Honkai Impact: This Narration is Off / Honkai's Dog-Eat-Dog World
Chapter 22

A Person in Honkai, This Narration Is Not Right / Honkai Scroll Dog Path

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"I've heard a lot about Siegfried Kaslana's strong qualities as a warrior, but that he wasn't very bright. Today, I finally understand—this isn't just a rumor, it's a simple statement of fact."

"My family was killed by the Honkai, and then I was saved by Schicksal. That's why I chose to join Schicksal."

"But now, you want me to abandon Schicksal, the organization that saved me, and join one that's preparing to cause a Honkai outbreak?"

"Siegfried Kaslana..."

"—Are you out of your mind?"

PY Section:

Synopsis: Okita Kei, a freshman in Class D of Advanced Nurturing High School, is different from others because he has been able to know people's thoughts through narration since childhood.

[Your casual, whispered jokes make Sakura Airi uneasy. The hamster-like girl, who always tries to keep her presence minimal, shrinks back, secretly praying she won't actually be chosen for the talent class you mentioned. At the same time, she's distressed and puzzled about how to hide her private secrets...]

[Your self-introduction is, as always, so bad that even a dog could learn to cook three dishes and a soup from it. However, your appearance is very attractive to the female classmates. It seems the plan for 'Daybreak Campus' will soon be put on the agenda. The most interesting thing is that quite a few people in this class have secrets.]

[Just like the girl staring intently at you right now, Karuizawa Kei. Your self-introduction and face remind her of past events... and the humiliation brought by that painful past.]

[Your behavior makes Ichinose try to correct your awkward personality. If you don't run away quickly, she'll pester you to death!]

[You have successfully attracted Kouenji's attention. Affection +1]

The incessant stream of narration made Okita Kei very interested.

He felt that everything was full of challenges.

Being assigned to the worst class didn't seem so bad?

Chapter 34: I'm the strongest of the Kaslana bloodline, right???

"Siegfried Kaslana..."

"—Are you out of your mind?"

Normally, if an elder were pointed at and called brain-damaged by a junior, they would get angry to some extent.

Someone with a shorter temper might even think, 'Screw this, I'll blow up right here with you.'

Siegfried was certainly angry now.

But his anger was only partially due to being insulted by Lin Yu.

After all, despite his bad reputation within Schicksal due to rumors spread by his wife's fangirls, Siegfried's personality was actually quite good, setting aside some details.

The key point was that he was reasonable.

Lin Yu calling him brain-damaged made him angry, but what made him even angrier was...

Lin Yu's insult actually held a lot of truth.

As a victim and an insider, Siegfried knew that Otto didn't do good things.

But just because Otto didn't do good things didn't mean Anti-Entropy was doing the right thing now.

Cocolia was part of Anti-Entropy.

And her preparing to unleash a large-scale Honkai outbreak was real.

Combining these two points—in the eyes of outsiders, wasn't Anti-Entropy just a monstrous, insane organization that would do anything to cause a large-scale Honkai outbreak?

Under these circumstances, Lin Yu choosing 'My boss isn't a good person, but Schicksal saved me' was completely understandable.

In this situation, it was as if Cocolia was stabbing Anti-Entropy with a knife, one cut after another.

Let alone Lin Yu, a poor unfortunate soul who was saved by Schicksal and naturally had a good impression of them, even a complete bystander would likely shake their head at Anti-Entropy's actions.

It made no sense, absolutely no sense.

During the Third Honkai Outbreak, Otto, the conspirator, didn't even need to do anything. As long as he let Cocolia act successfully, he could ruin the reputation Anti-Entropy had built over the years.

Welt, oh Welt, why are you still sitting still at a time like this!

Furious with Cocolia, Siegfried was now completely convinced that he couldn't win an argument with this brat.

It wasn't just that his eloquence was poor; the crucial point was that Anti-Entropy was in the wrong in this situation.

As long as the other party's mind was functioning normally, they wouldn't join him in Anti-Entropy.

As for Siegfried directly revealing the events of fourteen years ago to Lin Yu, telling him, 'Hey kid, Otto nearly killed me and my wife with a Honkai energy fission bomb, that's how my wife was screwed over.'

Who would believe such a story?

Afterward, Siegfried and a few close friends analyzed the incident, but no matter how they analyzed it, they couldn't fully understand why Otto would choose to silence Siegfried and Cecilia after Sirin's death.

At that time, the three strongest warriors of Schicksal, on the surface, were the strongest warriors from the three major families who held the Divine Keys: the Key of Destruction, the Key of Creation, and the Key of Restraint.

Otto, with nothing better to do, would betray and attack his loyal Kaslana and Schariac family geniuses...

Who would believe such a story?

"There's no other way."

At this moment, Siegfried looked at the young man before him and sighed helplessly.

"If talking doesn't work, then I'll have to knock you out."

"Bear with it, kid. I won't kill you."

"Oh, well thank you very much then."

