Mei: Should I Call Bai Ge "Dad," Too? (Please Support)

"What the hell is that?! I don't care, today I'm definitely going to show you how awesome I am."

"Oh? Then show me."

Bai Ge curled his lips into a smile and crooked a finger at the tuna before him, signaling for the cat to come at him.

"Hmph! Bai Ge, you're finished!"

"Come on. If you lose, call me Dad again."

"Fine! But if I win, you call me... uh, why would I want you to call me Dad? If I win, you have to give me the dinner Mei made herself today!"

"Deal!"

...Ten minutes later...

Kiana knelt on the ground in a defeated forward bend, OTZ.

Smiling, Bai Ge squatted before her with a pair of chopsticks and kept poking the girl.

"How is this possible?! How could I lose to Bai Ge? Aaaah, I can't accept this!"

"Hehe~ A mere Kiana wants to turn the world upside down? You're fifty thousand years too early. Come on, call me. A great knight of the Kaslana family has to keep her word."

"Guh... D-Dad..."

"Aww~ Good girl. Pfft, hahahaha~"

Bai Ge happily ruffled the white-haired fluffball.

It had been perfectly normal for him to lose to the tuna when he was just an ordinary person. After all, she was a Kaslana~

But now, he possessed the incomplete authority of a five-core Herrscher, along with dual fusion stigmata—and Kiana had underestimated him.

If that still wasn't enough to deal with this tuna, Bai Ge felt he might as well bash his head against a block of tofu.

As for the whole Dad thing, it had only been a joke. Although the genes that made her up might contain a part of Bai Ge, that was nothing more than an insignificant formality.

After all, no matter how she had been born...

She was still that girl who fought for all the beauty in the world—Kiana Kaslana.

Bai Ge knew that better than anyone.

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Mei: Should I Call Bai Ge Dad Too? (Please Support)

"It's all Bai Ge's fault. We can only eat out for dinner now. What should we have? Hehehe~"

"Kiana, aren't you pretty happy about that?"

At noon, Bai had unleashed a Kaslana-level appetite and wiped out all the food that had been meant for another meal that evening.

So the three of them simply decided to eat out for dinner.

However, unlike the lively Kiana, Mei followed behind Bai Ge like the classic virtuous wife of the Far East. At the moment, she was lost in thought and didn't say a word.

As for what this cook was thinking right now...

(At noon, I heard Bai Ge make Kiana call him Dad. Uh... is that some kind of special play? I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before. Could it be that Bai Ge likes that sort of thing? Should I...)

Living on this Far Eastern island nation, even if Mei had once been a high-and-mighty High Mountain Flower of a young lady, certain topics would inevitably drift into the girl's ears from her surroundings.

It could even be said that when it came to this sort of knowledge, this cook might have far more stored away than the tuna.

At that moment, Mei had fallen into some indescribable fantasies. Her cheeks had turned crimson, and she had already transformed into a steam princess.

"Hm? Mei, what's wrong?"

Seeing that the girl had remained silent for so long, walking with her head lowered as though she were thinking about something, Bai Ge couldn't help asking as he took her little hand.

He didn't want the girl to walk into the utility pole ahead of them.

"Huh? Ah? N-Nothing! There's nothing wrong, really..."

"???" x2

Bai Ge and Kiana tilted their heads, full of question marks. Realizing that she had overreacted, Mei lowered her head even more awkwardly, as though she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She seemed to hear the other Queen personality within the Herrscher Core scoffing disdainfully at her loss of composure.

Bai Ge and Kiana exchanged a glance, then seemed to realize something as looks of understanding appeared on their faces.

"Oh~ I get it. Mei, you're worried that those guys from yesterday will come looking for trouble again, right? It's fine, it's fine. As long as I'm here, no matter how many metal lumps come, I'll tear them all apart into scrap!"

"Yeah, I don't think we need to worry too much for now either. No matter what, they wouldn't dare to openly act recklessly unless they didn't mind exposing what they were doing to the entire world."

Anti-Entropy was, after all, a righteous organization that fought the Honkai. Cocolia was merely one foolish and wicked exception within it; she couldn't define all of Anti-Entropy.

Although she held considerable authority as an executive, there was no way she could disregard the city, its military, and its civilians by sending an army of Titans to attack Bai Ge and the others directly in Changkong City.

