Honkai Impact 3rd Chapter 3

"Alright, that settles it!"

Fine, fine. Seeing that Himeko and Tesla both agreed, Theresa couldn't object further. "Himeko, take Ling Feng to his position and handle his enrollment procedures... Also, Ling Feng, it's best not to mention your identity to anyone. It might cause some unnecessary trouble..."

"I understand..."

Ling Feng nodded silently, indicating he understood!

"Ling Feng, let's go..."

Himeko nodded and then left the principal's office with Ling Feng...

After the two left, Theresa quietly turned to Tesla. "Hey, Tesla, isn't assigning Ling Feng to Team 233 a waste of his abilities? And my niece isn't exactly obedient... I'm worried Ling Feng will be bullied and leave the academy."

"If he leaves the academy just because he gets bullied a little, then there's no need for us to keep him,"

Tesla didn't seem to think it was a big deal and chuckled. "Besides, even though Ling Feng was an S-rank Valkyrie, we know very little about him. We can't just hand over a main squad to him, can we? What if something goes wrong?"

"So, assigning him to a team like 233, which has high combat power but very low ability, is perfect for now. We'll see how it goes. If he truly has the capability, it will definitely not be a bad thing for Team 233. Moreover, you are the Academy Director. If Ling Feng really has the talent, you can just transfer him to a main squad later, right?"

"Sigh... But I still feel like this is a scam..."

Theresa's mouth twitched slightly. Although she felt Tesla's words made sense, she still felt a bit uneasy. After all, her niece was really troublesome. She was an idiot, yet the more outstanding Mei had to be on the same team. As a result, Team 233 was still a C-rank team, only slightly better than the beginner D-rank teams...

"Hehe, don't worry, this is a test for Ling Feng..."

Tesla chuckled, completely unbothered by the fact that she was setting him up...

Getting the Divine Prayer skin is too realistic. My family is poor, goodbye!

Chapter 5: The Bald Guy Who Imprints Stigmata!

"Huh... Team 233? No wonder it sounded familiar. It's Mei's team!" When Himeko brought Ling Feng to the Team 233 apartment, Ling Feng immediately remembered what happened last night!

"Oh? You know Mei?"

Himeko looked at Ling Feng with some curiosity. Wasn't this guy from fifty thousand years ago? When did he meet Mei?

"Uh... I met her briefly when I went for a walk yesterday..."

Ling Feng felt a bit awkward. The situation last night was a bit embarrassing, so it was better not to say anything!

"If you know her, then it's easier. Let's go!"

Himeko didn't ask further questions and directly pushed open the door to the apartment, calling out, "Kiana, Mei, and Bronya, come out here!"

"What is it, Aunt Himeko!"

Kiana's lazy voice came from upstairs. She walked downstairs wearing white pajamas...

"Himeko!"

"Himeko!"

Mei and Bronya walked over from the living room direction...

"Hmm? Ling Feng?"

When Mei saw Ling Feng standing next to Himeko, she immediately became flustered. Could it be... could it be that Ling Feng told Himeko about her accidentally injuring him last night? This was a bit troublesome...

"Uh... Good morning, Mei, and Bronya..."

Ling Feng still appeared a bit awkward, greeting them with a forced smile...

"You... it's you..."

Seeing Ling Feng there, Kiana, who was still groggy from sleep, also woke up. She gritted her teeth and said, "You guy, you actually told on me for such a small thing? That's so unmanly! Besides, you didn't lose anything!"

"Hmm?"

Hearing Kiana's words, Himeko asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Nothing!"

Ling Feng firmly refused to tell the truth and said with a smile, "Kiana and I had a misunderstanding yesterday, but we've already apologized to each other. Kiana must have misunderstood us!"

"Is that so? Fine, I can't be bothered to ask..."

Himeko didn't want to ask too many questions. She directly said, "I'm not here to find you today, but to inform you of something. Starting today, Ling Feng will be your team's assistant. He will be responsible for your daily life and training arrangements from now on. I hope you will also follow the arrangements, understood?"

"Huh?"

Kiana was stunned. She snorted, "No... Why him? Besides, we don't need an assistant!"

"Kiana!"

Himeko stared at Kiana silently, rubbing her forehead with a headache. "If you have any objections, you can go to the principal's office to report to the Academy Director. But before that, you will follow the arrangements, understand?"

"I understand!"

Mei nodded directly, indicating she understood, and then asked, "But if we have an extra person on our team, will the budget also..."

"Of course!"

Himeko smiled slightly. "Your team only has the basic budget for three people anyway, so one more person won't make a difference. However, let me make it clear first: although the assistant has their own salary, this salary is not included in your team's budget. Therefore, you cannot use the assistant's salary before the assistant agrees. If I find any violent or threatening behavior, your basic budget will also be deducted!"

