People in Izumo, make Honkai great again

With mixed feelings, she opened the letter with trembling hands and saw the content written for herself.

The letter was not long. It contained no concern or explanation of where he had been or why he had taken 'Murakami'. It was just a cold warning.

Don't try to find out where he went or what he did. As his daughter, all you need to do is guard this shrine.

It’s hard to describe my feelings.

As far back as she could remember, her father had always been stern and unkind, and her mother had died of illness when she was very young. Her father had been her first teacher in kendo, instilling the Hokushin Ittoryu into her at a young age. Even when she was still unable to care for herself, he often sent her to live with other people while he traveled alone to distant gyms, often staying away for months at a time.

Every time she came back to reunite with her family, there was no joy on her father's face. In her eyes, her father was always silent and serious.

Because they were rarely together and rarely received praise or smiles from her father, she had resentment towards him before he disappeared, and her relationship with him was not very good.

But no matter what, this is her father, and Mei always believes in her heart that her father loves her, but he just doesn't know how to express it.

But this letter...

Tears streamed down her cheeks onto the letter in her hand, and Mei Raiden's body trembled slightly. "Why? Why, even though you've already come back, you're unwilling to meet me and say goodbye to me?"

Chapter 4 The Sword Thief—Yae Sakura!

"Damn thief!"

Kiana blamed herself for the theft of 'Narakamura'. In her opinion, if she had honestly practiced swordsmanship with Mei at the shrine today, 'Narakamura' would not have been stolen.

After all, Mei Raiden is a well-known kendo genius, and she dared to go to the shrine and steal the "Murakami" enshrined there. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

Must be remedied.

We have to catch the thief!

There were only two roads leading out of the shrine: one led to the city block, which was the one they had just walked on. The other path led out of the city. Kiana didn't think much about it and took the other, more secluded road.

There was a high possibility that she would get nothing if she chased him out now, but after walking a few steps, Kiana saw a guy wearing a black cloak, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

In broad daylight, he was dressed in black, wrapping himself up so tightly that nothing could be seen.

You can tell at a glance that he is not a serious person.

"stop!"

The man was standing under a cherry tree. Kiana rushed up without thinking.

If she is not a thief, then she should apologize.

The man in black robe under the cherry tree heard the voice, turned around to look at the white-haired girl running towards him, and frowned slightly under the brim of his hat.

Didn’t Mei Raiden come?

…never mind.

The man in black robe had no intention of talking to Kiana. He took a few light steps and jumped more than ten meters away, ready to leave.

"It's Narukami?! You damned thief!"

When the man in black robe moved, the black robe was blown up by the wind, and the two knives on his waist were revealed.

Kiana was immediately furious.

"Give Mei's Narukami back!"

Even though there is no Honkai energy in this world, her physical fitness is still far superior to that of ordinary people.

She now had only one thought in her mind, that is, she must not let this hateful thief take the 'Murakami' of the shrine away from under her nose!

She must be kept!

Are you catching up?

The man in black frowned and sped up, trying to shake off the girl who was not part of his plan, but Kiana's speed was not much slower than hers when she ran at full speed.

This guy is so agile.

Could it be that she is also a human transformed into a ghost?

After trying several times to get rid of the girl who was chasing him, the man in black robe jumped onto a big tree and stopped facing Kiana.

"Run, keep running if you have the guts!" Kiana took a few breaths, but still had some strength left, her eyes fixed on the woman standing on the tree branch.

From the front, you can tell her gender and even her face. Although she is dressed strangely, she does not cover her face.

Her appearance is very beautiful.

Judging from her looks, she is comparable to Mei.

"Hurry and return Narukami!"

No matter how beautiful she is, she is still a hateful thief!

The man in black robe had two knives hanging from his waist. One was an ice crystal-like knife that she didn't recognize, and the other was the Ming Shen knife enshrined in Mei's family shrine.

"You already have a knife, yet you still sneakily steal the Ming Shen enshrined in the shrine, you shameless guy!"

The man in black robe remained silent.

She was looking at Kiana, trying to find any signs of ghostliness on the girl, but there were no signs of ghostliness on the girl, and she was not the same kind of person as them.

She was not corrupted by ghosts and gods.

A very pure human being.

"I'm not a thief." Unable to shake the girl off, she could only explain, "I was just asked to take it to where it belongs."

"It belongs at the shrine!" Kiana said angrily, pointing at the knife at her waist. "Also, taking something without asking is stealing!"

The black-robed man shook his head: "This Ming Dao is not the property of the Lei Dian family. The Lei Dian family is just keeping it for safekeeping."

"You say it's not true? This sword has been enshrined in the shrine for hundreds of years!" Kiana calmed her breathing, stared at the sword at her waist and warned again: "Give it back to me!"

The black-robed man reached for the twin swords at his waist and said, "Thousands of years ago, the twelve swords, including the Ming Dao, already existed, but they had yet to be forged. They carry the destiny of being imperial swords, awaiting their fulfillment. Don't worry, I'm telling the truth."

"I don't care about what you say, just give the knife back to me!" Kiana said she didn't understand, she just wanted to get the knife back to Mei.

What about the imperial sword and fate? It would be better to think about it after she gets the sword back.

The man in black sighed when he saw her stubborn look. The power wielded by the swordsmen was aimed at slashing at ghosts and gods.

She would not draw her knife against the girl.

