"...Help me? How can you help me?"
Murata Himeko's tone suddenly became a little agitated, not with happiness, but mixed with a hint of anger.
It was the chagrin of having a secret discovered, and the indignation of being given hope so casually.
Giving hope and then disappointing someone was just a deeper level of despair. It was better to have never had hope in the first place.
"I'm sorry, I was a little impulsive just now, but please don't say such things anymore. While caring for others is a good thing, recklessly caring only hurts others further."
After saying this, Murata Himeko finished speaking with a gloomy expression, stood up to leave, but was grabbed by the hand by Hua Yi.
"I don't think it's reckless. Bronya should have told you, I reversed the process of becoming a Death Servant before. Since artificial stigmata are also products related to Honkai energy, there is a possibility of changing the situation."
Murata Himeko also remembered what Bronya had said before. Hua Yi had saved a member of the defense team who was about to become a Death Servant on the border of Changkong City.
That was also a kind of miracle. Currently, whether it was St. Freya Academy, Schicksal, or Anti-Entropy, they could only use various means to stop or slow down the process, but there was no way to directly reverse it.
Hua Yi had already created a miracle, and it was indeed possible to create another one.
Murata Himeko's heart, which had been about to fall into deathly silence, suddenly became active again, but was quickly suppressed. She didn't dare to have too much hope, lest she be too disappointed later.
"What preparations do I need to make?"
Although constantly admonishing herself, Murata Himeko still showed impatience, already expressing the hope that Hua Yi would take action immediately.
"Prepare a hidden room, I need to see your back."
"..."
Murata Himeko, who had been a little excited, suddenly looked at Hua Yi with a scrutinizing gaze.
"You you're not just making an excuse to take advantage of me, are you?"
"I'm serious this time."
"This time? So you really were dishonest before?"
Murata Himeko teased slightly, then quickly showed a serious expression, took a deep breath, and continued.
"If it's just showing my back, and the person is you, I guess I wouldn't be at a loss... Come with me."
The two walked through St. Freya Academy all the way, not returning to Hua Yi's or Murata Himeko's home, but instead came to a hall with various exercise equipment.
"This is my exclusive training area. I'll go to the changing room first, and you can only come in when I call you in later, understand?"
"Understood."
Hua Yi nodded, appearing very honest.
In fact, he didn't intend to peek. Now that he had entered St. Freya Academy, everything was developing in the direction he had hoped for. Hua Yi wasn't so lacking in control.
Five minutes later.
"Come in."
The tightly closed door of the changing room was opened, and Murata Himeko's voice came from inside.
Hua Yi didn't show a blushing or hesitant look like a pure little boy, but instead pushed the door open neatly.
What he saw was Murata Himeko wearing something a bit like the swimwear that schools with swimming pools give to students, but with subtle differences.
Simply put, the degree of exposure was much, much lower than Hua Yi had imagined. Except for revealing the stigmata on her back in a very clever way, other places were still tightly wrapped, only revealing her calves and arms.
"What's wrong, disappointed?"
Feeling Hua Yi's gaze, Murata Himeko generously turned around in front of him, and then continued.
"This is the combat suit I put on when I wear combat armor. After all, for ease of movement, the combat armor is relatively close to the body. Wearing ordinary clothes and equipping combat armor would be very inconvenient. You've been looking for so long, give me a rating."
Murata Himeko's words were full of playfulness.
Hua Yi was silent for a moment, and then gave a thumbs up.
"Miss Himeko has a very good figure."
"...Save the compliments for later, please see if you can improve my situation now. Since you didn't peek at me changing clothes earlier, I will formally thank you later, no matter what."
Alright, as expected of Murata Himeko's exclusive training area, there seemed to be surveillance cameras and such.
Hua Yi didn't say anything more, looked at Murata Himeko's artificial stigmata, and silently turned on the virtual interface.
Just like when he saw Kiana's Moonbeam Thighs, Hua Yi saw virtual options, but unlike the "Enhance" back then, this time, there were three "Repair" buttons, corresponding to three stigmata cores.
Originally, Hua Yi still had concerns. He was worried that if he used gold coins to strengthen or evolve the artificial stigmata, all the effects of the artificial stigmata would be strengthened, and the side effects would not disappear, but would instead be further intensified. That would be completely counterproductive.
But seeing the word Repair, Hua Yi was relieved.
As expected, artificial stigmata and native stigmata were different, and repair should be to fix the shortcomings.
Repair required 10,000 gold coins. Because it was a different method of change from enhancement and evolution, Hua Yi couldn't use this to determine the star rating of Murata Himeko's artificial stigmata.
The three stigmata added up to 30,000 gold coins. Hua Yi had been saving gold coins before without spending them, and now it was just enough.
After a brief pause, Hua Yi pretended to put his finger on Murata Himeko's back, and at the same time, with a thought, he first spent 10,000 gold coins to repair one of the stigmata, and then, while carefully feeling the change in Honkai energy, he tentatively asked.
"How do you feel?"
"I feel like it's a little easier... Tsk, I just took a painkiller not long ago, anyway, it doesn't hurt. How could I notice other subtle changes? What did you do?"
Murata Himeko's remarks made Hua Yi feel very heartbroken. He had spent 10,000 gold coins, what was with this flat look? Shouldn't Murata Himeko be exclaiming "I feel better than ever", and then be grateful and offer herself to him?
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