Someone in Honkai Picks Up Kiana: Chapter 18

[With this level, there won't be any wounds at all.]

Less talking and no one will think you're mute!

Hmm? You're asking how there can be blood if there are no wounds?

Blood packs, capsules, and the like. System Space has quite a few things.

It can't be helped. Lin Nai has a bit of a collecting habit.

Whether they're useful or not, their hands aren't exactly clean.

"Lin Nai..."

Bronya bit her lip, feeling something in her eyes, like moisture?

"Hey... don't make that face..." Lin Nai helplessly reached out and touched Bronya's cheek.

Mm.

So moist.

Wiping the tears from Bronya's face: "I'm not dead yet, am I..."

"Bronya will take you to a doctor... just hang on!"

"Bronya."

"..."

Bronya tried to pull Lin Nai up, but couldn't because Lin Nai was resisting.

"Lin Nai..."

"We're comrades, right?"

"Mm... Bronya and Lin Nai are comrades!"

"Heh heh."

"Don't laugh. Didn't we agree you'd help Bronya break this cage? What does dying now mean..."

"Haven't I already broken it? Bronya, your expression right now isn't something you usually show."

Bronya clenched her fist. If this was the price, she'd rather not have the cage broken.

"I've opened a gap. Now... it's up to you to destroy this cage..."

"Bronya, you are free, just like a bird in the sky."

"Go, spread your wings, stir up a fierce wind, destroy this cage, and then... soar freely through the air..."

"Lin Nai..."

"I'll wait for you here... Let's make a promise. I'll go with you."

Lin Nai reached out, hooking their pinky with the other's. "Speaking of which, what do you call this? Pinky promise, break it and you'll be hanged for a hundred years, no changes allowed?"

"Bronya, this is our promise. You will go and destroy this cage, and I... will hold on until you destroy the cage."

A few seconds of silence.

Bronya nodded.

"Bronya understands..."

Gently putting Lin Nai down, Bronya made her decision. She picked up the gun and dagger from the long-dead masked man and walked towards the door.

Looking back at every step.

Lin Nai simply watched Bronya's receding figure with a smile.

Only after Bronya disappeared from their sight.

Did Lin Nai finally let out a sigh of relief, then...

Lin Nai sat up and shook their clothes, and a few shell casings fell to the ground.

Wiping the blood from the corner of their mouth.

Because Bronya was too worried, their acting had fooled her.

Otherwise, how could a professional assassin not see that they were acting?

Besides, a mere fatal wound couldn't kill them.

Did they really think they were like a certain II, still a glass cannon after more than a year?

Heh!

After that, they found a more comfortable position to lie down for a bit.

Bronya, as an assassin, wouldn't it be an easy task to take care of that guy?

Let's get some sleep. They hadn't slept in days...

Speaking of which, they still didn't know what was happening with Kiana.

And the invasion... could it be that Kiana did that?

But thinking about it carefully, Kiana probably couldn't do something like this.

And there was the explosion too.

Just as Lin Nai was thinking about these things, a white-haired girl poked her head through the doorway.

"Yoohoo! Lin Nai!"

Kiana waved her small hand and then walked in.

"Kiana? What are you doing here?"

"Came to find you. Let me tell you, a lot of robots suddenly appeared outside!"

"Robots?"

"Mhm! You know, the kind... from the cartoons we used to watch at the hotel..."

"What was it called... hmm... oh! The robots from Demon God Machine Sword: Alahato! Though they look a bit different."

"...Huh?"

Lin Nai got up from the ground in confusion and followed Kiana outside.

They saw a blue robot and a red robot outside, wreaking havoc.

Each robot was nearly ten meters tall.

Looking at the huge hole in the ceiling, they probably smashed their way in.

"Hey, you know, the two robots are pretty cool," Lin Nai observed the robots with interest.

Kiana blinked. "Is this the time to say that?"

"Then what should we do?"

"That's true."

The two of them stood there, unmoving, just watching. OMO.

Kiana actually wanted to save people, but thinking about the children who were turned into killing machines by these people...

Kiana gave up.

Besides, they weren't really on the same side to begin with.

Also, fighting robots?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

They were just weak ordinary people, powerless, unable to do anything.

Chapter 17 · Lin Nai: If I don't get close, how can I punch you?

"Don't run!!"

The middle-aged man stopped when he heard the shout behind him, turned his head, and looked.

"Heh, isn't this Silver Wolf?" The middle-aged man's face was full of mockery. "What's wrong? Do you still want to be my tool?"

"No, Bronya is here to finish you."

Bronya's face was expressionless, she calmly aimed her gun at the person in front of her.

The middle-aged man sneered. "A tool is just a tool, no brains at all."

"Now that I'm here, how could I possibly sit back and do nothing?"

"Just watch! I... Ugh!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a hole appeared in the middle-aged man's shoulder, and blood began to flow.

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, gritting his teeth, glaring at Bronya.

Bronya said nothing.

She simply fired another shot at the middle-aged man's shoulder!

Bang!!

"However many shots Lin Nai took, Bronya will make you take."

"Silver Wolf, you bastard..."

The middle-aged man's eyes were bloodshot, he drew his own pistol and prepared to fire.

But the next moment.

The gun in his hand fell to the ground.

Because the hand holding the gun had been shot again.

Bronya maintained her aim, her expression cold. "This is all learned from that place."

"Speaking of which, Bronya might even have to thank you."

"Silver Wolf!!"

"Goodbye."

However, just as Bronya was about to pull the trigger, a masked woman emerged.

The mask was entirely black, with the Ankh symbol of life printed on the forehead and the Eye of Horus emblem for the eye sockets.

She wore a cape similar to Anubis, the god of death in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Underneath, she wore a white, form-fitting shirt with puff sleeves and a cutout at the lower back.

Her lower body was clad in a blue, one-piece wrap skirt and white high heels.

Faced with this sudden appearance, Bronya's first reaction was to become wary.

"Doctor?!"

The middle-aged man rejoiced, "Doctor! Are you here to save me?!"

The person referred to as Doctor did not reply, merely casually tossing a syringe onto the ground.

"Use it or don't use it. Those are the only two choices."

After speaking, the masked woman left.

Bronya felt utterly bewildered, yet she didn't fire her weapon.

It was because the other party showed no hostility, and her target was only that one person.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, enduring the pain as he rolled and lunged forward, grabbing the vial.

Without much thought, the middle-aged man forcefully injected the syringe into himself, administering the liquid within.

"Hmph! Hmph-hmph-ahhhhhhh!!!"

The man roared, and the injuries on his body began to heal.