The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

Chapter 402 Hello! Not here...

"Hypocrisy? You're right."

Mikael nodded seriously, without even trying to refute. He was not of such a temper, and was even known for being aggressive. The communication between the two of them had not been so "harmonious" back then. At that time, Mikael was either refuting or on the way to refuting. Mebius The same is true.

Perhaps people hope that their communication with others can start and end in a harmonious atmosphere, but Mebius, at this moment, Mebius would rather not be like this, and would rather be like what he did fifty thousand years ago. , the two of them would exchange words from time to time.

This is not because she has any weird psychological tendencies, it's just because this kind of "harmony" is not true harmony. It's like silence has two meanings - one is the silence where everyone is silent, and the other is silence. Everyone was dead, leaving only the sudden "buzz" of flies in the dead silence.

The harmony between the two was obviously closer to the latter, and Mikael didn't really agree with what Mebius said, but he didn't even have the intention to refute.

"Mikael..."

Mebius held his hand, and unexpectedly, what she touched was a hand as cold and hard as ice.

She looked down and saw that the skin on the back of her hand was rapidly becoming lighter. In two or three seconds, only a pale white remained.

"you……"

The muscles in her throat contracted suddenly, and her mouth opened into a small circle, but no sound came out for a long time.

On the contrary, it was Mikael. The moment his hand was held, his Adam's apple suddenly rolled, and then more and more memories began to flash back in his mind.

After a while, he spoke again:

"Whether it's hypocrisy or evil, it actually doesn't matter. Human beings always imagine that the choices they face are between good and evil, but we all know that this is not the case. The choices given by reality are often between small evil and big evil. An evil choice may also be a choice between a small good and a great good. What’s even more ironic is that different choices may lead to the same result, so there is no point in caring about them.”

"Really? But you used to like to struggle with those things the most."

Mebius grinned, seeming to have regained some of his previous feelings.

"You also said, that was once. After all, we at that time were still not mature enough... No, not us, just myself. I have been thinking, if I was not so entangled in good and evil, but only wanted a good thing As a result, will our ending be different?”

Yeah?

Mebius took a deep breath and didn't know how to answer this question. In the end, he could only give an ambiguous answer.

"Really, but it's a pity. The real ending is actually doomed, right? Besides, everything is over, so what about regrets?"

"I'm not talking about the ending, but... Mebius, you should know that if I had not 'betrayed', we did have the possibility of ending the collapse in the last era, and the reason why I want to I did this precisely because of that ending, precisely because of that ending for humanity, which I cannot accept.”

Although he was clearly saying angry words, Mikael's tone was as calm as ever. But if possible, Mebius hopes that he will be more angry, even if it is like before... it is not impossible.

"You mean..."

"Forget it, what you said is right, it's all in the past, so what if you regret it? Let's talk about the present and the future - Mebius, why did you come to me?"

Mebius originally wanted to say some words of comfort, but when he heard these merciless words, he became angry:

"Hey! What am I doing here? Why can't I come to you if I have nothing to do?"

"You know that's not what I meant." - Mebius has even answered in advance for Mikael in her mind. If the other party is the Mikael she is familiar with, he will definitely answer like this.

Unfortunately, she guessed wrong.

Mikael didn't speak at all, but glanced at her with a pair of tired eyes, which seemed to say: "Of course, but I know you won't do it, at least not this time."

Mebius lowered his head slightly, then held Mikael's pale palms with both hands and said:

"Since you're back, you might as well come back to World Snake with me."

"..."

"Aren't you going back?"

When Mikael didn't answer, Mebius leaned against him quietly and asked softly.

"temporary."

Mikael took a deep breath, even though the movement meant nothing to him.

"No."

It was obviously a coherent sentence, but Mikael abruptly divided it into two ends. Perhaps it was strange to outsiders, but Mebius's eyes suddenly softened.

She held Mikael's arm and rested her head on his shoulder. Mikael did not resist, which made the corners of her lips raise even wider when she smiled:

"Mikael, you hesitated just now."

"Ah, I hesitated."

"So, you are really awkward. You obviously want to go with me, but you insist on refusing. You obviously care about the two girls upstairs, but you use all kinds of utilitarian actions to alienate yourself from the inner world. As far as their distance is concerned, you really haven’t grown at all.”

"Is it utilitarian? There is nothing wrong with that. But my purpose of getting close to them was not pure in the first place, and the method I used before was even more... If Mei knew that I personally forged the charges against Ryoma Raiden and gave them to Cocolia, I’m afraid she’s going to kill me. But there’s still some growth, right? At least I couldn’t do these things cruelly.”

