Chapter 294
[The Princess Who Ran Away in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost]: I know... Hmm, wait, why aren't you helping? You're just watching from the sidelines?
[Spring Spirit]: Please, I'm just a second personality, sharing a Herrscher Core with Kiana. Does it make any difference whether I help or not?
[The Princess Who Ran Away in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost]:...
If Aha says that they enjoy something, then that person must enjoy it; that's called word-of-mouth.
Homura Akemi genuinely enjoys helping Chen Li exploit Kyubey, and she constantly challenges herself, attempting to drain Kyubey's wealth through various negotiation methods.
Because Kyubey is the only one who cannot retain Remembrance in each cycle, Homura Akemi is able to continuously fill in the gaps... trying to get an SSS rating in the negotiation mini-game and squeeze all of Kyubey's assets in one cycle!
In the first few playthroughs, you can only squeeze out some Grief Seeds, which doesn't bother Kyubey much because they are the property of the Magical Girl, not Kyubey's.
Later, as Homura Akemi became more skilled, Chen Li successfully obtained, but was not limited to, a large number of Grief Seeds, civilization-level weapons ×n, technology to convert emotions into energy, and half ×13 of all the energy Kyubey had extracted from Magical Girls on Earth over thousands of years...
"Wait a minute, tell me what this is?" Chen Li stared at a red envelope in the Miraculous Forging Guide, his mouth agape.
"As I just said... the homeworld of the Incubator Civilization."
"???"
"They voluntarily offered up their home planet to create more advanced Poké Balls."
"Are they crazy? What use are these high-level Poké Balls to them? Are they trying to catch the Law of Cycles, which won't appear until the future?"
"Pretty much. I told them that Poké Balls can capture Pokémon, and they believed me." Homura Akemi shrugged.
"..."
"This is not simple. Moreover, for the sake of this home planet, I mortgaged all 1,300 Starstones I obtained from you to Kyubey," Homura Akemi said.
For every [Incubator] that Homura Akemi helps Chen Li capture, Chen Li will pay Homura Akemi 100 Starstones.
After 15 cycles, after deducting the losses, Homura Akemi only had 1300 Starstones left.
"The price is quite high..."
Which is more valuable, 1300 Starstones or a planet? It's hard to say.
"It doesn't matter. Once Pardo is gone, we'll take back the Starstones."
"Alright." After picking up a new Soul Steel Poké Ball and a Miracle Crystal, Pardo disappeared into Homura Akemi 'Canned Food shadow.
Pardo is very happy, Pardo super happy.
Because this deal was secured by Pardo!
With Homura Akemi providing guidance and Pardo relaying messages, they not only obtained a large number of Grief Seeds, but also tricked Kyubey into coming to their home planet!
Although Pardo doesn't actually gain any benefit, Pardo [Plunder] ability can increase the brightness of her attributes based on the wealth she earns, while also providing comprehensive buffs to herself!
If she could get the Starstones back, Pardo felt she could become a superhero!
Pardo might feel sadness and guilt for cheating or deceiving any other life, but Pardo didn't feel that way about Kyubey.
Furthermore, since it was Pardo who signed the contract with Kyubey, if Pardo breaks the contract, it can even increase the brightness of the "Empty Dream" entry.
Chen Li, who was standing next to him, was stunned.
My own moral standards are indeed too high.
That's why you can't make big money.
"Three hours east of the river, three hours west of the river, I, Kiana, am back!" A spatial tunnel appeared in front of Chen Li, filled with golden imaginary number patterns, and Kiana's voice came from within the spatial tunnel.
As Kiana emerged holding a Crystal Ball, Houraisan Kaguya, who appeared half-dead, Prometheus No. 17, the Soul Steel robot who seemed to be looking around at the scenery, and Kevin and May, who were holding hands and crossing the space tunnel, also returned one after another.
"How about it? Isn't the month-long exclusive time-travel effect for Friends Circle Moments that I bought for 10 Starstones awesome?" Kiana, who came out first, said proudly to the crowd behind her.
