Someone in Honkai, This Narration Isn't Right / Honkai Scroll Dog Path

Chapter 28: Go to Hell

Awkward.

Extremely awkward.

Just moments ago, Raiden Mei had been worried that Lin Yu, an amateur swordsman, might accidentally get hurt by her.

It was precisely because of this concern that she hadn't gone all out, hadn't used her full strength against Lin Yu.

But after just one move, Raiden Mei realized she had probably overthought things.

Lin Yu's stance at this moment still appeared full of openings.

However, that single strike had indeed sent the weapon flying from Raiden Mei's hands.

After her weapon was knocked away, Mei felt a sting in her hands.

But this was only the force transmitted through the weapon.

In essence, Lin Yu's strike, while disarming Mei, hadn't actually injured her body.

Digging deeper, despite being a swordsmanship novice, Lin Yu's control over force and the precision of his attacks far surpassed Raiden Mei's.

She then recalled how Lin Yu had piled up those menacing classmates like sandbags that morning, and finally had a complete realization.

I was thinking of going easy on Lin Yu just now... Am I an idiot?

He might be an amateur when it comes to swordsmanship.

But in terms of overall strength, I'm nowhere near his level.

"As expected, it's become like this."

After knocking away Mei's bamboo sword, Lin Yu didn't press his attack. Instead, he looked at Mei and slowly said.

"After your father was imprisoned, you still haven't realized the problem you're facing."

"I..."

Mei, who had intended to argue, fell silent upon seeing Lin Yu's eyes, which were colder than before.

"As a swordsman, you can be gentle in normal times, but in battle, the sword in your heart must remain sharp."

"But now, I can clearly feel that the sword in your heart has dulled, it's almost broken."

"As a swordsman, if you can't keep the sword in your heart at its sharpest state at all times, you won't be able to make the necessary decisions when facing an enemy."

"In combat, a momentary opening is sometimes enough to change the entire battle. If you don't even understand this, then with only your skills, you'll eventually die at someone else's hands."

"But..."

Listening to Lin Yu's words, Raiden Mei's expression turned a little strange.

"Lin Yu, while what you're saying is absolutely correct, but... Changkong City is generally quite safe, isn't it?"

"Things like fighting and killing don't happen often around here."

After saying this, Mei, feeling unnerved by Lin Yu's cold gaze, immediately regretted it.

Oh no, did I say something wrong again?

His gaze feels even scarier than before.

"Ha... As expected, you still don't grasp the seriousness of the situation."

After saying this, Lin Yu looked at Mei without speaking immediately.

To Mei, it seemed Lin Yu was disappointed in her and wanted her to guess the correct answer herself.

But the reality was...

Ah, why is this guy so hard to fool at this moment?

What she said makes so much sense, let me think, I'll just say this.

"Forget it, I'll just say it directly."

"Your father, Raiden Ryoma, may have fallen, but he was the president of ME Company for so many years. He must have had some confidants."

"The person who brought your father down will definitely target you in the future. Once they have leverage over you, your father's confidants, even if they want to stir up trouble, will be hesitant to act because of your safety."

Looking at Raiden Mei, who seemed to have a sudden realization, Lin Yu's tone deepened.

"Those people were able to scheme against your father, so they won't have any bottom line when they come after you. In fact, after they make their move, your life could be in danger."

At this moment, Mei suddenly felt a drastic change in Lin Yu's aura.

If Lin Yu had only felt cold before, now, within that coldness, there was something that shouldn't be present in a high school student.

Killing intent.

A hint of killing intent was subtly emerging from Lin Yu.

And this killing intent wasn't directed outwards, but was pointed directly at Raiden Mei.

"If you continue to maintain this careless attitude, then rather than letting someone else kill you in a future battle, it would be better to now..."

!!!

Mei, who was dodging towards the ground, evaded Lin Yu's sudden strike.

"I'll make sure you die without any pain."

Lin Yu... he's serious!

Picking up a bamboo sword from the ground, Raiden Mei, seeing Lin Yu shatter the floor with his attack, no longer dared to be careless.

Watching the tense girl, Lin Yu knew his objective had been achieved.

Making Raiden Mei's will stronger was one of his most important goals.

Simply put, the stronger Raiden Mei's main personality's will became, the lower the probability of the Herrscher personality awakening.

And the lower the probability of the Herrscher personality awakening, the greater his chances, and the chances of other unlucky people in Changkong City, of surviving.

The Third Honkai Outbreak was inevitable.

But if Raiden Mei could awaken in a desolate place, at least the millions of people in Changkong City could be spared.

Of course, Lin Yu could only imagine this future.

