To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

Seele...can't find a reason to stop her, and can't offer any explanation.

Kevin naturally refused; he couldn't stand by and watch his comrades willingly die.

"Seele... I'm sorry." She apologized, placing her hand on the hilt of the knife.

The sword was drawn, and this was Sakura's most beautiful moment. The cold blade light enveloped and sealed off the space, and only Sakura walked out of the space.

Knowing that her journey would inevitably end in death, she whispered her sincerest blessing in Seele's ear.

"I wish you... a chance to reunite with your sister."

She could no longer reunite with her sister, but she still wished that her companions who had come with her could.

The sorrows of life did not break her; she continued to sincerely wish the next person well.

She apologized because she couldn't keep her promise to help her find her sister.

Even though she was too heartbroken to express it in words, she still tried to comfort her companions with words, just as her gentleness had remained throughout...

Although she didn't say it explicitly, there was no doubt that she treated Seele like her younger sister and was very kind to her.

At the end of the video, the story didn't continue as it should have. Kevin did something, waved his hand, and the scene changed.

Sakura lay beside him, bloodied, the sharp blade still clutched in her hand.

She was covered in wounds, but her eyes were no longer as gloomy as before. She had done all she could, and what followed was the simplest thing... death.

Kevin told her that they had sealed away the Herrscher, who... had experienced an inexplicable disturbance at the last moment, and they used this opportunity to seal the Herrscher in a black box.

Sakura was somewhat pleased upon hearing this, and said weakly:

"That's good... I stayed with Ling until the very end... She was still my sister until the very last moment..."

“I have preserved... my pride as the older sister.”

Her tone was one of relief, and she spoke each word carefully. Finally, she made one last request to Kevin.

"Kevin, take Seele to my hometown. I promised her... I would take her to the square filled with cherry blossoms..."

“...I’ll do my best.” Kevin promised, and Sakura seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Even in her final moments, she comforted Seele, telling her not to be sad and urging her that there were things beyond her control, but she still had people she wanted to protect and that she had to keep moving forward.

Her voice was barely audible, but she spoke each word clearly.

"When you and she... stood together under the cherry blossom tree..."

You will find... that the world is still beautiful... that your world... is still full of hope...

Then... Sakura died, leaving behind her sincerest blessings and hopes for Seele. The world bubble vanished, leaving only the girl's sobs.

"Is this how Sakura ends up?" Alicia bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes, and asked.

No one responded, and even Sakura didn't know if what she was seeing was real; she had lost that part of her memory.

Kevin nodded and said calmly, "Mostly correct."

"Sakura-neechan...it's really so touching, Bronya-neechan..." Seele threw herself into Bronya's arms and couldn't help but cry.

"Did Sakura's appearance at the last moment cause it to become disordered...?" Möbius frowned, but then his thoughts suddenly cleared.

She had initially thought the man's experiment in the game was entirely based on certain actions performed by Alicia, but now it seems that wasn't entirely the case...

Feelings are truly a magical power!

She licked her lips, her eyes holding a meaningful look. It really made her want to conduct an experiment too...

How could she possibly resist something so tempting!

"Sakura...Sakura-neechan is so pitiful!" Pado looked at Sakura with pity in her eyes. She thought Sakura-neechan was probably the most pitiful of all the heroes.

Sakura recalled all of this, and she hugged Rin, even though Rin was now Himeko.

She believed that Ling would come back sooner or later, and she wouldn't let any of this happen to her again.

She will fight with everything she has, and no one can ever hurt Ling again!

...

The game returned to complete darkness, but the sound and subtitles continued.

"Hector knew that Troy would fall, just as Arcturus knew of his prophesied death."

"But the two warriors still bravely and fearlessly threw themselves into the battle."

"In this story, which was destined to be a tragedy from the beginning, no one ever hesitated or wavered."

"They are like this, and so are we."

A familiar voice rang out, but all that remained was darkness. Seele was puzzled; she couldn't tell whose voice it was.

“I brought her body back to my hometown. But when I arrived there…”

"All I see is a wasteland with nothing."

"The Herrscher manipulated the launch silos and used nuclear bombs to completely destroy the three remaining human cities."

I stood in the square, now a pile of ruins…

"Not a single cherry blossom can be seen in my eyes."

