Honkai Exposure, Starting with Elysian Realm Iconic Scenes

Chapter 67: The Grinding Sound of the Soul Steel Face Was So Beautiful

Kiana: "Class monitor, if you ask me, you've already been ambushed, so why are you still reasoning with Bishop Otto? You should have just thrown a couple of punches."

Raiden Mei: "With the strength to uproot mountains and the spirit to cover the world, Inch-Punch: Heaven Splitter!"

Pardofelis: "Hua, you want to reason with them, but Otto is so despicable, you can't reason with him!"

Fu Hua: "Sigh... Otto really does everything without leaving any loose ends."

Immortal Crimson Bird was a person who truly believed in reason.

Objectively speaking, although Otto had shot her, he had also healed all her long-standing injuries afterward, returning her body to its peak condition.

From an objective standpoint, she and Otto were indeed even.

But the thought of that guy plotting against Kiana and the others, wanting to kill her friends, made it impossible for Fu Hua to forgive him.

What's more, Otto's arguments were nothing more than sophistry.

Elysia: "Hua, if you have anger, you must vent it. If you have grudges, you must avenge them. You can learn a lot from Chakravartin in this regard."

Kiana: "This time, I strongly agree with Elysia's point. Just beat him up."

Raiden Mei: "If someone held a gun to Chakravartin's head, he wouldn't be like the class monitor, asking for the full story before making a decision."

Bronya: "She should have erupted the moment she woke up."

Chakravartin: "Crush his body, burn his blood!!!"

Fu Hua: "..."

No, no, no, Chakravartin's situation was completely different.

You have to understand that Fu Hua, as a fifty-thousand-year-old protector of Shenzhou... cough cough, Immortal Crimson Bird who saved the common people, had always convinced people with [reason].

Even though she desperately wanted to beat Otto up, she had her principles.

At most, she'd crush his Soul Steel Face and beat him half to death.

[In the screen, Fu Hua began to recall memories in her mind, remembering her last meeting with Otto.

A not-so-pleasant impression.

A moment of memory surfaced in her mind. Otto was pointing a gun at her forehead. The memory was so quiet, like a calm lake.

But the anger resonated in Fu Hua's heart without any concealment.

"Immortal Crimson Bird, I am not lying."

Bang—

The gunshot rang out, and Fu Hua's life vanished. Incredibly, there was no pain at the time, but recalling it now was heart-wrenching.

Id: "That's it! That kind of pain, make him taste the suffering you endured!"

Superego: "He is the most dangerous person on Earth, his evil plot must be stopped!"

Fu Hua tried to recall more, but her mind felt empty, and she couldn't help but feel sad.

Superego: "Now you can remember everything, nothing can stop you!"

Ego: "First, you have to—"

Id: "Kill him!!!"

Instigated by her Id, Fu Hua slowly walked towards Otto.

"Wait a moment, old friend, I—"

Fu Hua's movement was like lightning. In an instant, she grabbed Otto's cheek, giving him no chance to finish speaking. On that face, her smile had yet to turn into confusion.

Otto stared blankly at Fu Hua, seemingly wanting to say something, but his mouth was firmly held by Fu Hua, and only meaningless syllables drifted out.

Fu Hua clenched her fist and punched that handsome and annoying face fiercely.

One punch.

Two punches.

Three punches...

As the fists collided with the Soul Steel Face, producing a pleasant grinding sound, the scene slowly ended.]

Elysia: "How cruel, how cruel, Hua, you're truly too cruel. Bishop Otto did heal your injuries, how could you be so rough? What a bloody scene. Pfft... but why do I feel like laughing so much?"

Kiana: "I feel like that too. The sound of the Soul Steel Face being smashed sounds so satisfying."

Theresa: "Too cruel, I can't bear to watch, I can't bear to watch."

Despite her words, everyone noticed Theresa covering her eyes with her hands, then peeking through her fingers with a few eyeballs exposed.

Her comical expression was undeniably cute.

Good heavens, Otto is your own grandfather!

Bronya: "Class monitor, how does it feel to have your great revenge fulfilled?"

Fu Hua: "Ahem, Bronya, you must understand that was a corrupted version of me, not the current me. Our St. Freya Academy is full of Valkyries who believe in reason. We don't resort to violence unless absolutely necessary."

I have to admit, seeing someone smash that Soul Steel Face with their fists, even just watching it happen, feels incredibly satisfying!

Especially since they didn't just punch it once.

Fu Hua herself felt her hands itching. If she could have been the one, just imagining grabbing that Soul Steel Face and beating it senseless made her feel so comfortable.

Kiana: "Is Bishop Otto going to die from that? Tsk, how pathetic."

Theresa: "He won't. My grandpa is strong. He's not going to die that easily, he'll just suffer a bit."

Kiana: "What a shame."

Himeko Murata: "Ahem, Kiana, that's our Schicksal's Bishop. No matter how satisfying the sound of that Soul Steel Face getting beaten is, you can't laugh at him."

Kiana: "Auntie Himeko, you were smiling just now too. Don't think I didn't hear you."

Bronya: "Bronya heard it too."

Himeko Murata: "Ahem, well, I was just laughing because you were all laughing. If I were the only one not laughing, I wouldn't fit in."

It really wasn't that she wanted to laugh herself.

Himeko Murata felt that her great revenge had finally been achieved, and the sound of Fu Hua smashing that Soul Steel Face was simply too pleasant to her ears.

