Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 270 This Lord Never Lies!

Hidden within the armor, Liu Ying sobbed. Unnoticed by anyone inside the armor, the delicate and quiet girl had completely lost control of her emotions.

Qiong must have been bewitched!

Today's events were like a nightmare for Liuying. Recalling all the moments she had spent with Qiong, those warm memories seemed like sharp knives piercing her heart.

She and Sora were clearly the first to get to know each other! Sora used to listen to her troubles, and after missions, he'd sometimes praise her, pat her head, and take her out for a nice meal. When Sora made a mistake or, ignoring advice, secretly rummaged through the trash can and couldn't hide from Kaffa's scolding, Sora would always hide behind himself, sensing trouble. Even after losing his memory, the decorations on the trash can that Sora subconsciously associated with the King of Trash Cant were remarkably similar to her hair clip... Doesn't that mean Sora liked her and the trash can?!

The more Ying thought about it, the more upset she became, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"Sam, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

The silver wolf, carrying a tray of food, walked in.

Although she was slightly annoyed that Firefly had interrupted her duel with that guy named Bronya (who was quite skilled and seemed to be a master), Silver Wolf let it go after considering what Firefly had just gone through.

After all, she would be in a similar situation if her painstakingly cultivated game account, which she had worked day and night to build, were taken away by two shameless genius club members, "Narcissistic Otaku Girl" and "Machine Brain," who were so shameless as to gang up on children.

But then again, if she, with her indomitable spirit and unwavering determination, would repeatedly attack the firewalls of geniuses or directly attack the system of the company headquarters, Pierpoint, to reclaim the seventy-six game accounts that rightfully belonged to her, wouldn't Sam, also a Star Core Hunter, resort to any means necessary to snatch them away?

Sam is not the type to swallow his pride and suffer in silence.

"Silver Wolf, what should I do?"

What else can we do?

Silver Wolf put down his plate and immediately sat down to the side, pretending to be relaxed and playing a game.

"Sam, you may not know that you have a bad habit."

"What?"

“Whenever you use a questioning tone, you’ve already made up your mind, and no one can dissuade you… So, should we tie Qiong to the car tonight or tomorrow night?”

"But what about Elio's script? You know, Elio never makes a mistake."

With Silver Wolf's tacit support, Firefly hesitated again.

"Hey, couldn't you be a little smarter and use a bug? Does taking him away necessarily mean a big fight? We already know where Qiong lives. When he's alone or sleeping in the middle of the night, we can go in, cover him with a blanket, tie him and the blanket to the train, and then tell the Starry Sky Train to turn back immediately, right?"

Silver Wolf casually recounted the final plan, but in truth, she wasn't entirely confident.

Because in the future that Elio saw, they might be "trapped for ten years" because of fighting, and Elio's short and concise script did not specify whether it was to tie up Sora and put her on the bus, or whether Sora would realize her mistake and return to the right path, or whether they would meet again in ten years.

To be honest, she didn't know what to do. But Eriol had said he absolutely had to bring Sora back, and that Sora would definitely come back.

Hopefully, it won't turn into a bad script.

"Let's restart the monitoring first."

Unless absolutely necessary, Liu Ying didn't want to resort to force—she would much rather have the silver wolf do a backflip to lure Qiong to her door.

Since it was Liu Ying's request, Yin Lang naturally couldn't refuse. She immediately restarted the monitoring of Qiong—but as soon as she turned it on, they saw the two lying side by side on the bed.

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"Mei, I've told you about Ryuhok, right? She suffers from a terminal illness called 'entropy syndrome.'"

In patients with entropy loss syndrome, the physical structure undergoes irreversible, chronic dissociation—basically, it slowly disappears. This disappearance is often imperceptible to others.

The patient can still run, jump, and communicate, but is always a little slower than others. As the condition worsens, the patient becomes slower and slower until the outline of themselves and the whole world becomes blurred and eventually disappears completely.

As Mei, who had already settled into her position, listened to Sora's detailed description of this rare and incurable disease, her expression gradually became solemn.

"Qiong, do you mean... that Sister Liuying will disappear completely one day?"

Qiong nodded heavily. Talking about this with Mei made him feel inexplicably sad—maybe he was just too sentimental.

"Yes, if there is no other way."

In fact, Qiong had considered this before. He had come up with two methods, though he wasn't sure if they were reliable: handing Liu Ying over to the two people in the Genius Club, since geniuses should be interested in terminal illnesses; and using Lao Yang's extensive experience with sit-ups to give Liu Ying a one-to-one massage, so that the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance could help her "reverse entropy" once.

Mei, who was lying next to Sora, suddenly snuggled into Sora's arms.

“There will be a way, Qiong. Little Firefly will definitely survive! Modern medicine is so advanced; if cancer can be cured, surely there's a solution for this entropy disorder too! Judging from the headmaster's attitude towards that crystal, your foster mother should have money for treatment, right? If not, I have some…”

"No, no, Mei, it really isn't that bad!"

……

"She is a good person."

Silver Wolf offered a fair assessment.

After hearing about Ryuki's problem from Sora, Raiden Mei showed no excitement. She simply comforted Sora about Ryuki's illness and even foolishly offered to sponsor her medical treatment... From this perspective, Raiden Mei can definitely be considered a good person.

If she hadn't snuggled into Sora's arms, she and Ryuki would probably have been quite happy to make friends with this Miss Mei.

"Maybe so, but she's lying in bed with Qiong right now, and she's even in his arms! I didn't even—"

Before Firefly could finish speaking, Silver Wolf interrupted her.

"Just bear with it a little longer! Just this once more!"

Seeing that even Qiong couldn't stand lying in the same bed with other girls, Liuying was certain that Yinlang had accepted her plan.

