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Yu Luo stood downstairs, Mei, who had fainted, in his left arm and a large bag in his right. The bag was filled with food and drinks. He had originally been thinking about that bottle of "Mei Zhi" that met its end before it could even be enjoyed, but after searching the supermarket for a long time, he couldn't find the drink, which was a great pity.

Yu Luo looked at Mei, whom he had knocked unconscious, with a troubled expression. He sighed as he looked up at the second-floor window, unsure how to explain this to Kiana. After a few minutes of deliberation, he finally realized the flaw in his thinking: "Why should I even bother explaining to that dumb blonde? I can just make up an excuse!"

With that thought, Yu Luo, carrying Mei and the bag of food and water, leaped directly onto the second-floor windowsill. He pushed aside the curtains and slipped inside.

Huh, there was no common "costume change" fanservice like he'd imagined. Kiana was sitting by the table, using a desk lamp to maintain her two USP pistols. Seeing Yu Luo jump in through the window, she stopped what she was doing, snatched the bag from his right hand, and casually took out a bag of chips, crunching on them noisily.

"Munch munch..." Kiana ate the chips like a hamster. Yu Luo couldn't help but wonder why he'd overthought things. This dumb blonde's brain was completely single-threaded; as long as there was food, she wouldn't care about anything else.

Yu Luo placed Mei on the bed and then, using the lamplight, got a clear look at her condition. Her pale face was furrowed, with a bit of bloodstains. Her purple dress was covered in dust, making her look like a delicate little girl, far from the fierce queen she was during the day.

"Kiana," Yu Luo said, looking at Mei lying on the bed, and asked Kiana, who was buried in her food, "Can you tell me what you know about Mei?"

Kiana lifted her head from the pile of food and saw Mei lying on the bed. Yu Luo had imagined Kiana's reaction to seeing Mei many times downstairs. He'd pictured her flying into a rage and drawing her twin guns to fight, or panicking and fleeing. However, Kiana's reaction this time was completely beyond his expectations.

Kiana just glanced and exclaimed in surprise, "You actually 'kidnapped' Mei-senpai back?!"

"What do you mean 'kidnapped'?" Yu Luo was immediately displeased, as if both the System and Kiana were treating him like a human trafficker. "I saw her condition was off tonight and was worried about her safety, but she wasn't cooperating, so I had to be a bit forceful to bring her back."

"Well, whatever," Kiana stared at Yu Luo for a moment before giving up on the pursuit. "Instead of not knowing when Mei-senpai might attack us, it's better to keep her by our side. At least we can be prepared."

"Exactly, exactly!" Yu Luo readily agreed, nodding repeatedly. He didn't dare admit that he'd just brought her back on impulse. Kiana didn't buy Yu Luo's act at all. She snorted coldly before answering Yu Luo's earlier question.

"Mei Raiden, a second-year student at Senba Academy, the princess of ME Company. She once rejected confessions from 12 boys in one day and was known as 'Queen Raiden'." Kiana recited the information she knew about Mei Raiden expressionlessly, as if reading from a script. "I only transferred here recently, so that's all I know."

"Then why did she suddenly attack us?" Yu Luo recalled Mei's appearance from earlier that day – a ferocious horn growing from her head, a pair of purple translucent wings behind her, wildly controlling lightning and causing destruction.

"Was she infected by the Honkai you mentioned?" Yu Luo asked curiously. "But aren't people infected by Honkai supposed to turn into zombies? She clearly had her consciousness; she didn't look like a zombie at all!"

"I don't know how to answer that, because I'm just a normal high school transfer student," Kiana said, scratching her face in confusion as she tried to organize her thoughts. "I don't know much about Honkai either. Maybe it's because Mei-senpai is the Source of Honkai, that's why she didn't turn into a Zombie Girl."

"No, no, no, whether you're a transfer student or a high school student, you can't be normal!" Yu Luo grumbled inwardly, but he had to admit that Kiana's words only deepened his confusion. "What exactly is the Source of Honkai?"

Hearing Yu Luo's question, Kiana looked troubled and stammered. Seeing Kiana's expression, Yu Luo knew there must be a big secret involved. According to the usual trope, if he found out, he'd surely be in a lot of trouble. Just as he was about to say, "You don't need to explain," Kiana suddenly said in a fit of despair, "You're a survivor of the Honkai anyway, so it's okay for you to know this!"

