MGSFV?! Chapter 436. Will I Be Stabbed?; I Don't Understand!
[So this is Kevin x I? I'm shipping it.]
[Kevin x I, mutual yearning. So sweet. So sweet. But it also hurts—why is that?]
[They both kept that promise for 50,000 years, but might never see each other again. Of course it's painful.]
[I hope... Kevin and I get a chance.]
[Reminds of a quote I saw in a sci-fi novel once: "Love can transcend dinsions." I hope it's true for Kevin x I too.]
Players were caught off guard by the romantic expression of Kevin and I's bond.
That Kevin would agree to such a promise with I didn't surprise them.
But I, always rational, faithfully keeping that promise and taking real action...
That gave them pause.
For soone like I to do sothing like this...
It had a certain sense of contradiction.
In the story—
Protheus directly voiced her confusion.
"Dr. I, you made such a fundantally crucial decision based purely on this irrational promise—"
"You want to let Kevin from the intrinsic world see you one last ti before your disappearance? Even though the success rate is almost zero?"
"—Logically speaking, this borders on blindness."
She also pointed out that this might all be unnecessary.
Kevin had the Samsara Terminal.
If he truly wanted to see I, he could've co here any ti.
He never had to rely gaze from afar.
But here's the real question—
Kevin never once ca to find I in 50,000 years.
So Protheus used this fact to reasonably infer: Kevin has changed.
Of course, that's just Protheus's conclusion.
Has Kevin really changed?
If he had—
why would he still go to that place on their anniversary every year and quietly wait?
In fact...
Back when i had just returned from Elysium Everlasting, she asked Kevin a similar question:
"Aren't you going to see them one last ti?"
Kevin's answer—
Was silence.
He didn't even dare to see Elysia...
How could he face I?
If he did, he might collapse, waver, lose resolve.
But now, he could not afford to falter.
He could not step back.
If he did, would everyone's efforts be wasted?
He didn't know.
He didn't dare test it.
So, Kevin wasn't avoiding I out of unwillingness.
...
"I've realized sothing," Elysia suddenly said.
"Hm?" Hokuto showed interest. "Elysia, what are you thinking?"
"Based on the previous events, it seems I couldn't actively make this bubble world connect to the intrinsic world. It was Kiana and the others arriving that gave her the opportunity."
Elysia—rarely serious—began analyzing carefully:
"So... what if—Kevin deliberately threw Kiana and the others into this bubble world?"
"So it could approach the intrinsic world and help I return?
I an, Kevin wanted to lock up the Herrschers. With the Samsara Terminal, he could've tossed Kiana into any bubble world. Why this one?"
[Fairy Miss's theory... kinda checks out?!]
[Isn't this just like when he invited i to World Serpent?]
Given Kevin's "record," it really wasn't that far-fetched.
"Hmm..." Hokuto considered it and responded based on the recent story:
"Didn't Protheus say it already?
If Kevin wanted to enter this bubble world, he could've done it himself.
The fact that he didn't ans he doesn't 'want to'."
"But... wanting I to return, and wanting to go see I, aren't quite the sa, right?"
Elysia had her own thoughts now:
"Human emotion is complex and delicate...
Isn't it one-sided to explain it from just one angle?"
"Just because Kevin won't go to the bubble world doesn't an he doesn't want to see I."
"Afraid to et, yet longing to—
That's probably more in line with human nature?"
There's a saying... "closer to ho, the more timid the heart."
Doesn't fit perfectly here, but the feeling was close.
"Uh..." Hokuto seed hesitant.
"Well? What do you think, 'Otto'-san?" Elysia pressed.
"If you ask , it feels like you've fully grasped the writer's mindset."
"So that ans... I guessed right?"
"Let's keep watching."
Hokuto didn't answer—he just suggested that.
"...Fine."
...
Back in the story—
Though Protheus doubted Kevin's motives due to her limited reasoning,
I, who knew Kevin better than anyone, harbored no such doubts.
"I see.
This really is your way of thinking—you don't question the aning of an action, only its efficiency."
"To you, I should've maintained absolute rationality from start to finish, is that it?"
"Yes," Protheus nodded without hesitation.
I continued:
"Indeed, many have described us like this—
If Protheus is the collection of all worldly knowledge, then I is the frawork a god would use to process it."
"But thought is not the sa as knowledge...
It must serve a purpose."
"That's why I've always hoped you would understand using your own strength."
Protheus fell into thought.
"You an... you've always been emotional? And what people call absolute rationality—was only used as a ans?"
Players: Huh?
Wait...
Don't tell —
So were confused.
So... were starting to suspect sothing.
"No, that's not it—"
Protheus entered another near-unresponsive state.
"You an... you maintain rationality for the purpose of making room for emotion to survive?"
[HUH???] *n
At last—I smiled with satisfaction.
"Correct.
Though the Fla-Chasers would never admit it—
the reason they followed so resolutely was because—"
"I am a thoroughly romantic idealist!"
