Honkai Impact 3, but I’m Amamiya Ren!

An old man with white hair and beard, leaning on a cane, looking very old, and dressed like the village chief of Yae Village, was now spitting passionately and angrily scolding Yae Sakura, who was bowing her head and receiving training in front of her.

"Yae Sakura, what on earth did you protect? Why are there so many monsters in the village? Do you know how much damage this monster attack brought to Yae Village?!"

"Not to mention the buildings destroyed by the monster, the number of people who died in the village has reached nearly 20! This is a serious dereliction of duty as a priestess!!"

"I see. You must have deliberately let the monster in to wreak havoc on the village! Because you're still holding a grudge against us for what happened four years ago, and you're seeking revenge on us for a dead person!"

The chief of Yae Village roared in front of Yaezakura with gnashing teeth. He blamed all the responsibility for the monster attack on the villagers on the cherry-colored priestess in front of him who protected them from the wind and rain and killed the monsters.

The villagers of Yae Village who gathered around the village chief also kept echoing his words, scolding and cursing the motionless Yae Sakura with all kinds of vicious words.

When the mayor of Yae Village mentioned the keyword "four years ago".

Amamiya Ren was in a state of high-speed movement, and he seemed to vaguely see a scarlet light flashing in Yaezakura's lowered blue eyes, like an illusion.

And her pink lips, which had been tightly pursed all the time, seemed to slightly curve upwards, as if she was smiling.

When Amamiya Ren finally arrived at the scene, he stopped walking and looked carefully at Yaezakura's delicate face.

However, he found that it was as if he was hallucinating because Yaezakura never smiled from beginning to end, and her pupils remained as clear blue as the sky.

"Is this an illusion? No way!"

Being in a dangerous and unpredictable palace, Amamiya Ren would naturally not ignore what she saw and heard as an illusion.

Even if it was really an illusion, Amamiya Ren had to take it seriously as if she had glimpsed the truth.

As expected, there is definitely something wrong with this woman Yaesakura, and it was a good decision to come back and find her!

“A woman flying in the sky? And… what?! A masked man wearing a bird-beak mask?!!”

The arrival of Hato and Amamiya Ren immediately attracted the attention of the group of villagers from Yae Village in front, causing them to temporarily stop venting their anger and gaining the pleasure of being superior by attacking and cursing Yae Sakura.

The villagers of Yae Village naturally first attracted their attention to the feathered rabbit that was slowly descending from the sky. It had a slender and well-proportioned figure, a delicate and flawless face, and was as elegant and dignified as a fairy in heaven.

As Hato slowly landed on the ground next to Amamiya Ren.

The eyes of the villagers of Yae Village were also directed to Amamiya Ren by Hato's actions.

The Phantom Thief's phantom outfit is in the style of a jet-black bird feather windbreaker, and the half-covered mask is in the shape of a white spirit bird.

Of course, when walking on the street in this thief costume, he would attract the surprised gazes of passers-by.

But when the villagers of Yae Village saw Amamiya Ren, their reaction was a little too much.

Looking at the dark and mysterious figure of Amamiya Ren, the villagers of Yae Village turned pale as if they had seen a ghost.

Some people were even frightened to the point of crying. They fell to the ground wailing and sobbing, their bodies shaking violently like sieves.

"No, don't kill us!! We didn't do anything!!"

"Ya-Yae Sakura! Now is the time for you to fulfill your duties as a miko. Go and get rid of that bird-beak masked man and protect us!!"

"Run, run! This bird-beak masked man might summon monsters to attack us. Only by running separately can we survive!!"

Chapter 35: Yaezakura, let’s go hunt the black masked man together!

Amamiya Ren once speculated about the various reactions of the villagers when they saw him.

The more intense and genuine the reaction to the intruder, the more likely it is that it is closely related to the identity of the palace master.

But he never expected that when the group of villagers from Yae Village gathered around Yaezakura saw him, they would show such frightened expressions, as if they were attacked by a natural disaster or a ferocious beast, and their lives were in danger.

The performance of each villager is extremely real and lifelike.

It is impossible to tell that they are just virtual beings created by the memory of the palace lord.

It's almost as realistic as a real person.

The panicked words shouted out by the terrified villagers of Yae Village also attracted Amamiya Ren's attention.

Rather, compared to the villagers' panic-stricken appearance, Amamiya Ren was more concerned about the amount of information contained in their words.

