My mobile game wife came knocking.

But now, it's all gone.

The only one left was Lafite, who was beside him.

"Lafite, do you think it's possible for Lingbo, no, Enterprise, and the others to come into this world like you?" Ye Ming asked, his feelings complicated.

"Laffey isn't sure either, but it should be fine." Although he used an uncertain statement, Laffey's tone was quite certain.

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes, everyone in the port was awakened by the Commander. It was the Commander who gave you life. As ship girls, we are born with an unbreakable bond with the Commander. Just like when the Commander disappeared, although we could not feel his presence, we all knew that he was still alive. Laffey believes that even if our former comrades left the port and scattered all over the world, they must be trying their best to find the Commander."

At this point, Laffey paused, looked at Ye Ming, and said seriously, "It won't be long before everyone is reunited, by the Commander's side, to rebuild the port."

Ye Ming was stunned by Lafite's serious gaze.

In an unknown, otherworldly realm, wandering girls search for the figure of someone important to them. It sounds romantic, but as the one being searched for, Ye Ming's heart is somewhat heavy.

Will there ever be a day when they can all gather together?

If that day ever comes, how should he treat the girls?

So many girls coming to the real world, just thinking about it is enough to give me a headache, especially with so many marriage ships. People like Enterprise and Bismarck are fine, but what about marriage ships with personalities like Ron and Chapaev? Will they lock people in cages? Or will they be cut into pieces and put in the refrigerator so that everyone gets a piece?

Thinking about all this, Ye Ming felt both anticipation and trepidation.

Fortunately, I had worked on construction sites before, so I was in good physical condition.

For some reason, such a thought suddenly popped into Ye Ming's mind, and after realizing it, he couldn't help but chuckle.

No matter how strong an ordinary human is, they can't compare to a ship girl.

"Hey!"

Ye Ming, who was lost in thought, bumped into a girl who was looking down at her phone as she walked towards him. Ye Ming only felt a sharp pain in his chin, but the girl cried out in pain, clutched her head, and squatted down on the ground, her phone flying quite a distance.

"I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry. I was thinking about something and didn't pay much attention. Are you alright?"

Ye Ming quickly picked up the girl's phone, walked up to her, and apologized repeatedly.

"Ouch~ Ouch ouch ouch!" the girl gasped in pain. "Really, be careful when you walk."

Muttering a soft complaint, the girl stood up while rubbing her head: "I'm fine, next time I'll pay attention... Hey? It's you?"

After standing up and seeing Ye Ming's appearance clearly, the girl seemed a little surprised and widened her eyes.

"Who are you? The cosplayer from the subway station?"

Ye Ming was also surprised. The girl in front of him was the same girl he had seen during the day, with long pink hair and wearing what looked like donkey ears or fox ears, cosplaying as Yae Sakura.

Unlike during the day, the girl's conspicuous animal ears are now gone.

"The ears were a prop for cosplay; I took them off after the comic convention."

Noticing Ye Ming's gaze, the girl offered an explanation.

"Oh, with such big ears, it's really inconvenient to wear them."

Ye Ming responded, then thought for a moment and suddenly felt something was amiss.

The girl's Yae Sakura cosplay during the day was very accurate, which is why Ye Ming spotted her in the crowd at a glance and was deeply impressed. But Ye Ming was just one of many ordinary people in the crowd, so how did the girl recognize him?

Could this girl be the real Yae Sakura from the game?

Ye Ming was startled by the sudden guess that popped into his head.

However, Yae Sakura's ears in the game are real ears, so it's unlikely she could take them off, right?

"I didn't expect you to remember me. We've only met once, at the subway entrance, haven't we?"

Ye Ming was past the age of being too shy to speak when a pretty girl was staring at him, so he directly probed the question, handing his phone to the girl as he spoke.

"The subway entrance?" The girl paused, then asked in surprise, "Have we met at the subway entrance? I saw you on the subway. You and your girlfriend were discussing Genshin Impact. Since I also play miHoYo games, I glanced at you a couple of times and it left a deep impression on me. Don't you remember? But I was wearing a cotton coat on the subway and wasn't wearing my fox ears, so it's normal that you don't remember."

"girlfriend?"

Ye Ming was taken aback, then remembered that there was indeed a girl playing Genshin Impact who had chatted with him on the subway, and that girl seemed to be a cosplayer as well.

Because he was chatting with the girl, he got off the subway a little slowly. After he got off, he was attracted by the cosplayer dressed as Okita Souji. It's normal that the girl in front of him got off a step faster than him.

Thinking about this, most of Ye Ming's doubts disappeared.

"That's not my girlfriend. We just happened to sit together and chat about games for a bit," Ye Ming explained apologetically. "I'm really sorry about earlier. Are you alright?"

"It's alright, it's alright." The girl waved her hand magnanimously, glanced at Raffi who had been behaving himself and remained silent, and asked curiously, "This little girl is so cute, is she a relative of yours?"

"Um, well, you could say she's my... little sister."

Ye Ming gave a vague answer, without intending to introduce Lafite.

The girl seemed to be asking casually, and seeing that Ye Ming didn't want to say more, she didn't press further.

"Oh, it's your little sister! How cute!" the girl exclaimed, then said goodbye, "I have to go home now, see you later."

"Goodbye."

Ye Ming agreed, and pulled Raffi to watch the girl walk further and further away until she disappeared from sight.

Throughout the entire encounter, the two didn't even ask each other's names, as if it really was just a chance meeting.

But was it really a chance encounter?

Ye Ming always felt that it was too much of a coincidence, and the girl was also excessively beautiful; her skin, eyes, and temperament were unlike those of an ordinary girl.

