I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

The reliable mecha that often asked about human emotions in a synthesized voice behind Ye Ming would never appear again.

"I will take Ji Zi home. This is my and her way home, and it is also the agreement between us."

There was no more confusion in Ye Ming's eyes. He quickened his pace and continued to move towards the deepest part of the corridor.

There, there is a picture left, that is Ji Zi in her school days, celebrating her adult birthday.

“The starting point is right here…”

Ye Ming looked into the void of the dark corridor and said firmly:

"I'm off, BT."

When Ye Ming's palm touched the glowing film, his entire body turned into fluid light and was then sucked into the picture, becoming one with it.

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"I'll deliver the lunch to dad's lab soon. I hope it won't get cold."

A tall girl wearing an apron was standing at the stove, controlling the heat of the food.

With a red ponytail and a cute face that looks a bit childish, this is what Ji Zi looks like when she just became an adult.

[Girl Himeko! So cute! ]

[Although mature Himeko is also beautiful, young girls are still better.]

[I still think that mature Jizi is more beautiful. The charm of a married woman is something that a young girl does not have.]

[The Cao Cao above is speaking on the big account]

[Sister Jizi has become younger sister Jizi, hehehe]

Seeing Ji Zi’s immature appearance, the barrage of comments exploded instantly. It should be said that these old gentlemen on the Internet are really outrageous.

I was still heartbroken by the tragic story in the first few minutes, but as soon as I saw the beautiful girl, I immediately forgot the theme.

"So cute! Himeko!"

The girls in the studio all had the same reaction as the audience. They couldn't let go of the young Ji Zi in the picture and wanted to get into the screen and give Ji Zi a hug.

"Don't do this... it's too embarrassing..."

Jizi originally thought that the last lesson had made her socially dead, but she didn't expect that reading a doujin could reveal her appearance when she was young.

"Is this an original fan-made image, or were you really like this before, Himeko?"

"There's no denying it... this is who I used to be."

Nashida lowered her head and analyzed seriously:

"That is to say, the author of the video is not only familiar with Jizi's interpersonal relationships, but also knows what she looked like when she was a child. Perhaps she is Jizi's childhood sweetheart?"

"If I had a childhood sweetheart, I wouldn't be single now."

Jizi sighed helplessly.

"Come to think of it, Sister Himeko was so cute when she was young and could even cook for herself, why did she become like this after growing up..."

After Kiana mentioned this, everyone began to look at Himeko with pity.

"I'm so sorry for being like this! Do you have any complaints about me?"

"..."

Bronya did not participate in the discussion. She looked at Himeko in the picture and then looked at Himeko now.

Then she looked down at her flat chest with an excited expression on her face.

"Sure enough! Even after you turn 18, you will still grow up!"

The so-called tragedy is to destroy beautiful things in front of people.

The audience was currently immersed in the cuteness of the girl Himeko and apparently had forgotten this point.

"Okay~! I can finally celebrate my birthday with my dad today."

Jizi took the hot lunch box, happily called a car, and went straight to her father's laboratory.

Even if her father was too busy to accompany her, Ji Zi would gladly accept the offer and wait outside the laboratory until he got off work, and then blow out the candles together.

After all, there is a world of difference between a birthday with family and a birthday alone.

"Strange, why is the road here blocked?"

On the way, the taxi driver saw the traffic block ahead and asked the traffic policeman next to him curiously:

"Master, what happened? The road was fine yesterday."

"There was an explosion in the laboratory ahead. The accident was very serious. We just received the order to block the road section."

"Ugh?"

Ji Zi was the first person to react. She immediately jumped out of the taxi and ran all the way to the laboratory that had turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"how so……"

Looking at the ruined courtyard in front of her, as if a war had taken place there, Ji Zi's red eyes trembled along with her brain.

"Father……"

She rushed in regardless of everything, muttering about her only family.

It was not difficult to find the trace of my father, because the laboratory was full of signs of human destruction and leaking Honkai energy.

Therefore, Ryusuke Muliangta, who was covered in blood, stood out.

33. The cruelty of time cannot be easily reversed (Part 2)

"..."

There was no chance to run over and ask if he was okay. No matter how he looked at it, Ryuji Muliangta was already dead.

Did he die in an experimental accident? Why are there traces of battle on his body?

However, Ji Zi no longer noticed these doubts.

Suffering a mental breakdown, she completely ignored the dangers of her surroundings and slumped to the ground.

Even if the flames burst before my eyes, even if the beams of the house began to collapse, even if I was in danger of being buried in the sea of ​​fire...

