"Where is this place?!"
After the blinding light faded, Kiana found herself in a place completely different from Senba Academy. It looked like… the seaside?
How did she get here?
She subconsciously looked at the familiar and reliable figure beside her.
At this mont, Takatsuki no longer had those purple Honkai Energy patterns on his body. It would be even better if he wasn't holding an unconscious i in his arms.
anwhile, Takatsuki had confird the current situation imdiately.
The system, having absorbed a large amount of Honkai Energy, unlocked a new function: the Instance function.
Due to the excessive energy, even after activating the Instance function, the system still had too much energy. So, it used the surplus energy to unlock the Multiplayer Instance function, but it still resulted in an energy overload.
Finally, it directly sent all three of them into the instance, which finally consud all the excess Honkai Energy.
And this so-called instance was actually another world.
The system's na was the Dinsional Codex. Takatsuki originally intended to create a ga that was a pastiche of various ani and gas, but now, it seed to have beco a real system capable of traversing dinsions.
The world and tasks for this instance were also displayed in the task system imdiately.
After receiving the instance tasks, the daily main quests would temporarily not refresh.
Main Quest 1: Join the Stardust Crusaders. Reward: 50 Crystals.
Main Quest 2: Defeat Dio's Stand Users. Reward: 50 Crystals for each defeated enemy.
Main Quest 3: Participate in/Kill Dio. Reward: 200 Player Experience, 100 Crystals / 1000 Player Experience, 500 Crystals.
Main Quest 4: Please enjoy this journey happily. Reward: 0 Crystals.
This was a familiar world: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, specifically Jotaro's journey to defeat Dio.
"Don't worry, Kiana, I know what's going on, but let's wait until i wakes up to explain everything."
Standing up with i in his arms, Takatsuki surveyed the surroundings and used Crazy Diamond to heal i.
Although she wasn't injured, she still woke up under this abundant energy.
"Takatsuki…"
Raiden i hadn't completely lost her previous mories, but for her, the mories of her Herrscher period were like a fleeting dream.
However, seeing the bouquet of carnations in her hand, she realized it wasn't just a dream.
Countless people had died because of her touch, even Takatsuki…
Fortunately, Takatsuki was standing before her, safe and sound, and not entirely corrupted by Honkai Energy as in her dream.
"i, can you Stand?"
Takatsuki carefully set i down, and Kiana quickly rushed over to hug i.
"I'm fine. Where is this?"
i looked around. It was clearly not her school, and there shouldn't be a sea near Changkong City.
"This is also sothing I need to explain to you both."
Looking around, the system's drop-off location seed good, with no one nearby.
"Actually, this is a special ability I possess. This ability has infinite possibilities, which is why I survived the Honkai Eruption despite having no Honkai Energy adaptability and why I wasn't killed by the Herrscher of Thunder's ability. It's all because of this."
"Hey! Takatsuki!"
Kiana quickly prompted Takatsuki when she heard his words.
Takatsuki shook his head: "Kiana, what's done is done. Hiding it won't do us any good. Besides, after this incident, we are now a community of shared destiny, Kiana."
"This is also why I chose to tell you what I've been hiding, because I hope you can trust , completely and without reservation, because no matter what happens, I will be by your side."
"Even if you beco a Herrscher, as long as I'm by your side, I won't let you harm anyone else."
Listening to Takatsuki, Kiana felt a bit strange. He should be talking about i, so why did he say "you all"?
"But Takatsuki… I don't want to hurt you even more."
i fell into deep self-reproach upon hearing Takatsuki's self-sacrificing words. She had wanted to escape, but Takatsuki's actions were like tearing open a wound, making it impossible to ignore.
However, sotis a torn wound is for better healing.
"It's okay, i, I won't die. As long as I don't die, you can always trust ."
"This power of immortality was also granted to by that special ability. Speaking of which, I should thank you, Kiana."
Kiana blinked: "Thank ?"
"Yes, I asked you to help with gacha pulls, rember? That's my ability. Although it has infinite possibilities, this possibility is completely random. It was thanks to your strong luck that I drew this power."
"Eh? So that wasn't just a ga?"
"You could say it's a ga, because it indeed manifests in the form of a ga. And our current predicant is also thanks to it. To absorb the excess Honkai Energy from i, it gained a new ability, which is world-traveling. You must have heard similar terms, right? In short, this is already a new world, and we will return to our original world after completing the tasks it issues."
Takatsuki's words contained too much information, leaving i and Kiana montarily unable to react.
"So, you an we're in another world now?"
Kiana took a long ti to process it.
i: "So that ans there's no Honkai in this world…"
"That's right."
"Then… if we just stay here and don't go back, will we not harm more people?"
Takatsuki didn't expect i to still be dwelling on that.
"But, i, there are people waiting for us in that world, aren't there?"
"Think of Raiden Ryoma."
i instinctively hugged her arms at the ntion of her father's na: "Dad… but I might hurt Dad too…"
"It's okay, i, I'll be by your side."
Kiana quickly hugged i.
Taking a deep breath, Takatsuki also embraced them both.
"Listen, i, Kiana, don't fear Honkai, and don't fear Herrschers. In our world, Honkai is just a pure power. What we need to do is not reject it, but master it and turn it into the power to protect others."
"But…"
Takatsuki let go of them: "Although it's a bit late to say this now, I'll still explain what Honkai is."
"Honkai is a special energy that accompanies civilization. It can transform into any other energy, but because it is too powerful, people without sufficient adaptability will be corrupted and die, or turn into monsters. Herrschers are born because they have extrely high adaptability."
"Honkai carries imnse negative energy, causing every Herrscher to be born with extrely strong negative emotions. Their cognition originates from the host's own mories, so it can be said that each Herrscher's personality is the other side of its host, rely having an intense desire for destruction due to Honkai's negative emotions."
"But they themselves are still human… Even if their negative emotions are strong, they are still human, possessing human emotions. Extre rejection of them will only worsen their negative emotions, so what should be done is to accept them."
"They are like a version of oneself that has gone astray. Even if they beco Herrschers, so what? Just as there are good and bad people, Herrschers are just more prone to turning bad, but that doesn't an they can't beco good. Communicating with them, embracing them, and guiding them onto the path of protection is a better approach."
i recalled what happened in her dream. The Herrscher of Thunder indeed chose to return by herself in the end, allowing Raiden i to wake up. Although her appearance caused the deaths of those around her, it was not her intention.
"But my power… even if I don't want to hurt others, people will still get hurt because of it…"
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