Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

"It's rare for someone with such a blockhead to actually get it."

Melutina was somewhat surprised; she had thought Hua was only helping out of a sense of obligation.

Are you praising me or insulting me?

Hua said helplessly.

“I can control them with Feather Dust, but I can’t control the monitoring devices.”

"Let's find a way to avoid them. I've got a map of this detention center, and there are a few routes that can avoid the cameras."

However, there will be guards along the way, so I'll leave it to you.

Melutina produced the architectural design drawings provided by a "helpful person" and said.

"Alright, let's get started without delay."

Hua nodded slightly.

……

Moth of Fire Headquarters

"What did you say?! You bastards! Who told you to leak this? She's not really going to kill you, is she?"

Upon hearing the report from two members of the Firemoth who rushed over, Mei immediately jumped up from her chair.

“But, but that’s Melutina…”

The two men stood there meekly, knowing they had definitely done something wrong, but they weren't bold enough to cover it up.

"...Melutina found out...Kevin, knowing her as you do, what will she do?"

Mei thought for a moment and looked at Kevin beside her.

"Prison breakout."

Kevin said succinctly.

Around when?

“If I were Melutina, I would have taken care of this before you even realized it, and she might already be there.”

Kevin said.

"But the regulatory office... wait a minute."

Mei suddenly remembered something, her expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and she looked at the secretary beside her.

"Who designed that detention center?"

"Dr. Mei, all the important buildings of the Fire Moth were designed by Dr. Velvet."

The secretary had an expression that seemed perfectly natural.

"..."

Mei certainly remembered, but she didn't really want to face that fact.

"Kevin, get there right now!"

What do you need me to do?

Kevin nodded and asked.

"...Try to handle things calmly, and if necessary, a certain degree of compromise is acceptable."

For some reason, Mei paused for almost a minute before speaking.

"Because it's cherry blossom?"

Kevin seemed somewhat surprised by the answer.

"...for the sake of the overall situation."

Chapter Nine: Sin is Humanity

One work describes it this way—

Sin is a human concept; people's interpretations of sin will ultimately reveal their own unique characteristics.

exactly.

Therefore, there is no evil more heinous than depriving people of the sense of guilt.

Because they don't feel guilty for making mistakes, they don't feel wrong for being right, and they don't feel right for being wrong.

Even sensations and illusions have disappeared.

That is the greatest evil.

That was the moment—

The moment when people indiscriminately kill innocent people because of an unknowable sense of justice.

It overlapped with the scene from that day.

So, in that instant, she, Melutina, was certain...

That was the kind of evil she absolutely could not allow.

This was precisely the crossroads that led her to her doom.

But she would not choose again.

Because a long time ago...

She had already crossed the intersection.

……

"..."

Fu Hua stood there, stunned.

Before she could react, the moment she took in the scene before her, her mind briefly began to consider the meaning behind the crazed smiles of the people in front of her.

My gaze was immediately fixed on the little girl lying on the ground, her eyes unfocused.

Before the guilt could even process it in her mind, her body had already lost the ability to move.

That's instinct.

She realized it.

An unparalleled sense of guilt.

This moment of stunned silence swirled around her mind, rendering her completely immobile.

Anger, guilt, hatred, shame.

Feelings are hard to express, and for Fu Hua, all of this left her unable to make a judgment.

But the body made its choice.

She did not stop it.

When the beautiful face of her friend beside her twisted into a ferocious expression, her golden vertical pupils trembled with rage, and when her right leg creaked as she stomped on the floor...

All of this happened in just half a second.

But Fu Hua was aware of all of this.

Her body stopped her before her brain could make a rational choice.

That's fine.

Fu Hua understood; her conscience was telling her this.

These people...

They should all die.

……

Then, she moved.

Do you know the movements of wild beasts when they hunt?

That's the kind of thing.

What sets Melutina apart from any other fusion warrior is her bestial nature.

It is a being that is both human and dragon, neither human nor god.

That is Melutina's interpretation of herself.

The dragon is the embodiment of all abnormalities and the node of fantasy.

She defined herself as an outcast, which is why she possessed the nature of a wild beast.

But perhaps for her, what is the difference between humans and beasts?

That goes without saying.

It's simply because humans are more cruel.

As her leg muscles contracted, the floor sank, and Fu Hua could clearly see that her friend's originally overly slender right leg had become visibly fuller. However, this was not due to a change in her figure, but rather because she had compressed her leg muscles.

It's just so I can launch myself out in the next second.

"you……"

The man in the lead still had a smile on his face when he noticed two unfamiliar women several hundred meters away.

It's just a piece of dead flesh.

As if saying this, the man's head disappeared.

While the two people around him were still stunned, their heads covered in blood, they could no longer feel their lower bodies.

The murderer was squatting on the ground, her hands crossed on the ground, a posture that made the hairs on the heads of those around her stand on end, like that of a reptile.

She turned her head, and they couldn't see her face clearly, only her lantern-like pupils shining brightly.

"Defeat..."