Several hours ago, at dusk, in Nagazora City—
Watching Fuli turn and leave, Kiana, who had been acting tsundere just a moment ago, gradually calmed down.
She returned to her room, took her carefully maintained dual pistols from the drawer, and holstered them at her waist.
Then she went back out, stood in front of Room 202 next door, and punched the lock.
Bang!
With the blessing of the Kaslana family's monstrous strength, the door was broken open with a single blow.
The girl stepped inside, and an empty room greeted her eyes.
"This Miss asked the neighbors," she muttered to herself. "You left early yesterday morning and haven't gone out since coming back this morning. Where did you find the time to clear out this furniture?"
And—
Kiana half-knelt and carefully examined what looked like bed legs and table legs.
The breaks all had traces similar to bite marks.
"Is his ability related to eating? Did he awaken a special ability like Devour?"
The girl stood up and rubbed her forehead somewhat helplessly.
Honkai Energy has always had a nickname: Honkai · Omnipotent.
This is because the states and powers Honkai Energy exhibits vary vastly in different situations.
According to scholars' summaries and research, Honkai Energy can achieve feats including but not limited to converting into matter changes "increasing mass/constructing armor," constructing force fields "floating wings/simulating black holes," transforming forms "electric current/controlling molecular motion," rule manipulation "electromagnetic control/gravity control/death control," and so on. It's practically as versatile as Doraemon.
Because of this, the abilities and structures Honkai Energy manifests in everyone's hands are not quite the same.
As an energy widely present in the atmospheric environment, the convergence of Honkai Energy occasionally causes it to gather abruptly.
Some solitary Honkai Beasts are born this way. If the concentration is higher, it's not impossible to form a demon cave resembling an otherworldly realm.
There are also cases where it converges on individuals. Generally speaking, unlucky ones who receive this treatment are instantly eroded to ashes, and the remaining ones become zombies without consciousness.
If one's adaptability is high enough to tough it out, based on the characteristic of Honkai · Omnipotent, it's not impossible to awaken some special abilities.
Kiana now suspected that Fuli had awakened a special ability of the Devour series, which would explain the look he gave Makino and her earlier.
That wasn't looking at a dying person, but a self-perceived higher being looking at a feast.
Realizing this, Kiana got a headache.
These guys who suddenly awaken superpowers are the hardest to deal with! Acting like "Heaven is boss, I'm second," always feeling superior and omnipotent, and then starting to indulge freely!
Fuli didn't seem to be an exception?
No! That's not right!
Kiana shook her head vigorously.
If that were really the case, Ah-Li absolutely wouldn't have let go of her, who in his eyes was completely a plate of braised pork!
Choosing to leave meant he could still suppress the inflated desire after gaining power!
But this still couldn't be taken lightly! How did that saying go?
If I had superpowers, the first day I'd punish evil and promote good, and the second day I'd seamlessly switch to Homelander.
Right now, Fuli might barely be able to control his desires, but given another two or three days, who knows if he'd start saying "I don't eat beef" (I do whatever I want)?
"No! I have to think of a way to prevent this from happening!"
Kiana made up her mind. No matter what, Fuli had chased her all the way to the Far East. The girl felt she had at least a basic responsibility towards him.
Moreover...
If he also stepped into the same world as me, then could we also...
No no no, Kiana, what are you thinking? That guy is a creep who pesters and stalks you, confessing every other day! Even if you really want a companion on the journey to find your stinky dad, it shouldn't be him, right?!
The girl shook her two braids, throwing the unrealistic thoughts in her head all the way to Java.
"Anyway, first I'll secretly follow him and see what this guy is going to do next!"
She patted her slightly red face, got up, and returned to her room.
She lifted the bed and pulled out a Husky-shaped mechanical construct from the space under the mattress.
Kiana pressed the activation switch on its nose. The Husky's eyes lit up, and it began to circle her clumsily, occasionally nudging the girl's calf with its snout.
"Haha, Sauce, stop it, stop it!"
Kiana patted its head and took it to the adjacent Room B202.
"Please, Sauce, memorize the strongest male scent in this room, and then take me to find him!"
This was a specialized tracking mechanical dog Kiana bought after selling Honkai Beast cores on the black market. Originally intended to memorize Siegfried's scent so she wouldn't miss him if he was nearby, it now served perfectly to find Fuli.
As for why it was kept in such a hidden place under the bed, it was because the landlady here didn't allow tenants to keep pets.
Upon receiving the mission, Sauce didn't bark twice to acknowledge but sniffed around the room a few times before returning to its owner, nudging her calf with its snout as usual to indicate completion.
"Recorded? Good, let's go!"
Kiana smoothed the dog's fur, lamenting that even a built-in low-intelligence AI could be so vivid; what would those advanced AIs be like?
Technology is truly terrifying.
...
"Hello, Kiana!"
"Hello to you too, Sister Izaya!"
"Hello, Sister Kiana! Wow! It's a doggy!"
"Shh—! Little Shizuo has to keep it a secret for Big Sister, okay?"
"Okay!"
Smiling and greeting a few neighbors, Kiana followed Sauce down the stairs.
Leaving the apartment, the dog was noticeably livelier. It barked once and galloped south on all fours.
As a mechanical construct, Sauce had a top speed of 50 km/h, running faster than some small cars.
Even though it purposefully halved its speed in the city, it could still be called lightning fast.
Yet Kiana could keep up with its speed the entire time. Even when Sauce increased its speed to the limit after leaving the city, the girl still followed behind at an unhurried jog.
After a while, the person and the dog stepped into the territory of the Yae Village ruins together.
Now, even without Sauce leading the way, Kiana knew Fuli's exact location.
Looking into the distance, the mountainside where the Yae Shrine was located had long turned into a cratered mess.
A nearby mountain peak looked like it had been slashed obliquely by a giant wielding a guandao. Half the mountaintop had been sent flying and crashed solitarily onto the Bamboo Sparrow Slope beside Yae Village, the cut surface smooth as a mirror.
Just based on this, Kiana dared to conclude that the combatants were either A-rank or B-rank Rule Breakers.
She whispered, "Sauce, find a place to hide!"
"Whimper..."
Sauce bit Kiana's shoe, unwilling to see its owner risk her life.
An A-rank, possibly even a Super A-rank battle.
With Kiana's standard, what was the difference between recklessly running over there and serving herself up as a side dish?
But regrettably, thinking and weighing pros and cons meant nothing to the girl.
Fuli was there, so she had to go. It was that simple!
Because she is Kiana Kaslana!
And so—
"You really have eight hundred schemes in that heart of yours."
RIN smiled beautifully, the pair of cherry-colored fox ears on her head, distinct from ordinary humans, twitching slightly.
"Die."
Then she raised the long blade and slashed down at his head without holding back!
Silver blade light bloomed in the air but was blocked by a light of the same color.
CLANG!!!
"Long time no see, creep!"
The sound of clashing metal and the familiar shout rang in Fuli's ears together. The white-haired girl, crossing her dual pistols to block the fatal blow, didn't look back.
Kiana Kaslana, makes her grand entrance!
Her gallant figure, having rushed across half the battlefield in just a few seconds, was like a celestial meteor piercing the boundless night!
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