At Last, the Traitor Is Found; Does the Herrscher Take Care of Kalpas? (cont.)

"We... we're just going to die like this?"

Pardo still feels like she's living in a dream.

The timid girl witnessed her own death, and in such an extreme way that the scene was top-notch in terms of rendering, tone, and background music. It's likely that Pardo will never forget this scene for a long time.

"Pardo, my poor Pardo, you have suffered so much pain."

Once she recovered, Elysia hugged Pardo with heartache.

"Sister Elysia..."

Pardo's face was filled with a bitter smile.

Of all those present, the one most affected was Pardo herself.

After enduring so many blows from the Honkai, she thought she would break down and cry when she saw her own death. However, when death actually came, she didn't wail or even shed a tear.

"Vill-V, why did you stab Pardo?"

Elysia hugged Pardo tightly and glared angrily at Vill-V.

"And why did you betray everyone?"

Upon hearing this, Vill-V immediately became anxious.

"That wasn't me, I'm the conductor! Oh dear, why was I pushed into this? That was clearly the Evil act! Don't try to pin everything on me!!!"

Vill-V was getting anxious.

Or rather, Vill-V, with her commanding personality, got anxious.

"Don't talk nonsense. That the Evil personality is clearly something that Yaqing made up. We have never seen this personality of Vill-V."

Elysia didn't believe it at all.

Not only did Elysia not believe it, but everyone else did too.

Vill-V was scratching her head in frustration.

Because the Evil always liked to play pranks, Vill-V rarely brought out the Evil's personality, and never mentioned it to the people of the Golden Courtyard. Every time the Evil played a prank, they would always attribute it to the Great Magician personality.

This left the conductor at a loss for words.

Kevin realized what was happening at that moment.

"So, the person who devised this plan with me was Vill-V?"

Kevin stared intently at Vill-V.

"Vill-V, give me an explanation! How did I die?"

Kevin was really looking forward to showing off his power in the Elysian Realm, but he never expected that he would be the second one to die.

Vill-V was on the verge of tears.

She just showed up in public, how did she become the target of everyone's criticism?

Vill-V could almost sense that everyone was looking at her with a hint of malice.

The Kitty's death caused a huge uproar online.

After all, Flame-Chasers was the first character in the Elysian Realm to have his death shown in the plot, and also the first to truly bring the audience to tears with his death.

Neither Elysia nor Kevin showed their deaths in the story, and Mobius's death was too abrupt. Only the Kitty showed the pain, resentment, and fear of dying.

Mei remained in that position, not reacting for a moment. After a while, she moved her arms, trying to grab something in the air.

But she didn't grab anything except a gold coin on the ground.

That is proof of Pardo's existence.

Mei gasped for breath, suppressing her grief and anger, her eyes fixed on the person behind her.

So... it was you!

Mei just couldn't understand why the other party would target Pardo's strength was not a threat at all; she was just hiding behind her to help.

The Evil- personality Vill-V claimed that it was just an accident, since her target had always been Mei.

Mei realized that from the moment she started investigating, Vill-V had been using those memories to weaken her power. This process was very slow, and if it weren't for Pardo, she might never have noticed.

Vill-V clicked her tongue.

It turns out that the groundwork for the current development began when Mei went to the Depths to cooperate with Vill-V.

It was at this moment that Vill-V finally stopped pretending and let out a maniacal laugh.

"The real show is just beginning. How should I introduce myself? Long time no see? Or... nice to meet you?"

"So, Vill-V never intended to kill Pardo at all? Her target was Mei, and Pardo just ran into her?"

Sakura didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

If I should cry, I feel like laughing, but if I should laugh, it doesn't seem quite right.

The saying "curiosity killed the cat" is now vividly illustrated.

Pardo's little face scrunched up at that moment.

So she was just a scapegoat?

"Pardo, think about it carefully. Your sacrifice wasn't meaningless. At least it reminded Mei. Otherwise, once Mei's power is completely wiped out by Vill-V, you could be next."

Su said quietly.

"Brother Su, thank you for comforting me."

Pardo wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Su, with your intelligence, this shouldn't be the case."

Mobius gave a cold laugh.

"Although Vill-V said it was an accident, that locked mirror was clearly a trap prepared specifically for Pardo, and Mei doesn't know how to pick locks."

Upon hearing Mobius's words, Pardo's smile became even more strained.

But Mobius was right. If it were Mei, she would probably just walk past the locked mirror and come back to investigate it after she had finished exploring the other memories.

Isn't that a trap specifically prepared for Pardo?

