Honkai Impact 3rd: My Days as a Captain in Schicksal

"Let's go, let's go... I'm starving..."

"Teacher Keng is really something..."

"Bad intentions..."

Almost simultaneously, whispers arose among the Valkyries. At first, it was just one or two people talking about it, but then almost everyone was saying it, yet no one was willing to move an inch.

Seeing that his actions seemed to be somewhat effective, Keng Huo quickly sprinkled all kinds of spices onto the meat slices and fanned the Valkyries with all his might.

"Mei, I'm hungry, I'm going back to eat..." Kiana's pleading voice came from the back of the group, "Come on, come on, come on..."

"Well... okay, but it's a bit late today, so let's make something simple," Mei replied gently.

"Yay~" Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Kiana pulling Mei along as they strode towards the dormitory.

"Kiana and the others have all left... Let's go too..."

"Yes, yes, let's go, let's go..."

Once someone takes the lead, it becomes very easy for others to follow.

Almost all the Valkyries rolled their eyes at Keng Huo at the same time, and walked hand in hand back to the dormitory.

Kiana and her two companions deliberately slowed their pace, waiting until all the Valkyries had passed by before sneaking back.

Mei's eyes held a half-smile, yet also seemed to carry a hint of helplessness: "Do you really have to use this method?"

Keng Huo simply shrugged, casually slapped Kiana's hand away as she tried to steal a piece of meat, and stuffed the meat, whether cooked or half-cooked, into his mouth, saying indistinctly, "I've been working all day and haven't eaten yet. Anyway, they're just standing here, so I'll eat something first, what's wrong with that?"

Mei lightly stomped on Keng Huo's foot, rolled her eyes coquettishly, and left with Kiana, with Bronya following closely behind.

"Don't forget! Meet in the auditorium at seven o'clock tomorrow morning! Everyone!" Keng Huo shouted from the back.

"I know, I know! If you dare to barbecue in the auditorium, I'll kick you to death!" Kiana turned around and shouted, only regaining her composure after Mei lightly slapped her.

Chapter Forty-Six: What Makes Us Fight (Part One)

Keng Huo returned to his dormitory, sat in front of the computer, and connected the storage device to the computer.

He found the battlefield footage, silently opened it, switched to the scene he had previously missed, and continued watching.

After the Valkyries were in a bit of a commotion due to a minor accident, everyone returned to calm. But just then, the Valkyries who remained on guard outside suddenly sounded an alarm.

A swarm of charging Honkai Beasts drove a group of mindless monsters straight toward the place where the Valkyries had gathered.

The Valkyries were instantly thrown into a panic, and everyone was briefly confused before quickly forming a defensive formation.

Amidst the chaos, the Valkyries of the Assault Division remembered their duty and bravely stood in front of the Heavy Support Valkyries. However, they were too close together. With just a slight charge, the Honkai Beasts could bring the Heavy Support Valkyries into their attack range before even breaking the Valkyries' formation.

Keng Huo said nothing; he simply sat there silently, watching his students' performance.

No sleep for one night.

The six ordinary squads suffered a complete rout throughout the battle, while Kiana's Hunter Squad displayed a level of combat power and execution that is not typical of elite squads.

It is precisely because of the comparison that the pain is felt; perhaps this is why the hunter team stayed with everyone tonight but refused to speak.

They wanted to comfort their classmates, but once they entered the field of vision of these disheartened people, it meant being subjected to condescending harm.

The next morning, Keng Huo jumped up from his computer desk and hurriedly glanced at the time.

"I'll make it." Keng Huo muttered to himself, staggered into the bathroom, quickly finished washing up, then leaned close to the mirror to carefully examine his complexion, and then splashed his face with cold water twice to make sure he didn't look tired at all before striding out of the dormitory.

He slung his computer bag, which contained the equipment, over his shoulder and headed straight for the auditorium.

Keng Huo pushed open the door with some trepidation, and was instantly stared at by hundreds of eyes.

