Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

When the silver arc of sunlight dissipated, the clear lake surface disappeared in the blink of an eye. Kiana and Xilin, who had not seen what happened at all, had returned to that familiar area when they opened their eyes again. of ice and snow.

"What happened...?" Kiana whispered to herself.

Looking at the two people standing still with their backs to each other in front of them, Kiana couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and her heartbeat accelerated violently uncontrollably.

"how come…"

In the end, it was Xilin's confused voice that broke the silence first. The black coat worn by the puppet was seen. Its long hem was cut neatly from one direction around the waist as the cold wind passed through it, and slowly moved downwards. Slowly drooped down.

Then there was a "plop", and the puppet, which had a huge wound on its body, knelt down weakly and suddenly lost its breath.

Hearing the sound, the captain turned around and breathed a sigh of relief: "...I said, with the next move, I will end this farce."

Kiana, who was brought back to reality by these words, seemed to have finally come to her senses. Although she had no idea what happened, it was obvious that this battle was a victory for the person she believed in, and the captain won. .

"Great!!"

So the girl ran forward with joy and flew into the captain's arms: "Hey, he is indeed the captain! So handsome!"

Looking at the excited girl in front of him, the captain also touched her head and said with a smile: "You, you don't understand what's going on at all, do you?"

"Ah...hehe~ I really don't understand, so Captain, what happened just now?"

"Because the opponent is Zhi, if it is Zhi, he will definitely do this... That's probably what he thought at the time." The captain said, turning his gaze back to the puppet who was already motionless.

"If it's the captain? What do you mean?" Kiana looked confused.

"In the final analysis, this puppet was made by Siren completely relying on my memory. Although it has no self-awareness and emotions, in essence, he is still me."

"Ok?"

"Precisely because we are both branches, he should be able to understand what moves and strategies I would use when fighting him. "

"Huh? So, captain, are you taking advantage of this?"

"Yes." The captain nodded: "For him, he knew what tactics "Zhi" would use next, so he thought of using his trick to lure me into his trap, and then defeat me in one fell swoop... Unfortunately, This is the same for me. "

"Captain, have you...did you even get to this point from the beginning?"

"Well, and even if he can see through my real thoughts, I have prepared many backup plans."

"..."

Kiana didn't know what to say, but the captain was really not joking. Even in those "critical moments" just now, the confused expression, and even the strands of hair that were deliberately cut by the puppet were just... It was just a flaw that the captain carefully sold to the puppet in order to convince him that he had fallen into a trap.

The girl who gradually understood all this began to show a surprised expression on her face. She still couldn't understand for a while how many levels of ideological games the captain had experienced with his other self in this short exchange.

"Captain, I suddenly feel that you are a bit scary..."

"Really? Haha... But, um... Is Sanqianhua drunk? Could it be because of the memory of teaching Rita before..."

"Hey? What is that?"

"The name of the move he just made is "Three Thousand Flowers Drunkenness". I'm actually a little surprised. After all, this is a move I practiced two thousand years ago. "

"????"

Kiana was dumbfounded when she heard this. It was obviously a very plain tone, but what came out of the captain's mouth was something extraordinary...

"Two, two thousand years..."

The one hundred years just now was already a very abstract concept to Kiana. Now she had to push this scale to more than two thousand years. She really didn't know how to imagine how a person would spend two years. More than a thousand years, and what's worse is that she can tell that the captain is not joking with her.

"Captain, how old are you...?" Kiana almost mustered up the courage to spit out these words with difficulty.

Now all she could think about was what Jizi said when she teased her before: Old monster!

"Do you care?" the captain asked softly.

"Hmm...I want to know about the captain."

"Really..." After hearing this, the smile on the young man's face seemed to be a little more kind.

He turned his head, looked at the black shadow not far away, and said calmly: "Yes...if I have to say it, five thousand years...around, the time I have been walking in this era."

The captain's tone was very normal, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing. Yes, for this young man who has gone through a long time... this is extremely ordinary.

"Five thousand...years...that's it..." Kiana responded in a low voice.

For Kiana, with the mental preparation just now, the five thousand years seems to be an unexpected and reasonable number.

Of course, she was shocked, because it was like a dream... Everything she heard was unimaginable to her before, but at the same time, she was also very happy... because she knew another thing Regarding matters related to the captain, this also meant that she got to know a little more about the young man next to her.

Kiana did not continue to ask, but stood side by side with the captain and looked at the "Herrscher" who had been silent for a long time.

"Xilin, I didn't lie to you, and it will be the same this time."

As he spoke, the captain slowly raised the dark sword in his hand and pointed it at the black figure opposite.

"How could it be... I obviously gave him all my "power". The skills and power of both parties should be exactly the same..."

It seems that Sirin still hasn't completely recovered from the moment-long contest. The captain looked at her, shook his head and sighed: "Oh... Sirin, do you really think that with the past hundred years? Can a puppet created by years of memories defeat me? Even if he has all my memories, the person who loses in the end will definitely not be me."

"..."

"Xilin, even if there is only a little bit every day, people will continue to make progress. What is important is the courage to take the first step forward. If you continue to indulge in the past and be bound by the past, then the future that people expect will never be It’s not coming.”

"I... know..." Xilin moved her lips slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she still didn't say anything.