Honkai Impact 3, but I’m Amamiya Ren!

Even without these elements, Raiden Mei could sense that her heart was subconsciously resisting and denying the existence of Shadow Mei, as if she had been her enemy from the very beginning, and the two were born with different hostile stances.

"You are so foolish, humble, and weak, yet you actually tried to reach my power. It is gratifying that you have finally stopped indulging in the decadent pleasure of self-pity and achieved nothing, and instead learned to change yourself and pursue power. However, you are still too naive. Do you really think you can take my power for yourself with just your illusory enlightenment and jokes?"

The rumbling sound of thunder drums continued to resound in the sky, and Shadow Mei's delicate face looked gloomy because of the flickering thunder.

Shadow Mei, hanging high above the throne in the sky, stared at Raiden Mei on the ground for a long time. She seemed to see through what Raiden Mei was thinking at the moment, and felt the resistance and denial from her heart.

Therefore, a cold arc slowly appeared at the corner of Shadow Mei's mouth. She sneered disdainfully, and the first sentence she said was to mock Raiden Mei, who was her original body.

Hearing the mocking words from Shadow Mei in the sky, Raiden Mei's first reaction was not the sadness of being stabbed in the wound, nor the rage after being mocked.

Mei Raiden's delicate body trembled suddenly, and she subconsciously raised her right hand and hugged her left arm tightly. Her slender hand scratched the smooth and white arm twice, and the toes in her black leather shoes suddenly curled up.

Faced with the Lightning Queen, Shadow Mei, who seemed like the embodiment of a dark history that she didn't want anyone to see, Raiden Mei's first reaction was embarrassment.

First awkward, then awkward.

Facing the real self, although I have already made up my mind, it turns out that this difficulty is not just talk.

It would be okay if you were alone, although it would still be unbearable and make you want to bang your head against the wall, but generally speaking you should be able to hold on.

But when she thought that besides herself, Shadow Mei's every word and action would be observed and watched by Amamiya Ren, whom she cared about very much, and Hato, with whom she would become friends for a long time.

A heroic desire to die suddenly surged in Mei Raiden's heart.

I know it's hard to face the shadow, but this is too hard!

".....I am not joking. My resolution is definitely not an illusion. I am serious. I want to resist Cocolia who controls my life. I want to help Amemiya-kun who helped me. For this, your strength is necessary!"

Mei Raiden took a deep breath. The spiritual cultivation brought by years of kendo meditation enabled her to calm her mind quickly and force herself to put aside the thoughts that were upsetting her.

Although there was still a blush on her fair cheeks, Raiden Mei's eyes already showed incomparable determination and seriousness. She slowly stretched out her hand towards Shadow Mei above the sky and spoke to her word by word.

"I am you, and you are me... Since you are me, then it's okay for you to give me your power!"

The coward who had always huddled in fear and dared not take a step forward now took the initiative to ask for strength from himself.

The courage that Raiden Mei mustered made a hint of surprise appear in Shadow Mei's eyes.

She glanced thoughtfully at the figure of Amamiya Ren standing next to Raiden Mei, then the expression on her cold face calmed down again, and she spoke slowly to Raiden Mei on the ground below.

"You seem to have misunderstood something. I am indeed the negative part of your heart, but that doesn't mean I will obediently hand over my power to you... If you want my power, then come and get it yourself!"

Although her attitude was still arrogant, after witnessing Raiden Mei's determined reply, Shadow Mei's voice, which was as cold as winter, seemed to soften a little.

Thick purple-red lightning fell from the sky, continuously hitting the area on the ground around Amamiya Ren and Raiden Mei.

Along with the birth of the Lightning Judgment, there were also shadow soldiers of various shapes, but most of them had huge pink and purple bodies.

"Senior Mei, please take care of yourself. Leave these shadows to me and Hatagi to deal with!"

While walking through the Qianyu Academy Palace, Amemiya Ren did not encounter any Shadow Guards. He thought it was because the Mei Palace was still in its embryonic stage and had not yet produced any Shadow Guards.

But now it seems that Shadow Mei just didn't call out those shadow guards.

Amemiya Ren protected Raiden Mei behind her, and while putting the mechanical sword called Raikiri into her fair and delicate little hands, she gave instructions to Raiden Mei who had not yet awakened the power of the personality mask.

He raised his head and looked towards the sky again. The once majestic Black Iron Throne had disappeared and landed on the rooftop of the teaching building in front.

Shadow Mei's meaning is already very clear.

Only by defeating the group of shadow guards blocking the way and arriving in front of her in person, will Shadow Mei give Raiden Mei the opportunity to communicate on an equal footing.

