The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

In that case...

Kiana thought about it and realized that although she wasn't tired, she couldn't force others to do the same.

"Okay, taking a rest is good. Shall we head back to base now?"

"Well, let's go."

Bronya, as the team leader, didn't waste any words. She immediately raised her gun and led her team back home, intending to sort out her thoughts, relax, and then continue the adventure.

Why is everyone different now? (Post-Honkai Impact 3rd): Chapter Sixteen: How to Turn a Garage into a New House

The base remained as dull and monotonous as when I left it. It was essentially a warehouse for storing tools and parking vehicles, so naturally it wasn't designed to be particularly beautiful or elegant.

After all, in today's mission environment, having a place to stay is already quite good.

Making excessive demands would only give those monsters an opportunity to exploit.

No one insisted on anything, and after returning to the warehouse one by one, they each found a place to rest.

To be honest, as darkness fell, the warehouse, which had initially been quite reassuring, inexplicably began to exude an eerie atmosphere.

Because of poor visibility, Bronya took out some kind of prop and placed it on the shelf. Soon after, the spherical object emitted a bright light.

Before long, the garage was slightly brighter.

"Yes, I feel better now."

Back at the base, Bronya first stretched, then went to the storage shelf where miscellaneous items were piled up and called for a troop assembly.

Upon hearing this, the group of people who were resting alone gathered around.

"what happened?"

Seeing Bronya gather everyone, Kiana asked with some confusion.

She felt that if she simply wanted to share her thoughts, there was no need to invite two outsiders... no, two teammates who weren't very familiar with her.

So this gathering is probably to discuss something important, right?

“I think we should set up some things at the base, as more members will be arriving later. Besides, the search here won't be over for a while, so... let's get ready.”

Oh, to put it simply... my house looks too shabby, and I'd like to buy some furniture?

Ugh, really. Why can't you just tell yourself about something so trivial?

Kiana couldn't help but cross her arms, amused by her best friend's seriousness.

Bronya, for some reason, felt a strange anger towards her inexplicable joy.

Simply put, she felt that this teammate was underestimating her again.

However, there's no need to fuss over these trivial matters right now; focusing on doing your own thing is the right thing to do.

After hearing her suggestion, Timido and Lyle exchanged a glance.

"Captain, what do we need to do next?"

"Let's go out and look for some. We can act during the day or we can set off now. What do you think?"

Unusually, Bronya didn't offer any direct advice, but instead calmly asked her teammates for their thoughts and suggestions.

Perhaps in her view, things like buying furniture weren't that important, so there wasn't even a need to stipulate that they had to leave at that time.

After all, it's not something particularly important, is it?

After hearing her question, the two team members were surprised for a while, and then they both gave different opinions.

"Let's set off now, Captain. But it feels dangerous to travel at night, so it's better to be careful."

Timido, a junior member of the team, offered suggestions with great enthusiasm, seemingly unconcerned about the inconvenience of moving around at night.

Seeing her like this, Lyle, standing to the side, spread his hands and sighed helplessly:

"Hey, it's so late. Everyone's tired. Let's just rest for the night. Besides, we can't see anything clearly anyway. It would be too scary if we brought back a bunch of monster corpses instead of the furniture."

Lyle's answer, though somewhat exaggerated, was surprisingly reasonable, since no one could guarantee what would happen in poor visibility.

I won't take the wrong thing or carry the wrong thing on my back.

In this situation, it seems like it's not a bad idea to just bear with it for now.

Seeing this, Kiana thought for a moment, then focused her attention on her good friend Sirin.

At this moment, the little doll is straddling his legs, looking calmly ahead.

There was no sense of tension or pressure whatsoever; it was filled with leisure and boredom.

It's obvious she doesn't like the current atmosphere.

Or perhaps you don't particularly like this warehouse environment?

"what happened?"

Just as Kiana was considering how to express her thoughts, Sirin suddenly turned her head and asked in a low voice.

"Ahem, I'd like to know... are you still able to run an online store?"

"Oh, you want to exchange something? Easy."

Sirin moved closer to Kiana and casually waved her hand, and the familiar control panel appeared before Kiana's eyes.

However, upon seeing the familiar panel, she didn't show her joy, but instead glanced at Bronya and the others.

It turned out that they didn't seem to react much to the special shopping panel.

It makes people feel as if they can't see this.

This is undoubtedly a good thing, as it means that you can choose furniture as you please.

"Hmm...this table is nice, and this chair too. Wow, a game console! Hmm...just these pieces of furniture aren't very interesting, let's get some plants, potted plants or something..."

Since these items don't possess any particularly special or unique abilities, the cost of exchanging them from Sirin's shop isn't considered high.

It was because of this relationship that Kiana was able to exchange for a large amount of furniture and daily necessities.

Of course, simply maintaining basic living needs can be quite tedious, so she specially prepared a laptop, a game console, and even a holographic projection display.

However, after exchanging for all the furniture, Kiana was surprised to realize...

I think I went too far and exchanged too much.

"Uh, how am I going to explain this to them later?"

Kiana turned her head to look at Bronya and the others, and for a moment she was annoyed that she hadn't been able to control her tapping and swiping.

Unfortunately, given the current situation, Sirin does not offer a seven-day no-questions-asked return policy after the items are redeemed.

Even if you return the item, you'll still lose some of your Herrscher Points, which isn't worth it.

Kiana, feeling it wasn't worth it, had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​returning the goods and instead turned her attention to Sirin, who was standing to the side.

"Uh, how long can it be stored?"

"At most one day, um... why did you exchange so much money out of the blue?"

Xilin covered her mouth, like a child who had secretly eaten something and was afraid it would spill out.

Unfortunately, she wasn't acting this way because she had stolen something to eat; rather, it was because Kiana had stored far too many things with her.

"Prevention is better than cure?"

"Well, anyway, you'd better find a chance for me to release him quickly. Otherwise, I'll automatically return him when the time comes."

Tch... How heartless.

Kiana muttered a complaint under her breath, then quietly waited for dawn.

Once the sunlight streamed into the small garage, everyone decided to go out and look for furniture.

However, before they could even set off, Kiana suddenly stepped forward and said:

"Ahem! Everyone must be exhausted, right? Let me handle this small task of collecting furniture."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, she suddenly appeared out of nowhere and offered to take over the task.

The three members of the third squad were stunned.

What's the big deal? You didn't mention this when you were resting last night.

Why are you suddenly being so kind now that everyone is ready to leave?

Something unusual must be going on, and Bronya couldn't ignore this abnormal behavior.

She gazed silently at Kiana's smiling face, then after a long pause, reached out and grasped her smooth chin, slowly asking:

"Team member, why would you say that?"

After hearing Bronya's question, Kiana hesitated for a moment, then scratched the back of her head and replied somewhat shyly:

"Because... I want to help you."

Such a sincere answer, to be honest, even Kiana herself felt...

Ugh! How cheesy! Why did I talk to her like that?

Hmm... Fine, I'll reluctantly put up with you since Mei's not here.

Unfortunately, Kiana felt that her sincere inquiry should be understood and appreciated.

But the reality was quite surprising.

"Don't worry about it so much."

Bronya, naturally, would not tolerate or condone Kiana's self-serving actions.

She looked at Kiana quietly, then placed one hand on her slender hip and continued in an extremely calm tone:

"This is originally a matter for the entire third squad. If we ask you to do it all by yourself, we won't be able to feel at ease."

Kiana felt a little annoyed upon hearing this.

bark...

Why did her meticulous nature suddenly come out at this moment?