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

Speaking of this topic, Xier seemed a little guilty. She said with worry in her heart:

"But the man named Ye Ming seems to be dying."

"Ugh?"

Seele, who was being held by Bronya, clearly felt that the other person's heart stopped for a moment at that moment.

"He was badly injured and his eyes looked like he was dead."

"Where is he!?"

"In the Quantum Sea, there is a huge passage, and he is sitting on a suspended stone slab."

"I'll go right away... woo..."

Bronya was a little excited at first, but she quickly regained her composure.

"We have to find a way to get out of here first, and then meet him again."

"Well, Seele also made a promise with that man that if she could reunite with Sister Bronya, she would go back to help him."

Xier smiled hopefully:

“Now that I think about it, maybe it was because of this agreement that Xier got good luck from Ye Ming.”

After that, in order to take Seele away safely, Bronya found the core of the Herrscher of Reason under the guidance of Joachim (Walter Young).

Along the way, Bronya carried a huge burden. Covered with scars, she staggered towards the platform carrying the core.

"So...that's it..."

Feeling her steps getting heavier and the pain getting more intense, the tired Bronya suddenly thought of Ye Ming.

"Did you feel the same way when you came to rescue Bronya?"

On that snowy ice field, he lost his strength and climbed up from death countless times, even though he was shot several times and a dagger was stuck in his chest...

He did not stop, dragging his body dripping with blood, and came to him firmly.

"Ye Ming, Xi'er, this time, Bronya will take you home!"

Bronya desperately reached out to the core of the Herrscher of Reason.

At that moment, countless white ribbons, carrying powerful Honkai energy, flew out and wrapped around Bronya's petite body like a python.

She was corroded by the Honkai energy and quickly lost consciousness.

"Xi'er...Ye Ming..."

In the cold sea of ​​consciousness, Bronya saw Seele and Ye Ming, but their figures were getting farther and farther away from her.

"Did I fail to...save them?"

Bronya stretched out her hand, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch the two people's increasingly ethereal figures.

"..."

"..."

Bronya slowly closed her heavy eyelids, and her past life flashed through her mind like a kaleidoscope.

She saw her mother, she saw Seele, she saw Kiana and Mei...

The last image that came into my mind was my own tombstone.

On the stone square monument, there is a simple epitaph:

——The pathetic killing machine rests here.

And after that...

Someone used blood to complete the follow-up:

——The new Bronya lived a happy life with everyone.

"!!!"

In an instant, Bronya opened her eyes, and the cold sea water seemed to be boiled by her fiery soul.

"This is the agreement between Bronya and him!"

With her unshakable will, she pulled her body closer and closer to the two figures.

“Write down the life you want on your epitaph!”

The moment Bronya caught up with Ye Ming and Xier, their figures gradually transformed into a blue gem.

The core of the Herrscher of Reason identified with Bronya at that moment, and recognized the belief that Ye Ming left in her heart.

Then, light burst out from the ribbon that wrapped Bronya...

The angel who was once filled with guilt has been reborn.

･･･････

As Cyber ​​Angel's music sounded, the video returned to the angel's reconstructed scene without any sense of incongruity, and barrage of comments erupted.

[This transition is smoother than the game itself! ]

【Goosebumps】

[Rebirth and reconstruction, it turns out that this foreshadowing has been laid long ago]

After that, everything Bronya goes through isn't much different from what she goes through in the game.

Driver's license revoked, Walter Young sit-ups...

Until she brought Xier and found Ye Ming in a huge suspended passage.

"Finally... I found you."

Bronya may never forget this day.

Finding Ye Ming and Xier at the same time was like getting a kiss from the goddess of luck.

"Let's go home, Ye Ming, everyone wants to see you again."

Bronya hugged Ye Ming tightly, tears dripping down her face.

It was not the joy of reunion, but the uncontrollable heartache that Bronya felt after seeing Ye Ming's dead eyes and feeling his hypothermic body.

