Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 38: The Third Great Collapse is Accelerating...

"That wretched teacher Walter..."

Kiana, head drooping, lay on her desk, muttering the history teacher's name under her breath.

She had already planned it out; the school wall wasn't that high, and with her skills, she could easily scale it. And it turned out pretty much as she expected; Kiana easily climbed the wall with her bare hands. Just one more step, and she would be free.

But coincidentally, on the other side of the wall stood Walter Young, the brown-haired, bespectacled male teacher who always wore a scarf around his neck! The impartial Walter, upon realizing Kiana had skipped class, unhesitatingly handed her over to the homeroom teacher, Himeko Murata, who in turn reported her to Theresa…

Fortunately, Theresa was not an abusive parent. Considering the crucial factor that she was not "close enough" to her niece, Theresa only scolded Kiana and did not impose any substantial punishment. However, she still asked Himeko to keep an eye on Kiana and even clamored to raise the walls of the academy.

Skipping class by climbing over walls carries the risk of being exposed, a fact that Kiana has certainly learned firsthand.

But for the sake of freedom, I'd dare to do it again next time!

If possible, Kiana would like to find someone to share the firepower, like Sora would be a good choice.

Sora, who was still watching Maria, the teacher giving a lecture on the stage, naturally had no idea what Kiana was thinking.

So, why did Song Que and Bai Ji appear at St. Freya Academy?

Songque taught psychology, which Qiong considered a weak subject. After a whole lesson, they hadn't learned any psychology knowledge, but they had learned a lot of divination tips.

I overheard a classmate say that Song Que is actually the instructor of the divination club? If "falsehood" and "deception" exist in the modern world, what about other arts?

Qiong is planning to do something.

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"You want to join the fortune-telling club?"

Kiana was slightly surprised. In her opinion, Sora had nothing to do with divination and had never shown any interest in it before. Why did she suddenly want to join the divination club?

What, you've started studying the occult?

"Um, do you want to come along?"

"No way! Isn't divination just a bunch of charlatans spouting nonsense and fooling idiots? Don't you have fortune-telling swindlers in your own land too? Learning divination is completely useless."

"Kiana, I must correct you."

Fu Hua interrupted their conversation. Kiana noticed Fu Hua push up her glasses, and Kiana was a little annoyed by this action, which reminded her of her history teacher from "Non-Human Beings".

"Most fortune tellers are frauds, but believe me, there are always some who can be truly accurate."

"It's just a coincidence, or do you, class monitor, also believe in fortune telling?"

Fu Hua's expression instantly turned serious.

"It's better to believe it exists than not to believe it doesn't. Many myths and legends in China are based on real events, so perhaps fortune tellers..."

Qiong ignored the two who were still chatting and decided to go directly to ask his instructor.

In any case, joining a club to earn credits can't be a bad idea, right?

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Changkong City, Qianyu Academy.

Raiden Mei is a true heiress. Besides her privileged background and excellent grades, she's also the school beauty and the envy of everyone at Chiba Academy.

But that's all in the past.

When Mei's father, Raiden Ryoma, was accused of corruption, all the people who used to surround her left her. Those who had envied her turned their envy into malice in an instant, and rumors about her spread like wildfire.

It's easy to spread rumors, but debunking them is exhausting. Even though she wanted to explain, she couldn't stop the speed at which the rumors spread. In the past few days, she has faced not only malice and cold violence, but also "friends of her father" who appeared out of nowhere, showing her "goodwill."

At first, she genuinely believed that her father's friends wanted to help her, but soon a blue-haired woman came to visit, handed her a lot of materials, and pointed out that those people were not kind-hearted people who wanted to help her, but rather had ulterior motives. Raiden Mei's heart turned cold.

Raiden Mei thanked the woman for her suggestion, but at the same time refused the woman's help. Who could guarantee that she wasn't also after something from her father?

Although only a few days had passed, Mei was already finding it hard to bear, after all, she was just an ordinary girl.

"Look, isn't that Raiden Mei?"

"Yes, I heard her father is a criminal, and she's a rich girl..."

No, absolutely not! Her father was definitely not a criminal! She could feel her heart aching when her longing for her father clashed with the words of others.

At first, Mei would try to reason with people, even though most of the time she ended up speechless.

But as time went on, she chose to ignore it and fled the scene as if escaping.

She discovered that she could never convince those people; after she left, they would always wear malicious and disdainful smiles on their faces.

If I gave her a chance, I really wanted to take those people down with me, even if they were driven by malice...

"Cocolia's mother, Bronya detected an increase in Honkai energy reaction within the monitored Herrscher body Raiden Mei."

In the distance, invisible to Raiden Mei, a young girl with two bows tied in her hair and a blank expression was watching her.

“Excellent, Bronya. It seems that Raiden Mei will soon transform into the Third Herrscher… When that happens, we can use her power to fulfill our long-cherished wish and bring my beloved Seele back…”

“Seele…”

When the girl named Seele Vollery was mentioned, Bronya Zaychek's eyes twitched slightly. Even with her emotional center damaged, mentioning her sister, the one who gave her the Heavy Bunny, still caused extremely slight emotional fluctuations.

"For Seele's sake, Bronya will definitely complete the mission."

"Mom believes in you, Bronya. But the progress is still not fast enough; Raiden Mei's reaction isn't strong enough!"

To activate one of Sirin's core fragments, the Conquer Gem, Cocolia, after research, was convinced that sufficient emotional stimulation was required for activation. The stimulation on the day Raiden Ryoma was imprisoned caused the core activity to reach a near-explosive value.

Then, after her emotions stabilized, the Honkai energy reaction plummeted, and only in the last few days, thanks to her efforts, has it risen a little bit again.

However, this is also a good thing. After all, the Far East is not considered Anti-Entropy's territory. What if the Honkai energy reaction is relatively high but the Honkai doesn't erupt, and it attracts the Schicksal people here? Theresa, that near-S-rank Valkyrie, is in the Far East!

But now she couldn't hold back any longer. She had to find a way to make Raiden Mei break down quickly. There was news that Einstein and Tesla, the two conservative executives who were at odds with her reformist faction, had taken notice of Raiden Mei because of Raiden Ryoma's imprisonment. She didn't know what would happen if she didn't speed things up.

Spread more rumors? Hire a scarester? Or let your precious daughter befriend Raiden Mei first, and then break down her defenses to tell her it was all a lie?

"How about we go together?" Cocolia thought, "Having a few more is like having insurance." With this multi-pronged approach, Raiden Mei would definitely have a mental breakdown, right?

"Bronya, my daughter, I have a task for you."