The village chief seemed to have encountered monsters today as well. Kiana, could I trouble you to help clear them out?
Huh? Why all of a sudden...
Could I trouble you to help?
O-Okay...
After Yae Sakura sternly finished asking Kiana for help, the dialogue box disappeared.
Arrow-shaped guidance markers appeared on the ground again.
Beichen did not waste any words and directly controlled Ri Duck to speed through Yae Village on her motorcycle...
He vaguely remembered that reaching this point in the story meant the first cycle was about to end.
The bloody truth of Yae Village would be laid bare before everyone...
"Big brother, I don't really understand... Why did Sister Yae Sakura suddenly become so forceful just now?"
"Hm? You mean... the part where she asked someone else to deal with the monsters?"
"Yes. She was asking someone for help, yet her tone was so forceful..."
"Hahaha, then it seems you didn't notice. Yae Sakura was trying to send Kiana away."
"What?! Why would she..."
Just as Seele was overwhelmed with surprise, Ri Duck had already successfully arrived at the destination.
Zombies immediately began emerging from the ground. Yet before they could even steady themselves, they were blasted apart by a few shots.
After that stage of the mission was completed, the game guided Beichen to the NPC Kallen.
Beichen clicked on her to talk, and a dialogue box popped up. Kiana's portrait was on the left.
You're the chief of Yae Village?
Hm? Who are you...
I heard you encountered monsters. Yae Sakura asked me to help clear them out.
Hmph, since when did the Shrine Maiden of Yae Village need to rely on outsiders?
That's because Yae Sakura has something else, something more important to do.
Something more important?! What could be more important than saving the life of me, the village chief?! Hah, "something important" is just her excuse!
She simply doesn't want to help me, that cold-hearted Shrine Maiden! She still remembers what happened back then...
Back then?
I knew it. She must still bear a grudge over what happened back then. She was just a little girl. For the sake of the village, what did one little girl's life amount to?
That little girl... was she Yae Rin?
And yet you're letting suspicious outsiders like this help you. Tch...
How can you be like this...
...Forget it, Kallen. Don't argue with this old man. Let's deal with the monsters first. We can ask Yae Sakura about what happened back then afterward!
The village chief's attitude was extremely vile. One could feel his obstinacy, arrogance, and cruelty... all those negative emotions.
The Live Stream fell silent for a moment, then a blue comment drifted across the screen.
"This old man feels so awful... How can there be someone so fierce in this world... Did Yae Sakura live beside someone like this? That's so sad."
Seele seemed never to have encountered someone so awful before, and even from her comment, her fear was obvious.
Normally, this was when a warmhearted man should appear and gently comfort her young heart.
Unfortunately, that warmhearted man would not be appearing.
Not only would he not appear, Beichen even chose this moment to remind her:
"Do you remember what I said? This world has never been beautiful."
"Wuwu, but I still hope Yae Sakura and the others can live happily."
Ahahaha...
You're following a Honkai Impact 3rd script, and you're still hoping for happiness?
At this point, Beichen almost felt embarrassed to shatter a child's beautiful fantasy.
"Then... I promise you, they will."
Although... not in the real world.
The atmosphere in the Live Stream turned sorrowful because of Seele's comment and Beichen's response.
Perhaps affected by the mood, a green comment suddenly drifted across the otherwise empty screen.
"And I... only hope that the Saintess can live well."
Otto's comment was only an ordinary sentence.
But Beichen, who had already seen the script, could feel the weight behind those words.
While the Live Stream was talking, Ri Duck had already ridden her motorcycle into the shrine.
After a brief exchange, several waves of minor enemies appeared inside the shrine. Once the monsters were dealt with...
The screen gradually darkened...
Sister, will my illness ever get better?
As the screen lit up again, a small figure in a kimono appeared before everyone in the Live Stream...
Damn It! MiHoYo Turned All My Viewers into Emotional Wrecks, You ****!
Rin had her back to everyone as she lowered her head and drank the medicine Yae Sakura was feeding her. The sisters were in the shrine on Yae Village's mountain. Noon sunlight streamed through the paper window into the room.
In such a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, Yae Sakura slowly reassured her.
You'll definitely get better, Rin. Don't think nonsense. You're a good child. The gods will surely protect you.
