Honkai Impact 3, but I’m Amamiya Ren!

The dark devil raised the long sword in his hand and roared in rebellion to the god who was perched high in the sky and launched the flood that destroyed the world. Under him was an ideal paradise that had never been affected by the red flood.

No matter who sees it, they can realize that in this picture, the black devil wearing a golden mask is the real protagonist.

"For the survival of mankind, he rebelled against his fate against the Creator who gave him power. Although his appearance looked extremely terrifying in the eyes of others, he actually possessed a gentle and kind heart that was completely different from his appearance..."

Aponia gazed deeply at the painting of the demon king rebelling against God that was completed by Grayshu. She crossed her fair hands tightly in front of her chest, and her previously wavering and hesitant mood finally became firm and stable.

"Gresh's paintings are as stream-of-consciousness and difficult to understand as always, but this time I seem to be able to tell what they are saying... The Phantom Thief Joker uses the power of the stigmata, and Kevin is the strongest person in the previous civilization. In addition to his close relationship with MEI, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the sources of the power of the stigmata."

Velvet touched her chin and analyzed the painting that Grace had completed thoughtfully.

"So the god who destroyed the world was Kevin, and the demon king who launched a magnificent rebellion against God was the Phantom Thief Joker. The so-called world-destroying flood actually refers to the Stigmata Project. The monsters that replaced the dead humans and were reborn are the ideal existences of the Stigmata... Kevin should also know that the Phantom Thief Joker would have a strong resistance and rebellion against the Stigmata Project."

"Even though Kevin knew that the Phantom Thief Joker would be the biggest obstacle to his plan to carry out the Stigmata, he still sent him to the Paradise of the Afterlife... This is really in line with Kevin's usual style."

After analyzing the diagram of the Demon King's rebellion against God that Grayshu had drawn using the colors in Amamiya Ren's heart, Vivi shrugged helplessly.

She turned her head and looked at Abonya beside her as if nothing had happened, and carefully observed Abonya's expression out of the corner of her eye.

"Although he was chosen to be the executor of the Stigmata Project, Kevin hopes more than anyone else that someone can stop him from completing the Stigmata Project. It is not surprising that he would choose to train a savior who can stop him."

"But even if the Demon King defeats the God of Destruction, it does not mean that the world will not suffer from the crisis of destruction again. In order to completely save the world from the attack of disasters, the Demon King must come up with a more perfect solution than the God. Otherwise, all his efforts will only delay the time of human destruction and change it to another form."

Abonya stared at the figure of Amamiya Ren on the virtual screen. She slowly stretched out her slender white fingers and touched the face of Amamiya Ren on the screen, and said in a low voice.

The miracle Kevin longed for was not just that the Stigmata Project was stopped, but that the successor of the current civilization would come up with a salvation plan that was more gentle and perfect than the Stigmata Project.

Aponia couldn't predict what kind of salvation plan the thief named Joker would come up with, but she was willing to try to believe it.

If you ask why, it is because Amamiya Ren is the only miraculous existence in Aponia whose fate cannot be seen through.

Chapter 5: Grayshu, my skill card master! (K words)

After undergoing the super transformation surgery of the Fire Moth and fusing with Midoro's Honkai Beast Factor, Aponia gained the ability to peek into fate and foresee the future.

In the world that Aponia glimpsed, everyone is a slave to fate, with their own lives controlled by invisible puppet strings.

However, Amamiya Ren is the only exception that Aponia has seen.

In this commonplace cold world, there are no puppet strings above Amamiya Ren's head like those of others.

This is definitely not a difference between the inhabitants of a former civilization and the inhabitants of a current civilization.

Aponia merged her own will with the paradise of the past, and every successor who entered the paradise of the past was silently watched by her. Over the head of every successor, there was a transparent silk thread symbolizing the puppet of fate.

What is special is not the successor of the current civilization, but the unique existence of Amamiya Ren itself.

In order to find out the identity of Amamiya Ren, Aponia, out of curiosity and concern, used her ability to observe the fate of the target on Amamiya Ren.

Then Aponia discovered that she could not see the final moment of Amamiya Ren as clearly as she could observe the fate of other people.

