Mobius had always been portrayed as this dangerous, so most of what she said could not be trusted.
But whether it was true or false was clearly something Raiden Mei had to investigate as Little Detective herself.
All her intelligence and talent had been forced on display.
When Raiden Mei first came to World Serpent, she had still been a homemaker.
Now, she had completely transformed into a great detective.
With insufficient information and a situation where neither side could be trusted, the plot suddenly became mind-bending.
Was this work actually a mystery story?
They couldn't understand it. They completely couldn't understand it.
Promise me, don't make things hard for your own people. Hurry up and reveal the truth.
But it was all just a cover-up... Skip ahead to the tragedy. The one who gets hurt will definitely be the one we like most.
"Who killed Elysia?"
Clearly, if Elysia had done something full of resentment and self-pity, her memory would not have been preserved here.
So Raiden Mei chose to interact more with the other Flame-Chasing Heroes, trying to learn more information from them.
Mobius was one of the most dangerous figures among the Flame-Chasing Heroes.
Humanity had limits, so she advocated that in order to fight Honkai, humans needed to evolve without end. Even ceasing to be human was no big deal.
Within the Flame-Chasing Heroes' web of relationships, her relationships with others... were rather subtle. The four most noteworthy types were:
Wanted to research them, had researched them, still wanted to research them, and repeatedly researched them.
After some investigation, Raiden Mei returned to the place where they had first met and chose to confront Mobius head-on.
No amount of speculation was as forceful as the truth.
Raiden Mei charged right in!
She had fainted, then woken up. There would probably still be four updates today.
Why was Mobius from a world without Honkai so tiny?
I'm really into this sort of thing.
My snake addiction was acting up. Snakey, my Snakey—small, soft, bad, seductive. I wanted Snakey to wrap tightly around me...
To Another Me in This World
Trouble always came knocking without invitation. After triggering the strange situation in The Past's Paradise, Raiden Mei came to know its administrator, Klein.
Then World Serpent sent the executive Raven to stop her and take her back. Perhaps she was already very close to the truth.
The more Elysia supported her, the more it proved she was doing the right thing.
The more Gray Serpent opposed her, the more it proved she was doing the right thing.
Now Raiden Mei firmly believed that she was walking an incomparably correct path.
Raiden Mei asked around everywhere for information. She witnessed and learned of the Flame Chasers' transformed forms, the truth behind Klein's death, consciousness transfer technology, and Mobius's immortality... Raiden Mei learned more and more related information.
At this stage, Mobius's story and personality had been filled out considerably.
At the very least, Mobius's story no longer consisted of nothing but madness.
But the little story was not over yet. Mobius's most unexpected aspect had yet to appear.
When she met Mobius again, Raiden Mei obtained all of her Infinite Marks. Immediately afterward, Raiden Mei returned to the place where they had first met and encountered Mobius once more.
"Big Sister, do you remember what I said to you when we first met? What I wanted... was for you to take me away from here."
"Don't joke around, Mobius. You're the master of this place yourself. There is no need for me to..."
Raiden Mei realized it, but that was impossible. Mobius was only a memory...
Mobius had been tempting her all along... using an obscure truth as bait, she had lured Mei step by step into the palm of her hand.
Now, Mobius had finally succeeded.
And her target was Raiden Mei's body.
But clearly, everyone knew what happened to the last snake-related character who tried to possess someone else's body...
Everyone knew.
At this point, there was only one option: fight. Today, only one of them would leave.
Mobius sank into the ground as dark green liquid continuously surged out, growing ever sharper. Mobius transformed into... a monstrous form, half-human and half-snake. Just like her attire, was this the form Raven had spoken of?
This was man-made Honkai, the true form of a Flame Chaser: Infinite—World-Devouring Serpent.
"At this point, you don't still think... you have a chance to stop me, do you?"
"Something that took three Flame-Chasing Heroes working together to accomplish in the past—do you think you can do it alone?"
A great battle was about to erupt. Achieving victory might be somewhat difficult.
However, many people did not approve of Mobius. During the battle, Klein, Mobius's assistant, chose to stand with Mei and offer her help.
There were simply too many matters between the Flame-Chasing Heroes that had never been resolved.
Mobius's memory... and the real Mobius were people from two different points in time.
Although Mobius was mad, she had not been that way from the beginning. It was after the Thousand-Man Herrscher, after the death of Klein, her only confidant.
The current Klein was an Armed Doll she had created, a continuation of Klein.
But in the end... Klein's death had still changed her.
"It's all over, Dr. Mobius. No... perhaps I shouldn't call you that anymore."
"Klein... why..."
"You should understand me... Fifty thousand years ago, you already knew I would do this... You never opposed me..."
"Why... now... are you coming to stop me again..."