He couldn't even protect himself right now, so he could only use the methods he'd devised to delay the outbreak and help Mei suppress the personality that could awaken at any moment.

While forcing Mei's inner self to become stronger through this method, Lin Yu, using Mirror Mind, could also learn some Hokushin Itto-ryu techniques from Mei during this fight.

He did possess the skill [Intermediate Weapon Proficiency], but having the skill didn't mean his proficiency was high from the start.

In fact, during his fight with Bronya, he could feel that he had the skill but his proficiency was practically non-existent.

He could handle rookies, but against experts among ordinary people like Bronya and Mei, this skill of his wouldn't cut it.

Simply put, without Mirror Mind, if Lin Yu were to fight Mei using only the [Intermediate Weapon Proficiency] skill, he'd probably get beaten black and blue by her.

It was precisely because of this that even learning a little bit of a move or two would only benefit Lin Yu, not harm him.

Finally, the words Lin Yu used to reprimand Raiden Mei, though seemingly reasonable, were only clear to himself.

He wasn't just saying those words to Raiden Mei.

He was also saying them to himself.

A person who couldn't keep the "sword" in their heart sharp during battle and couldn't make timely decisions was not worthy of being called a warrior.

And such a person would eventually, due to their immaturity, harm themselves and those around them.

By using the opportunity to make Raiden Mei stronger, Lin Yu was also warning himself through this incident.

As for the killing intent he exuded – of course, it was faked.

Without a bit of killing intent, Raiden Mei would probably still think Lin Yu was just playing house with her.

It's just that, looking at Raiden Mei's character profile template now, Lin Yu felt a bit confused.

After he began exuding killing intent, he saw Mei's favorability towards him drop by ten points with a crack.

But after dropping by ten points, within a few seconds, Mei's favorability towards him shot up by twenty points, jumping to 80.

Seeing the system mark "80" with "[Can be lewd]" after the favorability, Lin Yu felt something was off.

Um, Mei, even though it's fake, I'm currently beating you up and preparing to pretend to kill you.

How is your favorability towards me still jumping at a time like this? Don't you think something is wrong here????

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The number you have dialed is switched off.

Changkong City. Raiden Mei's Residence.

Outside Raiden Mei's residence, Kiana rang the doorbell several times and waited for a long time, but Raiden Mei still hadn't returned home.

Looking at her malfunctioning phone, Kiana's heart was filled with unease.

As Raiden Mei's friend, Kiana knew very well that Mei was being ostracized by others because her father was in prison.

And since Mei had no other friends besides her, she rarely did the things typical of high school girls in the Far East.

Neither her social relationships nor the funds Mei had supported excessive spending on entertainment.

As for staying out all night...

Kiana didn't think Mei would do something like that.

Her father's imprisonment didn't mean her upbringing would change.

How could a quiet young lady like her still be out so late?

Combined with the events Kiana had encountered today, she felt a bad premonition.

The feeling of being followed was one thing; she eventually proved that her annoying father hadn't come, but her concerned senior was trying to drag her back to school.

But the events that followed were not right.

On the street, Kiana saw a blonde woman she had never seen before and was instantly captivated.

But when she chased after her, she found that the other party was faster than her and easily outran her.

After failing to pursue, Kiana, who was about to contact Raiden Mei, found that her phone suddenly malfunctioned.

At first, the network was just intermittent, but soon after, she couldn't even make a phone call.

After going to the phone store, Kiana, who had intended to ask the staff to check what was wrong with her phone, discovered that everyone else's phones were also malfunctioning.

Kiana wasn't just an ordinary girl who knew nothing.

When she was still young, she had hunted Honkai Beasts in the snowy plains with her father, Siegfried.

Aware of the phenomenon of the Honkai, she looked at the now abnormal Changkong City and knew that something was amiss.

"Hmm, Dad said that before he defected from Schicksal, he learned from the database that places about to erupt with Honkai, before a super-large scale outbreak, should exhibit some abnormal phenomena."

"So that means...!"

Kiana, who had originally planned to just go home, suddenly felt that the situation was very wrong.

Although she skipped classes, slept in class, and hadn't even fully learned the family's gun-fu techniques... pfft, no, these are things I already know and don't need to waste time on. It's definitely not because I'm being lazy!

Regardless, I am a warrior of the Kaslana lineage.

And protecting those who are troubled by the Honkai has always been the mission of our Kaslana family.

Now that a large-scale Honkai outbreak is imminent, if the people of this city don't know about it, won't they all die here?

Thinking carefully, what can I do right now—oh, right.

After leaving Mei's apartment, Kiana subconsciously took out her phone.

Then, Kiana, who had just remembered her phone couldn't be used before, suddenly realized—the signal was back?!