Mei Raiden has not yet awakened the power of her personality mask. Even if she is in the image space, her physical fitness cannot automatically improve to the level required to defeat Shadow.

But Mei Raiden is, after all, a talented girl in kendo with practical sword skills, and she can still protect herself with a sword in her hand.

In particular, the Tachi Raikiri has the function of generating a strong electromagnetic shield to automatically protect its master, so it is most suitable for Mei Raiden to use now.

"Persona! ————I leave it to you, Yasin!!"

Amamiya Ren raised his hand to take off the white spirit bird mask on his face. With a shake of his wrist, he suddenly threw the white mask in front of a huge shadow guard holding a spear and a heavy shield.

Under the surprised gaze of Raiden Mei behind her, the white spirit bird mask thrown by Amamiya Ren turned into a blue flame, and the third personality mask figure she saw suddenly emerged from the blue explosion.

The jet-black wings of the falcon spread out suddenly, and the personality mask Arsene, who was wearing a blood-red dress and a black pointed gentleman's hat, just appeared, and it suddenly swung forward its sharp black claws.

Like an indestructible dark magic sword, Arsen swung down with the force of a sword, and the black claws were like a hot knife cutting butter, easily splitting the huge white shadow guard who raised a heavy shield to block him in front of him into two, and chopped off the heavy shield in its hand smoothly, causing the heavy shield shadow guard to fall to the ground instantly, and his body turned into particles and dissipated in the air.

"They are just trash, Arsen, use Mahayaka to kill them all in one go!!"

With just a simple test, Amamiya Ren determined that the strength level of these shadow guards in Raiden Mei's palace was extremely low.

With the strength of Amamiya Ren and Hatagi, it is not a problem at all to quickly pass these shadow guards who are blocking the way.

Under the command of Amamiya Ren, violent and surging red-black curse flames emerged from the hands of the personality mask Arsene. The waves of flames, as if the curse had materialized, swarmed towards the shadow guards on the battlefield. However, in an instant, all the shadow guards in sight were melted and evaporated in the horrifying burning of the curse flames.

However, as the purple-red lightning continued to fall from the sky, one after another, densely packed shadow guards were born again and launched a suicidal attack on Amamiya Ren and Raiden Mei.

"These shadow guards cannot be completely wiped out in a short time. Joker, I will be responsible for covering you. You should find a way to bring Miss Mei to the rooftop of the teaching building and have a face-to-face conversation with Shadow Miss Mei!"

Yutu's real body has curled up in the unfolded dream shield.

Her dream projection, wearing purple sci-fi style armor, threw the javelin in his hand cleanly and pierced dozens of Honkai beasts in one breath. However, with a wave of her hand, she cleared a large area of ​​the battlefield, and then made a suggestion to Amamiya Ren beside her.

This is Shadow Mei's home ground. If Shadow Mei is not eliminated, no matter how hard Yutu and Amamiya Ren try to eliminate these shadow guards, it will be useless in the short term.

Instead of wasting your energy here in vain, it is better to go straight to the enemy general and rush up to deal with Shadow Mei first.

"Is this... the way a Persona user fights? So strong!!"

Looking at the fighting style of Hato as she manipulated the dream projections and the Seed of Idea swordsmen to madly harvest the Shadow Guards, and seeing Hato's fighting style which was slightly different from Amamiya Ren, Raiden Mei couldn't help but show a little shock and longing on her face.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Hato... Mei-senpai, come here for a moment."

Amamiya Ren nodded to Hatagu, he also judged the mechanism and form of this battlefield. It was more important to reach Shadow Mei first than to wipe out these shadow guards who were regenerating like leeks.

Pulling the confused Mei Raiden from behind him to the front, Ren Amamiya held the Jizo Soul Sword in both hands and stretched forward as if hugging Mei Raiden's delicate body from behind.

Amamiya Ren's sudden intimate behavior made Raiden Mei's body suddenly tense up and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Let's test the power of the new personality mask here - Jizo Mikyou: Higyokumaru!!"

Standing behind the bewildered Mei Raiden, the Jizo Soul Sword clenched tightly in Amamiya Ren's hands slowly released waves of red-black miasma.

A huge amount of red and black ominous miasma gathered together and formed the shape of a giant fox head.

Then the huge red and black fox head instantly condensed into a solid body and turned into a huge white fox.

The giant white fox's fur is tinged with a light cherry pink, and its limbs and the tips of its five tails are dotted with flaming red. A red and white shimenaka rope is tied around its neck.

