Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

"Herrscher of Corruption, I've heard about you from Mei."

"So you know Mei too? I didn't expect Mei to know such a pretty girl~?(?)"

The Herrscher of Corruption looked around and her gaze immediately fell on Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Consciousness. Her expression stiffened for a moment.

"Isn't this Hua? Long time no see! Did you miss me??"

"Everyone, can I handle this?"

Fu Hua exuded an astonishing aura that made everyone feel suffocated. Anyone with eyes could tell that Fu Hua was angry. The Herrscher of Knowledge, who was standing to the side, noticed the dark purple light emanating from the square box in the hand of the Herrscher of Erosion and instantly understood what was going on.

"Alright! Old fogey, I support you! Go for it and teach her a lesson!"

The captain fell silent upon hearing the Herrscher of Knowledge's trembling voice. Those who didn't know her might have thought she was so angry that her voice was shaking, but in reality, she was just suppressing a laugh.

The captain, who was somewhat suspicious, turned to look at the square box that flashed by in the hand of the "Herrscher of Corruption". Then, recalling the reward that Alicia had received in the group chat, everything seemed to make sense.

At this moment, the captain was still hesitating whether to tell Fu Hua the truth he knew, but before he could act, the Herrscher of Knowledge pulled him to the back of the group. The Herrscher of Knowledge patted the captain's shoulders heavily with both hands, and a smile similar to Anya's appeared on her face. She didn't say anything, yet it seemed like she had said everything.

The captain was stunned for a moment, then smiled and gave the Herrscher of Knowledge a thumbs up. Seele, standing behind, looked at the two with a puzzled expression, as if they had reached some kind of consensus.

"Is it really okay to leave this to her?" Jackdaw asked.

"Don't worry, the strongest among us is definitely our class monitor when she gets serious, and dealing with a mere Herrscher is a piece of cake for her."

During the conversation, Fu Hua had already summoned her gauntlets and assumed the stance of a one-inch punch. These gauntlets were called the Void Grip, a weapon formed by combining the Xuanyuan Sword, which is the Key of Domination, with the Void Sword Qi. The "Herrscher of Corruption" opposite her took out a gorgeous flying bow, placed her hands on the bow, and stood quietly in place.

The "Herrscher of Corruption" appeared to be full of flaws, but that was just an illusion. Once an attack was launched, it would inevitably be met with a counterattack.

But who is Fu Hua? There's no need to be on guard in this situation. With a whoosh, Fu Hua's figure has already arrived in front of the "Herrscher of Corruption".

After dodging Fu Hua's swift straight punch by tilting her head, the "Herrscher of Corruption" launched a knee strike towards Fu Hua's abdomen. Fu Hua quickly raised her hand to block the outstretched right fist, transforming it into a palm strike aimed at the "Herrscher of Corruption's" neck.

As the "Herrscher of Corruption" bent down to dodge the palm strike, she used her flying bow as a club and swung it out. Knowing that this move was unstoppable, Fu Hua jumped back, but this also fell into the "Herrscher of Corruption's" trap.

Three bowstring twanged, and three arrows flew in a triangular formation towards Fu Hua's location. Fu Hua unleashed a powerful punch, instantly blowing the three arrows away.

And so this round ended with both sides probing each other.

"I didn't expect that your skills would improve so much after so long, Hua~?(?)"

"Stop with your terrible acting; you don't deserve to use that face."

"If you say that about a beautiful girl like me, I'll cry~?(?)"

"That goes without saying!"

As she spoke, Fu Hua approached the "Herrscher of Corruption" once again, but this time the "Herrscher of Corruption" would not let Fu Hua get close to her so easily.

With a light tap of her feet, the figure of "Herrscher of Erosion" retreated again. The next second, Fu Hua punched the ground where "Herrscher of Erosion" was located, and the entire ground began to crack. The dense cracks even spread to the feet of Welt, who was standing at the front.