"Don't..." Yu Luo felt something bad was about to happen. Just as he tried to interrupt, Kiana continued.

"My irresponsible father told me that Honkai is a natural phenomenon that destroys humanity. Every large-scale Honkai is triggered by a Source of Honkai, which carries out the will of Honkai to destroy humanity. We call this Source of Honkai a Herrscher."

"The Honkai that occurred in Changkong City this time is the third large-scale Honkai, which means..." Kiana and Yu Luo turned to look at Mei Raiden lying on the bed together. Yu Luo swallowed.

"She... she's the Third Herrscher?! Then shouldn't we escape while she's unconscious?!" Knowing that the girl lying on the bed was the culprit behind the destruction of Changkong City made Yu Luo's heart pound with fear.

Thinking back, Mei Raiden at that time was probably just playing around. If she hadn't suddenly flown away in an altered state, they wouldn't have had the slightest chance of survival.

"Idiot teacher, where are you going to run? Of course, we should take this opportunity to finish her off!" Kiana grabbed the twin pistols on the table and aimed them at Mei Raiden, who was lying on the bed looking helpless.

"That might not be a good idea..." Yu Luo tried to stop Kiana with some difficulty. Although he knew in his heart that the girl on the bed was the source of this Honkai, looking at Mei Raiden's pale face, her lonely figure, and her desperate cries, it all struck Yu Luo's heart. In a daze, he seemed to see himself, equally lonely and desperate, from years ago. Perhaps that was why he had impulsively brought Mei Raiden back.

"Just kidding." Kiana skillfully twirled a pistol and put the USP back on the table. "Mei-senpai might not have been completely corrupted by Honkai and still retains her consciousness. The fact that you could bring her here is the best proof."

"We can't abandon a girl in distress! This is the family motto of the Kaslana family!" Kiana said this stylishly. "I will definitely help her break free from Honkai's control! It's such a shame for such a beautiful girl like Mei-senpai to be corrupted by Honkai!" As she spoke, her true intentions were revealed, and a perverted smile appeared on her face. However, she was met with Yu Luo's merciless retort:

"You don't want to help her, do you? You're lusting after her body, you shameless woman!"

While Yu Luo and Kiana were discussing Mei Raiden, on the other side, a rooftop dance party was being held at the top of a building. Waiters in small suits shuttled through the crowd with trays, and elegant upper-class individuals danced on the dance floor.

A handsome man was scanning the dance floor for his target. Finally, his gaze fell upon a mature woman in a fiery red evening gown. Her fiery red hair and golden eyes were so captivating; the man felt like Cupid's arrow had struck his heart.

"Beautiful lady, may I have this dance?" the man asked, extending a hand. The woman with fiery red hair smiled slightly and replied, "Of course." She was about to place her right hand in the man's.

"Look quickly, what's that?!" The dance floor suddenly became noisy, and the upper-class guests all looked up. A massive battleship appeared in the originally clear night sky. There was a symbol resembling the Chinese character [Non-standard] on the side of the battleship.

Unlike the surprised expressions of others, the woman with fiery red hair pouted and said unhappily, "I'm still on vacation!"

"Major Murata Himeko, there's an urgent mission. Please come to the control room immediately!" the battleship broadcasted loudly. The fiery red-haired girl, looking displeased, grabbed the man's bow tie and whispered in his ear, "Tonight's wonderful time is over, kid!"

Murata Himeko boarded the battleship, filled with displeasure, and entered the control room. She looked at the small figure sitting behind the table. "Headmaster Theresa, I'm on vacation."

"Himeko, a large-scale Honkai has occurred in Changkong City," Theresa said. Theresa had silver hair like Kiana and looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, making it hard to believe she was the person in charge of this battleship.

"Oh?" Murata Himeko's interest was piqued. "What's the Honkai concentration?"

"It instantly exceeded 1000 HW," Theresa said with a grave expression. "It has reached a concentration capable of birthing a Herrscher..."

"So, after more than ten years, the Third Honkai has begun, right?" Murata Himeko said with a hint of excitement.

"Yes, the war with Honkai may have begun again!" Theresa said, frowning.

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