"Um……"

Mebius responded, and her hand climbed up to Mikael's chest unknowingly, but her movements did not have any teasing intentions, she just stroked Mikael over and over again without any warmth, nor There is no beating heart.

"Mikael, do you think growth is necessarily a good thing?"

"Of course not. Growth does not necessarily mean 'getting better', it just means growing up in a direction more suitable for reality. This kind of growth may be good or bad. But no matter good or bad, we have no choice. We I can’t help myself. Why, don’t you like me now?”

"If I say I don't like it, will you change back to your old self?"

Mebius lowered his hand, but it was not giving up, but hugging tightly... no, it was hugging Mikael's waist, as if he was afraid that he would suddenly disappear.

"No. Just as I once understood but could not agree with your dream and what you did, you will not change because of it."

"Yeah?"

Mebius rested his head on Mikael's chest, and his voice became deeper and deeper as he spoke.

"But...it seems that you don't remember some things from the past. Do you still remember the time in Luluye? You said that you don't like using innocent people for experiments, so from then on you have been going to Anti-Entropy Before joining forces with the Fire Chaser, I did not involve innocent people in the experiment.”

By saying this, maybe she was showing off her merits? Or maybe you're trying to defend yourself? In fact, she doesn't know why she said this, or maybe she is just conveying an attitude - I am not, I can really change it, if you want it.

But that is all in the past. From the current perspective, there are naturally countless belated explanations for past behavior. Especially when the time interval is extended to fifty thousand years, all the memories from fifty thousand years ago have been blurred, and the real motivation for making that decision cannot be remembered at all.

But Mikael didn't seem to appreciate it.

"What about Xi'er? When you performed the stigmata experiment on Xi'er, did you think Xi'er was also innocent?"

Mebius's body suddenly became stiff, and then he put his hands on Mikael's shoulders, stood up his upper body, and slightly distanced himself from Mikael.

The name Seele... Ever since the Seventh Collapse, it has been an absolute taboo between Mikael, especially Mikael and Mebius.

Regarding that incident, Mebius himself couldn't tell whether he was right or wrong. To be precise, the three people responsible for this incident all made the decision with the idea of ​​"letting Seele live." But it actually caused worse results.

But whether she was right or wrong, Mebius must have a guilty conscience. She couldn't help but become nervous when Mikael mentioned this matter again.

Until she saw a hint of joking in the corner of Mikael's mouth and smiled.

"What, are you scared?"

Mebius stared blankly at that smile, but felt somewhat sad in his heart - it turned out that he had grown up to the point where he could talk about this matter with a smile, and even used it to tease her.

It is indeed ironic. At that time, I always thought that it would be nice if Mikael grew up and matured more. But looking at Mikael now, Mebius certainly doesn't "dislike" him. Just...very, very distressed.

She leaned her head against Mikael's heart again, and her right index finger traced circles on Mikael's back shoulder.

"Mikael, do you still remember what my original ideal was?"

"Remember, you want to evolve humans into gods with your own hands, no matter what method you use."

Mebius pursed his lips and asked again:

"Then do you know what my ideal is now?"

Before Mikael could speak, she quickly added:

"Don't use the power of consciousness!"

Mikael didn't speak, just closed his eyes and took a shallow breath through his nose.

After a long time, he sighed and said:

"Can not guess."

Can't guess it? Or are you not even thinking about guessing?

The sadness in Mebius's heart became stronger, but more than this, she was more afraid of being left alone, so she quickly changed the topic:

"Then, what are your plans for the future? Back in Klosten, you only told me that you would take Kevin away and let me reorganize the Fire Moth in the name of World Serpent after persuading Su. More , you didn’t say anything.”

"Where's the Stigma Project?"

"We have reached version 781. If nothing else happens, this is the final plan. If you want to see it, I will bring you the detailed plan tomorrow."

"That's not necessary. I may not look at it if you bring it here."

"..."

That's not necessarily true, but Mebius's understanding of Mikael means he won't even look at it.

It's strange to say that so far, she still doesn't know the complete plan in Mikael's mind, but no matter what, the Stigmata Project should be an extremely important part of it, but he just turns a blind eye to it, and from then on The details of this plan have not been discussed.

It seems that to him, the process of the Stigma Project is not important at all, he only needs the results of the execution of the Stigma Project.

Of course, if Mebius is bold enough, she can even make this assumption: In fact, Mikael never wanted the Stigma Project to be completed.

It's not that she hasn't thought of this possibility, nor is she unclear about the meaning behind this possibility - that means that Mikael chose the most naive fire plan, that means that Mikael still believes in human beings He can defeat Honkai Impact with the beauty in his heart.

If it were the Mikael of the past, he would have firmly believed in this without hesitation.

