Collapse City, Starting with Anime Honkai Impact 3rd

Honkai City, Starting with the Production of an Anime-Style Honkai Impact 3rd

Author: Ye Zi Yu Gou

Synopsis:

At a press conference.

"President Yaqing, there are rumors that the Honkai-themed anime film you created is using the guise of something beautiful to swindle fans out of their tears," a reporter asked, holding a microphone.

"That's utter nonsense. Honkai is a positive, beautiful, healthy, and sunny anime that tells the story of beautiful girls saving the world," Yaqing said in a serious tone.

"But some people also say that you have a close relationship with the Destiny CEO, yet you maliciously portray him as a hateful villain in the anime. What explanation do you have for this?" the reporter asked.

"Slander! This is pure slander! I respect the CEO as I would my own father! Lawyer! I want to see my lawyer!" Yaqing's expression changed drastically.

This is a city world without Honkai, without sorrow. Kiana, who experienced all kinds of hardships in the original timeline, has become a Destiny heiress with both parents alive and well.

Chapter 1: A Honkai World Without Honkai

This is a large passenger plane flying from a small Nordic country to the Far East. In the comfortable atmosphere of first class, a young man in a white shirt is lounging lazily. His handsome face is captivating in the warm yellow light.

"Little brother, won't we scare Kiana if we suddenly go to the Far East like this?"

Speaking was the woman sitting next to the young man. Her warm white hair was draped over her shoulders, and her light cyan eyes were looking at the young man seriously. A light blue fishtail dress paired with snow-white long sleeves added to the woman's gentle temperament.

"Sister, don't worry about it. I'm sure Kiana will be extremely touched," the young man said nonchalantly. Perhaps because it was a little stuffy, he directly unbuttoned a few buttons on his chest.

"Surprise? I think it's more like a fright!" A resentful voice came from the seats behind the two. The white-haired man's resentment seemed to solidify. He had originally planned to accompany his wife on the plane and sing songs, but he was suddenly robbed by his brother-in-law.

"Yo, Ziegfried, you're still alive?"

The relationship between the brother-in-law and sister's husband was originally as strong as brothers, but the young man couldn't stand Ziegfried, especially after learning that he had touched the butts of all the female employees of Destiny Group. He almost went to beat him up, but fortunately, his sister Cecilia persuaded him.

"Don't talk like that," Cecilia said helplessly, patting the young man's head, and gently re-buttoning his buttons.

Ziegfried shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, his efforts over the past decade had slightly changed his brother-in-law's view of him, otherwise, he would probably never have peace. However, who exactly spread that rumor back then?

Ziegfried gritted his teeth secretly. Because of this rumor, the girls in the group avoided him whenever they saw him. That wouldn't be a problem, but the problem was that even his brother-in-law and the CEO believed it, which made things big.

On one side was love, and on the other was career.

Others had both career and love success, but he was doing well if his career was ruined and his brother-in-law still disliked him.

However, Ziegfried didn't care about his brother-in-law's attitude towards him.

The young man's name was Yaqing Schariac. He was Cecilia's fifteen-year-younger brother. His father died in a car accident before he was born, and his mother died in a car accident after giving birth to him. He and his sister had depended on each other since childhood.

A three-year-old child and an eighteen-year-old girl, guarding nearly 100 billion shares of Destiny Group's assets, were like a child carrying gold through the streets. Not only did the shareholders want to swallow it, but even the relatives were jealous.

In the end, it was CEO Otto Apocalypse who personally spoke out, and the siblings were able to breathe a sigh of relief. Unlike his sister Cecilia's gentleness, the young Yaqing seemed particularly ruthless.

At the age of ten, Yaqing discovered that his parents' deaths were very strange. He spent a year investigating and, at the age of twelve, found out the mastermind behind the scenes. He then spent four years causing the Gonzales Family, which held 16.4% of Destiny Group's shares, to declare complete bankruptcy.

At the age of sixteen, Yaqing completed his revenge, cutting off a family that had been passed down for a hundred years in four years, and thus entered the sight of CEO Otto.

In recent years, Otto seemed to be deliberately cultivating Yaqing, not only helping him control the Schariac Family assets, but even handing over an entire section of Destiny Group to him.

Many shareholders within the group were secretly speculating that Otto was cultivating Yaqing as his successor, and some even said that this business trip to the Far East was Otto's way of letting Yaqing have more contact with his granddaughter.

"Sister, I'm so sleepy," Yaqing yawned.

"Then go to sleep for a while. I'll call you when we arrive."

Hearing his sister's words, Yaqing fell asleep with peace of mind. Cecilia gently put a small blanket over him, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the fatigue hidden between Yaqing's brows.

Cecilia knew that Yaqing was strong in his bones, so she never let her know about the bad things in the group, as long as she was happy, but how could she be happy when she saw Yaqing's undisguised fatigue.

"He's too tired," Ziegfried said softly when he saw Yaqing sleeping.

Also as a family head, Ziegfried had the full support of the Kaslana behind him, while Yaqing only had Cecilia behind him.

