To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

Kiana stood at the corner, looking at her hands, which were as white as jade, slender and delicate.

But the purple stripes that seemed poised to peek out from her wrist hinted at her current physical condition.

"Kiana, your body can no longer save them. Let's go." Fu Hua's anxious voice echoed through the air.

Kiana remained silent. She understood her current situation better than anyone else. Pain, erosion... but these were not the main issues. The constant attacks in her mind were the most terrifying thing.

She retorted angrily, "You have no right to talk to me like that, you traitor!"

She harbored deep resentment towards Fu Hua, whom she believed was the culprit behind all of this.

She took a deep breath and murmured, "It was Teacher Himeko... who gave me life, and I... will not let her down."

With a determined look in her eyes, she raised the baseball bat in her hand and made a move to rush forward again.

"Kiana!" Fu Hua's voice rang out.

"This is... my promise to her!" Kiana slammed her staff down hard, smashing it into the Honkai Beast. Instantly, a dent appeared on the Honkai Beast's back, and its body slumped down.

Then, with a roar, it tried to turn over and attack the enemies behind it.

Kiana endured the pain and struck again, then flipped over to dodge the Honkai Beast's attack.

Fu Hua sighed softly, suppressing the power of the Herrscher of the Void, allowing Kiana to harmlessly utilize more Honkai energy.

After defeating the Honkai Beast, her body trembled, and her knees subconsciously shifted downwards, but she quickly recovered, steadied herself, and managed a weak smile for the civilians behind her.

They didn't even have time to thank her; they scrambled aside the injured Kiana and hurriedly threw her out of the alley.

Kiana watched this scene in silence. She adjusted her cloak to conceal the deep purple marks on her body, sighed, and continued forward into the darkness.

In the vast darkness, no one knows where she will end up.

"...Kiana, go find the headmistress and the others!" Fu Hua said helplessly.

"Go find them, and then you'll capture them and hand them over to Otto!" Kiana said coldly, clutching her left arm with her right hand and staggering as she walked.

"..." She walked around in silence for a moment, then apologized:

"I'm sorry, but going back would only cause more harm... Perhaps, she's right about one thing,"

Kiana looked ahead, but there was only darkness, and everything was unknown.

She said softly, her voice so low that only she could hear it, "If I can't get rid of her, being around my friends will only cause disaster."

Fu Hua remained silent, unsure how to offer any advice.

"I...will stay with you until the very end, so that I can see the person she believes in."

Fu Hua looked at Kiana's determined yet confused face and thought to herself.

Chapter 3 The Hunters of the Sky

"Without realizing it, Kiana has grown into what she is now... I miss the silly Kiana from before," someone sighed.

“Sadness will become her strength to move forward, and pain is the necessary sustenance on the road to success... Damn it, I can’t comfort myself.”

Bella stared blankly at the figure on the screen. "Your Majesty... has she really been defeated? Will she never appear again?"

Compared to Kiana, she still longs for her queen.

Even knowing she's the villain in the game, she's still my queen!

Bella taps the screen to begin the story.

...

The story will unfold once again in Tianqiong City, Shenzhou, a high-tech city that people flocked to after the Great Collapse in search of security.

Through Otto's voice, everyone learned that Destiny would be carrying out the next phase of its mission here.

Under the moonlight, Rita, clad in dark green armor, reappeared in people's sight after a long absence.

[Your Excellency, I have arrived in Sky City]

Even during the mission, Rita remained impeccably dressed, with black suspenders and black stockings covering her voluptuous legs, and a white dress that clashed with her dark armor, while a black hair clip held her short hair back.

His purplish-red eyes held a hint of a smile, and his upturned lips had a provocative air, but even more so, a dangerous aura.

Afterwards, with Otto's authorization, Rita took on the task of finding Kiana in Sky City.

She first contacted the information broker who provided the images—Grey Snake—and began a deal with him.

The gray snake, carrying a black umbrella and with a robot-like face, was somewhat surprised by the unexpected arrival of this guest, under Rita's overt and covert threats.

He scoffed, uninterested in such coercive deals. He said, "You're already in the Serpent's Eye."

Then, the screen went dark, accompanied by the sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh. Rita lightly wiped the blade with a silk handkerchief, not even glancing at the corpse behind her, and said softly...

[A snake? You're right, death... is the beginning of the next deal.]

...

"Rita?" Durandal stared blankly at Rita in the video. She was quite surprised to see Rita in the video after a long time.

