My outrageous life in Honkai Impact 3

Viktor, seeing the guards falling to the ground one after another, was so frightened that he dropped the oil lamp and collapsed to the ground, moving his body frantically with his arms.

A throwing knife landed between his legs, the entire blade embedded in the floor. Viktor froze instantly, gripped by boundless terror.

"You can keep backing away, but the next knife will be aimed at your heart."

Luo Chen spoke casually, then turned to look at the closed window, pointed at it, and told Karen to go first, handing her a bag of gold coins.

Karen nodded, smashed the window open with her fist, jumped out, and disappeared into the night.

"Now we can get down to business."

Viktor's face turned pale. He didn't know what Luo Chen was going to do next, but he had no choice but to go along with him.

"That thing is in your basement, isn't it?"

Upon hearing the words "basement," Victor's pupils constricted, and he stared at Luo Chen in disbelief.

"You... I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't try to lie. I know everything you've done, and I know the contents of that black box better than you do."

Luo Chen walked up to Viktor and kicked him, making him yell in pain.

"If you lie again, it won't be as simple as just kicking you."

Luo Chen looked down at Victor, his voice like a devil's whisper.

"Where is your experiment at? I need real information."

"We've already started trying to obtain the power within by sacrificing young girls... Ah!"

Viktor screamed in pain. This time, Luo Chen didn't break his leg, but instead slapped him across the face.

"Alright, that's enough questions."

Luo Chen's words gave Viktor a glimmer of hope. He thought he was alright, but then he was struck on the neck by an electric current and passed out.

"You should be glad I don't really like killing."

Luo Chen withdrew his hand, looked at Victor lying on the ground, stepped over his body, walked out of the room, and headed straight for the basement.

Upon arriving at the basement entrance, the door was locked as expected. Luo Chen chopped off the lock with a single stroke and pushed the door open, stepping inside.

Upon entering the basement, Luo Chen saw a formation on the floor in the center that resembled an alchemical array, surrounded by a circle of crosses, with the black box placed right in the center of the formation.

Luo Chen approached the black box and placed his hand on it. The expected thing did not happen; his consciousness was not pulled into the box, which puzzled him.

"What, Ling, aren't you going to welcome me?"

The bracelet lit up, and Ling floated out from it, landing on one of the crosses and sitting down, resting her head on her hand and smiling.

"I don't know. I've told you before, big brother, that my consciousness only started to awaken after you absorbed an excessive amount of Honkai energy."

"So, what's inside this box now, could it be that Herrscher?"

Luo Chen pointed to the box, and Ling nodded. She didn't know much about these things. More than 50,000 years had passed since she was locked in the box until Luo Chen obtained the Earthly Treasury Soul, and she had been in a daze ever since.

"Forget it, let's study these things later. Let's take this back first."

Luo Chen picked up the black box, stuffed it into the imaginary space, took out the Earthly Treasury Soul and cleaved the floor in two with one strike, then teleported away.

When Luo Chen arrived at Otto's house, he knocked on the door and Otto opened it to let him in.

"I just knocked on the door, how did you know?"

"I heard your footsteps, teacher."

Luo Chen entered Otto's house and saw Karen sitting in the living room eating, her cheeks stuffed full, looking just like a hamster.

"Hmm? Old Si is here!"

"Swallow what's in your mouth before you speak."

Luo Chen was speechless, looking at the pastries on the table. It seemed that he had made them a few days ago and saved them for himself. How did Karen find them?

"Karen, where did you get this?"

Karen paused in her eating, then guiltily grabbed the remaining pastries and stuffed them into her mouth. She then took a large gulp of water from her cup and swallowed them all.

"You... Karen, I prepared those ingredients for a long time before making this, and you're going to eat it all!"

Chapter 260 Completely Lost Face

The next morning, Victor, upon waking, informed the Pope of the theft at the mansion. The Pope immediately dispatched a Valkyrie to inspect the scene, hoping to find some clues.

"One of the thieves escaped through this window."

Eleanor stood by the window, carefully examining it for any traces, and naturally found none.

"Captain Karen, what are you doing?"

