Hua and Satou Yunona

St. Freya Academy.

Inside the training room.

The girl sat quietly in the center of the empty space, her slender fingers forming strange hand seals. Her breathing was natural and silent, possessing a unique and somewhat rhythmic magic.

Zen Meditation.

Unlike her usual boxing practice, this was the rest of the training the girl was currently undertaking.

Of course, at this moment it is less of a spiritual practice and more of a strange way of resting.

Using Udu-dust twice in a row has brought Fu Hua's mental and physical energy to a low point. To resolve this negative situation, simply taking a long nap is unlikely to provide complete relief.

If she maintains a normal rest rate, she needs to refrain from using Udu-dust for a consecutive week in order to gradually recover to her original state.

During this time, the body's strength will continue to diminish.

The so-called Zen Meditation is Fu Hua's way of resting, which replaces normal hibernation and speeds up mental recovery.

Fu Hua sat in the same posture, her Mind Lake as still as a mirror, never rippled.

This means that she has raised her concentration to a level that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

In Buddhism, Zen is the truth, life, and wisdom of all things in the universe.

But the so-called Zen Meditation in Fu Hua's place is not something complicated.

It only requires absolute tranquility, and then one can experience the fragments of the self within that clear and illusory world, finally finding a state of peace and achieving a deeper level of relaxation.

The so-called tranquility does not mean eliminating external noise and disturbance, but rather demanding inner peace.

Inner peace.

To truly achieve this, one must reach what martial artists call the "Mind's Eye" or the State of Still Water."

This was naturally no difficult task for Fu Hua martial arts skills could be described as divine.

Having experienced countless battles, the immortal was always plagued by numerous disturbances before each true Zen Meditation.

Having lost most of her memories, when the girl entered Zen Meditation, all she could feel in that clear and empty world was an endless void.

Nothingness.

Blank.

She could no longer find any fragments of herself within them; she couldn't even clearly see the moon's reflection in the water.

Although his personality and soul remained intact, the fragmentation of the immortal's memories ultimately affected all aspects of his life in various ways.

Sorrow inevitably surges forth; the fragments of memory have long since burned to ashes, yet the emotions linger like maggots clinging to bones, impossible to dispel.

I... I've really forgotten so much.

What exists inside might be truly important to me, very important indeed.

If it weren't so important, why would you subconsciously feel sad?

It's not that she can't suppress her emotions, but if she does, she's not sad anymore, but it's as if she's completely forgotten everything.

Being able to feel sadness and grief is a blessing in itself.

At the very least, it proves that the memory once existed.

Ten minutes later.

The state of Zen Meditation has been shattered.

The girl opened her eyes and looked at the person who had opened the door.

Satou Yunona.

Pseudo-Herrscher.

The chilling murderous intent disturbed Kongming, then subsided into the still, lifeless Mind Lake, never to resurface again.

She loathed the Honkai.

With little meaning and memory remaining in life, this hatred becomes all the more apparent in everything.

Immortals Shenzhou, warriors who fight against the Honkai.

In her eyes, everything related to the Honkai should be set right.

Satou Yunona herself wasn't someone Fu Hua disliked; rather, her earnest and hardworking attitude deserved to be looked at differently.

But the very identity of Pseudo-Herrscher is its original sin.

Humanity, Honkai in the Honkai, will ultimately fall into the abyss.

Herrscher... in the end, will only ever be Herrscher.

Because if human will could truly shatter the shackles of Honkai Consciousness through emotion, thus gaining self-control over the power and might of the Herrscher.

Isn't that ridiculous?

If that were truly possible, both the original ending and the Honkai itself would be utterly ridiculous.

That woman...

Team leader.

If others can do it, then she can definitely do it too.

The willpower of that outstanding soldier who dragged himself out of that embarrassing situation is beyond question.

Satou Yunona was able to break free from the shackles of the Honkai Consciousness not because her willpower far surpassed that of the warrior, nor simply because of the decisive difference between the Pseudo-Herrscher and the Herrscher.

Rather, it's because...

Emotion.

This elusive yet undeniably real decisive factor.

So, was it that I failed to notice something at that time?

How many unseen things did that person bear? During the days she walked alone, I was constantly bound by those delusions and naive thoughts.

Fu Hua couldn't help her in any way, and in the end, until that very moment, all she could see in her eyes was the woman's seemingly carefree smile.

Her eyes failed to see through the woman in the slightest.

Despair and sorrow had already silently filled the soldier's heart long before that incident occurred.

No matter how strong one's willpower is, if there is any weakness, all resistance is already futile.

When Fu Hua discovered the truth hidden within Satou Yunona, her first reaction, besides her instinctive killing intent, was a complex sigh.

Su Qing'an, you did a better job than me.

Your martial arts are still very immature, yet you had already accomplished what I couldn't achieve 50,000 years ago, even before that.

Is Pseudo-Herrscher, Satou Yunona?

Whether it's to live up to the efforts that boy made, or to respect your own human will.

This time, I'll make an exception and look forward to it a little.

She will witness whether the Pseudo-Herrscher, standing on the side of humanity, will ultimately face hope or destruction.

If anything unexpected happens, as a witness, she will take responsibility at all costs.

Satou Yunona said:

"I'm sorry to make this request so soon after you returned, Class President."

"But I still want to ask, could you please teach me the Valkyrie's fighting methods?"

"I want to reach the level of A-rank Valkyrie in a short period of time."

This is an overly boastful declaration. For ordinary students, being A-rank Valkyrie is a level that is difficult to reach even in a lifetime.

In such a world, so-called talent is something completely irrational.

As Pseudo-Herrscher, Satou Yunona would have a much greater advantage than ordinary people even if she had to abandon her original advantages and learn human combat methods.

The girl ended her Zen Meditation posture and said softly:

"Extremely happy to."