Chapter 281: Honkai Impact 3rd's Number One Straight-Shooter! The Immortal Phoenix Fu Hua Who Can't Raise a Child!
This might be one of the reasons why Little Senti is so beloved by the audience.
Because ultimately, the title of "Hero" is not something everyone can possess.
Precisely because everyone is just an ordinary person, once a disaster occurs, the subconscious desire is to protect the important people around them.
They admire those selfless heroes, praising their spirit and noble character.
But when the time truly comes to make a choice, how many people are willing to sacrifice themselves, or even those important to them, for the sake of others?
Senti cannot do it, and the vast majority of ordinary people cannot either.
Because of this, Senti gives off a very realistic feeling. She doesn't care about grand principles like saving the world; as long as she can protect the important people around her, she doesn't care about anything else!
[True, if Fu Hua had been a bit more selfish back then, perhaps she really could have saved Cangxuan and Danzhu...]
[Yeah, although we all admire Fu Hua's spirit, how many people could act like her when facing such a choice?]
[Actually, I feel neither of them is wrong; one is for the greater love, and the other is for the smaller love.]
[Or rather, it's a clash between rationality and sensibility?]
[However, is it precisely because of this that Senti can never become Fu Hua?]
The viewers in the livestream were quite emotional regarding the argument between the two; they felt that neither Fu Hua nor Senti was in the wrong.
Many things in the world are not simply right or wrong, nor are they just black and white.
"Kiana, if it were you, how would you choose?"
Elysia looked at Kiana with a smile, looking as if she had found some interesting new toy.
"M-Me?"
Kiana froze for a moment; she really didn't know how to answer this question on the spot.
"Um... to be honest, I don't know how to choose either. Both me and my old man are the type of people who favor sensibility over rationality... but didn't that old man of mine also abandon Welt and flee the Moon for the sake of humanity? So when the time truly comes, I might struggle painfully just like my dad did on the Moon before reaching a conclusion."
Elysia hadn't expected Kiana to answer the question so seriously, which surprised her somewhat.
Originally, she just wanted to tease Kiana to see if she would have any funny reaction.
"Elysia, what about you? If it were you, how would you choose?"
Seeing Kiana throw the question back at her, Elysia's eyes couldn't help but show a bit of panic.
"That... the sun is quite nice today, haha..."
Miss Pink Elf chose to act cute and play dumb to avoid answering the question—the effect was outstanding!
As the game continued.
Senti used her power to recreate the battlefield of Shenzhou and the Schicksal expeditionary force from five hundred years ago.
["This is real war, real hell. What is the disaster caused by Chiyou compared to a grand war between two nations? However, if Schicksal hadn't used a Divine Key, neither you nor I would have intervened."]
["What kind of logic is that? It doesn't matter how many people die; instead, whether there is Honkai becomes the urgent matter. Does Dr. MEI not mention the well-being of all humanity at a time like this?"]
Facing Senti's questioning, Fu Hua replied:
["War is an indispensable link in the development of civilization; it is one of the laws of nature. We fight the Honkai because it violates nature."]
Senti appeared somewhat helpless.
["Fine, whatever you say makes sense."]
She didn't argue with Fu Hua further, instead conjuring a phantom of Kallen Kaslana.
She pointed out that Kallen was the culprit behind everything.
She spared Kallen's life here, and after giving her a few pointers, Kallen returned to Europe, betrayed Schicksal, fled with the box sealing the 12th Herrscher, and was eventually executed.
["Because of her death, Otto Apocalypse decided to live for several hundred more years. This kid seized power in Schicksal, made a mess of Europe, and then ran to Shenzhou to cause trouble, eventually becoming a grand b*stard."]
["The progress of the Honkai in this era can be said to have been manufactured single-handedly by Otto. We are so miserable now, and he is the one who should be most responsible."]
["If we had just killed Kallen and Otto standing in front of her that day, everything would have been rewritten."]
This segment of the game's plot left Kiana deep in thought. "A world without Otto... true, if Class Monitor hadn't let Kallen and Otto go that day, many of the subsequent events probably wouldn't have happened."
