Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Mei! Mei!!!!" The captain drove the armor whose thrusters had not completed automatic repair. He endured the severe pain in his body and stretched out his hand to chase the falling girl in front of him.

However, the God-killing Armor, which consumed a large amount of energy in the previous battle, lost the "God Key" to supply Honkai energy, and the wearer was seriously injured, is now unable to increase the armor's output at all, and can only maintain it at a minimum with the auxiliary anti-gravity thruster. flight.

The girl who was only a few meters away from his hand was so far away from the captain at this moment. This kind of tragedy was happening in front of his eyes, and the feeling that he was powerless was familiar to him. Yes, he was too familiar...

The girl looked at the figure approaching her from the sky with all her strength, and she unconsciously showed a reassuring smile. She stretched out her hand to touch the face of the young man in front of her, wanting to reattach the half-loose patch on his face, but she did so with her own hands. An anti-swelling patch for him.

There seemed to be a warm and soft touch on her bloody fingertips, even though she actually didn't touch anything.

"Captain...Mei...did you do what you should do...?" Under the heavy sleepiness, the girl could no longer make a sound and just spoke silently.

"Mei, give me your hand!!!!"

At the last moment of her life, Mei Yi seemed to hear the voice of the person who could make her feel more at ease... But this time, she did not accept his order.

In order to prevent the explosion from affecting that person, she slowly retracted her hand, closed her eyes, and smiled...

Thousands of emotions and death converged in the girl's broken body. She struggled, suffered, and regretted...but in the end, she still chose to bear it all, giving only what she longed for, and the most important thing for the beautiful future. With real imagination...give him your last blessings and expectations.

"Captain, please... take Kiana and everyone with you... to the future we all long for. No matter what, Mei's heart... will always protect you and everyone."

The moment it was confirmed that this longing had been conveyed to the boy in front of him, the cold sea water embraced the poor girl, bringing eternal tranquility and peace to the scarred her.

Then, together with the splashing sound of rainwater on the sea surface, a dull sound that completely silenced the young man who had just arrived above the sea surface came from below the sea surface, and the explosion lit up tiny waves on the sea surface.

The Valkyrie Raiden Mei—— died here.

"..."

The captain stayed there, quietly looking at the sea below that was gradually dyed red by the lost life of a certain girl, and the few "pulsing" armor fragments floating on the red sea.

"Mea Yi..."

At the last moment when the girl fell into the sea, Zhi seemed to really hear the girl's heartfelt message to him...the prayer full of longing.

"But will everyone really still look forward to a future without you?"

The mournful roar resounded above the captain's head, in the sky where the Mediterranean Headquarters Floating Islands were located - that was the voice of the "Herrscher", that was a human girl, who had lost her soul. The whine.

"Mei"

"Damn it!"

"Mei——"

"You guy-!"

"Mei——!"

"How could I let you—"

"Mei——!!!"

"Take this body back!!!!!"

Just before the control of her body was about to be completely taken back by the angry and angry soul in her body, Siren stabbed the "conquering gem" in her hand into her chest with all her strength.

Purple thunder suddenly fell from the sky, hitting Sirin's body from all directions as if responding to the will of the "Herrscher". After that, there was no more sound from her body.

Under the suppression of the power of the three "Herrscher Cores", no matter how strong the will of the other soul in Siren's body is, there is no possibility of resisting her. What comes with the power of "conquer" is that it will always be in the mind. of tranquility.

"what…"

Feeling the renewed strength in her body, Xilin felt extremely comfortable. The Honkai energy continuously pouring out from the three cores at this moment made Xilin enjoy it as if she was laughing at the girl in her body who tried to resist. laughed out loud.

"Hehehehe, hehehehehe, that's great, Kiana~ Kiana~ your pain makes me so happy and satisfied~☆"

"But~ don't be anxious, everything has just begun. Let us... one by one, kill all the people you cherish, hehehehehe~☆"

"Oh~ By the way, I have to let you come too, human~☆"

As she spoke, her cold golden gaze swept towards the motionless human beings stagnant on the sea below. Siren stretched out her hand, and the two Yakon spears beside her immediately turned into ribbons and flew towards the black sea hundreds of meters away. Hair boy.

"The Lawyer"! Don't even think about it! "

As he spoke, a figure passed by at high speed and grabbed the two soft ribbons that were trying to fly to someone below.

"Oh?"

"I won't let you hurt anyone again, Kiana... No, "Herrscher of the Sky." "

Driving the jet-black armor glowing with orange Honkai energy, Fu Hua stood like a shield between the boy and the Herrscher above his head, blocking the claws of the Herrscher that wanted to reach out to Zhi.

"Hehehe, ants are just ants. I can't kill them all no matter how hard I try. Are you here to die too~☆"

The mask covering her face obscured the girl's expression at this moment. Facing such a cruel "god", she no longer needed to talk to him: "Huh, it's useless to talk more. Come on, "Herrscher of the Sky"! "

After saying that, Fu Hua removed the black armor on her arm and directly summoned one of the "God Keys" she held, which was made from the core of the "Tenth Herrscher" from the previous era—— ——"The Grip of Taixu".

Looking at the gorgeously decorated golden gloves that gradually appeared on the human arms below, Xilin couldn't help but feel a little interested: "Oh? It's kind of interesting~☆"

Driven by the Honkai energy surging within her body, the Herrscher, who had already stained her hands with the blood of several people, once again embarked on the path of destruction she longed for, and began to fight the girl in front of her.

……

Standing on the turbulent waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the captain's still intact tactical eyepiece displayed a cold message...

Looking at the sea below where the waves were surging due to the heavy rain, and which had swallowed up all traces of the existence of the girl named Raiden Mei, Zhi did not cry, was not angry, did not despair, and did not give up.

He knew that he was not qualified to do so until he struggled with all his strength like a girl and burned out the fire of life completely for the people he cherished.

The surging death filled the night, and no one listened to the girl's grief.

This long night of parting and hesitation seems to never usher in the dawn.

but……

Even if it has passed away, the efforts of life will eventually accumulate, so now he must take over the will of the deceased, take the girl's thoughts with him, and lead the living to the future she expected.

"Mei Yi, let's... set off."

So, Zhi raised his head, never looking at the turbulent sea, and flew into the night sky that had not yet ushered in dawn. On the vast sea of ​​the Mediterranean that no one cared about anymore, there was only a pair of wing-shaped communicators with tactical eyepieces. , as the only companionship he could give the girl now, fell from the sky and sank into the sea.

Before the eyepiece was swallowed by the sea water, only the last message displayed on it was seen: "VKF-003 "Pulse Suit·Crimson" wearer Raiden Meiyi - vital signs disappeared"...