Chapter 290: A Complete Break! Kiana VS Herrscher of Sentience!
This part of the game plot left both Fu Hua and Kiana feeling overwhelmed with guilt, but they could only steel themselves and continue watching.
As for the main subject, Senti? Senti was already numb.
"To be honest, I don't think that kind of scene will happen later," Elysia suddenly raised her hand.
"Fu Hua borrowing power from Senti or something, and Senti lending it without a second thought, only to end up being tricked by Fu Hua..."
These words didn't affect Fu Hua or Senti much, but they made Su Mu, who was sitting nearby, momentarily stunned.
What kind of great prophet is Elysia? Although it's slightly different from what actually happens, it's not far off...
Do you understand the weight of a 'motherly scam'?
Amidst the sighs of the people in the livestream, the in-game Fu Hua borrowed Senti's power, causing the illusion to shift.
As the scene changed, everyone discovered that this was exactly the scene when Kiana infiltrated Heliopolis Life Sciences in Arc City.
Senti appeared quite excited about this, as infiltration was her specialty... with Fenghuang Down, a perfect infiltration would be child's play!
But soon, Senti was dumbfounded—the guards at Heliopolis were all robots, and Fenghuang Down had absolutely no effect on them.
Because of Senti's arrogance, Kiana was quickly discovered.
["You got us exposed."]
Kiana's words seemed to carry a tone of blame. Senti knew she was in the wrong, but she still stubbornly retorted:
["What does it matter? Just wipe them out! The essence of infiltration is that no one finds out you were there—killing everyone is also a valid method!"]
"The best infiltration is killing everyone"—this statement made everyone in the livestream not know whether to laugh or cry.
Truly classic Senti.
Undoubtedly, even though Senti took down the robots in no time, she still didn't earn Kiana's approval. Instead, she was questioned.
The Class Monitor at that time was extremely weak; there was no way she could have defeated those robots like that.
["I'm sorry, okay? I didn't want to, but I'm really not used to pretending to be weak."]
["You can't understand the feelings of the weak?"]
["It's not that... I should say, I simply cannot be weak."]
["...Perhaps that is the biggest difference between you and her."]
["Mm, exactly. The past me had great power but was weak, but I am not. No matter who stands before me, I will strike them down. I will get what I want. If things don't go my way, I'll turn them into something I like."]
Hearing Senti's words, Kiana sighed.
["Because you have power, you must use it?"]
["..."]
["The Class Monitor I know—Fu Hua—she is a strong person who can understand the weak."]
["I told you, I'm not her. You should be considering who is better between me and her."]
["Are you saying you are not Fu Hua?"]
["I... of course I am! But... I've changed."]
Under Kiana's relentless questioning, Senti's hesitation became more and more obvious. This could be clearly seen from her expressions and gestures.
["Why do you all cling to the past! Am I not better than her? Did she ever accomplish anything? No! Everything she did was a failure, failure, failure! And me? Everything I do is a success! I can kill Otto, I can defeat Kevin! Why not welcome this new me!?"]
Her voice carried a hint of hysteria. Clearly, under Kiana's verbal assault, Senti could no longer maintain her previous composed attitude.
["...Maybe, maybe you are better than the Class Monitor, stronger, and able to defeat more powerful enemies. You might be a more excellent Class Monitor..."]
Senti put her hands behind her back. Finally, Kiana said something she liked. The gloom on her face vanished instantly, making her look like a child waiting for praise.
However, in the next moment, her fantasy was ruthlessly torn apart.
["But you are not our Class Monitor. You asked the wrong person... The two people before you spent every day with the Fu Hua you despise. We are her friends."]
["We don't care what kind of person Fu Hua should be, or what kind of person she could become... What we like is that Fu Hua, just that Fu Hua."]
["—Our Class Monitor, you cannot replace her."]
As soon as Kiana said those words, Senti fell into a brief silence.
When the viewers in the livestream saw this, the same thought popped into everyone's head—
It's over, totally over!!
Isn't this a complete breakdown of negotiations?!
[No, don't do this, man! Kiana, what's wrong with you? Everything was going fine, why are you starting to act up now!]