He thought for a moment, then took out his phone again, searched for Honkai Impact 3, and downloaded it.

He and the girl were just strangers who had met by chance, so it was naturally inappropriate for him to keep asking her all sorts of questions. But that didn't mean he had no other way to dispel his doubts.

If he logs into his Honkai Impact 3rd account and the same situation occurs as in Azur Lane, it will naturally prove something.

If there's nothing unusual about the account, then he might be overthinking things.

If the Honkai Impact 3rd account is the same as Azur Lane's, then...

What other mobile games has he played?

Chapter Five: Are you sad? I did it.

After getting out of Ye Ming's sight, the cherry-haired girl quickened her pace and entered the residential area where Ye Ming rented a room. She entered a residential building with ease, took the elevator to the eighth floor, opened the door, and went into the room.

If Ye Ming saw this scene, he would be surprised to find that the girl lived in the same building as him, and happened to be downstairs from him.

As soon as the door closed, the girl's appearance changed dramatically. Her once unremarkable cherry blossom hair shone with a silky luster, as if it had been washed clean. Her skin became even whiter and more delicate, and her blue pupils turned into a magnificent purple. On her head, two slender animal ears slowly emerged.

In the blink of an eye, the very pretty three-dimensional girl transformed into an anime girl with an ethereal aura, seemingly out of place in this world.

"Have you confirmed the little girl's identity?"

As soon as Yae Sakura closed the door, a clear and ethereal voice came from the living room.

Yae Sakura was not surprised. She changed into slippers and walked into the living room, where she immediately saw the girl kneeling on the carpet.

The girl had short, cherry-blossom-colored hair, and her amber eyes were clear and ethereal, like a deep mountain pool. Her pretty face was still somewhat childish, and when she knelt, her back was straight, her posture like a sharp longsword, completely unlike her comical appearance of coughing up blood earlier.

This girl was none other than Okita Souji, a genius swordsman active in the Bakumatsu period, the first swordsman of the Shinsengumi, the number one swordsman group in the Bakumatsu period, wielding the Bakumatsu Heavenly Sword, a magic sword that always hits its mark.

Yae Sakura knew that the girl Okita Souji asked about was Lafite, who was with Ye Ming.

"uncertain."

The living room was empty, with no sofa or other furniture. Yae Sakura shook her head, knelt opposite Okita Souji, and recalled the scene of meeting Ye Ming. After thinking for a while, she said, "I didn't sense any energy fluctuations from her. There were no signs of professional training or the aura of a strong person. She seemed to be just a slightly confused little girl."

"It seems?" Okita Souji glanced at Yae Sakura, dissatisfied with her vague answer.

Speaking of which, Yae Sakura, who was active in the Sengoku period, should have been Okita Souji's senior. However, it is normal that Yae Sakura does not care about Okita Souji's dissatisfaction with her. If their positions were reversed, Yae Sakura would not be satisfied with such a vague answer.

After all, they both care about the same person, and at the very least, they agree on not wanting that person to get hurt.

"My intuition tells me that the little girl meant him no harm."

Yae Sakura replied in this way.

This time, Okita Souji remained silent.

The living room fell silent immediately.

Yae Sakura looked at Okita Souji, recalling the scene of their confrontation during the day.

Facing Okita Souji, who was in a flat-eyed stance, Yae Sakura felt a strong threat. Her intuition warned her that this sword was a sure-fire, inescapable attack.

However, what shocked Yae Sakura even more than the threat was Okita Souji's sword style.

"Flat-eyed!? You're a swordsman of the Natural Rishin-ryu school!"

This statement eased the tense atmosphere and created an opportunity for the two to communicate.

"Now that he's out of immediate danger, we can properly introduce ourselves and clear up any doubts we may have."

Okita Souji broke the brief silence, asking, "Who exactly are you? What's your relationship with him? How do you know about the Tennen Rishin-ryu school?"

"I……"

Recalling the past, Yae Sakura's eyes were misty, her expression a mixture of nostalgia and pain.

“I was born into a family of shrine maidens in Yae Village, Shinano Province. I inherited the bloodline of shrine maidens at birth and can communicate with the gods…”

"I have a younger sister named Rin. She has been in poor health since she was a child and is often sick."

“One year, the village suffered a drought unlike any other in a century. For a long time, it didn't rain. The rivers dried up, the earth cracked, and the crops withered. Everyone was driven to the brink of death. As a shrine maiden, I tried to pray for rain, but to no avail. The villagers began to point fingers at me. Some suspected that I had angered the gods by offering a non-virgin sacrifice in the last ritual, so they requested that the sacrifice be made again with the shrine maiden's bloodline as the offering…”

"The one chosen was Rin, who had been frail and sickly since childhood..."

"I can't accept this fact. I swear I must take my sister and run away, but Rin is sick. I can only try to treat Rin's illness while looking for an opportunity to escape..."

"Rin's illness hasn't gotten better, but the ritual has already begun. During the ceremony, I dropped my sword and tried to escape with Rin, but Rin's foot was..."

"She can no longer run."

"Father raised the knife..."

"The rain poured down, and the villagers wept bitterly, giving thanks for God's mercy."

No one knows the helplessness and despair she felt as she witnessed that scene. After that day, she closed herself off, transforming herself into a murderous blade to carry out rituals, unconditionally fulfilling the villagers' wishes—a fate predetermined before her birth. As she grew up according to the villagers' expectations, her own self was gradually devoured by the "responsibility of a priestess," turning her into a puppet called a priestess.

"Until one day, when I was out, I found two people by the river in the village."

At this point, Yae Sakura paused, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.