Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"I'm very sorry, Captain, Rita is only acting under the orders of the Bishop. For specific matters, Rita also..."

"I know you will say this, and I won't force you, but..."

As he spoke, the captain raised his hand. In his hand was Rita's usual mobile phone.

"Hey? When?"

Rita touched her pocket, and she realized that her cell phone had been taken away by the captain at some point, and she was unaware of it.

"In that case, let me ask him directly."

The captain did not hesitate to switch to the internal communication channel of Tianming. After a while, the image of a blond man appeared on the phone screen.

"What's wrong, Rita, is there something...oh at this time?"

A clear male voice came from the mobile phone, but after seeing the person across the screen, the person stopped what he had not finished speaking.

He didn't look too surprised, he just changed his tone and reorganized his words after seeing the other party.

"I'm sorry, my dear friend. It's been a long time since I last saw you. How are you doing in the Far East? My willful granddaughter didn't make things difficult for you, right? Although it's a bit sudden for me, but I can see you like this from the bottom of my heart. I feel happy."

Although Otto wanted to be more enthusiastic, the captain did not accept this. He said bluntly: "You should know what I want to ask, and I hope you can change your title."

"Um...Okay, okay~"

His enthusiasm was met with a cold reception, and Otto seemed a little disappointed, but his friend asked him so, so he could only do it. He thought about it, and then said again: "In this case, just like when we first met, I call you Miracle doctor, my friend, what do you think?"

"Go ahead."

"..."

The young man had no intention of talking nonsense to Otto, so he just asked.

"Calm down, don't be anxious, I know what you want to ask, but..."

"?"

"Haha, if you want to know something, just ask Theresa."

"What? Teresa?"

"Yes, I think you haven't had time to exchange information with my granddaughter and the others, right?"

"..."

The captain actually noticed what Otto said. In the temporary infirmary, from Theresa's words, he noticed that Theresa also had some information about Kiana, and it was similar to what he knew. That part is not the same.

"Please believe me, after you exchange the information you have with her, you will definitely be able to connect everything together easily with your wisdom."

"That's all you can say?"

"Oh~ no no no, my old friend, no, Mr. Miracle Doctor, you have to believe me, I don't need to lie to you."

Otto looked at the captain helplessly and sincerely, but the captain didn't want to pay him any attention. He simply turned his gaze to the flowers beside him.

"Then let me change the question, what is your purpose?"

"..."

Otto paused, but he still smiled. After a while, he put away his relaxed and joking tone, and said seriously:

"My friend, you understand me, and I understand you deeply. From a certain perspective, we actually have the same wish, and my purpose has not changed from the beginning to the end."

"What do you want to say?"

"You and I both have things we should do. We both spent a long, long time looking for answers on that long journey...and it's the same now, isn't it?"

"..."

The captain did not respond. He just felt that he did not need to respond because he knew very well that he and Otto had never been on the same road.

"Sixteen years ago, the "Second Collapse" broke out in Siberia. Thousands of people died painfully in the ravages of the Collapse. Countless people were displaced and mired in despair and fear."

"..."

Suddenly, Otto fell silent. He knew what the other party wanted to express.

"In the past two days, due to some accidents, I returned to the 'tower' and walked around inside and outside. The feeling really made me feel as uncomfortable as it did then. The whole building was full of , there is no corner that does not exude desolation, anger, fear, pain, despair..."

"I'm sorry, my old friend, but I won't say 'she' was an accident, and I won't let that stop me."

"Humph…"

"Eh..." Otto sighed deeply, as if he had lost something important, and looked very regretful.

"Mr. Miracle Doctor, I respect you, and even more respect the path you have chosen. If you need it, I am willing to do my best to help you, but..."

He paused. This man, who was usually calm and easy-going, could not be more serious at this moment.

"My friend, I don't want to say this to you no matter what, but if you want to stop me, even if it means using your life and mine as a bet, I will never stop for even a step."

The conversation came to an abrupt end, and for a long time, neither party spoke again. There was only the silvery moonlight in the sky and the unchanging silence in the garden, which remained the same as before.

……

The next morning, amidst the roar of the wing propellers and the aircraft engine, Rita boarded the special plane back to the Mediterranean headquarters and bowed deeply to the captain, Teresa and others who came to see her off by the cabin door. A bow.

Theresa, who was temporarily unaware of what had happened in the past few days, just smiled and waved her hand to send her away, while the man standing next to her...

"Course teacher..."

Rita murmured, and she looked at the young man not far away. He seemed to be smiling, with no shadow on his expression, as if nothing had happened.

But due to the wind blown by the rotating propeller fan, his hair swayed back and forth, so Rita couldn't see his eyes clearly until the cabin door closed.

Amidst the increasingly intense roar, the special plane finally left the Hyperion parking deck.

The "inspection" of the headquarters is temporarily over, and at the same time, the "Valkyrie Level Examination" that is crucial to the Valkyries has also ended...

After the exam, a long vacation is naturally ushered in, which is a very happy thing. However, for Kiana and others who have become official Valkyrie, they will have more important tasks to do soon, and... they will face more difficult enemies and events in the future.

The "Moonlight Throne" parked quietly next to the Hyperion is silent proof...

The captain returned to the office alone and picked up a mission plan that was placed on his desk... The branch was planning. Printed on it was the next mission the girls were going to carry out: to go to the Destiny in New Zealand. The Oceania branch recovered... the "Gem of Desire" from the body of a former Valkyrie.