Captain is a little different today."

Hearing this, the young man's eyebrows shrank: "...Yes, is there?"

"Hmm... How should I put it? I feel more active? I hugged you so tightly just now that I was a little out of breath."

"..."

The captain didn't say anything, and Kiana didn't pay much attention. Of course, what she said was true. After all, when she acted like a spoiled child or complained to the captain before, the captain would just smile and touch her head, and then Before you know it, you will be guided by him and regain your original good mood.

"Hehe, just kidding, but how did you find me, Captain?"

Hearing that Kiana said it was a joke, the boy's expression immediately relaxed: "Everyone has been unable to contact you, so we had to look everywhere, but you actually ran down to the church underground, causing me to have to look for you in the database, you little kid Silly cat, do you want to be punished by the principal?"

The captain pretended to be serious about "questioning", but after hearing this, Kiana defended innocently: "Huh??? I, I just want to help my aunt! Captain, I don't want to be punished. ! Then how many words of repentance do you need to write..."

"Let's think about that kind of thing after we get out. The most important thing now is to find a way to get out of here."

With that said, the captain stood up and pointed to the tower in the distance.

"What...I thought you came here because you had some idea, Captain."

"Haha, we'll be there when we get to that tower. Well, it's just right. Tell me on the way. What happened to make you, a silly little cat, feel wronged."

"…it is good."

After saying that, the captain stretched out his hand and pulled Kiana up. While recalling all that she had experienced, Kiana was thinking about how to express all this to the other party. After all, she also had many questions that she wanted to ask the captain. Ask clearly.

In this way, Kiana followed the captain's instructions and took steps towards the Tower of Babel. Behind her, the young man looked at her expressionlessly, and his dark eyes reflected Kiana's back. Weird light.