Naturally, the things MEI and Leo were concerned about were not the same!
MEI was naturally very concerned about being dragged into this place, and the fact that the other party had a face identical to her own.
Leo, on the other hand, knew more; he immediately heard a different implication from Raiden Mei's words.
"Please explain!" x2
With perfect tacit understanding, the two questioned Raiden Mei in unison.
"Uh..."
Faced with this sudden rapport between the two, Raiden Mei was somewhat startled.
However, she had intended to reveal everything she knew from the start. After slightly organizing her thoughts, her red lips parted lightly: "Let's talk about this place first."
As her emotions gradually calmed down, the surrounding environment underwent earth-shattering changes.
The originally severely damaged school building rooftop transformed into a warm dojo at this moment.
"I assume you've realized it too. The composition of this place is my fear and... nostalgia for the past."
Looking around this dojo, her eyes were filled with memories.
A moment later, her gaze turned to Leo.
"Thank you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the courage to step into here again."
"In the past, whenever I thought of the Homu Sword Sage... no, of my father's departure, I would feel an incomparable suffocation."
"It was you who allowed me to return here."
After speaking, her purple eyes were filled with gratitude.
"Since you brought this up..."
Without the slightest hesitation due to Raiden Mei's gratitude, Leo asked calmly, "Then I'll ask directly."
"Are you still alive?"
"Or rather, are there still living people in this Honkai Domain?"
If it were just him and Raiden Mei, he would have directly used the term "Instance."
But since MEI was also here, he naturally used a term that all three could understand better.
"Probably..."
Faced with Leo's inquiry, Raiden Mei pondered for a moment before saying, "None left."
"At the very least, the past me has already died. What maintains the core of the Honkai Domain now is merely a dead body of mine."
"If possible, I'd ask you to trouble yourself to eliminate her, allowing me to obtain release."
Looking at Leo, a trace of sorrow couldn't help but flow from her eyes.
"Eliminate?"
Timely as ever, MEI spoke up to ask, "Can't you reoccupy your body?"
As a scientist, her eyes were full of curiosity.
—A spirit fusing with a dead body... what would be born?
However—
"I can't."
Shaking her head, Raiden Mei spoke frankly, "That body of mine has been encroached by the Honkai for too long."
"Long enough that I don't even know how much time has passed."
"So although she looks like a living person, she is actually beyond saving."
"Even if I reoccupied it, it would be impossible to control."
"Unless there is a way to completely expel the Honkai from that dead body of mine, otherwise such a thing is out of the question."
"But at least as far as I know, there is no way to achieve this yet."
It was precisely for this reason that she had no obsession with resurrection.
"Alright."
Nodding, Leo expressed understanding, then turned to ask, "Then this place must have gathered the last benevolence in the Honkai Domain, right?"
Thinking about it carefully, this place seemed difficult, but it wasn't unreasonably powerful like Lord Guard Zombie.
A place that followed rules like this was simply heaven in his eyes.
Moreover, from beginning to end, Raiden Mei only wanted to keep them here, but hadn't really thought about killing them.
Otherwise, if she really wanted to act against them, she wouldn't have given them the chance to familiarize themselves with the rules here at all; she would have come out directly in Herrscher of Thunder form, and they wouldn't have had a chance to fight back.
Therefore, although saying it this way was a bit abstract, this place really was the last benevolence in the Honkai Domain.
"You could... say that."
Recalling the [Homu Sword Sage Suit] on Leo, Raiden Mei understood Leo's meaning.
"Father's worry for me turned into obsession, so it could last until now, but the others couldn't do that."
"As for me, I retained consciousness because of the dead body."
"Understood."
Hearing this, Leo smiled and said, "I can slash down the rest without hesitation!"
"Finally—"
Then, he brought the topic back to the initial question.
"Can you tell me what you meant by 'another me' just now?"
"Although this is just a guess of mine, you don't mean..."
Turning his gaze to MEI, he said with a complex expression, "MEI will become the new Herrscher of Thunder, right?"
According to his understanding of the Previous Era, MEI successfully escaped Nagazora City during the Third Eruption with the help of Fire Moth.
In other words, in official history, there was no possibility of MEI becoming the Herrscher of Thunder.
Rather, if she became the Herrscher of Thunder, the Previous Era without her likely wouldn't be able to sustain itself at all.
After all, her contribution to the Previous Era was simply too great; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was carrying the game the whole time.
But now that Raiden Mei had said so, Leo had to think about things in the worst direction.
Furthermore, this world was long since not the Pre-Civilization Honkai he knew; too many things were different from what he knew.
—In the Honkai world, things like Honkai Domains didn't exist!
So in his view, it was better to treat this place as a Bubble Universe.
After all, in a Bubble Universe, anything could happen.
"Mm..."
Nodding with slight surprise, Raiden Mei said, "I didn't expect you to guess even this."
"Correct."
Turning to look at MEI, she spoke frankly, "The reason I dragged you in here was hoping you could retain a shred of sober consciousness like me."
"Although I don't know what use this has, perhaps you can wait for a miracle like I did."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Leo again, then continued, "It's just that the price for doing so is that you in reality will remain unconscious, and the process of you becoming the Herrscher of Thunder will be accelerated."
"And the moment you become the Herrscher of Thunder is when the entire Honkai Domain descends into reality."
"Then now—"
Without wavering in the slightest due to Raiden Mei's words, MEI asked directly, "How long do I have before I become the Herrscher of Thunder?"
"Probably... less than three months?"
Seeing MEI so calm, Raiden Mei couldn't help but feel somewhat ashamed of her unworthiness.
Compared to the other party, she was like a child who hadn't grown up.
If... if I could have been as calm as her in the past, perhaps things wouldn't have developed into this worst-case scenario today?
No...
Suddenly, she realized something and looked at Leo again.
—If we're really talking about it, if only I could have met him a bit earlier!
Recalling the journey Leo and MEI had taken, MEI's calmness was certainly important, but if not for Leo constantly creating miracles, these two wouldn't have been able to arrive before her.
Therefore, compared to MEI, Leo was the truly indispensable existence!
"Three months?"
Hearing this, MEI's face still showed no signs of wavering.
Turning her head, she looked at Leo and asked, "Is three months enough?"
"Tsk!"
Clicking his tongue slightly, Leo said grumpily, "How did the pressure suddenly come to me?"
"However—"
Before MEI could speak, he smiled, "As long as you are willing to cooperate, then three months is enough!"
If MEI hadn't been dragged in yet, he naturally wouldn't do this.
But now, since it was for MEI's own sake, he could only take some unorthodox paths.
—MEI, let me see what cup you are!
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