Honkai Impact 3rd: Yumeji Satsuki's lies

Minutes before the space collapsed.

After Yumeji made her finishing slash, the chain reaction after the slash had reduced Chiyou to ashes.

Or so it should have been.

But before the infection could reach Chiyou's body through the wound, she had separated herself from the armor that was like a bomb about to explode at this moment.

With the little energy left, she limited the explosion's range by manipulating gravity and set up an energy barrier to defend herself since she didn't have enough time to leave the epicenter of the explosion.

-BOOOMMM!!

And the explosion that tore apart every atom went off and with the quick chain reaction just now, Chiyou miraculously survived.

Even though her entire body was severely burned and there was no place on her body that wasn't injured.

She was currently just gasping for breath and completely unable to fight.

"So....I've lost...?"

"Yes, you've lost, senior"

Yumeji Satsuki, he turned around to look at her and replied softly and slowly.

It was hard to describe Yumeji's face right now, it was not a cold or indifferent expression, nor was it a joyful expression of victory, nor was it a face of pity for the defeated, if I had to describe it then...it was a resigned expression.

Resigned to having no better choice than to defeat her enemy, decisively and mercilessly to end all future troubles.

"And everything has ended.

I, your final enemy, assure you of that"

He spoke slowly and firmly. The sword in his hand also turned into ashes after completing its final attack on its greatest enemy.

That was the price for executing that attack. If he had to classify that attack into a category and name it then...

"Weapon Destruction Skill Series - Flaming Sword"

That would be its name.

"Hmm, not a bad name huh?....Hey, brat....in your eyes....am I strong?"

Hearing that, Yumeji just smiled lightly and replied.

"Yeah, you're incredibly strong."

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"Hahaha,.....Is that so....I'm very strong....It's really not cute at all...."

Even though she was dying, Chiyou still smiled, as if she felt very happy and comfortable losing in a battle where both sides gave their all.

"Hey, little brat..

"Um"

....For some reason, I find it too dazzling...."

"That's right, it's really dazzling. A dazzling light."

Yumeji whispered each word to Chiyou as if talking to an old acquaintance, then looked around.

Along with the retreat of Chiyou's life.

-Crack! Crack!

....The different space began to shatter like glass, and the light of dawn began to fill the space.

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Aaaaaahh....

....What a dazzling light...

....the light that I once hated but also missed.....

....Don't you think so?

...Oh my eternal enemy.....

.....The enemy I hate the most....

...but also the one I respect the most....

.....Oh Xuan Yuan empress , my enemy,.....I wonder in your eyes.....what does this light mean?

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And I also wonder in your eyes....

What would I be?

A hideous monster....

Or a hateful and cursed monster?

But, you know...

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To me.

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You are the enemy I hate the most...

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But,...you are also....you are also my oldest friend.

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Goodbye, Xuan Yuan

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If there is a next life, and if I am not born as a monster that is the sworn enemy of humanity.

...if I am born as a human, like you...

.....Then I wonder if we could be friends then?

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. Um, we could be friends.....

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Huh? What is it? Haha, so you were listening to me all this time.

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....And yet you didn't bother to respond.....As expected, until the very end, you were still....

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....so annoying....

And with these last words, Chiyou's will was completely extinguished.

This was the end of the monster that had existed for a thousand years.

And its space had completely collapsed right after its departure.

And....

-Whoosh!

From the glass-like cracked space, six figures were thrown out in a blinding white light and all six figures fell into the sea.

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Kiana's Pov

As soon as the battle with Chiyou ended, the space it created also collapsed, causing her to be startled and panicked.

Fortunately, thanks to Himeko-sensei's command, she was able to open her diving helmet before the space completely collapsed.

The next feeling after feeling blinded by the light of dawn was the feeling of falling into the sea with a thud unexpectedly

And started to sink into the water, suddenly falling into the sea made her body cringe as she sank into the cold water.

Or not.

Instead of the cold sea water that made her pale, she felt the sea water was quite warm as if it was a hot spring instead of the sea.

