[In the Real World.]
[Brothers, why has Mei become the Herrscher of Origin's enemy, but I'm actually very happy]
[Same here! Watching this cleared up my breast ducts]
[Damn, I even feel like getting struck by lightning would be too good for them]
[More terrifying than a Herrscher is the human heart]
———
After watching up to this point, Bronya subconsciously looked toward Raiden Mei, her eyes full of heartache.
She really couldn't imagine how Raiden Mei in the video, after experiencing so many things, could still maintain such a gentle personality.
Thinking this, Bronya had just wanted to say something, but to her surprise, Kiana beside her spoke first, "Mei, you're seriously too cool! People like that deserve to be properly taught a lesson!"
Kiana's words instantly left Bronya speechless. 'So-called "properly taught a lesson", did she mean making those people vanish from the world on a physical level?'
That said, jokes aside, Bronya didn't think there was anything wrong with what Raiden Mei did in the video. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
He who kills shall be killed.
This is a truth known since ancient times. If at this moment some so-called "holy white lotus" comments were to jump out, saying Raiden Mei shouldn't have done that...
Then Bronya might consider whether she needed to use her identity as "Silver Wolf" to give those people a lesson.
———
[Back to the Video.]
Raiden Mei had a dream. She dreamed she was trapped in a dark room, and no matter how she walked, she couldn't get out.
She was sad, she screamed, she cried. But in the end, all turned into a sigh.
'That's right, hadn't I already given everything to the devil long ago? How can I now still dare to hope to return to their side?'
'I was always a coward who couldn't do anything. Quietly disappearing like this is fine too. So... Goodbye.'
"Mei!"
Just as Raiden Mei was about to fall into eternal slumber like this, she suddenly heard the voices of those two people echoing by her ear.
Yet, her instinctive reaction wasn't surprise or joy, but intense fear. She feared letting the two people she cherished most see what she had become now.
"Don't... don't come over..." Raiden Mei pleaded, "I'll hurt you!"
But what responded to her were the two's continuous calls, and the slowly cracking dark space.
Light shone in through the cracks formed by the breaking.
Raiden Mei looked up and saw a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life.
Above the crumbling space, Van descended from the sky, accompanied by light.
However, his arrival was met with stubborn resistance from the space.
Barbed purple chains appeared out of nowhere, surrounding Van so densely that not even water could get through. Encircled tightly by the chains, Van was momentarily stuck in a dilemma.
"Hurry... hurry and go! Don't worry about me anymore!" Raiden Mei shouted with tears in her voice, "Someone like me isn't worth this from you..."
What responded to her, however, were Van's firm words.
"Don't say things like that! In this world, you're the gentlest person I've ever met! Wait for me, I'm coming to save you right now!"
With that, a strong power burst out from Van's body.
Fiery red feathers fell from the sky and landed on the chains. And the chains wrapped in the feathers also began to slowly dissolve.
Van seized the opportunity to break through the encirclement, landed beside Raiden Mei, and reached out his hand to her.
Raiden Mei looked at the person in front of her whom she had missed day and night. She instinctively stretched out her hand, but then suddenly pulled it back.
"I can't…"
Pa~!
"Huh?"
Just as Raiden Mei shrank back, Van had already taken her hand a step ahead of her, and pulled hard.
"Raiden Mei, didn't we agree to be lifelong friends forever? So, don't even think about escaping from my side! No way!"
Van's words were like a bell ringing in Raiden Mei's heart. Tears had unknowingly slid from the corners of her eyes, dripping to the ground.
Looking at the determined expression of the man before her, she nodded.
Just then, the dark space began to gradually collapse and vanish, and dazzling light filled the screen.
In the light, Raiden Mei's monologue also sounded.
"I thought after that, my world would be nothing but gray. But your appearance gave me the meaning to keep living."
"I once thought escaping would solve everything… Little did I know, behind my escape was your back shielding me forward."
"Goodbye, coward Raiden Mei. I'll carry your fear and work hard to live on..."
———
[Flashback ends.]
A trace of pain flashed in Raiden Mei's eyes. She finally understood why her memories of Van were always so vague.
Why she always felt a strange sense of familiarity when Kiana brought him up.
"So... you've been protecting me all along." Raiden Mei muttered, "But I didn't know anything..."
The Herrscher of Thunder's voice rang out again, "Now that you know the truth, these shackles were created by that man to protect you from harm. Even so, do you still want to continue?"
Raiden Mei wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said firmly, "This is my path, and also my responsibility."
The figure of the Herrscher of Thunder gradually faded away, leaving one last message echoing in her ear, "If you can... remember to give that big liar a sword strike for me."
The memory ends. In reality, Raiden Mei's body was surrounded by lightning, and power once again surged through her.
She slowly stood up, her gaze coldly fixed on the Imaginary Tree Divine Remains - Nihilism.
"This time, I won't lose again."
———
[Uwahhh, turns out Van once did something like that]
[Before, I even wondered why Mei was lukewarm toward Van, turns out this was the reason]
[But now that you mention it, Mei's line "I won't lose again" feels like it has a deeper meaning]
[Now that you say it, why does it sound like she's made up her mind to go fight for Van?]
[Himeko, Kiana, Shit, seems like she's coming straight at us]
———
[Back to the Video.]
The battle started again, but this time, the situation was completely reversed.
Raiden Mei's blade, infused with the power of thunder, pushed the monster back with every strike.
In the end, she pierced through the monster's core, and the Herrscher's authority completely annihilated its existence.
Heavy rain poured as tears slid down from Raiden Mei's eyes, washing away the past.
After the battle ended, Raiden Mei came to Benares' side. She gently stroked its body, sensing the soon-to-vanish soul within.
The power in her body slowly flowed into its body, red scales replacing the scars.
The dragon stood up once more and let out a roar declaring its rebirth.
However, now it was no longer the Benares that followed the queen, but a beast that had always obeyed the Herrscher of Thunder.
Raiden Mei looked up at the sky, where the wheel dimmed along with the birth of the Herrscher.
All Honkai energy had been absorbed, and the Imaginary Tree Gate was about to close. Once the quantum shadows wandering the city were wiped out, everything would return to peace.
Thinking this, Raiden Mei lightly leapt onto the dragon's back. The red dragon sensed its master's will and spread its wings to take off.
"Let's go. Let's find Kiana." Raiden Mei said softly.
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