Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Huberian, can you hear me?"

……

The captain hovering in mid-air called out, and it took a while for Hyperion, who had already begun to approach, to receive Misha's communication.

Except for Misha, who was staring at the captain with a slightly red face, everyone on the bridge still had not recovered from the battle where they were completely crushed by the captain alone.

"I understand. Let Huberian wait where he is and notify the medical team to come to the deck. I will take Kiana back."

"Copy that, Captain."

After returning to the boulder, the captain picked up Kiana again and took a look at the battlefield in the distance from mid-air before returning. The space in that area had been repaired, and only a bunch of tactical mechas were torn to pieces on the ground. The tiny fragments left behind.

"Has the rain stopped..."

A ray of sunlight penetrated through the thick clouds, replacing the drizzle that had quietly stopped and hitting the silver-white armor surface of the captain.

The sky began to clear up, and the captain's armor reflected the golden sunlight, but the clouds in his heart had not yet dissipated.

When he had just cleaned up those mechas, he had already begun to think about the next plan to save Mei and the others, but... I wonder what everyone on the bridge would think when they saw all this?

With a sigh, a silver arc of light reflecting sunlight crossed the sky and flew towards Hyperion at high speed.

About three minutes later, the young man in silver armor landed on Hyperion's landing deck with the unconscious Kiana in his arms. The medical team, Teresa, and Himeko were already waiting there.

Amid the surprised expressions and whispers of the medical team members, Kiana was placed on the emergency bed and transported off the deck. For a moment, only three people were left on the huge deck looking at each other in silence.

……

"...I'm sorry, Theresa, Himeko."

After a long silence, the captain finally spoke. He was apologizing for not being able to rescue Mei and the others. At the same time, he was also apologizing for hiding something from everyone for more than a year.

"It is not advisable for the commander to abandon the entire ship and go out to fight. Who said this? Hmm?"

Jizi blinked at the captain casually. There was obviously some confusion in her eyes, but more importantly, she was as gentle as usual.

"It seems like I haven't seen your somewhat disappointed expression for a long time."

"..."

Theresa stepped forward, stretched out her two small hands and took the captain's right hand, which was still covered with armor, in her hands.

"The last time I saw your bitter face was when I went to Jiuyou, right?"

"Jiuyou...?"

When Teresa said this, the captain remembered again half a year ago when everyone went to China to investigate in order to help Ji Zi find Ji Lin's "stigma".

Although the result of that mission was not satisfactory, when he finally briefly reunited with his old friend, his heart should still be full of joy.

Presumably, what Theresa was talking about was what happened before that when the Judgment-level Honkai Beast "Chi You" that was sealed in the depths of the Nine Nether Sea in ancient China woke up, right?

At that time, Theresa saw for the first time a sad expression on the captain's face that she had never seen before. That expression has been deeply imprinted in Theresa's heart since then.

"It shouldn't be that serious, right?"

"Hmm~ It seems so if you look closely. The expression on your face that time was much more sad than now. Haha, I think it's because your goggles blocked your eyes."

"Huh? Ah..."

Only then did the captain remember that the armor was still covering his body. He muttered something in a low voice, and the silver armor covering his body disappeared after a burst of light.

In fact, apart from the strange black blade, Theresa still had an impression of this armor. When I first got the "Yuehuang", I had seen the design drawings of the previous prototype of the "Yuehuang". It should be the one worn by the captain.

However, if this meeting really talks about the shining black sword in the captain's hand, Theresa might not be able to help but frown...

"That sword... Could it be that the person from sixteen years ago was..."

"Theresa...?"

Seeing Theresa thinking deeply, the captain called her gently, and Only then did Theresa bring her thoughts back to reality.

"Okay, okay, go back first, everyone is waiting for you."

"Ah."

The three of them had a tacit understanding and stopped worrying about it for the time being, and immediately walked towards the bridge together.

Although the two of them still had doubts in their hearts, neither Himeko nor Theresa would actually be troubled by this kind of thing. In the final analysis, perhaps this was due to their heartfelt trust in the captain.

On the bridge, according to the information from Hollander, the "Anti-Entropy" battleships had all retreated ten minutes ago.

While Kiana and others were fighting Wendy here, the two sides over there were just shooting pointlessly at each other's protective shields.

According to Hollander herself, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she flew out and punched open a large armor plate of the "Anti-Entropy" battleship, and then the other party ran away obediently...

Although the Herrscher crusade was told to be over without knowing the reason, Hollandel still escorted the severely damaged Hyperion with her warship during the return trip from New Zealand to the coral island.

It was not until the time of separation that Hollandel hurriedly flew to the deck of Hyperion to meet her former course teacher.

Her long golden hair was blowing randomly in the wind. With limited time, the girl simply shared some information about herself, Rita, and the current situation of the headquarters with her former mentor.

But the captain just watched her calmly and listened to her share some interesting things that he didn't know after leaving.

It had been almost two years since I last saw her, but the girl in front of me was still the same as before, her eyes as clear and blue as the sky were full of determination.

It is this kind of determination and a special sense of mission that allows girls to continue to make progress and move forward. The captain can also clearly feel her growth during this time, both mentally and physically.

Even if we just talk about height, compared to almost two years ago, she is much taller now...