Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Theresa, everything you told me is indeed..."

"captain…"

Theresa understood the captain's mood at this time when she saw the personal files and information on a certain confidential project that had just been sent from the Oceania branch.

Regarding this matter, she has only told Himeko and the captain so far.

"Theresa, they seem to have found their target."

"...Should I tell them? To be honest, I'm hesitant."

"..."

The captain turned around, his expression still gentle.

"Tell them all. Knowing the not-so-good truth is also a necessary part of their growth in life."

These words seemed to make Theresa make up her mind.

At this time, Kiana and others were still lingering near the square, and Huberian, who received Bronya's information, quickly contacted them.

"Kiana, now that you have found your target, come back quickly. It is not advisable to stay outside for too long."

"what?"

The three of them couldn't understand it for a while. Target? Except for the girl they just rescued, the focus of this mission: the "Gem of Desire" has not yet been found, but Himeko said that they had completed the mission and was still urging them to return as soon as possible.

"Wait, Major Jizi, what is the target?"

"..."

The communication was silent for a few seconds, and then Himeko began to explain.

"Actually, the girl you just rescued is the "Gem of Desire". "

"What???"

After hearing this, Kiana immediately let out an exaggerated question. She looked at the girl in the wheelchair with a look of disbelief, but the girl still just smiled and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Wendy."

"Let me explain."

Himeko continued to explain what Wendy said.

"Three years ago, the Oceania branch conducted a confidential experiment. During the experiment, the "Desire Gem" was transplanted into Miss Wendy's leg, but..."

Through Jizi's explanation, several people finally understood that it turned out that "Destiny" combined the "Desire Gem" with Miss Wendy's calf bone in order to obtain the same level of power as "Herrscher" in order to fight against Honkai.

However, even Wendy, who was once famous in the Oceania branch and was even considered to be the fourth S-class Valkyrie of this generation, failed to master the power of the "Gem of Desire".

Not only did the experiment end in failure, Wendy, as the subject, also lost the function of her legs due to the crystallization. She could no longer stand up and walk like a normal person and could only rely on a wheelchair to move around.

"how so…"

After hearing all this, Mei Yi couldn't help but tighten her grip on the handle of the knife behind her. This kind of thing was too unfair to Wendy. More importantly... she also understood that there were foreign objects in her body that did not belong to humans. , what kind of mood it is.

"Why don't you take out the crystal! Because of this, Miss Wendy can only sit in a wheelchair now. Even... when the collapse occurs, she can't evacuate by herself, and can only collapse in the ruins..."

"Listen to me, Mei, in almost all media, the nature and form of the "Gem of Desire" are extremely unstable, but in Wendy's body, the "Gem of Desire" is stable. "

"In other words, in order to preserve the crystal, "Destiny" used Miss Wendy's body as a container? It's... too much! "

"There is no point in arguing here. Now please complete the task seriously and bring Miss Wendy back to Hyperion. We will talk about the rest later."

After saying that, Jizi hung up the communication first. She knew that even if she argued with the children like this, the facts would not change. Moreover, she was more worried about their safety than these. New Zealand was still full of a large number of collapses. Bad energy and its derivatives, the longer they stay out, the more dangerous they are.

"Ugh…"

Jizi sighed, but the captain just sent her a message: "Thank you for your hard work, Major Jizi."

How to talk about hard work? This is a fact, and as the tactical commander and liaison officer of the team, these matters should be explained by myself and them. As the captain said, knowing the not-so-beautiful truths of the world is also part of the growth process in life.

On the one hand, Mei Yi and others, who had temporarily calmed down, were very sympathetic to Miss Wendy's experience. Bronya, who had experienced a similar experience, rarely showed much more concern for Wendy than usual. She called out the heavily armored bunny behind her and carefully lifted Miss Wendy together with the wheelchair.

Wendy seemed to be surprised when she saw the heavily armored bunny: "Fly, it's flying! Is this...a robot? It appeared all of a sudden!"

"Wow~ Bronya, you robot, when will you give me a try? I want to fly too."

"As for Kiana, refuse."

"?"

With the help of the heavily armored rabbit, the four of them successfully passed through the ruins again. Mei and Kiana were guarding the surroundings one after another to prevent attacks from Honkai beasts or dead warriors.

"In four minutes, we will reach the scheduled rendezvous point with Huberian. It turns out that Miss Wendy will not affect our movement speed."

"Thank you, Miss Bronya..."

Of course the girl named Wendy understood Bronya's kindness. Even though they had just met her, the other party took her feelings into consideration.

"I always feel that Bronya is particularly enthusiastic today."

Meiyi did not look back, but said curiously, but Bronya shook her head.

"Miss Wendy, have you seen the armor on Bronya's legs?"

"Ah."

"Bronya's legs were injured in an experiment in the past, and she also sat in a wheelchair for a long time. However, she finally regained her ability to walk with the help of this exoskeleton armor."

Speaking of this, a familiar figure suddenly flashed before Bronya's eyes. Her face was still so cute, and her smile was still so sweet... Perhaps, she had also invested in her feelings for her. On Wendy.

"Huh? Does Miss Bronya mean that I can also..."

"Well, when we return to the academy and find a way to remove the gem, I believe that Miss Wendy will be able to recover and regain her ability to walk."

"Yes, yes, Bronya is right, Miss Wendy can definitely do it!"

"Well, Mei Yi will also help Miss Wendy."

"..."

Seeing that Wendy didn't say anything, Bronya walked forward to check with some worry, only to see Wendy smiling gently at her, with tears clearly visible in her eyes.

"Thank you, Miss Bronya, Miss Kiana, and Miss Mei. You are all very gentle people."

"Wendy..."

Bronya didn't speak anymore, but she secretly made up her mind to try her best to help Wendy regain her ability to walk, even though she knew that this was almost impossible.