The next morning, there was finally a morning without an alarm clock.
But Elysia, who had woken up due to her biological clock, lay quietly in bed.
I'm awake, but I don't want to get up; that's Elysia's current mindset.
It was too painful not having a phone last night, so today's goal is to go out and find a place that sells phones and pick one up.
After getting up, Elysia walked to the window and stretched.
After stretching, she looked at the distant scenery and tilted her head.
What's going on? What happened last night? Why are there suddenly so many trees in the distance? And why does it smell so good there?
Looking at the situation in the distance, Elysia quickly grabbed her weapon, changed into her normal combat uniform, and then went out with the key.
After going downstairs, Elysia directly drew her weapon, which had transformed into a straight blade.
It wasn't that she didn't want to use the compound bow, but she had absolutely no training with a bow; although she had fired a few arrows when testing the weapon last night, she was now going to a potentially dangerous place, so it was better to use the straight blade. After all, an untrained bow and an untrained straight blade are two different situations; a blade can kill people even with random hacking.
She continuously adjusted the surrounding surveillance footage until the scope of the footage reached the location of the suddenly appearing small forest. As for inside the small forest, Elysia didn't sense any cameras, not even a connected network, as if it were physically isolated.
She replayed the footage facing the small forest within her field of vision, while moving towards the small forest. Along the way, if she encountered any blind Honkai Zombie, she would directly swing her blade at the Honkai Zombie' necks. With Elysia's current physical condition, she could directly sever the Honkai Zombie' necks.
In the footage, Elysia saw a figure carrying a huge golden cross slowly walk into a school. Not long after, the school seemed to come alive, with large trees rising from the ground one after another, quickly covering the entire school.
That figure carrying the cross, was it Theresa?
It should be; after all, the Valkyrie who uses a golden cross should be Theresa.
As it approached morning, another pink figure appeared in the footage. This figure rushed directly into the woods, then carried out a child, and then headed towards...
Elysia quickly checked the footage in the direction the pink figure left, and also changed her direction of movement.
Before long, Elysia found the last place where the pink figure stopped, fortunately not far from Elysia's current location.
At the same time, Elysia also clearly saw the identity of that figure in the footage: Yae Sakura.
Elysia knew a lot about Yae Sakura; after all, in the earliest versions of Honkai Impact 3rd, Yae Sakura was a highly popular character and also the character of that version. As versions updated, Yae Sakura, without new armor, was gradually phased out by the version.
Elysia still liked Yae Sakura very much. She vaguely recalled the reason Theresa came to Nagazora City; it seemed that a new pseudo-Herrscher appeared in Nagazora City, and Theresa suffered a setback due to underestimating the enemy. (The one who lowered the S-Rank Valkyrie's value)
After that, it seemed that Yae Sakura rescued Theresa, and at the same time, she herself became Theresa's Stigmata?
Don't think about it so much; let's speed up the journey.
After arriving at the place where Yae Sakura stopped, Elysia began to look for their traces. The surroundings were all residential areas, and there were too few cameras.
She only knew that Yae Sakura arrived here, but then what? How could she find the house where Yae Sakura and they were?
A somewhat anxious Elysia directly stood in place and hacked into the electronic devices around her, trying to find Yae Sakura and their location.
Suddenly, Elysia discovered a device that was difficult to hack. She directly ran towards the device she sensed, holding her weapon.
If she wasn't mistaken, that difficult-to-hack device should be something Theresa was carrying.
After all, high-tech items like this that are difficult to hack in the vicinity would be from Schicksal or Anti-Entropy.
As the distance grew shorter, Elysia was already able to pinpoint the location. Soon, Elysia ran to the front of that house's door.
As Elysia reached out to knock on the door, a sharp blade suddenly poked out from the door.
Just as the sharp blade was about to touch Elysia, Elysia suddenly retreated backward, finally escaping the attack range of the sharp blade.
But a protrusion suddenly appeared on the door. Elysia's eyes widened, and she quickly left her spot and ran onto the stairs. Then Elysia saw the door fly directly off its frame until it hit the door opposite.