The camera gradually pulled back as Yae Sakura spoke.
In the end, what appeared on the screen was the heartwarming sight of Yae Sakura personally feeding medicine to her bedridden younger sister.
However, Yae Sakura did not have fox ears on her head at this time...
But Father told me this morning that this festival...
As the cutscene played, Rin's words abruptly stopped.
The scene was replaced by a pale white, followed by the image of Yae Sakura slumped on the ground, staring blankly at Rin...
The setting had not only shifted from inside the shrine to outside it, but the bright sunny weather had also turned into a raging thunderstorm.
The gray-black palette laid Yae Sakura's despair completely bare...
Sister, it seems... we can't fulfill our promise to watch the cherry blossoms together... Sister, you must become... an outstanding Shrine Maiden... and protect... everyone...
After Rin spoke her final words with her last breath, the screen turned pitch-black.
When it lit up again, Yae Sakura stood before a crude gravestone, gazing up at the gloomy sky. In the distance stood a torii gate, the symbol of the shrine.
Rin, your sister has obtained the power to kill everyone.
I will take revenge on them.
I will kill them all.
I will make them all accompany you in death.
And then... then your sister will come find you. Whether it is heaven or hell, whether the road ahead is filled with gods or demons.
I will come to your side, okay...
The story cutscene ended there.
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The system's Crystal reward notifications echoed beside Beichen's ears.
While watching the cutscene, almost everyone in the Live Stream had been stunned by its contents. Even now, no one could send a single comment...
Beichen had actually been mentally prepared for such a reaction.
Even though several years had passed since he first encountered Sakura Samsara, miHoYo's brutal stab still left people unable to move on...
"Waaah! Big brother, my eyes hurt a little. They seem to be swollen from crying... Wuwu"
After a long silence, Seele finally broke the quiet in the Live Stream.
It was not hard to tell from her comment that she had been reduced to tears by the emotional blow.
After all, as a beautiful girl who had also been cared for by an older sister, she had the strongest sense of immersion and could understand the pain of Yae Sakura and Rin...
She had received a double dose of emotional damage.
"Then go find some tissues. There might be more later~"
"Huh..."
While Beichen and Seele were talking, the other viewers in the Live Stream also voiced their thoughts.
Or rather, their blessings?
"May our Sakura never need to fear for her loved ones' safety. May the twins separated by suffering meet again beneath destiny's blessing. Let these noble and pure souls rest in peace in the homeland where they once lived."
Rarely, Elysia did not offer her blessing in her usual teasing and lively tone.
Even when telling Mei about her past, she had spoken with an otherworldly calm.
But after seeing the past of Yae Sakura and Rin, she became solemn.
That alone was enough to show how deeply this story had affected her...
"It is a very moving story. I... was also reminded of my family. And the captain who gave me an opportunity, and those... companions whom I can no longer meet again."
Hua had originally been very calm, but now... it felt as though she could barely suppress the emotions she had kept buried for so long.
"When I think of people I knew leaving, I feel lonely. But for a warrior, that is an emotion that must be suppressed... I-I may have lost my composure."
One after another, comments from the viewers drifted across the Live Stream.
Looking at their sentiments, Beichen suddenly felt that it was perfectly normal for him to have been hit so hard by this story back then.
But then again, there were only four viewers in this Live Stream. The first three had all been emotionally devastated and were in terrible moods.
What kind of mood was the last one in now?
"Just as I suspected, hehe... The people of this village tried to prolong their miserable existence by pleasing a so-called god, but in the end, they personally created the evil god that would destroy them."
"What you wish to mock is... their stupidity? The means they placed their hopes in to save themselves ended up destroying them. I have to say, that is quite ironic."
"Humanity never tires when seeking a solution. In my view, there is nothing wrong with that. Their greatest mistake was failure."
That... really sounded like something Bishop Otto would say.
Could it be that he had been emotionally wounded, so he had started sharing his true thoughts?
After thinking for a moment, Beichen asked a rather sensitive question:
"So what you mean is... as long as the objective can be achieved, sacrificing one person does not matter?"
"But the result was that their method led them further and further down the path to destruction. Therefore, this was not an answer, but a mistake."
"...You're right. Alright, let's continue watching the story."
Beichen did not continue talking with Otto.
There was no point.
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