Chapter 80: Promise
His guess turned out to be correct.
For Higokumaru, the source of all its hatred is the incident that took place in the Fire Moth base.
——Originally, she was a seemingly ordinary girl who lived in the previous civilization. After being examined by Dr. MEI, it was discovered that she had a violent Honkai energy reaction in her body and was identified as the Twelfth Herrscher.
Although she did not show any special abilities, she was thought to be a Herrscher and was imprisoned in the base by the Fire Moth.
After that, a group of mentally abnormal and fanatical soldiers chose to fight in private out of fear and hatred, killing the powerless girl when no one was watching, which led to the birth of the Twelfth Herrscher.
This is exactly the past of Higokumaru, or Rin.
At this time, the cherry-haired girl was still an ordinary girl next door.
Apart from her sister Sakura's special identity as one of the Thirteen Flame Chaser Heroes, there is actually nothing special about her.
She can't control Honkai energy, nor use weapons. She is truly just an innocent girl.
Kirataka watched everything here, waiting for things to develop.
——Just like the life experiences of the Herrscher of Binding and the Herrscher of the Void in the past, I am afraid that tragedy will be repeated here.
Sure enough, soon a group of abnormal soldiers arrived at the door of her detention room and opened the special alloy door.
Kirataka could see a strange light flashing in their eyes, and it was obvious that their mental states were not normal.
The Fire Moths later dissected and investigated the bodies of these soldiers who were about to kill Rin. It was found that when they committed this brutal act, their spirits were all stimulated by the [Discipline].
——It was actually a [commandment] that helped them to stabilize their spirits, which said [never give up hope in fighting the Honkai].
Now that the tragedy of this restriction has broken out and humanity is left with only three cities, not everyone can maintain a good mental state.
In the Fire Moth prison, the number of mentally broken soldiers and civilians imprisoned far exceeds the number of criminals in the general sense.
Therefore, it was out of good intentions that the hero imposed the [Discipline] on the remaining soldiers to keep them alive.
However, it was this [Discipline] that magnified their fear of the Herrscher. Instead of being timid and afraid of the Herrscher's attack every day, it would be better to kill her now while she has no fighting ability.
By doing this, they will be able to eliminate another Herrscher and become heroes who save the world.
Kirataka could undoubtedly see what these soldiers were thinking from their eyes.
They believed that they were acting for a noble goal, so they did not feel any guilt.
Soon, fully armed soldiers surrounded Rin and pointed their black guns at her.
The weak girl was forced to huddle in the corner, shivering and helpless.
——Just like Rin who was surrounded by villagers and was about to have her tendons cut.
Without giving the girl any chance to speak or beg for mercy, the soldiers pulled the trigger almost at the same time.
Bullets whizzed out and pierced Rin's body from all directions.
For a moment, the whole room was filled with the sound of gunfire. The soldiers used the same methods they used to deal with the Honkai beasts, brutally shooting the weak girl.
By the time everyone had used up their bullets, the once youthful girl had been shot into a sieve, with bright red blood flowing from her body, covering the entire room.
"…"
Looking at the unrecognizable corpse, after confirming that she was indeed dead, the soldiers cheered:
"We did it!"
"The Fire Moth has defeated another Herrscher!"
"We are heroes! We saved humanity and the world!"
"sigh…"
Kirataka just let out a light sigh.
he doesn't know if it was because Higokumaru did it on purpose, but the pain of being pierced by the bullet was also fed back to him at the same time.
It was indeed quite painful. Although he had experienced death many times, this was the first time he was shot to death by a hail of bullets.
"Do you feel it? My pain."
Higokumaru's huge body emerged again and appeared behind him.
This is its past, and it can certainly be reproduced here.
"Yeah, I definitely felt it."
Kirataka didn't do anything about it, just nodded slightly.
Higokumaru continued to speak excitedly:
"I clearly... I clearly cooperated with them so well. I had no complaints about the physical examination or detention, but... they didn't want me to live!"
She had been very well-behaved, had never done anything bad, and had let down her guard and resistance to cooperate with them, so why did she still have to suffer such unfortunate persecution?
What on earth did she do?
The sadness, pain, and despair of the girl before her death were the root causes of the complete birth of the Twelfth Herrscher.
Higokumaru turned around, stared at Kirataka fiercely, and asked:
"Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
"You didn't do anything wrong,"
Kirataka replied calmly.
In fact, it's not just Rin. Even Aponia, who imposed [Discipline] on the soldiers and directly caused this tragedy, actually just did things that they thought were not wrong from their own perspective.
As for the group of soldiers who took action, it is not so much that they did anything wrong, but rather that they had already gone crazy due to the enormous pressure of survival.
There is no point in arguing about right and wrong with a bunch of lunatics.
Moreover, they had already been executed by Rin, who had transformed into a Herrscher, and met the fate they deserved.
"So, why should I be treated so unfairly?"
Higokumaru roared again and said:
"I want the whole world... to feel my pain!"
Its voice was so loud that even the surrounding walls were shaking faintly, and the entire space was trembling as if reflecting its anger.
It was precisely because of this anger and hatred that it was able to resist the black box's assimilation for fifty thousand years and refuse to become a Divine Key.
"…"
Don't advise others to do good unless you have experienced their suffering.
He would not persuade Higokumaru to let go of this heavy past, because it was indeed unfair to it.
So, what he can do is...
Taking a deep breath, Kirataka said to Higokumaru in front of him:
"…I can't change your past, but I can give you a completely different future."
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