Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

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The middle-aged man, who seemed to be the boss, was struck hard in the face before he could say those words.

"My friend almost committed suicide due to depression because of your mistakes."

Qian Duliu raised his foot and delivered a side kick to the face of the man behind him, then punched another man in the lower body, making him scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"Wow……"

Nino, who was pinned to the table, blinked and exclaimed in surprise. Then, he suddenly kicked his right foot backward, though it was unclear where he kicked it. The man screamed even more miserably than the one before.

"You brat..."

The other man was both surprised and angry, but she watched as Nino pulled a dark, unsightly object from his pocket, waved it in front of him, and then poked it into his bald head.

"electricity?!"

Before the man could finish speaking, he convulsed and collapsed to the ground.

"Using fists and roundhouse kicks is not ladylike at all, Qian Du Overseas Study Sister."

Nino walked to Chitose's side with his hands behind his back.

"I don't want to be told that by a high school girl who carries a stun gun."

Qian Duliu's lips twitched, but he turned his face away.

"Bastards! Don't think you can..."

"Ah!"

The remaining scarred man pulled out a knife with a ferocious expression, but a stool fell from above his head, and he immediately passed out.

The muscular man who appeared from behind flicked his hair and struck a pose.

"Senior Alec..."

Qian Duliu's expression was complicated.

"You got beaten up badly."

Although his pose was cool, Alec's face was swollen like a pig's head.

"Holy crap! There are five guys behind me! I'm lucky I even made it this far to help you guys!"

Alec broke down in an instant and started cursing.

"So this place is full of thugs, from customers to servers! They've got some nerve to bully our kendo club members!"

"so……"

Nino tilted his head.

"Are you here to fish?"

"It's also a way to get revenge, find some evidence, and then report it to the police."

Chizuru shrugged and looked at Nino, who seemed completely indifferent.

"But you really know how to pick a shop... If you hadn't run into us, were you planning to take down eleven big men with that stun gun?"

"How could I possibly win? I can't possibly sleep with them all, can I? Of course I have to find a way to escape."

Nino rubbed his slightly sore shoulders.

"These scumbags."

Alec spat fiercely at the middle-aged man.

"Giving them a beating would be too lenient!"

"Don't worry, they've committed almost every crime imaginable. According to the existing laws, once they're in, they won't get out."

Nino wasn't particularly indignant; he just said it lazily.

"You even know anything about the law?"

Chito looked at Nino, who was rummaging through drawers and cabinets, searching for any usable evidence, with some surprise.

"My original goal was to study law."

Nino rummaged through the cabinet and pulled out a bunch of things that needed to be blurred out, frowning as he did so.

"These people have really strange tastes."

"That's not the point."

Chizuru sniffed; she felt nauseous just looking at it.

"I've never seen such a weirdo as you before."

"This is the first time I've ever seen such 'divine justice' from heaven. I thought the conscience of this society had been eaten by dogs."

Nino found everything that looked like a videotape, and even some weapons, including several types of explosives.

"They even traffic drugs..."

Alec's expression turned even uglier.

"No, they don't traffic drugs."

Nino spoke in an unusually calm tone, so calm that even Chitose felt it was a bit excessive.

"They're just having some fun; for them, it's pretty much like dessert during a meal."

"...This metaphor sounds really uncomfortable."

Qian Duliu frowned deeply.

Aren't you angry?

"It's because the people at the top are all scum that so many more scum are born at the bottom."

Nino seemed to be mocking Chitose's naiveté.

"...You wouldn't be..."

Qian Du hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not some fallen girl who was bullied by those in power."

Nino knew she had misunderstood.

"However, I have seen hell on earth."

"Your name is Nino, right? Getting involved here isn't good for you. Go back now."

Qian Duliu did not ask any further questions, but simply said...

"Is this a good idea? You and this...Ah, senior Yabohandans might get suspended from school?"

Nino reached up and ruffled his hair.

“I could pretend to be a wayward girl who was almost bullied, and you would be the ‘kind people’ who happened to pass by and save me from my predicament.”

"My name is Alec!"

Alec complained, dissatisfied.

"No thanks, I don't believe there's any kind soul like that who could take down nine big men."

Qian Duliu waved his hand.

"Sneaking out to hang out at the arcade and getting involved in a criminal case is no joke. Let's go, both Yabohan Dans and I are alone, don't worry about us."

"Hey!"

"Okay, then."

Nino shrugged; her sense of morality wasn't that high either.

"Nino, I have a question for you."

Just as Nino reached the door, Chitori suddenly spoke up.

"kindness?"

"If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

Chitose stared straight at her.

"Didn't you already know that?"

Nino said without turning his head.

"I won't do anything for her, Sister Qiandu Study Abroad."

"Yeah……"