Otherwise, countries around the world would surely pressure Anti-Entropy, and Schicksal wouldn't let it go either. Therefore, at most, Cocolia would send a few assassins to see whether they could take them down.

But before the current Bai Ge and Kiana, that was basically nothing worth worrying about.

"Trust me, Mei. I already have a way to solve this. We'll act tomorrow. Today, just adjust yourselves properly and get some good rest, okay?"

"Mhm, mhm! I believe in you, Bai Ge."

Seeing Bai Ge considering so much for her sake, Mei nodded emotionally... while feeling even more guilty inside. She had actually entertained such thoughts about Bai Ge, who had helped her so much.

She had even thought about calling him Dad!

That was far too improper. Raiden Mei, Raiden Mei, how could you be so shameless?

To be fair, if she confessed, Bai Ge would definitely freeze up—but... he would definitely give her a thumbs-up and say, "Go ahead, call me Dad!"

"Hehe, Bai Ge really is reliable! Although I still don't quite understand, when the time comes, whatever you tell me to do, I'll do." Kiana said with a silly grin.

"Mm, Kiana, you'll be very useful."

"Really? Hehe, as expected of me!"

Hearing Bai Ge say that, the tuna immediately planted her hands on her hips proudly, her nose practically pointing at the sky.

This Kiana Cat probably still hadn't noticed that her subconscious had already completely treated Bai Ge as her external brain.

But with the way her mind worked, even if she noticed, she probably wouldn't care. She would only think how wonderful it was—she could even save the effort of thinking. Brains were better reserved for playing Plants vs. Zombies.

Seeing how much she trusted him, Bai Ge felt very happy as well. He couldn't resist raising a hand and ruffling that ultimate, invincible, insanely adorable white-haired fluffball again.

If there was any character in Honkai Impact who best fit the term "pet girl," then it had to be the early-game tuna, along with Pardo Cat in Elysia's realm.

As for igniting the Flamescion and becoming the Finality... Bai Ge felt that with him around, would he possibly give her such an opportunity?

As if. His Kiana Cat shouldn't have to bear such a heavy mission. Wouldn't it be better for her to live a carefree and happy life~

(Schicksal and Anti-Entropy should both be making their moves by now. Those two organizations are easy enough to predict. The former will most likely send an S-Rank Valkyrie or Judah's Oath, while the latter... will be the cliché Titan army~ Cocolia, just wait for bankruptcy.)

(But there's also a snake hidden in the shadows. Mm, there's no need to worry about that for now. At this stage, World Serpent won't let itself appear before the outside world.)

After confirming everything once more in his heart, Bai Ge finally set his mind completely at ease. If it was only this much, the success rate of his plan was above ninety percent.

Moreover, his strength had greatly increased now. He had become a blind spot for both Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. Who could imagine that an ordinary boy would surpass an S-Rank Valkyrie overnight?

Not even Otto could have imagined it.

"Kiana, even if I'm treating, aren't you being a little too unrestrained?"

Bai Ge's eye twitched as he stared at the little mountain of hamburgers before him. He wondered whether this tuna had ordered every hamburger in the restaurant.

Bai made up his mind to kick this Kiana Cat off the throne of first place among pet girls. Cute was cute, but the food expenses made him cry that he couldn't afford to raise her.

Pardo was still the best. Ah, Pardo, my Pardo, you died such a miserable death~ Once I unlock the Previous Civilization dungeon, I'll definitely bring you back to life!

"Hehe, don't sweat the details. Aren't we fighting tomorrow? How can I not eat my fill today?"

"Ah~ Fine, fine. Don't choke—"

"Wuuugh! Help! Wuuugh!"

"See? You choked the moment I said it."

Watching the already choking Kiana with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, her face having turned completely purple, Mei hurriedly handed her a cup of cola to drink.

Actually, compared with hamburgers, Bai Ge preferred fries. However, just as he was preparing to properly enjoy the remaining leisure time of the day and build up his energy for tomorrow's plan...

Bai Ge's gaze was drawn to two turbines that suddenly appeared before his eyes!

A deadpan Duck Duck was peeking at them from far outside the window.

"Yo, the last member of The Trio has made her entrance."

Fourth update. I'm off tomorrow, so I'll challenge myself to six updates.

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