"What if this sword concerns the survival of the entire Izumo?"

Kiana was stunned.

Seeing the effect, the black-robed man continued, "And as I just said, I was asked to come and take the Ming Dao. What you said about taking it without asking is actually not the case. The one who asked me to come and take the Ming Dao was none other than Mr. Lei Dian Long Ma."

Even if Mei didn't say her father's name, Kiana knew that there was a 90% chance that her father's name was Raiden Ryuma.

Mei's father wants to take away Mingdao?

"Don't try to lie to me. If he really asked you to take Narukami, why didn't you come over and ask Meiyi directly while she was at the shrine? Instead of stealing it like a thief and running away?"

The black-robed man was silent for a moment and shook his head: "This is Mr. Raiden Ryoma's request. He doesn't want Miss Raiden Mei to know too much about us."

It's a very unreasonable explanation, but if it's Thunder Ryuma, Kiana feels that this is not impossible.

In the plot of Honkai Impact 3rd, Raiden Ryuma, the executor of anti-entropy, and his daughter actually know nothing about Honkai Impact 3rd.

Twelve is also a number worth noting.

And the Zhao Dao...

Kiana's eyes flickered. She took a deep breath and softened her tone, "You said this was all Uncle Raiden Ryoma's request? You're not allowed to let Mei find out?"

The man in black robe nodded.

But Mei Raiden will become one of them sooner or later, and what Ryoma Raiden said about letting Mei Raiden live an ordinary life again is meaningless in her eyes.

"get down!"

The black-robed figure was stunned. After thinking for a moment, she jumped down from the tree and landed opposite Kiana, staring at the girl with white hair, blue eyes, and a physique like a monster.

This guy actually has pink hair.

Only when she got closer did Kiana notice the man's hair color, and when she thought about her familiar voice, she had a guess in her mind.

"I'm not Raiden Mei, so if you tell me the truth, it won't violate the agreement between you and Uncle Raiden Ryoma, and it will also make me feel at ease and stop pestering you. Isn't that right?"

The man in black robe nodded.

"My name is Kiana. Please tell me your name first so that I can trust you."

"...Sakura, Yaezakura."

Chapter 5: Long ago, eight million gods descended upon this world

Good guy!

You are indeed Yaezakura!

Kiana tried not to show any flaws and looked at Yae Sakura: "Now you can explain."

"Do you know anything about ghosts and gods?"

Yaesakura's opening words were a blast.

"Ghost, ghost?"

Kiana was completely stunned. Izumo, Zhao Dao, and ghosts and gods. If she didn't react, the game would be in vain.

"Yes, ghosts and gods."

Yae Sakura felt that she was quite capable and should be a person with a strong ability to accept things. She would not be crushed by the truth, so she blurted out the truth about the world.

She pointed to a planet in the sky that looked like the moon and said, "Over there, in a place we call Takamagahara, there lives a group of crazy demons and gods."

"Long ago, eight million gods descended upon this world, slaughtering all living things and bringing disaster upon mankind. To save the world, Izumo mobilized the entire nation to fight against them. After paying a terrible price, he finally slew the Tsumurakari god and forged the world-protecting sword 'True'!"

"From then on, Izumo embarked on the path of Kari God to protect the world. Thousands of years ago, it was with the help of the sword master who mastered the 'truth' and deconstructed the divine power to recreate the miracle. At the cost of all the predecessors' sacrifice, the remaining eleven gods were exiled, buying Izumo time."

So this is not a parallel world of collapse.

But...

Star Dome Railway?!

Yaezakura drew the 'Narakamura' from her waist, stared at the blade, and said, "After beheading Tsumu Karikani, Izumo forged eleven unfinished imperial swords. The 'Narakamura' enshrined at the Raiden family shrine is one of them."

"Although we have been preventing the evil gods from escaping and returning for thousands of years, the 'true' sword master sacrificed himself, and the new qualified ones are unable to reach the heights achieved by the first sword master. We can no longer prevent their return.

If we want to save Izumo from these demons and gods, we must forge the complete set of twelve imperial swords!"

Kiana looked at her unsheathed Mingshen with mixed feelings and said, "So that's why the abnormal thunder sound before..."

"It's Takemikaze." Yaezakura looked towards the horizon. "We took back the Mingdao because we are about to go out to defeat Takemikaze."

Kiana, who wanted to trick Yae Sakura down and take the sword, was in a state of confusion. She really didn't expect that the system would send her to the Starry Sky Railway.

It was Izumo who was swallowed by the Black Marshal!

She looked up at the black sun.

and so……

Is that the shadow of nothingness?

"So I'm not a thief."

Yae Sakura seriously explained herself again that she was not a thief, and that Raiden Ryoma had asked her to take the sword, and that she took the sword to save Izumo.

"Only by using the Mingdao to kill Takemikaze can the Mingdao become a true world-protecting sword!"

This is the Star Dome Railway.

So the Mei I know, is she actually... Huang Quan?

Kiana didn't listen to the explanation at all.

Yae Sakura thought she was frightened by the truth and sighed in her heart, but she could also understand Kiana's feelings.

When she learned the truth, her reaction was no better than Kiana's. She was like Mei Raiden now, guarding a shrine that enshrined the 'Frost' she now wore on her waist.

"I have already told you the truth. Now that you know the truth, I will take my leave."

Yaezakura sheathed her Mingdao, turned around, and prepared to continue on her way.