Is this what your daily work is like?

Durandal stopped training, wearing a training uniform with a beige towel around her neck, sweat dripping from her clothes.

As she walked towards Rita, she unscrewed the tap on her water bottle, took a sip, and asked...

Rita watched her armor on the big screen, and saw her elegant figure as she killed.

She laughed and said, "What? Have you disappointed Lady Durandal?"

"Although there are differences, Rita does indeed do that kind of work."

Durandal shook her head. "Some things just need to be done. I'm not a little kid anymore."

"But..." she hesitated, "Does the company have the voice actor for Gray Snake? Everyone else is fine, but this person's image... he doesn't look like a good person at all!"

“Huh? As for that person,” Rita tapped her finger, recalling, “I remember the boss’s exact words were: ‘Anyway, he’s a robot, so it’s reasonable for him to use a mechanical voice, right?’”

She chuckled softly, "Anyway, Luo Mo hasn't found a suitable voice actor."

"Moreover, Lady Durandal, would you like me to wipe your sweat?" Rita's eyes brightened slightly, but she remained outwardly composed.

She picked up the towel beside her and slowly walked over.

"Huh?" Durandal was a little surprised, but she didn't refuse Rita's advance. "Okay, if you'd like."

Rita decisively stepped forward and gently began to wipe it.

"Rita, what do you think of my sister's performance earlier?" Durandal asked, also puzzled as to why Kiana had become like the one in the video.

She was so mischievous and idle, only now is she reluctantly starting to study.

"Oh? Are you referring to the one in the video or the one in real life?" Rita wiped away her sweat with just the right amount of force, her face flushed with enthusiasm.

“The difference between the two,” Durandal said in a muffled voice.

"Then under what circumstances do you think a person grows?" Rita asked instead of answering.

Under what circumstances? Durandal remained silent. Her upbringing also began when she fell into a world bubble as a child. Without the protection of her mother Cecilia, she shouldered the responsibility of saving the world.

"Loneliness...and responsibility."

Rita sighed softly, then gently massaged Durandal's head with both hands to help her relieve her worries.

...

The scene then shifts to St. Freya and her group, who have been working tirelessly to find Kiana over the past three months.

This time, they followed Destiny's trail all the way to Sky City, trying to find Kiana before Destiny could.

The humanoid machine controlled by World Serpent, which possesses all the surveillance footage of Sky Dome City, has become the focus of contention between the two sides.

The snake eye that Rita obtained after killing the gray snake became an excellent weapon.

After several clashes between St. Freya and Rita, Rita deliberately let Mei escape and placed a tracking device on her during the battle.

Then, as Bronya was actively trying to decipher the information from the air, she discovered that a crucial biometric authentication was missing, and Rita emerged from the shadows.

Under the moonlight, she sat reclining on the ancient Shenzhou Pavilion, clad in pale white armor. The appearance of the Azure Knight, Moon Soul, made everyone tense.

She remained calm and composed, as if issuing a judgment to the figures below, "Rita Losweiser, begin clearing the battlefield."

Amidst the worried looks of the crowd, Rita walked up to them and took out an eyeball.

Her voice was cold and indifferent as she spoke:

Rita Losweiser takes over highest authority.

I command you, dataupload.

【..thenselfdestruct!】

Faced with the challenge of an S-class Valkyrie and the fourth-generation Godslayer Armor, Theresa and her companions, exhausted and constantly battling, were unable to resist and allowed Rita to leave gracefully.

Theresa caught the humanoid machine with concern, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it hadn't self-destructed.

Bronya snapped out of her daze and murmured, "She didn't mean self-destruction, she meant formatting!"

Theresa exclaimed in surprise, "What?! That woman actually showed mercy..."

“How annoying!”

And with this, the trail to St. Freya's side officially came to an end.

In Rita's mission report to Otto, Otto said:

[It's a bit of a shame that the humanoid machine was destroyed. But at least you completed the most important mission; well done.]

Rita replied, "I will eliminate any obstacle that stands in my way, as long as the mission requires it."

Rita responded gracefully to Otto's questions, answering each one with elegance.

Ending the communication, in the final interlude, Rita leans against the city's railing.

She spoke in a flat tone, gazing into the distance.

"Man has two hands, one for taking, and the other... for giving."

...

"That woman... she's as awful as ever!" Theresa in real life said, covering her head as she looked at the screen.