"Oh—"
But she still listened to Mo Yi and walked back. Instead of throwing herself onto him and smearing the green liquid all over him in revenge, as Mo Yi had imagined, she sat blankly to one side, muttering under her breath while holding her hands in strange poses. Mm-hmm, she was recalling the training just now, thinking about how to dodge invisible peas and knock away the ones she could not avoid.
"Mo Yi—"
At last, Miss Mei, who was carrying several baskets full of ingredients, found the time to ask Mo Yi what had happened.
"What's wrong with Kiana?"
Yue Xia and Bronya had actually been concerned too, but the moment they came over, they saw Kiana and those strange plants doing strange things. They had no idea what was going on, but Kiana's serious expression made them afraid to interrupt.
So Mo Yi told everyone about how Kiana had asked him to help her become stronger, then briefly explained the purpose of the Peashooter dodge training. Mm-hmm, he had actually considered making the others undergo special training too. After all, this was the dangerous Honkai World. If they could become stronger, there was no reason not to.
"That sounds pretty interesting. Can I try it?"
Yue Xia, with her childlike temperament, was the first to take the bait and raised her right hand.
"Of course you can—"
Mo Yi pointed to where Kiana had been standing and said,
"Just walk over there, and you can begin—"
"Good luck, Theresa! Kiana managed to hold out for several seconds against a hundred Peashooters attacking at once."
As he spoke, he rubbed Yue Xia's head to cheer her on.
"Mm-hmm, Theresa will definitely surpass Kiana—"
With Mo Yi's little bit of coaxing, Yue Xia was instantly fired up and prepared