The future of Amamiya Ren that Abonya could see was very vague. She could only foresee Amamiya Ren's general fortune in the future, or the big and small setbacks that she would encounter, but she could not see clearly the future picture that Amamiya Ren was about to face.

To put it more clearly and accurately, Aponia has actually glimpsed the end moment of the existence of [Amamiya Ren].

It’s just that the moment of the end is not in the distant future, but in the recent past.

According to the fateful ending scene that Aponia received the first time he saw Amamiya Ren, he should have died because of the attack by the imaginary creatures.

However, the real reality is that Amamiya Ren transcended her own destined death, rebelled against the great existence that manipulated the fate of the world, severed the thread of fate that was suspended above her, and gained freedom that no one could interfere with.

After breaking free from the chains of fate that were entangled around her, Aponia could no longer see the future picture belonging to Amamiya Ren as clearly as she could observe the fate of other people.

The death that should have been unchangeable was overcome and transcended by Amamiya Ren. In Aponia's eyes, this was clearly a miracle among miracles, a great feat that she had not been able to accomplish in her entire life.

Amamiya Ren rebelled against fate and won.

In Aponia's eyes, Amamiya Ren symbolizes infinite possibilities. His mere existence proves to the world that destiny can be changed.

Through the verification of Grayshu's ability to see through the true scenery of other people's minds and depict them as paintings, Aponia determined the true beliefs and thoughts in Amamiya Ren's heart, and knew that although he looked mysterious and hid his true identity in the name of a phantom thief, he was actually a fellow traveler with the same belief in saving the world.

Therefore, Aponia finally felt relieved about Amamiya Ren and felt extremely happy from the bottom of her heart.

If it was Joker, the Phantom Thief of Heart who had already transcended his own destined death and successfully rebelled against fate, perhaps he could really stop the Stigmata Project, lead mankind to defeat the Honkai Impact, and completely complete the great cause of saving the world!

Aponia clasped her fair hands tightly in front of her chest and prayed devoutly for Amamiya Ren.

"Is this the painting I drew with the colors in my mind? It looks pretty good... But it seems like there are no shadows emerging from the painting. Is there some other step that hasn't been completed?"

In the dream of the Painter of the World, Amamiya Ren looked at the picture of the Demon King rebelling against God drawn by Grayshu, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Although the idea was to paint a picture using the colors of her own soul, Amamiya Ren never expected that Grayshull would directly paint a picture with the intention of the P5 ending.

However, after Grayshu stopped painting and finished the whole picture, Amamiya Ren still could not see the shadow in his heart separated from Grayshu's painting. Therefore, he could not help but raise his little face and stare at Grayshu who was sitting on a high chair and finished the painting in front of him with his own hands, and asked.

"There are no other steps. Mr. Kaito is different from Kosmo. There are no monsters in your heart, so no monsters will be born from the painting."

In response to Amamiya Ren's question, Grayshu shook her little blue head gently and replied to Amamiya Ren in a light tone.

Just as Kosmo said, after using the colors in Amamiya Ren's heart to complete the painting, Grayshu returned to her original appearance, and her words and actions no longer carried the flavor of Amamiya Ren.

"Is that so? I had expected this..."

Amamiya Ren was not disappointed with the answer given by Grayshu.

After all, Amamiya Ren had already become a personality mask user, and there was no shadow in his heart. It was natural that Grayshure could not summon the shadow in his heart.

Amamiya Ren asked Grayus to paint using the colors in her mind just to give it a try, and to take a break and recover her strength while waiting for Grayus to finish the painting. Although she successfully defeated Kosmo, Kosmo did cause Amamiya Ren to consume a lot of her physical strength and magic power.

Even the Ksitigarbha Soul and the Great Thunder Spiral Ring were temporarily stuck in a cooling-down recovery period and could not be used normally.

Fortunately, after this period of rest, the Ksitigarbha Soul and the Great Thunder Spiral Ring have recovered to about half of their original state, so as not to affect Amamiya Ren's plan to explore the Palace of the Herrscher of the Void after leaving the Velvet Room.

"Your heart is very pure and firm. I can feel your will to resist from this painting... If there is any need, I will do my best to help."

Kosmo stared deeply at the painting of the demon king rebelling against the gods to save the world completed by Grayshu, and a touch of emotion appeared in his orange eyes.

