Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 5: Cherry Blossoms and the Visitor (3 Years)

"How did you do that..."

Faced with Kiana's question, Sora's eyes flickered uncertainly. Faced with the white fluffy ball's curious gaze, he could only give a perfunctory answer.

"Maybe it's because I'm naturally strong. I don't have any skills, it's all about strength."

Like a javelin thrower, his technique is mediocre, but he has a lot of power.

If someone does investigate later, just blame it on Honkai energy: after all, Honkai energy is omnipotent.

While her innate superhuman strength was plausible, Kiana's intuition told her that Sora wasn't telling the truth, but she had no evidence.

"I see..." Kiana nodded, half believing and half doubting.

Qiong breathed a sigh of relief; she had finally managed to fool them.

At this moment, Kiana seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "By the way, little gray hair, since you have some skills, why don't you have a contest with me to see who's stronger!"

Qiong was taken aback upon hearing this; he certainly didn't want to fight against Kaslana's monstrous strength.

"Kiana, I'm not interested in hitting women."

"Don't look down on me! My Kaslana Gunfighting Technique is no joke! Sora, why don't you have a match with me!"

Just as she was about to refuse, she saw Kiana's expectant eyes, and Qiong swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"Alright..." Qiong reluctantly agreed.

However, he was already thinking about how to postpone the matter. Maybe Kiana would forget about it if he waited a few days?

"Um, Miyuki."

Kiana, having received a positive reply from Sora, turned to look at Miyuki Asakura and gave her an embarrassed smile.

"Actually, today is my second day in Changkong City, and the bed and other things in the rented room are not prepared yet..."

Kiana, though hesitant, continued speaking.

"Can I stay at your house for one night? Just one night."

One night was enough for Kiana to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Asakura family. If Asakura Miyuki was the source of Honkai energy, then the traces in her house would definitely not escape the eyes of Kiana, a professional.

"Want to stay the night? Of course! You're my saviors, what's a night's stay? Qiong lost everything and even has amnesia, right? Come stay at my place for a few days too!"

Without hesitation, Asakura Miyuki readily agreed to Kiana's request and even invited Sora to come along.

Kyō had to admit that Asakura Miyuki's act of helping him in his time of need was really important, and for a moment he even wondered if he was prejudiced against her because of the original work—of course, it was only for a moment.

However, from this moment on, Sora, who felt indebted to Asakura Miyuki, could no longer treat her as a mere passerby NPC.

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Kiana, are you going to sleep with me tonight?

"Well, we'll see, hahaha..."

"Can you come and help me?"

As a boy, it was no surprise that Sora took on the main task of cleaning up the dusty rooms in the Asakura family home.

"This place hasn't been cleaned in far too long..."

Faced with Sora's sarcastic remarks, Asakura Miyuki lowered her head.

"This is my parents' room. I haven't been here much since they left..."

"Uh, sorry."

The formation of a mad person must involve various factors: Asakura Miyuki's parents died early, she couldn't make many friends at school due to her personality problems, and she also encountered delinquents outside of school... Thinking about it this way, she is quite pitiful.

However, most of the girls who disappeared because of her are even more pitiful.

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Oh, by the way, I have a gift for you!"

Miyuki Asakura ran all the way to her room, leaving Sora and Kiana looking at each other in bewilderment. But a few minutes later, Miyuki Asakura returned.

"This sachet is called 'Three-Year Cherry Blossom.' Legend has it that if a girl makes a sachet using petals from the same cherry blossom tree at the ages of 14, 15, and 16, then the sacred tree of Mount Fuji, Princess Kaguya, will bless her love."

Asakura Miyuki was holding two sachets, clearly intending to give one to each of them, but one of them looked somewhat faded.

"This is something I used to wear myself, please don't mind it!"

"Dislike? How could we dislike it? We're overjoyed, right, Little Grey?"

"Yes, yes."

Seeing Sora nodding vigorously, Asakura Miyuki, who had been somewhat nervous, breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiong casually took the old sachet. He didn't really care about such amulets anyway, and girls preferred new ones, so he decided to leave the one with the stronger fragrance to Kiana.

However, what Qiong didn't expect was that Kiana was staring intently at the sachet in his hand.

"Sora, can you let me see your three-year-old cherry blossom?"

Qiong didn't think much of it and casually gave it away. Not long after, Kiana returned with a new one.

"I'll switch with you, thanks."

But even a fool could see that Kiana's face was unusually solemn at this moment.

"Kiana, isn't the new sachet good? What's wrong? You look so pale."

"I'm fine, really, I'm fine."

There's no mistake, it contains Honkai energy. And the concentration isn't low.

The facts are clear: Asakura Miyuki, who has been in prolonged contact with this concentration of Honkai energy, will definitely be infected by it, and the consequences for an ordinary person infected with Honkai energy are...

Kiana touched the gun in her pocket again. Was she really going to kill her friend she'd only just met? What if she really was immune to the infection...?

ding dong~

Doorbell rang.

"Sigh, do you still have customers at this hour, Miyuki?"

"That shouldn't be the case, no one ever comes to my house usually."

"Could it be that those bastards have come to your house?"

But Qiong's speculation was quickly refuted.

"Is Ms. Asakura home? This is Officer Aya, from the daytime!"

The door opened, and Officer Aya, who wasn't in uniform, walked in with two beautiful girls.

One of the women, a woman with short gray hair wearing a black silk maid outfit and one eye covered by her hair, and with alluring wine-red eyes, looked at Qiong and revealed a surprised expression.

Needless to say, this woman is Rita? She's super sexy in nude stockings!

Oh no, it's Rita Losweiser.

"Lord Qiong, we've finally found you!"

"what?"

All four people, including Qiong, showed surprised expressions.

"Ms. Rita, what's going on?!"

Qiong quickly turned her gaze to the girl who had just opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. The girl had gray hair—but compared to Qiong, Qiong preferred to call it dark blue hair. Her voice also sounded very familiar.

Qiong quickly realized who that person was: the technician tool from the Undying Blade? A character with an illustration and model but not on board? The rich Susana's best friend who appears from time to time in various events: the B-rank Valkyrie Alvit!

Well, she's still a B-rank Valkyrie even now. Even the young Erdősh Helia from the post-Honkai era has become an A-rank Valkyrie, while this veteran, Arvit, is still sticking to her B-rank Valkyrie/tool ​​role.

It's obvious that these two came for him, but why? Did he demonstrate a value that made Otto send his S-class Valkyrie goalkeeper to make the trip himself?