Judging from the appearance alone, the personality mask summoned by Amamiya Ren is no different from the shadow Feiyukumaru that he once faced in Yaezakura Palace.

But if you look more closely, you can find that the personality mask, Hiyomaru, who was summoned by Amamiya Ren, has clear eyes, without any of the rage and cruelty of Hiyomaru, and his expression is also extremely calm and natural.

The personality mask Higyokumaru, who is ridden by Amamiya Ren and Raiden Mei, is like a giant white fox that is kind to others!

"Hold on tight, Mei-senpai, the Higyokumaru is about to start speeding up!"

The power of Jizo's soul returned to Feiyumaru's body, and it was like an ordinary weapon, temporarily losing its original sharpness and color.

In contrast, the personality mask Higyokumaru burst out with astonishingly strong power, and under the command of Amamiya Ren, climbed to the top of the teaching building at a high speed, crossing the vertical wall of the teaching building as if it were flat ground.

Experiencing such an exaggerated way of traveling for the first time, Raiden Mei screamed subconsciously, and because of gravity, her whole body leaned tightly into the arms of Amamiya Ren behind her.

The existence form of the personality mask Higyokumaru is very special, so the two personality masks held by Amamiya Ren, Higyokumaru and Arsen, exist on the battlefield at the same time.

While Higyokumaru was carrying Amamiya Ren and Raiden Mei and speeding towards the finish line at high speed, the personality mask Arsene and the dream projection Hatabu continued to attack the shadow guards in the sky that were like giant flying mosquitoes, shooting down and eliminating all the threats from the sky, and opening up a smooth and unobstructed safe passage for the speeding Amamiya Ren.

In a short while, Feiyuwan flew over the teaching building and landed on the rooftop with incredible ease.

A young girl was sitting on the black iron throne, silently turning her back to Amamiya Ren and Raiden Mei who were rushing here.

Chapter 90: Thunder Law: I am the shadow, the real me! (Two in one)

"...Ha, Shadow, I have stood in front of you as agreed. Now it's time to hand over your power."

Mei Raiden stretched out her slender hands forward, and with the help of Ren Amamiya, she rolled off the body of the white fox Higyokumaru.

After her feet were firmly planted on the ground, Raiden Mei took a deep breath, and after slowly exhaling to complete the deep breathing action, she calmed her disordered mind and turned to speak to Shadow Mei who was sitting on the black iron throne with her back to her.

"Didn't I tell you that if you want my power, you have to get it yourself... but you obviously didn't get here by your own strength."

Shadow Mei slowly stood up from the black iron throne. When she turned to face Raiden Mei and Amamiya Ren, the black iron throne behind her suddenly turned into thunder and disintegrated in all directions.

"You are as weak and pathetic as ever, you poor, self-pitying creature. Once you are separated from the people you can rely on, you can't do anything."

Shadow Mei proudly raised her pretty face, her deep purple eyes revealing undisguised disappointment and disdain.

Even though she came in front of her and stood at the same height, Shadow Mei still showed a mocking and suppressive attitude towards Raiden Mei, looking down at her own body from a high position.

Just as Mei Raiden said before, Mei Shadow is the other side hidden in Mei Raiden's heart.

Only you know what you are most afraid of, so it can be said that no one in this world knows the existence of Raiden Mei's mental weaknesses better than Shadow Mei.

For Raiden Mei, every word uttered by Shadow Mei carries the most real harm, and every word is a critical damage.

Therefore, when Shadow Mei's pink lips gently opened and closed, uttering words as cold as winter without any emotion, Raiden Mei's pupils suddenly trembled violently, and she felt a strong sense of wavering in her heart.

"In the beginning, it was your father, Raiden Ryoma. You regarded your father as the meaning of your existence and kept playing the role of his good daughter. You relied on your father's influence like a parasite to bully others in Qianyu Academy. You were arrogant and enjoyed the admiration and flattery from others and secretly rejoiced. You even took the honor and status you got because of your father for granted, thinking that it was all obtained through your own efforts."

A mocking and cold smile appeared on Shadow Mei's lips, and as she spoke each heart-piercing sentence, her purple gemstone-like eyes were gradually filled with a golden halo.

"After your father, Thunder Ryoma, was imprisoned, you lost your only relative, your only support. The school status and reputation you had gained through your father's status suddenly plummeted. Overnight, the so-called Thunder Queen became the object of scorn and after-dinner talk of all students."

