Transition

Fate had a habit of picking on those already burdened by misfortune. Himiko had been a competent captain and an outstanding warrior.

Yet the Honkai had still come for her, turning her into the Herrscher of Flames before she ultimately died beneath Kevin's ice.

That was fate, just as Yoshikage Kira was destined to become a Stand User.

Everyone was swept along by fate, with no way to escape it or avoid it.

But the ending did not necessarily have to be that way. You already possessed the power to contend with fate, didn't you?

"It's getting late, everyone. I'll take my leave first." Glancing at his watch and seeing that it was already ten at night, Yoshikage Kira rose to bid everyone farewell.

"What a regular schedule you keep, Yoshikage Kira." Watching his departing figure, Elysia toyed with her hair as she spoke to those remaining.

"Well, Boss has been like this ever since we met him—early to bed, early to rise, a regular routine. Always has been." Pardo wiped cake crumbs from the corner of her mouth and addressed the group.

"Oh? What would happen if I dragged him off and kept him from sleeping?" Elysia asked curiously.

"Uh... Sister Aili, I'd advise you not to do that..."

"What, would he get angry?"

"Probably... I think..."

"Oh? Have you ever seen Yoshikage Kira angry, little Pardo?"

"No, but my instincts tell me Boss must be terrifying when he gets angry!"

Hearing Pardo's words, everyone nodded in tacit agreement.

No one could imagine what Yoshikage Kira might do if he lost his temper.

"Even The Sea of Quanta probably couldn't hold him," Vill-V said with a shrug.

"But I'm so curious, so concerned! Don't you want to know what expression Yoshikage Kira would make when he gets angry?"

"Don't think about dragging us into this, Elysia. If you want to go, go by yourself." Although Vill-V was also curious, she decided against it when she considered Yoshikage Kira's personality.

"Hey, I was only saying it. Don't take it so seriously~"

Meanwhile, Yoshikage Kira had already finished his stretches, drunk his warm milk, and prepared for bed.

Looking at the arrow hanging on the wall, Yoshikage Kira fell into a deep sleep.

The moon's silver radiance poured down like a waterfall, falling upon the golden arrow.

The path to redemption lay within it.

After the banquet, Flame Chasers concluded from Kevin's battle report that a Herrscher had no possibility of regaining their humanity.

Whenever Kevin thought of it, a chill ran down his spine. If you had not intervened, once that black mist symbolizing death had spread, how many more sacrifices would there have been?

Thus, Kevin became even more grateful to you.

In October, Vill-V successfully developed the Third Divine Key—Seven Thunders of Retribution. In its sniper rifle form, it could pulverize anything it touched, but Vill-V had designed seven different forms for it. During testing, few people could keep it in its sniper rifle form.

"Seven Thunders of Retribution places great importance on compatibility with its user. Like the Herrscher of Thunder, from whom it draws its power, it is a capricious lady. If you don't accommodate its temperament, its condition will worsen," Doctor Vill-V explained.

But why it became so obedient in your hands was unknown.

At the same time, Doctor Mobius's Fusion Warrior project had encountered a bottleneck.

"The Doctor said that if she can't experiment on living people, this experiment will be very difficult to advance," Klein explained to Yoshikage Kira.

Because their two laboratories had repeatedly competed for Herrscher remains, they had gradually become acquainted. Through this, Yoshikage Kira had also obtained firsthand experimental data.

"The Doctor tried it on vicious criminals."

"But the success rate was—zero."

Yoshikage Kira said nothing as he looked through the experimental data in his hands, merely listening quietly as Klein spoke.

"Tch, here's the Herrscher Core you wanted. If there's nothing else, hurry up and leave." Mobius walked over to the two of them and handed Yoshikage Kira the device containing the Herrscher Core.

Yoshikage Kira silently accepted it. Looking at the heavy dark circles beneath their eyes, he reminded them, "Take care of yourselves, you two."

Mobius impatiently waved her hand and turned around to resume her experiment.

"It will succeed, Doctor Mobius." Mobius did not respond, and Yoshikage Kira took the device and left.

After bringing the Fifth Herrscher's Herrscher Core to Vill-V, she began developing the Fifth Divine Key.

You also began planning how to save Himiko.

A few months would be enough.