Collapse City: The Anime Version of Honkai Begins
Chapter 351

Su Attacks Ragnar, Inciting Everyone's Outrage. (Continued)

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I don't understand it at all.

The plot development left the audience completely confused. First, Durandal seemed to have gone to a new World Bubble, and then Su appeared and said something inexplicable.

"Su has too much of a villainous aura about him."

Elysia frowned.

Judging from Su's appearance, his level of obsession is no less than Kevin's. Even as a warrior from the Previous Era, he wants to help the current civilization overcome the Honkai, but his methods are truly unacceptable.

"Fortunately, Hua lost her memory back then, otherwise Fu Hua during the time of the Scarlet Bird Immortal probably wouldn't have stood on Kiana and the others' side. Those who fall into evil must be killed, and the first ones she would probably have killed would be Kiana and the other Herrscher."

The rules are currently unknown, so in the eyes of the audience, Fu Hua's change in mentality is due to her loss of memory.

"But we can't blame them, because they have witnessed the harm of the Finality. Just like parents looking at their children, they want to protect them from the current civilization, but they don't know how to communicate with them."

Mei said.

Perhaps it was because the threat posed by the Finality was too great that Su was so anxious.

As the alarm clock rang, Durandal, who was sleeping on the table, woke up from her dream.

"I was studying the case too late and accidentally fell asleep again."

Durandal brushed her teeth while thinking about the strange dream she had last night—fighting monsters while wearing an exoskeleton. She wasn't a child anymore; why would she have such a dream?

Durandal quickly tidied herself up and prepared to leave, while also explaining the specific situation to the audience through her inner thoughts.

Five years ago, a disaster struck Changkong City, causing the city to fall. Her best friend, Rita, who was studying in Changkong City, disappeared after the disaster. Shortly afterward, the Collapse Disease, with a 100% mortality rate, began to spread worldwide.

"Changkong City?"

When talking about the disasters in Changkong City, the first thing Elysia thinks of is the Honkai event caused by Mei becoming Herrscher.

But that doesn't make any sense. When Mei became Herrscher, Durandal was already a Schicksal S-Rank Valkyrie, so how could she be a doctor? Besides, Rita couldn't possibly be studying in Changkong City.

"It really is the World Bubble!"

Elysia was surprised. Although the development time was different from that of the Intrinsic World, the events that happened were very similar, so the only possibility was the World Bubble.

Mei frowned, the sense of familiarity growing stronger.

"Rather than calling it World Bubble, I think this setting is more like..."

Mei kept glancing at Kevin and Sue.

One likes playing basketball, the other is a doctor.

They look so similar no matter how you look at them.

But Mei, lacking evidence, remained silent.

After Durandal arrived at the hospital, she first went to observe her patient Annie, who was a very cute child, but unfortunately she had been infected with Collapse Disease.

After Durandal comforted him and left the ward, Ragna rushed over anxiously. It turned out that the patient in bed number 5 had deteriorated rapidly and needed immediate surgery.

On the operating table, Durandal was powerless; the patient's entire heart was being eroded by purple stripes.

After the surgery, Durandal sat in an empty room, hugging her knees, her pretty face buried deep in her knees, consumed by self-blame and anger.

Just then, a person calling himself the Moth Chasing Fire arrived to collect the corpses of Collapse Disease and brought up the application Durandal had submitted previously.

"A Moth Chasing Fire?"

Elysia's beautiful eyes widened.

The name "Moth Chasing Fire" is quite famous. As viewers of Honkai 3rd know, the Moth Chasing Fire is an organization from the Previous Era that fought against the Honkai.

However, the organization from the Previous Era has somehow become involved with Durandal from the current civilization.

When Mei saw the words "Moth Chasing Fire," she knew her guess was correct.

This isn't some kind of World Bubble at all; it's Sue letting Durandal experience her past from a first-person perspective. So, the Rita playing basketball is...

Kevin tilted his head in confusion, not understanding why Mei was suddenly looking at him.

"Poor child."

Seeing the young children on the screen suffering from the Collapse Disease, Aponia's eyes were filled with sorrow.

"The so-called Collapse Disease is just the Honkai it suffers from, right? News related to Honkai is blocked, so Durandal has no chance of saving patients with Collapse Disease."

Sakura shook her head, seemingly reluctant.

What could be more painful than a doctor who has been saving lives watching a patient die right before their eyes and being powerless to do anything about it?

Otto has a successful example of Honkai invasion, but Durandal in this world cannot be replicated at all because the most important material is the Schariac Holy Blood.

Vill-V and Mobius also guessed roughly the same thing.

However, neither of them spoke.

Spoilers are a very bad experience.

Durandal stepped out of the room, Director Ragna, who had been waiting for her for some time, sat on a bench in the corridor.

Ragna knew that Durandal had submitted an application to the Moth Chasing Fire but was rejected. In her opinion, the organization was suspicious, as it had not released a treatment plan in five years. Either they did not want to release it, or they simply did not have one.

Durandal felt that no matter how slim the hope, she had to try, because there were still many patients waiting for her, and as long as she tried, there was always a chance.

