Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

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———Current Civilization—

Mei, using Seele's projection, found Kiana. (Remote signal, provided by Sue)

Kiana, the Goddess of the End, is currently on the moon, solemnly... eating instant noodles. Upon noticing Mei's menacing arrival, she assumes Mei is there to catch her red-handed and quickly sends the noodles into the Imaginary Dimension. Goodbye!

She smiled sweetly and said, "Mei~ Is there anything you need from me?"

Tsk, she's deliberately trying to act innocent.

Mei didn't have time to argue with her and said seriously, "Kiana, do you know what happened to Seele?"

At this moment, Seele appeared as the twin sister from the other side, standing to the side, looking at Mei with some curiosity, as if she didn't know what Mei was saying.

Kiana then noticed Seele and said with some surprise, "Seele, you're finally back! Where's that guy named Yun something? Did he really relay what I said to you?"

Kiana said: "She is our Seele, and everyone misses her very much." But Yun Fuyu dared not relay this message.

Seele tilted her head in confusion: "Cloud what?"

Kiana didn't forget the guy's name; she just didn't want to pronounce the name of such a "third party," so she deliberately used "Yun something something" as a substitute.

This time, she changed her words and said, "Yun Fuyu, the person you met in that special world."

Seele: "...I've been in the Sage's Tower the whole time, I haven't gone out at all."

Kiana finally realized something was wrong. She and Mei exchanged a glance, and Mei nodded, saying, "I was cultivating in the Origin Land when Seele suddenly barged in and started crying. I don't know what happened, so I brought her to you."

There are two points of doubt: First, how did Seele enter the Origin Land? Although she is nominally the "Herrscher of Life and Death," she is not the Herrscher of the Imaginary Tree, but rather the Herrscher of the Quantum Sea. The Origin Land can connect all Herrschers, but it certainly does not include Seele.

Second, why was Seele crying? And why does she seem to have forgotten everything?

As expected, Seele blushed and explained, "I don't know what's wrong with me, I suddenly felt like crying... but I don't anymore! Maybe it's just that I haven't seen everyone for a long time and I missed you all?"

Kiana stood up and asked with a serious expression, "Seele, do you remember the dream you had not long ago?"

Mei added, "After I told you the story of the pre-civilization, you said that you often dream about the story of the pre-civilization and participate in it."

Kiana added, "You even came to me wanting to know if it was a dream or if someone had plotted against you."

Mei: "Bronya and another Seele have been wandering the Sea of ​​Quanta, searching for the Shadow of Darkness, because they believe that is the culprit."

Kiana: "I tried to find you, but the signal was hijacked by that guy named Yun Fuyu. According to him, you lost your memories of us in that world, and you were also... well, very close to him."

The two of them took turns recounting everything that had happened recently. But the more Seele listened, the more confused she became, especially by the last sentence—

Seele huffed, "Impossible! How could Seele be close to anyone other than Bronya?"

Kiana sighed, and Mei sighed too, both saying in unison, "It's over."

Seele: ?

Just then, Kiana seemed to receive some information, and she quickly answered the "phone call," which was answered by Bronya and Black Seele.

The two looked disheveled and as if they had suffered a great loss. Black Seele immediately shouted, "Damn Dark Shadow! I'll fight it to the death!"

Bronya also looked unhappy.

After Black Seele finished shouting, she realized Seele was also there. She blushed, but then said with delight, "Seele! When did you wake up?"

Seele tilted her head: "Just now. What happened? What is this 'Shadow of Darkness' you're talking about? Isn't that the final boss of the nineteenth season of Houmu Adventure?"

Black Seele: "The Shadow of Darkness is... is... eh? You don't know?"

Hei hope was a little confused, and she looked at Bronya.

The silver-blue-haired Truth Duck remained calm and asked indifferently, "Seele, do you remember our experience in World Bubble not long ago?"

Seele tilted her head: "Hmm?"

Kiana quickly interjected, "Seele seems to have forgotten a lot of things."

Black Seele probed, "Do you still remember the Twin World Bubble and the Sage's Tower?"

Seele nodded: "Of course I remember! We outwitted and outmaneuvered Vita and So, and it wasn't easy to save those two worlds."

Bronya nodded silently, concluding directly: "It seems she's forgotten about the things from the previous civilization. Seele, do you remember asking Mei about the story of the previous civilization?"

Seele was very obedient and cooperated in recalling the past, then said hesitantly, "I have an impression, but... I don't seem to remember the specifics."

Mei asked, "Seele, do you still remember the Sixth Herrscher from the previous civilization?"

Seele nodded obediently: "I remember. She's the Herrscher of Death, a girl who looks a lot like Seele."

Mei got stuck—she hadn't said that to Seele when she was telling the story. The existing information also couldn't definitively say whether Seele resembled the Deathly Herrscher from the previous civilization.

Bronya then asked, "So, are the Herrschers of Death from the previous civilization dead?"

Seele said somewhat uncertainly, "I don't think so, right?... Wait, no, it seems all the Herrschers from the previous civilization are dead..."

Bronya nodded silently and concluded again: "After Seele learned about the pre-civilization story, she forgot almost everything she experienced, but her memory of the pre-civilization story itself became confused."

Kiana couldn't help but applaud: "As expected of Bronya!"

As the strategist of the three-person team, Bronya quickly grasped Seele's situation and recounted her own story: "(Dark) Seele and I have been tracking the Shadow of Darkness, and we happened to arrive near the Twin World Bubble. In a moment of excitement, (Dark) Seele dragged me along and charged forward, and then..."

As it turned out, that thing was absolutely disgusting! Not only did it create a powerful barrier that rebounded against them, but it also caused a mental shock, leaving them dazed for quite a while! Luckily, Bronya had a strong will and quickly broke free, otherwise Black Seele would have already started gnawing on the Honkai Beasts in the Quanta Sea!

That's why she shouted as soon as she returned, "I am mortal enemies with the shadows of darkness!"

Bronya analyzed, "The shadow of darkness happened to pass by the world bubble where Seele was, and Seele just happened to return. I smelled the truth in there."

Even Kiana understood: "So, the Shadow of Darkness is now confirmed as the culprit? But that's not right. In my opinion, everything Seele encountered is clearly related to the Imaginary Tree. Only a power of that level could fool me."