Wait, Who the Hell Are You?!

Let me bear the infamy.

What the hell, who are you?!

After dumping Huihui's work on Naruto, Russell quickly returned to his residence.

Thanks to Huihui and Naruto's sweat, along with Valmont's selfless contributions, his life was gradually getting back on track.

But some problems had emerged as well.

For example, because of Causality Law: Thousand Years of Death, he had acted like an overbearing villain in front of Talulah.

Talulah, the adopted daughter of Grand Duke Black Snake Koschei.

Koschei, the immortal being from Slavic mythology. That demon resided within Talulah's body, waiting for her to acknowledge it and be assimilated by it.

Since he had left such a deep impression on Talulah, he would obviously draw Black Snake's attention.

And if that monster, which claimed to embody Ursus's national will, discovered a force that seemed intent on seizing Victoria's royal lineage and did nothing, that would be strange.

Hmm, there might be some probing attempts later?

That sounded a little troublesome.

But thinking it over carefully, it did not seem like much of a problem.

After all, Huihui had already gone to make something that could utilize the Shadowkhan masks.

True to their name, the Shadowkhan Army were both evil spirits and shadows.

They could lurk within shadows and even use them to achieve effects similar to Space Jump.

In truth, using the Shadowkhan Army as laborers was completely wrong.

—Their actual profession was assassination.

Just imagine waking up surrounded by over a hundred ninjas. Without Jackie Chan's invincible furniture-store plot armor, your balls would get kicked to pieces.

Even if that old pervert snake went berserk, he could have the Shadowkhan Army take him away, or simply ask one of the group members to open a portal...

Later, he would go to Valmont's world and find more masks. Then he could lead the Shadow Legion and charge straight at those bastards.

Thinking of that, Russell's mood improved considerably, and he prepared to sleep.

Then—

Hey, buddy, didn't you forget something?

The Prompt Device abruptly popped up in his field of vision.

Huh?

Russell froze.

You promised Megumin that you would feed Kiana.

Russell came to a realization.

That did seem to be a thing.

Megumin's keys and bank card were both in his hands.

It was just that Valmont had suddenly stuffed the Holy Lord statue and the Shadowkhan mask into his hands. He had been so busy thinking about how to control the Shadow Legion and torture the Holy Lord that he had forgotten all about it.

Um...

Russell looked at the night outside the window, his expression awkward.

He had completely forgotten about Kiana.

He did not know Kiana at all, so naturally he did not feel guilty about letting her down. Still, this was something Megumin had asked him to do...

Russell cared quite a bit about what Megumin thought.

After all, she was a member of the chat group. Unless something unexpected happened, they would all be tied to the same rope in the future.

As one grasshopper among them, Russell obviously could not do something that would make another grasshopper furious.

Host, are you suffering from early-onset dementia at such a young age?

The system's response was utterly merciless.

"Has it ever occurred to you that you're just too useless? If you'd given me something like the Simulation of Star Creation Diagram or the Ophiuchus Cloth as a sign-in reward from the start, would I be this damn busy?"

Russell got up and began packing, striking back at the Prompt Device on him while he was at it.

Though he said he was preparing, there was not really much to prepare.

After all, the Dragon Talisman had been tossed into the mine as equipment, while Huihui had taken the Shadowkhan mask to Crimson Demon Village.

The only thing he could bring was a Sheep Talisman.

Honestly, going to the Honkai world with only a Sheep Talisman was somewhat reckless. The energy in the Honkai world view was highly corrosive Honkai energy. Honkai energy in a normal environment was sparse and harmless, but if he ran into some kind of infection source, he would be in deep trouble.

Fortunately, his task this time was only to find Kiana and toss a bank card in front of her before returning.

If he wanted to be safer still.

He could simply use the Sheep Talisman's power to visit her in a dream and tell Kiana where Megumin's bank card and apartment keys were.

If he wanted to add a little drama for himself, he could coldly say, "Why aren't you taking the money and getting the hell out of the Raikou family?"

Well, the upside was that it would be fun. The downside was that Kiana might load the Dragon King Script and become the Herrscher of Flamescion in a couple of days, then blow Russell's head apart.

