Himeko Is Dead? Kiana Got Cucked?! (cont.)

Elysia looked up, a renewed sense of hope rising in her heart.

"Does consciousness mean that Himeko is not dead?"

Vill-V looked away. "I don't know, I didn't say that."

Then they poured cold water on Elysia.

But she already had hope in her heart.

Bronya saw this scene and guessed the general plot from the gloomy expressions on Kiana and Mei's faces, and also knew why Kiana was silent.

Perhaps we'll find out whether Himeko- sensei is alive or dead in the sequel.

But I'm afraid it's not good news.

Bronya sighed.

As the flashback ended, Mei couldn't help but ask a presumptuous question.

Would you wish your brother were still alive?

The gray Koenigsegg slowed down.

The Raven's tone changed, and it fell silent.

The car stopped on the seaside highway.

The twilight glowed on the golden sand. Mei and Raven walked together on the soft sand, listening to the sound of the waves crashing and watching the sun set.

With a nostalgic expression and a gentle tone, Raven recounted her childhood with her brother. As she spoke, she took off her shoes, carrying them in one hand, and stepped barefoot onto the beach, letting the waves lap at her ankles.

She turned around, looked at Mei, and gave her answer.

Of course she would look forward to it.

She had returned to Siberia more than once, and had entrusted people to search for her more than once, hoping that the familiar figure would appear before her eyes again, affectionately call her Nata, and give her a surprise.

But when she actually saw a figure that looked exactly like her brother one winter, she subconsciously wanted to chase after him, but due to a series of factors such as crowds or red lights, there was always a distance between them.

In the end, they still couldn't catch up.

But how could she, as the number one mercenary in North America, not catch up with an ordinary person?

It's not that we can't catch up, it's that we don't want to.

She was afraid—afraid that if she caught up, she would be met with, "Sorry, you've mistaken me for someone else."

She returned to the red light, the experience feeling like a dream. She continued her life, running her tavern, working as a mercenary, and taking care of her children.

Finally, he set a dream for himself: to buy a small island, build a big villa, and give himself a home to return to.

The Raven gazed at the distant coastline, as if her island were within reach, but she knew her island had already sunk.

It was the sinking of the island that made her realize that she had never truly lived for herself all these years. She remembered a sentence her brother had said to her before he died.

"Live well."

This sentence was like a curse; the Raven's behavior revolved around it. Only when she was with the children did she feel truly alive, breaking the curse.

This storyline can be said to have completed Raven's character development.

This also made her completely different from the Jackal.

In the eyes of the audience, she is no longer a complicated person who kills as a mercenary while taking care of displaced children; everything she does is justified.

The character became more fleshed out.

"Laughing at the joke, not at the person, Raven a true woman!"

Yaqing was the first to give Raven a thumbs up.

He had known Raven for a long time, and would entrust Raven with some shady dealings. Because he was always quite generous with his money, Raven, who made money by taking orders in private, even gave him a nickname. "Boss with Too Many Duties."

"The Raven is a pitiful creature too."

Su sighed.

Although he already knew that no character in Honkai 3rd didn't love knives, he never expected that Raven's experience would also give the audience a comment.

At least, Raven's courage and willingness to take responsibility, coupled with her crying and fussing in this storyline, have won her a lot of fans, and many people are looking forward to the day when she joins the main cast.

The Jackal was different. Although Kiana could no longer feel pain at that time, her attitude of treating the Kiana as experimental subjects has been criticized by many viewers to this day. Even the joy of destroying the house with Little Knowledge could not make up for it.

"Well."

Sakura sighed.

Are there any truly happy people in Honkai?

It wasn't enough that she and Ling were nerfed once; now they have a different model, and they're nerfed again.

If we're talking about who was the most miserable among everyone present, besides Kevin, it would probably be her.

Unlike the sighs of the people in the Golden Courtyard, online viewers were more concerned with the close-ups of the seatbelt in the car and the Raven taking off its shoes, as well as the barrage of comments about the jailers. If you didn't know better, you might think Mei had gone to prison.

The Raven, who was taking care of Aponia's children at the sanatorium, was bewildered.

"Teacher..."

For some reason, Raven actually saw a hint of pity in Little Void's eyes, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Teacher, I never imagined your childhood was so tragic. I'll never talk back to you again..."

