I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"..."

Balder did not answer, but just hugged his wife quietly, his eyes filled with infinite sadness.

Bayonetta didn't continue talking. She just walked to the wall silently, touched the wall and said, "I have a way to catch up with that guy."

"..."

"Whether you want revenge or not, decide for yourself."

Bayonetta said as she jumped onto the ceiling of the ritual hall and pressed her left eye of darkness that was hanging on her chest onto it.

As the designated monitor of the Dark Left Eye, Bayonetta naturally has the ability to use the power of the Dark Left Eye, but she has never used it. This is probably the first and last time she actively uses the power of the eye.

"Balder..."

It was not known if it was due to the power of the eyes, but Rosa, who had completely lost consciousness, regained consciousness and opened her eyes at the moment of death.

She looked at Balder with a serious look and said, "Balder, we haven't met for twenty years, but I have always protected the treasure you left me. Theresa...our child, she is now in your hands."

Rosa looked at Balde affectionately and stretched out her hand as if she wanted to touch her long-lost lover again, but her hand was only halfway stretched out before falling down weakly.

"Rosa..."

Rosa's words brought the grieving Balder back to his senses. He had lost his wife, but he still had the treasures they left behind, and now it was his turn to protect her.

The power of the Eye became stronger and stronger, and soon a tunnel leading to the modern era opened on the ceiling of crowdfunding group 四⑤⑥一贰七⑨４０. Although Bayonetta is the holder of the Eye, it does not mean that she can resist the power of time and space. She can only try her best to maintain her body shape.

"Quick! Balder!"

Bayonetta called out again, and this time there was finally a response.

Balder wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, put a golden mask on his face, and then jumped into the tunnel.

"Mommy..."

Looking at Balder who had already entered the cave, Bayonetta turned her eyes to Rosa who was lying on the ground. Although she tried her best to hide her sadness, at the last moment, she couldn't help but shed a tear.

"Xi'er, come with us."

She turned her head and looked at Xier who had been observing quietly for a long time.

"But...what's going on?!"

Xier was about to say something when she found that the dial on her hand emitted a bright light, and then a huge force pulled Xier into the tunnel.

"No! I can't...she's still here..."

Xier tried her best to resist, but it was of no avail. The powerful attraction pulled Xier directly into the cave.

Looking at the tunnel that was almost unable to hold on, Bayonetta took one last look at Rosa, then spoke to the door that made the loud noise.

"I'll leave it to you. See you in five hundred years, 'Xi'er'."

Chapter 33 Another Reincarnation

The modern era, five hundred years later.

On top of the sacred peak 'Fimbulwinter'.

A space-time rift opened above the mountains, and Seele, Bayonetta, and Balder fell out of it.

"No!"

As soon as she landed, Xier saw the space-time rift closing and quickly reached out to pass through it again.

"You don't want your life!"

Seeing Seele's dangerous actions, Bayonetta hurriedly held Seele down. If Seele were to touch the tunnel at this time, perhaps only a part of Seele would be able to return.

"No...why...she's still there! I can't leave her there alone!"

Seeing the tunnel disappear, Xier stood there at a loss, her outstretched hand frozen in the air, as if grasping something. Tears welled up in her eyes, because...

She left Hei Xi there...

As someone who has been with Xier since the birth of Xier, Hei Xi naturally has a special meaning to Xier. Although Xier can't see her at all normally, the memories inherited from Hei Xi let Xier know that she has always been there, in the space that belongs exclusively to the three of them.

No matter how much Xier has gone through, Hei Xi and Bai Xi have always been Xier's backer and silently supported her.

Especially Hei Xi, whether it is fighting against the Molten Dragon or defeating the Abyss, Hei Xi has always been helping Xier, giving her help in her most difficult times, and is the support in Xier's heart.

But now this support is gone, and Hei Xi was left behind in that era by her.

"……Do not……"

Xier stared at the sky blankly, hoping that a black voice would come down from the sky and greet her as usual.

However, these were all just fantasies. Xier knew that she would never see Heixi again.

"Xie'er..."

Bayonetta looked at the helpless Seele and walked forward silently.

She knew why Xier was so sad, and the expression on Xier's face was that of someone who had lost an important person. And she also knew why Xier was like this.

…because she’s been through it all.

Xier's reincarnation affects not only herself, as recorded in her diary, the timeline is changing, and each of Xier's different choices affects the history that has already happened, and new history is recreated.

However, even so, the change in history should only create countless parallel worlds, because each period of history is history that has already happened, and the new world lines created are just different turning points caused by different branches.

But due to the special characteristics of Seele and Bayonetta, the world has changed.

As an outsider, Seele is independent of the history of this world. What she does will leave special traces. These traces are basically irrelevant at ordinary times, but once it involves a major turning point in the world line, her butterfly will stir up a very big storm.

As the holder of the Left Eye of Darkness, Bayonetta is the appointed monitor of this world. As the holder of the power of the Creator God, the monitor also exists outside the world line because she needs to keep the world stable at all times.

But the encounter with Xi'er changed everything.

Bayonetta, who was about to lose her memory, was able to "recall" her own memory because of Seele's first flashback. It was a memory that she had never experienced but was extremely real.

In that memory, Xier used the power of the eyes to go back in time for some reason, and this was the beginning of everything.