Just when she thought she could relax a little, the Honkai concentration measuring radar attached to her arm quickly alerted red.

Causing her to panic and try to get to the shore as soon as possible.

After rising to the surface, while floating in the undulating waves, she hurriedly looked around to find a place to hold on and leave this terrifying sea water.

"Found it"

She shouted happily when she found a piece of a sunken warship floating around.

Immediately after, she used all her strength to grab it, then climbed onto it as if she were climbing onto a raft floating in the sea.

Leaving the water, Kiana suddenly felt her body become heavier to the point that as soon as she climbed onto the wreckage of the warship, she collapsed and gasped for breath.

And as soon as she calmed down and began to observe her surroundings, she exclaimed in panic.

"What the hell! Is this a shipwreck graveyard!?"

Within a 200m radius around Kiana, there were countless wrecks of ships floating on the sea.

Right after that exclamation, Kiana noticed that the others were also starting to surface.

And then, she happily shouted and waved to them.

"Ahh!! Mei-Senpai, Himeko-sensei, and Bronya too! I'm over here! Everyone, swim over here!"

But then, Kiana immediately realized something was wrong, because among the people who emerged,...

.....There was no trace of Yumeji

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Aghhh!! Damn it!

How the hell did I fall into the sea!

What a cruel fate. I, who hates water the most, have been having bad luck with water all day long.

Falling into the middle of the sea is fine! I can't swim, it's not like I can't get up by myself!

But the damn thing is...

If his leg is stuck, then he'll just get up by faith!?

Yes, right now his leg is stuck between the cracks of the sunken submarines.

He's trying his best to pull his leg out, but unfortunately, he doesn't have enough strength to do so.

After the last blow just now, his physical and mental energy has almost hit rock bottom, now the remaining strength in his body is so low that he would fall down immediately if he received a push from an adult with below average strength.

Besides, he was currently not free, because his left hand was busy holding onto the hand of Chiyou's body, no, the body of Xuan Yuan Empress, to prevent her body from drifting away.

So, Yumeji, he had no way to save himself.

'Damn, damn! Am I going to die like this!?'

He was aware that his body temperature was gradually dropping. His face was also starting to turn pale due to running out of oxygen.

'Damn. This is bad, I'm too exhausted'

My body went limp as if I had no strength left to resist.

My vision gradually blurred, and in that blurred vision...

I saw the silhouette of someone swimming towards me.

A thought ran through my mind at the moment of my greatest weakness

'Master?'

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Fu Hua, she had brought a new oxygen tank that she had found inside the wreck of a sunken ship that had washed up near the shore to replace the oxygen tank that had run out.

After she had swum for a while, she saw the figure of her foolish disciple, whose leg was stuck in the gap of the sunken ship and had no way to escape, so he was slowly drowning in the water.

Seeing this, Fu Hua hurriedly jumped up and swam quickly towards Yumeji.

As soon as she arrived, she changed direction and swam towards Yumeji's trapped leg and swung her punches violently, collapsing the steel-reinforced hull of the submarine before pulling out his trapped leg.

Yumeji's exhausted body leaned towards her and she gently hugged it. After observing, she noticed that he was dragging someone with his left hand.

Although the person's face looked familiar, she couldn't remember who it was at the moment.

But she didn't think much of it and pulled the person up with her and carried him/her onto her shoulder.

Then, she pulled out the pressure regulator and used her hand to press the button to lower Yumeji's diving head.

-Pfft! Pfft!

After releasing air a few times, she placed the pressure regulator on Yumeji's mouth and started sharing her oxygen with him.

"Sniff, huh! Sniff, huh, Phew..."

When the exhausted Yumeji was given more oxygen by Fu Hua, he somewhat regained his consciousness, only to be surprised when he saw Fu Hua hugging him.

But then, Fu Hua put her finger on her lips and silently told him not to say anything, then she signaled that they would both come up together.

While kicking his feet to get to the surface, Yumeji suddenly understood why he always had a strange feeling of familiarity and security when he was with Fu Hua, it was because...

'She gives me the same feeling of security and safety as when I'm with Nee-chan'