Looking at Yae Sakura holding the sharp blade, Elysia quickly explained, fearing she would be cut down by Yae Sakura if she was a second late, "Wait, wait, I'm not an enemy."
"Please state your purpose, Miss," Yae Sakura's cold voice came.
"Phew, you scared me to death. I thought you were going to cut me down directly." Elysia walked back into the hallway, and seeing Yae Sakura's increasingly dangerous gaze, she quickly explained, "I just saw a cute girl carrying another cute girl come here, and I wanted to see if you needed some help ♬~"
"We don't need your help here, please..." Before she could finish speaking, Yae Sakura suddenly staggered, then put down her sword and covered her forehead with one hand, saying, "You won't let me touch that girl inside, but you can't stop me from this one, and this person's body seems more suitable for me!"
A burst of black energy suddenly erupted from Yae Sakura's body, sharply detaching from her. Yae Sakura reached out, trying to grasp this black energy, but it was still just out of reach.
Facing the suddenly rushing black energy, Elysia only raised the straight blade in her hand, attempting to block it.
This black energy was not afraid of the straight blade in Elysia's hand; after all, it was just an ordinary weapon, so how could it harm it? It rushed straight towards the straight blade, intending to pass directly through it, and then directly occupy this perfect body.
But when the black energy touched the blade, it was directly sucked into the blade, at such a speed that Elysia only reacted after all the black energy had been absorbed by the blade.
Elysia looked at the blade in her hand, then at Yae Sakura, and said somewhat confusedly, "What is this?"
Yae Sakura still had one hand outstretched at this moment, and seeing the black energy absorbed by a blade, she was also a little flustered, as she had lived for hundreds of years just to restrain this black energy. "Are you alright!" Yae Sakura said anxiously, and then stepped over to Elysia's side, checking the blade in her hand and her body.
"I think I should be fine," Elysia said, looking at Yae Sakura circling around her.
"I am very sorry that you were put in danger because of me." After confirming that Elysia was indeed fine, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.
"Although I don't know why, in fact, I haven't experienced any danger, have I ♬~" Elysia said lightly, looking at the ears on top of Sakura's head, feeling a little itchy in her heart, always wanting to touch them.
"I am very sorry," Sakura apologized again. It was her responsibility to guard Higokumaru, and now she had allowed Higokumaru to escape from her body. "Miss, if you hear any tempting words, please do not agree to them. This is very important."
"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Fox ♬~" Elysia said, looking at the blade in her hand. That black energy just now must have been that big fox, but it was easily absorbed by her blade.
Both looked at the blade that had absorbed the black energy. Apart from some dark red and black patterns, there were no other changes on the blade.
But Elysia was different; she could feel the other abilities of this blade. When holding the blade, it could enhance Elysia's data hacking ability, and originally she did not have fire abilities, but now she could attach some Honkai Energy-formed flames to her weapon.
After repeatedly confirming that Elysia was indeed fine, Sakura returned to the house, and Elysia carefully put the blade back into its sheath and followed her in.
In the bedroom, Elysia saw the S-Rank Valkyrie - Theresa.
Theresa was currently panting heavily on the bed, and visible heat was radiating from Theresa's body.
Sakura looked gently at Theresa lying on the bed, then turned to Elysia beside her, "Miss, I hope you can help take care of this child after I leave. As compensation, I will give you my weapon."
"Oh my, if a cute girl like you entrusts me, Elysia will gladly accept it, especially since the child on the bed is also very cute ♬~" Elysia said with a smile.
"This is my fault. I should have gone to my death with Higokumaru, but now Higokumaru has possessed you. I will leave some power on my blade. If Higokumaru comes out, this power can help you, and it is also to make up for my mistake." After speaking, Sakura handed the blade in her hand to Elysia.
After Elysia took the blade, Sakura gently touched Theresa's cheek, then transformed into a pink light and possessed Theresa's body.
Only the blade in Elysia's hand and the slowly disappearing cherry blossom petals now proved Yae Sakura's existence.