Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 24 The Collapsed Worldline

"Thunder Dragon Horse is in jail."

However, those around him didn't seem to care about this news.

"Little Grey, stop watching the news and look at Deep Snow!"

Perhaps worried that the medication injected by Alvito would only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and that Asakura Miyuki might suddenly become violent after waking up, or perhaps fearing that Asakura Miyuki might do something irreversible if she regained consciousness, Kiana is now completely focused on Asakura Miyuki.

"This news is very important, Kiana." Sora glanced at Kiana with a hint of amusement.

This concerns your "Mei wife," the most mature and stable of the three St. Freya starter families—although the two don't know each other yet.

"You don't need to worry too much. I have already contacted the Valkyries at headquarters, and they will come to treat Miss Asakura first thing tomorrow morning."

Qiong shook his head slightly. To be honest, he was not satisfied with this reasonable decision. Ideally, he should have found a way to send the person to Theresa, at least in the Far East branch. Judging from their attitude towards the various Herrschers, Qiong believed that no one infected by Honkai energy would be imprisoned or captured for human experimentation there.

Alternatively, the anti-entropy conservatives could also work. Old Yang and those two PhDs are definitely good people, but Uncle Yang doesn't know him now, so it's hopeless.

So we can only make do with what we have. We have no other choice but to trust Alvitt!

"Excuse me, is Miss Alvitt here?"

"Someone called me? Have the people from headquarters already arrived? They're so efficient—Qiong, what are you doing!"

Completely bewildered, Aylvit praised Schicksal's efficiency without thinking twice before heading to open the door. But upon hearing the sound, Kyōichi jolted and grabbed Aylvit.

"Hey little gray hair, what are you doing?"

"Um... Master, you've worked so hard treating Asakura, let me go open the door! And..."

Qiong pointed to Alvit's clothes, gesturing for her to tidy them up. Alvit looked down and realized that her clothes, which she had just changed out of after showering, were stained with some kind of liquid from treating Miyuki earlier, making them look somewhat dirty.

However, none of that is the key point, because Qiong is absolutely certain she has heard this voice before: Master Ke and Three Turbo Duck—in this case, isn't that the real? First idol of Honkai Impact 3, Raven?!

Come to think of it, he probably invested in Tesla back then, right?

Unfortunately, Dr. Tesla's votes were actually less than those of a certain self-proclaimed number one idol, Cabbage.

But why did the World Serpents come knocking on our door? Are you kidding me? How could an organization that just appeared in Sky City possibly show up now? Why?

Although he wanted to tell himself that there were plenty of people with similar voices, the moment he opened the door, his heart finally died. Ms. Natasha, with her gray hair (dyed) and red eyes, was dressed in a waitress uniform and wore a standard business smile as she looked at him.

Wait a minute, didn't her face twitch just now?

Also, why is there a Theresa next to the raven?

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Upon seeing Kiana, Theresa asked "Kiana" and, after receiving an affirmative answer, pulled her out. Alvit followed, and Raven naturally had no reason to stay. Only Sora remained, alone guarding the Sleeping Beauty on the bed.

Everything's in chaos, completely out of control. Qiong thought to herself.

Although Qiong wasn't very familiar with the prequel compared to the main story, he knew that the three starter families must have escaped from Changkong together to enroll in school. Kiana only found out that Theresa was her aunt at that time... Now that Raiden Ryoma has just entered prison, the Bronya people might have just entered Changkong. Before the cook has even transformed into the Raiden Queen, the Paramecium is about to be taken away by Theresa!

Oh, and there's the raven. But compared to this nearly broken worldline, the trouble caused by this black dodo seems insignificant.

Qiong's mind raced; the situation before him was incredibly complex. Theresa's unexpected appearance, and the high probability that she would take Kiana away, completely disrupted the plot he knew.

This change was so drastic that Elio's cat paws tore up the entire script that was written afterward.

"Theresa, Kiana, and the Schicksal headquarters..."

Damn it, I have absolutely no idea how to correct the world line.

We can't just prevent Theresa from taking Kiana away, can we?

Unless he comes up with a perfect excuse, it will be difficult to convince Theresa. However, he simply cannot think of one.

"Kiana, Kiana... don't reject me..."

Asakura Miyuki's pointed words left the troubled Sora speechless for a moment.

Sister, you're in this state, why are you still thinking about that thing from before?

By the way, how about we hand her over to Theresa?

"Is Mr. Qiong here? I'm the waiter from earlier. Ms. Theresa wants you to come to the lobby."

There is no doubt that the raven is lying.

Kiana and Alvit both told him to keep a close eye on Miyuki Asakura, so there was no reason for him to change his mind. Besides, it was Raven who spoke…

I can't reply. If I directly say I'm not going, it's illogical, and Raven will definitely be suspicious. But if I go, wouldn't that be exactly what Raven wants? In that case, I'll pretend I didn't hear you. If you're so capable, why don't you break down the door like Kiana!

Theresa and her companions would never let the ravens go.

"Mr. Qiong, are you there?"

silence.

Are you alright?

Still, silence.

"Are you there?"

Raven's messages were getting shorter and shorter, which was probably a sign of his impatience. If Raven believed it, Qiong would really like to reply with "I'm not here."

drop--

With a click of the machine, the door opened.

Qiong didn't know where Raven got the room key, but he knew that it was best to grip the baseball bat tightly at this moment.

"What? He wasn't here? I thought—oh?"

Their eyes met, and the two stared at each other.

"Haha, I'm a staff member, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to have a room key, right?"

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"Kid, are you really my period?"

Kiana glanced at Theresa, who also had white hair and blue eyes, and believed that Theresa was her relative, but this period...

"Lady Theresa really is your aunt. Lady Theresa and Lady Cecilia are like sisters. Every Valkyrie knows that."

Kiana was skeptical of Aluvert's explanation, mainly because she had already categorized her as a "liar." If Aluvert hadn't stood up for Sora and Asakura Miyuki that night, Kiana's opinion of Aluvert would have been even worse.

"Kiana, come with me. I'll take care of you for Cecilia and that bastard Siegfried."

Resisting the urge to use Judas to hang up and beat her niece in front of outsiders, Theresa announced that she had taken over the custody of Kiana.

"My period... no, no."

Kiana's sudden refusal was incomprehensible to Theresa. Wasn't it better to take care of her herself than to wander aimlessly? Learning that Kiana had traveled all the way from Siberia to the Far East, Theresa felt deeply sorry for her.

"I haven't found my stinky dad yet, and I haven't asked him why he abandoned me back then..."

"Is Lord Siegfried really that irresponsible?"

Arvit's impression of Ziegfeld worsened. She already had a bad impression of him as a womanizer due to rumors that he had "touched the butts of all the Valkyries," but now she heard firsthand about him as a scoundrel who abandoned his daughter. She could imagine how a little girl struggled to survive in the freezing cold, traveling thousands of miles eastward in search of her father…

"Kiana, stop looking for Lord Siegfried and go to Lady Theresa right away."

The thought that she actually wanted to use Kiana, a child abandoned by Siegfried, to lure out the wanted criminal Siegfried made Alvitt want to slap herself. She deserved to die!

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I forgot to schedule the post after I finished writing it...

By consistently updating, I feel like I'm evolving into a daily update beast.