People are in Honkai Impact 3rd, there's a villain simulator.

She smiled faintly, her face gloomy: "I thought that after I killed him, I would feel the satisfaction of avenging my great enemy and be very happy, but reality... things didn't go as planned. I can never forget him."

“Fu Hua, I don’t think you should hate Qiao Qiao so much.” Himiko lowered her head and smiled somewhat lonely: “To be honest, I envy you for having a man who loves you so much.”

"love me?"

Fu Hua frowned angrily. She believed that Qiao Qiao had many desires, such as destruction, domination, and selfishness, but she did not believe that he would fall in love with anyone, especially himself.

"Captain, don't joke with me. You have no idea how terrible Qiao Qiao has been to me."

Fu Hua gripped the bedding tightly: "My father treated him like his own son, and even wanted to give him the martial arts school that he had devoted his life to, but he ruined our reputation and left us homeless."

Fu Hua recounted all the evil things Qiao Qiao had done to her, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

“He triggered the third collapse in Canghai City, causing countless families to be torn apart and people to die. Even my most important friend disappeared in that collapse. If you hadn’t saved me, I probably would have died in that collapse back then.”

Seeing that Fu Hua was completely unaware of Qiao Qiao's long-standing efforts and even harbored resentment, Himiko secretly felt indignant on Qiao Qiao's behalf.

If it were her, she definitely wouldn't have missed out on a boy who cherished her so much.

"What if I told you that I saved your life back then, but it was actually JoJo who instructed me?" Himiko's face was as cold as ice. She was determined to no longer hide anything and confess everything to Fu Hua: "The first Herrscher of Thunder was not actually JoJo. He defeated the Herrscher of Thunder with a human body and took all her powers."

"The Herrscher who destroyed Canghai City was not JoJo. On the contrary, he had been trying to absorb the Honkai energy generated by the Third Honkai Impact to minimize the casualties and losses caused by that Honkai Impact."

Upon hearing Himiko's words, Fu Hua's azure eyes trembled slightly. She couldn't believe that what she had always believed to be the truth was actually a lie.

"This is impossible..." Fu Hua shook her head repeatedly, bewildered, and stood up agitatedly, glaring angrily at Himiko: "Captain, you're lying to me!"

"I have indeed been deceiving you all along, lying to you that I was the culprit who caused the Third Honkai, lying to you that the Third Herrscher was an enemy of humanity, but everything I just said was the truth."

Himiko stared directly at Fu Hua: "Think about it carefully. If it wasn't JoJo's deliberate act, why were you able to survive the Third Honkai Impact? Why did the Herrscher of Thunder, whom even Kevin might not be able to defeat, fall so easily to you?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Hua was stunned, her heart filled with fear and unease. In fact, she had already noticed Qiao Qiao's abnormality. That year, his personality changed drastically, and he suddenly attacked the disciples and destroyed the city, which was indeed very strange.

Looking back now, I realize that I had to leave Canghai City because of Qiaoqiao, and luckily escaped the third collapse.

What's even stranger is that... in her final battle with Jojo, he never used any martial arts and never used his true strength until his death.

Himiko saw Fu Hua lower her head in confusion and went along with it, explaining, "Even within the Moth of Flame, only a few people, including Dr. Mei, know about this. After all, without the cooperation with the Third Herrscher, humanity would never have been so united in supporting the Moth of Flame, and Mei wouldn't have been able to so easily eliminate the corrupt elements at the top and become the leader of the Moth of Flame."

“If you don’t believe me, you can ask her.” Himiko glanced at Mei, who was hiding behind the wall, and helplessly spread her hands: “It’s not like we’d both team up to lie to you, is it?”

Upon hearing Himiko's words, Hua's eyes trembled as she watched Mei, dressed in a white coat, walk in from outside.

She didn't beat around the bush with Fu Hua, but went straight to the point: "I think that since things have come to an end, Fu Hua, you do have the right to know the truth."

Mei pushed up her glasses and said, "I did indeed cooperate with the Third Herrscher for my own purposes, concealing many truths from the world."

"How is this possible? Aren't the Moths of Flame an organization that protects humanity and fights against the Honkai? How could they possibly cooperate with the Herrschers?"

Fu Hua unconsciously clenched her fists, trying to find evidence that Himiko and Mei were lying, because the truth they were telling was too cruel.

"We are indeed working hard to fight the Honkai, but you must also understand that when the systems and rules of human organizations are controlled by some lawless individuals and cannot be defeated internally, then we must resort to external forces to solve the problem. The Herrscher, as the common enemy of all humanity, is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate."

Mei looked up at Fu Hua and said, "Moreover, as a god, the price he offered to compromise with humanity was far too low. He only hoped that the Fire Moth could protect a human girl. Such a worthwhile deal is hard to refuse."

