Collapse 3: The girl who chased the fire moth

"Is it so explosive? This is the thousand kalpas."

Salome could not help admiring their captain.

"After all, apart from Captain Qianjie, he has never teamed up with anyone else, and there are a small number of people who think that they have an impure relationship..."

Lixue interjected,

"But no matter how you say it, it's impossible to fall in love with Qianjie, and even communication is a problem."

"But there are rumors in Moth of Chasing Fire that the face under the mask of a thousand calamities is very handsome."

Susanna raised her head and said.

"It's quite handsome."

A voice sounded.

"Right, right! Er...captain..."

Sensing who was speaking, Suzana's voice instantly weakened.

"The world has really changed now, have you all started to be interested in Qianjie?"

Melutina sat down and said helplessly.

"No, just to talk, after all, that guy is really conspicuous, isn't he?"

Lixue shrugged,

"However, has the captain ever seen Qianjie's face?"

"After all, his mask isn't made of diamond, so it wouldn't be surprising if it shattered... But the current mask was made by Senior Sister Wei Wei, so it should be very strong."

Melutina thought for a while and said.

"Huh? The mask on Qianjie's face is given by the captain?"

Salome froze for a moment.

"Well, Captain Alicia said that gifts are a necessary means to enhance feelings."

Melutina nodded.

"Then, that person..."

"That person's words..."

"I really can't handle that person..."

When Alicia was mentioned, the members of the third team showed subtle expressions.

Alicia is well-known in Flame Chasing Moth, but whether it is a bad name or a good name...it's hard to say.

There is also popularity, strength, and qualifications.

It is her behavior that is always unpredictable.

"But compared to Miss Alicia, Qianjie must be even more insane. I don't understand what he is thinking at all."

Salome shook her head.

"Crazy?"

Melutina didn't think so,

"Maybe it's not him who's crazy, it's everyone else."

"Well, Captain, what you said is terrible..."

Suzanne shuddered.

"This is just a metaphor for Suzana. If everyone is wrong, then the only person who is on the right path is a lunatic...Of course, Qianjie's attitude is not worthy of recognition, and he deserves to be hated."

But that guy is indeed the most "righteous" person Melutina has ever met

...............

"Captain, can I ask you something?"

Adam, who came out from the headquarters of Flame Chasing Moth and followed Melutina, said suddenly.

"Huh? What's the matter, so formal?"

Adam has been serving as Melutina's adjutant for almost a year, which is considered a long time in this era of frequent disasters.

"It might be a little offensive..."

Adam hesitated for a moment and said,

"How did you see the former captain?"

"...She, uh, did I tell you? She and I are actually at the same age as Flaming Moth, but she is older than me."

"This is the first time I've heard of this."

Adam shook his head.

"Really? It's not something worth mentioning. After all, when I joined the team, I didn't have a good relationship with anyone, and Captain Alicia took care of me."

Melutina couldn't help but smile wryly when she recalled the situation back then,

"At that time, almost everyone called me "Ice Doll", and no one would call me by my name...but only she couldn't."

"Is that an answer?"

Adam chewed on this sentence repeatedly and asked.

"...Adam, in fact, if someone like you, and someone like her, can be at the forefront of the times, I really want to believe in the possibility of the future."

Melutina said softly,

"Fight for all the beauty of mankind. You are the beauty I have ever seen. If there is such a group of people who can connect with each other and fight together, then I would rather believe that this world is not hell."

"Is this why the captain changed his attitude?"

"Forget it, I want to watch over you and see the future of your generation becoming moths chasing flames. If there comes a day, I can believe that Honkai is not invincible.

As for her... I should have saved her. If it was me who received the obliteration order, I would not kill her. "

Melutina turned her head and looked directly into Adam's eyes, as if she wanted him to see her heart.

"I understand."

Adam said without hesitation,

"I trust the captain... maybe more than the captain trusts us."

"By the way, did you receive any additional instructions just now?"

"Well, it seems to be erasing the infected of the Honkai disease again."

Adam nodded, then smiled wryly,

"It's really not a good job."

"It will pass."

Melutina hesitated for a moment, then patted Adam on the shoulder.

Adam froze for a moment, this was the first time that Melutina would take the initiative to contact people, and...

That man had done the same when he left the first team.

"Don't worry, Captain."

Adam smiled,

"I'll be back soon."

Chapter 26 Adam's Song Part [-]

Humans are creatures who feel fear because of death, hesitate because of the unknown, and feel depressed because of predicament.

If we use this as a boundary to define human beings as a hopeless creature, there is nothing wrong with it.

However, this is not actually the case.

When I was young, a line in a boy manga I read made my heart surge——

"Human greatness lies in the sublime gesture of facing fear."

That manga was almost worn out by me. For me who fell into the disaster of collapse in my early years, it was a rare entertainment.

People are not useless, people are born with fear, but people can overcome fear.

That is courage, the bond itself that connects people, which is where all the beauty in the world lies.

With this in mind, instead of succumbing to disaster, I chose to live as a warrior.

Fortunately, I have the resistance to the Houkai energy that ordinary men do not have, which allows me to successfully become a fusion fighter.

However, there is one thing I can never get wrong.

I don't think it's an honor.

Fusion fighters are wrong, and tragically so.

This is the "weapon" chosen by history to fight against disasters, and it is a "tragedy" that violates human relations.

To fight tragedy with tragedy, to fight monster with monster, this is the essence of fusion warriors.

Therefore, you must not approve or agree.

This is wrong.

I am so convinced.

However, the tragedy is not just the existence of fusion fighters, the chaos of this world is always filled with ruthlessness.

I lost the captain.

The former captain of the third team is actually a very good person. She is upright, courageous, and willing to contribute.

Be a hero.

But she is naive and too kind.

The Flaming Moths are wrong, that's for sure, but even so, the organization protects humanity as a whole.

Ongoing, "necessary" sacrifices.

I never doubt whether it is just, but whether it is rational is worth pondering.

Good and evil are never absolute. In the face of greater evil, a little evil is allowed.

Even if I can't accept it, the world still runs like this, cruel, unreasonable, but "rational".

I understand and respect the former captain, she was a gentle person.

But the world is neither gentle nor right.

If one day I am in the same position as her, maybe I will make the same choice.

Everyone has times when they cannot back down, and everyone has people who must be protected.

Because that is "justice" and that is "beautiful".

At the end of the day, humans are that kind of creatures.

…………

The catastrophe known as the collapse has occurred eight times, and human beings have paid a huge amount of damage far beyond the world war.

They lost hundreds of millions of lives, and one of the continents inhabited by humans.

The truth of the collapse is difficult to hide, the world is in chaos, the United Nations has lost its meaning, and the world is controlled by an organization called Flaming Moths.

But just as every organization will face in the process of growth, it is the opposition of ideas and the choice of path.

People's wills are not the same, people's talents are different, and talented people will also be inferior to others because of their position and status.

It is not easy, though correct, to simply place talented people in high positions.

Fools follow their values ​​and stick to their positions until...

until they are found to be fools.