"We promise we won't!"

Mei decisively stated that she couldn't afford it. No matter what, she couldn't go against the budget. Furthermore, Kiana, that idiot, ate up most of the monthly allowance, making it impossible to handle any more disruptions...

"Bronya understands too!"

Bronya, who always followed Mei's lead, had no objections whatsoever...

"I understand..."

Kiana could only nod in agreement, as there was no room for refusal. Besides, the academy was so poor that it was severely short on assistants. Having one assistant for her team was already quite good. The key point was... assistants, unlike Valkyries, received a salary in addition to their allowance!

"That's good!"

Himeko nodded majestically and smiled, "Then, Ling Feng, until there are changes in the team roster, you are the assistant for Team 233. You'll be staying here starting today. It's a four-person apartment anyway, and there's just one room left!"

"Uh... um, can't I stay where I stayed last night?"

Ling Feng was still a bit unaccustomed to the idea of living with three girls. Moreover, Kiana seemed to have a hostile attitude towards him...

"Last night, you were staying in housing the academy uses to entertain guests. Now that you're considered a student of the academy, you naturally can't continue staying there!"

Himeko explained slowly, "Besides, assistants are supposed to live with their team members. Otherwise, how can they understand their team's Valkyries? If they don't understand the Valkyries, how can they discuss combat plans and training? Moreover, this is also preparation for the future. In the future, assistants will also be responsible for imprinting Stigmata for Valkyries. If you don't interact now, what will you do when it's time to imprint Stigmata?"

"Imprint Stigmata? Isn't that done by machines?"

Ling Feng understood Stigmata, as it was a product of his era. Imprinting Stigmata was very simple. As long as the Valkyrie lay down on the special machine, a special energy laser could be used for imprinting, which would be completed in just a few minutes!

"It can indeed be imprinted by machines!"

Himeko understood Ling Feng's confusion, as he wasn't from this era. She then explained, "But every Valkyrie's body details are different, and the more accurate the Stigmata imprinting, the stronger it is. Machines can't achieve this; they can only imprint standard configurations. This not only weakens the Stigmata's power but can also cause damage to the Valkyrie's body over the long term. Therefore, unless it's particularly necessary, Valkyries generally won't use machines for imprinting!"

"Uh... there's such a thing..."

Ling Feng nodded thoughtfully. In his era, he had heard that imprinting was also done manually because machine imprinting was inaccurate. Most people who specialized in imprinting Stigmata were bald...

It wasn't until later that a scientist used brain-computer interface technology to complete the calculation of Valkyries' body structures, allowing machines to perform perfect imprinting. From then on, manual imprinting exited the historical stage, but a small number of purists still used it!

However, he heard that the scientist was kidnapped and burned to death by terrorists not long after, and was listed as one of the top ten sinners in history. Ling Feng remembered that one person on this list invented the stethoscope, and another invented safety shorts. He couldn't recall the others for the moment, but they were all heinous individuals...

Chapter 6: History Always Repeats Itself!

As for the brain-computer interface, he had also studied related knowledge. He wondered if he could recreate it in the future, although the difficulty was immense. Moreover... Ling Feng didn't really want this thing to appear; it was an obstacle to human exploration and progress.

Regarding Stigmata, Ling Feng remembered most of the Stigmata patterns very clearly. His favorite Stigmata had been personally imprinted by Kuroki!

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"Don't overthink it. This is something for the future. To remember Stigmata patterns and to perfectly control one's energy for imprinting Stigmata, it all requires time to accumulate!"

Seeing Ling Feng's nonchalant expression, Himeko couldn't help but remind him, "Moreover, don't think it's easy. As you saw yesterday, over 95% of the students in our academy are female. Among the remaining small percentage of male students, nearly half are bald. Do you know why they're bald? In fact, most of it is due to trying to learn how to imprint Stigmata!"

Ling Feng: "???" Damn, history is truly astonishingly similar...

Ling Feng hesitated. He remembered the Stigmata patterns quite clearly, but regarding energy... according to Tesla, using his energy again would be suicidal. This was a bit troublesome...

By the time Ling Feng snapped back to reality, Himeko had already left. The two girls had also gathered around, seeming to be sizing him up...

"Please take care of me in the future, Assistant classmate!"

Mei was as polite as ever, dressed in casual clothes, her head slightly bowed, her voice gentle and pleasant to hear!

"Please just call me Ling Feng. The name 'assistant' sounds a bit strange to me..." Ling Feng smiled helplessly!

