Chapter 244: Not a single cherry blossom can be seen

Chapter 244: Not a single cherry blossom can be seen

The scene continues. Kevin, who is still waiting for reinforcements, suddenly hears Dr. May's notification that the Herrscher has not been destroyed, and his consciousness has already corroded the electronic system.

All equipment and robots have fallen under the control of the Herrscher, who is now moving further to seize control of the nuclear missile silo.

The 12th Herrscher is an ultimate virus with self-awareness... This is the true form of the Herrscher of Corrosion.

Oh my god... As the communication system was paralyzed, Mei only had time to tell Kevin this information.

Kevin plans to move Sakura to a safe place first...

Sakura seemed to hear the message on the communicator that the Herrscher of Corrosion had not been destroyed, and responded, "Rin... is she still alive?"

The sudden sound froze the air. Ying froze in place, staring at Kevin absentmindedly. "Kevin, where is she?"

Kevin "Sakura...what do you want to do?"

Sakura: "I'm going to find her."

Kevin "Are you crazy? She's not a bell anymore!"

Ying: "Ling must be very lonely now. She has always been a child who is afraid of loneliness... She needs me."

The roar of gunfire and the sound of alarms were intertwined and endless. Kevin knew that letting Ying leave here would be a journey of no return.

Kevin scolded Sakura, stopping her crazy idea "Don't be ridiculous! Ling is dead!"

Ying didn't react, but just calmly reached her hand towards her waist. Kevin knew what she was going to do and hurriedly stopped her, "Ying, stop it!"

Swish—the blade was unsheathed, and Sakura's attack completely "froze" the space.

Time lags, consciousness disperses, and everything tends to stand still.

During those few brief seconds, in this lightless area, she was the only one who could move.

Then Sakura walked past Kevin and set out on a one-way journey to find her sister...

[Captain] "Is this the legendary——exploding Varudo?"

[Paimon] "What do you mean?"

[Delta] "Nothing, it just means time is stopped."

[Paimon] "I see, it's just time... Eh? Time stopped!? How did she do that?"

[Sakura (Elysian Land)] "Rather than [Time Stop], it's more like [Freeze Time], and the range of this ability is not large, but it's enough to control Kevin."

[Raiden Mei] "This is too amazing, but even with such strength, Miss Sakura is still..."

[Bai Xier] "Sister Ying, wouldn't she..."

[Hei Xier] "She couldn't go back anymore, so she went to find her sister with the determination to die."

[Colai] "Could it be that Miss Sakura was... " while she was looking for her sister.

[Barbara] "Lord Barbatos, may Miss Sakura find her sister at the last moment of her life."

In the picture, when Kevin reacted, everything was over.

The communicator was restored, and Dr. Mei happily told Kevin a piece of good news, "Kevin, I succeeded. The Herrscher fell into a trap and was trapped in the main control system by the isolation program. I will find a way to transfer her to the black box."

Mei on the other end of the communicator saw that Kevin didn't respond and asked, "Kevin, what's wrong? Can you hear me?"

Kevin: "Sorry, Mei, can you give me a moment? I have something... to deal with."

[Kiana] "Maybe I didn't hear it clearly just now because of the Herrscher. Now I can hear it clearly. The voice called Mei just now really sounds like Mei."

[Bronya] "It's exactly the same. The only difference is the tone."

In the picture, Kevin walked in one direction and saw the soldier lying in the endless metal ruins, like a lonely flower in the ruins.

Her most cherished pendant has withered along with her figure.

[Higyokumaru] "Sister... No, I won't..."

Yaezakura looked at Sakura who was almost dying in the picture, and then looked at Higyokumaru who was crying beside her.

She didn't know how to comfort her, so she simply held her in her arms.

In the picture, the seriously injured Sakura said with difficulty, "Kevin... I know you are right..."

Kevin: "May has sealed the Herrscher. She said that at the last moment, the Herrscher's activities became disordered for unknown reasons."

"She didn't miss that opportunity."

Ying showed a satisfied smile on her face. "That's good. I stayed with Ling... until the last moment... until the end... she is still my sister."

"I kept... my pride as a sister."

Kevin: "…you never regretted it until the end, and that's enough."

The girl's eyes gradually dimmed, but a smile flashed in the corners of her eyes.

Perhaps, she saw something, something that only she could see.

Sakura: "Kevin... I have one last request..."

Kevin: “I’m listening.”

Kevin knew that Sakura's condition was beyond recovery, and all he could do was fulfill her last wish.

Sakura was very relieved, and she asked Kevin to take her body back to her hometown and bury it under the cherry tree.

Sakura no longer had any sign of life.

[End of video playback]

[Bai Xier] "(crying) Sister Ying..."

[Black Xier] "Don't be sad, Xier."

[Yae Sakura] "There are some things, some regrets, that we really can't do anything about. She did hold on to her pride as a sister, but I didn't... hold on... I could only watch Rin being..."

[Captain] "Yae Sakura, stop thinking about sad things. I'm sure Rin wouldn't want to see you like this."

[Yae Sakura] "Yes, Captain, you are right..."

[Kiana] "So Kevin, did you bury Sakura under the cherry tree in her hometown?"

[Kevin] “Hector knew that the kingdom would eventually fall, and Achilles knew that he was heading for death. But the two of them still stepped onto the battlefield without hesitation.”

"In this story that was doomed to be tragic from the beginning, no one ever hesitated or wavered."

"They are like this, and so are we."

[Paimon] "What are you talking about? Did you bring her back to the cherry blossom tree in your hometown?"

[Kevin] "I brought her body back to my hometown. But when I got there..."

[Kiana] "Come on, stop talking so much. What happened in the end?"

[Raiden Mei] "Okay Kiana, stop talking."

Some people vaguely guessed the cruel reality.

[Kevin] "All I saw was a wasteland with nothing left. The Herrscher controlled the launch silos and used nuclear bombs to completely destroy the only three remaining cities of humanity."

"I stood in the square that had been reduced to ruins, and I couldn't see a single cherry blossom."

[Navia] "How could this be... This is too cruel!"

[Stargazing] "The only three cities left of humanity were destroyed, which means that at that time..."

[Mebius (Elysian Land)] "We can now declare defeat a complete failure, right?"

[Kevin] "On the burning land, I made a promise to her and to everyone that no matter what the cost, humanity will defeat the Honkai Impact!"