The two faced off. After defeat came the classic scene—after a little talking, this incident would be over, right?
Seeing this, the audience let out a sigh of relief. Next, memory-Mobius would surely realize her mistake and reform, becoming at least a little kinder, right?
After all, she was one of the Flame-Chasing Heroes and had feelings for Klein. There was no way she would be deleted.
Thus, they were certain that the coming plot would be some clichéd redemption arc.
As they watched Su Nian write about the holographic recording left behind by the real Mobius, smiles had already appeared on the audience's faces.
Mobius's recording said many things. Every death was like a snake shedding its skin, yet her body became smaller and smaller because of it. Rebirth through reverse growth did not mean infinite life.
Through her experiences, Mobius began to doubt herself and fear the unknown brought by resurrection. Rather than possessing infinite possibilities, she no longer did. But the one who truly woke her up in the end was Elysia's death... the person she had once despised most.
Yet Elysia's death made Mobius understand something. She, too... was a failure?
Everything would eventually pass away. Only death was eternal.
Having understood this, Mobius gave up on resurrection at the end of the Previous Civilization and embraced death.
"Mobius, the other me in this world, can you say a proper goodbye to me?"
At this point, the recording seemed to be nearing its end.
The audience's smiles grew wider.
You were your own medicine. I would save myself!
Redemption spanning fifty thousand years? What a clever arrangement—relying on yourself instead of others.
What? So you could write happy endings after all...
Then their smiles froze on their faces.
Smile? They couldn't smile anymore!
Mobius reached out to her own memory, and it responded in kind...
But the two never touched each other.
Mobius mobilized her power, and the "liquid" turned into a sharp arrow that pierced through the recording.
This was the result of a choice made through free will.
And another twist.
Redemption? Unnecessary.
"Follow your path... become you...? Don't make me laugh..."
"What I want... is to surpass infinity... surpass every possibility..."
"Your path... is merely one insignificant possibility among them... nothing more."
Why? The two were clearly the same individual, yet their attitudes toward infinity were now completely opposite.
Had the death of a friend truly made her suddenly see the light?
No! It was all because... Mobius's death had been caused by her!
As a genius, even if she was only a memory, as long as she harbored ill intentions, she could plant a suggestion in the real Mobius without her noticing...
"Do you remember the last time she came to synchronize memories? That's right... while we were synchronizing, I used that opening... to bury a tiny seed in her memories."
"Thank you, Klein... Only today have you finally let me know... that it had not only taken root and sprouted long ago... but had apparently yielded quite a harvest as well."
She did not need to become another Mobius.
Now, she was the real Mobius! The one and only Mobius!
Now that was more like it.
"For a madwoman, reforming into a good person would be an insult to her."
Madness and pursuits that ordinary people could not understand—those were Mobius's greatest characteristics. How could they be erased just like that?
Mobius's charm was not merely her tsundere nature and sharp tongue!
Her wickedness and her scummy side were parts of her too.
She would not become a righteous character, nor did she need to.
Everything had been Mobius's plan. Now, this clichéd sentimental drama would come to an end as well.
Mobius had been stalling for time during the conversation. During that time, she deleted the data here and shut down the anchor point. Klein would only lose a little data, but the probability of Raiden Mei leaving alive had once again approached zero without limit.
Meanwhile, as Mobius fled, she was still planting a flag over at Elysia's side.
One of the Elysian Realm's famous scenes! Pink Wriggly Snake.
"No, Mobius. How could someone who interests both of us so much be so easily taken by you?"
"Elysia, there should be a limit to your self-righteousness, shouldn't there? Do you really think you can save her?"
"Ah, right. Haven't you always wanted to see me wearing pink clothes?"
"I'm in a fairly good mood today. If she can still come out of the Elysian Realm alive later... I'll put them on for you immediately. How about it?"
Hard to Handle Negative Personality? Isn't This Already Handled!
"Sure. Then put them on."
The moment Mobius finished speaking, Raiden Mei immediately responded.
"What...?!" There was nothing but shock on Mobius's darkened face. How was that possible? How could Raiden Mei still be alive?
After Mobius's disastrous defeat this time, Honkai Impact 3rd gained even more strange "code names."
Island Exploding Crow, Purple Electric Dragon, Pink Wriggly Snake... Green Pufferfish worked too, since Elysia had teased Mobius during this incident for puffing up in anger like a pufferfish.
It turned out Raiden Mei had used her Herrscher Authority, drawing Honkai's attention and entering that pure white space once more, allowing the two of them to escape danger temporarily.
Then she had decisively left Honkai hanging there and returned to The Past's Paradise, at the exact moment Mobius had just planted her flag.
If Honkai really had a will, it would be cursing its head off.
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