"You have such a strong stress reaction to someone wearing a bird-beak mask? In other words, you have seen another person wearing a bird-beak mask before me... the guy wearing a black bird-beak mask."

Amamiya Ren narrowed her eyes slightly.

From the trembling fearful reactions of the villagers of Yae Village, he once again confirmed the reality that Goro Akechi was also in this palace.

"Sure enough, you two are in the same group!!"

"Yae Sakura, what are you still standing there for? Go and drive those despicable outsiders out!"

"We have raised you for so long, now it's time for you to play a role, go and fight them quickly!!"

After hearing Amemiya Ren's words, the villagers of Yae Village, whose bodies were trembling with fear, immediately thought that Amemiya Ren was in cahoots with the scary black bird-beak masked man.

It was also during this period of time that a stranger suddenly appeared in Yae Village.

He was also a suspicious person who was dressed in strange clothes and wore a bird-beak mask of different colors to cover his face.

Amamiya Ren also showed a familiar attitude towards the man with the black bird-beak mask.

It would be strange if the villagers of Yae Village did not think that these two people were in the same group.

In the eyes of the villagers, the existence of Amamiya Lian seemed more terrifying and more frightening than a hundred thousand monsters.

The chief of Yae Village excitedly poked the ground with the cane in his hand. His face turned red and veins popped out. He shouted and ordered Yaezakura to attack Amamiya Ren quickly and drive them out of Yae Village.

"...I'm sorry to have embarrassed you two. Sakura originally wanted to entertain you two at the shrine in the back mountain, but I didn't expect you two to see Sakura in such a miserable state."

Amid the shocked and angry scoldings from the villagers of Yae Village, Yaezakura did not immediately draw her sword against Amamiya Ren and Hato.

Instead, he gently raised his plain face and gave them a gentle smile that was filled with apology and sadness.

"After Ying has dealt with the current affairs, I will definitely take the time to entertain you two... By the way, you two are looking for Ying, is there something important that needs Ying's help?"

This time, Amamiya Ren was able to confirm that she was definitely not mistaken.

When Yaezakura raised her pretty face towards him, a very subtle and covert smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Yaezakura did it on purpose.

She deliberately showed her familiarity towards Amamiya Ren, whom she had only met once.

In order to show the intimacy of the relationship, Yaezakura even deliberately replaced the "I" that she had previously used to refer to herself with "Yakura" in her name.

The relationship between Yaezakura and the villagers of Yae Village is far more twisted than it appears.

It's not just a simple relationship between a guardian and the protected.

Although Yaezakura fulfills her duty as a shrine maiden to protect the village, she also harbors a desire for revenge against the villagers in her heart.

It was just that due to certain restrictions, Yaezakura did not rely on her outstanding martial arts skills to draw her sword directly against the villagers who cursed her and resolve all grudges physically.

"W-what?! Yae Sakura, are you colluding with those two outsiders?!"

"Why are you standing there? Hurry up and kill them! Are you really betraying the village, Yaesakura!!"

"I beg you, I apologize, Yaesakura, please go and get rid of them quickly!!"

After Yaezakura showed a friendly and familiar attitude towards Amamiya Ren, the faces of the villagers of Yaezakura, who had originally expected Yaezakura to defeat Amamiya Ren, changed wildly like magic.

Along with the domineering expression, the condescending and commanding tone he used when he gave orders to Yaezakura also changed.

In the past, Yaezakura, who had no thoughts of her own like a tool and could accept their orders at will, now seemed to have some conspiracy with the controller of the monster. She also eagerly invited Amamiya Ren, who was wearing a white spirit bird mask, to visit her shrine.

The collapse of the last line of defense, which existed as a matter of course, immediately caused the villagers present to collapse mentally.

The villagers even changed their previous arrogant attitude and began to kneel on the ground, appealing to her emotions and reason, begging Yaezakura to save their lives.

However, Yaezakura remained indifferent, as if she had not heard the villagers' pleas.

She just stared quietly at the dark figure of Amamiya Ren in front of her with her beautiful blue eyes.

Yaezakura's chilling performance made Amamiya Ren even more certain of the strong distortion within her heart, and she became more certain of her identity as the master of the palace.

Fortunately, I am a Persona user, otherwise I would be sweating profusely right now...