Bronya sighed. "But, if Otto didn't exist, Idiot Kiana would not have been born."
Kiana complained, "What the heck, how annoying. My birth actually has to be tied to a big villain like Otto..."
She was originally thinking if there was some time-travel method to go back and kill Otto directly, but if Otto were killed, then the "me" in the game wouldn't be born.
What was that? Grandfather something-something paradox? That guy Otto might not be her grandfather, but it was indeed him who created the "her" in the game...
"And ultimately, Senti is just speaking with the benefit of hindsight."
Fu Hua shook her head. "After all, no one can see through the future. For example, back when we were still in school a few years ago, would anyone have thought we would gather together in this way?"
Kiana laughed, looking quite happy. "Haha, that's true... I originally thought that if we met again after graduation, it would only be at a class reunion... I didn't expect that in the end, this game, Honkai Impact 3rd, would actually bring us back together."
Bronya added, "Instead of Honkai Impact 3rd, it would be better to say it was Su Mu..."
Fu Hua coughed a few times. "Anyway, this practice of using future events to retroactively judge past ones is wrong. After all, the 'me' in the game wasn't some bloodthirsty person, so it was naturally impossible to deal a lethal blow to Kallen and Otto."
"True."
Senti scratched her head. "I only feel it would have been great to kill him because I know Otto would become a great scourge later. But if I didn't know, I probably would have let him go too... After all, he was already defeated, so whether to take his life or not didn't matter."
In the game, Senti and Fu Hua engaged in a fierce debate, even wiping out the illusions of Kallen and Otto as if venting.
Facing Fu Hua who tried to stop her, she felt extremely dissatisfied.
Senti believed that relying on her own strength to eliminate the Honkai was enough.
When it came to fighting the Honkai, one shouldn't rely on anyone else!
["Haven't you noticed? You are not the person you claim to be."]
["Here we go again. Seeing how persistent you are, I can't bear to point it out: Hey, you're just a feather. You have to accept this reality; you can't keep deceiving yourself."]
["Listen carefully, you are not the master of this body. You are completely different from her, there are many unexplainable points..."]
Facing Senti who was still deceiving herself, Fu Hua pointed out many suspicious points in one breath.
["Think about it, Fenghuang Down is already destroyed. You only have a few clones from the feathers, so why can you control consciousness and memory, and create illusions?"]
["...I spent day and night with Fenghuang Down, the body kept the muscle memory."]
["No, it's impossible to exert such strong power like that."]
["Enough!"]
["You finally noticed."]
["Noticed what? I haven't noticed anything, you're just too annoying! A mere feather, don't tell me what to do—"]
Senti was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her sore spot hit hard by Fu Hua's words. She wanted to argue but couldn't find evidence, so she could only start using the "cruelest" words to launch a personal attack on Fu Hua.
However, Fu Hua remained unmoved and continued.
["There is a reason for your awakening. A body without a soul cannot give birth to consciousness out of thin air."]
["You are not fighting the Honkai. Think carefully: all your actions—destroying Schicksal, attacking World Serpent—are actually executing the Will of Honkai..."]
["No matter what righteous reasons you use to deceive yourself, actions do not lie. You only do one thing: and that is destruction."]
["Because you are a Herrscher."]
Fu Hua's voice was light, yet it exploded in Senti's ears like a clap of thunder.
This sensational fact undoubtedly caused an incredibly huge impact on her.
Fu Hua's deduction in this plot made the Senti outside the game unable to resist clapping.
"As expected of Old Timer! Being the Watson who was the assistant to Sherlock Holmes is indeed different! To discover so many details..."
"Mm, now that Class Monitor says so, I'm also certain that Senti is a Herrscher. I actually thought it was strange before; Fenghuang Down was supposed to be destroyed, yet Senti could recklessly use the power to manipulate memories and create illusions... Now the truth has finally come to light. Her true identity is a Herrscher, specifically the Herrscher of Sentience who possesses the power to control others' consciousness!"
"Herrscher of Sentience? That name is quite good; it just so happens my name also has 'Senti' in it! This guy Su Mu really understands me!"
