People are in Honkai Impact 3rd, there's a villain simulator.

Herrscher of Flame: "Sirin, I can burn anyone to death for you, but Little Qiao is not included."

Herrscher of the Wind: "The four of us promised Brother Qiao that we would lend him a hand. You should stop now, Sirin."

Hearing them call her "Brother Qiao" repeatedly, Xilin clenched her fists, wondering what kind of spell Qiao Qiao had cast on them to make them betray her one by one.

"Bella... are you lying to me along with them?"

"Xilin, there's a reason why Brother Qiao used other Honkai patients for experiments. Let me explain."

"Enough!" Sirin shouted angrily, stopping Bella. She gritted her teeth and said, "You all lied to me with Jojo. I will never believe your lies again!"

Betrayed by her trusted friends, Jojo and her friends, Xilin has lost all interest in playing and only wants to kill these traitors as soon as possible.

"So what if you all come at me together? You're no match for me alone!"

Black imaginary holes appeared above Qiao Qiao's head, and white sub-space spears rained down like raindrops.

Just as Jojo was about to be riddled with spears, Bella immediately used her power as the Herrscher of Thunder. A thousand bolts of lightning formed a giant net that covered the sky and the earth, and the white spear exploded into fragments that fell to the ground.

The Honkai Beast, clad in white armor, charged towards JoJo. Agatha used the power of the Herrscher of Flame, and the blazing flames engulfed the Honkai Beast like a tidal wave. Poisonous mist, a symbol of death, spread, and the Honkai Beast gradually withered and died under the power of the Herrscher of Death.

"Brother Qiao, let me help you get closer to Xilin."

Aurora waved her hands, and the wind in the air pushed Jojo from behind like an arm, instantly increasing his speed so that he could ride the wind.

Upon seeing the situation on the battlefield, Sirin's face showed a panicked expression.

"I am a messenger of the gods, how could I possibly be defeated by mere humans!"

Sirin said incredulously, seeing Jojo approaching her with the anti-Honkai serum in his hand, he once again felt the powerlessness he had as an experimental subject before becoming a Herrscher.

"Don't come over here!"

Just as JoJo broke through the barriers of the Void Spear and the Honkai Beasts and finally reached Sirin, Sirin, in a panic, summoned a black spear and successfully pierced JoJo's chest.

"Brother Xiao Qiao!"

Bella, who was fighting against the Honkai Beast, saw that Jojo had been pierced through the chest and immediately cried out in alarm. Aurora, Agatha, and Galina turned around to try to rescue him, but were blocked by the Honkai Beast.

"Damn it, get out of my way!"

Xilin, who thought she was going to die, opened her eyes to find Qiaoqiao with blood gushing from her mouth, her imaginary spear piercing through her chest.

"Hahaha! I knew you weak human couldn't possibly hurt me!"

After the danger was averted, Xilin laughed happily, but the next moment, her laughter stopped abruptly, she felt a splitting headache, and the voice of the gods in her ears suddenly disappeared.

"what did you do to me?!"

"What can I do? I'm just an ordinary human being... If I don't even have the resolve to sacrifice my life, how could I possibly touch the gods..."

As the Void Spear pierced through her body, the anti-Honkai serum in JoJo's hand had already pierced Sirin's body. Soon, she would be awakened to human consciousness and become an ordinary human.

As the Honkai energy within her body continued to weaken, Sirin completely lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

The imaginary spear on Qiao Qiao's chest also disappeared, and he fell to the ground like a broken doll.

At this moment, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he could only see Aurora holding him with concern, Galina crying incessantly, and Agatha angrily punching the wall to pieces.

Bella, carrying the unconscious Celine in her arms, walked up to Jojo and reached out to hold Jojo's cold hand.

"Bella... how is Celine now?"

Seeing that Qiaoqiao was still thinking about Xilin before she died, Bella's tears fell like a cracked beaded curtain. The other three girls, who already knew Qiaoqiao's fate, couldn't help but sob secretly.