"Okay, Ling Feng!"

Mei didn't object at all, smiling slightly. In short, whatever Ling Feng said, she would go along with!

"Please take care of me, Ling Feng!"

Bronya also nodded, as a form of greeting, then returned to the living room riding Project Bunny...

Kiana, wearing slippers, slowly walked down and said to Ling Feng, "Ling Feng, I don't object to you being our assistant, but..."

When Kiana's face was no longer facing Mei, her smile disappeared, and she said in a threatening tone, "If you dare to mess around, especially if you dare to make a move on Mei, then even if I have to violate school rules, I'll make you regret this decision. I'm a C-rank Valkyrie, just one step away from becoming a true Valkyrie!"

Ling Feng: "..." Why is this girl so proud of saying she's a C-rank Valkyrie? Our values might be quite different...

"Hmph!"

Seeing that Ling Feng didn't answer her, Kiana didn't want to embarrass herself further and hummed a tune as she went upstairs...

"Please don't mind her. Kiana doesn't have any ill intentions; she's actually very kind!" Mei smiled gently!

Ling Feng: "..." I don't believe you, you old rascal... no, you're a sly and wicked young lady...

Kiana's threat was just a minor interlude and didn't cause any impact. Ling Feng didn't mind, and Mei didn't mind either. She directly led Ling Feng to the second floor...

In the corridor, Mei pointed to the left and said with a smile, "There are four rooms in the apartment. Room one is Kiana's. I suggest you'd better not go in. If you get scolded by Kiana for such behavior, I won't stop her!"

"Uh... I wasn't planning on going in anyway..."

Ling Feng understood this without Mei needing to remind him...

"Room two is Bronya's room. Although Bronya looks like she has no combat power, her Project Bunny can send a tank flying with one punch, so I suggest you don't barge in either!"

Saying that, Mei pointed to the right again, "Room three is my room. You can come to me if you have any questions, but please knock first. Finally, this last room, number four, used to be empty and is now your room. I'll clean it up for you later, but there are no bedding or other daily necessities. You'll need to collect and purchase those yourself!"

"Understood!"

Ling Feng continued to nod, indicating he understood.

Afterward, Mei took a broom and a rag from her room and diligently began cleaning. Ling Feng, of course, couldn't just stand by and quickly helped clean, as it was his room in the first place...

While cleaning, Ling Feng also thought about asking Mei some questions to understand the current era's settings. Firstly, Honkai Beasts were still Honkai Beasts, no different from those in his own time! Honkai series figurines.

Then, St. Freya Academy was an academy specifically for training Valkyries. It also recruited a small number of males with strong Honkai energy adaptability for assistant training, where they would learn combat command, Imprint Stigmata, and so on. However, the number of such males was extremely scarce; after all, there were truly very few males with strong Honkai energy adaptability!

Valkyries also needed to attend classes according to their curriculum, which included language, mathematics, and courses related to Honkai combat!

Valkyrie ranks were divided into five levels: D, C, B, A, and S!

D-rank were trainee Valkyries. C-rank were like Kiana's level, slightly better than trainees, with some practical experience but not much combat experience. They couldn't be considered true Valkyries yet, only reserves! B-rank were true Valkyries, possessing standard Valkyrie combat capabilities, but with limited practical experience, not yet capable of acting independently!

A-rank were the main Valkyries fighting against the Honkai. They possessed powerful strength and extensive combat experience. St. Freya Academy only had three A-rank Valkyries: Theresa, Himeko, and Shenzhou Tablet...

However, the awkward part was that all three of them came from Schicksal HQ. To date, St. Freya Academy had not produced a single A-rank Valkyrie of its own!

Of course, even among A-rank Valkyries, there were significant differences in combat power. Rank did not equal combat power; this was something that needed to be made clear!

For example, Theresa, although an A-rank Valkyrie, possessed strength comparable to S-rank when her restrictions were lifted. Yet, she wasn't a true S-rank Valkyrie, even though she could overwhelmingly defeat A-rank Valkyries! Honkai series figurines.

As for S-rank Valkyries, Mei didn't know much either, but according to her, they were incredibly powerful, possessing strength comparable to Herrschers, and there was an absolute power gap between them and A-rank Valkyries!

Since it was the weekend, the three members of Team 233 were resting at the apartment. Mei had gone out to buy groceries, and for lunch, Ling Feng had initially assumed they would eat at the academy's cafeteria, but that wasn't the case. Mei personally cooked lunch, and...

All vegetarian dishes? Ling Feng was bewildered. Was their team's budget really that tight?

However... the taste was alright. No, it was delicious. It was truly hard to imagine that Mei had cooked this!