Honkai, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Although he didn't see who was behind him, it wasn't hard to guess. There were only five people in the building besides them, six if you counted the car. He could just ask them one by one.

Too bad they split up to go on different rides, or it would be a lot easier right now.

Could it be... could it be that she's stripping for me?

"Nope. I'm resting here. How would I know where they are?"

"Master, Bella doesn't know either."

Before Kaino could even ask, Bella gave her answer.

"Speaking of which, you've been frowning ever since you came back with the water. What happened?"

Seele frowned and asked Kaino.

"Tell us. Maybe we can help you figure it out?"

"...It's complicated, hard to explain quickly. In short, we might get stuck in this bubble world for some unknown reason in the future, and someone among them might know more specific details."

"Oh, right, that Seele might know something too."

Remembering Rita's warning at the end, Kaino added.

"Tch, yes, yes, sorry we don't know as much as that Seele."

Seele said sarcastically from the side, then turned serious.

"Since you think they might know, we'll just ask them one by one. And that Seele, if she doesn't tell us, we'll hang her up and torture her, and then..."

"Stop, stop, stop! That's not necessary!"

Kaino quickly stopped Seele from continuing.

We agreed on the first part, but the second part is too violent, right?

And Seele, can you really bring yourself to do that to someone who looks just like you?

Bella's looking at us weirdly over there!

"Master..."

Bella's eyes flickered, and after a moment of thought, she said, "Although I don't know what you mean by leaving the world, if it concerns your safety, Bella can help you catch that Seele."

"No, no, not at all. There's no need."

How did you two come to this agreement?!

Kaino was afraid that if he didn't talk them out of it, they would tie up that Seele in some corner.

"Even if I really needed to force her to tell me something, I could use Feather of the Underworld. If things really get out of hand, we can just use my ability to leave."

"You can leave? Then why don't we leave now?"

This time it was Seele's turn to be confused.

"You and the other Seele wanted to participate in this challenge and win, right? I even signed up because of that, so if we can continue to participate and win, that would be even better."

After all, Kaslana values promises quite a bit.

If it weren't for that, Kaino, whose Honkai energy had already recovered to the point where he could return to his original world, wouldn't have continued participating in the challenge.

Hearing Kaino's words, Seele was stunned, her eyes widened slightly, then she nodded slightly, her voice barely audible.

"Okay, then we'll do as you say."

"But if it's too much trouble, we'll leave quickly. It doesn't matter if we have to spend a few more days in the Quantum Sea for that."

Kaino smiled and nodded.

It was good that she could let go of the idea of forcing others to comply.

"How's your body now? Let's go, let's go find them."

Kaino stood up and reached out to Seele.

Seele looked up at Kaino, her eyes blank.

"Brother Kaino, who are we going to find?"

Kaino tilted his head and blinked.

He couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.

Then, as if realizing something, he turned to look aside. Red Seele was indeed floating not far away, arms crossed, looking at them.

"Don't look at me, Seele suddenly woke up, and as the owner of this body, she naturally pushed me out."

Red Seele spread her hands, looking innocent.

"Eh? Seele, were you guys talking about something important? Do you need my help?"

Blue Seele belatedly realized something and quickly asked.

She didn't know what was happening outside because she was resting in the Stigmata. After all, not all consciousnesses hiding in the Stigmata have the habit of peeping.

To this, Red Seele just waved her hand.

"Silly Seele, you don't need to know so much. Just follow us obediently. Oh, and remember to let me have the body at critical moments."

"Ah? Ah, okay."

Seele nodded blankly.

"Alright, since that's settled, let's get ready to go. Let me see where they are first..."

As Kaino spoke, he used the Herrscher of Wind's authority, stirring up a faint breeze inside the entire building.

In an instant, the situation inside the entire building was presented in Kaino's mind... it just took a bit of brainpower.

Relying on this method, Kaino instantly found Seele and the Captain. Coincidentally, Rosalia and Xiao Shi were also there. Not only that, but...

Why was there a creature with donkey ears in his perception?

Yae Sakura?

Kaino frowned.

In his perception, she was holding a tailed lifeform, he couldn't tell if it was Rosalia or Liliya, and running towards the door at high speed.

What's going on?

"Attention all tamers, a cyber donkey has snatched our contestant Rosalia, a cyber donkey has snatched our contestant Rosalia, please all tamers proceed to intercept immediately, please all tamers proceed to intercept immediately!"

Xiao Shi's voice echoed through the loudspeakers installed in the building, sounding incredibly angry.

"Daring to kidnap a maiden in broad daylight right in front of me, the Herrscher of Sentience... this cyber donkey is finished!"

Chapter 73: Interception

"What's going on? That pink-haired brat got snatched?"

Red Seele, who was next to Kaino, said with surprise, having also heard Xiao Shi's broadcast.