Ahem. For the sake of his head, he had better not add any drama.

With that thought, Russell quickly changed clothes and sent Megumin a travel request.

Unadon tasted exquisite. The eel was coated in a sweet and savory sauce before being laid over white rice, and the sweetness of the sticky rice blended with the eel's flavor to instantly awaken the taste buds.

Sukiyaki, made by using a special Japanese sauce as its soup base, adding sliced meat and all kinds of vegetables, then dipping the cooked ingredients in raw egg, was also exceptionally delicious.

Of course, for people who expended tremendous amounts of energy, fried food was the pinnacle of cuisine.

Seafood, fresh vegetables, and other ingredients were coated in egg batter before being deep-fried. The calories were off the charts, but so was the pleasure.

The white-haired girl walked through the food street, radiating the aura of a Starving Ghost so intensely that people were afraid to approach her.

Kiana Kaslana.

The daughter of Kaslana and Saniyat.

By blood, she was a genuine noble young lady, perhaps even a princess.

But just as one had to be admired by others to become Hokage, only those with power and influence had the qualifications to be called a princess.

Kiana felt that she did not resemble a noble young lady at all.

She felt more like a refugee.

Changkong City was an exceptionally prosperous city.

And prosperous cities never lacked delicious food.

"I'm so hungry..."

The girl clutched her wallet and shook it hard. Then a single one-hundred-yen coin drifted lightly to the ground.

One hundred yen was worth three RMB.

Clearly, that was not enough to let a hungry samoyed fill her stomach.

Kiana was starving.

Not ordinarily hungry, but desperately hungry.

When she had still been very young, her father had mysteriously disappeared. She had no choice but to leave Northern Europe and search for him.

She had heard that a white-haired man had appeared in Changkong City, so she had come here.

In the end, she had not found that white-haired old man. Instead, she had encountered the byproduct of the Honkai Source—Death Warriors.

Kaslana was a family of knights.

Out of a sense of honor, she had naturally stayed behind and attempted to resolve the problems in this city.

Investigating the Honkai Source alone was undoubtedly exhausting. Not only was it inefficient, but it also consumed a great deal of energy.

Kiana held her stomach, her expression full of pain.

She had not found Siegfried, had not caught the Honkai Source, and had gone hungry for an entire day.

Life suddenly seemed meaningless.

Only Mei's chest carried a little warmth.

Thinking of that beautiful upperclasswoman, Kiana's expression finally improved somewhat.

Megumin.

The upperclasswoman willing to offer her every kind of help, and also her best friend in all these years.

Refined, calm, and accustomed to taking care of others.

Simply being with her felt warm and comforting.

The old man had said that when you met someone who made your heart race, you had to strike with everything you had. A man's pursuit had to be as earth-shaking as the Rumbling!!

Without question, Megumin was the one worth pursuing with all her strength.

Thinking of that, Kiana's pace unconsciously quickened.

Like a nimble cat, she effortlessly cleared a high wall and slipped into a rather luxurious apartment complex.

In her sight, one apartment remained brightly lit.

Mei...

Was she waiting for me?

The girl's face was filled with excitement.

Ohohohoho!!

Had Mei gotten used to preparing meals for her, and even decided to leave the lights on because she had not eaten?

This was too much like a fairy tale.

A smile kept spreading across Kiana's face.

This was a huge step forward in warming up their relationship!

She took the elevator upstairs, knocked on the door, and waited for the beautiful girl to open it for her.

Kiana's face was full of smiles.

Less than five seconds after she knocked, the lock began to turn.

Mei, I'm here!!

The smiling girl bent forward slightly, then charged ahead. Based on her past experience, this position would let her crash right into Mei's chest and fully enjoy that soft bounce.

Charge!!!

Following her usual experience, the girl became a charging locomotive.

But perhaps it was an illusion. Mei's chest not only did not feel soft, it instead felt somewhat...

Uncomfortably hard.

Sensing that something was wrong with the feel of it, Kiana warily raised her head.

The man with a piece of bread in his mouth looked deeply troubled.

???

Who the hell are you?!