Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

This is a conspiracy against Dr. Mei, and it won't end until the Fusion Warriors give an explanation.

Those people will do everything they can to slander, spread rumors, and disseminate them until Dr. Mei falls from power.

Then humanity will face its end.

Therefore, he, the people of Hela, and the Fusion Warriors are all truly "innocent."

But this world isn't reasonable, is it?

I've seen so many, so many...

This is just one of them.

"Trial of Divine Fire..."

Adam murmured the name of his weapon, which he had received from Wilvi a week ago. Thinking about it, it really was an ominous weapon.

……

"Hey, Adam."

"team leader?"

“I saw it all… Was it really necessary? That person won’t be grateful to you anyway.”

"Ha... I guess it's just me being self-satisfied."

"Are you used to doing good deeds anonymously?"

"It's not exactly a good thing... I just can't stand it."

"What a capricious reason."

"Is that being willful?"

"Of course, isn't it indulgent enough to do something simply because you want to?"

"That's exactly what the captain would say..."

……

When was this memory from...?

Adam struggled to think, but the lack of blood flow to his brain made it difficult for him to function.

what……

I can't remember.

However, I can still remember a little bit...

He and the dark-haired girl walked side by side in the afternoon.

If, before a person dies, they recall the happiest moments of their life...

Perhaps...

He actually…

……

Finally, the knife fell to the ground.

...............

Mu Continent

"..."

Melutina, carrying shopping bags and walking down the street, was thinking about whether to bring Adam some bread and ham when she suddenly tripped.

For some reason, Melutina felt a slight pain in her chest. She suddenly looked up, only to see an empty night sky.

She seemed restless all day, as if something was about to happen.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Song of the Dragon (Part 1)

"I heard you just contacted Hella City directly to try and calm things down and apologized?"

When Mei walked out of the office looking exhausted, she bumped into the last person she wanted to see.

"Kevin..."

Mei didn't look him in the eye; she kept her head down as if confessing to someone.

"Although after I realized what was happening, I immediately blocked all information channels in Hella City, isolating the entire city from the outside world."

But if things escalate further… no, they certainly will escalate things further, and ultimately we'll only have two options left.”

"Either surrender to the enemy and negotiate with them."

"Or, wipe Hela City off the map, kill all the high-ranking officials who might be hostile to you, and then pin all the blame on the Honkai."

Kevin took over the conversation expressionlessly.

"...Yes, there is no other way. The most effective way to keep a secret is to make the person who knows the secret unable to speak again."

May did not deny it, or rather, at least not in front of Kevin, she wouldn't deny it.

"Adam was an exceptionally good fusion... no, he was an exceptionally outstanding human warrior. He even understood the situation earlier than I did, choosing to bear all the sins with his own death and quell the situation."

Without their pretext, "they" will panic and create openings, making them easy prey for a swift defeat. What remains are hundreds of thousands of lives and a widening rift.

"They do sound really stupid."

Kevin said coldly.

"They weren't smart to begin with, but they were despicable enough. Of all the methods, public opinion is the most terrifying; they push the situation towards a point beyond their control, so they firmly believe I can't control it either."

Mei said quietly,

"This is very irrational, but it's not entirely impossible that some of these people, even those who harbor resentment towards me and our avengers, might engage in such extreme behavior."

"And what about Adam?"

Kevin didn't answer, but pressed for an answer.

"..."

Mei fell silent.

"And what about Adam?"

Kevin spoke again,

"What is he? A hero? Or a murderer?"

"..."

"He can only be a murderer, can't he? A... murderer who still has a conscience."

Kevin spoke slowly and deliberately, each word striking deep into Mei's heart.

"I have no idea……"

Mei suddenly broke down. She knelt on the ground, covering her face with her hands, as if in repentance.

“Kevin…I really don’t know…Even if I can keep up with reason…I’m not really a robot…”

"plum……"

Kevin reached out his hand, but stopped mid-air. He closed his eyes.

“I know this is not your fault. But if you want to continue down this rational but cruel path, you should lift the lockdown as soon as possible.”

"Release... What are you saying, Kevin?"

Mei suddenly looked up, a sense of foreboding welling up inside her.

"You've given another person, who's burning with anger, another chance to make a choice."

Kevin turned his head toward the corridor. May had been looking down the whole time and hadn't seen him clearly, but when she looked up, it was as if she had been struck by lightning.

What should have been the safest and most secure base for the Fire-Chasing Moths in the world has become riddled with holes and splattered with blood.

From those soulless faces, Mei saw some faces that were both familiar and hateful to her.

"When I got to the door, she hadn't left yet, so I didn't stop her."

Kevin spoke quietly, as if answering his own question.

"Am I... really qualified to stop her?"

"..."

For a fleeting moment, the world’s most intelligent brain, as it is widely acknowledged, stopped functioning for a few seconds.

Mei slumped to the ground, remaining there for a long time without getting up. Then, she said:

"Kevin... go to Hella City."

"Do you still want me to stop her?"

Kevin asked.

“No… I have no other choice now. But at least I can protect Melutina.”

Mei closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and suddenly stood up and turned around. Her vulnerability and helplessness lasted only a few seconds before she was once again the flawless leader of humanity.

"As the highest-ranking surviving member of the Firemoth, I issue three orders in the name of the Firemoth's leader."

First, it was announced that Hella City had been attacked by the Honkai, all major transportation routes were blocked, and information isolation was maintained.

Second, the moths drawn to the flame enter red alert mode to "find" the real culprit who killed the high-ranking officials.

Third, orders were given to Kevin, the captain of the first squad, to bring Melutina, the captain of the third squad and a suspected dangerous fusion warrior, back to headquarters, exempting her from trial and imprisoning her directly in the deepest recesses.

May looked at Kevin and his close associates who were arriving one after another, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Find" the real culprit who murdered the high-ranking officials?

Kevin paused for a moment, then instantly understood what May meant. He turned his head and said:

"As the captain of the first squad of the Honkai Impact 3rd and the commander-in-chief of the Fusion Warriors, I ordered all members of the first to third squads to set out to find the 'real culprit' who killed the high-ranking members of the Firemoth."

As for the third order, I will carry it out alone: ​​issue a retreat order to the Fusion Warrior forces in Hella City. No one is to set foot in Hella City before receiving this order.