frightfiction Chapter 265 The Gaze of the End
Chapter 265 The Gaze of the End
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to come with us?"
Silver Wolf stood arrogantly with his hands on his hips, his confident demeanor making it seem like the die was cast.
"Didn't you say you'd check on Mei first...?"
"These two things don't conflict! Besides..."
Silver Wolf tapped his watch, and a family photo projection of Star Core Hunter, including Qiong, and Black Cat appeared in the living room.
"Don't you miss us and our dear Firefly? You've got a boyfriend and you've abandoned your family? It's heartbreaking, so heartbreaking..."
Silver Wolf instantly changed his expression, feigning sadness, and turned to pounce into Firefly's arms.
"Kafka, look at your kid! He's got a girlfriend and doesn't want us anymore! From now on, I'll be playing games all alone every night, boohoo..."
"..."
Before Qiong could react, Kiana jumped in front of the projection and gave her comments.
"Wow! That's amazing! It feels so much clearer than Auntie's VR headset! Speaking of which, I have a mom who loves makeup and collecting coats, and a younger sister who only knows how to play video games all day..."
"Hey, hey, hey, who are you calling someone who only knows how to play video games?"
Silver Wolf, who had originally hoped to make Sora feel guilty and give in by crying and making a scene, immediately dropped her pretense and expressed her dissatisfaction with Kiana.
"There's also a black cat, a poker-faced uncle, a sleazy older sister... Excuse me, is this girl named Liuying? Will she really transform into a mecha?"
"He told you everything?"
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"I want to stay; I don't want to regret it."
With her eyes closed and mouth open, Qiong still managed to say what she had to say.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that Silver Wolf had a stern face.
"Oh? Staying here? Why? Because of your girlfriend?"
For some reason, Firefly didn't react, so Qiong only needed to face Silver Wolf for the time being. He forced himself to ignore the guilt rising in his heart and look directly into Silver Wolf's eyes.
"I want to stay here, not just because of Mei, but because I want to protect the Earth!"
However, Qiong's righteous statement was met with disdain by Silver Wolf.
"I think you're just prioritizing romance over friendship! The world will still keep spinning even without you."
Silver Wolf noticed that "Kafka" nodded in agreement—it was alright, because Sam didn't have to show up yet, since he had an outlet for his emotions.
Seeing this, Silver Wolf decided to increase its output.
"Listen to me, break up with her! You're just young and infatuated with her looks. Long-distance relationships and being a simp never end well!"
"I'm the one being chased!"
Qiong had already thought it through. The best solution was for him and Lao Yang to stay and wait for the train to return to the future to pick them up. This way, they could both expand their territory and fight the Honkai without any problems.
It must be stated that this is not because Qiong doesn't want to use external forces to quickly complete Honkai Impact 3rd and usher humanity into a golden age of development in the post-Honkai era, but because Welt opposed it long ago: in Welt's view, humanity is truly qualified to set foot on the stars only after crossing the End and Kiana becoming the Herrscher of the End. While the Star Train can indeed connect to the Galactic Rails ahead of time, breaking through the interstellar barrier and establishing contact with the galaxy, the current state of the galaxy, despite the various powers maintaining a facade of respectability, still operates on the core logic of "if you don't eat people, people will eat you."
Introducing external forces on a large scale to combat Honkai could indeed solve the Honkai that has plagued Earth for tens of thousands of years, but what would be the cost? If things go wrong, the Herrscher of the End, a Commander-level Herrscher of the End, would be gone. Without the protection of the "God of Earth," Earth, even if not targeted for destruction, would inevitably be forced to rely on the company's massive and terrifying economic system. Credits would destroy all monetary systems on Earth, becoming the general equivalent—even the gold standard.
Think about it! Without the backing of a Commander-level force to keep the company in check, the still-developing solar system civilization will inevitably be marked as "the home of pioneer Walter Yang" by the Interstellar Peace Corporation and integrated into their commercial empire as an ordinary pre-space civilization. The followers of Cripper will either shout "Open the door, free trade!" and import their industrial products and technologies that crush the solar system into Earth, then use demand to destroy Earth's financial order, replacing it with a credit point system; or, after Earth rejects free trade, they will pilot spaceships into the solar system to promote "protection," open up the local market, and then do the same things mentioned above… Walter firmly believes that the company's market development department is absolutely capable of doing it. Without the protection of a Commander, the solar system is only slightly better off than the Yalilo system.
