In the Midst of Ruin, I Found a Kiana
Chapter 41

Someone in Honkai Picks Up a Kiana

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After waiting for a while.

Once Kiana and Bronya had left, Lin Nai stretched his body.

"Come out, haven't you watched enough? It's been a whole week."

Lin Nai squinted his eyes.

Recently, he had occasionally felt a strange gaze lingering on him and Kiana.

At first, Lin Nai wondered if he had offended someone.

But upon thinking about it, he felt he shouldn't have offended anyone.

After all, those he had offended were basically all dead.

He also considered if it was just his imagination.

However, two times could be a coincidence, three times an accident, but four times definitely meant someone was deliberately watching.

With the way Kiana acted towards him just now, that gaze was as if it had eaten a lemon.

So sour!

Because of the occasional sour glances, Lin Nai had a rough idea of who it might be.

He called out, but there was no response.

Lin Nai remained silent. Since they wouldn't come out, he would force them out!

Being stared at was really uncomfortable, even though it was somewhat understandable.

But the person was truly terrible at hiding.

Lin Nai crossed his hands and aimed at a corner.

"Get out!"

Vertical Guillotine!

With one hand thrusting up and the other down!

A blue light blade instantly shot out, leaving deep marks on the ground!

Just as it was about to hit, a figure quickly flashed out.

Appearing in front of Lin Nai.

Chapter 41: Lin Nai: Just Passing By...

"You're actually serious?!"

Siegfried glanced at the cleaved wall with lingering fear, swallowing hard.

If that thing had hit him, he might have lost an arm or a leg!

"It's because you're acting like a pervert, stop staring at people all day."

Lin Nai pouted. Staring at Kiana was one thing.

After all, Kiana is your daughter.

But why are you staring at me?

I don't remember offending you anywhere, it's really strange.

"Pervert? I'll sue you for defamation! Who are you calling a pervert!" Siegfried immediately retorted loudly.

Lin Nai sized up the uncle in front of him:

"Putting aside the fact that you're staring at a man, just staring at a young maiden is enough to get you locked up."

After all, that young maiden was a minor.

A minor in every sense of the word.

Whether it was physically, in age, or anything else.

If Siegfried wasn't Kiana's father, this old geezer would be eating prison food!

"..." Siegfried's mouth twitched. This kid was really unlikable.

"Alright, Siegfried Kaslana, do you need something from me?"

Lin Nai couldn't be bothered to play along anymore.

Not to mention, this guy was obviously Kiana's father, with the Kaslana family's signature white hair and blue eyes.

And the highly recognizable Heavenly Fire Self-Sacrifice at his waist.

The black and white gun body, the gilded barrel, and the crimson Herrscher core embedded at the safety catch.

It would be absurd not to recognize him.

But Siegfried didn't know all that. He casually took out Heavenly Fire and aimed it at Lin Nai.

"Who exactly are you?!"

"A Kamen Rider passing through!"

Lin Nai instinctively jumped in and finished the sentence, completely baffling Siegfried, whose brain capacity wasn't that large to begin with.

"Huh?"

"Cough, cough, sorry, let's start over." Lin Nai cleared his throat.

Siegfried played along, "Who exactly are you?!"

"Are you stupid? Can't you just check the Schicksal archives, you loser!"

"..."

Siegfried didn't know what "loser" meant, but it definitely wasn't a compliment.

That's what Siegfried thought to himself.

"Siegfried Kaslana, you're Kiana's dad. Honestly, I handed out flyers with her for a year, how could I not recognize you?" Lin Nai sighed. Did this guy not even bother to find out what Kiana had been up to this past year?

Handing out flyers for an entire year, all the characteristics matched perfectly. He could have remembered them even without a description.

Any normal person would have recognized him.

Siegfried scratched his head sheepishly upon hearing this.

He cared deeply about his daughter.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have found a place to hide as soon as he arrived at the Schicksal headquarters.

He was secretly observing his daughter, just to see how she had been doing lately.

But he had indeed forgotten to ask Welt for information.

After leaving Kiana, he had specifically asked people at Schicksal to keep an eye on her.

What kind of eye?

Just to make sure she didn't die.

After all, Siegfried knew that Kiana would definitely fight if she encountered a Honkai Beast.

For his daughter to grow sufficiently, she naturally needed some tempering.

If he didn't need to suppress the Honkai Beast genes within his body, he probably would have protected Kiana from the shadows.

But there was no helping it.

Of course, even though he felt embarrassed, he didn't lower Heavenly Fire.

Instead, he looked at Lin Nai, "Yes, Lin Nai, right?"

"You know that already, don't you?"

The implication was, then why did you even ask?

"..."

Does this kid die if he doesn't annoy people?

Veins popped on Siegfried's forehead, and his blood pressure spiked.

His eyes darted around, a hint of slyness flashing in them. He knew what he had to do.

Siegfried suddenly shouted:

"Good kid, then let me see if you have the ability to protect my daughter!"

After all, Kiana would not only face the Honkai in the future.

She might even face that old geezer Otto.

Even though he knew from Welt that Lin Nai was very strong.

But hearing is not as good as seeing!

Most importantly, he wanted to teach this brat a lesson!

Since Welt's words served as testimony, it should be fine if he used a little more force, right?

Siegfried wore a mischievous smile.

This way, he could both assess the kid's skill and bully him a little.

Why not?

Lin Nai tilted his head. Why did this sentence feel a little off?

Siegfried aimed at Lin Nai and pulled the trigger!

Bang!!

A crisp gunshot.

Lin Nai instinctively dodged his head, and the attack from the cannon flew past, hitting the wall behind him.

Boom!!!

Heavenly Fire packed quite a punch.

Truly a Divine Key.

Lin Nai raised an eyebrow, completely surprised by Siegfried's immediate aggression.

"Are you sure you want to fight me?"

Lin Nai didn't counterattack right away, merely asking calmly.

Bullying the disabled isn't a good habit.

If Siegfried was really determined to fight him, Lin Nai wouldn't hold back.

Thinking about it carefully, with Welt in Schicksal, plus Siegfried and himself.

Then the Herrscher of the Void's revival shouldn't be a big problem... right?

Let's tie up this old geezer and throw him to Kiana.

"Of course, Kiana will face terrifying things in the future."

"So I need to test what you have..."

Siegfried's words were cut short as Lin Nai suddenly appeared before him in a flash of light.

With no time to dodge, Siegfried's face took a whip kick from Lin Nai!

Siegfried was sent crashing into the wall like a cannonball, embedding himself into it.

Siegfried's face was full of confusion, only feeling a searing pain on his face.

Does this kid have no intention of holding back?!

Seeing Lin Nai lunging at him.

Siegfried immediately used all his strength to pull himself out of the wall.

He rolled to dodge Lin Nai's flying kick.

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