"Bronya..."

Being embraced by the petite girl in an unnatural posture, Ye Ming's dormant consciousness slowly began to restart.

"I am here."

Bronya once said that when she becomes mature, she will no longer call herself by her name.

Looking back, that moment might have been her first attempt.

"Did you find Xi'er?"

"Well, thanks to you... Bronya can die without regrets now."

Having said that, Bronya didn't want to waste time expressing her gratitude to Ye Ming. She had more important things to ask:

"Why did you become like this? What happened?"

"..."

This kind and caring expression made Ye Ming tremble uncontrollably.

Perhaps because he didn't want to recall those tragic scenes, Ye Ming didn't directly answer his own experience, but asked Bronya:

"If you were asked to choose between the things you cherish, who would you save? Who would you give up?"

His voice was hoarse and low, like a dying man walking in a dark desert.

119. Bronya and Seele's Choice

"Ye Ming..."

Bronya didn't know why Ye Ming asked this.

Even if you just listen to it superficially without thinking carefully...

Such problems were enough to make her feel shortness of breath and numbness in her limbs.

"If... it were me..."

Thinking about this question for a moment, Bronya felt an unbearable pain in her heart.

The more you think about it, the more intense the pain will become.

"No! I can't choose!"

Bronya held her head in her arms. What she couldn't stand was not just this cruel question...

It was also because I felt sorry for Ye Ming who asked this question.

If even a verbal answer could make him so painful, how would he feel having experienced it personally?

When she thought of this, Bronya felt as if her heart was pierced by something, and her breathing became rapid.

"Bronya! I finally got in touch with you!"

Just as the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Einstein's voice suddenly came from the intercom.

"PhD……"

"Listen carefully. I have activated the Eye of the Abyss. You should quickly return to reality through the nearest passage!"

"Walter is still alive, but he is too far away from us."

"You guys evacuate first, I'll have others cover him and leave."

After the communication ended, the group felt a strong pulling force from a distance.

The suspended corridor under his feet is the passage to reality.

"Ye Ming, Xi'er, let's go!"

"Ok!"

Xier's answer further highlighted Ye Ming's silence.

Bronya also realized something, and she held Ye Ming's hand tightly, as if she never wanted to let go.

——Because of the wrong coordinates, we sank into the quantum ocean.

——If you want to leave, you will need some external help.

——This is a rare opportunity. I suggest going with them.

The system also prompted in Ye Ming's mind that the three of them, led by Bronya, continued to run upwards in the passage.

As the traction flow leading to the real world was getting closer and closer, the quantum sea suddenly extended countless black tentacles, rushing towards the three fleeing people like vengeful spirits.

"No, we're going to be caught up!"

The speed of a human body running is far slower than the speed of the tentacles extending. In addition, the three people are in very bad conditions and are about to be caught back into the quantum sea.

"Hold me..."

Ye Ming, who had just regained consciousness, took Seele and Bronya's hands, then used the power of the wind element to spread out the broken wind wings on his legs and back.

——Wait, if I want to use my strength in this state...

Crossing dimensions is the original power given to Ye Ming by the system. If even this link is disordered, it means that his mental state is on the verge of breaking.

The brief reunion with Bronya was not enough to support Ye Ming's mind to regain its power.

The already broken Wind Wing began to break apart halfway through its flight.

Finally, Ye Ming used his remaining consciousness to perform a rather crude "Song of the Sky."

A weak updraft swept over Bronya and Seele's bodies, sending them into the range of the traction current.

When my consciousness returned to silence, I fell towards the quantum sea again.

"Ye Ming!"

Bronya pulled Ye Ming's hand tightly. The traction flow leading to the real world was right in front of her. Seele had even touched it, but Ye Ming was tightly entangled by the tentacles of darkness.

Bronya, who was caught in the middle, knew very well that she had to make a choice. No matter which of her two hands she let go, there would be a different ending.

"..."