Senti chuckled, looking quite satisfied with her new identity.
Of course, although the Senti outside easily accepted the fact that she was a Herrscher and even felt it was better to increase the intensity.
But for the Senti in the game, this truth was somewhat too cruel.
[Herrscher of Sentience, huh? That name is actually quite fitting!]
[Sigh! The Far East Demon Lair lives up to its reputation; look at how many Herrschers have come out of St. Freya Academy!]
[Will someone suddenly tell me one day that Theresa is also going to become a Herrscher?]
[Probably, maybe, not? Is there going to be another operation where Theresa won't become a Herrscher, but a Herrscher will become Theresa?]
[No, I still don't get it. Could the voice in Senti's head when she woke up be the Will of Honkai? But how is that Will of Honkai helping Senti fight the Honkai? What's this 'I hit myself'?]
[But didn't Fu Hua say it too? Although Senti always has righteous reasons, her behavior is destructive. This is probably the Will of Honkai getting smart, using this method to indirectly get Senti to cause destruction, right?]
[Haha, it's time to get smart, otherwise the Herrschers under its command are all a bunch of traitors; that would be too hilarious!]
The viewers in the livestream began to poke fun at a certain Will of Honkai again. After all, to be honest, the few Herrschers the Will of Honkai chose really all had their traitor attributes maxed out, which made people wonder about the Will of Honkai's professional competence.
Amidst everyone's discussion, Senti in the game tried every possible way to find words to refute Fu Hua.
["You say I am a Herrscher."]
["But my conviction has always been to fight the Honkai, hasn't it? Would the Honkai allow such an apostle to exist? Taking His power while raising the sword of rebellion against Him?"]
This sentence of hers directly amused everyone. It had to be said that the writers of Honkai Impact 3rd truly knew what showmanship was.
To let a Herrscher say such words was just too funny!
["The Honkai and Herrschers of this era are different from the past. There are examples of what you want: Welt Joyce, Welt Yang, and Kiana all fought the Honkai as Herrschers."]
Of course, there were also Bronya Zaychik and Raiden Mei whom Fu Hua didn't mention.
["...But if that's the case, what does it matter if I'm a Herrscher or not? Isn't it fine as long as I stand on the side of humanity?"]
Senti could only squeeze out such a sentence in the end.
["What's important is not your thoughts, but your actions—in my view, although you believe you are fighting for humanity, your actions have all benefited the Honkai."]
Fu Hua calmly informed the Senti before her of her thoughts.
["You destroyed Schicksal and World Serpent, which are the firmest opponents of the Honkai in this world. Judging from your attitude, you would do the same to Anti-Entropy if given the chance."]
And just as Fu Hua thought, Senti did not trust Anti-Entropy. It networked many high-risk characters: Kiana, Bronya, Mei, and Seele—the first three had already become Herrschers.
Senti believed that Theresa and Seele were also Herrscher hosts with great potential; all of this could very well be within Otto's plan.
["I should ask you, are you necessarily correct? You say the voice in my head is the Will of Honkai's bewitchment, then aren't you even more suspicious? You are a being who doesn't even have a physical body; your medium is the Herrscher Core from the previous era."]
["If one of us is a traitor on the Honkai's side, clearly you are more suitable than I am!"]
Despite speaking such harsh words, she then spoke again as if showing goodwill.
["Look, it's just the two of us here. I could destroy you without any effort. But I didn't do it. Why?!"]
["Because you are my friend! You are another me, I like you! I won't kill you just because you offended me. Isn't this the ironclad proof that I possess humanity?"]
She looked at the Fu Hua before her with a yearning gaze, hoping to gain Fu Hua's approval.
However, Fu Hua's words instantly made Senti feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
["...This is just proof that you don't know who you are."]
["You kept me around not because of any liking, but simply because you need another person to affirm you and support you."]
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone in the livestream almost coughed up blood.
"C-Class Monitor, you... aren't you completely killing the conversation?"
Kiana looked at Fu Hua with a wry smile; although she knew what the Class Monitor said was the truth.
But the problem was, weren't you being a bit too blunt?
END OF CHAPTER
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