But now, does Mikael really still believe in this childish fantasy? In particular, he said this not long ago: "It is precisely because of that ending of human beings that I cannot accept it."

What is the end of mankind? Mebius knew it.

In fact, it's not just Mikael. How many people who have experienced the remnants of the twelfth Honkai are there who dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they firmly believe that the beauty in the human heart will definitely defeat Honkai?

Especially for Mikael, he must have hated "human beings" to say that and make decisions that he would never have agreed with.

"Mikael, you... oh... where are the two girls? What are your plans?"

"To be precise, it's three, no, it's four."

"?"

Mebius rubbed Mikael's chest and said doubtfully:

"Where are the four? K423, Mei Lei... Well, I heard the report from Gray Snake, and there's also Xi'er, right? Who is the fourth one? Natasha? It doesn't look like that either..."

"It's the girl named Bronya."

"!"

Mebius stopped drawing circles with her fingers. She closed her eyes and recalled it carefully, and found the girl's information in her mind.

"Bronya, born in Siberia...wait, her last name is...Zaicek, okay, so that's it."

Mebius understood quickly. In fact, she had noticed this girl from the beginning because her appearance was somewhat similar to Mikael. However, after a period of follow-up investigation, it was discovered that this child did not show any Honkai adaptability beyond ordinary people. Moreover, the First Herrscher had already been born. If nothing else, she would not become the First Herrscher. Chance.

She knew about the so-called "isotope" theory. In particular, the difference between the two epochs only lies in the randomness of development after that time point 50,000 years ago. Therefore, it is not a big deal for similar people to appear in two different epochs. The unthinkable. Just like Dr. Mei and Mei upstairs, Himiko and Destiny's A-pole Valkyrie Himeko, Kevin and K423, and Mikael and this Bronya.

But it's just "similar". The fate of the same person does not have to be the same. The exact opposite is not impossible. For example, Mei's physique was not suitable to become a fusion warrior, but the girl named Raiden Mei is both a Stigma Awakener , and predetermined the power of the third Herrscher in advance.

On the other hand, it seems that it is not incomprehensible that Mikael is the first Herrscher, and this girl named Bronya will not become a Herrscher.

Based on this thinking, Mebius gave up tracking Bronya not long after.

But now that Mikael mentioned it again, the reason is self-evident. As for how he planned to make Bronya become the First Herrscher, Mebius didn't intend to ask, and there was no need to ask.

"Well, since you've already planned it, I don't have anything to say."

But if the conversation ended hastily like this, Mebius felt reluctant to let it go, so she raised her head from Mikael's arms and asked softly:

"Mikael, are you really not going with me?"

"not the right time yet."

Mikael shook his head slowly but firmly.

"Mebius, don't you think that today you are gentle and... verbose, and your tone is very similar to Alicia's?"

He originally wanted to say gentle, but this word always felt a little inappropriate when used on Mebius.

"Indeed, but what if I did this on purpose?"

Mebius smiled helplessly:

"Forget it, since you don't want to go with me, I won't force you, and I can't force you to come. However, I will stay with you for a while."

Mikael patted her shoulder, saying nothing.

However, the smile could no longer be suppressed.

The conversation between the two people was actually extremely chaotic and lacked structure, more like saying what came to mind. But this is the feeling that Mikael misses. There is no pressure of the end of the world, just sitting on a soft sofa, bathed in bright lights. It would be better if there is a young child sitting next to the two of them.

It's a pity that there may never be such an opportunity again, no matter who it is with...

"By the way, what's wrong with your heart?"

"Huh? The injury I got after fighting Kevin back then was because it was stabbed by a spear transformed from an imaginary branch. It was difficult to recover, so I simply didn't want it."

Mikael spoke calmly, but Mebius just bit his lower lip and pressed his palms against his heart one after another, feeling the coldness.

There is no heart anymore, and the blood no longer flows. How can the body still have warmth?

The warmth that Mei Yi felt before was just an illusion brought about by the power of fire.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's cold, but Mebius wants more. She put her lips close to Mikael's ear and blew gently:

"But actually, you can still build your heart back, right? After all, it's something Kevin can do with his powerful self-healing ability. There's no reason why you can't do it."

"You're right, but... ugh!"

Before Mikael finished speaking, he clenched his back molars, and four equally cold lips suddenly collided together. Then, Mikael's complexion began to become abnormally rosy, and his body quickly became warm. So much so that misty white steam rose up and circled upward around the beam of light falling from the chandelier.

Only at this time will anyone remember - oh, this is actually the living room!

"Hey! Wait a minute! Not here..."

"Ah hehe, you mean to say that it can be done somewhere else?"