[WHAT?! I thought she was the ultimate realist! Now you're telling she's a romantic?!]
[Only by fully understanding reality can one be truly romantic. Otherwise it's just shallow fantasy.]
["True heroism is seeing the world clearly... and still loving it."]
The mont the truth was revealed, players couldn't hide their shock.
Everyone had believed Dr. I was the epito of logic—
But suddenly, she was revealed to be... a romantic idealist.
What a twist.
Suddenly, everything made sense.
Why so many wild, hopeful plans?
Why never give up, even when facing annihilation?
Because...
She chose to believe in things that seed impossible.
She poured ideals into reality.
That's romance.
[I thought by this point Honkai couldn't pull off any more twists—but the writer really went and did it again... incredible work, HoYoverse!]
[Elysia and Eden already set the bar for "romantic to the end," but Kevin and I just took emotional storytelling to the next level.]
...
As the story grew more profound—
After confirming Protheus's conclusion, I spoke again of the true Fla-Chaser Plan.
"Explaining it in full would take too long—
but for a plan that's not even really a plan, what matters most is a firm dream and an unwavering self."
If you really think about it...
Maybe—
The Thirteen Fla-Chasers, Hiko, and all who passed on the brilliance of humanity...
They were all part of the Fla-Chaser Plan.
Whether it was the growth for the sake of everything beautiful in this world,
or the freedom to live one's life by one's own will and values—
All of it was a seed of hope.
Rember what Elysia once said?
"Please—take my arrows, my flowers, and my love.
Weave them into the seeds of rebirth.
Send them into the withered earth.
And let them bloom... into a flawless, eternal blossom of humanity."
Elysia believed that those in the future would inherit their dreams and unwavering selves—
To let the "Fla" blossom.
I chose to believe too.
So she established the unplanned Fla-Chaser Plan.
Faith is the miracle's magic.
So many tokusatsu, ani, even Honkai...
They've all carried this sa the.
And so—HoYoverse's "purity" level shot through the roof again.
Hokuto, writing this chapter, couldn't help but wonder—
"Was watching Evangelion 100 tis a requirent to get hired by HoYoverse in a past life?"
...
"..."
Protheus asked another key question:
"But why not just tell them this directly?
I don't think they'll grasp the deeper anings we've just discussed."
"Because... just like now..."
I looked at the still-confused Protheus.
"If one only speaks in doctrines, the other party will never truly comprehend."
Too true.
Want a simple example?
Take soone unfamiliar with Honkai Impact 3rd.
How would they react?
"Stabbed? I'll get stabbed??"
"It's all tragedy?"
"For the sake of everything beautiful in the world? I don't get it."
But...
If they're genuinely convinced to start playing—
and sincerely go through all of Honkai's story up to now—
Then to shout "For the sake of everything beautiful!" would feel... completely natural.
That's the difference.
Between hearing a summary—
And experiencing it yourself.
That's why Honkai Impact 3rd is worth savoring.
So when long-ti players try to bring others into the ga—
They're simply trying to share sothing beautiful.
All out of kindness.
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...
"Let point out another of your misunderstandings," I continued.
"The truth is... betraying the world I belong to—
precisely because that's sothing Kevin would inevitably do—
is sothing I now feel the sa compulsion toward."
"This action, chosen of my own will—
holds aning not just for ,
but for our respective identities."
"After all—ever since I chose to accept that clumsy but earnest boy,
our relationship has never once been fair to him."
Kevin walked this path—
Yes, partly because of destiny.
But if you trace it back—
It all started the mont he chose to follow I.
I sought to pursue all the truths of the world.
She aid to lead humanity's war against the Honkai.
So Kevin, in following I—
Had to keep moving forward.
And keep pushing forward.
And surpass everything—
Until he reached his very limits.
In doing so...
Things beca complicated.
Kevin bore more and more.
So—
"Let , too... try to do sothing for that lonely boy."
[I never thought Kevin x I would be such a heart-wrenching ship. Sweet, but so heavy.]
[I shall dub this... bitter lon candy.]
[Bitter lon? Theresa is alard.]
[Speaking of which... we're this far in the story and Theresa still hasn't shown up. Looks like the writer put her on the bench again.]
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From her VIP seat at the Candy Feast—
Protheus asked one more vital question:
"But... he won't even know."
Everything I was doing—
Kevin would never be aware of.
Did that still matter?
A hard question.
But I answered without hesitation.
"It doesn't matter."
"Protheus.
The essence of humanity... is giving one's life for sothing that isn't even yours."
That is—what Confucius said:
"To do what is right, regardless of whether it's possible."
Do not ask can it be done—
Ask should it be done.
Of course, that kind of philosophy might be too advanced for an AI.
"I don't understand..."
Protheus said blankly.
And then—
I's figure began to flicker.
Players: ????
This again?
Why did this feel so familiar?
She's flickering? Again?
Are we about to get so corrupted "colored" isor of I, like with the Erosion arc?
They don't understand either!!
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