Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

"Lewis, it seems we can't break through."

Li Xue did a backflip, dodging into the trench, and casually threw a grenade behind her.

"We are being suppressed by the enemy's firepower. I just made a rough estimate, and the ratio of enemy to friendly forces is about three thousand to one."

"No problem, we have infrared scanners and a hundred automatic machine guns, as well as two hundred pounds of fission bombs against Emperor-class Honkai Beasts."

Lewis glanced at the opposing force, which held the advantage but dared not advance, and curled his lip in disdain.

"The opponents are nothing but a rabble."

"Then let's charge! I've memorized the commander's face."

Ritsuki nodded and drew the Honkai Energy Cutter from her waist.

“I’ll take care of the ‘decapitation’, you’re in charge of the bombing, but be careful not to blow up the railway tracks.”

"Alright, there are also Taiwanese military tanks here, let's go!"

Lewis picked up a few fission bombs and headed towards the tank.

…………

"Commander, are you sure everything's alright? This is the elite force of the Firemoth, what if..."

The deputy commander of the opposing unit, whose rank was second only to the commander, said with some concern.

"What elite troops? Just two women!"

One of the thousand Lawbringers—the commander of this elite force of six thousand—waved his hand.

"So many of us? Do you think they'd dare charge? They think they can stop us here with just a few automatic machine guns? Dream on!"

"..."

The deputy gave a wry smile but said nothing more.

The automatic machine guns produced by the Fire Moth... to put it nicely, they're called automatic machine guns, but in reality, they're more powerful than artillery, and they even have built-in infrared scanners, so they can hit exactly where you point them. The enemy has at least a hundred of them. Do you think it's so easy to take them down?

"Report, Commander!"

"say!"

"They...they've attacked!"

"……What?"

The commander was stunned.

"Those two women... they're attacking!"

The messenger said, his face ashen.

"Damn it, it's just two women..."

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"Whoa?!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Ahhhh!"

Before they could finish speaking, a huge explosion and the screams of the soldiers rang out.

"Damn it! What's going on?!"

The commander was both surprised and angry, and grabbed the messenger by the collar to ask him a question.

"They rode in tanks, under the cover of automatic machine guns, dropping bombs as they ran towards the command post! They, they are madmen! They were dropping Honkai fission bombs!"

The messenger said, trembling.

"The one against the Emperor-class Honkai Beasts?"

The deputy's expression immediately changed.

"Can that thing be used as a personal weapon?!"

.........

"boom!!!"

"Poor and weak! Poor and weak!"

Standing atop the tank, Lewis skillfully dropped bombs at various points along the troop's route, one in each hand.

"Lewis, the command post is just ahead!"

While operating the tank in the cockpit, Li Xue spoke to Lewis above.

"Huh? Okay, I see it!"

Lewis pulled a bundle of bombs from the tank and threw them over without thinking.

.........

"boom!!!"

"what?!"

"already……?!"

"Sir!"

"Lewis, I've found him!"

Ritsuki leaped up, grabbed the Honkai Energy Cutting Blade, and charged at the Commander.

"Ughhhhh!"

The commander grabbed his deputy and, to the deputy's horrified gaze, pushed him toward Ritsuki.

Without a second thought, Li Xue chopped down her deputy, then took out a gun from her bag and shot the messenger in the head.

"Crazy woman! Do you know that I am..."

"Click!"

The next second, the commander's head was severed.

"Quickly!"

Lewis gave Li Xue a thumbs up.

"That is."

Li Xue replied as well, and then the two of them grinned at the same time.

Ten minutes later, the third-in-command of the unit raised a white flag and announced the surrender.

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

“Vice Captain, I’ve received intelligence that the 6,000-strong unit has been ‘knocked out’ by Lewis and her team. They’re bringing supplies and are preparing to join us.”

Susana took off the communicator and said.

"...So fast?"

Eden was taken aback.

"Tell them to head towards the port; someone will meet them there."

"Okay, there's also Salome's communication. She's ready to return to the battlefield. She encountered Dr. Velvet on a telephone pole on the way. Does she need rescue?"

Susana scratched her head.

"No need, let her go meet Lewis and the others."

Eden probably knew where Salome was and nodded.

"Received. There's also a communication from Captain Kevin. He's heading to the rendezvous point with Captain Melutina, Dr. Su, and Dr. Mei."

Dr. May wants us to immediately go and protect Dr. Möbius and her two assistants.

Susana paused for a moment when she read the third message.

"……two?"

Klein's matter hasn't been made public yet; only those who received the notification at headquarters know about it, so Eden is also unaware.

"It seems something has happened somewhere we don't know... Miss Susana, do you know the way?"

"I know, please follow me."

Susana nodded and walked to the front.

"..."

This child has grown up.

Eden watched Susana's retreating figure thoughtfully. He could no longer see any trace of the Susana who used to stutter during every report.

"What a cruel era..."

Finally, Eden sighed softly.

…………

"That's the order."

Li Xue put down the communicator and said.

"...Wait, Salome was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend?"

Lewis looked bewildered.

"Yes, she's never been very popular with men, and this time she even ran into a thousand-man Herrscher. It's really speechless."

Li Xue said helplessly.

"In a way, it was also a stroke of luck."

Lewis rummaged through the equipment, then spoke to the supply personnel who had just arrived.