[Honkai protagonist, save us! Where is the protagonist energy? Have you forgotten how you won over Mei?]
[I thought the Tuna had ultra-evolved, but why did she devolve halfway through? You forgot what the Class Monitor said just a moment ago? Doing this is just forcing Senti to rebel!!]
[Oh my Wuwubo... could it be that Mei's departure took away Kiana's "same-sex attraction power" too?]
[What is "same-sex attraction power"?]
[The power to attract the same sex, obviously, child.]
[???]
"That's more like it! Exactly right! This is just perfect!"
In North Europe, at the Caslana manor, Siegfried couldn't help but clap his hands in joy.
"This kind of low-EQ speech is the Kiana I know! Now the misunderstanding is cleared, haha!"
If Kiana were by his side, she would definitely be furious, asking her "stinky old man" why he never wanted the best for his daughter!
"Dear..."
Just as Siegfried was laughing loudly, a hand rested on his shoulder.
Siegfried felt an instant chill down his spine. He shivered and turned around, meeting Cecilia's "kind" smile.
"It's one thing to insult your daughter to her face, but now you've learned to secretly talk bad about her behind her back... Is this really what a father should be doing?"
Cecilia's intense pressure made Siegfried break into a cold sweat instantly: "N-No! I was saying... our daughter Kiana is just too righteous! Exactly! How could she accept a fake Herrscher as her Class Monitor? If this Herrscher doesn't even know who she is, keeps denying the fact that she's a Herrscher, and insists on becoming someone else, then she isn't an independent individual and doesn't deserve Kiana's respect and recognition!"
Siegfried, with his survival instinct maxed out, fired off a long string of words, which finally made the hand on his shoulder let go.
"I'm going to cook~"
Seeing Cecilia exit the room with a smile and gently close the door, Siegfried felt like he had completely collapsed.
"Phew, scared me to death. I thought I'd have to kneel on the washboard again tonight... Kiana, you brat, you tricked your old man so badly last time, and now you almost got me executed by Cecilia's family rules..."
Siegfried's resentment traveled thousands of miles to the livestream, though in reality, it just manifested as Kiana letting out a big sneeze.
Of course, the atmosphere in the livestream was anything but good. Kiana felt like her head was twice its normal size; she was deathly embarrassed.
The reason was simple—
In the game plot, after she said those words.
Senti was silent for a long time, her expression constantly shifting between grievance, confusion, anger, and sadness.
["Is this your choice? Is this your answer? You chose her... you chose her?"]
Her body trembled slightly, her brow furrowed deep.
["I am not Fu Hua, she is... that's your answer?"]
She looked up, her brow locked, her lip bitten until it nearly bled.
Kiana felt as if she saw a mist clouding her eyes. In this instant, the Herrscher looked just like a young child.
["You idiot!!!"]
As soon as Senti said this, the real Kiana in the livestream wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into!
She had actually made Senti cry!
Senti's aggrieved and heartbroken look was like a silent accusation against Kiana's conscience!
"It seems Senti is truly heartbroken this time..."
Elysia looked at the aggrieved Senti in the game with pity.
It had to be said that this final line perfectly captured the image of a child who failed to gain recognition and was deeply hurt.
"She longs for recognition so much, yet no one gives it to her... sigh..."
[Tuna, look at what you've done!]
[Seeing Senti so aggrieved and sad makes my heart break!]
[In the end, Senti is just a child who craves acknowledgement!]
[Well, now the talk has completely failed. You even made her cry... Tuna, look at the mess you've made!]
[Sigh... although I can understand Kiana wants to use this way to make the Herrscher show a weakness, the problem is Senti really isn't a bad person. If they could just sit down and talk, it shouldn't have been like this...]
The viewers in the livestream expressed their frustration in the comments.
"Although it's cruel... I don't think Kiana's approach was wrong."
Fu Hua shook her head and gave her own opinion.
"True, her words were neither gentle nor friendly... one could even say they were merciless, leaving the Herrscher of Sentience with no illusions whatsoever."
"However, that doesn't mean Kiana's approach was incorrect."
