Y/N, THE 14TH MEMBER OF THE FLAMECHASERS: An [Honkai Impact 3rd] Mini-Story

51. ELYSIAN REALM: FOURTEENTH TRIAL - "TO THE OTHER ME" PT. 1

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THE AFTERMATH...
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Mobius was now defeated.
Now reverted from her MANTIS form, she was now very tirelessly laying on the ground, still supporting herself up with her arms.

Mei stood to the side.
Now in front of Mobius was a small individual standing before her.

Mobius:  "..."

Klein:  "It's over, Dr. Mobius."
Klein:  "..."
Klein:  "No, maybe I should stop calling you this."

Mobius:  "Klein..."
Mobius:  "Why?"
Mobius:  "You should be able to understand me..."
Mobius:  "You knew what I sought to accomplish 50000 years ago..."
Mobius:  "You never objected..."
Mobius:  "Why..."
Mobius:  "Would you..."
Mobius:  "Get in my way now?"

Klein:  "Because..."
Klein:  "The real Dr. Mobius had given it up already when she told me about the plan."

Mobius:  "The real Mobius?"
Mobius:  "..."
Mobius:  "What do you mean, Klein?"
Mobius:  "I..."
Mobius:  "Am the real Mobius."
Mobius says darkly to Klein.

Klein:  "..."
Klein:  "That's what I had always believed."
Klein:  "There's no difference between you and her."
Klein:  "Thoughts behaviors, and personality."
Klein:  "Just like she once saw me as the continuation of Klein, I had regarded you as the real Dr. Mobius."
Klein:  "But now..."

Mobius:  "...Enough."
Mobius:  "So in your eyes, Klein..."
Mobius:  "I'm someone who rejects change?"

Klein:  "No, that's not how I think."
Klein:  "But what you did today..."
Klein:  "Was something Dr. Mobius would never do."
Klein:  "She had gone through many changes, but there's a part of her that had always remained."
Klein:  "And that's the critical difference between you two."

Mobius:  "Critical difference...?"
Mobius:  "Hah..."
Mobius:  "What a joke..."

Klein:  "I know I can't convince you myself."
Klein:  "But fortunately, Dr. Mobius had a sound plan prepared for this."

Mobius:  "What?"

Klein:  "She left something and told me to give it to you, but I never did."
Klein:  "To me, passing on a message from Mobius to Mobius seemed pointless."
Klein:  "Until now."

Mobius:  "She left something for me?"
Mobius:  "Hu..."
Mobius:  "What trick are you trying to play, Klein?"
Mobius:  "I've never been a sentimental one."
Mobius:  "This pointless formalism doesn't sound like..."

???:  "I know."
???:  "This isn't something I would normally do."
???:  "But if there's anything I need to tell you, this is my last chance."

A hologram of the past Mobius appears before herself.

???:  "Mm."
???:  "What should I call you?"
???:  "Mobius?"
???:  "Or..."
???:  "The other me?"

Mobius:  "..."
Mobius:  "What is it, Klein?"
Mobius:  "You like the old me more, don't you?"

Klein:  "This hologram recording is what she asked me to show you."
Klein:  "She recorded this..."
Klein:  "Before her death."