Confirming that no reward notification had popped up from the system, Lin Yu nodded slightly.

Sigh, that's just how the good old boys in the righteous faction are.

Seeing that I'm no threat, they can't even be bothered to kill me—that's just great.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. I don't want anyone following my daughter around, kid..."

At that moment, Siegfried suddenly vanished before Lin Yu.

And at the same time, Lin Yu activated the skill he had obtained earlier.

Royal Guard, activate!

Relying on his physical prowess, Siegfried took a single step forward and instantly dashed behind Lin Yu.

With a blow where he controlled his strength, the young man before him was struck on the neck and knocked out with a single hit...

—Or so he thought.

But just as he was about to strike, the opponent actually turned around and blocked Siegfried's attack with incredible precision.

"Hmm...!"

Before the fight, Siegfried had observed.

Although this kid seemed to have some foundation in close-quarters combat, his skill level was just that.

There was no Honkai Energy swirling around him; by all appearances, he was just an elite among ordinary people.

Facing an ordinary person who didn't know how to use Honkai Energy, Siegfried not only didn't use Honkai Energy to attack but also adjusted his strength to an extremely low level.

After all, Siegfried truly hadn't intended to kill anyone; he just planned to knock the opponent out.

But even so... it was a bit too much for this kid to block my attack so easily, wasn't it?

However, Siegfried didn't know that it wasn't over yet.

The lightning-fast exchange resulted in a fifty-fifty outcome for both sides.

But Siegfried's physical abilities were faster. Upon realizing his attack was ineffective, Siegfried had already begun to get a little serious.

While he still wasn't using Honkai Energy, he had stopped holding back the monstrous strength of the Kaslana lineage.

To his surprise, the young man before him was still able to precisely block Siegfried's attack even after he unleashed his monstrous strength.

Wow, this is getting a bit terrifying.

Even with only one arm left, and my body half-crippled by the so-called [Power of Salvation], I shouldn't be held up by some brat.

And right now, I can still feel it—there's still no Honkai Energy on him.

Strange. No Honkai Energy, combat skills only slightly better than an ordinary person, no Stigmata or any other equipment. How is he blocking this monstrous strength?

And something's not right.

His close-quarters combat level is actually improving?!

If Lin Yu had only been able to barely parry Siegfried's attacks at the beginning, then after less than twenty seconds of fighting, the situation had become quite different.

Wait, hold on, what's going on here.

Even though I only have one hand.

Even though I fought that girl named Rita today and lost some strength.

Even though I'm still not using Honkai Energy.

But I'm still the strongest of the Kaslana lineage, right?

So what is this feeling I'm getting right now?

This kid, in terms of combat...

—He seems to be overwhelming me???

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Chapter Thirty-Five. Are all young people these days monsters?

Another five seconds passed, and Siegfried was certain it wasn't an illusion.

Although the opponent was still largely on the defensive, he was becoming more and more adept at parrying his attacks.

An ordinary Honkai Beast would probably be finished with a single punch from Siegfried's monstrous strength.

And this kid... how has he taken so many punches without falling yet???

Even if his parrying skills were to become more proficient, the gap in strength couldn't be bridged by skill alone.

What in the world is going on?!

My second daughter is already a genius, but compared to this kid, it feels like heaven and earth.

Something's wrong, this situation is definitely not right.

I was planning to hold back earlier, but if I keep holding back like this, and he can still block my subsequent attacks, that would be terrifying.

He hasn't even used Honkai Energy yet, just relying on blocking techniques to fend off all my attacks.

Not using Honkai Energy, purely relying on special methods and his physical body to stop my attacks... this already represents a new combat system.

Thinking about this, Siegfried suddenly felt like he should just let it go.

He rebelled against Schicksal because he felt Otto, that scumbag, didn't treat people like people and killed his wife. He didn't have any enmity with Schicksal or anyone else in the world.

Siegfried still wanted to protect the world, and now if Lin Yu possessed a new power system that could change the tide of battle...

To be honest, he was having second thoughts about attacking.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu, who had completely blocked Siegfried, maintained an unchanged expression thanks to his Mirror Mind state, but that didn't mean he was relaxed.

Although the Royal Guard mode was extremely powerful in the original work, the setting and game performance were two different things.

Moreover, the strong fighter Dante, who used this mode in the original work, was himself an extremely skilled combatant.

Not only was he proficient in various weapon techniques, but he could also seize the crucial moment to counterattack.

Additionally, because he was the offspring of the legendary demon Sparda, his physical condition allowed him to contain more power within his body using Royal Guard.

As for Lin Yu, judging solely by his physical condition, he was just a bit stronger than an ordinary adult.

Siegfried looked at Lin Yu, feeling that he had seemingly blocked all his attacks steadily and was still in a state of ease.

But only Lin Yu knew.

He felt a bit uncomfortable.

Siegfried's brute strength alone was enough to obliterate Honkai Beasts, and using Royal Guard to store this power within Lin Yu's own body

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