Chapter 17: The Fake

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Hey so this chapter wound up being too long so I managed to split it neatly in half so hooray this segment gets a third chapter!

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As Alex turned around to face whoever it was, he got a good glimpse at who stood there, or at least as good of a glimpse he could get as the figure was completely shrouded in a dark red and black mist.

The best Alex could tell was that their silhouette resembled that of a girl with its slim body and long hair on the back tied into a ponytail along with the glowing red, crimson eyes it had which were pratically staring daggers through him.

The girly figure didn't move an inch, remaining completely silent and still.

'Definitely not a Honkai Beast, but my arm's still reacting to it so whatever this thing is, it's definitely got traces of Honkai emanating from it. A Herrscher? No way I'd run into another one so soon.' Thought Alex as he finally decided to speak.

"Hey. Who are you? What do you want?" He asked.

The figure simply pointed at him slowly.

"You.............remember...........me.....?" It asked in a ghostly, echoey voice that sounded eerily similar to someone Alex knew, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Remember you? I don't ever recall meeting a ghost or anything that remotely looks like you. That mist around you certainly isn't helping." He said.

The figure would slowly put their hand back down and remained motionless again for a moment before raising her hand beside her, snapping her fingers as the mist that enveloped her would suddenly spread and rush out into the area, completely surrounding it and obscuring Alex's vision as he tried to wipe it away.

After a few minutes, the mist would go away however Alex would notice and see a ton of black feathers covering the area as they fell from above slowly like snowflakes.

"The hell is going on?"

As he surveyed his surroundings, he turned back to where the figure was standing as now she was completely visible.

It was Fu Hua, however she looked drastically different compared to when Alex last saw her back at Schicksal's floating HQ which had been a very long time ago already

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It was Fu Hua, however she looked drastically different compared to when Alex last saw her back at Schicksal's floating HQ which had been a very long time ago already.

(To clarify back in Arc City while Kiana was able to see and hear Fu Hua, Alex was not and was only able to hear her.)

Hua now had black locks of hair accenting her white hair and red eyes as she wore a black qipao-like dress with a white fur scarf, black stockings, black knee high socks, multicolored gloves, and silver heels.

She also had a golden/black feather hairpin, a golden bracer on her arms, and a long asymmetrical skirt that resembled wilted butterfly wings as it along with the hairpins both shimmered and shifted, mimicking the motion of fire.

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