Therefore, the collapse must be overcome by humanity itself; assistance is possible, but not excessive.
……
"The earth will keep spinning without you, but what will we do without you?"
"It's not like I'm not going, can I wait a bit?"
Wait? Silver Wolf laughed. If she waited ten years, she might actually be able to become an aunt!
Qiong is truly blinded by greed; not only does she no longer care about Liuying, but she also doesn't want to expand the territory, right?
Seeing that Silver Wolf had not been persuaded, it was obvious that Firefly had not either, so Qiong decided to find a temporary scapegoat.
"Principal, would you like to say a few words?"
"One small crystal, two... huh?"
At Qiong's call, Theresa, who had fallen into greed, was pulled back.
"Ahem... You two, Qiong is a student of our St. Freya, a Valkyrie who will fight against the Honkai in the future. We can't just take him away like that! At the very least, he needs to graduate, right?"
Theresa believes that if they "wait until graduation," Firefly and Silver Wolf will accept it. After all, they're already in school. Even if they don't want Sora to be a Valkyrie, they shouldn't just ignore her graduation, right?
Besides, if someone can casually pull out a crystal, how could that be unrelated to the Honkai? She knew very well the major gem merchants that the Schicksal branches and their subordinates cooperated with in this regard, but... no, it seems like none of them were among them.
Theresa looked at Firefly and Silver Wolf with suspicion. She suddenly felt that Walter had sent someone to poach her again—although it seemed that she had poached Anti-Entropy's men first.
"Graduation? How long will that take? Maybe I should just drop out!"
Silver Wolf shrugged, chewed gum, and blew bubbles.
"For us, taking him with us is far more important than graduation. We are his family, and it is only right for us to take him with us."
Theresa was a little unhappy after hearing what Silver Wolf said.
"We are his family too! To us—"
The three got into an argument. Kiana was still observing the conflict with a smile, while Ryuki stared at Sora with a resentful look, wondering whether to be tough or gentle with the stubborn Sora—a gentle approach might not work, so maybe a tough one would be better.
Even Siegfried, still busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast, was oblivious to the faint glow of the stigmata behind his neck...
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The time has come; aliens are coming to steal the man.
From Sora's perspective, Kiana Kaslana, the Herrscher of the End (clone), who woke up on time, looked at herself, who was still watching the show with a mix of exasperation and amusement. How could she have been so stupid back then? She actually thought it was a good thing that Sora left?
She doesn't understand yet. She only knows that having Mei is equivalent to having the strength of a hundred people, but she doesn't realize that not having Sora is tantamount to emptying her spiritual pillar...
I don't want to think about it anymore. How can I better get rid of them?
If Kiana remembers correctly, according to Sora's own account, Sora will be tied to a train in the sky by the two people in front of her these two nights. It is the reasonable Captain Himeko who, together with Mr. Welt, supports Sora to stay and "get off the train temporarily".
But this means the enraged mecha girl will actually demolish St. Freya for the first time! If she remembers correctly, she seems to have lost all the crystals she got during her period, right? Of course, this incident will also make Sora realize the terror of the mecha girl and create resentment, ultimately leading her to fully understand that "everyone else is a villain, only Mei is her true love"...
Whether it was to prevent the "gas explosion" that left all the Valkyries in the dust for half a month or to establish absolute "loyalty" between Sora and Mei, Kiana had the motivation to interfere—the academy could be repaired after it was destroyed, but Sora's complete single-mindedness prevented Kiana and Bronya from having any chance to get together later!
"Should we let them suffer bad luck and be targeted when they go out? Or should we use the methods of the Herald of Knowledge to temporarily interfere? Or should we just kick them off the planet?"
Kiana has plenty of methods, but as for the strength... Kiana feels she needs to carefully consider it.
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I'll update again later.