Delicate features, a soft voice—it was exactly like the gentle Mei from the beginning of the story.
The Danmaku exploded once again.
Mei had appeared. Who would be next?
The audience could not help but feel another flicker of anticipation.
Chapter 77: Viewers Who Cried While Hitting Like...
After greeting everyone, Mei stopped paying attention to the Danmaku.
Kiana continued advancing the game's story.
As Mei kept recalling the past.
As the sorrowful music continued to play.
Kiana and the audience were soon drawn back into the story.
"I know that, deep down, you haven't changed at all. You're still the girl who smiled and reached out a hand to strangers."
"Even after suffering so much injustice, even after learning that the world was not beautiful... even when... there were tragedies destined to be irreversible. (Himeko)"
"You would still fight as you once did—for your companions, for others, for the beauty you believed in..."
"Kiana, you will definitely become a hero. The world is waiting for you to become one too, but..."
"...I... Kiana, I don't want you to be that hero!"
By this point, Mei had already made up her mind.
She would become a Herrscher, join World Serpent, and fight Honkai with everything she had!
"We... can never go back to how things were..."
Just after Mei spoke those words, a massive golden sword suddenly appeared in the distance and pierced Benares in midair with perfect accuracy.
"Kiana!"
Mei's heart sank instinctively.
Kiana had flown away while riding on Benares's back.
The sudden sight filled her with worry, and she hurried over at once.
Yet when she reached the scene, she found no sign of Kiana.
Benares lay sprawled on the ground, barely clinging to life.
On the other side, a strange-looking creature pulled the giant sword from