Pardofelis: "Hua, if you wanted to beat up Otto, you should have just beaten him up. If getting revenge feels so good, why did you have to go against Boss Kevin?"

Fu Hua: "Uh..."

You ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?

Beating up Durandal, fighting Kevin to a draw, causing chaos at Schicksal HQ. While it sounds cool, that style of action is nothing like her own.

If it weren't for the fact that that person had the exact same face and body as her, Fu Hua wouldn't have believed that person was her.

But the Immortal's physique, the powerful combat ability she displayed, and the words she spoke, all forced Fu Hua to believe that person was her.

Being framed for something she didn't do, what kind of situation is this?

Cosmo: "...It wasn't Hua."

Pardofelis: "Amo, what did you say?"

Cosmo, the quiet boy who had been silent for a long time, suddenly chimed in with three words, leaving everyone confused for a moment.

You have to understand, in this harmonious chat group, everyone else was a chatterbox. If you were to look at the chat logs, they'd easily hit 99+ messages.

And Cosmo was definitely not among them.

Cosmo's train of thought usually couldn't keep up with the speed at which these chatterboxes changed topics. He had always been an observer, just watching the show.

But this time, Cosmo had rarely spoken.

And most importantly, he had voluntarily offered his opinion!

The level of shock this caused was no less than if Chakravartin suddenly changed his ways and shouted "[Apponia is the cutest in the world!]" in the chat group one day.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Herrscher of Reason Joins the Chat Group

Cosmo: "I mean, that person might not be Hua."

Fu Hua: "?!?"

Kiana: "What makes you say that? That person is Class Monitor. Other things can be faked, but her body and figure can't be."

Raiden Mei: "And didn't we see it? Class Monitor was backstabbed by Otto, taken back for treatment, and after recovering, she punched Schicksal and kicked World Serpent. The power of an Immortal was fully displayed. It must be Class Monitor, right?"

Even if her figure could be faked, and there was another flat-chested person in the world, the power displayed by the Immortal's physique definitely couldn't be faked.

Someone who could go toe-to-toe with Kevin and tear through Schicksal HQ could only be Immortal Crimson Bird.

Pardofelis: "Amo means that Hua's way of doing things is too different from before, making him feel a bit unfamiliar."

Kiana: "Cosmo, you're actually that observant?"

Elysia: "Of course. Otherwise, how could Cosmo get along so well with the kids and take such good care of Griseo?"

Theresa: "But no matter how you explain it, if that person isn't Fu Hua, there are too many things that don't add up, right?"

For example, why would she seek revenge and beat Otto's face black and blue?

For example, she recognized Kiana and all of Fu Hua's memories.

No matter how unfamiliar the things Fu Hua did in the video and the personality she displayed felt to them, as long as she possessed fifty thousand years of memories, she was definitely Fu Hua!

Cosmo: "...Perhaps I guessed wrong."

Kiana: "What do you mean 'perhaps you guessed wrong'? You definitely guessed wrong. If that person isn't Class Monitor, I'll swallow three bowls of uncooked rice!"

Raiden Mei: "Kiana, if you're hungry and want to overeat, you can just say so."

Theresa: "Look, that person is so powerful, and she's seeking revenge on grandpa. She must be Fu Hua, right?"

Elysia: "Otto's stab caused some damage to Fu Hua's brain, so her memory was reset. It's reasonable for her to have different ideas after re-accepting her fifty thousand years of memories."

Kiana: "Hehe, but the blackened Class Monitor is really cool. Punching Schicksal, kicking World Serpent, it's more chuunibyou than anything Mei did."

Raiden Mei: "What does that have to do with me?"

Elysia: "At the peak of the Immortals, I reign supreme; with Immortal Crimson Bird, there is heaven!"

Pardofelis: "Schicksal is rotten, Anti-Entropy is incompetent, the heroes of this world are none other than Kevin and me!"

Theresa: "This is the complete Fu Hua, the full Crimson Bird, the complete me!"

Fu Hua: "Cough cough cough, stop talking, it's so embarrassing."

So shameful.

Are you guys devils? How can you say such chuunibyou lines so easily, are you in your rebellious phase?!

And punching Schicksal and kicking World Serpent, even though I'm very powerful, I shouldn't be bragging about it so much.

It's making even us Flame-Chasers from Fifty Thousand Years... Immortal Crimson Bird embarrassed.

[Chat Group expanded, congratulations to Herrscher of Reason for joining the Chat Group.]

Theresa: "Herrscher of Reason?"

Pardofelis: "Another Herrscher?"

Theresa: "Why are there Herrschers everywhere?!"

Originally, there were already several Herrschers in the chat group, so adding one more wouldn't have piqued everyone's curiosity.

But it was the Herrscher of Reason, who could influence consciousness, and they didn't know if this person was friend or foe.

The group at St. Freya Academy immediately became tense, fearing that their consciousness would be modified in the next moment, turning them into the Herrscher of Reason's puppets.

Herrscher of Reason: "Ouch, what is this place? How did a chat group appear out of nowhere, and who are you all?"

Elysia: "Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the Previous Era, Elysi..."

Chakravartin: "Herrscher, hahahaha, another Herrscher! Fight, battle, come on, I haven't killed a Herrscher in too long!!"

Raiden Mei: "Herrscher of Reason, run quickly, we have a madman here who kills Herrschers on sight!"