The Herrscher of Corruption smiled bitterly as he looked at the destruction caused by Fu Hua's punch.

"It's not good for a girl to be so violent~? (?), you should at least be like me."

As she spoke, "Herrscher of Corruption," she fired an arrow upwards. The next second, the arrow transformed into a celestial canopy, and several crystallized arrows, propelled by the rebound of the canopy, became streaks of light that flew toward Fu Hua.

As Fu Hua looked at the familiar moves, a hint of reminiscence inevitably appeared in her eyes. Then, she delivered another simple and unadorned inch punch, and the arrows shattered and dissipated into the air once again.

"..."

Fu Hua looked at her fist and fell silent. The moment her fist made contact with the crystal arrow, the familiar force and feel surged into her heart without warning. Was she... really that person?

"I should have said that spacing out during a fight with me is a very unfavorable thing~?(?)"

While Fu Hua was distracted, the Herrscher of Corruption fired several more crystal arrows, and this time, all of them hit Fu Hua without a doubt.

In an instant, the entire area was shrouded in thick fog, and the Herrscher of Erosion looked at the fog with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Then the smoke dissipated, and Fu Hua in front of us drifted away like a phantom in the wind. A fiery red feather appeared at the corner of the "Herrscher of Corruption's" eye and was slowly falling to the ground. Fu Hua's figure appeared behind the "Herrscher of Corruption," and the Void Grip in her hand transformed back into the shape of the Xuanyuan Sword and was placed against the "Herrscher of Corruption's" neck.

"So that's Yu Duchen, right?"

"I have to say you were careless this time. If you hadn't shown that momentary worry, Yu Duchen might not have affected you. How should I put it? Your acting skills are still as unsatisfactory as ever, Ai Li."

"Oops~, did I get caught after all??"

"Herrscher of Corruption," or rather, Alicia, gave an awkward smile. Fu Hua, seeing Alicia openly admit her identity, also put down her sword.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop fighting?"

March 7th looked on in bewilderment at the sudden turn of events into a happy ending and asked a question.

"Tsk." The Herrscher of Knowledge clicked her tongue in displeasure. "In short, the so-called Herrscher of Corruption is actually our ally. We'll have to wait for her to explain the details to us."

When did you realize it?

"I probably sensed something from the beginning, but I was momentarily confused after reading Mei's report on the Paradise of the Past. It was only when Su appeared that I truly understood the situation. What exactly is going on?"

Alicia took out the box she had put away earlier and began to explain.

"As you all know, Kiana went to the origin of everything in order to find out the origin of that group chat. That's why the Honkai broke out, and the Herrscher of Corruption did indeed descend here, causing a certain degree of turmoil."

"So the initial turmoil in the Prison of Shadows was caused by that Herrscher of Corruption? Even my body was affected?"

"Yes, this child appeared using the coordinates left behind after Kiana anchored this space. I immediately wanted to come over when I sensed her presence on the Immortal Ship. However, due to the special location of the Origin Land, I couldn't get to the Immortal Ship's location immediately. Fortunately, Su appeared in time and brought me here."

"That poplar tree, do you know who the uncle they're talking about is?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know the specifics either. All I know is that Fu Hua, Alicia, and the Su they mentioned all belong to an organization called the Thirteen Heroes of Fire Chaser from our previous civilization. Also, that's Su, not Uncle."

"Rather than saying that she was helped by me, it would be more accurate to say that I was helped by [Kiana] to come to this universe. Helping Airi was just something I did on the side."

"After that, I descended through the temporary body created by this child, and together with Sue, I trapped all her copied consciousnesses within this Divine Key container. Then, just after I finished collecting the last consciousness, you all arrived."

"So in the end, it was just a misunderstanding?"

"Hmm... you could say that, right?"

"It could have been explained clearly from the beginning, so why did it turn out like this?"

"This... eh? (＞w?* )?～??"

Fu Hua sighed heavily as she watched Alicia acting cute. At that moment, she felt inexplicably exhausted.