Kaslana's Path to Survival in Honkai

Seele couldn't bear to see the Honkai Beast crying, and quickly went up to comfort it:

"Okay, okay, don't be sad... how about I buy you some Honkai Beast cookies later?"

Honkai Beast cookies were the favorite food of Honkai Beasts, as designated by the competition.

That's what the instruction manual said.

"Chuang!"

The Knight-class Honkai Beast perked up.

"I also flipped through that so-called instruction manual yesterday. If I remember correctly, after catching a Honkai Beast, you need to put them in some kind of Honkai Ball, right?"

Red Seele floated over to Kaino and Blue Seele, stroking her chin as she looked at the Honkai Beast.

"Yes, that's right. But we haven't had time to buy one yet—or rather, we haven't encountered a corresponding store. Of course, we can just ask the swimsuit shop owner later."

Kaino shrugged:

"Speaking of which, are we just going to keep calling it Honkai Beast? Why don't we give it a name?"

"Ha, whatever. It's not for me, so I don't have any opinion."

Red Seele spread her hands indifferently.

"Then how about we just call it Little Red?"

Red Seele's gaze towards Kaino took on a hint of murderous intent.

"Ha, just kidding."

Kaino waved his hand and began to seriously examine the Honkai Beast in front of him.

"Chuang?" The girl on the horse tilted its head.

"I've got it!"

Kaino's eyes lit up as he looked at the two Seeles:

"Since it likes to shout 'Chuang' so much, let's just call it Little Chuang."

"That's really your usual naming style..."

Red Seele couldn't help but facepalm.

Chapter 53: Honkai Balls and Judges

"Item shop... this should be the place, right?"

Kaino looked at the route map drawn by the swimsuit shop owner and the sign of the store in front of him, feeling somewhat uncertain.

The city's routes weren't that complicated, and Kaino wasn't a bad navigator, so it wasn't that he was lost. The sign on the store did indeed say "Item Shop," and there was no possibility of going to the wrong place.

It was just...

"100 Honkai Balls, 20 bags of Honkai Beast cookies, and three Honkai Beast encyclopedias. That's 210 credit points in total. Are you going to buy them or not?"

A red-haired, twin-tailed, irritable woman looked at Kaino and Seele and asked:

"Let me state this first, I've already given you enough of a discount. It can't get any cheaper!"

"Seele, if I remember correctly, we spent about 2000 credit points on swimsuits earlier?"

Suspecting that his memory was failing him, Kaino asked the Blue Seele beside him.

Seele nodded and whispered, "If I remember correctly... it was indeed 2000."

"Hey? What are you two muttering about?"

The red-haired, twin-tailed seller gritted her teeth, looking distressed:

"Fine, fine, 200 points. I can't go any lower!"

Kaino sighed.

Putting aside the fact that the other person's appearance was exactly the same as that of a great person he had seen in Schicksal textbooks, the price of the items was very wrong.

According to the blue-haired woman beside her, the so-called Honkai Ball was equipped with a bunch of high-sounding technologies and had a built-in rest area with a swimming pool, sofa, refrigerator, game console, and soft bed.

So, the question was, could a Honkai Ball equipped with so many things be so cheap?

Houmu ice cream cost 10 credit points each!

"No, it's not the price... uh, well, it is related to the price."

Kaino looked at the decoration of the store and, out of trust for the swimsuit shop owner, decided to temporarily abandon his suspicion that this store was a scam.

"Um... have you ever thought that your pricing is too low?"

"Leaving aside the cookies and encyclopedia, let's talk about the Honkai Ball first. Without considering the value of the technology involved, the game console and other items inside alone would exceed 200 credit points, right?"

"Ah? I guess that's true?"

The red-haired woman widened her eyes and looked at the blue-haired woman beside her: "Bedhead, I think I know where our funding went!"

"No need to say it, Doctor Tesla, I know too."

The blue-haired woman sighed and looked at Kaino and the others: "Sorry, we might not have noticed these problems if it weren't for you. We'll sell you the things you want for 2000 credit points, which should be considered a discounted price."

"We... need to temporarily close the shop and re-plan the pricing of each item."

"Ah, thank you."

Seeing that they were indeed a legitimate shop, Kaino took out money to pay them.

"Take this little cart as well. I noticed you didn't bring any bags, so..."

Doctor Tesla said.

"Also, as a reward for your help, I'll give you a piece of information: the first stamp point for the challenge is in the largest city park. If you want to go, heading east from here is a shortcut."

The rules of the challenge are to collect stamps from the beginner, intermediate, and advanced zones on the instruction manual and then proceed to the island in the sea for the finals.

"Whoa, thanks a lot!"

Pushing the cart, Kaino waved to the two of them: "See you later!"

"Goodbye."

