"Perhaps you all had some incorrect perceptions of me before, but I still hope that as my companions in the future, you will understand one thing clearly."
"I, Lin Yu, am a coward. I am extremely afraid of death. Don't think that I am some desperate person who likes to play with his life."
coward?
fear death?
Don't like risking your life?
After hearing Lin Yu's words, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya looked at Lin Yu with a "are you kidding me" look at the same time.
"Yes, yes, you are a coward."
Recalling her previous worries about Lin Yu, Kiana said unhappily.
"Then I hope you will be more timid next time you act. The last time I saw you rushing towards the Honkai beasts, I almost thought you were going to commit suicide."
"Hmph, never mind you - Mei, Yuno, Bronya, let's go, the girls should go shopping for clothes together!"
"Um... Bronya wants to act alone, so, I'm sorry."
After saying this, Bronya, with mixed feelings, took the initiative to leave from everyone's sight.
On the other side, Yuno is about to follow the crowd and catch up with Kiana and Mei, but before that...
"Yuno, come with me."
Before Yuno took action, Lin Yu took the lead and spoke to Yuno.
"I have something I want to tell you."
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[Oh, a sudden operation! An operation that goes against common sense! ]
[You left the three great families alone! You left the immortals alone! You actually took the initiative to attack a pseudo-herrscher who didn't have much of a plot in the original work? ? ? ]
[Shocked! Extremely shocked... Oh no, this system has figured it out.]
[Your parents died in front of you, and you disguised yourself with a mask called calmness in front of others...]
[Are you looking for your Poison Ivy? Bat~]
......I am really impressed. Where do you get all these imaginations?
After looking at the extremely shocked crowd, Lin Yu continued to speak to the system.
Although Kiana, Fu Hua, Mei, and Bronya's experiences are different from those in the original novel, they still follow a trajectory similar to the original plot.
Their inner state is not very good, but overall there is no need to worry too much for the time being.
Sirin hasn't woken up yet, Fu Hua hasn't realized the essence of 'Otto can sacrifice everything for his own plan', Mei has just suppressed her Herrscher personality, and Bronya has temporarily separated from Cocolia.
There is actually no need to worry about these four people in this state.
For me, the most troublesome unstable factor in the entire team right now is Yuno, who didn't appear much in the original work.
In terms of combat power, she can deal with Theresa in no time.
Even the Herrscher of the Void didn't defeat Theresa so smoothly back then.
From a psychological point of view, I had deceived her, and that had indeed planted the seeds of disaster.
At the very beginning, I solved the time bombs that could be eliminated around me...
——Only then can I feel a little more at ease in the days ahead.
........
Chapter 86. So what’s the price?
Although Kiana and Mei were a little surprised at Lin Yu's behavior at this time, after they came to their senses, they didn't say much, but took Bronya away with great understanding.
Among them, some of Kiana and Mei’s relatives have passed away, but those things happened a long, long time ago.
Time may not heal all wounds, but it can heal most of them.
Compared to Kiana and the other two now, Yuno, who just killed her own parents because of Honkai manipulation, is the one who needs the most care from others at this moment.
As for other aspects, Kiana really didn't think much about it.
Although it was rude, she felt that Yuno was far less pretty than Bianca and Rita.
Lin Yu has lived with those two people for so long, but he still thinks about killing Honkai every day. Under this premise, Kiana really doesn't think that other people can easily get into Lin Yu's heart.
On the other side, after watching the others gradually move away from herself and Lin Yu, Yuno suddenly felt at a loss.
"Um, Senior Lin Yu...what happened at that time..."
Seeing Yuno's expression gradually filled with regret and self-blame, Lin Yu sighed helplessly.
"Okay, don't think too much."
"Let's find a place to sit down and have a good chat."
"......Yes."
Yuno, who was originally more obedient to others because of her personality, now nodded slightly to Lin Yu because of the regret for almost killing Lin Yu, and walked carefully to Lin Yu's side.
Once upon a time, when Yuno saw Lin Yu saving Raiden Mei at the school gate, she also envied her senior sister who had a bad reputation because someone stood up to help her.
At that time, Yuno did think how great it would be if she had someone like Lin Yu by her side who could help her.
Then, she and Lin Yu met in Changkong City.
But this encounter is not a memory worth remembering.
With her body and mind controlled by Honkai, Yuno became an enemy of humanity.
Lin Yu, who was on the battlefield, could only deceive her while trying to escape.
