"..."
Even the students in Canghai City were all astonished.
But after thinking about it... how could that be possible?
It had to be someone with the same name.
Even if they were both Young Ladies and shared the same name.
But there was no Honkai in their world. Otherwise, why had they never seen a single one of those enormous Honkai Beasts?
It had to be fake.
There were also some people who fancied themselves clever.
They thought...
This had to be a Parallel World!
Right...
If it was a Parallel World, then it all made sense.
The projection in the sky had to be showing them the situation in a Parallel World.
What was there to agonize over?
As more and more information about Kiana was revealed...
More and more people reacted in different ways.
Those whose families were on good terms with hers were overjoyed.
They wondered whether they should get closer to the Young Lady.
Those whose families were hostile to hers wondered whether they should just kill her.
After all, the projection in the sky had exposed Kiana's future identity as a savior.
That would undoubtedly have a terrifying impact on the current balance of power.
Even if it was fake.
Countless people still felt that the Young Lady was definitely worth investing in.
Even many neutral fence-sitters would lean toward her side.
Whether it was reputation or momentum, it was all far too disadvantageous for them.
As for the Honkai crisis?
Sorry...
There were still plenty of people who thought, what did that have to do with them? Once they were dead, who cared if the world flooded?
Man died for wealth, birds died for food.
Nothing more than that.
However...
Before they could do anything...
The Vup in the projection had just finished explaining the Herrscher of the End's basic circumstances.
As if she had thought of something, she could not help complaining to everyone.
Honestly, Yuzu had always felt that the Herrscher of the End wasn't even the same species as the other Herrschers.
Think about the other Herrschers. Although they were chosen and transformed from humans into Herrschers, gaining powerful Authorities and immense strength, once they were killed, they died. Honkai would not feel the slightest pity.
Herrschers were transformed from humans.
That was a conclusion Flame-Chasing Moth had only recently reached through research.
Now...
It had been conclusively confirmed.
That left many people with complicated feelings.
It was like they had painstakingly worked out an answer, only to find that on the other side, there was nothing to prove at all. Wasn't this simply a universally known axiom?
What the hell.
But the Herrscher of the End was completely different.
She had been born a Herrscher, only she had never awakened until now.
"Ah?"
Even Honkai's gaze had always been fixed on her.
If she died tragically before she could endure until the moment of her final awakening, Honkai would use her body as a template to create a Herrscher of the End.
It was said that version of the End would be maxed out in strength.
"???"
But if the Herrscher of the End was properly protected and successfully awakened into the End at the final moment...
Then she could preserve as much of her own will as possible, perhaps even overcome Honkai's temptation and become an End that belonged to humanity.
"..."
In fact!
It was precisely because our Goddess defeated herself in the end that the final stage was directly counted as a pass.
Otherwise, it was truly difficult to imagine.
The humans of that era had fought Honkai again and again, and they had long since been utterly exhausted. What strength could they possibly have left to face the End?
That would definitely have been a dead end, right?
"Mm..."
To be honest!
Even now, there were still people who believed the End was an existence that could not be defeated. The best way to clear the final stage had never been to confront the End.
"No, sis..."
"Wait, let's sort this out!"
"..."
Some people were completely dumbfounded.
But others had originally wanted to assassinate Kiana, and now they were putting on masks of pain.
If Kiana died outright, would the End appear on the spot and send everyone to heaven together?
And if Kiana did not die, only when the final moment arrived would there be the slightest hope of skipping the course?
Though everyone understood as well...
If what the projection showed really was history...
Then the future had definitely succeeded.
That made it even easier to understand!
They did not know when the moment of the End would come.
But if Kiana suddenly died before then, they would all be buried with her. As long as Kiana was kept alive, there would be a bright future.
One thought brought life, one thought brought death.
Wasn't this fucking a bit too much?!
They could not kill her and could only protect her?
"Boss, are we still making a move?"
"Move my ass."
"..."
If humanity merely failed to overcome Honkai in the future, then that was still a future problem.
They could at least enjoy themselves for now.
But if everyone cheerfully got wiped out together...
You still wanted to enjoy yourself? Enjoy my ass!
The richer and more powerful someone was, the less they wanted to die and the more they feared death.
Without Kiana, the future might be doomed.
But killing her directly and having everyone ascend to heaven on the spot...
Those were fundamentally two different things.
They saw that very clearly.
"Later, let's negotiate peace with that family. If their terms aren't too excessive, we can agree to all of them."
Kiana's family probably would not go too far in bullying others.
But just having done such a thing... was fucking awful~
PS1: Here's the second update. We'll continue tomorrow and keep up the good work~~
Taking Stock of the Women Behind Kiana Starting Next Episode?
In fact...
Kicking people while they were down and fawning over those on top had always been a common sight.
Just like many political enemies, who were beating their chests in despair as they suddenly realized they had been repeatedly hopping back and forth right in front of the King of Hell, practically dancing in his courtyard.
If they took one wrong step...
Wouldn't they be utterly screwed?
No kidding.
They had genuinely planned to do something to Kiana before.
They would not have killed her.
But they definitely would have become enemies.
Now, they regretted it so badly!
Had they known this would happen...
They should have gotten closer to her from the beginning.
Even Kiana's brothers and sisters within the family were crying. Back then, they had only thought their sister was somewhat scheming and difficult to get along with. On top of that, she was the family's legitimate daughter and held inheritance rights, making her the target of much jealousy. As a result, many people did not like her very much.
Now look at this.
A thick, sturdy thigh had once been right in front of them, and they had not treasured it properly.
Was it any use regretting it now?
Belated affection was cheaper than grass.
Especially at this moment, the Vup on the projection kept talking, then simply displayed a piece of character art.
She said she had specifically commissioned someone to draw it.
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