Since Cecilia married Ziegfried, Yaqing seemed to have changed into a different person, not putting on a mask, but completely taking it off, because there were no longer any weaknesses behind him.

About three hours later, the sun slowly rose, and the plane was about to land. Listening to the gentle voice of the flight attendant on the radio, Yaqing silently opened his eyes, with none of the confusion of just waking up, but with clear and bright eyes.

Yaqing glanced at Cecilia, who was sleeping soundly next to him, and couldn't help but smile. He then looked at Ziegfried, who was snoring loudly in the back, and wondered how these two hadn't starved to death traveling around the world.

"Sister, wake up."

Yaqing shook Cecilia helplessly.

"Ah~ Have we arrived?" Cecilia rubbed her eyes, looking utterly adorable. She stretched her waist, and her sexy and perfect figure made it hard to look away. Unfortunately, the one who saw this beautiful scene was her own brother.

The summer heat, during the summer vacation period, the flow of people coming to Changkong City, the capital of the Far East, was as numerous as ants returning to their nests, and even the four exit gates of the airport were a bit congested.

However, this had nothing to do with Yaqing and his group. As high-level executives of Destiny Group, at the airport under Destiny's name, there was naturally the highest-level VIP lounge.

The air conditioner blew out cold air.

Sitting on the soft, branded sofa, Yaqing crossed his slender legs on the coffee table, looked at Cecilia and Ziegfried leaning together, and asked, "Sister, where are you staying tonight?"

Cecilia thought for a while, "I don't know. We were originally planning to go to Turkey."

"It's okay, I just booked a hotel online with my phone," Ziegfried said, shaking his phone next to him.

Booked a hotel, not just a room.

Yaqing chuckled softly, and the phone he was idly twirling in his hand rang at just the right moment. He looked at the name on the screen, completely bewildered. He couldn't understand why this person would be calling him so early in the morning.

"Hey, Kevin, you didn't just get off work, did you?"

Hearing Yaqing answer the phone, Ziegfried and Cecilia politely stopped talking.

In the suburbs of Changkong City, inside the living room of a luxurious yet minimalist villa, the white-haired, blue-eyed young man opened the refrigerator and took out a package of instant noodles that had yet to be opened.

"Just woke up. Heard you were coming to Changkong City. Su and I don't have time to pick you up. There are people in the Golden Courtyard who want to, but I figured you'd probably... slurp."

Hearing the sudden slurping sound coming from the other end of the line, Yaqing's forehead was covered in black lines.

He had a general idea of who Kevin was talking about. One was Mobius, that woman never seemed like a good person from the start. The other was Elysia, a woman he really couldn't handle.

"Kevin, eat a little less instant noodles, will you?"

"Slurp, eating a bowl of instant noodles this early in the morning is a wonderful thing. Oh, right, how long are you planning to stay in Changkong City this time?"

"A long stay. How long exactly? Well, that's a long story. I'll head back to the Golden Courtyard tonight and tell everyone."

In the Golden Courtyard, the pink-haired girl who had just woken up rubbed her sleepy eyes, smelling the aroma of instant noodles in the air, and said with some curiosity, "Oh my, Kevin, you're actually on the phone with Mei so early in the morning? How enviable~?"

"No, it's Yaqing." Kevin took the opportunity to slurp another mouthful of noodles.

Hearing Yaqing's name, the originally sleepy pink-haired girl suddenly perked up, carefully looked at the note on the screen, and snatched it away.

Kevin didn't care what she did and focused on eating his noodles, after all, there wasn't much time left before he had to clock in for work.

"Oh, Yaqing, my dear Yaqing, it's been so long, and you haven't even called us~?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Yaqing said with a wry smile, "My bad, my bad, Elysia. Tonight, I'll be back at the Golden Courtyard."

"Really?! Miss Pink Fairy has been cleaning your room every day, you know~?" Elysia's voice was filled with joy.

Yaqing knew that Elysia cleaned his room because of love, but not the love between a man and a woman, but rather Elysia's equal love for everyone in the Golden Courtyard.

"Alright, Elysia, I have things to do. Let's get together at the Golden Courtyard tonight."

"Eh! I..."

"Beep beep..."

Elysia listened to the beeping sound of the phone hanging up, and puffed up her pink cheeks in dissatisfaction, muttering, "Honestly, he didn't even let me finish speaking."

Although Elysia was dissatisfied on the face, she was still very happy in her heart.

Elysia loved all the tenants of the Golden Courtyard.

On the other side, inside the VIP lounge of the airport, Yaqing, who had hung up the phone, was not surprised to be greeted by the gossipy, glowing eyes of Cecilia and Ziegfried.

They hadn't heard anything else, but when they heard the sweet female voice on the phone say "My dear Yaqing," Ziegfried's ears perked up, and Cecilia even leaned over without hiding her curiosity.

That's why Yaqing hung up the phone without hesitation.

"Little brother, my dear little brother, who is this? She sounds so intimate. Is she your girlfriend?" Cecilia asked jokingly with curiosity.

