Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

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

Silence could not change her current situation. Although the Honkai energy was still sufficient, in fact, having witnessed the entire battle, she could no longer think of any means to fight against the young man in front of her.

But no matter what, she could never wait for her power to run out and fall into a deep sleep that she didn't know when it would end. This time she had to seize the opportunity to seize control of this body.

The captain, who sensed the murderous intent coming from Sirin, rushed forward without hesitation. No matter what, he could no longer let Sirin act recklessly in Kiana's consciousness.

Seeing the young man holding the black sword rushing towards her at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, Sirin, who was in a daze, hurriedly called out three circular dark purple space gates, and several sub-space spears flew out from them. , stabbed towards the young man. The captain shook the hilt of the sword in his hand, and the blade easily deflected the flying spears with only a slight blockage. In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed to the figure.

With Siren's frozen expression, at a slightly slower speed than usual, the captain dropped the sword in his hand. The pitch-black blade passed through the cold air, but what he struck was the unexpected body. …

The young man wearing a torn coat stood in front of the Herrscher and used his own body to take the fatal blow for her.

The sharp sword struck from the puppet's right shoulder, and the long wound almost extended to its entire back.

The bright purple Honkai energy light gradually covered the puppet's body. He was so seriously injured that he could no longer maintain his shape. In the blink of an eye, the puppet's body had dissipated to the point where the outline could barely be seen.

"Why?"

Xilin was stunned in place with her lips slightly open. She couldn't understand...even though she didn't give any instructions, the copy of the branch that was supposed to stop moving still moved and...protected her.

"..."

"Zhi" didn't answer. What she responded to Xilin was a pair of gentle eyes that were exactly the same as the person in her memory.

Finally, the puppet's body completely disappeared, and the captain looked up at the Honkai energy particles that made up its body and the snowflakes that were still falling quietly, drifting toward the gloomy sky.

He stood in silence, slightly relaxed the hilt of the sword in his hand, and did not continue to attack the girl in front of him.

Because he knows why the puppet does this, yes, no one understands the reason better than him...

Unable to figure out all this, Xilin slumped down on the soft snow a little numbly. Perhaps she felt that it was no longer necessary. The collapse energy surrounding her body gradually dissipated, and the gorgeous purple dress and the girl's snow-white skin gradually showed their beauty. its original color.

The fluffy purple hair like a waterfall fluttered in the cold wind. Under the bangs, the girl's golden eyes were full of confusion about all this. She stared at the white snow below her, but she couldn't think of anything. Want the answer.

it's painful…

My heart aches...

Only this feeling becomes more and more obvious.

I can't figure it out. No matter how much I think about it, Siren can't figure out why it's like this.

"Why...protect me...? I clearly didn't give any instructions..."

"That's because..." The captain hesitated, not knowing whether he should tell her the answer.

"That's because he is also a branch."

"...?"

Kiana stepped forward and spoke on behalf of the captain, the answer that Sirin wanted but couldn't figure out. At this moment, seeing the puppet sacrifice her life to protect Sirin, she completely understood everything...

"Is that true, Captain?"

"..."

The captain did not speak, but closed his eyes, confirming Kiana's thoughts with silence.

"What are you talking about?" The purple-haired girl raised her head, obviously she hadn't understood the meaning yet.

Kiana looked directly into the golden eyes of the girl in front of her, and said in a very serious tone: "If it's Koreeda, I will definitely protect you no matter what... right?"

"protect me?"

"Indeed, what you created with the captain's memory is at best a puppet without self-awareness, and it is impossible to become the captain himself, but even so... he is also Zhi, and in Zhi's memory, he is protecting Sirin. The weight of things has never changed.”

"..."

"You think so in your heart, don't you? If not, the puppet you created will not move on its own initiative without being instructed... Am I right, Siren?"

"…nonsense."

As if she was deliberately showing off, Siren coldly denied Kiana's remarks, but Kiana did not intend to give her a chance to continue to escape.

"Celine, I've been wondering why you always look at me with malice. Why are you so angry when you see the captain protecting me? Are you... jealous of me?"

"..." "The Herrscher" was speechless for a moment, as if she had been rightly told, she unexpectedly did not refute Kiana again.

"envy?"

Kiana's thoughts made the boy on the side a little puzzled. He knew the reason why the puppet behaved like this. Just like Kiana said, he had always felt deeply about this when he failed to protect Sirin. It's a pity, and since the day he met Xilin, the idea of ​​protecting her has never changed in his heart.

The misunderstanding between them did reach an irreversible point later, but that was just a decision they made to each other that they each thought was right.

But to be honest, he didn't understand the meaning of "jealousy" in Kiana's words.

In fact, this is not the captain's fault, because this is indeed an idea that only girls can understand each other, and it is also a subtle emotion that only girls...can see through.

"Although I still don't know everything about what happened sixteen years ago, but seeing your reaction now, I can be even more sure that Captain, he must have never deceived you, let alone done anything to make you sorry. thing."

"Oh, do you want to defend this liar?" Xilin snorted coldly and asked in a calm voice.

"Liar... do you really think so? You have obviously seen the captain's memory... If it takes a hundred years, you should have seen everything that happened sixteen years ago, right?"

"Tsk..." Xilin clicked her tongue. After her mood recovered, she stood up. Although she stared at Kiana fiercely, she did not dare to face the person next to Kiana at all. Sight.

"I don't know what caused you to have such a serious misunderstanding about the captain, but after personally checking his memory, even if you want to pretend that nothing happened, your malice towards him has already disappeared since the last incident. It no longer exists..."

"..."

"You tried your best to convince yourself that Zhi would continue to be regarded as a bad person who had deceived you and hurt you, and even tried to instill that idea into me... But in the end, you were just comforting yourself, comforting that person... thinking that Zhi trampled on you trust, but you actually ruined the sincerity and goodwill of the other party!"

"You! Shut up! Stop talking nonsense! You are not qualified to teach me a lesson!" The purple-haired girl yelled at Kiana almost madly, but immediately, Kiana shouted with the same loud voice. The voice replied: "Then tell me, there are so many people to choose from, why do you have to be a puppet of the captain!? Compared with ordinary people like the captain who cannot use Honkai energy, that one is also Walter of "The Herrscher" is more suitable to be used as a puppet! ? "

"Uh..." Once again, Xilin suddenly lost her confidence.

"Is it true that you only chose to do this because you have the captain's memory and can completely reproduce the captain's combat skills through the puppet? This is obviously a consciousness space created by you. In fact, anyone you want to copy can do it. Bar…"

"..."

Siren couldn't deny it, because as Kiana said, she could actually copy anything she wanted here, whether it was the Valkyrie of "Destiny", the leader of the "Anti-Entropy" alliance, or even those boring tactical machines. Armor and long-range weapons... As long as she wants to, there is always a way to make them. After all, it is much easier to copy other objects than someone who relies solely on physical skills and swordsmanship.

After a brief pause, Kiana also took a deep breath and expressed the slightly "childish" idea that Sirin had never dared to express.

"Xilin, Zhi has always been the only one who can protect you in your heart, or...make you feel at ease about this, right?"