The scene shifts to Mei, who, after viewing Pardo's memories and having her suspicions completely cleared, cheerfully joins the detective team!
Just then, a breathless Hua runs over. One of the few Flame-Chasers in the Elysian Realm who wouldn't refuse a memory review request, she dashes right up to Vill-V.
As Hua tries to tell them what happened, Vill-V stops her and starts promoting her own hat instead.
Regarding the request to view her memories, Hua only hesitates for a moment before directly putting on the hat.
After a moment of darkness, Mei and Pardo arrive in Hua's past.
The first thing they see is the pain of Hua's life, the 7th Honkai Eruption.
Within the city, countless flames roll and侵略, devouring everything they touch.
Hua lies powerless amidst the ruins, covered in wounds, as if she can do nothing but breathe.
"Captain..."
Afterwards, Mei and Pardo move to the next memory.
This time, they arrive in the Elysian Realm's lobby. What greets their eyes is Elysia, whom Mei has been constantly thinking about and longing for. That familiar voice rings in Mei's ears once more.
Then, Mei witnesses what it means for a pink-haired 'bad girl' to tease an honest person. Hua is completely flustered under Elysia's攻势.
After this, Mei and the others reach the third memory, from the night before Elysia disappeared.
That night, she sat alone on the steps all night long, gazing at the distant moon, making it completely impossible for her to have killed Elysia.
[Herrscher of Sentience]: "She really is an old fossil, doesn't care about her own memories at all."
[Stelle]: "It's from deleting memories so often. Can't even find the memories she wants to look for."
[Theresa]: "Did the incident where Kevin damaged the Elysian Realm space really need to be reported to the other Flame-Chasers so urgently?"
[Luocha]: "It's more likely that a new incident occurred, or that the mastermind behind the scenes has appeared."
[March 7th]: "Sigh, so the news Hua brought isn't good news after all."
Next, they jump to another memory.
"Sis Mei! What's going on?" "Deeper memories are emerging from the depths of consciousness, impacting this peaceful recollection." "—That is probably the emergency situation Hua wanted to tell us about."
The illusory scene gradually becomes clear, and Mei finally recognizes where she is. Mobius's laboratory. She once experienced an exceptionally difficult battle here. However, now the laboratory is filled only with complete silence. The experimental data that usually flows across the light screens all day has turned into incomprehensible garbled code.
"This is..."
Mei's expression changes drastically upon seeing this, and Pardo, who has rushed over, wears almost the same expression.
They find Mobius. Or rather... something that was once Mobius. What meets their eyes is a scene of utter破碎, familiar fragments floating in a black mire. Amidst the阴暗, unstable data streams, only the last vestiges of Mobius's figure remain.
Seeing Hua and Su break through the door, Mobius's lips curve into a mocking arc, gently parting.
"Sis Mei, what's going on... just what is happening..." Pardo watches Mobius消散, scared and unsettled.
Then, the familiar Flame-Chaser profile appears again, occupying the view of everyone watching. Mobius's memorial photo appears right in the center, and then... the sound of shattering glass echoes through the universe once more!
(PS: "What does shattering glass sound like? Please go listen for yourself.")
[Pardofelis]: "Sis Snake died just like that!? N-no, it's impossible! Who in the entire Elysian Realm has more contingency plans than Sis Snake?"
[Elysia]: "Dr. Mobius, this isn't real, right? It definitely can't be, right!"
[Mobius]: "Hmph, Elysia, since when do I need your concern?"
[Stelle]: "Sna—Sna—aake!!"
[Silver Wolf]: "LMAO, fake at a glance, this is pure cap! Mobius definitely has some plan."
[March 7th]: "But that profile already shattered! Can a person really die twice?"
[Silver Wolf]: "I don't know about that. But based on Mobius's personality, she wouldn't die without pulling off some grand scheme."
[Gray Serpent]: "I also believe this is part of the Honkai's plan."
[Stelle]: "Okay, I get it. Mobius might be dead, but Mobius being dead is unlikely."
Even after confirming it from Hua's memories, this matter is still hard for them to believe. Hua also states that if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have thought the [Infinity] Serpent could actually die.
Afterwards, Hua bids farewell to the three detectives, as she still needs to inform the other Flame-Chasers about this matter.
After learning of Mobius's death, Vill-V also feels a sense of urgency. So, to prove her innocence, she once again hopes Mei will come to view her memories.
This time, Mei hesitates for only a moment before deciding to investigate.
"So this is Vill-V's mental world?"
Mei finds herself quitely in a vast magic, empty structure, not directly seeing memories like the previous times.
But the structure that appears here puzzles Mei: "Why is it... the Theater of Domination?" "I've never seen this building before! Sis Mei, you know this place?"
The curious catgirl asks Mei. Mei explains to Pardo what this place is, and simultaneously figures out why Vill-V would know of its existence – the deal Mei made back then to reach the Deep End!
Mei doesn't dwell on why it's the Theater of Domination – after all, nothing is strange when it comes to Vill-V – and directly begins investigating Vill-V's memories.
The first segment is from Vill-V in the workshop. The Expert creates a tool that looks quite normal, then the Magician finds it lacking novelty. Change! So, she adds an exaggerated design. A moment later, Vill-V, who gazes upon the constellations, appears, adding aphorisms to this tool. Change! Another moment later, the Conductor adds a saluting cannon function. Change! The Expert returns and says helplessly, "It's like this every time."
Seeing this, Pardo says with sudden realization, "Oh, I remember now! So this is the manufacturing process of the [Fully Automatic Audio Data Transcription Mapper & Firework Launcher]."
"Fully automatic... what?" "I don't really get it either. But, based on what Sis Vill-V originally said, she seemed to want to make a tape recorder that would work even in the Elysian Realm space?" "So, now you understand why Sis Vill-V's inventions are so flamboyant every time, right?"
[Stelle]: "Expert: You guys are just here to mess with me on purpose, aren't you!"
[Vill-V]: 'But this is my invention!'
[Mr. Gongshu]: "I actually want to know more about how you manage to design machinery with such flamboyant designs while still ensuring the original function?"
[March 7th]: "You Xianzhou technology people are the last ones qualified to talk about others!?"
[Yunli]: "Our Xianzhou's machinery design is simple and straightforward, what about it?"
[Stelle]: "You Xianzhou people, tsk tsk tsk~"