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

As gentle as spring water.

"I will come to save you."

"He's clearly an office worker, but he's really good at talking big."

At the edge of St. Freya Academy's floating island, the rising sun playfully peeked out, observing this new neighbor that had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

"Even if I were an office worker, I would still go to save you."

"why?"

"because……"

"..."

Keng Huo closed his eyes, whether he was talking in his sleep or speaking the truth, it was hard to tell.

"You are the Valkyries I cannot abandon."

(Volume 2, The End.)

The song is Teresa's character song "Hoshito-kun no elimination day"

Volume Three: Exploring the Mysteries of Changkong City

Chapter 74 You are the cutest, kindest, most capable, handsome, dashing, and wisest commander.

Bronya's eyes snapped open, and the heavily armored bunny suddenly appeared above her head, almost simultaneously placing its massive right shield across her front. This swift movement not only smashed the bed beneath her but also created a turbulent airflow that scattered the small items in the ward.

"Boom..."

The soft touch, the warm temperature, and the gentle, non-glaring light made Bronya, lying on the bed that had been smashed, momentarily lose her senses.

Bronya slowly moved the Heavy Bunny's right hand away and looked around.

Through the various notes of different sizes pasted all over the room, Bronya was able to reconstruct the room's original appearance.

It looks like... a hospital ward?

Bronya gently peeled off the note stuck to the water bottle next to her and read it word by word.

"The Shadow Valkyrie attacked you, not Kiana, Bronya-chan, don't be angry! Your Mei sister is also not in any danger, she's recovering in the ward next to yours! Your most adorable, kind, capable, handsome, dashing, and wise Commander respectfully."

A vein bulged on Bronya's forehead, and his hands tore the small piece of paper to shreds with lightning speed.

The signature, combined with the sentence on the note, gave her a rather offensive feeling.

But after calming down, Bronya looked around and found notes with the same sentence pasted on various objects, even the walls...

"What's going on!" Before Bronya could even process what was happening, a huge group of people rushed into the ward in an instant. This sudden appearance made Bronya wonder if the previous quiet was due to temporary deafness...

"Bronya's awake!" Everyone was chattering excitedly, so loudly that Bronya felt as if she wasn't in a hospital, but in a flower and bird market.

"Teacher Keng told us to tell you that it wasn't Kiana who attacked you before."

"Teacher Keng also said that if you wake up, you should rest well and not run around."

"The commander also said to have a spare bed ready at any time...it seems he was right!"

Bronya: "..."

"Quiet! This is a hospital! Can't the other patients get some rest?!" Suddenly, a loud, forceful shout came from next door, drowning out everyone else's voices. The shout was full of energy, completely unlike the person who had been working himself to death before.

"Your voice was the loudest!" Just as everyone was too scared to utter a sound from the sudden shout, Mei's voice came from the doorway. Everyone made way for Mei, who was in a wheelchair, to come to Bronya's side.

"Sister Mei." Bronya's eyes seemed to light up. She put the Heavy Bunny back into the Imaginary Space and tried to walk forward despite her still-recovering body. However, the weakness in her body, coupled with the old injuries in her legs, caused her to lose her balance and fall forward.

Mei gently caught Bronya and said with a smile, "You just woke up and your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so you should lie down and rest for now."

At this moment, someone with good judgment pushed in the spare bed that was always placed by the door and semi-forcibly pushed Bronya onto it.

"Why..." Bronya was confused. She looked down at her hands, then touched her chest and abdomen. "Bronya remembers being badly injured..."

A sense of unease flashed through Bronya's mind: "How long has Bronya been asleep?"

"one day."

"No, it's a little over a day, it should be one day and six hours."

"That's about a day."

"Far off! It's a quarter of a day too much! That's 125% of the data! That's a huge error!"

“One day is not enough time for Bronya’s bones to recover to this extent.” Bronya ignored the chattering crowd and turned to Mei.

Wearing a hospital gown, Mei smiled helplessly: "I don't know why either... I asked Kiana, but she didn't know either... Professor Keng said he's analyzing the data from this battle, so I guess we'll understand when his analysis is finished..."

Bronya's mind was still full of questions, but since her most trusted sister Mei had said so, there was no need to delve into it for the time being.

Just then, Mei seemed to notice the small notes pasted all over the ward. She curiously tore one off and looked at it, but her curious expression instantly turned into a headache.

"I thought Teacher Keng would use the same method as me..." Mei's expression was a mix of laughter and tears, "but how come..."

"The same method?" Bronya asked, somewhat confused.

"Yes, when I woke up, I saw a large banner hanging in front of me, attached to the ceiling by four wires." Mei gestured with her hand to show the size of the banner. "It said that I was attacked by the Shadow Valkyrie projected by [The Gaze of the Abyss], and Kiana saved me."

Bronya silently recalled the scene when she woke up. She had almost subconsciously summoned Heavy Bunny for defense. If the banner in front of her had been the same as Mei's, it probably would have been smashed to pieces by Heavy Bunny before she even noticed it.

"Kiana? What are you doing standing at the door?" Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the crowd. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Kiana peeking out from the doorway.

