Honkai, But Spirit Simulator

"I'll be starting this year."

"This year, huh... Little girl, would you like to join our Moth Chasers to Fire in the future?"

Moth Chasers to Fire?

Come to think of it, that person's self-introduction just now was "Captain of the Fifth Squad of Moth Chasers to Fire."

Hua had never heard of this organization before.

"This organization is a super-governmental military organization responsible for fighting the Honkai," Liu Bai explained from the side. "It belongs to the United Nations and is so large that it's boundless."

"We are a unit specifically responsible for handling these 'zombie' incidents."

Compared to Liu Bai's direct and clear explanation, Himiko's explanation to Hua, an outsider, was somewhat veiled, but it was completely understandable.

"I'm sorry, Officer... Captain, my girl doesn't..."

Hua's father wanted to refuse on behalf of his daughter. He didn't want his daughter to join a unit that looked like it would involve dangerous missions.

"...I'll join."

However, before Hua's father could finish speaking, and even before Liu Bai could offer any persuasion, Hua took the initiative to agree.

"Hua! You... Captain, my daughter..."

"Dad, I think this zombie thing is just the beginning. I have a feeling that this kind of thing might become more and more common in the future."

Hua said very seriously to her father.

Liu Bai's introduction to Moth Chasers to Fire made Hua very concerned.

Just how terrifying is the Honkai that countries around the world would join forces to form this super-governmental military organization called "Moth Chasers to Fire?"

Hua isn't some ignorant child. Although this was her first contact with the Honkai, she had vaguely realized from Liu Bai's few words that there was something even more terrifying behind this monster called a Death Soldier.

Death Soldiers aren't ordinary zombies from movies that can be slaughtered as long as you have bullets in your gun.

In a one-on-one situation, a Death Soldier like that could easily take the life of an adult, even if they had a pistol in their hand, they couldn't reverse that fate.

Yet, what were these monsters in Teacher Liu's words? Among the Honkai monsters, they have "extremely weak combat power, she'd take up space even as cannon fodder."

Not everyone is like her, with exquisite family martial arts, and not everyone is like her, with the support of a wise man like Teacher Liu who is knowledgeable in both ancient and modern affairs.

If the number of these monsters increases...

Can my father and I protect ourselves in this situation?

The answer is obvious.

No.

"...Don't look so serious, little girl."

Himiko really didn't expect that a little girl who hadn't even started high school would have such amazing awareness—even higher than many official soldiers of Moth Chasers to Fire.

"I'm just making a reservation in advance, so you don't get poached by someone else in the future. Go to school properly... I'm going to recover this corpse... By the way, what's your name, kid?"

"...My name is Hua."

Chapter 62: Future and Enrollment 4k

Before long, after leaving her contact information with Hua and having the father and daughter sign a confidentiality agreement, Himiko left with the body of the Death Soldier.

The explanation given to the residents who were attracted by the sound of the police siren was that someone had broken into the house and was caught on the spot.

This reason naturally perfectly deceived all the neighbors. This "unlucky thief" will probably become the talk of the town among the old people in this alley for a while.

After this fight, the father and daughter looked at the dishes on the table that had already cooled down, and were speechless for a while.

In the end, Hua's father, as the father, took the lead in saying, "A soldier isn't bad either, it's an honor. How could my daughter be worse than others? Maybe she can make our family's fist technique famous."

"...Yes, I won't let you down, Father."

"Dad's old... and useless. He's starting to hesitate when doing things."

After Hua said the reason why she wanted to join Moth Chasers to Fire, Hua's father had already realized a problem.

—When there's a cockroach in the house, is there only one, or have you only found one?

"Dad has nothing more to teach you in martial arts. That set of fist techniques from before... Dad is ashamed of himself. In the last three generations of our family, I'm afraid no one can compare to you."

"It's just a trick."

Hua said very honestly. If it weren't for the all-around 75% boost brought by Liu Bai, she wouldn't have been able to defeat that Death Soldier so smoothly.

"A trick is also a skill. Your dad wants to use a trick, but he doesn't have the means!" Hua's father didn't care about Hua's statement.

In his opinion, his daughter's martial arts have reached that level, so even if she can't win, she can still protect herself and escape.

As for what kind of trick she used, Hua's father didn't ask. He felt that this question might embarrass his daughter.

Everyone has a few secrets, right?

"Forget it, forget it, you have your own ideas, and Dad is relieved. Eat, eat, it'll really be cold if you don't eat."

"Teacher Liu, are you there?"

Changing into her pajamas and lying in bed, Hua should have been asleep as usual, but she couldn't fall asleep, softly calling Liu Bai's name.

"I'm always here. What's wrong?"

Hua's infinitely reassuring voice rang out from in front of the desk.

Teacher Liu must be reading at his desk again, right?

Hua imagined a gentle and refined young scholar wearing a monocle in her mind.

...What kind of fixed image is this?

Hua couldn't help but laugh at her own imagination, letting out a soft chuckle from under the covers.

[Fu Hua Compatibility +5%]

Liu Bai tilted his head in confusion, completely unable to understand why Fu Hua was suddenly laughing under the covers, nor did he understand why the compatibility had increased.

After laughing for four or five seconds, Hua remembered that Liu Bai was still by her side and covered her face with the blanket, blushing.

...The Celestial of this period is too cute.