Come to think of it, if it weren't for the timely arrival of that destined Valkyrie, she might have killed her classmates and seniors who hadn't provoked her.
For a young girl with relatively normal values, this blow, although not as shocking as directly killing her parent, was enough to make her dare not say anything more in front of the victim.
"Well, this is it."
After randomly finding a coffee shop, Lin Yu took the initiative to find a quiet corner to sit down, and handed the menu on the table to Yuno.
"Pick whatever you want, it's my treat."
"...Just give me a glass of water, please."
"I said you..."
After finishing the order, Lin Yu looked at Yuno who didn't dare to look up, and sighed helplessly.
"Don't keep doing this. I feel creepy just by your guilty look."
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Ah, that's enough.
The art of speech, and the art of speech must be used.
Why does it feel like from the first day I traveled through time until now, I have been thinking about how to fool people every day.
"Okay, shut up first!"
After interrupting Yuno's words very domineeringly, Lin Yu asked Yuno.
"I haven't asked you yet, why did you choose to join Tianming? You must have your own reasons for making this choice."
"...Because, a man who called himself the Bishop of Destiny told me that it was not my fault that I became like this. It was the phenomenon of Honkai that led to the tragedy that happened to me."
After recalling what Otto had said to her, Yuno repeated it to Lin Yu.
"He told me that I shouldn't be ashamed of having the power of a Herrscher. Instead, I should be proud of it. Because in this way, I will be able to help more people who need my help..."
...Good job, he said something similar to Theresa at the beginning.
"But......"
Thinking of the remaining memories in her mind, Yuno looked at her hands and suddenly felt as if they were stained with blood.
"As someone who killed my own mother, am I really qualified to help others?"
The moment Yuno said this, a waiter walked to their table and placed a cup of milk tea and a cup of water in front of Lin Yu and Yuno.
"You two, your meals are ready. Please enjoy your meal."
And the moment the waiter turned around, Yuno suddenly picked up the cup and poured the water into her hands.
As if she wanted to clean some stain, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands hard, and her eyes became more and more terrifying.
What a hassle.
What Otto said was actually not wrong at all, but the problem was that Yuno was, after all, just a high school student who suddenly had superhuman powers.
Her state of mind was not enough to allow her to suppress her fear for herself, her despair of killing her mother, and her anxiety about the future.
And this may be the result that Otto wants.
Once she is given the right direction, Yuno's follow-the-flow personality will only move in that direction.
However, because this general direction is too vague, it is easy for Yuno's already uneasy heart to feel unsettled.
Under this routine, which I don't know if it can be considered PUA, and if Yuno is given a little recognition, a girl of Yuno's age will most likely become Otto's most loyal believer.
Although the way this matter was done was a bit weird, in essence, it was actually a kind of redemption for Yuno.
But the problem is that the person who said these words was Otto Apokalis.
The bigger problem is that Yuno beat up Otto's granddaughter Theresa.
If Otto used this kind of rhetoric on anyone else, at most they would be used as pawns by him.
But if it was Yuno who had hurt Theresa, then after Otto had deceived her, he would definitely trap Yuno to death.
Originally, this matter had little to do with Lin Yu, but looking at the other party's current expression, Lin Yu suddenly felt very annoyed.
Apart from Rita's previous care, Lin Yu had never felt any family love from anyone else.
But this does not mean that Lin Yu is not aware of the importance of family affection to ordinary people.
Now, a girl who lost her loved ones due to the Honkai Impact 3rd is about to become the object of exploitation by others because of the Honkai Impact 3rd which led to the death of her family members.
If this happened somewhere else, Lin Yu might not have thought too much about it.
But if this happened in front of me...
[It happened right in front of me——So what? 】
[After all, there are many people in the world who are more miserable than her. At least she has the power of the Herrscher and has saved her life, but the others have nothing left. ]
[For your own safety, your decision is of course——]
Okay, shut up. You said I should work five days a week and have two days off.
[Nonsense, today is only the fifth day. If I work five days a week and have two days off, I'm still working today. ]
Okay, okay, just stay aside for now.
Let me think, rather than setting an empty goal, letting her move forward step by step with her feet on the ground may help her forget the pain temporarily.
"Yuno."
"Ah? Senior, I didn't mean it!"
After seeing that she had spilled water everywhere, Yuno immediately spoke in great panic.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I..."
"First of all, you should get rid of this bad habit of apologizing for no reason."