"This kind of flashy but impractical stuff can only fool you young people," Houraisan Kaguya remarked.
"Thank you both for your help," Kevin said with a hint of gratitude.
"We all share the same surname, Kaslana, so we're all brothers. There's no need to be so polite," Kiana waved her hand.
"... Your seniority has increased quite quickly." Houraisan Kaguya glanced at Kiana, then reached out and pounced on Chen Li.
"Chen Li, quickly give me some Starstones! I'm about to die from exhaustion. Maintaining the eternal existence of the World Bubble and the plum blossoms beside it has consumed all my Power of Eternity." Houraisan Kaguya said as she slumped against Chen Li was sitting on the throne.
"Damn it, don't try to scam me. Here, here, here." Chen Li held up Houraisan Kaguya's face, not wanting Houraisan Kaguya to die in his arms.
Unlucky.
Just as Chen Li had expected, once Houraisan Kaguya the Starstones, she instantly perked up, got off Chen Li, stood to the side, and twisted her neck 180 degrees.
Houraisan Kaguya died.
Houraisan Kaguya has come back to life.
Houraisan Kaguya instantly came to life.
"..." Chen Li slapped himself in the face.
Houraisan Kaguya is like this: she dies once from exhaustion, dies once from sleepiness, and gets sick... It's very rare for Houraijin to get sick.
In short, when in doubt, die once.
Kiana, standing nearby, was stunned by Houraisan Kaguya's attempt to stage an accident. After a moment, she turned her gaze to Chen Li.
"Chen Li, quickly give me some Starstones, I'm about to die from exhaustion... Ah, I'm dead." Kiana pounced on Chen Li, knocking him hard before closing her eyes.
Chen Li felt as if he had been half-killed by a frolicking husky.
When Kiana woke up again, Chen Li's face was reflected in her golden pupils.
"A Quan?" Chen Li was taken aback.
Kiana does not have the ability to resurrect after death, but Kiana does have a second personality.
If the first personality gets exhausted, won't the second personality emerge?
"Mmm." The Spring Spirit stretched and then snuggled into Chen Li's arms.
The Spring Spirit was eating hotpot and singing in Kiana's consciousness space when Kiana suddenly grabbed her and started a scam.
Trying to stage an accident? You can't even scratch it.
Keep lying down!
Kiana had switched places with the Spring Spirit and returned to her consciousness space, saw the Spring Spirit shrink into Chen Li's arms without saying a word, leaving Chen Li to talk with Kevin, May, and Prometheus No. 17 whom she had rescued along the way, and felt somewhat helpless.
Say something! Why are you just hiding in his arms?
Never mind, I'll do it...
But just as Kiana wanted to switch places with the Spring Spirit and take control of her body, she discovered that she couldn't switch at all.
Huh? A Quan, didn't you want to lie down? Then switch bodies with me and go back to the consciousness space to lie down. What are you doing?
Kiana was a little confused.
Kiana was mentally exhausted from using the Herrscher of the Void Authority, but if the Spring Spirit really just wanted to lie down, it would be easy for Kiana to switch bodies.
But the current situation is that the Spring Spirit keeps saying she's very tired and just wants to lie down, but in reality, she has suppressed Kiana, who wanted to replace the Spring Spirit, with one hand.
Kiana doesn't believe you that the Spring Spirit is currently not very active.
"Tch..." Kiana pouted and started eating the hot pot from the Spring Spirit as if venting her anger.
Only Kiana knows that the Spring Spirit, seemingly resting with her eyes closed, is actually Dao Heart about things that are inappropriate for children.
Kiana just hoped that if the two of them really intended to do something naughty, they would remember to clean themselves up afterwards.
Hmm, rushing up and pulling the Spring Spirit down when they're halfway through seems like a good option.
"So much has happened? Well... as you wish. So where are the ingredients?" Dr. Mei rolled up her sleeves after hearing Chen Li's request.
So all she wanted was for me to help make lunch?
It'll be a piece of cake!