"Come in quickly, Bronya is awake." Mei was clearly very happy to see Kiana and waved her in.

But Kiana shook her head vigorously: "No way! That jerk said Bronya might hit me if she wakes up, so he told me to wait and see..."

"Kiana, you can come in. Bronya won't hit you." Bronya's calm, almost electronic voice reassured Kiana, who skipped and hopped in through the door, disappearing right in front of Bronya.

"I'm the one who saved you this time, so once you've recovered, you have to carry me in duo queue to rank up!" Kiana said haughtily, sticking out her nose.

"Hmm." Bronya reached out and touched Kiana's face with both hands.

"What are you doing?" Kiana found it extremely strange, but she couldn't glean any information from Bronya's robot-like, indifferent expression.

It's Kiana.

Did you save me...? Once again.

It turns out I wasn't betrayed after all.

"Bronya... is very happy."

A flicker of joy seemed to cross Bronya's eyes, which were as calm as still water.

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Keng Huo was half-lying on the bed in the next ward, with his laptop on a small table on the bed, his hands flying across the keyboard.

"I've finished watching the battle footage I missed... I was right to tell Kanno Hana not to upload the battle data to headquarters for the time being..." Keng Huo stroked his smooth chin, his eyes full of thought.

"That suit of armor that suddenly appeared...where did it come from? It looks like another application of illusion manifestation, the kind of illusionary weaponry that projects inner desires onto oneself to produce magical effects..."

"But is Otto really that much of a genius... to enable someone who knows nothing about alchemy to use the power of illusion manipulation? This is simply... illogical... If he really could do it, he wouldn't need to equip every Valkyrie with this device; just equipping all A-rank Valkyries with it would be enough to wipe out all Honkai outbreaks, right..."

The scene of Kiana activating the [Valkyrie Burst] module flashed through Keng Huo's mind again; that giant cat claw was clearly a manifestation of the Illusion Manifestation Technique: "But why... is the power so much weaker?"

Keng Huo typed furiously in his notebook. As his reasoning deepened, he was forced to accept a fact:

"Could it be that Otto really discovered something from my equipment? If he developed a technique to solidify inscriptions and transfer a portion of one's will, and used it here..."

Keng Huo's breath hitched suddenly: "Thinking about it this way, it makes perfect sense..."

Keng Huo's eyes sharpened. He took a deep breath and organized his thoughts: "The most important thing is that [Prototype Honkai Weapon Manifestation Device]... This thing is definitely not as simple as it seems. At least it's definitely not as simple as just a one-click outfit change on the surface..."

"After all, once you think it over, Kiana and the others are wearing the same standard B-rank Valkyrie armor, and their equipment is also standard. The only thing that could cause this anomaly is that mysterious device..."

“But if it really is the effect of that device… Otto’s intentions are quite interesting…” Keng Huo’s brows furrowed even deeper. “Is he… demonstrating? Or is he simply testing the device’s effectiveness?”

After much deliberation, Keng Huo typed a few more lines into the document.

"Inspect the [Prototype Anti-Honkai Weapon Manifestation Device] and analyze its structure and principles."

"Inspect Kiana and the other two's combat armor and weapons."

"Truncate the data from this battle and only upload the data from the first three mining areas."

"Hmm..." After adding these three items to his long list of tasks, Keng Huo shrank further into the covers, looking slightly tired. "The neighbors are so noisy... How am I supposed to sleep like this..."

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Of the hunter team, only Kiana had barely recovered some of her combat abilities. The other two were still in the healing period of their wounds and could not move around on their own except with the help of wheelchairs.

Keng Huo's situation was much better. He wasn't hospitalized due to illness, but was forcibly taken to the hospital by Kiana, who claimed that the commander had been exposed to Honkai energy radiation and needed a full-body check-up and rest...

Keng Huo, under strong pressure from the medical staff, underwent a full-body examination and was subsequently confined to the hospital under the pretext of overwork, right across from Bronya's ward. Fortunately, Tianming Biotechnology is world-class, and with the help of the recovery pod and regular nutritional adjustments, Keng Huo's body has almost fully recovered.

What surprised Keng Huo the most was that the academy could still function normally without him... Although there seemed to be some trouble at the beginning, it was all minor. There was a mistake in the quantity of supplies, some errors in the class scheduling of the training hall, and some Valkyries with psychological issues being comforted by other Valkyries, which backfired. But overall, it just slowed down the process a bit. This made Keng Huo feel a little strange.

"If only I had just kept slacking off!"

Keng Huo sighed repeatedly and even lingered in the hospital room, unwilling to be discharged.

However, Himeko, who returned with the Valkyries who had stormed Changkong City with a full haul, brought back news that forced her to leave the hospital.

Theresa has gone missing.

Chapter 75 The backup plan is to airdrop you behind enemy lines.

"What did you say?!" Keng Huo slammed his hands on the table, his eyes wide as cowbells. "Are you kidding me?"

Himeko, standing across the table in military mode, looked serious and remained silent.

Keng Huo waited for a long time but didn't get the answer he wanted, but the answer was already clear to him.

Keng Huo frowned, sat down in the chair, and held his forehead with one hand, making it impossible for Ji Zi to see his expression.