Yaqing's expression remained unchanged as he explained, "When I was in high school in Changkong City, I wasn't used to living in the dormitory, so I rented a house outside. She's just a roommate."

Cecilia smiled and didn't press the matter further.

Ziegfried's heart, on the other hand, felt like it was being scratched by kittens, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

"Alright, alright, sis, the driver we arranged has arrived. We should go."

Chapter 2: Persecuting Theresa and the Golden Courtyard Group

Changkong City, as the capital of the Far East, is so large that it almost divides the Far East islands in the middle, with the northern territory divided into the Far Northeast Island, and the southern territory divided into the Far Southeast Island. And St. Freya Academy is even more extraordinary. As the only educational institution funded by Destiny, it occupies almost a quarter of the area of Changkong City.

Compared to an academy, St. Freya is more like a small city, with commercial streets, park areas, tourist areas, and everything else one could want. It is even more prosperous than some first-tier cities.

And all of this is thanks to the headmistress of St. Freya Academy, Theresa Apocalypse, the adopted granddaughter of Otto Apocalypse, the president of Destiny, and Kallen Kaslana, and the legal heir in law.

Today, St. Freya Academy is unusually lively, all because when the sun had not yet risen, the headmistress, who was still sound asleep, was awakened by a phone call. Otto told her that the inspectors sent by Destiny headquarters would be conducting a surprise inspection today.

At that moment, the female students and teachers who were still asleep in the academy's dormitory area all heard the headmistress's tragic screams, like a pig being slaughtered.

"Himeko, Himeko, check if my hairstyle is messed up?" The headmistress, with white hair and blue eyes, a height of one meter fifty, and an aura of one meter forty, nervously smoothed her hair and then smoothed her nun's habit.

"Alright, Theresa, that's the thirtieth time you've asked me that in ten minutes." The mature woman, completely different from the headmistress, helplessly rubbed her forehead. The crimson hair was slightly ruffled by the breeze, and she smoothed the wrinkles on her white shirt.

The grandeur in front of her chest was the goal that the headmistress had been pursuing all her life.

At the entrance of the education area of St. Freya Academy, a pure black Maybach worth tens of millions of dollars was driving at an extremely fast speed, and stopped steadily not far from Headmistress Theresa.

The driver got out and respectfully opened the car door.

Theresa saluted politely.

Himeko also bowed slightly.

"St. Freya Academy welcomes your arrival, and we hope..." Theresa was doing well with her official speech, but when she saw the familiar silhouette getting out of the car, she said in surprise, "Eh! Cecilia!"

"It's me, Theresa." Cecilia's eyebrows curved into a smile.

If there weren't so many students curiously watching this place, Theresa would probably have disregarded the dignity of the headmistress and burrowed into Cecilia's towering bosom to act spoiled.

"Long time no see, Headmistress Theresa. You're as petite and cute as ever." Wearing a considerate black suit with a spotless white shirt, Yaqing raised the black-rimmed gold-wire glasses on his nose.

His temperament was a complete departure from the lazy, roguish attitude he displayed on the plane. He was now the epitome of refinement, a true gentleman, so very Otto-like...

Theresa even saw Otto's shadow in Yaqing. It was no surprise, considering Otto had personally cultivated him.

He was so gentlemanly, yet every word he spoke seemed designed to provoke Theresa.

Theresa shot him a stern glare.

"Hey, hey, I'm still here, you know," Ziegfried interjected, having been ignored the whole time.

Theresa simply snorted. She clearly disliked Ziegfried more than Yaqing, who kept 'teasing' her.

"Alright, alright, just pretend I'm not here," Ziegfried said with a feigned sigh, though his eyes were full of amusement.

It was clear that, between the two who were out of favor, tormenting Theresa took precedence.

"Cecilia, I'll take you on a tour of the academy. Oh, right, you're here to see Kiana, aren't you?" Theresa said, taking Cecilia's slender right hand in her small one.

"Theresa, I am here to see little Kiana, but I'm not the inspector today," Cecilia said, blinking her beautiful eyes and smiling knowingly, clearly enjoying the prospect of teasing Theresa a little.

"Huh?" Theresa was dumbfounded.

"Alas, Headmaster Theresa, I understand the bond you share with my sister, but, regrettably, I am the inspector today. Truly, the world is ever-changing."

Yaqing's perfect gentlemanly tone made Theresa clench her fists. If she didn't know he was just enjoying himself, she might have actually been fooled.

"That's easily solved. Himeko, the inspection is all yours. Cecilia, let's go!" Theresa said, pulling Cecilia along happily towards the commercial district.

Cecilia didn't want to disappoint Theresa, so she reluctantly glanced at Yaqing and Ziegfried.

"Hello, sir, welcome to St. Freya Academy. I'm Murata Himeko, a teacher here at St. Freya, and I'll be accompanying you for the inspection," Himeko said politely, extending her hand while taking in Yaqing's handsome face, inwardly marveling at how handsome and gentlemanly he was.