Kevin, on the other hand, looked at Chen Li with the same eyes one would use to look at a warrior.
Knowing full well that there are tigers in the mountains, yet still venturing into the tiger's den.
"Here you go." Chen Li tossed a Kyubey that Homura Akemi had broken in front of Dr. Mei.
Although Dr. Mei couldn't recognize what it was, as long as it was a carbon-based organism, it could be used to cook.
So Dr. Mei, carrying Kyubey, followed Kevin toward the kitchen of Destiny Headquarters.
As a token of gratitude for Chen Li's help in resisting the Honkai, Dr. Mei will certainly use her most exquisite culinary skills to cook a most delicious dish for Chen Li.
Prometheus No. 17, on the other hand, was taken away by another Prometheus No. 17, who was an embodiment of Collective Consciousness.
"Charcoal-grilled Kyubey?"
"No, Braised Kyubey." Dr. Mei pushed up her glasses and shook her head.
"..." Chen Li couldn't make out the dark object in front of him at all; it looked like braised food.
When Chen Li put the unidentified substance in front of him into his mouth, his eyes lit up.
The Bizarre Recipe has been successfully added. Current progress: 2/5.
"Great," Chen Li praised.
"Real?"
"Of course. I probably won't eat food that tastes like this again in my life," Chen Li said with emotion.
"I'll make you another one." Dr. Mei was delighted to see that someone appreciated her culinary skills.
"That's really unnecessary..."
These recipes are considered Bizarre Recipes. Even if you have a knack for Gourmet Cells, how delicious can they be?
"There's no need to refuse..."
"My Beloved Consort, Dr. Mei is tired. Take her to rest." Chen Li winked at Elysia on his left.
Elysia understood, and with a warm smile on her face, she walked towards Dr. Mei.
At this moment, Dr. Mei felt that Chen Li's change of attitude was faster than turning the pages of a book.
That being said, Dr. Mei was still somewhat self-aware of her culinary skills...
When the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked.
Whether Chen Li had ulterior motives or simply wanted to mock his cooking skills, Dr. Mei felt only joy as she watched Elysia walk towards her.
"Long time no see, Aili."
"Yes, it's been a long time."
"I'm back." Homura Akemi reappeared in the hall with Pardo.
"Hmm, why did you take so long to get back this time?" Chen Li, somewhat puzzled.
"That inherently evil Kyubey brat tried to renege on its debt when we placed the Poké Ball made from its home planet in front of it, claiming that the Poké Ball couldn't capture the laws of Pokémon, using that as an excuse not to return my 1300 Starstones! That's despicable! So I spent some extra time getting the Starstones back," Homura Akemi said coldly.
Sure enough, Kyubey had to die.
"I think... never mind, you're right, Kyubey must die." Chen Li nodded.
Although Chen Li felt that what the Kyubeys originally wanted was a Poké Ball that could be used to capture laws, after you turned their home planet into Poké Ball and found out that the Poké Ball could only be used to capture beings with form, they were already quite tolerant of you for not fighting you to the death and even wanting to do business with you... and then you took the Starstones back, which was a bit too much of a bully.
But it's okay if the person you're bullying is Kyubey.
"Okay, let's continue. I've been reincarnated again, and this time I'm determined to get an SSS-rank rating," Homura Akemi said firmly.
Homura Akemi hadn't expected to even trick Kyubey's home planet into coming here, yet her rating hadn't even reached SS rank.
Just how rich was Kyubey?
"No need, really no need. Including the one you have, there are already 16 Kyubeys. You don't need to catch any more," Chen Li said repeatedly.
"Even if we don't capture Kyubey, it would be good to swindle some of Kyubey's wealth." Homura Akemi seemed somewhat unwilling.
"..."
It's clear that Homura Akemi really dislikes Kyubey.
Chen Li was also thinking of a reason to get Homura Akemi to temporarily give up defrauding Kyubey.
It's fine to mess with Kyubey, but Pardo's gaze is getting increasingly strange. I can't let Homura Akemi lead Pardo astray.