To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

It makes no sense!

"Please calm down, Yulandel."

"By the time I entered the ruins of the Theater of Domination, I had already collected 999 cores... but the remaining one has always been cunningly lurking in the depths of the dimensional rift, and I have been unable to pinpoint its location."

"So I decided to throw a bait at this last core, a host it could not refuse."

Otto simply smiled, seemingly unconcerned about the corpse on the ground, and uttered a shocking answer.

"...Yes, that is myself, Otto Apocalypse himself."

"W-what!?" Theresa and the others looked shocked, still not having recovered from his words.

No one knows him better than himself.

If Otto from five hundred years ago knew some of his things, how could he not know Otto from five hundred years ago?

"Five hundred years ago... he was that kind of person, filled with despair, willing to let the world fail, that kind of... fragile person."

He simply smiled and offered his assessment of his past.

No one understands what Otto was feeling when he said those words.

As he said, he is no longer fragile or desperate.

He will leave no evidence, he will show no mercy to anyone, including himself.

[Using himself as bait to lure the Ruler into a trap?]

6. That was quick enough!

How could he be so certain that no one was more suitable as a host than he was at that time?

[Excellent knife skills! A seemingly casual strike!]

[It has to be Otto again, the bug forgot to finish him off again... Too bad, Otto isn't one of us.]

"...Tsk, it is indeed a good idea, and quite cruel."

Mebius glanced warily at Otto, who was still smiling on the screen.

The other party cannot say they have any connection with normal people; they can only say they are completely unrelated!

Would a normal person use their past self to become the Ruler of Domination?

"Targeting the compatibility with Herrschers, waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump... Hmm, that's an angle I didn't think of, but unfortunately... I don't have that kind of personality yet."

Vilvi watched the screen with interest, her fingers tapping lightly on the table, making a crisp sound.

After looking at it from all angles, the dominant personality seems to be the most suitable... But never mind, if it goes wrong, then it'll really be sent.

But the subconscious has already devised a seemingly effective solution on its own.

"The so-called Otto from five hundred years ago... is he just his puppet now...? Just Otto's confidence in being chosen..."

Karen pursed her lips, a touch of sadness in her heart.

Both the execution rack and Otto's words of understanding her made her see him in a more three-dimensional light.

Five hundred years later, he was no longer in despair, but had become even more insane.

Chapter 186 The Only Person I'd Give Everything For

Karen remained silent. After seeing the real him and his indifferent methods towards her, she took a deep breath, her mind racing.

He trusted his past self so much.

But this trust stemmed from his unparalleled despair and deep trauma.

The enormous black hole in his heart caused him to sink into it.

He was someone who lived in the past, so naturally he understood better when he was most desperate.

—That wasn't the instant Karen died.

Although he was heartbroken and grief overwhelmed him at that time, it was not his most desperate moment.

But it was after the victory in that civil war that he was coerced into ascending to the seat of the Archbishop of Destiny.

He looked around, but there was no one there. One by one, people connected to Karen had passed away, and traces of her were being buried one by one. Her name was completely written into the book...

Everyone gradually began to forget the deceased saintess.

He suddenly realized that the light in his life was gradually drifting away from the world.

He won, but it was as if he had failed.

The people cheered and celebrated, raising his name high. Only he, only he, remembered that in the beginning, they had been raising the banner of the saint.

He felt increasingly desolate, lost, and even plunged into a deeper level of despair.

Ironically, less than a year after her death, he acquired the power to help her fight against the world.