After another ten seconds or so, Hua poked her head out and asked cautiously:

"Teacher Liu, you said, if I wasn't here today, or if I hid and called the police like my dad arranged, Dad, he..."

"Would be injured and hospitalized."

"Hospitalized... for how long?"

"..." After Fu Hua's father was hospitalized, he didn't even get to be discharged before he encountered the Great Honkai, just like Fu Hua, who was studying in the city.

In other words... parting is forever.

"Probably... a long time? After all, no one can say for sure about injuries from battle."

Although this crisis had passed safely, Liu Bai was still unwilling to tell Hua such a cruel reality.

...But if that's the case, in the Great Honkai in the future...

[Warning! You must not directly inform the host of the future in any way during the simulation]

The system warned Liu Bai for the first time.

A rare sight.

...Can't tell her directly?

Just like the occasional addition of drama in the past, this time, the system also gave him a hint... no, he should have known this rule all along.

The matter concerning the Finns in the last simulation did not trigger a warning because he had found concrete evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls at that time, and he did not directly state the Finns' true purpose, but only reminded Edison.

"By the way, Hua, come to think of it, your dad isn't young anymore, is he?"

"Well... Teacher Liu, why are you suddenly saying this?"

"I think the martial arts gym business is really not very stable. Your dad isn't the kind of fake martial artist either. It just so happens that you're going to join Moth Chasers to Fire in the future, so why not have your dad ask Himiko if he can get a position as an instructor or something? It's relatively safe, and he can get paid."

"Instructor?"

Liu Bai's suggestion stunned Hua for a moment. Then, Hua had to admit that Liu Bai's suggestion was still feasible.

Just like Liu Bai said, her family's fist techniques were not the kind of deceptive things, but real martial arts that could be used to kill enemies on the battlefield. Even if someone questioned it, they couldn't erase the fact that Hua had killed a Death Soldier with her bare hands—Hua didn't believe that Himiko would hide such a thing.

Furthermore, her dad wasn't young anymore, so being a soldier was obviously a bit inappropriate, and he could be considered a special talent no matter what.

If that Captain Himiko was willing to help.

This matter was almost certain.

"...Well, I understand. I'll tell my dad about this tomorrow."

After this incident today, after the world revealed a part of its veil to Hua, Hua's idea of inheriting the martial arts gym had indeed faded a lot.

Of course, the idea of inheriting the martial arts gym was still there, but it had changed from the original "inheriting the martial arts gym and living an ordinary life" to "inheriting the martial arts gym and living an ordinary life after retirement."

Ordinary.

Hua actually just wanted to be an ordinary person. She wasn't interested in the so-called fighting and killing, but the reality of this world made it impossible for her to know that this was impossible.

However, Hua didn't have any complaints about Liu Bai, who had "dragged" her into the fighting and killing. She only felt gratitude.

--Why complain? Could it be that she should just foolishly wait for disaster to strike and take away one important person after another from her side?

Facing that kind of monster, if you don't dare to throw a punch, you can't protect anything.

"Hua, I'm sorry."

Liu Bai suddenly said.

"Although I expected this day long ago, seeing a student who should have been carefree forced to transform into a warrior, I still feel a bit of emotional loss."

"Teacher Liu, I'm already a soon-to-be high school student." Hua, who was lying on the bed, turned over. "I think high school students, no, I should say middle school students can't be considered carefree anymore. They should already be starting to plan for their future."

"Really, not everyone is called Hua, and not everyone is as sensible and self-disciplined as you are."

Liu Bai rolled his eyes. Hua's performance was "someone else's child" no matter where you put it.

Thinking back to his past self.

Well, I put in some effort in high school, but I became a slacker in college.

Thinking about it, Liu Bai suddenly lost the desire to continue the conversation.

"Let's sleep, Hua. If we don't sleep now, we might not be able to get up tomorrow. I wouldn't want to ruin a cute girl's sleeping face."

"...Okay, good night, Teacher Liu."

[The sudden attack of the Death Soldiers seemed to throw a stone into this calm home and the future of this world]

[Hua and Himiko's first meeting was brought forward by a long time]

[Hua's father was not injured and hospitalized]

[Rumors of a Valkyrie who killed Death Soldiers with her fists began to circulate among the Moth Chasers to Fire soldiers]

[You revealed a part of the true face of this world to Hua early on, which made Hua feel a sense of crisis about the future]

[Therefore, Hua took the initiative to join Moth Chasers to Fire—although she was rejected, she obtained a Moth Chasers to Fire reserve soldier certificate from Himiko]

[Taking this opportunity, Hua also successfully persuaded her father to temporarily close the martial arts gym and join Moth Chasers to Fire as an ordinary instructor]

[For the rest of the vacation, you and Hua continued the usual teaching and training]

[Soon, the entire vacation passed, and Hua successfully enrolled in Canghai High School]

[Fu Hua Compatibility +15%, Cunxin Fist upgraded to lv3]

[Canghai High School is a very excellent high school, with the best teachers and educational resources in the surrounding cities, but you and Hua soon discovered a very bad thing]

[—Most of the students from out of town can only live in the dormitory]

[Although the dormitory conditions are not bad, the private space between you and Fu Hua has completely disappeared—of course, more importantly, as a male Spirit in a girls' dormitory, it is a bit dangerous for these youthful and beautiful JKs]

Bah, bah, bah! I am a gentleman!