Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

"Is it still... time? Kosmo, are you sure... you want to do this?"

"Well, as I said just now, even if I have the ability to devour, as a memory, I can't delay the Herrscher of Corrosion for long. Unless... the "me" standing in front of her is not the "memory" she is familiar with. Then before she realizes this, we can gain more opportunities for the Herrscher of Thunder. For this reason, I want to become a "painting" of Gray Shu."

"A painting? Then all we need to do is let Graysh get stained with your 'color'... Wait, you mean..."

"Well, I don't want her to use my 'colors', but 'all my data'."

"why is that?

"On the one hand, this is a disguise, which may make it less smooth for the Herrscher to erode and delete me. On the other hand... when drawing, I will ask Grayshue to do something. Only in this way can she draw a "Kosmo" that is similar to me, but completely different. Only in this way can she create a "Kosmo" that can completely release the super-transformation of overweight, but still have the heart of a hero. "

"Kosmo, you... still can't face yourself like that?"

"In your hometown dialect, this is my 'inner demon', and... I don't have time to defeat it anymore. But Grayshu will never agree to this. You know what this means - giving up the nature of being a memory and becoming pure data, in today's paradise of the afterlife, this is tantamount to 'death'."

That would be equivalent to... letting Grayshull kill you with her own hands.

"That's why I asked you for help. Moreover, in the paradise, any "data" level behavior requires the help of spiritual perception fusion warriors. But Aponya and Su can't help us now."

"So... we can only rely on the Eighth God Key. You don't have to worry. A long time ago, I was trying to find a similar method that would allow me to perform "overweight super transformation". Becoming a "painting" under Gray's pen... this is the best of both worlds. I didn't "die", but changed my way... to "live forever" here. "

Soon, the painting was finished. The dark "color" turned into "paint" drop by drop and fell on the paper. And the owner of that color... Kosmo's figure, was no longer visible.

"...Thank you, Sister Hua."

"…I'm sorry, even though Kosmo asked me to do that, I still think that this is a decision you should make yourself."

In the end, she still did not use Yu Duchen's power.

"Besides, you are much stronger than he thought. Or maybe you don't know what this action really means... I hope you don't blame him. He did have his reasons for hiding it."

"It's okay. Mother Aponya also said that some lies are not malicious. But, Sister Hua, what do you mean by being strong? Isn't that a good thing?"

She began to think about the next words in her mind - how to use children's language to weaken the cruelty of this matter? How did others teach her when she faced death?

Grayshut tilted her head and pointed at the painting in front of her:

"Look, Kosmo... He just changed his way of staying here."

Hua suddenly realized something:

"Wait...Grace? You just..."

"Yeah. I lied to Kosmo, too. You can't paint without colors. I still used Kosmo's "colors". So what's in this painting... is Kosmo in its true colors."

Back to the present, [Herrscher of Corrosion] has discovered that the Kosmo in front of her is a painting of Greyshu, and at the same time, she has also discovered where Greyshu is.

However, before she could think of the right words, unexpected words rang in her ears:

"Ling, if you can't catch up with Mei-nee within the allotted time, we win?"

"! Grayshuu...you..."

Gresh put her finger to her mouth and blinked curiously:

"Although I don't know why Kosmo and Sister Hua were very nervous when they mentioned Ling just now, but I know that Ling... is still Ling, but a new color has been added to the original color."

Ling smiled slightly, put her right hand on her temple and tapped it lightly.

"Sister Ino is really amazing. Before... the [game] started, she had already thought that your ability to see through the essence of things, Grayshu, would allow you to immediately discover the truth behind the [crisis]."

After modifying her own cognition, Ling stopped pretending:

“Grayshus, what you said… is not entirely correct. As the [villain] in this game, my goal is not to capture Mei-san, but to stop her from using the four crystal flowers to obtain all of Alicia-san’s memories and uncover the [truth] of that time.”

"Find out the secret of Alicia's sister?"

"That's right. If Mei-nee finds out right away, the secret won't be a secret anymore. It's only fun to set up many tests and solve the mystery. So Grayshu's mission now is to stop me."

Grayshu lowered her head:

"But... even if Mr. Knight and Kosmo come together, they are no match for Ling... Although Kosmo has made a plan to stop Ling, but... I can feel that if he does this, he will experience great pain. But if he doesn't do this... Sister Hua doesn't seem to be ready yet..."

"……It doesn't matter."

Ling walked to Gray Xiu's side:

"Then...Grayshull, please chat with me. Just think of it as [holding] me back. For example... seeing my current appearance, is there anything you want to say?"

"… Ling has everyone's colors on her body. Among them… Sister Alicia's colors are the most, and then… Uncle Kevin, Uncle Su, Uncle Qianjie, Sister Ying, Sister Paduo, Mother Aponia, and Grandma Mobius's colors…"

"Hey, isn't there any from Sister Ino?"

"Well... because Ling's color... was originally [born] from Sister Aino's color."

"Hmm... That's right. Then what color do you think the Grayshu that is sailing on the Ark right now will be?"

"The real me...should..."

Grayxiu thought about it seriously, then shook her head:

"do not know……"

"It doesn't matter. After all, she is your [future]. It's normal not to know. You should be able to find out when you meet."

Grayshu glanced at Kosmo, who was frozen in place.

"Ling, Sister Hua...it should be almost ready."

"So soon? Then close your eyes and let me [Erode] you away."

"it is good."

Ling placed her hand on Graysh's head, and soon, she, Kosmo, and the cage that trapped the three of them all disappeared into thin air.