Ji Zi, who has lost all her support, is like cotton wool in a raging fire, and may disappear at any time.

"Himeko!"

The burning ceiling fell down and was about to crush Ji Zi to pieces.

Ye Ming, who had just arrived at this timeline, immediately rushed over and pushed Ji Zi to the side.

"Ugh?"

Ji Zi, who had suffered a physical impact, finally came to her senses, but her first reaction was to crawl towards her father.

"Murata Ryusuke is dead! Realize this quickly!"

Ye Ming grabbed Ji Zi, who was crawling towards the gates of hell, and used the most cruel words to awaken Ji Zi's sanity.

[Himeko is so miserable, she has lost her only family! Woohoo! ]

[It is because she lost her family that Jizi cherishes her time at Saint Freya even more]

[Because I have experienced the feeling of loss, I want to leave something for Kiana]

[When I think of this, I feel even more angry! ]

[Class representative, get out of here! I don't need you to summarize! Woohoo! ]

It wasn't just the barrage of comments that felt sad for Ji Zi, the pain in Ye Ming's eyes was also particularly obvious.

Just like not long ago, when BT announced Ji Zi’s death to him, Ye Ming felt the same way.

At this moment, he understood Ji Zi's feelings better than anyone else.

"Give me your hand!"

Ye Ming pulled Ji Zi up and held her in his arms as he shuttled through the sea of ​​fire.

After smashing the burning obstacles one after another, he finally rushed out of the laboratory with Ji Zi.

"Everything is... gone..."

The rescued Ji Zi did not feel happy about regaining life. Instead, she knelt on the ground and trembled like a broken doll.

"It's okay, Jizi, it's okay now."

Ye Ming hugged Ji Zi, stroked her long red hair and said softly:

"I know you are sad, but I hope you can calm down and leave everything to time."

Ye Ming knew that Ji Zi decided to transplant artificial stigmata and become a Valkyrie because of this incident.

So he must take this opportunity to dispel Ji Zi's idea.

"Before time heals the pain, don't be impulsive, don't do stupid things, and don't make any decisions because of grief."

"No... I can't do it..."

Jizi's mind was filled with extreme thoughts at this moment. She tried to relax but couldn't control her sad thoughts.

"It doesn't matter if you can't do it alone. I will be by your side and I will help you..."

Ye Ming said in a BT tone:

"Trust me, Himeko."

After feeling the comfort brought by Ye Ming, Ji Zi's brain was finally freed from extreme emotions and she slowly expelled the pain.

That night, Ji Zi cried all night in Ye Ming's arms, and Ye Ming just stayed with her.

Ji Zi once faced this sea of ​​fire head on, which was like facing the burning sun, making the pain penetrate deep into her bones.

And now, between Ji Zi and the sea of ​​fire, there is Ye Ming's embrace...

He was like the moon, transforming the overly hot fire into gentle light, shining into Ji Zi's heart.

After her tears dried up, the dawn covered the moon, but Ji Zi could no longer leave Ye Ming.

"That's good..."

After that, Ye Ming has been with Ji Zi, inseparable.

Whether it was when she was awakened by a nightmare, or when she was wiping her tears alone...

Ye Ming didn't leave until Ji Zi's eyes lit up with the light of longing for life again.

At that time, Ye Ming had been excluded from this time and space and could no longer stay.

Otherwise, he would have wanted to stay with Ji Zi for a while longer.

“Then the future will change.”

Returning to the Corridor of Time, Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

If Ji Zi had not become a Valkyrie, the subsequent tragedy would not have happened.

When I return to reality, Kiana will become the Herrscher of the Sky again, and then I will take the God-Slaying Spear and bring her back.

“What is…this situation…?”

But just when Ye Ming thought that he had accomplished his mission and was about to leave the Time Corridor, he discovered that the scene around him had not changed.

As a Valkyrie, Jizi is still active on the front line against Honkai.

"Nothing has changed... Nothing has changed..."

Ye Ming kept moving forward until Ji Zi died, and everything she experienced hardly changed.

Although she didn't know what happened, Jizi still became a Valkyrie and embarked on her destined death.

"Something must have gone wrong, do it again!"

Ye Ming wanted to re-enter the day of Ji Zi's birthday, but as soon as his hand touched the screen, the timeline and his body had a violent rejection reaction.

The pain was so severe that it was like being hit by high voltage electricity, so much so that Ye Ming almost thought his hand was pierced.

"Only one chance..."

Even without an instruction manual, Ye Ming quickly understood the situation.