"Whether or not the mirror is Pardo, the ending will not change."

Eden swirled his wine glass, gazing through the crimson wine at the frenzied Vill-V on the screen.

"Eden, what do you mean by that?"

Elysia was puzzled.

Eden sighed and explained to Elysia.

"If Pardo can't open that lock, Mei's power will keep weakening until she's killed by Vill-V, Pardo probably won't fare much better. But if Pardo opens the lock, then..."

Eden didn't finish his story, but the ending was already presented to the audience.

"As of now, whether Pardo is dead or not has not been determined."

Aponia suddenly spoke.

"Sister Nia, do you mean there's still a chance?"

Fu Hua seemed to have figured it out.

Aponia nodded.

That is, Pardo's portrait is not broken yet, while the portraits of the three people who died before were completely broken.

A glimmer of hope rose in everyone's hearts.

The next second, a familiar scene appeared on the big screen, this time showing a magnified portrait of Pardo... which, like the other three Flame-Chasers, was completely shattered with a crisp sound.

All eyes turned to Aponia.

Aponia also fell silent at this moment.

The scene shifts to Mobius's laboratory, where Sue is still relentlessly investigating the clues.

Mobius's experimental data had been deliberately cut off, and neither Sue nor Aponia knew about it. So only one person was left: Vill-V.

At the same time, I also remembered the Anti-Kevin Weapon 666.

Su couldn't understand why, so he went to the amusement park to look for Vill-V.

Sue could no longer sense Vill-V's presence, just like she could not sense Kevin.

All they found was a small line of writing left by Vill-V at the amusement park.

Do you believe there is a completely safe place in the Elysian Realm?

Just how much did Vill-V want to kill Kevin?

Finally, someone let out a sigh.

The idea proposed by Vill-V was too terrifying: to erase all information about a person named Kevin from the world, including his memories, thoughts, and records.

"What does Kevin mean by this?!"

Vill-V disagreed.

Why did Kevin warn Mobius when he heard that Mobius's experiment had the same principle, but said it was fine when he wanted to research Anti-Kevin Weapon 666?

This is clearly looking down on her!

"Actually, Vill-V's idea is not entirely impossible to achieve."

Mei thought about it seriously.

"If Vill-V can do what Otto did, she can use the Imaginary Tree to completely erase Kevin."

Kevin looked utterly helpless.

Fu Hua suddenly spoke.

"I suddenly felt that this Anti-Kevin Weapon 666, was not prepared by Vill-V specifically for Kevin, but rather seemed to be prepared for herself, or rather, for the Evil."

"Ah?"

Fu Hua's guess exceeded everyone's expectations.

"How terrifying must that the Evil be?"

Little Knowledge murmured in surprise.

[The camera then shifts to the Evil Vill-V, who shows the audience her experiences over the past 50,000 years from a first-person perspective, including the place where she was imprisoned for 50,000 years and the pitch-black darkness for 50,000 years.]

She can hear the sounds of the outside world, and she can also hear her own voice, but she cannot respond.

She longs for new evil thoughts to be imprisoned here every moment, until the cage can no longer hold them and they perish along with the other personalities.

But in the Elysian Realm, which is like a stagnant pool, how could new evil thoughts be born?

She waited for 50,000 years, and finally a Herrscher visited the Elysian Realm. However, Mei was not an Apostle of the Honkai, and could not arouse Vill-V's interest at all.

Fortunately, Mei returned after leaving the Elysian Realm, bringing back something else.

For the Elysian Realm, it would be a terrible disaster. Vill-V quickly discovered it, but her genius and arrogance led her to believe that it was just a remnant of that experiment.

It easily devoured Vill-V, and at that moment, she thought of a solution: just like the commandment that had been erased by the sacrifice of a personality, she wanted to bear the harm of it with the Evil death.

After being imprisoned for 50,000 years, she was finally released, only to face death. She dared not feel resentment, because the evil that arose when Vill-V wanted to sacrifice her became the key to her breaking free from the cage.

Without a doubt, she decisively chose to betray.

This is the explanation that the Evil Vill-V gave to Mei.

Through the narrative of the Vill-V.

Only then did the audience understand the whole story.

It turns out that the root of all evil was Mei.

"So... Aponia's prophecy is true. It was Mei's arrival that brought destruction to the Elysian Realm."

Sakura was stunned for a moment.

She never expected that Aponia's prophecy would come true at this moment.

"That's not entirely true. After all, Mei doesn't want to bring destruction to the Elysian Realm."