"Why is it that everyone knows Qiaoqiao has been helping me, but I'm the only one who doesn't know?"

Fu Hua trembled and took two steps back, looking at her hands that had killed Qiao Qiao. She couldn't believe that the man she hated most had been silently helping her all along, even saving her countless times, yet she had killed him without knowing it.

“This was Qiaoqiao’s own request,” Himiko said, one hand on her hip. “He’s the kind of man who would die for you, how could he possibly tell you something and make you worry about him?”

Fu Hua's mind was in complete turmoil, tears welling up in her eyes as she asked with a puzzled expression, "But he knew he was going to die, so why did he do all these things?"

Upon hearing this, Mei looked at Fu Hua in disbelief: "Hua, I know you have a rigid personality and are rather slow to understand feelings, but even if you're a blockhead, you should be able to sense Qiao Qiao's feelings for you to some extent. After all, he was willing to sacrifice his own life for you."

"What..."

Fu Hua stood there stunned, while Himiko mercilessly exposed the fact that she had never realized.

"That's because Qiao Qiao loves you, loves you more than himself, more than the whole world, and is willing to sacrifice himself for you, even if it means going against the world."

Upon hearing this, Fu Hua could no longer hold back and collapsed to her knees, covering her wet eyes in despair, tears falling like a broken beaded curtain.

The more hatred he felt for Qiaoqiao back then, the more regret and self-blame he felt now.

But she knew that even if she regretted it, it was too late; she had already killed the boy who loved her most in the world with her own hands.

Qiaoqiao, I'm sorry, I really didn't know you had done so much for me in silence.

Why do you love me so much, yet never tell me?

Why did you never ask me before taking it upon yourself to die for me?

If I had known all this, I would have stayed by your side, even if it meant going against the whole world.

Fu Hua's vision was blurred by tears of regret. She curled up in grief, clutching her falling tears tightly in her hands.

I'd do anything just to see you one more time.

Chapter Twenty-Six: To You Fifty Thousand Years Ago

Fu Hua's eyes, with their fine, thick eyelashes, trembled slightly as she opened them to see the glaring surgical lights.

In a moment of blurred vision, she raised her slender, fair fingers to shield her eyes from the intense sunlight.

At the lab bench, Möbius was intently preparing the solvent, and without even glancing at it, he said, "It woke up so quickly? My lovely little lab rat~"

Möbius smiled with satisfaction: "This experiment was quite successful. Remember to fill out a report every day after you get back, and provide feedback on the experimental results."

Fu Hua stepped off the operating table with one foot and replied expressionlessly, "Okay."

"Seeing how cooperative you are with my experiment, I'm almost tempted to reward you." Mebius revealed a sly smile, "By the way, I remember you seem to hate the Herrscher of Thunder. When I went to Canghai City for an on-site investigation a while ago, I dug out the Herrscher core from his body and installed it in a special magnetic field device. Would you like to take a look?"

Upon hearing Mebius's words, Fu Hua looked up and saw a Herrscher Core shimmering with purple light inside a transparent jar on the shelf. Her face turned deathly pale, and she stared wide-eyed in despair.

"I originally went to Canghai City intending to bring back the Herrscher's corpse for research, but because the concentration of Honkai energy within his body was too high, the corpse fissioned and decomposed halfway through, disappearing like particles of light." Mebius didn't notice Fu Hua's pained expression behind him. "Missing out on such valuable research material as the Herrscher's corpse was heartbreaking. But thankfully, I gained another interesting find..."

Mebius looked down at a container filled with dark green liquid, inside which floated a snake-like eye—a part of the flesh of Shesa, the Third Herrscher's companion Honkai Beast.

According to Möbius's research, Shesa possesses the ability to resurrect. If one could extract Shesa's genes and perform a super-mutation surgery on oneself, then one would be one step closer to true 'infinity'.

However, her plan to fuse with Shesa's genes to gain infinite life is a secret, and she doesn't intend to tell Fu Hua and the others about it.

Fu Hua shifted her gaze from the core of the Herrscher of Thunder and turned to look at the back of Mebius, whose long green hair was styled in green.

"What should we do with this Herrscher core next?"

"It's rare to see someone interested in lab stuff."

Seeing that Hua was interested in scientific experiments, Mebius smiled happily and said, "Mei's 'Key of God' has now been officially launched. This Herrscher core should be forged into a weapon and then properly utilized, taking the shape of its master."

Upon hearing this, Fu Hua's face darkened. Qiao Qiao had already sacrificed her life for the survival of humanity as a Herrscher in her lifetime. Now, not only was her body left behind, but even her Herrscher core, her only remaining possession, was to be turned into a weapon and its value to be further exploited. Even the workers in the black factory wouldn't suffer like this.

