Live broadcast of Honkai Impact 3rd, I chose to expose Kiana in Sky City!

So where had she been during this time?

Fortunately, the following plot flashback gave the answer to this question.

[So, Sakura...]

The name Alicia appeared in the subtitles on the pitch-black screen.

It was obvious that it was she who called out to Sakura, not Erosion.

But now, she should have been deleted.

So it's not hard to guess that this is something that happened in the past.

[Are you still willing to believe me? Just like... in the past. ]

[Just consider it as my "request"...don't do that, okay?]

Sakura, who was about to leave the archives room, was a little confused when she heard Alicia's request.

[What's wrong, Alysia? You seem to have something to say to me. ]

In the gloomy darkness that enveloped everything, it was impossible to see Sakura's expression clearly.

But the weapon hanging on her waist at this moment had such clear outlines.

[I'm just a little worried... In the paradise, there shouldn't be any more situations where you need to use the "Seven Thunders of Purification", right?]

Ying was an assassin from the beginning to the end, and she dealt with only dishonorable things.

And once she picks up this weapon, it's almost certain that she's ready to do something.

[There will be no betrayers here...]

The answer was silence. After a long time, a voice came from the other side.

[Alicia, I just want to verify one thing. As for what will happen next... Sorry, I can't make any promises right now.]

[Well, okay... I welcome whispers between girls... Then, what do you want to know?]

Faced with this question, Sakura was silent for a moment, then asked her question.

[It's about a "girl". I want to hear the answer from you. You may avoid it, but you will never lie. You are the only one who will give priority to this situation... Is it fair for me to keep silent? 】

Her tone was so understated, yet so terrifying.

As people who are used to seeing separations of life and death, they all understand that the deeper the grief, the calmer it appears.

[Due to my past life experiences, I am the one with the most cognitive deficiencies in my memory. Fortunately, we can share what we have, so there is no inconvenience and there are few misunderstandings. ]

[But there is only one exception... I always fall into the same dream all the time. There is nothing but a desolate void, and only a girl sitting alone, crying with hatred.]

[Perhaps because of my amnesia, I still can't remember who she is. Whenever I walk in front of her, I will suddenly wake up from my dream. ]

"You think the girl is crying alone? Can memories also have nightmares? Well, it feels like these people called memories are indeed very real."

A bullet screen with moonlight effects floated across the screen...

Obviously, Kiana didn't quite understand what memory was.

But she felt that these people were very real.

Among them are some with lofty ideals, some with extreme personalities, some who are unruly, and some who are timid and fearful.

All these things make people feel that they are different from the heroic images recorded in the records of previous civilizations.

[This dream shows no signs of disappearing, but appears more and more frequently. It has been so long since I learned that...]

At this point, Sakura paused for a moment.

[Since I learned... that I was killed as the "Hersher of Corrosion" as the dormitory bell. 】

She finally spoke out.

"???"

"???"

"???"

As Sakura's memory reveals the truth about what happened in the past.

The heroes in the live broadcast room finally got a glimpse of the future to a certain extent.

Although I had a vague sense of this, I was never sure until now when the result was finally concluded.

Everyone felt mixed emotions.

【What... "It's been so long already"?】

Alicia was very surprised. She couldn't understand why Sakura knew the truth.

[Sakura, you...]

【Yeah. I always knew that.】

Alicia's eyes widened.

[How could this happen... When did it start? You never told me...]

But soon, Alicia realized it.

Sakura has actually been hiding this matter all along, and the reason is...while everyone chose to keep it secret from her out of kindness.

She also chose to keep it secret out of kindness.

[Not everyone has good intentions. Everyone has different opinions about the possible consequences of letting me know about this. However, some people just don’t want me to feel sad, just like... you.]

[Sakura...I...]

Alicia didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, Sakura's reaction was too unexpected for her.

[…Surprising, isn’t it?]

[No, Ying, you never surprise me. I just... don't want to see you face such a painful choice again.]

At this point, Alicia had no choice but to explain her feelings to Sakura.

But she was actually worrying too much, because the other party never blamed her for the idea.

It would be better to say that she always had conflicting emotions about this tragic event that could not be undone.

[Yes, what a painful choice... I can't accept it and let it go, but revenge has also lost its meaning... Who else can I take revenge on? To those "murderers" who died ten thousand years ago? Or to Aponia who has also passed away, leaving only a trace of memory?]

Chapter 415 Ying: I was careless last time, let's try again. Herrscher of Corrosion!