"Because your father left, you were confused about the meaning of life. You chose to accept torture as the daughter of a sinner and then atone for your father's sins. This was stupid and ridiculous. You thought that this was the only remaining connection between you and your father... In the final analysis, you were just comforting yourself by deceiving yourself, indulging in the decadent pleasure of being suppressed and bullied, making yourself look very unfortunate and pitiful, like a fairy tale princess tortured by tragedy."

"You are like a little kid who has not grown up. You want to draw back your father's care and attention by torturing yourself... Yes, you don't actually want to believe that your father is really imprisoned. Instead, you wishfully believe that he is hiding because of some unavoidable situation. You just want to get a little comfort from your father who is hiding. Even if drawing your father out will expose him to the enemy's gaze, you still have this dirty and selfish thought in your heart."

"No...that's not right. That's not what you said. I don't think that way!"

Raiden Mei's face turned pale, her slender body trembled violently, her white arms raised up tremblingly, and she covered her ears tightly as if to deceive herself, as if to stop Shadow Mei from continuing. Raiden Mei closed her eyes and denied it loudly to Shadow Mei.

Looking at Raiden Mei who was resisting her words as if trying to cover her ears and steal the bell, the sarcastic smile on Shadow Mei's lips suddenly became even more intense, and the golden color in her pupils became deeper as Raiden Mei denied it.

"In the end, your father, Raiden Ryoma, did not come forward to solve your predicament, but you successfully attracted a man who treated you with tenderness and cared for you like a father... Yes, it was your junior Amamiya Ren."

Shadow Mei's eyes, which were shining with golden light, glanced at Amamiya Ren who was standing next to Raiden Mei.

But her gaze only touched Amamiya Ren for a moment, and she immediately turned her attention back to the real body, Raiden Mei.

"You secretly rejoice in having gained the attention of Amamiya Ren, and you even lie to him in order to maintain this false bond. You even feel a sense of success in deceiving Amamiya Ren because he has not been able to discover your true identity. You feel a despicable pleasure in playing with others at will. But sometimes you fall into fear and suspicion, thinking that Amamiya Ren has already known your identity. You are afraid that the mask of [Mei Beichen] will be torn off, and that he will abandon you like a father, turning you back into the weak [Mei Raiden] who is helpless and helpless."

Even if she covered her ears tightly with both hands, Shadow Mei's voice was still not blocked. It was as clear as if it was directly imprinted in Raiden Mei's mind.

"What a joke, I never thought that! I have never felt happy because of deceiving Amamiya-kun! She is just lying, Amamiya-kun, you must not believe her!!"

Compared to her father Raiden Ryoma, Shadow Mei's comments on Amamiya Ren are obviously more fatal to Raiden Mei.

Especially when the person being commented on, Amamiya Ren, was standing right next to him.

Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on Mei Raiden's forehead because of anxiety. Her mind was blank at the moment. She didn't even dare to look at Amamiya Ren beside her, for fear of seeing Amamiya Ren's eyes that were full of disappointment and disgust in her.

"I, I also regret lying to Amamiya-kun, but I have already confessed my true identity to him and I don't want to hide it from him anymore!!"

Facing Raiden Mei's hoarse rebuttal, Shadow Mei remained calm. She crossed her arms across her chest and gave Raiden Mei a fatal blow in a calm tone.

"That was only because of the situation. If you didn't think Amamiya Ren wanted to visit your family, if you didn't need your real name to enter the palace, if I didn't tell Amamiya Ren your real name, you would never reveal your true identity to him, but would continue to play fake house games with him."

Shadow Mei lives in the mind of Raiden Mei. She knows everything about Raiden Mei. Even what happened before entering the palace, Shadow Mei recorded this memory in detail.

"Even though you've been forced to confess your true identity, you haven't changed in the slightest. You're still that pathetic parasite who can't do anything without others, Raiden Mei. You have no value at all. Even though you're saying those nice lines you learned from TV, you're actually just a burden that will cling to Amamiya Ren and constantly absorb his energy, dragging him into the same hell as you."

Shadow Mei's voice has a magnetism that makes one's brain numb, as if it carries some kind of demonic power that bewitches people.

Under the attack of Shadow Mei's heart-piercing words, the string of reason in Raiden Mei's mind was completely broken.

Mei Raiden completely forgot the precautions that Amamiya Ren had reminded her of before entering the palace.

Mei Raiden's mind was blank due to the intense emotions she was experiencing. Now she only wanted to completely deny the dark and ugly self that Mei Shadow had described in her words.

No, that's not right. It's not quite appropriate to say that Raiden Mei has completely forgotten the teachings of Amamiya Ren.

It's like the more you tell yourself not to think about elephants, the more detailed the image of an elephant your brain will conceive.