Those eyes held apology, nervousness, and even more confusion.

The confusion stemmed from the newly recruited Valkyries who hadn't participated in the operation the day before. Their roommates returned to the dorm and remained silent, offering only vague answers when asked about the day's events. They then locked themselves in their bedrooms, refusing to respond to knocks.

Clearly, they were very worried about their roommate and eager to get answers from Keng Huo.

Those tense yet apologetic gazes came from the Valkyries who had launched their attack yesterday.

Keng Huo looked embarrassed, scratched his head, and asked with a very relaxed smile without any negative emotions, "Oh, everyone is here very early."

"Since everyone's up so early, can I change the start time of morning classes to seven o'clock from now on?" Keng Huo joked as he walked into the group of Valkyries, passing through them.

However, no one responded to his joke; everyone was waiting for Keng Huo to give an answer.

"Well... what are you all standing there for? Come here, all of you." Keng Huo stood on the stage in the auditorium, calling out to everyone, "Come on, all of you, come up and sit down on the stage."

The Valkyries exchanged bewildered glances, unsure of Keng Huo's true intentions, but they obediently followed his instructions, walked onto the platform, and sat in a circle around him as he arranged. Even the Valkyries who had been keeping their heads down and refusing to meet Keng Huo's gaze were forcibly pulled over by their roommates.

“Yes, that’s more like it. If you were sitting down there, it would feel like I’m lecturing you.” Keng Huo sat down cross-legged in the middle with satisfaction. “I know you all have some questions about yesterday’s operation, about why the Hyperion returned early… and why you friends who came back from the battlefield have suddenly become so taciturn.”

"Hmm... it's quite difficult to explain, so I brought the memory from the battlefield recorder and picked out a few typical clips to talk about with everyone."

"Well... overall, this operation was very successful, and even achieved results beyond my expectations." Keng Huo took off his laptop bag with a smile and took out a laptop and a portable projector.

The Valkyries who had attacked yesterday were clearly in an uproar; their eyes darted around, and their heads were bowed as if to bury themselves in the ground. Their hands were clenched into fists so tightly that their fists began to tremble slightly.

"fraud……"

A barely audible murmur drifted out from somewhere.

Keng Huo seemed to have heard it, yet also seemed not to have heard it. He simply opened his laptop and searched for battlefield recordings.

The eyes of the newly recruited Valkyries who went into battle yesterday were almost brimming with tears. They tried to hold back their tears, but they were flustered and at a loss.

In their hearts, they were about to be publicly executed. Keng Huo wanted to release the battlefield video from yesterday, which was almost like a school field trip for elementary school students, because of their failure in carrying out the mission yesterday, because of their lack of discipline, and because of their overconfidence and lack of ability.

"Hmm...where did I put it again...I looked at it for a long time yesterday..." Keng Huo muttered to himself, searching back and forth in the root directory of the battlefield recorder.

Please stop... I beg you... don't expose our failure to everyone...

The Valkyries were almost in tears, staring intently at Keng Huo's hand as if it held their very lifeline.

No...please...don't open it...

"OK! Found it! Come on, let's start by explaining the beginning..."

"Enough!!!" A scream that echoed throughout the auditorium erupted from the back of the crowd, the sound as sharp as a piece of metal scraping against glass.

The voice was choked with sobs: "Teacher... I'm sorry... Please... don't... don't let go..."

The Valkyrie seemed to have collapsed, clutching her head in her hands and pressing it against her knees. Her trembling hands conveyed her loss of control.

"Don't open it... Please... Let me go..." The Valkyrie seemed to have lost her mind. She didn't look up, but just shuffled backward with very small movements, as if she wanted to escape from this place.

The atmosphere instantly turned cold.

No one dared to approach Keng Huo.

No one dared to approach the Valkyrie who had lost control of her emotions.

Keng Huo seemed to have anticipated this situation. He stopped what he was doing and quietly walked towards the girl.

