Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

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?"

"!"

These words were like a dull blow, hitting the barrier that Siren had been using to block the true thoughts in her heart.

Ever since she knew the "truth" about sixteen years ago that she had denied in the vast sea of ​​memories of that person, and since she saw the hundreds of years of memories of the person she had never really known...

No, in other words, before that, when "she" was reborn in this body, this feeling was already imprinted in her subconscious.

The human life that that person has experienced, the time he has traveled... far exceeds a hundred years, but to ordinary humans, a hundred years is already a lifetime.

Of course, the hundreds of years he has experienced include all the joys, sorrows, joys, ups and downs that ordinary people have in their lives...but since the starting point of this memory, he has never changed.

He has always been the one...who treats himself sincerely, protects himself, and hopes to give himself the goodwill and beauty that exists in this world; he is also the one who will do his best to protect mankind and become his enemy, but is never willing to give up saving Her branches…

Of course...he is also the one who will feel unspeakable pain and sorrow after his "annihilation", but will still walk towards the future again with the same kindness as he gave her at that time.

She never thought that her departure would be such a bitter and sad memory for Zhi. He was obviously so determined to protect the white-haired girl in front of her.

Therefore, she tried her best to hide this ridiculous and childish idea from Zhi... or from anyone, including herself. For this reason, she also devoted herself to playing the role of that very person. He hated himself in Zhuzhi.

But in the end...it still turned out like this.

She knew what kind of person Zhi was, and knew that he would swallow the pain of being his enemy again alone to protect Kiana, the "innocent" person he also cherished, but because of this, she was not reconciled.

"Why?"

"Why can you pretend to be a good boy and be protected by him, enjoying his care as a matter of course? Why should he have to endure this bitterness to protect your future? Why should I be targeted by his sword? , just because you are "innocent"?"

"No, that's not right..."

Compared to the slight excitement she had just shown, Siren who said this after a short silence was very calm. Just like the look on her face at the moment, it was calm, but it did contain some strong emotions. .

She sighed softly and looked at the person next to Kiana with slightly empty eyes. Sure enough... those dark eyes that were still guarding against her were even more sad at this moment because of Kiana's words. emotions, but she knew that he would still choose to protect Kiana now.

Because he has always been a branch, the little branch that he knows and believes in.

"it hurts…"

"My heart... feels so uncomfortable..."

Waves of stinging pain came from the depths of Xilin's heart, and gradually transformed into more pure anger under the provocation of Kiana's words. That anger was not only towards Kiana, but also towards all other "innocent" humans. .

"No...no..."

She murmured, but Kiana, who did not immediately notice the subtle changes in Sirin's emotions, did not intend to give in: "What's wrong! Do you still plan to continue to deceive yourself!?"

"wrong!!!!"

Perhaps because of Kiana's stimulation, suddenly, the trembling murmur turned into a sharp roar. After Kiana broke the emotional barrier without any scruples, Xilin's emotions finally became her own. It broke out in a way that was not intended, and it broke out in a terrible way for Kiana and all humans.

The emotional loss caused Sirin's breathing to become heavier. She clenched her fists, her body trembling with anger, she raised her fingers and pointed at the white-haired girl in front of her, and began to scold her loudly.

"Stop pretending to me!!! Why do I have to be said like this!? Why do I have to be treated like this, but you can stand there and accuse me like you are superior!? Just because of me Want to take revenge on those hateful humans? Just because you are "innocent"! ? "

"innocent…?"

"Kiana, you are obviously the same as me and those hateful humans! We have all done the same thing, so you are not innocent! Compared to me, what you have done... you are even less worthy of hiding behind this guy , I feel at ease being protected by him!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Captain--"

"Shut up! Stop using this idiot as a shield. I will never forgive those stupid, hypocritical, hateful humans, let alone..."

With that said, Sirin turned to point at a certain boy next to Kiana: "I will never forgive you for choosing to protect such a human being and become my enemy...you!"

"Celine..."

When Xilin said these words, the captain really felt the... pure anger and pain contained in Xilin's words. At the same time, he was also keenly aware of the emotions driven by that kind of emotion. Clues about something that had to be leaked out.

The captain didn't know what Siren was referring to, but even judging from this simple statement, it was definitely not a good thing for Kiana.

"What...are you talking about...I don't understand at all, or is it so difficult for you to admit this kind of feeling...?"

Looking at the purple-haired girl after a hysterical outburst, Kiana asked in confusion, her tone even mixed with a kind of sympathy for Sirin's current abnormal state.

"...?"

Obviously, Xilin tasted the almost pity sympathy from Kiana from Kiana's tone. She looked at the girl in front of her in a daze. Suddenly, Xilin smiled. She looked at Kiana like It's when people watch a clown in a circus trying to make the audience laugh with his poor acting skills.

"Hehe, hehehehe..."

"why are you laughing?"

"Hehe...hehehe, Kiana, Kiana, sometimes, I really envy you. As long as you pretend not to know anything, you can let the idiot next to you bear all this silently for you, just to protect a murderer. The future of one’s own friends.”

"I killed...the captain's...friend? What are you talking about!? It's too naive to try to sow discord, right?"

Kiana was furious after hearing this. She glared at Sirin and was about to interrupt the other party's nonsense, but the next second, Sirin mentioned a topic that seemed completely unrelated to the current conversation.