For ordinary people, revenge is the best way to vent.

But unfortunately, Sakura is not an ordinary person.

As a hero who has passed away long ago but whose memories still exist in the world.

She was quite powerless to do anything about the things that had happened in the distant past.

[Eden always said: I wish time would stay at this moment forever, but I am the one who wants time to stop. Some things should come to an abrupt end so that the beautiful "moment" can continue to be preserved. ]

[Once we move into the future, everything will be drawn into chaos and pushed to...some unpredictable ending.]

[...In my opinion, this is the kind of existence that exists in Honkai. No one has ever really made a mistake, but they have to lose everything. I... am not an exception. ]

Sakura was quite open-minded at this time. It could even be said that she had thought it through, so she did not become as hysterical as everyone imagined.

This made Alicia feel even more distressed.

[Alicea, don't look so apologetic... I chose to hide this from everyone.]

Sakura explained her mental journey leading up to today, expressing the fact that she didn't actually blame anyone.

[Ling... For a long time, she has been everything in my life. So when I learned the truth by chance, I was really filled with hatred.]

【What I said before were all useless reasons. Even today, even though I can understand it rationally, my emotions still refuse to accept it... Even though I have lost the target of revenge, I still have to endure the torture of this impulse... Perhaps if I take revenge on everything like Qianjie did, my pain will be alleviated a little.】

But Sakura didn't do that.

She entrusted Weiwei to repair the Seven Thunders of Purification in order to find the answer to her salvation.

But unfortunately, the only thing sealed by the commandments was the memory of when she swung the sword at her fellow humans.

Instead, here, through this wonderful typewriter, she saw some memories that should not belong to "herself", including the experience of saying goodbye to Alicia that night.

In fact, she was hiding something.

As early as when she first touched the typewriter, she already knew about her sister's affairs and how she felt at the time.

Ling actually volunteered to be taken away.

Like everyone else, she grew up watching the world in turmoil. She quickly understood her own situation...even more worried about her own uncertainty than the Fire Moth.

Although she was scared, she believed that the measures taken by Fire Moth were not unfounded - she chose to be taken away voluntarily so as not to put others at greater risk because of her.

And, she also believed... Mei would eventually make the right decision. Even if Honkai was such an unreasonable existence, humans... still had a chance to control themselves.

With responsibility…with mercy.

[...She is a very remarkable child. ]

"Yes."

A pink bullet screen floated across the live broadcast room...

At this moment, Alicia no longer knew how to describe her feelings.

So she chose to express the same sentiment as herself in the game.

"I didn't expect there would be such a hidden story..."

"It is indeed unexpected. Perhaps we have all underestimated human potential?"

Barrages of comments from the audience floated across the live broadcast room.

Most of them are heroes.

Their feelings about what is bound to happen in the future are extremely complicated.

However, even these warriors who had witnessed too much misery and tragedy were inevitably moved by the secret revealed by Sakura.

Did you disagree with her decision at that time?

Alicia asked slowly.

[Yes, that’s why…we had that farewell, and everything that happened afterwards…The moment I regained this memory, I realized…the girl who often appeared in my dreams was not someone else, but…myself.]

"How can this be?"

"The unexpected truth..."

"It really caught me off guard. What should this be called? A nightmare that comes from deep memory?"

As the truth that had been revealed for a long time was revealed, the heroes were all shocked.

The original supernatural phenomena do not actually exist.

All of this is actually the reaction of the suppressed memories in Sakura's memory.

[I thought that the pain and hatred were the echoes of Ling left in my heart...but this was my misunderstanding.]

[Just as I mistakenly thought that I was always protecting Ling, when I decided to go against her original intention to rescue her, our relationship had already reversed... and therefore... I must never allow myself to "revenge." ]

Unlike Qianjie, Ying did not choose to vent her anger by seeking revenge on everything.

Once a fusion warrior like her loses her rationality and becomes unable to act independently... the only outcome is to become an existence no different from the Herrscher.

And this would bring shame to everything Ling had tried so hard to prove.

【I can't let her down again... again.】

Even though she was so good at hiding her emotions, the "helplessness" in her voice still spilled out uncontrollably.

[I am the "older sister" after all...I should always be a good role model, right?]

Hearing this, Alicia couldn't help but feel secretly distressed in her heart.

(Sakura...you must have had a hard time in the past...)

In an instant, Alicia realized that the girl in front of her had never let go.