Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 18 Go Find Her

A furious Theresa blamed everything on her grandfather—and perhaps also intended to use this opportunity to whine to Otto for more money.

"I'm sorry, Headmaster, I thought you were aware of this."

Baiji shrugged, indicating his apology.

"Of course I don't know! Tell me, how many other things are you hiding from me!" Theresa stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Bai Ji.

"Lady Theresa, we did not intentionally hide anything from you. And please believe the bishop, all his actions were simply out of concern for you."

"Hmph, that bad grandpa," Theresa muttered discontentedly.

"Then let me ask you, Rita, do you think there are still spies sent by my grandfather in my academy?!"

Walter wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt like Theresa had just glanced at him.

“No, Lady Theresa, apart from Miss Maria and Mr. Baiji, Bishop Otto has not arranged any teachers for you.”

Rita shook her head firmly, her gaze meeting Theresa's calm and serene.

This is a lie.

As far as Walter knew, there was also a 50,000-year-old former civilization fusion warrior, Fu Hua, the Red Iris Immortal of Shenzhou, who was currently working for Otto.

However, if the scope is limited to teachers and staff, it wouldn't be considered lying.

"Okay, I'll believe you for now."

"Thank you for your trust, Lady Theresa."

"that……"

Seeing that the others were having a lively conversation but she couldn't get a word in edgewise, Himeko Murata decided to chime in as the matter was about to end.

"So, Miss Rita came to see Mr. Bai Ji to inform the Destiny Headquarters that they have found someone?"

"Miss Rita, you just said you found Sora, right? Where is he now?"

"Qiong?"

Walter was immediately intrigued when he heard the very familiar name from Bai Ji, but he thought it was just a coincidence, right?

"Young Master Qiong is doing well. He is in the Far East and is currently being protected by our elite Valkyries of the Undying Blade. There is no need to worry."

"Let me see too... Kiana?" Theresa, feeling excluded from the group, also came over and glanced at the photo, then gave everyone a shocking display of wide-eyed disbelief.

Theresa, what's wrong?

There's no mistake, there's no mistake. That snow-white hair, those sapphire-like eyes, and the thrill I felt when I saw the photo all prove that it's Cecilia's daughter, my long-lost niece, Kiana Kaslana!

But didn't Grandpa say that Kiana is dead?

"Rita, where are they now?"

We must find her, we must find her as soon as possible, and bring this girl, who must be Kiana, back to us to confirm her identity and protect her. Otherwise, if the Undying Blade takes Kiana to headquarters, we might never see her again, just like back then…

Wait, what happened back then?

"Lady Theresa, Young Master Qiong and Miss Kiana are currently in Changkong City."

"..."

Looking at Rita's mischievous grin, Theresa received two pieces of news: the good news was that it really was Kiana; the bad news was that Schicksal headquarters already knew.

But no matter what, she was determined to bring Kiana to her! She was Kiana's aunt, and she had the right to do so! Even Otto couldn't stop her!

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"Dr. Tesla, we have work to do."

"Hey, I'm busy right now, just get to the point."

"Walter just sent a message, asking us to send someone to Changkong City to bring a man named 'Qiong' here."

"Changkong City? Why not just let Longma handle that? Why are we being asked to come?"

"I don't know about that, but I believe the leader's actions must have some meaning."

"Come on, I don't think Joachim's new hairstyle yesterday made any sense."

"That's because you're Dr. Tesla."

"Bird's nest hair!"

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"Grey Hair, you've become Arvit's apprentice?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm doing this to get stronger too."

After running the last kilometer, Qiong happened to meet Kiana and Asakura Miyuki on their way home from school. With the Valkyrie backing him up, he was naturally no longer afraid of a mere girl infected by Honkai energy, so he naturally greeted the two of them and walked with them.

"If you ask me, Qiong is already powerful enough, there's no need for her to become even stronger."

No, no, no, he's incredibly weak. The only trick he can use right now is the unreliable Stardust Ace. With no combat experience, he'd probably only be able to fight a 60/40 split against a fully-fledged Alvitt.

Yes, he was knocked down four times by Arvit in six minutes.

"If you want to get stronger, how about learning my family's gun-fu? Kaslana's gun-fu is incredibly powerful!"

"Kiana, this is your family's skill, can it be passed on to others?"

Moreover, Kiana's gun-fu is only half-baked; her output relies entirely on bullets and superhuman strength, which is something most people simply can't learn.

"That's a problem... How about you acknowledge me as your master? Or I'll take a loss and let you be my nominal younger brother: Qiong Kaslana, how about that?"

"You're unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss... Get lost."

Qiong regretted his words. He and Kiana weren't close enough to insult each other like that, so he quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"Forget it, you have your own things to do, you still need to go to school and see your dad. Besides, I think you can learn a lot from Arvit."

"Physical training?"

"This is just the beginning."

The three chatted idly along the way and soon reached the crossroads where they would part ways. Of course, Qiong couldn't stay at the Asakura family's house any longer; he had already moved with his only possession—his baseball bat—to the temporary base in Arvit.

After all, he really didn't have a single penny to his name.

"See you again sometime." Qiong waved goodbye to the two and then turned and walked towards the inn.

After resolving last night's events, he had no reason to travel with Kiana anymore. Now, Sora was thinking that once Alvitt recovered or Rita returned, she would lead the Valkyries to storm the Asakura family, capture Asakura Miyuki alive, and send her somewhere for treatment, and then...

Then, without thinking too much, I decided to at least master my own power so that I wouldn't panic when I saw Otto and Dumbo: one hit from one blow would make even the Doomsday Beast tremble, let alone the Destiny Headquarters? I just want to ask you, Otto, are you scared?

Or find a reason to go to St. Freya and hang out with Lao Yang, and follow Yang around like he's doing sit-ups and sit-ups—it shouldn't be a problem to lie flat in St. Freya until the finale, right?

Lost in thought about the future, he didn't notice a figure silently watching him from a street corner not far away. The figure's owner had just thought he had gotten rid of the white furry companion he was traveling with.

“Sora…” Asakura Miyuki murmured the name softly, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

Last night I went on a date with Sora, but it ended with some thugs ruining it. Now, seeing him getting along so well with Alvit and the others, I can't help but feel a little disappointed and... jealous.

However, she also knew that there might be an insurmountable gap between her and Qiong. Was she destined to be apart from him? Clearly, he was just like Kiana, someone she could love.

"I can't let him leave, he's mine, he's mine..."

Her sickly flush and crazed expression made the girl, who had not yet left, make up her mind to do something, something she had to do and could not avoid.