Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 184 Sora: My Mei

"This time it should be right, right?"

It took a while for the three of them to finally get to the correct position.

Originally, Coralli intended to go with the flow, since it didn't matter which side Destiny Reverse Entropy helped.

It wasn't until Qiong mentioned that the defenses of the Destiny Base were weak that Helia immediately turned around without saying a word.

"This should be the place."

"Quick, check it out!"

Taking advantage of the absence of enemies, Coralie took out a device as soon as she got out of the car and began scanning Helia.

The instrument emitted a soft hum, and purple light swept over every inch of Helia's body. Although she appeared calm, her eyes were fixed on the instrument's screen.

"Corallie, I'm not that fragile!"

"Hmm."

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, Coralie is just overthinking it!"

A moment later, the test results appeared on the screen.

Qiong leaned forward and took a look: everything was normal.

"This is called being prepared for any eventuality."

Coralie put away the testing equipment.

"Who told someone's Honkai energy adaptability to only be D?"

"Coralie!"

Upon hearing the "D," Helia, who had been relatively calm, suddenly became furious, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Can you please stop bringing up things that are hard to swallow? Do you think I want this? Do you think I want my Honkai Energy Adaptability to only be D?!"

"that……"

Helia's voice seemed to come from deep within her chest, with no intention of avoiding others.

"Calm down?"

Qiong wasn't sure if the two of them were just having a minor argument or if they were in a bad mood because "Theresa" had been there these past few days... Anyway, it's best not to get involved in girls' conflicts, otherwise Kiana is a prime example—if not handled properly, the conflict between Kiana and Bronya will backfire on you.

"Okay, for your sake first."

"I need your help with something."

Coralli tugged at Qiong's sleeve.

"You're Saint Freya's trainee Valkyrie, right? When you meet other people later, just say we're your classmates."

It seems nothing's wrong. Since nothing's wrong, then it doesn't matter! Seeing Coralie's expression, which was similar to Einstein's, Qiong suddenly wanted to tease the strategist.

"Ms. Coralie, lying isn't a good habit! Unless—"

For some reason, Helia suddenly felt that Qiong was really annoying.

"Are you begging me?"

"Oh."

Coralie took off her sunglasses and then pulled out a sledgehammer.

"Please, Qiong-ge!"

The sledgehammer in his hand made a loud booming sound, indicating that he was starting a fire.

"Otherwise, I'll just have to knock you out with a hammer—of course, I'm just kidding."

"..."

Well, it seems the strategist can't take a joke. Qiong shrugged in agreement.

Seeing Qiong's nonchalant attitude after entering the safe zone, Coralie felt somewhat worried.

As his friend, the strategist was somewhat concerned about his buddy's situation. Qiong-ge should be dating Mei-sensei right now, right? But this guy seems to have absolutely no sense of boundaries with some Valkyries and alien friends who only exist in Welt's stories!

Leaving aside the Valkyrie St. Freya and the aliens she usually gets along with, and a few others she probably hasn't encountered yet... Coralie believes that if Sora wants to be a sea king or is determined to take the pure love route, she can probably succeed.

Unfortunately, this person seemed completely unaware of how many people he had offended, and for most of them, he was just a figurehead who killed without any regard for their fate.

"Um, Brother Qiong."

Coralie looked around. Well, there was no one else around except Helia.

"What's up?"

"I know this might sound strange to you, but I have to say it: you have a big problem!"

"Corallie, what are you talking about?"

"Helia, please don't speak!"

After quieting Helia down, Coralie pulled on Qiong so that he would look directly into Coralie's eyes.

"Ahem, the prophet has something to say! A man like you, who lacks self-awareness, will cause big trouble if he doesn't find a girl and settle down soon. He'll bring both joy and misfortune to himself and those around him... Note, I'm talking about marriage, not dating!"

"Forehead……"

Completely surprised by Coralie's words, Qiong was momentarily stunned.

"You must remember, when it comes to girls of unknown origin, you must—what's that in your hand?"

When Coralie grabbed Sora's hand, she could feel something hard in Sora's hand.

You mean this?

It wouldn't hurt to show it to the two of them; what Qiong was holding in her hand was Anna's half of the heart-shaped pendant.

Coralie: ...

I feel like I've seen this somewhere before... Oh, I knew it.

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

Someone arrived, and Coralie had to shut up.

"senior?"

Seeing Anna running towards her, Qiong instinctively gripped the half of the pendant and stood up.

Anna ran up to her, her eyes still seemingly stained with...tears?

"We're looking for you, but we can't find you anywhere! I'm so scared, I'm afraid of you..."