Since I've accepted her plan, I'm essentially prepared to be the bad guy and break them up. At this point, hugs and kisses are all within acceptable limits, as long as it doesn't escalate to the final step...

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that now. Are you going to take Qiong away by force or not? Give me a straight answer."

Inside the mecha, Liu Ying bit her lip, looking at the two people whose eyes were practically drooling, and made up her mind.

"Go! Even if it goes against Eriol's script, I'll bring Sora back. But Silver Wolf, how can you make sure the Starry Sky Train starts its jump as soon as we board?"

Silver Wolf revealed a wicked grin.

"Hmph, I have a brilliant plan! You can leave it to me! The most important thing right now is to kidnap them! This is a matter of dignity! We Star Core Hunters have always been the ones robbing Star Cores everywhere. When did it become someone else's turn to steal our Star Cores?"

"Silver Wolf, thank you."

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Under the hazy moonlight, Seele stood quietly facing the sea, her face full of confusion—hadn't she just gone to bed to wait for her sister Bronya to come and tell her a story? How did she end up on the beach as soon as she lay down in bed?

Is this her inner world? But in her memory, it was just a dark place.

"My other self, are you there?"

The sea breeze ruffled Seele's hair, and the moonlight bathed her in a silvery glow.

"What's going on..."

"Seele!"

As Seele pondered whether this was a dream or something else, she suddenly heard a faint sound and a call. Turning around, she saw Black Seele running quickly towards her.

"You, my other self, are here too? How did you make this place so beautiful—"

Hei hope didn't answer and showed no sign of slowing down. He quickly rushed to Xi'er and embraced her.

"Thank goodness, you're alright! I'm so glad you're alright!"

"what?"

Seele's azure eyes showed great confusion.

They've already left the Sea of ​​Quanta. Not to mention Bronya and Sora, Himeko and Mei are also great people. With them around, what could possibly happen to me?

"Um, what's wrong?"

Hei hope hugged Xi'er tightly, his voice trembling.

A moment later, Hei hope turned her head away and let go of his hand.

"It's nothing. I had two nightmares, they were so realistic I almost thought we'd never see each other again. One of them was a disaster, you were turned into a quantum state by Kiana and returned to that sea."

Another nightmare started off well: everyone was united, living happily and laughing as they fought against the Honkai. But in the end, Kiana became the world-destroying demon queen, sending everyone away in one fell swoop. Sora did her best to draw a door with her pen and sent her back—of course, it was definitely just a dream.

When they woke up, the dark place where they usually spent their time together had turned into a beach.

Seeing that Hei hope cared about her but didn't say it, Xi'er was still very happy. Just as she was about to say something, something unexpected happened.

A tremor ran through the sand beneath my feet, and then a huge black shadow emerged from the sea. The shadow resembled a giant serpent with star-like eyes.

Where are we?

Is the snake talking?

"what is that?"

"I don't know, you coward, hide behind me!"

"Weren't you a bit of a coward just now?"

Faced with the talking serpent, Black Seele immediately revealed the nursery rhyme and stood in front of Seele, her scarlet eyes glaring warily at the behemoth.

"Leave here, we don't need any new tenants!"

Are you Seele? Have I come to the wrong place?

"My other self felt that she meant no harm."

For some reason, Seele felt a sense of déjà vu when she heard the serpent's voice.

"Be careful, don't let her fool you!"

Just then, the scenery around the giant serpent began to distort and change, and soon the terrifying giant serpent in the sea, which exuded an oppressive aura, turned into an adorable little serpent floating in mid-air.

【Hello, Seele! I am—this great one is "Divine Beast Rice Cake"! You can just call me Rice Cake!】

It seems there was an accident. The user's control was too poor, the power of the end was difficult to operate, and Bronya was not in the room. It was accidentally transmitted to Seele.

Looking at the curious Seele and the other Seele who remained wary of her, Kiana quickly came up with a plan.

With Bronya's IQ of 180, I have to be extra careful to avoid being tricked when I'm disguised as a rice cake. Although she's a great help, persuading her is also exhausting... It would be better to let Seele help.

After all, Seele is the type who, if coaxed, would even help count the money after being sold out... Another Seele? If you can persuade White Seele, Black Seele will help after being asked a few times by White Seele! Besides, isn't Black Seele also thinking about taking a bite out of Qiong every day?

It seems Bronya also discovered that Wen Qiong had gone to change her coat.

[Ahem, listen up! I am the first divine beast under the Moon Goddess, in charge of the New Year and love in the human world—]

"You say you're a mythical beast, so you are?"

[Sigh, don't you believe me?]

Kiana, who had transformed into a rice cake, was questioned by Hei hope, so she blinked her sparkling eyes and flicked out her forked tongue.

【I've turned this place upside down, isn't that enough?】

As he spoke, a flash of light appeared around "Nian Gao" (rice cake), and many beautiful fireworks instantly appeared in the sky.

"My other self, is what she said true?"

Seeing the fireworks under the moonlight, Seele's eyes lit up.

Hei hope still had some doubts, but seeing Xi'er's happy expression, she didn't say anything.

I have come here today to tell you something important.

"Nian Gao" said in a very serious tone.

[Soon, a calamity will befall St. Freya. Only you—yes, you two Seeles!—can avert the destruction of St. Freya and be with "you" in the future, along with that boy named Qiong!]

Both Seele and Black Seele were stunned.

"ha?"

"Us, and Brother Qiong?"

"Together?"

"Nian Gao" nodded vigorously at the snake's head, meeting the two's gazes with sincere, starry eyes—if Hei hope were to act now, she might be able to sever the snake's head.

[Of course it's true! I never lie! "You" will definitely be with Sora!]

However, it's not just you.