Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 58 My name is Saffra.

Um, if we didn't know each other, what's with that expression of missing someone who's already passed away?

"How could this happen..."

Kiana, what did you say?

Kiana's muttering caught Raiden Mei's attention.

"It's okay, Mei. It's just that this Lantern Sister didn't give me a single piece of candy the whole way, but she offered candy to Little Gray as soon as she saw him... I'm a little hungry!"

"Yes, we haven't had lunch yet."

When Kiana mentioned food, Raiden Mei also remembered that she hadn't had a drop of water until now.

Because of a certain Spanish man who was still lying dead, the group that was planning to eat lunch boxes were still hungry!

"Haven't you had lunch yet?"

The lamp reached into its pocket again.

Would you like another one?

"No, no, thank you."

Qiong shook her head. She would definitely have to find some proper food to eat later. She couldn't eat too much candy.

"I want it! Sister Lamp, give it to me!"

Without waiting for a reply, Kiana snatched the lollipop from the lamp's hand, happily unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Thank you, Sister Deng! This lollipop is delicious!"

Kiana, is it possible that you find everything you eat delicious?

"Nonsense, this young lady has a very picky palate!"

Oh yes, yes, you can eat anything Siegfried makes. You're such a picky eater.

Kiana chatted and ate her lollipop, completely oblivious to the slightly embarrassed expression on Deng's face.

Having a lollipop taken away out of the blue isn't enough to cripple her finances, but it still makes her, who's quite in debt, a little... No, she can't leave a bad impression of being a miser in front of Qiong.

"By the way, Sister Lamp, who sent you to find Little Gray Hair?"

"Looking for Qiong?"

"Find me?"

Martian, find him, three in a row.

He wouldn't believe he hadn't been in contact with them! When exactly did he get to know these people?

"It's none of your business."

Kiana's mouth was sealed shut once again. Why couldn't they have a proper conversation?

"Alright, alright, everyone's starving, let's hurry up and get something to eat."

"You guys go ahead, I don't need to."

After rejecting Raiden Mei's suggestion, Akari looked at Sora, a faint sadness in her eyes.

"Ah? Why?"

Miss Lantern's attitude towards Sora...

Such an obvious attitude could not be ignored even by the most oblivious paramecium, let alone the intelligent Raiden Mei.

"There's no reason why. The target's safety has been confirmed, and my mission is complete."

She couldn't stay with him. The shadow had already revived, and as the one who had returned with the power of the "Destruction" technique, she also brought back the side effects of Destruction.

In a safe place, it would be fine, but in Changkong City, filled with Honkai energy resembling Shadow Calamities, the effects of the Abandoned skill would attract countless monsters... In short, she would always be surrounded by monsters, and staying with them wouldn't protect them, but rather implicate them. Besides, the people of Schicksal would soon arrive to take over her protection, and as soon as she left, the surrounding monsters would be drawn away, and they would naturally be safe.

"No, Sister Deng! Changkong City is full of dangers. It'll be better if we act together, at least we'll have company!"

Holding onto the lamp's hand, Kiana tried to use her cuteness to win the lamp back—she had used this trick before when she was a wanderer and received help from many kind people. Kiana believed that the lamp was also a kind person, and this trick should work as well.

"Let go."

However, the only response to Qi Maomao's cute antics was Deng's cold, harsh words and indifferent gaze.

"Sister Lamp, you..."

I said, let go!

Before the three of them, the lamp's hair changed from coffee brown to... fluorescent coffee brown?

A change in hair color signifies that she wants to start a fight, which is a dangerous sign.

Kiana, let go!

Kiana was pulled back, and Sora shielded her with her body. Mei also raised the Dragon's Roar from the Box to guard against the intimidating aura of the lamp.

"No, I'm not..."

She's just not good with words. She didn't mean to attack them...

"Never mind, goodbye."

After saying that, Deng turned and left.

"Little Gray Fur, let go! Sister Lamp, don't go!"

Kiana tried to break free from Sora's grasp, but felt that Sora's strength might be a bit too much. However, considering that she might hurt Sora if she tried to break free without being careful, Kiana stopped.

"At least, say your name!"

"my name?"

Lantern turned to look at Qiong, who was still holding Kiana in one hand and gripping a baseball bat tightly in the other.

“I’ll remember that, Lamp, or call me Saffron.”

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"What a strange mercenary sister."

"Yes, but if it's really because of Sora, why not take Sora with you?"

"Little Grey, what do you think?"

“I’ll stand and watch.”

Seeing that Qiong was acting strangely, Kiana elbowed Qiong in the chest.

"Be serious, I'm talking to you about something important!"

Serious business? There's plenty to do.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business."

Qiong raised her hands, surrendering in an extremely perfunctory tone.

"Speaking of serious matters, what about Bronya?"

Upon hearing this, Bronya's eyebrows, which were tightly closed, seemed to twitch slightly?

If she were given a few more minutes, or if the three men forgot about her there, Bronya, merely bound by ropes, would have a hundred ways to escape, but under the intense surveillance of three pairs of eyes, the difficulty would be much greater.

Qiong chuckled and pointed at the duck on the ground. Kiana and Raiden Mei nodded knowingly.

"What else can we do with this little dwarf? Drag him out and shoot him, of course! He actually tricked us into thinking he could capture Mei. I suggest he be executed!"

Bronya: ( °△°|||)

"Kiana, isn't execution by firing squad too cruel?"

"What do you suggest we do, Little Gray Fur?"

"In my opinion, I'll teach you a lesson! Anyway, we have nothing to eat right now..."

Bronya: !!! What kind of cannibal came from? Is the food bad?

Oh wait, there's no food now.

"Alright, you two, stop teasing her."

Oh, so they were just teasing her... Wait, these people already know she's awake?

"Bad guy."

Bronya, no longer pretending to be asleep, made a (? ? ?) expression, and the three of them went from trying not to laugh to bursting into laughter.

"Oh dear, you little dwarf, weren't you so smug before? Weren't you so brave when you said you were going to catch me and then catch Mei? Why are you trembling with fear when you hear about eating bullets and barbecue? Hahaha!"

Bronya doesn't talk to that idiot Kiana.

"Oh my, this defeated opponent is quite arrogant. Believe it or not, I'll..."

"Okay, okay, that's enough, Kiana."

Qiong crouched down, hoping to communicate with Bronya, who was sitting at eye level like a duck.

"Bronya, can we talk?"

"Bronya will not reveal anything about Cocolia's mother."

However, Bronya believes that Sora probably already knows a lot about her and even Cocolia, so it doesn't really matter whether she tells her or not.

"No no no."

Qiong shook his head, feigning profundity.

"I just wanted to discuss with you the possibility of a living person popping out of the quantum sea."

Bronya: !

"Little Grey, what are you saying to this little dwarf?"