Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

Blanca quickly shook her head.

"Sorry, Hen, I'll be going now. What about you? Did you bring an umbrella?"

"I brought it, don't worry."

Hen glanced at Mebius, his expression slightly strange.

"Then I'm relieved. Let's go, Senior Mebius, let's get back to the lab right away!"

Seeing Mebius scrutinizing Hen from head to toe, Blanca quickly reached out and pushed her forward.

See you next time, Hen.

"They actually said 'see you next time'..."

Hen watched the two figures disappear into the distance, then scratched his cheek.

"We didn't exchange contact information, did we?"

"What?! I've been waiting for you for ages, and you haven't even gotten a single phone call?"

A robust-looking young man walked out of the convenience store. He heard Hen's mutterings to himself and looked at him with a disappointed expression.

"You should have told me sooner if you had finished buying it. I've been waiting for you here for ages."

Hen said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“Aquila, I wasn’t trying to pick you up.”

"You like that girl, right? Then go after her."

Aquila looked at him with a mocking expression.

"Although she's a bit sloppy, you can tell she has a good foundation. With proper grooming, she could be a beauty."

"You bastard..."

Hen shook his head helplessly, his gaze fixed on the spot where they had disappeared.

"I don't want to finally get a girlfriend and then surprise her with my own body the following year."

…………

"Hmm... Hen."

Beside Blanca, who was busy measuring data, Mebiusto looked at the list of applicants for this year's Firemoth warriors in his hand.

"It shouldn't be a case of the same name, right?"

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Blanca and the Song of the Scars, Part Two

One month after the Fifth Honkai Impact

"Here's your coffee, senior."

"Um, thank you... Pfft! What's this?"

Mebius exhaled a breath, then held the cup under her nose and sniffed it.

"This...isn't this cold medicine? Wait, Blanca, Blanca?!"

"..."

However, Blanca, who was next to her, did not hear at all. She was squatting on the ground looking at the lists in her hands, one by one.

Möbius left the lab table, walked over, saw the list in her hand, and sighed.

"...That guy didn't die, don't worry."

Mebius immediately understood who she was looking for and said irritably.

"Eh?"

Blanca quickly looked up, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"He was originally in a suicide squad that was certain to kill him, but in the end, the survival rate was quite high."

Möbius rummaged through the cabinet next to her for her coffee.

"The news has spread that your boyfriend made all those weak-willed teammates escape and completed the mission by himself."

"Isn't that...that extremely dangerous?!"

Blanca jumped up and grabbed Mebius by the collar, shaking him violently.

"Cough cough cough..."

Noticing that Mebius in her hand was rolling his eyes, Blanca quickly let go.

"Ahem... You, now that you have a boyfriend, you don't need your senior anymore. You might as well just cut him out next time you're having surgery."

Mebius said irritably.

"Stop joking, senior."

Blanca blushed.

How is he now?

"He's seriously injured and in the hospital, and Alicia is taking care of him."

Möbius couldn't find his coffee, clicked his tongue, picked up a lollipop and popped it into his mouth.

“…Ai, Li, hope, Ya?!”

Blanca paused for a moment, then screamed.

"what happened to you?"

This startled Mebius, who nearly swallowed the lollipop.

"You mean that one! She's beautiful, cute, and young, and she's paired with Kevin... you know, the one with the pink hair!"

Blanca grabbed Mebius by the collar again, their faces almost bumping into each other.

"Which one are you talking about?"

Möbius slapped her hand away and then tugged at her cheek.

"No makeup, dark circles from staying up all night, pimples from an unhealthy diet... You should go to a beauty salon before you go see your boyfriend!"

As he spoke, Möbius took a card out of his pocket and put it into Blanca's pocket.

"The research is over. I'll give you three days off. This is the beauty salon card that Eden gave me before. Go and take care of yourself as soon as possible."

Möbius pressed his forehead, grabbed his white lab coat, and walked out of the laboratory.

"Well……"

Blanca pinched her cheek and walked over to the mirror next to her to look at herself.

"Is it...is it really that bad...?"

...............

And now, she's beautiful, cute, and very young, partnered with Kevin, still the pink-haired Miss Alicia, who is indeed at the hospital.

“…Alice, if I remember correctly, that was a fruit basket given to me.”

Hen, his body wrapped in bandages, said with a dark expression.

"Huh? The doctor said you can't eat fruit yet? It's gone bad here. I'll get rid of it for you right now!"

Alicia poked a piece of apple with a toothpick and put it in her mouth.

"...Whatever you want. More importantly, how's the situation now?"

Hen decided not to discuss this issue with Alicia.

"Hmm? Anyway... I can't say it's good, after all, this is another major disaster~"

Alicia put down the toothpick and picked up a pear with a serious expression.

"...Where's Kevin?"

Hen decided not to complain, because he knew that once he started, this woman could talk nonsense with you until night.

"Of course I'm going to find Mei! Male friendships only last a month!"

Alicia stuck out her tongue.

"Then, why is it you who came... to take care of me?"

Hen emphasized the word "take care," but Alicia clearly ignored him.

"I remember there should be quite a few male team members who weren't injured, right?"

"Hmm? You want to ask that?"

Alicia grinned mischievously.

"You've had a crush on Möbius's assistant for a long time, haven't you?"

"Huh?! Why are you..."

Hen almost jumped off the bed, but because it aggravated his wound, he rolled around on the bed, grimacing.

"Well, quite a few people know about it, don't they?"

Alicia blinked.

"That big mouth of Aquila..."

Hen said irritably.

"Alice, how much do you know?"

"Just a little bit. I heard you two have known each other for years, but you haven't confessed your feelings yet?~"

"Then everyone knows, right?! You didn't tell anyone, did you?"

Hen shuddered as a terrifying possibility came to mind.

"No, no, at least I'll share the good news with everyone after you successfully confess your feelings, okay?~"

Alicia shrugged.