"You truly surprise me, human. You're still not dead after that?"
After a brief emotional fluctuation, the Herrscher of Thunder quickly composed herself, adopting an arrogant demeanor.
"I won't die that easily, but it really does hurt…"
Takatsuki initially tried to cover his wound, but finding it impossible to stop the bleeding, he gave up. He wouldn't die anyway.
"Long time no see, my Queen. How do you find this trip?"
After giving up on treating his injuries, Takatsuki, wincing in pain, greeted the Herrscher of Thunder. He knew that the Herrscher of Thunder retained all of Mei's memories. After becoming a Herrscher, the Herrscher personality gained control of the body. They could possess all the memories of the original personality and could choose not to let the original personality know their memories. Moreover, they possessed powerful mental strength.
Perhaps, in the original setting, the original personality was merely nourishment for the Herrscher personality, and every Herrscher in the previous civilization was a pure killing machine.
In the current civilization, it became a struggle between the Herrscher consciousness and the original will. However, unlike other Herrscher consciousnesses, the Herrscher of Thunder had the ability to completely suppress Mei's consciousness, but she never did so. Each time she appeared, it was less about her wanting to come out and more about external stimuli, coming out to face things Mei didn't want to face.
"This world isn't bad. At least I don't hear those constant nagging voices in my ear anymore."
Punching Kiana away with Crazy Diamond again, the Herrscher of Thunder recalled it and placed her hand on Takatsuki's body.
The blood splattered all over the ground began to be peeled away from the surface by a strange power. Every speck of dust was meticulously separated from it, slowly flowing back into Takatsuki's body through the chest wound.
While Crazy Diamond's ability was repair, a rough, all-at-once repair and a meticulous repair yielded completely different results.
If it were just a casual repair, blood contaminated with dust, sand, and many bacteria and viruses would freely enter the body, causing many adverse reactions.
Although she maintained a cold demeanor, when treating Takatsuki, she chose to meticulously handle every part of the wound. If her pupils weren't still blood-red, Takatsuki would have thought Mei had returned.
Because she put away Crazy Diamond to treat Takatsuki, Kiana finally ran over. She was stunned when she saw the Herrscher of Thunder treating Takatsuki. In her education, Herrschers were the embodiment of destruction, but the Herrscher of Thunder in front of her seemed to be…
By the time the Herrscher had completely healed Takatsuki, Kiana didn't know how to act.
After all, it seemed that the other party had helped them, and her attitude just now was far from friendly.
As if sensing Kiana's awkwardness, the Herrscher of Thunder stood up and showed a slight mocking smile: "I quite like this world, at least I won't lose control of my power and destroy things around me due to the constant influx of Honkai Energy."
The Honkai World has Imaginary Space, meaning Honkai Energy exists everywhere, so completely eradicating Honkai is fundamentally impossible.
And Herrschers are connected to Imaginary Space, with an endless stream of Honkai Energy pouring in every moment.
The Herrscher of Thunder's control over her power was still at a childlike level. With the constant influx of power, even the dissipated energy was enough to decompose nearby objects.
And in this world, there was neither Honkai nor Imaginary Space. The only sources of Honkai Energy were what she stored within herself and what was stored within the Gem of Conquest .
If she stayed in this world or continuously used Honkai Energy, then those rootless Honkai Energy would eventually be depleted.
In the Honkai World, the Honkai Energy corrosion would continuously worsen and even cause the Honkai Eruption because the air was filled with Honkai Energy, acting like a lightning rod constantly attracting and gathering free Honkai Energy. In this world without Honkai Energy, the rootless Honkai Energy would slowly be decomposed by the world, transforming into the most basic world energy and disappearing completely.
"Then how about staying and traveling together?"
With his injuries completely healed, Takatsuki stood up from the ground.
"Takatsuki! What are you saying? What about Mei?!"
"Calm down, Kiana."
Takatsuki appeased Kiana, who had become agitated by his words: "Mei is right here. After all, although she's a Herrscher personality born from Honkai, she is undoubtedly Mei too."
"But…"
Kiana wanted to say more, but the Herrscher of Thunder interrupted her: "Alright, I didn't come for this, and there's a little girl who doesn't welcome me."
The Herrscher of Thunder waved her hand, and a huge bolt of lightning engulfed the street not far away. The three people who were lying there completely vanished.
"Human, only I can take your life. Next time, don't die before I do."
After dealing with the three enemies, the Herrscher of Thunder leaned close to Takatsuki, and a faint sound entered his ear.
"The coward won't remember this."
As these words fell, Mei's body collapsed towards Takatsuki, and Takatsuki reached out to embrace her falling body.
"Mei!" Kiana rushed over when she saw Mei fall, circling around the two: "Takatsuki, did she leave?"
"Yes, she left. Mei won't remember what just happened, so don't let it slip later."
Kiana quickly nodded. She also knew what had just happened. Mei would probably find it hard to accept, after all, being controlled by an enemy and almost killing Takatsuki…
"Hmm…"
In just a short while, the two saw Mei's eyelids tremble slightly. After a small sound, she opened her eyes.
"Where am I?"
Mei looked around, somewhat confused, and found herself leaning in Takatsuki's arms with Kiana standing nearby. Her cheeks immediately flushed, and she quickly pulled away.
"What happened to me?"
Mei tried to recall what had happened before, but her memory only went as far as walking along the street with a few people.
Seeing that Mei didn't seem to remember being attacked by an enemy, Takatsuki casually said: "You must be too tired from traveling these past few days. You almost collapsed just now while walking, Mei. You must be exhausted. Why don't we go back and rest today?"
"Is that so?"
Mei felt very strange; she didn't feel very tired. She looked towards Kiana, who also hastily nodded.
Although she felt strange, Mei did not doubt Takatsuki and Kiana's words.
The three returned to the hotel along the way they came, only to encounter the other five people returning at the same time at the entrance.
"Ah! Mei, quickly help us heal."
Polnareff saw Mei leave and ran over. At the same time, he noticed the injuries on Polnareff and Avdol: "Hey, old man, Avdol, why are you two covered in injuries too?"
"Don't even mention it. We encountered the Stand user of Bastet. I didn't expect her to cover the hotel's outlets with her Stand's plug. It took a lot of effort."
"You too!? We also encountered that guy who can shrink people. That guy actually ambushed us in the crowd. It's truly infuriating."
Takatsuki glanced at the system; he had 300 more crystals. It seemed they had indeed defeated five enemies.