Eleanor turned around and saw Karen staring blankly at the empty table. She walked over and gently nudged her.

"Ah, it's nothing. I was just wondering if the thief might just be here to steal the gold coins."

Karen made up a lie on the spot, watching the curtains fluttering in the wind, trying her best to keep her expression unchanged.

“It’s definitely not that simple. The thief couldn’t have come just for that. When they arrested the guy who was inciting the crowd, a masked person rescued her. That means someone is definitely targeting Destiny.”

"is it?"

Karen spoke casually, and Luo Chen seemed genuinely dissatisfied with fate, but whether that was truly the case was another matter.

"The investigation here is complete, and there are no clues. How did those two guys manage to do that?"

Eleanor pinched her chin. Luo Chen had thoroughly searched the room before leaving, so there was no way he would leave any trace.

"I don't know, it's really strange."

Karen agreed, and seeing that nothing could be found, suggested that they call it a day and go back to sort out the current situation.

"Alright, let's ask Lord Otto. He should be able to find out something."

In the bishop's room, Victor knelt on the floor, head bowed, trembling.

"You should know how important that thing is, but it's just been lost."

The bishop's voice echoed throughout the room, startling Victor so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and his hands, resting on his knees, trembled uncontrollably.

"me……"

"No need for further explanation. I'll give you three days. If you can't find it, you know the consequences."

The bishop's order made Victor's vision go black, and he almost fainted, but Otto quickly stepped forward and supported him.

“Lord Victor, the floor is cold; it wouldn’t be good to fall asleep there.”

Otto's words were meant to show concern for Viktor, but the faint smile on his face betrayed his true feelings. Viktor nodded dazedly and dragged his weary body out of the room.

“Otto, you will assist Viktor in finding the black box. If he fails to complete the mission, you will be responsible for dealing with him and disposing of all his assets.”

Not long after Victor left the room, the bishop gave Otto an instruction. Otto bowed to indicate that he understood and then left the room, walking slowly down the corridor.

"The teacher really went all out this time."

……

"Achoo! Who's talking about me behind my back?"

At Kaslana's house, Luo Chen sat in a chair, sneezing and talking to himself.

"It might be that kid Otto."

Francis sat next to Luo Chen. The two grown men were sunbathing in the yard, occasionally exchanging trash talk, making the scene somewhat absurd.

"I don't know, whatever. By the way, why did you call me here?"

Francis leaned back in his chair, tapping lightly on the table with one hand, and slowly opened his mouth with his eyes closed.

"Didn't you know? Last night, that old dog Victor's house was robbed, and all the gold coins he swindled with indulgences are gone."

"I don't know. By the way, how did you know it was stolen last night? Didn't you retire a long time ago?"

Francis had already found a reason to announce his retirement several years ago. He handed over all the affairs of the Kaslana family in Schicksal to Karen and the rest of the family, while he stayed at home to enjoy his retirement.

"Karen was called away early this morning by Otto's little lackey; I listened to what she said."

"The sidekick? That Eleanor, right? She's definitely interested in this kind of thing."

Luo Chen recalled what Eleanor looked like. He had only met her a few times, and it seemed that the girl was quite dependent on Otto.

"By the way, you took those gold coins from Victor's house, didn't you?"

"Hey, don't accuse me for no reason. I went to bed very early last night."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, and Francis, clearly not believing it, turned to stare at Luo Chen's golden eyes.

“Karen came back very late last night, and she wasn’t even wearing the same clothes she was wearing when she left.”

"Couldn't she be living with Otto's family? After all, they're engaged."

Luo Chen wanted to laugh when he saw Francis's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot. The engagement between Otto and Karen was discussed by the bishop, who was also Otto's father, and Francis.

Francis was initially reluctant, but then he thought about it and realized that he knew Otto's background well, and the two of them were practically inseparable, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.

"On the afternoon the engagement was arranged, someone specifically challenged Otto to a fight, and almost lost. Hahaha!"

Luo Chen chuckled, recalling the time when Francis and Otto were evenly matched, not to mention the several times he was almost knocked to the ground by Otto.