A Person in Honkai Picks Up a Kiana

Deafening gunshots.

Lin Nai looked down sharply. Well, another one dead.

He saw the remaining leader trembling as he reached for the money box.

Only after seeing Gray Snake not react did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Gray Snake reached out and took the box back.

The gang leader looked utterly confused.

Gray Snake pointed to Lin Nai's position above: "The person hasn't been handed over to me yet."

"Wh-?!"

"Oops, I've been discovered. Haha."

Lin Nai flipped over a railing and descended from the sky with a superhero landing!

His knees hurt a little, though.

"I'm right in front of you, look at me, how much do I resemble my former self... Though this probably isn't the right place to say that."

Lin Nai walked towards the door as if to himself.

"Stop!!"

The gang leader immediately panicked. He couldn't let this whole operation end with the target escaping!

So, in his anxiety, he immediately charged forward.

And then...

The gang leader was up!

The gang leader was down!

One round... no, to be precise, Lin Nai only used one move.

He kicked the man away with a side kick.

The gang leader flew backward, crashing next to Gray Snake. Gray Snake slowly stood up.

Lin Nai shook his hands: "Are you the mastermind? What do you want with me?"

"Nothing important, just confirming a few things, and... how is your body."

"Ha... I don't believe you."

Lin Nai vigilantly watched Gray Snake. This guy was completely off.

Dangerous?

Not really...

Just felt troublesome.

"Although I have much more to say, we'll stop here for today. I wish you all the best."

"Hm?"

Bang!!!

A hole suddenly burst open in the wall, and a ball of white fur struggled to open the car door and jumped out.

"Lin Nai! I'm here to save you!!"

You must know she had just plowed through like a storm!

"Kiana?!"

"Huh? Lin Nai? You're here?"

No, do you even have a driver's license to be driving! Aren't you afraid of causing an accident at all!!

Gray Snake made a gesture of invitation.

Lin Nai looked at Gray Snake, then at Kiana.

Finally, he gave the other party a deep look, turned, and ran towards Kiana.

He scooped up the ball of white fur with one hand and jumped into the car.

Then, he figured out how to drive the car Kiana had somehow acquired and made his escape.

Speaking of which, does Kiana even know which one is the accelerator?

Huh?

You ask if Lin Nai has a driver's license?

No!

Fortunately, there won't be a traffic cop named Kevin to catch him.

After all, that traffic cop is still in the sea.

"Lord Gray Snake, what exactly is this..."

The gang leader looked at the departing car, puzzled, and asked the Gray Snake in front of him.

Gray Snake ignored him.

It just said to itself, "Your mission failed, but it also succeeded. The meaning of your existence has ended."

The gang leader felt a great sense of dread, but Gray Snake had already produced a gun from who knows where and pulled the trigger.

BANG!!

The gang leader, who died with his eyes wide open, fell into a pool of blood, his eyes still filled with confusion and bewilderment before death.

Now, he was just a dead man.

Without glancing at the gang leader, Gray Snake just continued to fondle the gun.

"That person gave specific instructions..."

Vroom vroom—

The car sped across the wilderness.

Lin Nai drove away from the city.

Beside him sat Kiana, the white-haired ball of fluff.

"So, you're always this brave? Walking right in through the front door?"

Lin Nai tapped Kiana's clueless head, complaining. Don't you have any strategy at all?

Kiana covered her head. "Come on, they were so weak!"

"That's not wrong... After all, without guns, ordinary people really can't beat you."

Lin Nai had his foot on the accelerator, holding the steering wheel with one hand.

He'd never even gotten a driver's license in his past life, yet here he was, driving at this young age in this life?

"I just didn't expect that when I arrived, you, Lin Nai, would have already gotten out..."

Kiana sighed. She had already planned how she would make a dazzling entrance.

Lin Nai's mouth twitched. "Don't underestimate me..."

"But we can forget about going back to that town for now. It's a shame, though, we still had three days left at the hotel."

Lin Nai glanced in the direction they had come from.

There was nothing he could do about it.

He had no idea if those people would launch another large-scale blockade after he left.

Especially the ones carrying Gatling guns.

And that guy who was completely wrapped up, his true face completely hidden.

It gave Lin Nai the creeps.

He had a feeling that guy was skilled in schemes and tricks, which was what he was worst at.

What does Lin Nai know about strategy? He's just a pure brute, no brains.

Kiana?

Are you still expecting anything from Kiana?

Kiana: ???

"So what are you going to do next?" Kiana asked from the passenger seat.

"What else can I do? Wander."

Lin Nai glanced at Kiana beside him. "How about it? Want to come along?"

"Huh?"

"I'm going on a trip, and you're looking for your father. Strictly speaking, our goals are similar; we're both out and about."

"Mmm... You're not wrong about that."

"So, want to come with me? Let's go on a trip together, and the goal of the trip will be to find your father first."

"Okay."

Kiana nodded in agreement. Finding someone with two people was better than finding someone alone.

And if she was with Lin Nai...

Life might be better than it is now.

And so, the two hit it off and began their journey together.

Chapter Seven · Lin Nai: Honkai Beasts Feel No Pain!

One year later...

A suburb.

"Ultra Disk Blade!!"

Lin Nai gathered a surge of energy, crossing both arms over their chest, then raising one arm behind their head.

A circular, serrated saw blade of light appeared!

Clang!!

Lin Nai, wielding the Ultra Disk Blade, leaped forward.

The skill in their hands was directly pressed into the face of the Honkai Beast before them!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Squelch!

The Honkai Beast's face was instantly sliced open, and it died on the spot.

Lin Nai landed perfectly, dusting off their hands, not even glancing at the corpse on the ground.

"And that's how it ends."

Lin Nai stretched.

This past year, they had been traveling with Kiana.

Both of them would check their surroundings for Honkai Beasts beforehand.

Lin Nai needed to grind skills, and Kiana would help eliminate Honkai Beasts together.

Honkai Beasts were monsters formed when beasts were infected by the Honkai, and blah, blah, blah...

Anyway, when Kiana had told him all this back then, he hadn't taken any of it in.

Lin Nai's mind was filled with: Honkai Beasts are the enemy... Let's go!

So, the first reaction upon encountering a Honkai Beast was.