After all, things were too sudden, no one expected it.

"Yeah. Seele, I'll go intercept her first, you and Bella go find Xiao Shi together, then have Bella come find me."

Kaino nodded, opened an Imaginary Space gate leading outside the building, gave Seele and the others a Feather of the Underworld, and rushed in while saying to them.

"You can use it to locate me and contact me."

"Wait, we..."

Before Red Seele could finish speaking, the Imaginary Space gate had already been closed by Kaino.

"Tch."

Red Seele clicked her tongue, looking annoyed.

Forcefully pushing the plane's control stick, watching the scenery recede, Yae Sakura... or rather, Yae Kasumi, breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking for a moment, Yae Kasumi fastened the seat belt for the pink-haired girl who was sleeping next to her.

Her strength was not as good as the pink hair who was called Rosalia and now named Delta, being able to stun the other party and bring her to this pre-prepared plane was entirely because the other party relaxed her vigilance after knowing the truth...

As well as the Herrscher of Sentience and others around her who only started talking and watching the show, and only started trying to keep her after she kidnapped Delta.

"Mmm... my head hurts a little, how much force did you use?"

Suddenly, Delta, who was slumped in the seat next to her, squeaked, opened her eyes, and rubbed her neck.

"As expected of Delta. If it were someone else, they would probably sleep for half a day, but you woke up after only a while."

Yae Kasumi nodded while flying the plane, her donkey ears brushing against the top of the cockpit, looking quite comical.

"Huh? So why did you hit me, were you that impatient?"

Delta looked unhappy. She curled her tail to make it more comfortable in the small cockpit.

"And you even got a plane? Are you kidding me, is there some kind of flood or beast behind us?"

"In a broad sense, yes."

Unexpectedly, after hearing her teasing, Yae Kasumi nodded seriously.

"Just when we were confronting each other, I suddenly felt a gust of wind rising in the entire building. At the same time, my instinct was constantly alerting me, urging me to leave that place."

"And because you are lost in this world bubble, there are some things you don't know. Before carrying out this mission, a woman... well, let's call her a person for now. She approached the ferryman and proposed to make a deal with him, the content..."

"Heh, say whatever you want, anyway, we're out now, we'll just go back to the ship later, right?"

Delta shrugged indifferently, interrupting Yae Kasumi's words. The ferryman was mysterious every day, why should she care so much about his affairs?

She just needs to take care of herself.

Delta took out the instruction manual for the competition from her arms, stared at it with complicated eyes, folded it, and then took a deep breath...

"Probably not."

Yae Kasumi, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke, interrupting Delta, who was brewing her emotions.

"Tch, you..."

Delta was about to complain when she noticed something was wrong.

She stared at a shadow that suddenly appeared on the instruction manual she was gazing at, and then suddenly raised her head.

A white-haired figure was squatting on the windshield looking at them.

"That monster might have circled around from behind us to get in front."

Yae Kasumi said in a calm voice.

"So, you two really do know each other, huh?"

Kaino, who was using the Herrscher of Wind's power to resist the gale and the Herrscher of Thunder's power to stick himself to the plane, raised an eyebrow and tapped on the windshield.

Unfortunately, the soundproofing of the glass was excellent, and the two people inside probably couldn't hear him.

Although he could directly simulate air vibrations inside to make sounds using the Herrscher of Wind's power, looking at Rosalia's wary expression, even if he communicated, it would be useless, right?

And although he couldn't see Yae Sakura's expression because she was wearing a mechanical mask, just looking at her unwavering actions after seeing him, he could guess that she didn't intend to stop.

...Speaking of which, with those ears being so conspicuous, what's the point of her wearing this mask?

Seriously, Kaino didn't understand.

But since he didn't understand, he might as well catch her and ask.

Kaino took Xuanyuan out of the Imaginary Space, took a step forward, and then sliced a cut in the side of the plane like cutting tofu—not that the plane was a shoddy piece of engineering, but it was indeed no different from tofu in front of Soul Steel, which was used to forge God Keys.

The plane, having lost its wing, immediately lost its balance. No matter how Yae Kasumi adjusted the control stick in the cabin, she couldn't restabilize it.

"As expected."

Yae Kasumi sighed, "I still can't operate these technological creations."

"Even if you let the Hyperion's ferryman come and drive it, it's still useless with it broken like this. Here's a parachute for you, let's land quickly."

Delta rolled her eyes at Yae Kasumi and took out two parachutes from the side.

"No need, we've already reached our destination. The plane isn't flying very high. Next, we just need to forcibly jump out of the plane."

Yae Kasumi shook her head, grabbed the long sword at her waist, and cut the windshield along with her seat belt.

"Hey, wait a minute, I haven't unbuckled my seat belt yet!"