Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 97 A story from 5 years ago

However, Qiong did not intend to join the Undying Blade; he only came along to check the situation out of fear of something unexpected happening.

As it turned out, he was right; Otto, now sporting the Archbishop classic skin, came knocking on his door.

Seeing Otto charging towards him menacingly, Qiong gripped his baseball bat tightly. He knew that before he could even land a single hit, he might be blocked by Durandal Rita, and that his hit might not even be able to penetrate the Soul Steel... but having something in his hand made him feel safer.

Otto glanced around and his gaze settled on Qiong.

"Oh, you must be Qiong? It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Bishop Otto Apocalypse of Destiny."

"Um, hello, hello..."

Otto's kind smile gave one the feeling of a gentle spring breeze and sunshine, but heaven knows what a crazy soul was hidden behind that face.

"Qiong, do you want to join our Undying Blade?"

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm still here! Durandal, you're not allowed to poach anyone from our academy!"

"No, I have no intention of joining the Undying Blade."

"So, what brings you here?"

He wouldn't have come if he wasn't afraid Otto might do something drastic to kill Yae Sakura!

"I came here for a reason..."

"What's the reason? Maybe I can help you."

Durandal's well-intentioned inquiry made Qiong a little embarrassed. She couldn't very well say that she was afraid you would do something to Yae Sakura, could she?

Furthermore, he didn't think he had the ability to stop Otto, who was determined to stop him...

"That's it! I told you I'm a fan! The headmaster finished my mission, but I haven't had enough of the brilliance of the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal! Yes, that's it!"

"Oh? I see."

Otto still had that same smiling face.

"It seems the three ladies behind you can rest assured."

"Behind me?"

When Sora turned around, she saw Kiana and the other two hiding behind a tree...

"Don't worry, Theresa, Grandpa wouldn't agree to such an unethical act as poaching someone's girlfriend—by the way, aren't you going to introduce this beautiful and alluring pink-haired donkey to me?"

Otto's voice changed from pleasant to sarcastic, and Yae Sakura, with her brows furrowed, wondered what she had done to offend the archbishop.

"Grandpa, she is Yae Sakura, my new secretary."

"A secretary? Oh, so you're a secretary..."

The golden Rubik's Cube coalesced and deformed in Otto's hand, forming a pistol.

Mimicry? Heavenly Fire Judgment.

Otto stroked the gun in his hand, and everyone present sensed that the wind direction seemed a little off...

"Theresa, has Grandpa ever told you the story of Saint Karen?"

Theresa had certainly heard Kallen's story, after all, Kallen Kaslana's blood flowed in her veins. Otto had also told her Kallen's story many times when they were children, so why bring this up all of a sudden?

"Karen?!"

"Watch out, these people are dangerous!"

On the contrary, Yae Sakura made a huge fuss when she heard the name Kallen.

"500 years ago, the Destiny set its sights on a black box. No one knows when the box was made or what was inside. The only thing that is certain is that it contains unimaginable Honkai energy."

"Black box?"

Yae Sakura's pupils contracted as she recalled some unpleasant memories.

"In order to stop Schicksal's insane experiments, Schicksal Valkyrie, Saint Kallen Kaslana, stepped forward, stole the black box, and fled all the way to an island nation in the Far East, which we now generally call the Far East."

Otto's gaze sharpened, and at his signal, Rita handed the Black Abyss White Flower to Durandal, who was still unaware of what was happening.

"Then, due to the bewitching of the demon in the box, a priestess named Yae Sakura released the demon from the box, and was eventually sealed away by Kallen along with the demon in the box—I'm not mistaken, am I, the Far East fox spirit Yae Sakura!"

The mimicry of the Void Treasury? Heavenly Fire Judgment was aimed at the bewildered Yae Sakura.

"Danger! Hand over control to me, I'll handle it!"

"No, you can't hurt anyone anymore... No! Ahhhhh!!!"

The sudden turn of events left everyone present, including Otto, completely bewildered.

I haven't even fired a shot yet, how did you fall down?

Of course, this doesn't stop Otto from taking action; he simply lowers the gun barrel by forty-five degrees. If anything goes wrong, Durandal and Rita will take care of it.

However, a baseball bat blocked Otto's gun.

"Get out of the way, I don't want to say it a second time."

Otto seemed a little angry, but Qiong remained unmoved.

If he steps aside, then Yae Sakura and Flying Fish Maru will really be doomed together.

"Grandpa, Yae Sakura has reformed and will no longer harm humans! Besides, this is my academy, and I have the authority to manage my employees!"

Realizing what was happening, Theresa understood that Otto knew about Yae Sakura's pseudo-Herrscher identity, but she never expected that this pseudo-Herrscher was from five hundred years ago? Faced with Otto's tyranny, Theresa did not back down.

"If you continue to cause trouble on my turf, I won't talk to you for a year—ten years!"

Otto can ignore the Dome, but he cannot ignore Theresa.

If Theresa really ignores him for ten years because of this, the loss would be huge—the relationship between grandfather and granddaughter has only just eased up a bit since Cecilia's incident…

“Theresa, this isn’t just my personal opinion. The Yae Sakura you know is extremely unstable. Kallen’s seal collapsed during the Third Honkai Impact, so she must have absorbed a lot of Honkai energy. Can you guarantee she won’t become a demon that slaughters civilians?”

Qiong breathed a sigh of relief. At least Otto was willing to reason with Theresa. She withdrew her baseball bat and replaced it with the Flame Gun. Qiong quietly crouched down to protect Yae Sakura behind her, and also grabbed Yae Sakura, who was still rolling around with a headache.

"Yae Sakura, cheer up!"

"Kill...kill...kill me! We can't let it out, absolutely not!"

Qiong: I'm protecting you, and you're still trying to kill yourself?!

"of course can!"

Theresa's tone was firm and didn't seem fake.

"Yae Sakura put in a lot of effort in this battle against the pseudo-Herrscher! I even have video footage of it!"

"But Theresa, look, Yae Sakura also said to kill her. Let's end her suffering quickly."

This was the best opportunity, and Otto felt he would definitely regret it in the future if he missed it while debating with Theresa. He gestured for Rita to restrain Theresa while he went around to make his move.

He pointed the gun at Qiong's head.

Just a few minutes ago, Otto was chatting and laughing with everyone, but now...

If it weren't for Sora signaling not to come up and Bronya holding her back, Kiana would have already rushed over and started beating up Otto.

"Your Excellency, why bother? Why go to such lengths?"

"Sora-kun, of course not. Your teacher and I are still friends, but some things are matters of principle. I'm sorry, but Miss Yae Sakura must..."

"I just saw a glow behind her!"

Otto was taken aback by the abrupt and seemingly unrelated statement. What did it mean?

However, Qiong had no choice but to continue speaking despite her reluctance.

"I... I just saw a glow behind Secretary Yae. I feel it's the stigmata mentioned in the book, a natural stigmata! So the reason Secretary Yae collapsed wasn't because she was about to go berserk, but because her stigmata awakened!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

A burst of bullets was fired, but the bullets that should have hit Qiong instead hit the Flame Spear.

"Little Gray Fur!"

Kiana, I'm alright!

And it's because Otto was afraid of killing people, so he set the power too low and it didn't penetrate...

"Grandpa, you've gone too far! How dare you attack my student right in front of me! Judas!"

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I'm in a good mood, I'll continue updating later.