Honestly, after realizing that something was wrong with Yaesakura, her calm and gentle gaze began to become more and more creepy, as if a female ghost who had been dead for five hundred years was staring at him.

Fortunately, Amamiya Ren is not an ordinary person who is powerless and has accidentally entered this place, but a Personality Mask Messenger who has awakened his Personality Mask.

With the support of firepower, the feeling of fear was immediately greatly reduced.

"You don't need to make time for it, because what I want to ask you for help with is actually the same thing you are going to deal with next—"

Amamiya Ren temporarily suppressed the complicated thoughts in his mind. He stretched out his hand towards Yaezakura in front of him, and his bright red gloves pointed at Yaezakura, who had a confused look on her face.

He slowly put forward his request to the Sakura-colored miko.

"——————Let's hunt down the evil black bird-beak masked man together!"

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Chapter 36: The Black Thief Who Pretends to Cover Up His Self

"Let's hunt down the evil black bird-beak masked man together!"

As Amamiya Ren extended her hand to Yaezakura and made an invitation, the entire scene fell into silence in an instant.

The villagers of Yae Village, who were still crying and expressing their repentance to Yaezakura, were stunned and looked in the direction of Amamiya Ren with extremely surprised eyes.

"Aren't you two companions of the outsider wearing a black mask?"

Even Yaezakura showed a slightly surprised expression.

Although she had never seen the man with the black bird-beak mask in person, she subconsciously had the same idea as the villagers, believing that Amamiya Ren and the third outsider were companions.

"Of course, a guy who only relies on pretense to hide his true self is not worthy of being a companion of my heart thief Joker!"

Amamiya Ren raised her head slightly.

He recalled how Goro Akechi acted all sorts of pretentiousness in P5, packaging himself up as a righteous detective prince, and then acting smug and arrogant after doing various backstabbing acts against the protagonist. His brows couldn't help but furrowed tightly.

Amamiya Ren responded to Yaezakura in a decisive manner.

Now Amamiya Ren already knows the true identity of Goro Akechi, so he will never repeat the mistakes of history and be deceived by the false mask played by Goro Akechi.

........However, considering the strength of the black-masked Goro Akechi who revealed his true self, Amamiya Ren is a little bit tempted to face Goro Akechi who is disguised with a red bird-beak mask.

The Personality Mask Robinson is easy to deal with, it is just a Personality Mask of ordinary level.

But as Goro Akechi's true personality mask and the embodiment of his unruly power that has gone astray, Loki, known as the evil god, is not someone to be trifled with.

As Amamiya Ren's personality mask was just beginning to awaken, he shouldn't have gone up and tried to cause trouble.

Fortunately, Amamiya Ren still has teammates.

Although he defeated Hatosagi head-on in battle last time.

But Amamiya Ren could sense that Hato was letting him down and did not fight him seriously because he could be resurrected.

If Hato could give it his all, even if he couldn't destroy Goro Akechi, it shouldn't be a problem for him to open a portal and escape with Ren Amamiya.

In addition to Hatagi, Amamiya Ren can also rely on the power of the master of this palace——the cherry-colored priestess Yaezakura.

There is only one reason why Goro Akechi would appear in this palace, and that is that Yaezakura has become an obstacle to Shido Masayoshi in the political arena, and Goro Akechi has come to carry out an operation to disable Yaezakura.

In this case, Amamiya Ren has the basis to cooperate with Yaezakura, the master of the palace, and they can join hands to fight against the crazy pancake man.

"I see. Sorry, Sakura misunderstood you two... During the process of defeating the monsters, Sakura discovered that some of them had been destroyed in advance. Based on the traces left at the scene, it should be the work of Mr. Joker."

After getting the answer from Amamiya Ren, a hint of apology appeared on Yaezakura's pretty face.

But at the same time, she frowned slightly and asked Amamiya Ren another question.

"Good-hearted people like Joker and Hato-san would never do something like releasing monsters to destroy the village... But, that thief wearing a black bird-beak mask, uh... Phantom Thief? Could that Phantom Thief really be an evil person?"

From the eyewitness information provided by the villagers, Yae Sakura learned that the man with the black bird-beak mask was wearing strange clothes similar to Amamiya Ren's.

It was precisely because of the high similarity in their costumes and appearances that Yaezakura thought that Amamiya Ren and the man in the black mask were companions.