Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

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"Shut up."

The shadow on Vervi's face was almost overflowing.

"Isn't it enough if we get the calculation right? Don't you all agree?"

"...A demon."

"evil ways!"

"A devilish scientist!"

……

"Shut up! Get him there now!"

Vilvi slammed her fist on the blackboard.

"We can't go up there!"

"Professor, spare me!"

"Waaaaah, I want to go home."

"Mom, I don't want to be a scientist anymore..."

……

"..."

Uh, Chizuru wiped her sweat, unsure whether she should stop him, but...

With so many people, surely someone will get it right?

………………

Twenty minutes later

"what!?"

"Well?!"

"Alas!!!"

"Awooo!!!"

……

"...Did I overestimate them?"

Chito Ryu covered her face, unsure of what expression to use to face this group of... noobs.

"Just as I expected."

Vervi snorted coldly.

"get out of class dismissed! I will arrange an exam after the course, and anyone who fails will fail!"

"what……"

Qian Duliu's lips twitched slightly. It seemed that this year's Gaia University...

The failure rate must be incredibly high.

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

Moth Chasing Fire Headquarters

"...Um, Dr. Mei?"

Mei's secretary spoke up awkwardly.

"Isn't Dr. Wilvi going a bit too far?"

The screen in front of them was showing a recording of Vilvi's course.

"kindness……"

Mei rubbed her chin.

"You explained it quite well. But the answer to that question... well, no matter how you calculate it, it'll probably just fall down, right?"

Chapter Forty-Five: Traces

Are you worried?

Just as Kevin was preparing to launch PlanC because he couldn't find any new talent, someone appeared who surprised him greatly.

"Hen, it's you?"

Kevin said with a hint of surprise.

"Haha, Mei guessed that if you stayed here, you wouldn't be able to recruit anyone, so she asked me, her old partner, to help you."

Hen laughed and patted Kevin on the shoulder without a care in the world.

He was one of the few people who didn't mind contacting Kevin at all. After all, like Kevin, he was one of the original members and a comrade-in-arms who had fought alongside Kevin until now.

Now, of those original members, only Hen, Alicia, Kevin, and Sakura remain.

However, Vervie and Mebius were researchers, which was different from those who had fought on the battlefield.

Afterwards, Alicia became the captain of the second squad, spending her days doing nothing productive, while Sakura was transferred to the Poison Chrysalis to do some shady missions.

Only after the new formation was established did Hen remain in the first squad, partnering with Kevin. Compared to the taciturn Kevin, this reliable vice-captain took on almost all the responsibilities that a captain should have.

However, he took a break from his career for a period of time a few years ago because his daughter Greta's health was deteriorating.

During those years, Melutina became a fusion warrior and shone brightly on the battlefield.

"How is Gretchen?"

Kevin wasn't as indifferent to Scar as he was to others; his attitude was noticeably more moderate.

"The surgery was a success, and we have to thank Dr. Mebius for all the effort he put into it."

Hen looked much more relaxed than before and smiled as he spoke.

"After all, Blanca was once Möbius's assistant."

Kevin nodded.

"Wouldn't it be better to stay home a little longer? With your achievements, no one will say anything."

"...Well."

At this point, Hen's expression darkened slightly.

"After all, Adam got into that mess, how could I stay here?"

"……Feel sorry."

Kevin bowed his head in apology. He had acted too passively in this matter and had completely failed to fulfill his role as the leader of the fusion warriors.

"Don't mind it, you didn't do anything wrong."

Hen shook his head and patted Kevin on the shoulder again.

"However... Adam is a very good guy."

In the past, whenever I went on a suicide mission, everyone else would avoid me like the plague, but that kid would stick close to me.

"I know."

Kevin nodded.

Thinking of that overly upright young man, the two fell silent for a moment, exchanging no words.

"By the way, I've also heard about that brat Melutina's situation. To be honest, I support her."

Hen suddenly said,

"That brat who didn't value his life back then has changed... It's really something to be sad about."

"Time will temper a person's will. Melutina is not weak; she is just too young."

Kevin nodded slightly.

Being too mature isn't necessarily a good thing; I still prefer the you from before.

Hen turned to look at Kevin.

"Besides me and Su, you rarely open up to others these days, right?"

"Perhaps so."

Kevin paused for a moment and then nodded.

“But sometimes, I don’t even know what to say to them, after all… they see me as a hero, but I feel like I can’t meet their expectations.”

"Humans are not gods; there are things that no one can do."

Hen pursed his lips.

"I'm just worried that one day you might become someone I don't recognize at all."

"That is……"

"Two men shouldn't be discussing relationship issues here, it's disgusting."

Faced with the hard-won reunion with his comrades, a cold voice came out without hesitation.

"Hmm...it's Velvi. Which one this time? An engineer?"

Hen noticed that Wilvi paused for a moment, and then asked.

“I am a scholar, but this kind of thing is completely irrelevant.”

Vervi frowned.

"Hey, there really is something here, isn't there? If Kevin and I could be considered a coincidence, the fact that the three of us are together can't be explained by some random coincidence."

"Who knows? At least Dr. Mei didn't tell me anything. But since she did this, it means something must have happened at the university that bothered her."

Hen shrugged.