The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

"What… is this thing?"

Kalpas's roar also brought the others back to their senses from their initial shock. Su looked at the woman in front of him, who was exactly like Lee, and what surged in his heart was… anger.

This person was definitely not a phantom of Lee synchronized by Elysia using her power.

The Lee summoned by Elysia was pieced together according to everyone's impression of Lee, so it would never deviate from their understanding of Lee—but facing the woman in front of him, Su could perceive the subtle gestures that were different from Lee!

To use this woman, who knows where she came from, to insult Lee… Elysia, how dare you?!

Not only Kalpas and Su, but the eyes of many people present also showed danger, so much so that Lihua, who had originally peeked out from behind Elysia, subconsciously shrank back again.

"Elysia, your friends don't seem very welcoming… Should I leave first?"

"Ahahaha… everyone's reactions are not quite what I expected…"

Feeling the increasingly heavy atmosphere around her, even Elysia naturally sensed something was wrong. Only now did she suddenly realize that her immediate acceptance of Lihua didn't necessarily mean others could also accept her.

The reason she accepted Lihua was because she had previously heard from Hua that there was a woman who looked exactly like Lee. Hua had mentioned it to her a thousand years ago when she came to her for anti-Honkai reagents—but not long after Hua came back to her again, she told her that the woman named Lihua had died fighting the Herrscher.

But Elysia hadn't told anyone else this information except for MEI, Vill-V, and Mobius, the three high-IQ talents, when she was helping Hua negotiate with Otto…

And she had just learned that changes had occurred in the outside world, and also knew that Lihua's character in the game would awaken into a character like [Nocturne Dawn]. Therefore, it was normal for her to associate Lihua with Lee—but the people in the Elysian Realm, except for MEI who wasn't present, didn't know this!

In their eyes, she probably looked like a bastard who had found someone similar to Lee as a substitute, right?

Having realized the misunderstanding, Elysia didn't panic at all. What to say…

"Everyone, calm down and listen to my explanation!"

Elysia just raised her hand to signal, and Kalpas, who had already rushed towards her, stopped in place like a stone statue, and so did the others, unable to do anything they wanted to do.

This was the power of a permission dog!

Although she didn't usually use it, it didn't mean she couldn't do it~

"This matter is a long story, we have to start from 500 years ago—to prevent you from hurting little Lihua before that, please stand here and listen to me finish!"

Elysia walked over to explain the situation to these somewhat irrational companions, while the remaining few who weren't aggressive and didn't show hostility to Lihua curiously walked to Lihua's side.

But the number could be counted on one hand.

"Sorry for this situation. Because Miss, your appearance is too similar to someone important to everyone, their emotions are a bit agitated, please forgive them…"

A mature woman with light blue hair expressed her apology to Lihua, her demeanor making it impossible to feel disgust.

This was normal, after all, in the Previous Era, she had been responsible for the liaison work between Mobius's lab and other departments for a long time, and the skill of apologizing for her own outrageous members had long been perfected.

Bianka, Griseo's mother, originally died in Lee's hands during the Last Honkai Eruption, and her consciousness was collected into the Eighth Divine Key.

After the situation in the Current Era gradually stabilized, Elysia felt that it was better to let her parents take care of Griseo than to let Aponia watch over her, so she specially awakened their consciousness from the vast sea of consciousness.

However, compared to Bianka, Ato's behavior was obviously much more rude. He circled around Lihua in a posture very similar to Elysia's earlier, and kept sighing, "Similar, so similar…"

"Ahaha, everyone cares about that Miss Lee very much…" Lihua showed a helpless smile and explained, "But unfortunately, my name is Lihua Kaslana, and I have nothing to do with that lady."

"Kaslana?" Bianka's expression froze for a moment, and then she asked, "Then have you heard of Kevin Kaslana?"

"Kevin? Hmm, some ancient books in the clan seem to record this name…" Lihua pretended to be deep in thought. "It seems to be the father of the hero who founded the Kaslana family—or his father? Some legends have mentioned it…"

Bianka showed a thoughtful expression, and after introducing herself, apologized to Lihua, and then twisted Ato's ear and took him aside, seemingly discussing something.

Lihua could roughly guess what they were thinking, because the reason she took the initiative to reveal the Kaslana name was to make them associate it with Kevin's descendants!

Yes, I am a descendant of Kevin and Lee's gene-engineered humans, but the reason I look alike is only because I have Lee's bloodline, so I have a bit of atavism. In fact, we are two different people—she wanted to make these guys stay away from her!

After Bianka and her husband left, only two figures, one large and one small, remained beside Lihua.

Eden and Griseo—the two most emotionally stable warriors in the Previous Era!

"Miss Lihua… is it?"

Looking at that overly similar face, even though she knew the other person wasn't the one she knew, Eden was still somewhat in a trance.

Except that her white long hair was tied into braids that Lee had never worn, Lihua in front of her was no different from Lee. Especially when the other party looked at her with a quiet smile, Eden even had an illusion, feeling that Lee's soul had been resurrected in front of her.

But this was impossible, Lee was gone. And if she imposed the illusion of Lee on this girl named Lihua just because of their resemblance, the result would only be contemptible.

So Eden wouldn't do that… she felt she shouldn't do that, but—

"Hug?"

Eden's hesitant heart was interrupted by a crisp childish voice from the side. Unlike Eden, Griseo walked very naturally to Lihua's side and stretched out her hands to her.

"Yes, okay~"

As the founder of the Schicksal Charity Association, Lihua was naturally someone who cared for children. Therefore, when she saw Griseo sending her a signal of closeness, she naturally wouldn't refuse, but squatted down and gently picked her up.

Anyway, Griseo was just a child, she should be the safest one in the Elysian Realm, right?

And Griseo, who was picked up, just quietly looked at the smiling Lihua.

Exactly the same, even the posture and strength of holding her were exactly the same as Sister Lee… Except that her empty, dark heart had become a little brighter, this Sister Lihua was no different from Sister Lee.

Sister Lee once told her that if a guy looked like a Herrscher, talked like a Herrscher, tested like a Herrscher, and killed like a Herrscher, then she was a damn Herrscher.

The same principle applied, Sister Lihua in front of her was Sister Lee.

Griseo silently reached out and hugged Lihua's neck tightly.

There was no mistake, her Sister Lee had been resurrected.