In Honkai, I Found a Kiana

Oh, Gray Snake can't beat that kid, so never mind.

Thinking about the kid's messy, random skills from who-knows-where, Raven felt a chill.

The immense power was secondary.

What mattered most was the fighting style.

You wouldn't be wrong to call it berserk.

Hmm...

People like that are usually called brutes.

"Kid? Hmm... Kid, Raven, you'll understand later."

Gray Snake glanced indifferently at the person behind them.

"Huh?"

Raven didn't grasp Gray Snake's meaning at all and froze for a moment.

"You can go ask the people over there."

"Over there... I'd rather not."

A green figure flashed through Raven's mind, and she couldn't help but shudder.

Never mind the green one.

There were others too, all of whom made Raven feel afraid.

It was only Griseo's family, Klein, and her armed puppets that were slightly more normal...

"Raven, go investigate."

"Investigate... Investigate what?" Raven didn't react immediately.

Gray Snake pointed to the room where an explosion had occurred not long ago: "The mastermind."

"The mastermind... I understand."

Raven nodded, realizing today's task was to clean up the mess again.

"What do you need me to do? Eliminate all of their people?"

"...No, just leave one. Later, have Jackal contact him. Jackal needs a test subject and a location for an experiment."

"I understand."

Chapter 12: Bronya Without a Goal

Vroom, vroom—

The jeep sped down the road.

Lin Nai was in the driver's seat. Although he didn't have a license, his driving skills were becoming increasingly proficient.

It couldn't be helped.

He had been driving whenever he was with Kiana.

Skills like driving and repairing cars had long since been maxed out.

Today marked about a month since they brought Bronya along, and the three-person team had begun their journey.

Since that city had already put up missing person posters, that place was indeed quite large.

After putting up the posters, Lin Nai had taken the two of them to explore the entire city.

Bronya was different from the other two.

Lin Nai wanted to travel and see beautiful sights.

Kiana wanted to find her father, who had disappeared somewhere.

But... Bronya had no goal.

She even felt a sense of numbness towards life itself.

Fortunately, Bronya hadn't stayed in that place for too long, only because she had talent.

Because Bronya was a genius.

She learned very quickly.

According to Bronya, that concentration camp didn't involve much brainwashing.

As long as they were useful tools in their hands, they didn't care.

However, Bronya, who had been on the verge of becoming a killing machine since childhood, had never seen anything beautiful, and naturally felt indifferent towards life.

Lin Nai was also trying to counsel Bronya.

But unfortunately.

His passive skill hadn't triggered, and his own eloquence was frankly terrible...

He wasn't some protagonist who could convince people with a few words and inspire hope for the future.

So Lin Nai could only slowly wear them down like this.

Choosing to use time to let Bronya recover.

One month's time.

There was some effect, but not much.

Rather, it was already quite difficult to persuade her; Bronya's disposition was quite good.

Lin Nai sat in the driver's seat, looking at Bronya, who was sitting motionlessly in the back seat, through the rearview mirror.

"Bronya, what do you want to eat later?"

"..."

"Bronya?"

"Hm? Lin Nai, what's wrong? Bronya was spacing out." The silver-haired girl snapped back to attention.

Lin Nai repeated the question.

"Cabbage soup."

"Okay, I got it."

Bronya then turned her gaze back to the window, watching the scenery outside.

It felt like Bronya had been zoning out a lot lately?

Kiana, sitting in the passenger seat, noticed Lin Nai wasn't planning to ask her and pouted.

"Hey, Lin Nai, why aren't you asking me what I want to eat?"

"Huh? Don't you eat everything?"

Lin Nai was surprised.

When had Kiana ever been a picky eater?

Didn't she like all delicious food?

"Hmph!"

Kiana puffed out her cheeks and lightly punched Lin Nai.

This guy really... doesn't understand girls at all!

Lin Nai looked at Kiana with a hint of curiosity.

She had never seen Kiana act like this before.

What could be the reason?

Lin Nai couldn't figure it out and didn't bother thinking about it.

Before long, the three of them arrived at a new small town.

They booked two rooms and settled in.

"Phew, no unexpected incidents this time."

Lin Nai walked down the street with Kiana and Bronya.

Kiana stretched. Even without walking, a long car journey could be tiring.

"Not every city has thugs."

"That's true, but our source of income has completely dried up. After setting aside daily expenses and future plans, we don't even have money to make copies of the missing person posters."

Kiana sighed helplessly. "There's nothing we can do about it. I wish someone would cause trouble right now."

Bronya followed behind Lin Nai, not joining their conversation.

She remembered the last time these two discussed money was... the last time.

It was the next day, when they went to print the missing person posters and discovered they were almost penniless.

Bronya didn't understand. Money was important, of course, but was it really that hard to earn?

The silver-haired girl tilted her head.

Due to special circumstances, she didn't have high demands for food or funds.

Others would provide mission funds.

If in the wild, Bronya had extremely strong survival skills.

She could even eat snow raw.

But snow... she was getting sidetracked.

However, later, Lin Nai took her and Kiana and they went around robbing thugs on the street.

Many thugs were left with nothing.

Thinking...

Bronya's footsteps halted, her pupils constricting.

She felt as if something had flashed at her, and subtly reached for the gun behind her back.

"Bronya, what's wrong?"

Lin Nai, noticing the movement, stopped talking with Kiana and looked in the same direction as the person beside her.

Bronya was warily surveying their surroundings, like an insecure little beast.

Lin Nai walked over to take a look. "Don't be nervous, it's just a piece of reflective glass."

Bronya followed Lin Nai's gaze.

She found that it was indeed glass.

This made the already quiet Bronya even more speechless.

She always felt that the light was more like the reflection from a sniper scope, because it had flashed by so quickly.

Perhaps...

It was just because she hadn't arrived yet.

Bronya lowered her hand. "I might have been mistaken..."

"It's okay, let's go, let's go eat, Cabbage Soup."

"Mhm."

Lin Nai took the insecure Bronya's hand and walked towards a nearby restaurant.

Bronya's small hand was ice-cold; if one didn't know better, they might think they were holding a frozen popsicle.