"Brother Qiao, don't worry, Xilin has recovered."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Qiao smiled contentedly. Although it was just a simulated virtual life, he still couldn't stop worrying about these children who had suffered so much, especially Xilin, who was the strongest among them, yet also the one who lacked love and longed for it the most.

That's why JoJo conspired with Bella and the others in this simulator, playing the villain to increase the Honkai energy concentration in the experiment, making her hate him and completely transform into a Herrscher. Then, through his own sacrifice and the anti-Honkai serum, he hoped to awaken her conscience as a human being...

Although Sirin has temporarily lost her Herrscher powers, the powers of Bella, Aurora, Agatha, and Galina have not been affected in any way.

With their protection, even without herself, Xilin will surely be able to live freely from now on.

However... Sirin's loss of Herrscher power is only temporary. One day, she will once again wear the queen's crown. Hopefully, by then, she will be strong enough to resist the erosion of the Honkai will, otherwise it will be another disaster that could destroy humanity.

"Bella... please take good care of Celine for me."

Jojo smiled and stroked Sirin's lovely sleeping face. Although he knew he wouldn't really die, he couldn't help but feel sad at the moment of parting.

If I had known that Celine was so cute when she was sleeping, I should have sneaked a peek at her every day.

The thought that she would never see Xilin again made Qiaoqiao feel very reluctant, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Goodbye, Sirin.

Finally, Jojo's fingers slid off Sirin's delicate and lovely face, and she stopped breathing completely.

【you are dead. 】

[This simulation has ended. You have received the reward—Herrscher of the Void Core Fragment.]

Chapter Four: Destiny Winery

Sirin's eyelids trembled slightly. She opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling. She raised her hand to cover her dizzy head, and her actions in the Babylon Laboratory after awakening her Herrscher personality flashed before her eyes like a slideshow.

"Damn it, I actually got tricked by that Qiaoqiao guy..."

Xilin lifted the snow-white sheet covering her, and her fair feet trembled as she stepped onto the ground like a newborn fawn.

Hearing that Celine had woken up, Bella rushed over and supported her trembling figure.

Celine looked up and saw Celine, who asked anxiously, "Bella, you're here? And that traitor Jojo is here too?!"

"Brother Xiao Qiao is dead..."

Upon hearing this, Xilin looked surprised, then said angrily, "That traitor is finally dead. It's just a pity that I made him die too easily, which made him too lucky."

“Cirin, how could you speak ill of Brother Qiao?” Bella, usually so good-natured, turned stern. “He sacrificed his life for you.”

"Bella, you're so naive. You're just like Aurora and Agata; you've been fooled by Jojo's hypocrisy. You have no idea how many experiments he's conducted on me, taking advantage of my trust, and using so many other people as guinea pigs for his drug experiments..."

Sirin didn't believe Bella's words at all. Recalling everything Jojo had done to her, she gritted her teeth and said, "Killing him not only saved you, but also helped clean up the pests in this world. You should be thanking me."

"Cirin, stop deceiving yourself. You've known this in your heart for a long time, haven't you?"

Bella lowered her head to hide the sorrow on her face: "If it weren't for Brother Qiao's experiments on you, how could you have obtained that godlike power, and how could you have escaped the encirclement of those Valkyries in the Babylonian laboratory?"

“Brother Xiao Qiao used Honkai patients for experiments to make an antidote, so that you could recover completely after you awakened your power.” Bella’s eyes welled up with tears, and she said in a trembling voice, “He even experimented on his own body to develop the antidote.”

"He was clearly the one suffering the most. Even though you resented him, he was still willing to give his life to inject you with the antidote so that you could become human again."

"Anyone can criticize him, but you can't, Sirin!" Bella looked at Sirin with tear-filled eyes: "Because he's the one who loves you the most!"

Seeing Bella sobbing uncontrollably, Sirin's eyes trembled with shock, then she laughed nonchalantly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Qiaoqiao is not like that at all!"

Before Bella could object, Celine shook off Bella's support and fled out the door alone.