As the caregiver who has been with Grayshue for the longest time, Kosmo's ability to appreciate and interpret Grayshue's paintings is the strongest in the Paradise of the Past.

Just by standing in front of the painting that was embodied by Amamiya Renshin's landscape, Kosmo could feel a strong belief that he must rebel against the gods above him even if he had to do everything he could, break free from the shackles of fate that bound him, and save the world and mankind from the impending day of destruction.

This belongs to humanity, to heroes, and to Amamiya Ren's will to resist.

Although Amamiya Ren is the successor of the current civilization, Kosmo has always longed for a savior hero like Amamiya Ren.

After passing Grayshu's ability certification, Kosmo is willing to seriously entrust his power to Amamiya Ren and cut off all thorns on his road to salvation.

"This is the mark of the Rising Light. Even though it is only a tiny beam of light, it is enough to be the first hope to break through the darkness."

A blue ball of light appeared in Kosmo's hand. He transferred the ball of light to Amamiya Ren and explained to her.

"Mark? Do you mean something similar to the stigmata?"

Amamiya Ren reached out and took the [Sunrise Light] seal given to her by Kosmo. In the center of the light ball that emitted a soft blue glow, there seemed to be a strange pattern of devil's horns emerging from a hexagram.

The [Sunrise Light] mark slowly merged from the palm of her hand into Amamiya Lian's body. Feeling a slight warmth in the coldness, it was like welcoming the dawn light in the darkness. Amamiya Lian asked Kosmo curiously.

Amemiya Ren had only seen this kind of strangely shaped pattern on the holy marks mentioned by Yutu and the others.

The [Asahi] mark has a pattern similar to the stigmata, and Amamiya Ren couldn't help but pay attention to the relationship between them.

“…You can understand it that way.”

Kosmo blinked his eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth tightly. After a while, he nodded slightly and responded to Amamiya Ren in a cold tone.

"After subduing Shadow as a Personality, can I still gain new power? Come to think of it, when I defeated Shadow Mei, she also gave me something similar."

After accepting the [Awakening] Mark bestowed by Kosmo, Amamiya Ren suddenly felt an endless supply of strength surging through her body, and a new way of fighting naturally emerged in her mind, with the goal of using various weapons to tear the enemy apart.

Just like when she subdued Yae Sakura as her personality mask, Amamiya Ren fully understood the fighting skills from Kosmo. Now she only needs to make slight adjustments based on her own conditions, and she will be able to flexibly apply Kosmo's fighting skills in battle.

However, Kosmo does not use a sword as a weapon, but instead uses its own body tissues, such as fangs, horns, sharp claws and even wings to attack the enemy.

The experience that Amamiya Ren can gain from Kosmo's combat skills is relatively limited, but the personality mask Arsene can apply most of Kosmo's combat memories in actual combat.

Recalling the lightning-shaped stigmata pattern that Shadow Mei gave him before she was completely defeated, which was called the [Seed of Power] by Hatagi, Amamiya Ren couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his chest. He whispered to himself thoughtfully.

Amemiya Ren was not able to subdue Shadow Mei as his own personality mask. He only obtained some fragments of power that Shadow Mei gave him before she disappeared.

However, according to Hatagu, as long as Amamiya Ren can cultivate the seed of power well, he will be able to make the power left by Shadow Mei thrive, which will greatly help him in his journey to resist the evil god.

"So...Shadow Xier, do you have anything you want to say to me now?"

Under Kosmo's somewhat puzzled gaze, Amamiya Ren gently closed her eyes and said this to the shadow Xier who lived in her spiritual space.

【Huh? What do you want me to say? 】

Two seconds later, Shadow Xier's voice sounded from within Amamiya Lian's heart, her tone full of impatience.

"Have you not yet completely entrusted your power to me?"

Amamiya Ren ignored Shadow Xier's impatient and irritable tone, and asked Shadow Xier in a very calm manner.

When he subdued Yae Sakura and Kallen as his personalities, Amamiya Ren could feel that his own strength had been enhanced to a certain extent.

However, when she subdued Shadow Seele as a personality mask, Amamiya Ren only gained her power as a personality mask. Her own abilities were not improved, nor did she receive any combat experience feedback similar to the Yae Shrine swordsmanship like she did when she subdued Yae Sakura.

