[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: It's kind of complicated if I explain it in detail.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Long story short—your sister was saved by Otto. She's lost her memories, but with her talent and some absurd luck, she worked her way up to become an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal. Her current name is Bianka "Durandal" Ataegina.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Honestly… I seriously suspect she's even human.
Kiana flopped onto her stomach on the bed, both feet swinging in the air. The blanket on her body had already been rolled into a chaotic ball.
The words on the screen popped out one by one, like they were deliberately stress-testing her brain.
Eight years old. Thousands of meters up. Didn't die. Still alive and kicking.
This was even more ridiculous than Raiden Mei suddenly confessing to her.
[Rin Tohsaka]: I don't really understand what you're talking about, but from Lao Da's reaction… your sister seems to have become a big shot.
[Rin Tohsaka]: Still, surviving an aircraft fall at eight years old… that's beyond common magical sense. Even sci-fi writers wouldn't dare use something that absurd.
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: Nah. Pretty normal where I'm from.
Kiana scratched her already-messy hair.
Amnesia, huh.
No wonder she'd never come looking for Dad all these years.
Strangely, the heavy feeling of I'm the copy eased up the moment she learned the "real one" was not only alive, but had become the strongest Valkyrie.
It was like… if the正版 was living that well, then this "pirated version" had the right to live a little more shamelessly too.
Even if it was only as a dumb little sister.
"Tch." She muttered, and stabbed at the keyboard at top speed.
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: Amnesia is amnesia! As long as she's alive, that's what matters!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: And she's an S-rank Valkyrie! Doesn't that mean I'm the little sister of an S-rank Valkyrie?! That sounds insanely badass!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: Next time someone bullies me, I'll just drop my sister's name! My sister is Durandal—ahhh, just thinking about it is cool!!
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: Your ability to adapt is honestly enviable.
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: If it were me, I'd probably still be stuck asking why fate is so unfair—why my sister gets to be S-rank while I'm a debt-ridden JK.
[Dragon Sis Is Dragon]: Alive is good. On this land, staying alive is the greatest luck. As for memories… those can be made again.
Bai Qian watched Kiana's carefree bragging on the screen and tugged at the corner of his mouth.
That amoeba-tier mentality was truly world-class. Anyone else would've spiraled into depression already—she was out here planning how to throw her weight around.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Don't celebrate too early. She's Otto's ace card right now. If you run up and try to "recognize family," she'll probably treat you like a suspicious person and skewer you with a lance.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Also—you're way too weak right now.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Your sister trained for her strength, for real. You? You eat and sleep. You even make Mei cheat on exams for you.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: If you do meet her, what are you going to show her? A live demonstration of how a Honkai beast would probably get indigestion trying to digest you?
Kiana puffed up her cheeks at the message.
It made her furious… but it also sounded painfully accurate.
She lowered her head and looked at her hands.
Other than holding a game controller and a cola can, these hands really hadn't done anything serious.
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: What happened before… I couldn't do anything about it.
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: Back then I was little! I couldn't change anything!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: But!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: The future hasn't happened yet! You said that, didn't you, Lao Da?!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: I'm gonna change the heavens! Change the earth!
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: I'm gonna turn this imperfect story into the one I want!!
The moment Kiana sent that, a system prompt exploded onto the chat screen:
[Detected: A group member's world is undergoing a crisis. Now issuing a commission…]
[Commission Quest: Nagazora City · The Third Eruption]
[This quest will begin in 3 hours. Group members who wish to participate must confirm before then. After the quest begins, time in the participants' original worlds will be paused.]
Primary Objective: Suppress the impending Honkai disaster in Nagazora City.
Reward: 1000 points.
Side Objective A: Herrscher of Thunder
Details: Resolve the Third Herrscher · Herrscher of Thunder.
Reward: 200 points.
Side Objective B: Mastermind · #1
Details: Defeat Cocolia.
Reward: 200 points.
Bai Qian's fingers stopped.
"What the hell is this?"
He stared at the words Herrscher of Thunder.
But as someone who'd devoured enough light novels to qualify for citizenship, he reacted quickly:
"Don't tell me this is… a chat-group-mandated 'raid'… team-building by force?"
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: 1400.
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: "If we clear everything, it's 1400 points.
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: "Lao Da, this is an emergency commission.
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: "They said it when we joined, but this is my first time seeing it in real use. Usually it only triggers when a member's world is about to hit a major event that can change the course of fate.
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: "Daily sign-ins are only 1 to 3 points, and you only get a bonus on your first message each day. This amount—"
On the other end of the screen—
Toyokawa Sakiko was sitting on a high stool by the convenience store window, holding a discounted rice ball with a bite taken out of it. Her gaze was glued to the 1400 on her phone.
She quietly stuffed the last bite into her mouth—so absentminded she forgot to chew.
A calculator began roaring in her head.
A normal blind box cost 50 points.
1400 points = 28 blind boxes.
If she got lucky and pulled gold, gems, or alien black-tech she could convert into money…
When she swallowed, her throat stung—too dry.
She was just a normal person. This was dangerous.
But she had to join.
If she pulled off one big score like this, she'd have the capital to flip her entire life.
[Image: People, Manuscript, Diamonds.jpg]
[AAA Customer Service Xiao Xiang]: "This is the equivalent of two years of uninterrupted sign-ins."
Kiana's message popped up, a little lost:
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: What does "resolve" mean? Like… kill?
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: Literally.
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: If I remember your world's setting right, Herrschers exist to destroy humanity. Killing is definitely one way to "resolve" it.
[Want Campus Springtime With Mei]: No! I'm not killing Mei! There has to be another way!
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: There is. Sis, there is. Since you said that—then I just send a calling card and change her heart. Done.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: @Pointy-Hat Lady, you going?
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: Obviously. If I don't go, how am I supposed to find a way to get back—
Bai Qian was about to reply—
when the space station lights suddenly turned red.
A shrill alarm detonated without warning.
And then a cold, emotionless synthetic female voice rang out:
"Warning. Warning. A large Anti-Matter Legion has been detected. Level-One Alert has been activated. All non-combat personnel, proceed immediately to the nearest shelter…"
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: @Pointy-Hat Lady, quick question—where's the Astral Express right now? Are they at the Xianzhou yet?
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: What Xianzhou? Himeko's still helping me with work. If I do the math, she should be almost done… why?
So they were still before the plot even kicked off?!
"You're not telling me this is the exact timing of the Stellaron Hunters' invasion of Herta Space Station, are you? Herta's still on the station? Elio can give wrong intel?"
No matter how he turned it over, there was only one answer:
The chat group had caused a change.
Maybe even Elio's script didn't account for whatever this group had done to Herta—so naturally, it predicted "Herta isn't on the station."
[Pointy-Hat Lady]: What's wrong? Did something happen on the station?
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: Sort of. Some thieves broke in.
"Daring to invade while I'm still here—my 'air-transport unit' has to throw heavy punches!"
Bai Qian stood up and grabbed the S.E.E.S. evoker.
Even though the "air-transport unit" right now…
The Heart-Thief Crew only had one member.
But that was still enough.
[Heart-Thief Crew Lao Da]: In ten minutes, I want Kafka and Silver Wolf captured—so they can work for me for the rest of their lives!
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