After erasing the future in which Bronya died in battle, Kirataka returned to the time when he and Sora first met Bronya on the streets of Nagazora City.
"…"
He covered his head slightly.
Erasing a future that has already been experienced is probably like experiencing an incredibly realistic dream.
Although that future has disappeared, everything he experienced has turned into clear memories and poured into his mind.
The future can be erased, but everything he has experienced cannot be forgotten. The pain of having the whole body corroded by the Honkai is not pleasant.
Well, of course, compared to Bronya, who lost her life in that timeline, it is still much better.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Sora noticed his abnormality and asked with some concern.
"Nothing, just a little tired."
Kirataka smiled and patted the girl's head, then adjusted his mood and said to Bronya in front of him:
"Thank you for your help."
Bronya nodded slightly, then waved goodbye to them and left the street.
Kirataka watched the silver-haired girl gradually disappear into the distance, then took Sora's hand and continued walking on the road toward the depths of East City.
Since Kirataka already knew that if Bronya were to find Raiden Mei now, a life-and-death battle would break out between them and lead to Bronya's death, he naturally gave up this option.
No matter what, he would not let the girl he was very familiar with die in Nagazora.
Even if we don't consider personal preference, if Bronya died here, what would happen to the future?
there will be no one to succeed the Herrscher of Reason and Old Yang will be stuck in the sea of quanta forever and unable to get out?
Speaking of the future…
Kirataka originally considered that after leaving Nagazora this time, he would run to a safer city and lie low until the Honkai was over.
From now until the end, there will be only about three or four years, which is neither long nor short.
With his ability to look back in time, it is very easy for him to avoid disasters and live a good life. If he can hold on for a few years when Kiana becomes the Herrscher of the Finality and eliminates the disaster of Honkai, the world will not be completely peaceful, but at least there should be no dangerous enemies before the invasion of the sky People in the post-Honkai Odyssey era.
But now, after experiencing Bronya's death, he had to consider a possibility and discover a problem that he might have overlooked before.
——That is, the future development of this world will not necessarily have a happy ending like the main storyline of "Honkai Impact 3rd" that he is familiar with.
After all, this is the real reality, not the game plot he knew in the past. The future will not necessarily proceed step by step as he knows.
He already knew that if Bronya came into contact with the Third Herrscher too early, she would die tragically... but what about other people?
The original plot should be that Kiana searches all the way in Chiba Academy and finally meets the Third Herrscher and awakens the personality of Mei Raiden. However, will the reality here also unfold as he knows?
Obviously, even the current Kiana is definitely not a match for the Herrscher of Thunder—unless she is forced to release the power of the Herrscher of Void in her body.
What if the Herrscher of Thunder kills Kiana like she killed Bronya...?
Otto's carefully planned and important existence just disappeared like that.
Going further, when Aunt Himeko arrived in Nagazora on the Hyperion, she also had a conflict with the Third Herrscher.
As an A-rank Valkyrie, even with the help of the Nexus system on Hyperion, she could only barely hold out against the Herrscher of Thunder for a while and was unable to confront the Herrscher head-on.
If Kiana hadn't stopped the Herrscher of Thunder, it would have been very likely that Himeko and even the entire Hyperion would have been reduced to ashes on the spot.
What if Aunt Himeko died in Nagazora...?
Not to mention that the "Final Lesson" is gone, I'm afraid Theresa will most likely be killed by Kiana according to Otto's script.
Just like a hurricane caused by the gentle flapping of a butterfly's wings, many things are interconnected, and the future truly has countless possibilities.
This was particularly profound for him, who could go back in time over and over again.
He had no way of knowing how the future would develop, nor could he deny that the worse possibilities he had just thought of would not happen.
Those futures that transcend the end and are actually full of coincidences and are barely achieved are just one of countless futures.
...So, the best way is to get yourself involved.
Instead of avoiding those dangers, we should find ways to face them and resolve them.
For other people, life is only once, but for Kirataka, it is not the case.
"…"
As to whether he has any feelings for those girls he is familiar with, the answer is definitely yes.
If we could try to intervene slowly from now on, perhaps we could gradually make up for some regrets that have not yet happened.
Cocolia's conspiracy, Otto's conspiracy, the World Serpent's [Stigmata Plan]...
Of course, the prerequisite for all this is that he must have enough power, otherwise everything is empty talk.
For now, we have to find a way to contact the Third Herrscher—she is the focus of various forces in Nagazora and is undoubtedly Kirataka's target.
Judging from the last time she and Bronya approached the Third Herrscher, she didn't seem to have any particularly strong hostility towards humans and had no tendency to attack proactively.
This provided the prerequisite for Kirataka to try to approach the Third Herrscher.
However, with his current body's resistance to Honkai energy, he couldn't even stay near the Third Herrscher for a long time, so it seemed a bit difficult for him to do anything.
So, he needed some extra help.
Kirataka shook his head and decided to take it one step at a time. Anyway, he could try various possibilities.
In short, after giving up the future that would leave with Bronya, I should take Sora to find Raven first.
Things have to be done step by step... After Sora is safe, it will be much more convenient for him to act alone.
After making arrangements for the future, Kirataka took the purple-haired girl beside him and went deep into the East City District.
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