The blue-haired woman nodded and pulled down the shutter.

"Speaking of which, Kaino. Seele wanted to ask earlier, why did we buy so many Honkai Balls?"

Seele followed Kaino, counting on her fingers one by one:

"A whole hundred Honkai Balls, that's enough to catch every Honkai Beast in the Honkai Beast encyclopedia!"

"Hey, Seele, do you remember what those two said about these Honkai Balls?"

Kaino smiled, picked up a Honkai Ball, and then, making sure no one was around, put the rest directly into the Imaginary Space:

"They have enough space inside and plenty of facilities... they can totally be used as a house!"

"Once we get back to our original world, we just need to sell a few... hey, we won't be short of money at all."

After Kaino returns, he doesn't plan to keep spending his great-aunt's money. Mooching off family isn't his style; he ultimately wants to earn his own money.

Although he could replicate banknotes using his analysis ability after returning to the original world, that kind of behavior isn't really good. Using it sparingly and for a short time is fine, but over time it would affect the world economy.

...But speaking of which, is spending his great-aunt's money considered mooching?

Kaino couldn't help but fall into thought.

"Never mind that for now. Hey, Kaino, put Little Chuang in first."

Red Seele said:

"You specifically saved a Honkai Ball for this, didn't you? How long are you planning to hold onto it?"

"Oh, I forgot thinking about things."

Kaino patted his head, then frowned as he stared at the Honkai Ball.

"Speaking of which, how do you even use this thing? Let me think..."

Kaino held up the Honkai Ball, staring seriously at Little Chuang: "Honkai Beast! I dare you to..."

"Stop being silly. Didn't that redhead say how to use it?"

Red Seele lightly slapped Kaino's head.

"We got up so early to get ahead of everyone else. Now that we know the location of the stamp point, shouldn't we hurry up and go?"

"Alright, I was hoping to play around with it."

Sighing with regret, Kaino pressed the raised circular button in the center of the Honkai Ball.

"Come back, Little Chuang!"

With that, Kaino threw the glowing Honkai Ball towards Little Chuang.

"...to cry? Who knows?"

After a surprised sound from Little Chuang, its figure disappeared, leaving behind only a shaking Honkai Ball.

"Um, Kaino."

Seele swallowed and looked at Kaino with wide eyes:

"If Seele remembers correctly, you don't need to throw the Honkai Ball. You just need to press the button and let Little Chuang come in, right?"

"I know, but this feels more dramatic, doesn't it?"

Shrugging, Kaino threw the Honkai Ball into the Imaginary Space.

"By the way, although it's still a while until noon, it's not that far off. Should we take care of lunch first or go straight to the stamp point?"

"Let's go to the stamp point first. After all, we need to complete the judge's task to get the stamp... we can eat afterward, right?"

Blue Seele said, while also looking at Kaino and Red Seele:

"Kaino, Seele, do you have any objections?"

"I don't care. Kaino can just conjure up food for me anyway."

Red Seele shrugged, indicating she didn't mind.

"Stamp first... after all, we've already arrived at the park."

Kaino pointed to the long-haired white-haired woman standing by the park fountain not far away and said:

"She's the only one around here, is she the judge?"

Seemingly hearing their voices, the white-haired woman's body trembled...

Then she placed the instant noodles in her hand by the fountain and turned around.

Chapter 54: The Spirit of the Spring's Task

"Um... are you the judge?"

Kaino took a few steps forward to stand not far from the woman, sizing her up.

Although her hair was white, the woman didn't look old. The white hair seemed to be natural, like Kaino's. In fact, she looked even younger than Kaino himself.

Of course, she was very beautiful, with a great temperament. Her bright golden eyes stared at them as if from on high, her skin was as white as jade, and her vermilion lips...

Well, she was chewing instant noodles, so it was hard to tell. In addition, the three parasols floating behind her were quite eye-catching; he wondered what they were for.

But compared to her appearance, Kaino was more concerned with whether she could give him a stamp.

The woman glanced at Kaino and Seele, her delicate eyebrows furrowing as she swallowed the mouthful of instant noodles. She lightly wiped her mouth, pretending nothing had happened.

"You are contestants in this competition? I am a judge for the preliminary round. Just call me Spirit of the Spring."

"Not bad. You're faster than I expected. You're the first group to come here for a stamp."

Hearing this, Kaino's gaze shifted to the right, landing on the instant noodles that Spirit of the Spring had placed by the fountain.

Yeah, it's really obvious that we caught you off guard.

"Cough, wh-what are you looking at?"

Spirit of the Spring noticed Kaino's gaze and felt a little embarrassed, taking a few steps to block the bowl of instant noodles:

"Is there a problem with me eating a few bowls of instant noodles when no contestants come looking for me?"

"No, no, no problem at all."