"The Herrscher of Sentience had already noticed her own contradictions. Even if this wasn't brought to light now, she would have had to face the cruel truth eventually."
"By insisting on being Fu Hua, she was essentially erasing her own identity... Perhaps Kiana saw Senti as an independent individual and hoped she would stop running away."
Fu Hua's words sparked a discussion among the audience.
[True, we can't really say Kiana was wrong. From her perspective, Senti didn't just fool her; she also threatened the Class Monitor... it's natural for her to be hostile.]
[But for us players, Senti is really a good kid. There's no helping it, since we've seen so much of the plot from Senti's perspective, it's natural to sympathize with her...]
[That's true, but couldn't there have been another way? Being this blunt is just too hurtful.]
"Idiot! Moron! Blockhead! You—you—!!"
In the game, as the illusion dissolved, Senti lashed out at Kiana with an angry tirade.
However, her vocabulary for insults was clearly too limited; she couldn't even come up with any truly biting phrases.
Clearly, she was angry to the extreme, nearly losing her voice.
Her anger burned, but suddenly cooled as it erupted.
Senti's eyes widened.
["You already decided, didn't you? You never took me seriously—it was never a choice."]
["And her—she was helping you the whole time. You guys..."]
Senti closed her eyes, clenching her fists so hard they shook.
["So it was only me who was thinking... it's not fair..."]
["Fine! You want that Fu Hua? I'll give her back to you—give her back!"]
She stood motionless, and a feather appeared out of thin air, shooting out like an arrow and landing before Kiana.
["Don't you want her? You all want her—I'll give her back!"]
Kiana knelt and gently picked up the feather. It was so light, almost weightless, and a familiar feeling emanated from it.
Fu Hua told Kiana that the Herrscher's binding had been released.
["Yes, and you're going to die too! I won't give you even a single bit more power. No one but me can save you! Die! Die! You can all just die!"]
Senti screamed hysterically, as if venting all the dissatisfaction and grievance in her heart.
Kiana tried to use Edge of Taixuan to pump Honkai energy into the feather, but the energy could only swirl around it.
["Don't waste your energy on me, Kiana. There is a more important threat..."]
["Right, don't waste your time. Fenghuang Down isn't that simple."]
Kiana's gaze, however, fell on Senti not far away.
["No, there is one more way."]
She said in a low voice.
["There is one more way, Class Monitor—that is to take back your body."]
Fu Hua realized what Kiana was about to do, and her expression changed drastically.
["Kiana, that's too dangerous!"]
Kiana summoned the Spear of the Void, her gaze steady, enunciating every word.
["Maybe, but I won't let anyone else close to me leave again."]
Looking at the two of them, Senti spat and cursed with disgust.
["...Idiots, what are you performing? An idol drama? Disgusting!"]
She let out a disdainful cold laugh. Kiana had no way of defeating her, and even if she did, with Fu Hua's current strength, she could never reoccupy the body.
Fu Hua's death was already certain. Trying to save her was pure delusion!
Watching the scene of two adults teaming up to bully a newborn baby about to turn into a life-and-death struggle, everyone in the livestream felt somewhat... startled.
To be honest, at this point, the plot was clearly the climax of the protagonists facing the big villain.
But the problem was... even though the fight was about to start, everyone simply couldn't hate the "villain" Senti.
If anything, they felt nothing but pity.
"W-What is going on? So my role is just a villain?"
Looking at the direction of the plot, Senti felt like something was wrong everywhere.
"Who said that? I never said you were a villain."
Su Mu said righteously, "Besides, you can ask everyone: does anyone think you're a villain?"
"Then..."
"But I never said you wouldn't become an enemy of the protagonists."
"..."
Senti slammed the table and stood up. She was all too familiar with this rhetoric! Last time, this guy was insisting that "Fu Hua won't become a Herrscher because it doesn't fit the character of a MANTIS fighting Honkai."
And the result? Well, everyone knows!
Senti was exasperated and gave Su Mu a firm middle finger!
"Su Mu, if I ever believe you again, I'm a total moron! A big blockhead! An absolute idiot—!!"
END OF CHAPTER
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