After Celine left, Aurora came in and looked at the heartbroken Bella, saying, "It's really too difficult to make Celine understand Brother Qiao's good intentions in just a few words."

“No…” Bella shook her head, gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked in the direction where Celine had left, saying, “Although Celine is impulsive, her intuition is always very sharp. She may not understand everything that Brother Qiao has planned, but she can definitely feel Brother Qiao’s feelings for her.”

Celine walked alone to the tree behind the house, where a small stone tablet stood with a name she knew all too well written on it.

Not long ago, this name made Celine grit her teeth in hatred, but now she is willing to give anything to get him back.

Sirin stood before the tombstone, head bowed and silent. She should have realized long ago that everything JoJo had done was for her own sake, but the moment the Herrscher consciousness tore apart her human consciousness, she gave up all thinking and refused to trust anyone else.

"Brother Qiao... I don't care about the power of a Herrscher..."

At this moment, she no longer cared about other people's opinions, raised her hand to cover her wet eyes, and tears fell like a cracked beaded curtain: "I... just want you to be by my side!"

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After the simulation ended, Qiaoqiao stood in the teachers' office in a daze, her gaze fixed on a point in the air.

"Qiaoqiao, what are you thinking about so intently?"

Himeko stretched out her slender, white fingers and waved them in front of Qiaoqiao's eyes a few times, which startled Qiaoqiao out of her memories of the Sims.

"Sorry, Himeko-neechan, I stayed up late last night and I'm feeling a bit sleepy today."

Qiaoqiao raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, pretending to be sleepy. Then she remembered that she had just been scolded for risking her life to save people in the Honkai Battlefield.

The reason why Sister Himeko specifically disciplined Qiao Qiao was actually out of concern for him.

As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the harsher the criticism.

If something were to happen to Qiaoqiao on the battlefield, the blow to Himeko would undoubtedly be devastating, since she had always considered Qiaoqiao as her true family deep in her heart.

Based on her past experiences of being scolded, Qiaoqiao dared not utter a single word of rebuttal to Himeko's admonitions, but instead obediently stood at attention and took the beating.

"I'm sorry, Himeko-neechan. I acted too impulsively and made you worry."

Qiaoqiao's lowered eyes trembled slightly, and her shimmering eyes were faintly glistening with tears, making her look like a little dog abandoned by its owner in the rain, which was heartbreaking.

Ji Zi looked into Qiao Qiao's alluring eyes, which shimmered with a faint purple light. Suddenly, his beautifully contoured face seemed to have been filtered ten times, making him exceptionally handsome, as exquisite as a classical sculpture. This made her heart flutter wildly.

How is this going?

I used to see Qiaoqiao as my own younger brother, but why do I suddenly feel like he's so lewd now?

How did the supposed sibling-like relationship turn sour?

Himeko raised her eyes and secretly glanced at Qiao Qiao. His eyelashes were long and thick, his skin was fair and smooth, and his eyes were like a lake rippling with gentle waves, making people's hearts flutter.

Damn it, that pitiful expression you're making is way too much...

"It's nothing." Himeko lowered her head to avoid Qiaoqiao's gaze, and her tone became as gentle as water: "I was just worried about your safety. Just be more careful in the future."

Seeing that Himeko had forgiven her, Qiaoqiao felt a great weight lifted from her heart and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Qiaoqiao, it seems like we haven't gone out to eat at a hotel together. I know there's a nice new Italian restaurant that opened nearby recently."

Himeko's fingers, resting between her legs, twirled nervously, like a shy girl experiencing first love, her ears turning bright red: "How about we go to a restaurant together later..."

Just as Himeko bravely extended the invitation, a middle-aged man wearing a black overcoat and with slightly messy hair walked in.

"Himeko-sensei, Dean Theresa instructed me to have you take the new student files to her."

"Ah..." Himeko was a little flustered when she was suddenly interrupted, and said, "Professor Walter... the freshman files, right? But I already made plans to have dinner with Jojo."