Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Interference: Backtracking
And his ability is... [Interference: Backtracking].
This was the information that appeared in Kirataka's mind at the moment of the transmigration. This was not a combat ability, but rather an ability that was more casual.
——When faced with a matter, he can make multiple choices at the same time and experience the consequences of these choices personally, and finally finalize the future of one of the timelines as an established reality.
No matter how powerful a warrior, hero, or genius is, they can only take one action at the same time and cannot turn right while turning left, but Kirataka can do it.
Simply put, if he is asked to play rock-paper-scissors with others, he can play rock, scissors, and paper at the same time, and then voluntarily retain any of the outcomes of winning, drawing, and losing as reality.
It was precisely because of this ability to keep trying and looking back that he had escaped death several times and survived until now in the devastated Nagazora City.
Whether it is finding a safe shelter for the group, avoiding the Honkai beasts and the dead soldiers for transfer, or "foreseeing" the appearance of the templar-level Honkai beast in advance, all of these are derived from this ability to practice the future.
——It is precisely because he has personally experienced and stepped into the pitfalls that he is able to avoid all dangers now.
This ability to look back is not without cost. If used continuously, it will cause a great mental drain on your spirit.
After all, every attempt was a real experience, and even the pain of being killed undoubtedly remained in the memory.
What's worse, most people can only die once in their lifetime and have no way of experiencing the pain that death brings—well, in the Honkai world there are still quite a few people who can die over and over again—but for Kirataka, he has only traveled through the world for a few hours, and the feeling of death has already become a commonplace thing for him.
From the initial nausea and difficulty in accepting it, he has now become a little numb.
Although it's very impressive, at least this ability did allow him to survive this disaster.
In addition, the time for each backtracking also has a corresponding upper limit.
At his current level, he cannot go back more than an hour, which means he can only experience the future within an hour.
Otherwise, he could have just watched the development of events all the way until the outbreak was over, and then chosen the safest route to make it a reality.
In short, Kirataka first canceled the future in which he told Sora about his abilities and returned to the time before she asked the question.
Although she is a kind and harmless little girl, he cannot reveal his abilities to anyone for now.
After all, this kind of "time travel" or "return by death" type of ability is not completely invincible.
Once you are trapped in a dangerous dead end from which you cannot escape no matter how hard you try, you can only repeat the cycle of inevitable death.
Kirataka looked down at the time on the mechanical watch and then began to think about his next move.
In addition to the ability to go back in time, he also has another special power called [Cause and Effect Entanglement].
It's probably not quite right to call it "power." To be precise, if he can save others and establish connections with others in a crisis, he seems to be rewarded with some kind of feedback.
That's why he helped so many ordinary survivors find a safe place. In addition to wanting to help fellow survivors, he also wanted to see what would happen if he could let them survive until the Hyperion arrived to rescue them.
It's a pity that he hasn't succeeded in doing this yet.
Because he has not put it into practice yet, he has not figured out the effects and conditions of this ability, nor does he know what the so-called "feedback" is.
Special props? Special abilities?
It's not like he hadn't tried to warn the group of ordinary people about the arrival of the templar-level Honkai Beast, but unfortunately, they didn't listen and even wanted to actively drive him out of the group.
It was impossible to persuade the damned ghost with kind words. He had already tried that, so he no longer bothered to save the group of ordinary people who didn't want to leave.
Well, after being busy for a long time, only Sora is still following him obediently.
Kirataka touched the purple-haired girl's hair again, which calmed her trembling body a little.
This kind child would come to tell him the same news every time and would willingly follow him out of the building.
The third Honkai eruption in Nagazora City was caused by the anti-entropy Cocolia.
The purpose is to use the huge amount of Honkai energy to stimulate the awakening of Raiden Mei, who possesses the Conquest Gem in her body, and make her the third Herrscher.
Afterward, Mei Raiden is recovered for other uses.
However, Bronya, who was originally sent by her to retrieve Mei Raiden, accidentally followed Mei into St. Freya Academy. The mission of capturing Mei Raiden was probably forgotten by Bronya a long time ago.
In short, for now, he should find a way to send Sora to a safe place.
At this time, the advantages of being an old captain are reflected.
For example, Kirataka knew very well that Sora, who was beside him, was supposed to be a child rescued by the World Serpent cadre [Raven] who happened to be on a mission in Nagazora City.
In this small city of Nagazora, people from the three major organizations are actually involved.
First of all, as the creator of artificial eruption, Anti-Entropy can naturally not be relied upon.
And the support from the Hyperion of the Far East Branch of the Schicksal... To be honest, Kirataka was not sure when Aunt Himeko would be able to arrive here.
But at least one time point can be determined.
The time of the third collapse in Nagazora City was 10 o'clock in the morning, and according to his impression, Himeko was still in Hong Kong until the evening, not in the Far East.
In other words, at least until the sun sets, there is no way to count on God to send people to rescue.
As for whether Hyperion will arrive tonight or tomorrow night... he has no idea now.
Having said that, it took at least half a day for them to react and send a fleet to rescue. The reaction speed of the Far East Branch to the Honkai disaster was indeed "astonishingly" fast.
"Hmm... the only one we can count on right now is the World Serpent's Raven..."
Kirataka glanced at Sora beside him.
In short, regardless of himself, Raven should be very happy to take Sora in.
Although she is a cadre of the World Serpent, due to her childhood experience, Raven finds it difficult to stand by and watch children who have lost their families in the war.
According to the original timeline, she alone rescued more than a dozen homeless children in Nagazora City, and repelled the Honkai beasts in a small area, creating a safe environment for the children to survive.
For now, let's find Raven first. At least she is absolutely safe there and can be used as a fallback to avoid the eruption until it's over.
He can also try to send Sora to Raven and see if it can be regarded as saving her from crisis and get corresponding feedback.
"Hmm... As far as I remember, the place where Raven took in the children should be the East District of Nagazora City..."
As he whispered softly, the time around him seemed to come to a standstill for a moment.
[Interference·Retracement] has been activated, recording the present moment as the source of the retracement.
After this, as long as it is within an hour, he can return to the present time at any time with just a thought.
This is the so-called [save point].
After making preparations, Kirataka stood up, took Sora's hand, pushed open the door, and walked towards the east.
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