Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

Since this closed, locked heart only reacts to contact with Alicia, since this distorted memory, which is like a rag doll that has been cut up at will, is only left with the past with Alicia.

So, the most pain and sorrow he experienced while spending time with that flawless girl would naturally occupy the largest part of his memories.

—Birthday party.

A birthday party where she was surrounded by people.

what……

How wonderful, how extravagant!

At the exchange meeting at Shenzhen University, the crowd was bustling and noisy. Everyone was happy, everyone was cheering, and everyone was joyful for this grand occasion, for this wonderful banquet that was almost like a festival.

Apart from……

The host of that banquet in theory.

The person who is actually celebrating their birthday.

The kind of person who won't even receive a gift personally.

Without the memory of Velvi, this disaster will never end; the darkest nightmare will never find a moment of conclusion.

Without that girl with strong drive, willing to pay any price, even knowing that there was an abyss ahead, she would not hesitate to cross it to save them.

Even the smallest thing is incredibly difficult for someone with extreme inferiority complex, yet the girl named Wilvi made such a choice with no room for retreat, even risking everything she had—the only warmth she possessed—just to save the boy.

Without the relentless efforts of a girl who was both insecure and courageous, nothing could have been achieved.

How could an ordinary boy possibly escape from a nightmare?

……

Even if you squeeze every detail out of your memories of Alicia, all you can piece together is fifteen years of time together.

Compared to the incredibly narrow span of a human life, they can only serve as important friends.

Terrible.

Even though the time they've spent together is only fifteen years, barely half of their entire lives, the best years of that time, worthy of being called beautiful, are only five years.

The time a girl spends after being taken in and raised until she is five years old can be described as a childhood sweetheart with a good relationship, rather than just an ordinary stranger.

chase.

chase.

It's always a one-sided pursuit.

I'm always that stranger who gets ignored.

He couldn't even get a smile from a young girl, and he never even received a gift from someone else at his own birthday party.

Nobody cares.

No one cares.

It's just a background version.

It's just the background of the world.

Just as the protagonist of a story always needs some supporting characters to highlight him, and countless minor characters to fill the world that belongs to only one person.

The events, disasters, encounters, and happiness that belong to others are all merely stepping stones and ladders for the protagonists to step into a completely new story.

Even if it is nominally a birthday party for someone else, how many of the seemingly lively people who have traveled from afar to celebrate would actually consider it a birthday party, rather than a gathering exclusively for the main character?

Fragmented memories, shattered memories, lost because of the wishes of others—the most precious memories of my life.

If the truly beautiful parts of our memories are deleted, if the parts that truly constitute our strength are deleted.

So……

What's left?

……

The boy dressed himself in his finest attire, began preparing a day in advance, striving to avoid any mistakes or problems, and attended his birthday party with great anticipation.

It wasn't because she was greedy for the cake and the lively atmosphere of the party, but simply because it was a birthday party that Alicia had prepared especially for her.

Until the smile on my lips suddenly froze, until my waving hand stopped in mid-air, until the expectations in my heart crashed heavily to the ground.

It was smashed to pieces, completely shattered, and even at the edge of the field of vision, at the very end of the field of vision, the golden figure that should have appeared could not be found.

Suffering can never make a person strong.

Unfair treatment is just unfair treatment.

People who become strong are simply unwilling to endure such torment, unwilling to say goodbye to life, and are still struggling desperately.

Jiang Cheng could no longer gently stroke the girl's head as before, nor could he use his eyes, which sparkled like the night sky, to soothe the girl who was crying like a baby bird.

All this fear and hesitation continued until the young man, still fiddling with flowerpots in the distance, noticed the problem and charged towards them menacingly.

"Hey hey hey! Move aside, all of you. What are you doing all day long with nothing better to do? Don't you even know when to start targeting others? Be careful, or I'll shut you all down and send you all to prison to work as construction workers."

……

Too brutal.

Too cold.

Too scary.

It's almost unimaginable how a young man who seems to harbor passion and rage beneath that mask could utter such words.

How could someone with a mouth that's at least 38 degrees Celsius utter such chilling words that could send you into a sub-zero state?

"you……"

Some die-hard fans are unwilling to give up the opportunity to idolize their idols or the gods they believe in, even if the enemy they face might be someone they have to fight to the death.

They tried to argue their case and fight for the chance to avoid the most horrific punishments in prison.

however……

Meaningless.

Ridiculous.

Even if someone named Qianjie can't utter the first word, no matter how soft-hearted they may be, they are essentially still a volatile person.

"What are you?"

"Believe it or not, I'll drag you to be beaten to a pulp?"

"We're still short a few people on the construction site."

……

He was wearing clothes that should belong to a gardener.

The mask he was wearing was just a regular face shield for medical staff.

It's clear from every angle that she doesn't look at all associated with coldness, so if she had any superpowers, they should be fire.

At this moment, however, it seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, possessing the ability to control ice. With just one word, it could cause the temperature to drop by at least five degrees.

Are you all blind? Open your eyes instead of just spitting out air.

"Can't you see that people are busy right now? Have all the manners and politeness your parents taught you been eaten by dogs? How come you can't even read the room?"

“I’ll count to three. If even one of you doesn’t do what you’re supposed to do after three seconds, you’re all going to the construction site to mix mortar.”

Qianjie extended three fingers, and even though his face was covered by a mask, one could still see that there was not a trace of joking amusement in his blue pupils.

"three."

"two."

"one."

……

……

In the end, everything vanished without a trace. As Qianjie's three fingers fell, the world returned to silence once more, returning to its former harmony and liveliness.

Even the most persistent people were all thrown into the construction site to work as mortar. If they were to meet again, they would probably be so weak that their bones would turn to mud.

The chaos had subsided, and all was quiet, but the boy and girl in the distance were still immersed in the afterglow of the chaos, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.

The rekindled sorrow stems from the shadows of the past and the surging waves.

Over a long period of time, it thought it had built a tall tower, but in the end it was easily destroyed, just like the Tower of Babel, which collapsed on its own.

Unable to control.

Unable to stop it.

Unable to suppress it.

When emotions are stirred, no one in the world knows where the surging waves will end up, not even the master who shaped those waves.

In a mere instant, Qianjie sent the violators to 'hell'. He dusted off his hands, and his gardener's clothes were changed into a police uniform, officially transforming him from an ordinary gardener into a law enforcement officer.

"Next time, if you don't want to get cornered, wear a mask. You don't know what level of status you've reached in Paradise, do you?"

"Is this the person I've been searching for?"

"He does look a lot like you."

The same coldness, the same numbness.

It's as if they've completely lost their emotions.

And yet, at this moment, there is an almost identical fear... Could it be that something just happened that could trigger the sadness in my memory?

Forget it...

He can't control these things.

These are all things that even the parties involved are unwilling to talk about.

The person named Qianjie may not be as outwardly irritable as they seem, but that doesn't mean they are truly sensitive enough to understand the nuances of others' emotions like Alicia and Jiang Cheng do.