His voice grew lower and lower as he spoke, carrying a certain quiet strength.

Soon, Seele opened her eyes. She could see again, and she saw a very beautiful scene. She saw... cherry blossoms... they were so beautiful... just like Sister Cherry described.

Beneath a colossal cherry blossom tree, countless petals drifted away, pink specks of light coalescing and spreading across the desolate depths of the quantum sea.

Countless world bubbles revolved around it, scattering pink petals that drifted everywhere.

The figure beneath the cherry blossom tree was none other than the one who had always blocked their way in the World Bubble—white hair, blue eyes, sorrowful yet resolute.

"On the burnt-out earth, I made a promise to her, to everyone,"

He turned his head, and the determination in his eyes was astonishing; the weight of his resolve was immense.

"No matter how much it costs, humanity will definitely defeat the Honkai Impact!"

His declaration was solemn and sacred, inspiring unconscious conviction.

Now, he has fulfilled his promise to his friend, allowing Seele to see the square in full bloom with cherry blossoms.

Then, he would go on to fulfill the promises he made to many more people—to the previous civilization, to his comrades, and to his lover—the promises he had made to them all.

No matter the cost, humanity will surely defeat the Honkai!

...

“Kevin…in some ways, he still has a certain romantic side,” Alicia said with a soft laugh, offering this explanation.

"Did he fulfill every word of the promises he made to others? Even if there were no cherry blossoms in Sakura's hometown in the end, he built this cherry blossom tree in the place he could control, thus fulfilling his promise."

"Hahaha, what... what a weird joke." Pado chuckled foolishly.

“My little follower has indeed changed quite a bit,” Möbius said, looking closely at Kevin in the video. “But upon closer inspection, he hasn’t changed much; he’s still as naive and stubborn as ever.”

Sue, who rarely speaks, said, "Kevin...he always values ​​his promises..."

Kevin remained silent. This was something he had never experienced before, yet it was also something he had.

...

In the World Serpent Base, on a throne, Kevin sat silently.

"My Lord?" Gray Serpent asked, looking at Kevin who had remained silent for a long time after sitting down.

"The Heavenly Fire Judgment resides in the deepest part of destiny, and my failure to offer it at the beginning is my dereliction of duty." He bowed slightly to express his apologies.

Kevin looked at the Herrscher of Corruption in the game, which looked exactly the same, and his silent heart ached again, but he was already used to it.

In that battle, he watched helplessly as a comrade went to his death.

He hated himself, hated the higher-ups, hated the soldiers, but he never complained about Sakura.

As promised in the video, he will bring victory to the people of the previous civilization; this is both a promise and a shackle.

“No need…it’s just a weapon.” Kevin shook his head, unconcerned.

"My lord, Yu Tu has arrived as well. Would you like to see her?"

"...Very well, the key to the Stigmata Project lies in her." Kevin snapped out of his reverie and looked at Gray Serpent.

"Yes, sir." Gray Snake bowed slightly, intending to take his leave.

"...Grey Serpent, is there more to this game?" Kevin asked after a moment of silence. He felt that his experiences in the game were a reflection of his own life.

Predicting the future?

If the key to defeating the collapse lies here...

"I'm sorry, sir, no," the gray snake said.

Chapter 23 You know nothing about Honkai Impact 4k

Seele suddenly realized that the bubble world had been created by the man before her.

Kevin spoke coldly, recounting a heavy truth: "Those are my memories, the promises I failed to keep."

"Memories with companions, the will entrusted to us, and the future we look forward to for everyone."

"They appear before my eyes like dreams and bubbles day after day, only to vanish into nothingness."

"It's as if it's reminding me again and again of the fact that humanity was once wiped out by the collapse."

Upon hearing this, Karen could no longer sit still.

"Humanity was wiped out by the Honkai?" She stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with undisguised surprise.

She stood up, her brow furrowed, and paced back and forth.

Despite having suspected it beforehand, hearing it from someone from a previous civilization still filled her with dread.

She clenched her fist, and the pen in her hand instantly shattered into pieces.

Honkai... truly a major threat to human survival!

"Your Excellency?" The Destiny employee looked at the surprised bishop, wondering what could have happened to make the usually composed bishop so flustered.