Next, more memories gradually emerged in her mind.

In the memories that emerged recently, she found that the timeline was finally becoming fixed, and all sources pointed to the sacred peak 'Fimbulwinter'.

Everything in her last memory was still unclear, but when she arrived at Lingfeng this time, a person caught her attention.

The man's name was Loki. Although Bayonetta didn't know him, she felt the deep power of time and space from him, so Bayonetta followed Loki. Sure enough, this time Bayonetta found the culprit - the blue dumpling.

What surprised her was that this guy was actually related to her.

Originally, Bayonetta didn't care much about this guy, thinking that he was just a fool who wanted to control the world, but the appearance of Balder made everything different.

Because Bayonetta knew that Balder, her father, was killed by her own hands several years ago because he wanted to summon the goddess of creation.

She had originally thought that if Balder still wanted to stop her, she would defeat him again.

However, after she fought with Balder for a while, she found that the other party didn't know her at all, and seemed to be completely different from the one she knew.

This made Bayonetta suspicious, so she took advantage of the situation and pretended not to know him, letting things take their own course.

Sure enough, just when she helped Loki reach the top of the mountain, the blue dumpling appeared, and it seemed that he told Balder that Loki was his enemy.

Then the blue dumpling used a trick to take over Loki's body and banished Bayonetta to the past. Then she met Seele.

At this point, time finally formed a cycle.

Of course this is not enough, it only solves one of Bayonetta's questions.

The second question is... In Bayonetta's memory, Seele followed her until she escaped from Vigrid. And this question has now been solved.

That is, Seele is not just one. The Seele who followed her all the way to escape from Vigrid and even accompanied her for five hundred years, and then disappeared, is another Seele.

And the Xier that she knew in the original timeline is the one in front of her.

'Eh……'

Bayonetta sighed softly. This series of time travel and counter-time travel involved a lot of things, and she had not originally intended to tell Seer.

But looking at the sad Seele, Bayonetta suddenly felt her heart twitch. The tear drop from the corner of Seele's eye seemed to hit her heart. This kind of emotion was a feeling she had never experienced before.

Gently walking to Seele's side, Bayonetta stretched out a hand and gently stroked Seele's head, whispering in her ear: "Don't worry, 'she' will come back."

"really?"

The light reappeared in Xier's dim eyes, and the originally lifeless eyes were full of brilliance again.

"Ah."

Bayonetta felt that she had never been so gentle except when talking to her mommy.

"Great!"

"Don't you suspect that what I said is false?"

Bayonetta asked curiously as she looked at the happy Seele, who seemed to not care that she was just comforting her.

"Of course not! I know you wouldn't lie to me!"

"Well!"

Looking at Seele's bright eyes, Bayonetta felt her heart beating so fast for the first time.

Chapter 34 The Power of the Eyes

"Don't worry, 'she' will come back..."

Bayonetta's words rang in Seele's ears, just like a window opened in a dark room, and Seele's world suddenly became bright. She didn't think Bayonetta said this just to comfort her, because she had never told the Bayonetta she met about Hei Xi.

Now that Bayonetta knows this, it means that Hei Xi did appear during the time she has experienced.

"Is that so... I can still see her..."

When Xier thought of this, she suddenly felt full of motivation. She must find the culprit of all this and beat it up!

"Thank you, Bayonetta."

Seele wiped the tears from her eyes and looked towards Bayonetta, giving her a big smile.

"Well!"

Seeing Seele's smile, Bayonetta covered her heart and took a half step back.

"Eh? What's wrong with you?"

Seele looked at Bayonetta's flushed face and asked worriedly, "Could she have been injured when passing through the time tunnel just now?"

"it's okay no problem"

Bayonetta quickly waved her hands and said, "Okay, let's go, it's time to go meet the mastermind behind all this."

"Ah."

Xier answered softly, then secretly glanced at Balder who was following them silently. The latter also noticed Xier's eyes, but he ignored Xier.

Bayonetta took out a cell phone from her arms and made a call.

"Hey, Jeanne? Are you ready?"

"almost there!"

The voice coming from the phone was the voice of Joan of Arc, the White-haired Witch whom Xier had met before.

Just when Xier was curious about how Jeanne came to this high mountain, she heard an explosion in the distant sky.

"who!"

Hearing the sound, Balder swung his hands and a golden double-edged spear appeared in his hand. He pointed one end to the sky, ready to attack the unknown comer at any time. (Xier said that I am very familiar with this thing. I once carried an insect stick from the ancient forest to the miasma valley.)

"Calm down, it's just a means of transportation."

Bayonetta held down his blade with one hand and said.

Xier suddenly realized that she had not used transportation for a long time. She suddenly remembered that this era was different from the past. The explosion should be the sound of an airplane. However, the next second after she thought of the answer, Xier's face turned red. As a modern person, she didn't expect it to be an airplane. Just now, she also thought it was some strange enemy...

"Transportation?"

Balder raised his eyebrows slightly hidden under the mask. In his time, the only creatures that could fly in the sky besides birds were non-human creatures.

"Yes, it's just a means of transportation for ordinary humans."

Bayonetta looked at the horizon in the distance and said, "Isn't it incredible? Humans can already fly in the sky. Is this unparalleled creativity what our two races really want to protect?"