Fu Hua angrily gripped the operating table with her slender hands, unwilling to let the core of the Herrscher of Thunder be used by others. But then she thought that all these sacrifices were for the future of humanity, and slowly loosened her grip.

Mebius watched Fu Hua leave the experiment with heavy steps, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she bumped her head to look at the edge of her experimental operating table, which she had just crushed. She covered her mouth with her fingers, which was grinning mischievously, and said, "Looks like I just upset Hua."

Back in the lounge, Fu Hua curled up on the bed, hugging her knees, and gently stroked the photo frame in her hand. The photo inside was taken when she and he were at the martial arts gym.

A mature woman with fiery red hair knocked on the door and came in. She saw Fu Hua looking at the photo frame and wiping away tears. Her smile became somewhat awkward: "It seems I've come at the wrong time."

"No, that's not true." Fu Hua wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes with her slender fingers. "Captain, is there something you need?"

"Hmm." Himiko smiled and nodded, sitting down next to Fu Hua and handing her a letter: "This is what your little lover asked me to give you. You can open it and take a look."

Upon hearing that the letter was written by Qiao Qiao, Fu Hua immediately reached out and took it, opening the envelope with anticipation and reading it carefully.

"Hua, by the time you open this letter, I think I will already be gone. I regret that I didn't tell you the truth in person, because I know that if you knew what I was going to do, you would definitely come to stop me. But my death is a necessary sacrifice to defeat the Honkai. I know that a kind girl like you will be heartbroken and cry for me after knowing the truth, but you don't have to be immersed in grief forever, because I actually come from the future, fifty thousand years from now. My death now is just returning to where I originally belonged. If you want to see me, then let's meet again in fifty thousand years."

Upon seeing the contents of the letter, Fu Hua's expression changed from anticipation to confusion, before she happily pulled Himiko into her arms.

Himiko was held in Fu Hua's arms, her face rubbing against Fu Hua's chest.

It's so hard...it hurts...

"Hua, what did Qiaoqiao write in her letter that made you so happy?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Hua calmed down and released Himiko, looking intently at the delicate handwriting on the letter: "Qiao Qiao told me the direction for the future."

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At home, Qiao Qiao prepared a table full of dishes for his sister Ji Zi, but now he's been waiting so long that the day lilies have gone cold, and she still hasn't come home.

Himeko-neechan, I hope something happened to her on the way.

Qiao Qiao looked at the clock anxiously. He wasn't worried about Himeko's safety, after all, she was an A-rank Valkyrie, and who would dare to provoke her for no reason?

If someone is really that blind, Qiaoqiao should be worried about the bad guys.

Helping Himeko with housework and cooking has always been a stable source of income for Qiaoqiao in order to complete the good deeds system tasks and obtain crystals.

Now that Himeko isn't going home, he has nowhere else to loot crystals.

It's really worrying.

Just when Qiao Qiao was at his wit's end, his phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and answered, and a familiar voice came through.

"Hello, is this Qiaoqiao?"

"Yes, it's me," Jojo answered confidently. "Mr. Walter, what can I do for you?"

"Here's the thing, I was drinking with Ms. Himeko outside, and now she's drunk. I want you to come to the bar and take her home."

"Okay, wrap it up on me."

After hearing the whole story, Qiao Qiao agreed without hesitation. Going to pick up Sister Ji Zi and take her home would definitely be a good deed, and this was a great opportunity for him to get the crystal, so he couldn't miss it.

As a member of the Crystal Village Party, Jojo immediately got up and, following the location Walter sent him, found a bar called "Angel's Gift".

As soon as Jojo entered, she heard Himeko's voice. Himeko was sitting at the bar, with her arm around Walter's shoulder, drunk and looking very angry and dissatisfied.

"Professor Walter, why can't I get a boyfriend? Where have all the good men gone these days?"

Walter, standing beside her, had no idea about Himeko's troubles and could only awkwardly smile and say, "Himeko-sensei, it is indeed a bit difficult for you to find a boyfriend at St. Freya Academy. Perhaps you could adjust your criteria for choosing a partner, for example, don't be too concerned about gender, or younger men are also okay."

"Don't even mention those brats at school. None of them are easy to deal with; they're always causing trouble. Only Qiaoqiao is sensible and knows how to share the burden with me, but even she's the one who's after Qiaoqiao..."

In the tavern, Himeko chugs down her drinks, shouting and yelling like a drunkard, while the men around her all stare at her with the same strange looks.

To be fair, Himeko is actually quite beautiful and has an impeccable figure, but even the best figure and looks can't withstand her looking so bad.

"Professor Walter, I'm sorry I'm late."

When Walter saw Jojo appear, his eyes shone like he had seen a savior. He immediately pulled away Himeko's arm that was on his shoulder and happily pushed her into Jojo's arms.