About my outrageous life in Honkai Impact III

Chapter 469: Mortal's Determination

"【The last link】? Boss, I don't quite understand what you mean...

Oh... I see, it's a good hidden treasure, right? Wait, I'll get it right away."

The dilapidated city and the dark red sky intertwined, creating a very depressing feeling.

"...Okay, Paddo. Stop playing dumb.

The purpose of my existence as a [backdoor] is to allow you to maintain your self.

And…it worked, didn’t it?”

The current time does not allow Pado to continue to escape, so the expert's words are inevitably much harsher.

"Look at what you said. There is no back door here. We do business honestly."

The experts were helpless at seeing the boy's stubborn attitude.

"Pado, can you answer a question for me? Since you don't have the memory of the Fire Moth here...

Sue called out your name for the first time, as well as the items on it. How do you explain that?

"Uh, hahahaha... business... how can you just say something like this directly?"

Padu continued to force a smile. She didn't want to, and didn't dare, face all this.

"Boss, is there anything else you need? If not... I have to go somewhere else to get the goods."

"Of course, although that [customer] will be special, but... I need you to be its guide."

"special?"

Hearing this, Padu stayed and continued to listen to the expert's instructions.

“Well, it wasn’t a person, it was an [attack] from Kevin.

Although the destructive power is unquestionable, if it is wielded like this, it will only destroy a large amount of insignificant data, rather than the truly critical [point].

Now, only you can do this - open the channel to the outside world and allow this blow to play a vital role. "

"..."

Padu was silent, she bit her lips tightly, no one could know what she was thinking.

"Uh... Boss, I don't understand what you are saying at all.

Otherwise, you should go find someone else and I will go first?"

"Okay, bye."

Unexpectedly, Vivi did not stop Paddo.

"I don't have the ability to force you. There is no limit to what is out there, and you are free. You don't need to do what you [should] do, just do what you [want] to do."

Having said this, Wei Wei disappeared.

……

Paddo walked slowly down the street, and the familiar scenery around her was gradually left behind her.

"What a waste of time... I should have just ignored her in the beginning."

She muttered quietly, her fingers twirling around her clothes, revealing her inner uneasiness.

"Besides...besides...

Besides...didn't I help Brother Su find Boss Kevin just now?"

Just as Vivi said, the back door she left for Padu has worked at this moment.

Even if she was not captured by the illusion, this girl named Padufils did not seem to be the kind of person who possessed [enlightenment]?

“Really…why do you have to fight so hard to death?

Isn't it good to live in this illusion? We...are just data in the first place.

But……"

There was still an indescribable feeling lingering in her heart.

In the past, this feeling would also appear when she visited the grave of one of her companions, and she could not get rid of it.

"Everything here is perfect. This is the life I have always wanted. Why...

…Will I still feel [unwilling]?

She pulled down the brim of her hat and tightly grasped the shoulder bag that Chen had given her.

Although she believes that she is not worthy of the name of Yingjie, the will of Yingjie is indeed reflected in her.

"Okay... okay, since I'm the only one who can do it...

Just this once! The last time!

Boss Kevin, please don’t move too fast…”

With the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle as her guide, once she had done this, she would quickly flee the scene.

Not everyone can withstand Kevin's attack.

But she had only taken a few steps away when the door opened by the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle gradually shrank and showed a tendency to disappear.

It seems that without human guidance, the door cannot continue to exist.

But the only one who could withstand such a terrifying attack head-on was Chen.

"I don't care, I don't care...

The life I want is so simple... just to have sunshine to bask in and a nap to take...

Do I have to fight so hard again and again just to live like this?"

While saying this, she did not stop moving forward.

There is no doubt that without human control, that path would not be sustainable.

As the maintainer of the inevitable path, Pado knew very well what the consequences would be.

"No, no matter what I say... I... I am most afraid of death!

Why not just leave heroes' work to heroes' work? I... I'm just a mortal. "

Thinking of the power of that blow, she seemed to smell the scent of herself turning into ashes.

Her hands couldn't stop shaking, but her legs didn't stop.

She was afraid of death, and also afraid that her companions' hard work would be burned to ashes.

“The real me… must have escaped, right?

I'm so weak that it's not my turn to go to the moon to fight the end, no matter how hard I think about it! And...

I am... the best at running away, how could I die there?"

She found an excuse to escape, but the reality was that she was getting closer and closer to that door.

"Yes, that's right...

The real me must still be alive, and now... I'm basking in the sun somewhere.

In that case, why should I…why should I die here…"

With her good luck, she can turn danger into safety as long as she is willing.

Her ideals could definitely not be called lofty. Such ordinary wishes did not require her to die heroically.

It was just an ordinary person who longed for life, but sent himself into the arms of death step by step.

"Isn't that impossible?"

Tears rolled down silently, and Padu couldn't hold them back.

“I can’t think of it no matter how hard I try. Why would I want to die if I can live well?

But, but…"

She stood at the "Only Way" and looked up at the way to death.

"But... since I'm a [mortal]... it's understandable that I make a foolish mistake occasionally...

Sister Ai Li, I never do business at a loss.

You... must come back."

Wiping the tears from her face, when she wasn't paying attention, the pair of cat ears and tail returned to her body.

"Brother Chen clearly taught me that I don't have to do things I don't want to do, and he will carry the burden if the sky falls."

She stretched out her hands forward, just as she had made the decision fifty thousand years ago.

“Whether I can do it or not… I can’t guarantee it, but I will do my best.

At least, we can't let Sister Ai Li regret her original decision.

When you come back, remember to... praise me again.

Sorry, Brother Chen, I seem to have broken my promise again."

The blow that had been waiting for the right moment was about to be delivered. She felt the temperature around her becoming scorching.

The tears had evaporated, and the rising temperature was scorching her body.

"That must be...very painful."

Thinking of the raging flames that were about to surge, Padu trembled even more violently.

"Don't scare yourself. Maybe everything will be fine.

We are Padofils.

We are..."

……

"One of the Thirteen Heroes."

"We shouldn't have any doubts whatsoever."

"Then... let's set off - it's time to make the final move for our past.

After you strike this blow, regardless of whether we win in the end, you yourself... will no longer exist. Is there anything else to say?"

"...At least this time, we are one step ahead of that guy Chen."

Su smiled faintly, Kevin was right.

"Luckily Chen isn't here, or else he would have cricketed us again."

……

For no reason, Kevin thought of the banquet that day and what Alicia said to Chen.

"If one day, you can save [most people] just by pulling the trigger like this...

What will Xiaochen do? "

“It has nothing to do with the future of mankind, and nothing to do with the ideals of the masses.

This time, I put my life into the gun chamber...

——Just to save [one person]. "

Jiemie ignites the flame of salvation and brings light to the journey of chasing fire.

“This is just one chance, Kevin.

Let me be your sword."

“Heavenly Fire…

Unsheath! "