"Teacher, you can have my candy..."

"Teacher..."

Children's kindness is pure.

But the Raven was completely stunned.

She recalled her brother, that otaku, who was almost 30 years old and still stayed at home watching anime every day. If he weren't a little thin, she would have called him a fat otaku, and a die-hard fan of anime that Honkai.

He sighed.

"Wearing a hat at the beach, aren't you hot?"

Perhaps the previous topic was too heavy, Mei chose to turn her attention to Raven's hat.

"Yes, now that you mention it, it is indeed quite hot."

Raven took off her hood, and perhaps because she wanted to vent, she laughed heartily.

However, the audience's attention was not on her facial expression, but on the tuft of hair on her head that swayed slightly in the wind, which seemed out of place with her temperament.

Before taking off its hat, Raven's demeanor was cold and aloof, truly resembling a ruthless killer. However, after removing its hat, the tuft of hair on its head transformed it into an adorable creature.

"Puff."

Mei couldn't help but laugh.

"Go ahead and laugh, I won't show you a second time."

The Raven was quite arrogant.

Elysia's eyes lit up.

Raven's hood concealed her beauty; only after removing the hood did she realize that Raven was a beauty, and a rare, adorable one at that.

"Is this... what is meant by 'gap moe' (a cute or unexpected charm)?"

I'm at a loss when it comes to Mei.

The once aloof and dangerous Raven seems to have... collapsed.

"Isn't this great? The character is becoming more and more fleshed out, more real, and no longer just a tool to advance the plot."

Blanca laughed.

That's what they say...

Sakura found it increasingly strange the more she looked at it.

Isn't the storyline between Mei and Raven a bit too heartwarming? The more you watch, the more Kiana seems to have a green hat on her head.

Kiana is Anti-Entropy.

"Uh... don't you guys find it a little strange? When did Mei and Raven get so close? And there's quite a bit of description about them in the story."

Sakura put it rather tactfully.

Elysia understood immediately.

"Hey! Yaqing, you're not going to write Kiana like Otto, are you? And have Mei get close to other girls! Even if Raven looks cute with her hat off, Fairy Miss would absolutely not allow that kind of plot!"

Elysia resolutely crossed her arms in front of her chest, forming an X shape.

Sakura's head was full of black lines.

The way Elysia said it made it sound like she was the other woman who had interfered in Kallen and Otto's relationship.

"Big sister, you see, I'm not the only one who thinks this way."

Rin, who couldn't understand the situation, added a comment, which immediately gave Sakura a target to vent her frustrations on.

"Big... Big sister, please... please don't pinch my face."

While Yaqing was snuggling up to Mobius, she heard someone call her name. She looked over in confusion, and when she heard it was Elysia, her lips twitched involuntarily.

In his view, anyone could say that, except for Elysia.

"How could that be, Elysia? I'm a staunch advocate of pure love."

Yaqing said righteously.

However, his attitude did not dispel Elysia's suspicions; on the contrary, it made her even more suspicious.

"Really?"

"Of course."

Elysia was skeptical.

She had already suffered too many losses at Yaqing's hands, and she wouldn't believe it until she saw Qi Ya again.

But there is no evidence yet, so we can only wait and see.

As the sun sets, it slowly touches the horizon.

"Raiden Mei".

Gazing at the setting sun in the distance, the Raven suddenly called out Mei's full name.

"Um?"

Mei was puzzled.

"We must eventually say goodbye to the shadows of the past."

"...yes."

"But... I also believe in the 'happy ending' you mentioned, at least to some extent."

A smile crept across the Raven's lips.

"Thanks."

"Why thank me? Just go and walk the path you believe is right, and I will do the same."

"Certainly."

The sun gradually disappeared from their sight.

Night has fallen.

Mei spoke softly, as if pronouncing some kind of death sentence.

In this dialogue, Xu's breath almost overflows the screen and reaches the audience.

Elysia looked at Yaqing with increasing suspicion.

"Could it be that Mei was just tricked by that wicked woman from World Serpent?!"

Pardo was incredulous.

She seemed to have seen this kind of plot in the soap operas that Sister Mei loved to watch: the male and female leads had a big fight, and then an unknown supporting character took advantage of the situation, leaving the male lead full of regret.