Kiana and Bronya only felt a blur before their eyes, then discovered that they were already standing on a hillside in the real world.
Fu Hua was standing not far in front of them, and beside her was a girl who looked extremely similar to Van.
Before Kiana and Bronya could ask Fu Hua about the cause of all this, Van, standing to the side, spoke first, "I have all his memories... all his abilities... so why do you all still think I'm not him!"
Saying this, Van stomped her foot in anger, with a posture and behavior like a child not receiving recognition.
———
[Child, because you're a girl.]
[Pfft~ The upstairs comment spoke the truth.]
[Sigh, sometimes I really want to hug little three-year-old Van. She just wants everyone's approval.]
[It's not Van three-year-old's fault, nor is it those who just want a husband...]
[The one at fault is Otto!!!]
———
[Back to the Video.]
Facing Van's questioning, Kiana said calmly, "No matter how real an illusion is, it will always show flaws. Likewise, no matter how much effort you put into acting like someone, you can never become that person."
"You!" Van's face flushed red.
"Why do you all care so much about that loser? Obviously, I'm the better one. I stopped disasters in the memories, avoided the deaths of friends. I prevented those tragedies. On the other hand, that loser, he..."
"You didn't stop the tragedy. You just made the tragedy exist in another way."
Bronya interrupted, "You made those who survived carry guilt while living, how is that salvation?"
"The sacrifices in fighting against Honkai are inevitable!" Van shouted stubbornly. "And I did all this for my friends. I fulfilled their wishes!"
"What you did was not, as you say, to fulfill your friends' wishes," Kiana refuted. "It was for yourself!"
Hearing Kiana's words, Van was momentarily stunned. "You're saying... I did it for myself?"
"Of course!" Kiana's gaze suddenly turned sharp. She stepped forward and said firmly,
"In the previous era, you kept claiming it was all for the greater good, yet you abandoned righteousness for the sake of friends. You were just acting willfully,
but still had to give yourself grand and noble excuses."
"You! I... not... I didn't..." Van tried to refute but didn't know how to begin.
Seeing Van caught in confusion, Fu Hua shook her head and said softly, "Haven't you realized? You keep saying you are Van, but at the same time deny everything Van once did. Actually, we don't care what kind of person Van should have been or could have become. In our eyes, Van is Van, the one and only Van, the Van we liked..."
Hearing this, Van's brows tightly furrowed, and her lips were bitten until they bled.
Fu Hua seemed to see a misty fog in her eyes, and at that moment, she looked like a young child.
———
[It's over. Van three-year-old is crying!]
[Van three-year-old, You three adults ganged up on a just-turned-three-year-old girl, is that appropriate!]
[Why do I suddenly feel sorry for Van three-year-old?]
———
[Back to the Video.]
Van's anger was beyond words, and the fury finally exploded in her chest.
"I understand now... I understand... So all of this was just my own wishful thinking..."
Suddenly, she laughed like a madwoman, and soon unstable red energy began surging from her body.
"Fine... fine! Since you all like that loser so much... Then all of you go down to accompany him!!!"
The violent alarm from Heavy Bunny made Bronya's pupils constrict.
"Not good, the Honkai concentration in the air is rapidly rising! We must stop her, or else..."
However, before she could finish her sentence, Van interrupted sharply, "Stop me? You think you're worthy?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Van stretched out her hand, a long sword condensed from Honkai energy appeared in her hand.
"Since my resurrection, I've never lost.
Hmph~ You think you're better than Otto, Durandal, Kevin? So... stop overestimating yourselves, fools!"
The battle broke out instantly.
Van struck first, swinging the dark purple long sword in her hand.
Immediately, several sharp sword auras entwined with Honkai energy flew through the air toward the three.
Fu Hua dashed forward with a single step, the Taixu sword glowing with golden light, forcefully breaking the sword aura.
On the other side, taking advantage of this moment,
Kiana quickly circled to the side and summoned several subspace spears, throwing them toward Van's direction.
Bronya once again activated Heavy Bunny's riding mode, projecting the Key of Truth on the periphery.
The azure-blue beam directly shot toward Van's back.
"Petty tricks!" Van sneered and her figure flashed quickly.
She first swung her sword to knock away the subspace spears, then reversed her hand to deploy a field formed by Honkai energy, blocking the Key of Truth's firepower.
Her movements were fluid like water, and tens of thousands of years of combat experience made her handle things with ease.
Facing the combined attack of the three, she was not at a disadvantage at all, in fact, she was vaguely suppressing them.
At this point, Fu Hua had to admit, although, in terms of existence, she and Van were worlds apart, this storm-like fighting style was exactly the same.
This made a sense of helplessness rise in Fu Hua's heart. 'So... this is what it feels like to be your enemy...'
Seeing that the tide of victory was starting to lean toward the opponent, Fu Hua had no choice but to decide to activate the Taixu Sword Qi.
Thinking of this, Fu Hua suddenly jumped back to exit the main battlefield, then gave a signal with her eyes to the two companions.
The two immediately understood and instantly increased their offensive, trying to buy time for Fu Hua.
———
[Looks like Fu Hua's going to use Taixu Sword Qi?]
[But according to Fu Hua's Law of Taixu Sword Qi, she probably can't succeed in using it.]
[Goddamn Law of Taixu Sword Qi!]
[Alright, alright! It's the same logic as Exploding Armor, right?]
———
[Bak to the Video.]
Accompanied by the real-world netizens' jokes,
Fu Hua's ultimate move was, unsurprisingly, interrupted by Van.
"Want to use Taixu Sword Qi? No way!" As the words fell, Van's attack suddenly accelerated.
The long sword in her hand turned into countless afterimages, sword energy crisscrossing, forcing Kiana to retreat again and again.
After knocking away Kiana with a slash, Van suddenly rushed in close and punched Bronya, sending her flying several meters.
Just as Fu Hua assumed her opening stance, Van had already arrived in front of her.
"Old fossil, your thoughts are too easy to guess!" With that, Van immediately slashed at Fu Hua.
At that critical moment, a fiery red light suddenly burst out from the void.
Next, a flurry of fire-red feathers appeared before Fu Hua, blocking the deadly blow.
As the feathers fluttered down, Van saw a familiar figure standing in front of Fu Hua.
"Enough."
Hearing the voice of the newcomer, Van's pupils shrank.
Because she realized, this was exactly the voice of the "Superego" in her mind.
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