Hiyorimar-Who Wrote This Script?!

After sleeping for fifty thousand years, Hiyorimar had actually forgotten most of their strength and abilities.

Fifty thousand years ago, they could invade the computers of the Previous Era, casually trigger massive nuclear explosions, and wipe humanity down to just thirty thousand survivors.

But after awakening again five hundred years ago, Hiyorimar had turned into a complete idiot of a Herrscher.

Their combat methods had been reduced to nothing but firing fireballs. If their abilities had to be counted, they had at most one extra move: mental corrosion.

During the battle just now, after realizing they could not defeat Gu Yu, Hiyorimar immediately chose to abandon both defense and offense, gathering Honkai Energy to launch a mental corrosion attack against Gu Yu.

According to their plan, as long as that strand of Honkai Energy brushed against Gu Yu's body, they could follow the trail into Gu Yu's inner world and search for the wounds in his memories.

Once they found the weakness in Gu Yu's heart, they could take a gamble.

If they broke through the enemy's mental defenses, that powerful body would belong to Hiyorimar.

And if they failed... well, the situation could not possibly get any worse.

Hiyorimar charged in. Hiyorimar succeeded.

But upon entering Gu Yu's inner world, Hiyorimar suddenly felt that something was off.

Why did Hiyorimar feel somewhat uneasy after corroding this boy's mind?

It was not the unease of a guilty conscience—after directly using nuclear bombs to kill so many damned humans, how could they possibly feel uneasy over invading an enemy's mind?

Gradually, they understood.

This was not unease...

—It was fear.

"Tch, how could I possibly be scared by some brat's memories?"

After muttering encouragement to themselves, Hiyorimar began flipping through Gu Yu's memories.

Yet it would have been better if they had not looked. The more of Gu Yu's memories they saw, the more their heart pounded in alarm.

Within the fragments of memory remaining in the mind of this boy named Gu Yu, Hiyorimar could actually see their own past, present... and future.

Whether it was their past as the human girl Suzu, their past battle against that white-haired nun, or the scene of them currently trying to seize Yae Sakura's body, they could find it all in Gu Yu's memories.

Hiyorimar even saw a similarly white-haired little nun reforming them with just a few words???

What kind of joke was that? How could Hiyorimar possibly let humanity off so easily!

But after continuing to look, Hiyorimar felt that something was even more wrong.

After being reformed, they had actually returned to the appearance they had during their human days and recognized Yae Sakura, whose body they had tried to seize, as their big sister.

A dignified Corrosion Herrscher like them had been fooled by a few pieces of fried tofu???

What the hell was that supposed to mean?!

However, Hiyorimar soon had no time to care about such things.

Since this man knew about the past, the present, and the future, he definitely knew other information as well.

Under those circumstances, Hiyorimar immediately searched through Gu Yu's memories and, sure enough, found the information they wanted.

"Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, World Serpent..."

"Damn, damn, damn, these people can even kill a six-core Space Herrscher? Wouldn't I just get slaughtered the moment I went outside???"

"That guy Kevin is actually still alive? This... this makes no sense."

The more they saw, the more horrified they became. If Hiyorimar had initially planned to seize Gu Yu's body and go out to cause trouble, now they only wanted to regain their freedom and hide somewhere.

Let the other Herrschers do the fighting. They were so weak that going out would only mean throwing their life away.

"Oh? Seen enough?"

However, as Hiyorimar continued searching through Gu Yu's memories, they suddenly heard an incomparably cold voice coming from behind them.

"Y-you-you-you-you... how could you wake up so quickly?!"

Seeing the crimson demon appear behind them, Hiyorimar, now in human form, could not stop backing away.

"I was awake from the very beginning."

After closing in on Hiyorimar, Gu Yu coldly drew the Card Holder Sword.

"Come on. Tell me what you saw in my memories from five years ago."

"M-memories from five years ago?"

Clearly, the two were enemies, and Hiyorimar theoretically still held the advantage, yet under the overwhelming pressure radiating from their enemy, Hiyorimar obediently began reviewing Gu Yu's past memories.

The boy's name was Gu Yu, and he had once possessed a happy, loving family.

But all of that had turned to nothing in February 2014.

The boy had been abducted by a mysterious organization, while his parents had died at that organization's hands.

Within that organization, the boy had been forced to train and had nearly died at the hands of its commanders several times.

Just to survive, the boy endured all the training.

In the end, the organization's upper ranks selected him, modified his brain, and used drugs to strengthen his physical capabilities.

After seeing Gu Yu's past memories, Hiyorimar finally understood something.

This boy was not from this world.

And... he was actually the same kind of person as them, who had once been treated as an experimental subject.

"Speak. What did you see?"

After pointing the tip of his sword at Hiyorimar, Gu Yu said indifferently.

"Tell me everything you saw."

"Tch, brat, like hell I'd listen to you!"

After looking through half of it, Hiyorimar sneered and changed their form.

Within this Honkai Energy space, Hiyorimar could manifest anything.

And as long as they made the person before them mentally collapse here, Hiyorimar could easily devour the enemy's spirit and take their body.

Thinking of the scenes in Gu Yu's memories, Hiyorimar selected one figure from among them.

"Hehehe, him it is."

Then, transformed into a white-robed old man, Hiyorimar approached Gu Yu with a cold smile.

"This is one of the people you fear most in your memories. Come on, come on, hurry up and stab me twice."

Hmph, as long as you truly raise your blade against me, you'll drown in the exhilaration of revenge.

When that happens, Gu Yu's mental defenses will fall, and Hiyorimar will inevitably seize control of his body.

But while Hiyorimar's plan was beautiful, after taking on the form of that white-haired old man, they did not sense even the slightest hatred from Gu Yu.

"Uh... Dr. Death?"

"This is the person I'm most afraid of?"

Looking at Hiyorimar before him, Gu Yu let out a slight sigh.

"Sigh, forget it. You must have looked at the wrong memories."

"Fine. Then there's no need to let you continue running rampant, Corrosion Herrscher."

"Eh, wait????"

Watching Gu Yu walk toward them without the slightest emotional fluctuation, a bead of cold sweat trickled down Hiyorimar's temple.

Could it be...

—Had she really screwed up???

Who the hell wrote this script? It was way too malicious toward her!