"Senior, there are other people here..."

Qiong smiled somewhat awkwardly. If it were just him and Anna, it wouldn't matter, but Coralie and Helia were there, not to mention the Valkyries behind Anna supporting the survivors...

"As expected of him..."

Coralie raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself, "Just as I thought."

Helia curiously observed Anna, thinking she looked quite similar to a certain white-haired Valkyrie from headquarters...

"Cough cough!"

Coralie coughed lightly, trying to get attention.

"Qiong, who are they?"

In order to seize the initiative, Coralie spoke up.

"Hello, senior! We are his classmates. My name is Crowley and her name is Beaver Duck. We came to the Philippines together, but we got separated before."

Helia had a lot of opinions about the name Coralie had given herself.

"Why is mine..."

"Keep your voice down! You idiot Helia, we're not meant to exist, just bear with it! You don't want to give yourself away, do you?"

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After returning the pendant to Anna, Qiong noticed something slightly off about Anna's gaze...

She wouldn't...

While Qiong was still wondering, Anna had already returned to normal. After a brief moment of surprise upon learning that the two were Qiong's classmates, she immediately smiled and invited everyone to enter the base together.

Afterwards, Qiong wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Anna seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally moving closer to her, and then she seemed to want to say something, but then she left because of Coralie and Helia...

Upon entering the base, Qiong immediately inquired about the whereabouts of Chen Tianwu and his sister, and went to their hospital room alone.

Upon reaching the entrance, Qiong did not go in. Instead, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and bowed five times in succession, muttering incantations under her breath.

"Old Chen, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it! For the sake of me saving you and your sister with Aunt Ai's inhibitor, please don't come looking for trouble after you become the Herrscher of the Stars!"

What are you talking about?

"S-Senior! When did you arrive?"

Qiong was startled by Anna's sudden appearance.

"I just arrived and happened to hear you talking here, so I came to check it out."

Anna smiled, but her gaze inadvertently drifted into the room.

She knew that Chen Tianwen and Chen Tianwu were inside.

"Don't worry, they're all fine now! You don't need to pray here anymore!"

"You're alright? That's great!"

Upon hearing that Chen Tianwu was alright, Qiong smiled from the bottom of her heart.

He's fine when he's not fighting; if only he were more rational during battles, he'd be perfect...

But regardless, Anna, who had survived the ordeal, felt that Sora, smiling, was very cool. He had a kind of rugged coolness unique to a brute.

"You're still a reserve soldier, yet you bravely rushed to the front lines when the Honkai was destroyed..."

"I'm already a B-rank Valkyrie, but I haven't graduated yet!"

Something's not right! Remembering Coralie's ambiguous words earlier, Qiong knew something was wrong and quickly reached out to open Chen Tianwu's hospital room door.

Why did he run so far! He came all the way to Chen Tianwu's place alone just to feel at ease, but he also shook off Koch... Now he's in trouble, he has no one to shield him!

"Rank B... Your strength is definitely more than Rank B, isn't it? I feel like you've already reached Rank A. It's about time we fulfilled our agreement."

"It was just a joke! Senior, there's no need to transfer to the Far East Branch over a mere jest..."

Whether intentionally or not, Anna actually took two steps and happened to block Qiong's way, preventing him from opening the door directly...

Anna continued talking to herself, picking up the pendant that had been pieced back together.

"This pendant belongs to my mom and dad..."

"Wow! This pendant is so beautiful!"

The strategist's words seemed to echo in her ears, and Qiong, who prided herself on having a high moral standard, began to crack jokes.

"Yes, it's so beautiful...so beautiful..."

"Qiong, you have such feelings for me..."

Her eyes darted around, and at the end of the corridor, Qiong spotted a blonde woman with long, wavy hair.

Senior Mia, are you just going to stand by and watch? Or is it your fault?!

But he already has Mei, and he doesn't have feelings for Anna! How can he reject her without hurting her feelings?

Oh right, he has Mei now!

Thinking of this, Qiong took a deep breath.

If you don't want to hurt anyone, then seize the initiative!

"Oh, by the way, this pendant is really pretty, where did you buy it?"

Qiong reverted to her usual carefree and nonchalant demeanor.

"This was custom-made in Vienna! Specifically, it should be..."

Whoever did it doesn't matter, that's not the point!

"That's a shame, I can't afford it."

"It's okay..."

"I originally wanted to buy one for my Mei too."

Upon hearing Qiong's words, Anna's shy smile vanished.

"Your...Mei?"

"Yes, Mei, Raiden Mei! My beloved girlfriend!"