Amamiya Ren originally thought that this was because Shadow Xier was Xier's own shadow, rather than an ownerless shadow that existed naturally in the impression space, so it did not reflect other powers to herself.

But now that I think about it carefully, since even Shadow Mei, who has not been subdued by me, can give me the seed of power of the stigmata.

Shadow Seele, who has been subdued by himself as a personality mask, has no reason why she cannot bring any improvement to herself.

【Ah this...】

After hearing Amamiya Lian's very calm question, Shadow Xier, who had originally had an irritable attitude, now sounded a little embarrassed, and even seemed to be talking about something else.

"I understand your concerns, and I don't mean to blame you. After all, I was the one who forced you to become a personality mask, so it's only natural that you feel dissatisfied... I just hope that after you accept me, you can lend me your power. You are very important to me."

Amamiya Ren said this to Shadow Xier in a calm and serious tone.

He did not mean to accuse Shadow Xier of hiding something. After all, it was Amamiya Lian herself who forcibly subdued this powerful Shadow, who was similar to the Palace Master in Xier's Palace, and used him for her own purposes.

Amamiya Ren only hopes that Shadow Seele will be able to give all her power to him at some point in the future.

After all, if she wants to target the evil god, Amamiya Ren's current strength is still too weak, and she must find ways to gain everything that can increase her strength.

[Tsk... I know, let's talk about this later! ]

After discovering that Amemiya Ren was not angry about this, but instead showed an attitude of tolerance and understanding towards her, Shadow Xier, who had been feeling a little guilty, and even wanted to use this anger to cover up the past, suddenly deflated.

What Shadow Xier is least good at dealing with is this kind of frank and serious attitude.

After shouting out these words in a self-destructive manner as if she had given up on herself, she completely disappeared and no longer responded to Amamiya Ren.

After hearing Shadow Xier's reply, which seemed to be an embarrassed agreement rather than a rejection, Amamiya Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

"Grace, I like this painting very much. Can I take it away?"

Amamiya Ren gently opened his eyes, walked slowly towards Grayshure who was sitting on a high chair, and asked Grayshure.

"Well, this is the painting that Grayshue gave to Mr. Kaitou. Mr. Kaitou can take it anywhere he wants."

Grayshu nodded obediently, and her white and delicate little feet swayed gently in the air in front of the high chair twice, leaving the right to dispose of the picture of the devil's rebellion against God completely to Amamiya Ren.

"Thank you. I'll take it back to the real world then... Huh?"

After obtaining permission from the painter, Grayshu, Amamiya Ren reached out to the drawing paper in front of him. However, before he could take the drawing paper off the easel, his fingertips just touched the edge of the painting.

This red scroll that exuded a strong sense of oppression suddenly turned into a red light and flew towards Amamiya Ren's head.

Just like a drop of water falling into the ocean, the red light transformed by the scroll naturally merged into the white spirit bird mask worn by Amamiya Ren.

"This feels like... a skill card? And it directly copied the skills from the personality mask I have?!"

Raising his hand and pressing the white spirit bird mask that was blended with red light, Amamiya Ren felt the ability to use the skills and memory that appeared in the medium of the mask.

His obsidian eyes couldn't help but widen slightly because of this unexpected joy.

It's not like Kitagawa Yusuke who just copied and painted according to the skill card.

The painting that Grayshury drew using the colors in Amamiya Ren's heart, although failed to summon the shadow soldiers in Amamiya Ren's heart, it recorded how to use the skills of the personality mask in his heart!

At the beginning, the skills that the personality mask Arsene could use were only curse-attribute moves.

It was not until Amamiya Ren subdued Personalities of other attributes, or obtained equipment that could use skills of other attributes, that he realized how to use skills of the fire and lightning attributes, allowing the Personality Arsene to fight using moves other than the Grudge attribute.

In other words, Amamiya Ren has always relied on her own understanding and learning ability to enable Arsene to grow into a personality mask with multiple attribute moves.

However, this method is very energy-consuming and requires time to repair and train, and it cannot immediately and stably exert the powerful power like other personality masks with corresponding attributes in actual combat.

However, the skill scroll created by Grayshut perfectly solved this problem and even played a better role.