Keng Huo recognized the girl; her name was Hanamiya Ena. She was always well-behaved in class, like a good girl, and she was also very timid. Even a small flying insect that suddenly appeared could terrify her.

She was the Valkyrie who, in the battlefield footage Keng Huo had seen yesterday, was grabbed by the ankle by a zombie and tumbled down from the top of the ruins in a panic.

As Keng Huo walked by, all the Valkyries instinctively made way for him, their gazes filled with complex emotions, unsure whether to stop him or let him pass.

When Keng Huo was about to reach Hanamiya Ena, he gently squatted down, trying to make his line of sight parallel to hers. However, he was too tall, and Hanamiya Ena was curled up on the ground, so his line of sight was still slightly higher than hers.

Keng Huo seemed somewhat troubled, constantly adjusting his posture, trying to lower his perspective to that of Hanamiya Ena, but he failed even after twisting his bones almost to the point of breaking.

Finally, Keng Huo simply lay down on the ground and crawled tactically to Hanamiya Ena's front.

"Did Teacher Keng see under Ena-chan's skirt?" Whispers rang out behind Keng Huo.

A vein bulged on Keng Huo's forehead, but knowing that the bigger picture was more important, he ignored the whispers.

But Hanamiya Ena seemed to take this seriously. She nervously lowered her legs, trying to cover her skirt, but then suddenly remembered that she was wearing shorts today.

Hanamiya Ena, realizing that she had just put her leg down and was staring right into Keng Huo's eyes, let out a very quiet "Ah!" and quickly pulled her leg back to cover her face.

"Ena?" Keng Huo called her name softly in a very gentle voice.

"..."

"Ena?"

"..."

"Ena?" Keng Huo called her name tirelessly.

"..." But Hanamiya Ena did not react at all.

"E~Nai~chanchanchanchanchanchan~?" Keng Huo seemed to have found a very interesting way to play, pronouncing a name with intonation and rhythm, just like singing.

"Enanananananan~~~-chan?"

Finally, even Hanamiya Ena herself couldn't help but burst out laughing, and couldn't resist glancing at Keng Huo through the gap.

"Well, that's more like it," Keng Huo said with a smile, meeting Hanamiya Ena's gaze. "Are you willing to trust your teacher?"

Hanamiya Ena seemed to hesitate for a moment.

“Teacher didn’t mean any harm.” Keng Huo sat up and reached out to touch Hanamiya Ena’s head. She immediately let out a soft whimper like a kitten, but Keng Huo didn’t care. “Teacher won’t embarrass you. It’s just a simple tactical analysis.”

Although Hanamiya Ena was somewhat reluctant, she eventually nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Then there's no problem. Come on, come on, let's sit in the middle together, okay?" Keng Huo smiled and stretched out his hand.

But Hanamiya Ena remained unmoved. Regardless of the current situation or her own personality, she was unwilling to be in the center of attention.

Keng Huo scratched his head, then grabbed Hanamiya Ena's ankle as if in a huff. The smooth floor of the podium was a great help, and he pulled her to the center of the podium like he was pulling a trolley.

"Let's take a look at Hanamichi's performance first." Keng Huo opened a video file, which he had edited one by one last night.

The projector projected the image onto the white screen, and the scene on it made all the Valkyries who had attacked yesterday skip a beat.

The moment Hanamichi saw the screen light up, she let out a small, mournful cry and buried her face deeply between her knees.

"Look, everyone, this is the first reaction of the Valkyries after they landed yesterday."

"Although everyone was confused at first and even a little disoriented, since a city that has become a pile of ruins is not easy to recognize, I am very pleased that everyone quickly figured out what to do and formed a formation quickly. Although there were still some flaws, it was great for newbies on their first mission." Keng Huo pressed fast forward, fast-forwarding the scene to the moment when Hanamiya Ena was grabbed by the foot by a zombie.