Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

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On the pure white ground, boys and girls walked side by side in the direction of the tower. Along the way, Kiana told the captain all the scenes she saw, and her emotions also changed according to the specific scenes he described. Constantly fluctuating.

"I see, Kiana saw what happened in the past..." After listening, the captain replied thoughtfully.

"So, what I saw...is all true?"

"Ah."

After receiving the captain's affirmation, Kiana had mixed feelings in her heart. He originally hoped that the captain could point out that some of the scenes in it were different from reality and tell her that some of the things had hidden secrets, but all he waited for was a word from the captain. A calmer "Yeah."

"captain…"

Kiana suddenly felt a little cold. She stopped and the captain turned his head and looked at her gently: "What's wrong, Kiana?"

"..."

Kiana lowered her head and silently grabbed the captain's hand. The warmth that came from her broad palm was still the same as in her memory.

This seemed to be a kind of comfort, preventing Kiana from being shaken more.

"I'm fine." Kiana shook her head, pretending to be relaxed, and the captain took her hand and continued walking in the direction of the "tower".

Many questions in her heart have not yet been answered. Kiana wants to get answers from the captain, but she doesn't know where to start, let alone whether she has some kind of "expectation" for the captain's answer.

From another perspective, if the previous encounter is regarded as an opportunity, then this is indeed a good opportunity to understand the captain's past.

Whether it's Himeko or Theresa, everyone around them always trusts the captain, even themselves. Even if no one knows what the captain has experienced in the past or what kind of person he is, that trust still exists.

But now, the opportunity to get to know the captain is right in front of him, but he hesitates.

"What is really important is not simple trust, but that after knowing everything about the other person, you can still give that trust to the other person without reservation..."

What Jizi said in class flashed through Kiana's mind. Looking at the black tower in the distance, Kiana seemed to have made up her mind and was ready to seek answers to the many questions that puzzled her from the boy next to her. .

However, just when she was about to speak, the captain stopped, and at the same time, a strange cold wind blew in her face, making Kiana unable to open her eyes.

The cold wind carried not only cold snowflakes, but also some real malice.

When the cold wind gradually subsided, a familiar figure emerged from it, letting out bursts of joyful laughter.

"Hehehe~ Ouch, ouch☆~ Let me see who is here~"

"Who are you…!"

The ominous aura emanating from the figure made Kiana subconsciously assume a fighting stance. The figure had only a vague outline, but she couldn't see the expression on its face. It just floated there, like a poor-quality projection equipment. of creation.

But even so, Kiana can still tell who it is, or rather, she is already very familiar with it.

"Haha~ we meet again, Qi~a~na~☆"

"Sirin...no, the Second Herrscher."

"Oh~ It's true, I've seen so many secrets, but you still call me Herrscher~ It doesn't matter if you call me a little more affectionate~☆"

"..."

Probably because he was in a state similar to that of a dream, the experience of fighting the Second Herrscher together with the captain became clear in his memory.

Therefore, even after knowing the tragic past of the girl named "Silin", Kiana still did not relax her vigilance towards the "Herrscher" in front of her. She tightened her consciousness and maintained a state of being ready for battle at any time, and her eyes also Never moved away from the other person.

"Oops~ Well, it seems that you, like that ridiculous liar next to you, are very clear in this regard~☆"

The figure sighed and said in a very playful tone.

"This aspect? What do you want to say?"

While probing, Kiana also moved cautiously, protecting the boy next to her. This had nothing to do with whether the captain had the ability to fight, but as a "Valkyrie", Kiana would Everyone has the obligation to protect their commander. Moreover, she could feel that the Second Herrscher had always had some very negative feelings towards the captain, which could even be said to be hatred.

Judging from the part of the past that I know, even if the captain failed to prevent the tragedy that happened to Sirin in the end and she eventually became the "Herrscher of the Sky", it does not seem to be enough to make Sirin hate her so much. Captain's reasons.

In the final analysis, because of the sudden appearance of the Second Herrscher, I did not have time to ask the captain what happened at that time, or perhaps, after Siren became a "Herrscher", some unknown things happened between the two of them. , leading to Sirin’s current attitude towards the captain?

Seeing Kiana's question, Sirin withdrew her gaze from the person behind Kiana and looked at the girl in front of her again: "Well~ of course that means, when I was a "human", she showed hypocritical behavior to me. Okay, you seem to sympathize with my situation, and maybe you are sighing in your heart that you are such a kind person who doesn’t want to see others suffer~"

"But~ when I finally suffered all the torture and became the "Herrscher", you started to look at me like you were looking at a monster, and you only thought about how to kill me, wishing that I would be there right away. Everything disappeared before your eyes ~ didn’t it? Hehehe~☆"

"No, the captain is not that kind of person! It's obviously you. You hurt many innocent lives after becoming the "Herrscher". No matter how much injustice you suffered, it was not you who wantonly vented your pain on others. Excuse! "

Facing Kiana's righteous words, the figure didn't seem to care, and just clapped mockingly: "Oh~☆Kiana, what you said is so good~"

After the applause ended, the figure named "Xilin" asked again: "But, Kiana, Kiana, isn't my life innocent? I just kept what you did to me intact. I just gave it back to you without moving, so what’s my fault?”

"No, that's..."

Kiana couldn't deny it for the moment, because she had witnessed with her own senses that what the other party had suffered was indeed pain that could no longer be described in words.

Everything I experienced in the illusion is vivid in my mind, the pain that is far beyond what ordinary people can endure, the screams from the depths of the soul, and... the look in the girl's eyes that despairs of everything.