Fu Hua was not entirely ignorant of human emotions. Although the Herrscher of Thunder acted as if she looked down on everyone else, she didn't actually make a move.
What was that called again? Tsundere?
Watching the Herrscher of Thunder, who was angered by Mei's behavior, Fu Hua put away her stance.
Despite this, she maintained the state of activating Fenghuang Down, because only then could she see the Herrscher of Thunder's form.
Unlike Bell and Bronya, who were completely bewildered and had no idea what was happening.
Bronya might have guessed, but she couldn't see the Herrscher of Thunder's figure, nor could she hear the sounds the Herrscher of Thunder made.
She quietly approached Takatsuki: "Takatsuki, is there a way for me to see the Stand you're talking about?"
Takatsuki immediately realized upon hearing Fu Hua's words that although Fu Hua's Fenghuang Down had a Herrscher Core as its energy source, and the core stored a large amount of Honkai Energy, there was no Honkai Energy in the surrounding air, and it couldn't generate it itself.
So once it was used up, it was gone. It was not a long-term solution for her to continuously maintain the state of activating Fenghuang Down.
"Yes, but we'll have to wait until we get back. It's not very convenient here."
Hearing Takatsuki's words, Fu Hua nodded. Just as she was about to leave, she saw the Herrscher of Thunder suddenly reach out to Takatsuki.
"Hey! Human, give me the sword!"
Takatsuki was startled and subconsciously raised the Snowblade Dance in his hand. The Herrscher of Thunder snatched it away.
"What a fine blade."
Watching the Herrscher of Thunder stroking the blade in her hand, Mei's expression suddenly changed as if she had discovered something, and she pounced towards the Herrscher of Thunder: "No!"
The Herrscher of Thunder grinned, swiftly dodged Mei's pounce, and then pointed the Snowblade Dance in her hand at Kiana.
Before anyone else could react, the Herrscher of Thunder, with an arrogant smile, said to Kiana: "I have been liberated, Void, but you still seem to be trapped within this little girl's body."
"!!!"
Takatsuki had no idea the Herrscher of Thunder would say this here.
"Wait!"
The Herrscher of Thunder completely disregarded the words of the two people around her, and continued to raise the Snowblade Dance in her hand towards Kiana. Mei also seemed to understand something, and grabbed Takatsuki and Fu Hua, who were about to make a move.
"Void, since you can't come out, then let me dig out your Core!"
The Herrscher of Thunder swung the Snowblade Dance in her hand, striking at Kiana, who was still bewildered.
"Are you in such a hurry to return to my body, my other half!"
A blue and white arm suddenly appeared and gripped the blade of the Snowblade Dance. The tough blade was instantly broken, no, a section was erased from the middle.
"You finally decided to come out, Void. Is it fun hiding in this little girl's Stand?"
Glancing at the completely unusable Snowblade Dance, the Herrscher of Thunder casually tossed it aside and looked at the Hand that had appeared from Kiana.
However, Takatsuki and Mei also noticed the difference in The Hand at this moment; the light in its eyes had turned orange, symbolizing the Herrscher of the Void.
"I originally intended to take this body by surprise, but I didn't expect you to discover it."
The Hand spoke with Kiana's voice, but the tone and inflection were completely different.
"You, you, you, what's going on! Why isn't The Hand obeying me!"
Kiana finally reacted.
"Hmph hmph, Kiana, I originally wanted to slowly take over your body, but I didn't expect to be discovered. Do you remember me, Kiana..."
Listening to the familiar voice, Kiana's pupils continuously dilated.
"You're that guy from the dream!"
Hearing Kiana recognize her, although The Hand's face couldn't show expression, everyone could hear the amusement in her tone: "That's right, it's me."
"No... wasn't that a dream!"
"Hahahaha, Kiana, no, K423, do you really think that was a dream?"
"Although this gambit didn't have the desired effect, what can you do to me? Even if this Stand is under my control, it's still connected to this body. If I get hurt, K423 will also get hurt."
Facing The Hand's provocation, the Herrscher of Thunder walked indifferently to Mei's side and said to Takatsuki: "I've done what I needed to do, the rest is up to you."
"Ha, this guy named Takatsuki is indeed powerful, but what can you do? Can you really kill Kiana!"
Facing The Hand, no, facing the Herrscher of the Void's taunts, Takatsuki simply said one sentence.
"Although I didn't originally want to do this, my attack is already complete."
"What!"
The Herrscher of the Void suddenly felt her body lose strength.
It was a Stand's body, so why this feeling of powerlessness...
"What did you do..."
Without even uttering a final question, The Hand's figure vanished before everyone's eyes.
Sirin is really overconfident. If she had attacked others without a word, it might have caused some trouble, but she relied on sharing damage with Kiana and was completely defenseless.
The result was that she was ambushed by Takatsuki.
"What is this... What just happened?"
This time it wasn't just Fu Hua; Bronya and Bell both saw Kiana suddenly collapse to the ground, with three gaps appearing on her head, from which three Discs slowly emerged.
Reaching out and pulling out the Discs, Takatsuki took a look: one was Kiana's memory, one was Sirin's memory, and another was The Hand.
"This ability can extract a person's memories in the form of these Discs. Now I just need to put Kiana's memory back."
Takatsuki inserted the memory belonging to Kiana back into Kiana's body. Kiana, who had collapsed on the ground, slowly woke up.
"I..."
After a few seconds of confusion upon waking, Kiana suddenly remembered something: "Where is that guy!"
"Here."
Takatsuki showed the Disc in his hand and said: "This part contains her memories and The Hand. Just in case, I'll temporarily keep The Hand as well."
"Memories... so... what she said was true! I'm really the Second Herrscher!?"
Looking at Kiana's expression, Takatsuki knew that in the nightmare that day, the other party had already told Kiana everything, but because it was a dream, Kiana forgot upon waking.
And now, stimulated, she suddenly remembered everything again.
"I once... killed tens of millions of people..."
Kneeling on the ground, Kiana looked at her hands: "I'm not Dad's daughter either, just a clone... I replaced the real Kiana's life... What am I..."