The two of them walked and walked, and when they arrived at a secluded hillside, Van suddenly stopped walking, having noticed something unusual.
"Fu Hua, although I did say that we need to find a quiet place to talk, isn't this a bit too far?"
Looking at the deserted surroundings, Van complained, "Where exactly are you taking me?"
Fu Hua also stopped walking, turned to face Van, and her expression was somewhat uneasy, "Let's go a bit further. We need to explore the surrounding area more to ensure that..."
"Hey~" Van waved her hand and interrupted,
"We'll have plenty of chances to explore in the future. Besides, before you got here, I had already checked within a radius of a 50 km, making sure not even a single fish slipped through the net."
As she spoke, Van was about to turn around and head back toward the direction of the village, but Fu Hua pulled her back.
"Wait... the village was just attacked. It's not appropriate for us to go back now."
"Why is it not appropriate? You..."
At this point, the smile on Van's face gradually froze. Because she keenly sensed that the other party didn't want her to go back, and at the same time, she noticed the change in the tone of Fu Hua's words.
"Fu Hua... can you seriously answer a question for me?" Van lowered her head and asked softly.
"What question?"
"Are you, like those other people... also thinking that I'm not Van?"
Van's question left Fu Hua unsure how to respond for a moment. But that brief hesitation was already enough for Van to understand everything.
She stared into Fu Hua's eyes and coldly said, "So... everything you said before, was it all a lie? Did you never really intend to admit that I'm Van?"
Facing the question, Fu Hua's gaze was complicated, "I just think... we need to have a proper talk..."
"Talk about what? Talk about how you think I'm not Van?" Van said angrily, "I have all of Van's memories! I can use Feather Dust! Isn't that enough to prove everything?!"
"But Van would never destroy things just to prove her strength..." Fu Hua replied calmly.
"Then that makes me a better Van! I killed Otto, I threw Schicksal into chaos, I accomplished what that failure could not! But why... whether it's you or Bianca... you both think I'm..."
"Because we..."
"Forget it!" Van impatiently waved her hand.
"There's no point arguing with you here. Since you think I'm not Van, then let's part ways here."
After speaking, Van turned around, intending to leave.
"Wait." Fu Hua's figure flashed, blocking Van's path. "You can't return to the village right now."
Fu Hua's words made Van stop. She turned to look at Fu Hua, her red eyes flashing with an inexplicable light.
"Why not?"
"Because..."
At this moment, just as Fu Hua was still thinking about how to phrase her words, Van spoke first, "Because you think... I might harm those villagers?"
Fu Hua didn't answer Van's question. Instead, she turned her head and said, "You should also know that Honkai Beasts don't just appear out of nowhere. That means..."
"That means someone is spreading the Honkai on purpose, creating Honkai Beasts." Van coldly interrupted. "So next, I'm going to find this guy, and then beat the hell out of him!"
Fu Hua, "..."
While Fu Hua remained silent, Van had already decided not to argue with her anymore. Since the other party had already denied her, there was no need to waste any more words.
Rather than spending that time here, it would be better to return to the village. At least the people there wouldn't look at her with strange eyes.
However, what made Van furious was that even such a simple wish, Fu Hua wanted to stop it.
Looking at Fu Hua blocking her path once again, Van finally couldn't hold back anymore and threw a punch straight at Fu Hua's face.
"Get out of my way!"
Fu Hua couldn't react in time and was sent flying by the punch.
Before she could steady herself, Van's next attack came again.
In response, Fu Hua lowered her stance immediately and countered with both fists.
The two punches collided, and the massive impact knocked Fu Hua back several meters.
Van stood in place, the red light in her eyes growing even stronger, but she didn't launch another attack for a long time.
Because both the memories of the past and the voice of the "Superego" in her mind were telling her how important the person in front of her was to her.
Thinking of this, Van suddenly felt irritated. "I'm done, I'm not playing with you anymore!"
"Wait... you can't go. If you go, that village will once again suffer a Honkai attack..."
"Nonsense!" Van shouted emotionally. "Before you came, I was the one who saved that village. I will lead them to fight the Honkai again, just like before!"
Seeing that Van still refused to believe the truth, Fu Hua had no choice but to reveal everything she knew.
"The reason I was able to quickly locate this village was because I detected an abnormal concentration of Honkai energy here. This level of energy fluctuation usually means a Herrscher has descended..."
"A Herrscher? What a joke! If there really was a Herrscher, then why didn't I..."
At this point, Van's voice abruptly stopped, and her expression immediately became ugly. Actually, she had long noticed something unusual, but she had been unwilling to think too deeply about it.
But now, with the truth laid bare in front of her, she could no longer avoid it.
Seeing the struggle on Van's face, Fu Hua gently said, "If you really want to protect those villagers, then you'd better..."
"Enough!" Van suddenly looked up and interrupted Fu Hua.
"I can choose not to go, but that doesn't mean I agree with you. I am still Van. I am not some Herrscher!"
Just then, the rumbling of engines came from the sky, and the massive silhouette of the Helios pierced through the clouds.
Van squinted her eyes and suddenly smiled, "That's Kiana and Bronya..."
"What are you planning to do?" Seeing Van's expression, Fu Hua instantly felt uneasy.
"What? Afraid I'll hurt them?"
Looking at Fu Hua's tense expression, Van suddenly showed a triumphant smile.
"Relax~ I'm Van, the one and only existence in their eyes. I'm calling them here just to ask them for a favor."
After speaking, Van waved her hand, and Feather Dust's light scattered onto the earth.
"Instead of the two of us endlessly arguing here, wasting time and annoying each other, why not ask for a third party's opinion? After all, bystanders see things more clearly..."
"And look, just in time. The bystanders... are here now~"
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