Ragna smiled.

"That's a disease with a 100% mortality rate. If it were anyone else, I would have advised her to give up. But it's you. Maybe a miracle can happen. You truly are my most outstanding student."

Ragna ruffled Durandal's hair.

At this moment, Durandal's inner thoughts also revealed another reason to the audience.

She joined the Moth Chasing Fire not only to treat the Collapse Disease, but also for Rita. It's said that five years ago, a group of survivors from Changkong City were taken in by the Moth Chasing Fire, and she wanted to find out if her friend was among them.

"How sweet! Is this what love is?"

Elysia crossed her arms. Durandal had been thinking of Rita for the past five years, and she couldn't have liked this gentle aura more than anything.

Mei's expression was strange.

She had already guessed the general plot.

Durandal is experiencing Sue's memories. If Durandal and Rita's relationship is one of love, then wouldn't that mean... she's a lesbian's wife?

Mei was about to lose her temper, clenching her fists tightly.

She believes that Yaqing's script was based on reality, which implies that in Yaqing's eyes, Kevin and Su have that kind of relationship?

Mobius gave Yaqing a deep look.

She knew that her initial wariness of Kevin was the right thing to do.

"The white mouse is..."

Mobius couldn't help but ask.

"Senior, there are as many Harry Potters in the eyes of ten thousand people."

"It's Hamlet."

Mobius rolled her eyes. She knew Yaqing was trying to change the subject, but she was willing to go along with him and didn't want to pry.

Ragna held the documents in one hand and pushed open the ward door with the other. Just then, she suddenly seemed to realize something and turned around sharply. Su's figure appeared there silently, like a dream.

"Found you, you are one of her [beacons]."

Sue reached out his hand toward Ragna.

"Please disappear for a moment."

The documents Ragna was holding were scattered all over the floor.

"Hateful!"

Kiana gritted her teeth.

Because the fervor surrounding the Burning Flames Forever hasn't subsided, viewers have a great fondness for Ragna, the Valkyrie who passed on her beliefs to Himeko, Durandal, and Rita.

Seeing Su take action against Ragna has significantly lowered the audience's opinion of him.

Kiana, in particular, first saw Su deal with her older sister, and then made Ragna disappear. In her mind, Su was already synonymous with Otto.

"That's really too much."

Mei got angry too.

Su has now angered every viewer who watched the anime's Honkai.

The next day, Durandal received devastating news.

Annie's condition worsened, and she rushed to ward 18. Annie was already extremely weak and could only be kept alive by a ventilator.

"Bianka... Doctor... save me."

Durandal held Annie's hand tightly. All she could do was comfort her as she watched helplessly as Annie's life slipped away.

The camera slowly zooms out, and Su appears outside the ward.

"Don't be so persistent, Miss Bianka. You can't save her. Let go and let her go."

There was a barely perceptible resentment in Su's tone.

"No, I won't give up!"

Durandal remained steadfast.

As she watched the truck carrying Annie's body leave, she returned home in a daze. In the sink, she clenched her fists, finally unable to contain her anger, and slammed them against the mirror.

The mirror shattered, shards piercing the flesh of her fist. Blood dripped down the broken mirror, and Durandal hung her head, seemingly oblivious to the pain.

"Damn it! Annie is only ten years old..."

"For two years, I haven't been able to save a single patient. What kind of doctor am I?!"

Viewers can deeply feel Durandal's profound resentment and anger; she hates her own incompetence, and hates that as a doctor she cannot save any of her patients.

"Well..."

Elysia sighed. The slight joy she had felt because of Annie vanished with Annie's final words, "Save me."

Honkai is never a good thing.

She had long since escaped Yaqing's lies, but she couldn't escape this sorrow.

Everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

No one spoke.

No one spoke up.

They witnessed the harm that Honkai on ordinary people, and also saw the helplessness of ordinary people in the face of Honkai.

After taking a shower, she bandaged the wound on her hand and Durandal calmed down. She patted her pretty face and tried to clear her mind.

Just as she was about to study yesterday's case, Ragna called, advising her to take care of her health and not to overexert herself. But halfway through the conversation, Ragna clearly wanted to tell Durandal something, but then abruptly hung up the phone.

"Huh? Didn't you say you were going to make a phone call to persuade your cute junior to give up researching the [Collapse Disease]?"

The familiar voice of Otto Na, gazing out from off-screen, is heard by viewers.

Why didn't you tell her?

Ragna stated that Durandal was not someone who would give up easily.

"Doctor, how much longer do I have to live?"

Upon hearing Ragna's words, the audience's hearts skipped a beat.

What does "how long can one live" mean?

Even within this World Bubble, is Ragna unable to escape the fate of death?

"Six hours, sorry... my old friend."

Otto was also at a loss.

He is not Otto, at least not the Otto that the audience knows; he doesn't have that kind of scheme or wisdom.

Upon hearing this exact number, Ragna did not panic, nor did he experience the fear of impending death. Instead, he calmly entrusted Bianca to Otto.

The camera finally focused on the purple markings on Ragna's arm.

"How could this be..."

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