"Amazing power. According to analysis, the so-called Hamon has absolutely no connection with Honkai Energy."
After dealing with the Herrscher class Honkai beast, it was already late. In a city overrun by Honkai Beasts, traveling at night was extremely dangerous, as Honkai Beasts don't sleep, and the city was completely paralyzed, with no streetlights on.
So, the four of them could only find a nearby house to rest temporarily.
After settling down, Bronya became curious again about the previously mentioned unfamiliar powers. Originally, she had only intended to extract some information from the airhead Kiana.
Unexpectedly, Kiana directly asked Takatsuki if he could teach Bronya Hamon.
Takatsuki's answer to this was simple.
"Just teach her. Are you going to do it or am I?"
Bronya strongly suspected Kiana was doing this for personal revenge. She unhesitatingly chose to personally teach Bronya Hamon.
The result was that Bronya's lungs were poked four or five times, causing her to roll on the ground in pain before she finally managed to use Hamon.
After acquiring Hamon, Bronya felt the wonder and limitations of this power.
The power of Hamon wasn't strong, let alone compared to Honkai Energy.
Honkai Energy, Honkai Energy, Honkai is omnipotent.
However, Honkai Energy would erode the human body; no matter how many functions it had or how omnipotent it was, it was an external energy.
Hamon, on the other hand, was different. It was an energy completely compatible with living beings; it originated from breathing, from life, yet it continuously nourished life, making it healthier and tougher.
Most importantly, the generation of Hamon required no cost; it neither drained physical strength nor caused mental fatigue. Simply maintaining a specific breathing technique was enough.
Bronya's talent wasn't exceptional, but her upbringing as an assassin had given her strong self-control. In just half an hour, she had completely memorized the rhythm of this breathing.
"You can maintain the rhythm of Hamon breathing continuously now!?"
Kiana was startled when she learned that Bronya could maintain Hamon breathing for extended periods. She herself could only consciously switch back to Hamon breathing when she needed to use Hamon; her body's instinct would still revert to normal breathing.
"Just because the airhead Kiana can't do it doesn't mean Bronya can't. According to Bronya's analysis, the probability of the airhead Kiana maintaining Hamon breathing continuously is 0.00000%!"
"What! You're looking down on me!"
Kiana said indignantly, and then…
She looked at Takatsuki: "Takatsuki! Help me!"
"Hmm? Are you sure?"
Takatsuki, who was eating bread, looked up and asked Kiana.
"Of course! I want to prove to this little brat that I can do it too."
You really know yourself well, knowing you can't do it on your own.
Bronya clearly thought the same, but she didn't speak, because she was also curious about what Takatsuki would do.
"Then eat your dinner first. I'll help you after you finish eating."
"Huh?"
After some commotion, Kiana finished her dinner and ran to Takatsuki's front.
"Quick, quick, what should I do?"
"Turn your head away."
"Hmm?"
Though puzzled, Kiana still turned her head and saw Mei and Bronya expressionlessly looking at them from behind.
Then…
Both of their expressions turned strange.
Just as Kiana intuitively felt something was off, she suddenly felt something being placed over her mouth.
Click!
Without giving Kiana a chance to react, Takatsuki quickly put the Hamon-breathing specialized mask on Kiana's face and locked it.
"Mmm mmm mmm!!!"
Kiana felt completely unable to breathe and grabbed the mask, trying to take it off. However, the mask, made of some unknown material, seemed like it could only be removed by destroying it. Just as she was about to ruin it, Takatsuki grabbed both of her hands.
"When wearing this mask, you can only breathe normally by using Hamon breathing."
Hearing Takatsuki's words, Kiana still struggled, but with her hands held, she couldn't resist at all. Even the Kaslana Family's monstrous strength couldn't compare to the power of the Ox Talisman.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, the sound of Kiana's breathing finally came from beneath the mask.
"Ah ah ah ah! This is too much… Mmm… Mmm… Huff…"
After Takatsuki released Kiana's hands, she immediately angrily hammered Takatsuki's chest with her small fists, but her emotional fluctuations again interrupted her Hamon breathing, almost suffocating her.
"Didn't you ask me to help you? You've already learned Hamon breathing; now it's just about making it instinctual."
Saying that, Takatsuki took out two masks from his pocket and looked at Mei and Bronya: "Do you want them?"
The two girls quickly shook their heads. Are you kidding? Not only was it extremely uncomfortable to wear this thing without Hamon breathing, but they also didn't want to wear it just because of its ugly appearance.
"What a pity."
Takatsuki put the masks back into his pocket, but this time it finally caught Bronya's attention.
That pocket had a problem; nothing bulged out after things were put into it.
Takatsuki and the others didn't explain the existence of the backpack; Takatsuki's food was also put in a school bag and placed outside.
Although it would be exposed sooner or later, Takatsuki still wanted to hide it a little.
"How do you feel, Idiot Kiana?"
Bronya walked to Kiana's side without a trace and asked Kiana how she felt.
"Ah ah ah! It's so uncomfortable; I can't breathe if I forget for a second."
Kiana said somewhat dejectedly, if this thing could be taken off normally, she would have taken it off long ago. However, if this thing was forcibly removed, it would be damaged. They weren't afraid that the item would be broken beyond repair, after all, Mei was still there.
It's just that if that happened, both Takatsuki and Mei would be very disappointed, and she would also be ridiculed by Bronya.
So Kiana gave up the idea of taking it off.
"Although Idiot Kiana started learning Hamon before Bronya, she will soon be left behind by Bronya. Idiot Kiana has no advantage at all."
"Hmph! Even if I'm at a disadvantage in Hamon, I still have the power of my Stand! I know now, your Project Bunny 19C isn't a Stand, is it?"
Seeing the conversation led to where she wanted, Bronya struck while the iron was hot: "What Stand? Bronya didn't see it."
After speaking, Bronya felt a pain in her forehead, rubbed it, and looked around. Takatsuki was looking down, seemingly contemplating something, while Mei was cleaning up the garbage left after the four of them had dinner.
And Kiana, who was closest, was still more than a meter away from her, and her hand definitely hadn't moved.
"Hmph hmph, see? This is the power of a Stand."
Bronya felt a wave of displeasure seeing Kiana's nose-in-the-air expression.
"Alright, Kiana, don't bully Bronya with The Hand."
Even though it was only a temporary residence that could be abandoned at any time, Mei still cleaned up the living room's trash. When she returned, she saw The Hand squatting in front of Bronya, its left hand posed in a flicking motion, moving continuously with Bronya's constantly scanning head.
Every now and then, it would sneakily flick Bronya's forehead.