Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"Mistelin, if—and I mean if—a part of your body were to disappear forever, would you die?"

"If it's only a part of it, it won't die. But it will be weak for a long time, weak enough to give you the freedom to do whatever you want."

Yu Tu teased Jiu Xiao with a smile, then scooped up a spoonful of soup and tasted it.

"This tastes really weird..."

Hearing Yu Tu say she wouldn't die, Jiu Xiao shook his head regretfully. "Never mind the taste, just eat more."

"But it's really strange... um?" Yu Tu's eyes widened suddenly as she stared in disbelief at the thing that had been turned out of the bowl.

"Jiuxiao, do you have such heavy tastes? I can't eat this..."

"You have to eat it even if you can't!"

Jiuxiao pinched Yutu's face, making it impossible for her to close her mouth, and forced her to swallow the contents.

After confirming that Yu Tu had swallowed it, Jiu Xiao breathed a deep breath and felt relieved.

"Cough cough cough, you...you're disgusting..." Yu Tu slumped to the side, trying to vomit up what she had eaten.

But Jiuxiao used his Starry Sky to sever her limbs and cut open her neck, rendering her unable to resist.

"Conventional methods won't work to subdue you, so I'll have to resort to some illegal means. Bye!"

Jiuxiao waved to Yutu and turned to leave.

"Jiuxiao, you're very good... I'm very angry now..." Yu Tu suppressed her nausea and used her spear to support herself as she stood up.

Just as the Feathered Rabbit was preparing to shift its position and then shoot down the Nine Heavens with its spear.

Spatial ripples appeared on the belly of the Feather Rabbit, and a Guixu Divine Turtle darted out, biting the Feather Rabbit in half and turning it into Xixi Rabbit. Then, it took the Feather Rabbit and Jiuxiao's body parts and went straight back to Guixu.

"What... happened..."

Yu Tu tried to reattach her body, but a large part of it had disappeared. Just as Yu Tu couldn't observe the Ruins-Returning Divine Turtle, she also couldn't understand why a large part of her body had suddenly vanished.

In the end, Yutu could only shrink and shrink its size again, transforming from an adult female to a young girl, becoming a little Yutu.

"..." Now it was Jiuxiao's turn to fall silent. What was going on? The grown-up Yutu resembled Durandal, while the young Yutu resembled Kiana?

"You bastard...! I considered you a friend!" Little Feather Rabbit jumped up and down angrily, shouting at Jiu Xiao in her childish voice.

"Hmm... but we're fighting our own battles. Friends can also be enemies, right?" Jiu Xiao smiled and patted the little rabbit's head. The little guy looked so cute and adorable.

"Now you shouldn't be able to stop me anymore, bye-bye really. Hahaha." Jiuxiao pinched Little Feather Rabbit's cheek, laughed, and turned to run away.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Little Feather Rabbit stomped her feet angrily. She could no longer hold onto Jiu Xiao.

Yu Tu didn't lie to Jiu Xiao; if a large part of her body were missing, she would be weak for a long time. This was because her regeneration wasn't true regeneration, but merely a reassembly, but now a large portion had disappeared and could no longer be reassembled.

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"So... you were fed something you shouldn't have by that weird uncle, and then your size was shrunk, turning you into Detective Conan, Yuuto?" The half-dead raven turned to look at the little Yuuto who was transcribing a jackal.

"Pretty much, thankfully I don't need to eat, otherwise I'd have to see a psychologist..." Little Feather Rabbit murmured to the jackal, her eyes brimming with tears and her voice filled with grievance.

The raven couldn't run very fast with the jackal, so it decisively abandoned the jackal. But unfortunately, once a black hole forms, its gravity is something the raven can't escape. If the winged rabbit hadn't arrived in time, the raven and the jackal would have been reduced to ashes.

The good news is that Yuuhachi saved the raven that was about to escape the attack range; the bad news is that Yuuhachi only managed to save the arm of the jackal that was still within the attack range.

"Hopefully, the new Jackal won't be such an idiot..."

"I doubt it will work..."

Chapter 217 Cat Slave

Stan glanced at Rita, who was facing him. After receiving news of the jackal's retreat, it prepared to leave.

Although Rita and Stan were evenly matched, Rita couldn't lose her maid's elegance. She brandished her scythe, smiling as she struck a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure pose while looking at Stan.

"What, realizing you can't win, are you starting to think about running away?"

"Meow." (A soldier's duty is to obey orders. Little girl, you've escaped with your life!)

Stan roared in frustration, then turned and scurried away.

"..."

Rita sheathed her scythe, watching Stan flee speechlessly, but didn't give chase, because Susana seemed to be more important right now...

Just as Stan was about to reach the entrance of the passage, Durandal slowly walked down from above.

"Meow meow meow meow!" (There are reinforcements... it doesn't matter who comes!)

Stan meowed and jumped up, lunging at Durandal.

Durandal raised her hand, as if swatting away a fly, and with a wave of her small hand, she sent the gigantic cat-shaped Honkai Beast Stan flying.

Stan ran over as fast as he could, and was sent flying at the same speed, smashing a deep crater into the stone wall of the ruins.

click-

The limiter on Stan's neck shattered due to the impact, and the gigantic Honkai Beast transformed back into a kitten.

"Meow..." (What just happened?)

Stan staggered to his feet, his eyes already brimming with tears of uncontrollable pain.

"Is this the artificial Honkai Beast mentioned in the report? It's actually quite cute."

Durandal slowly walked towards Stan, who trembled uncontrollably under the pressure from Durandal.

Stan is a cat that has been modified by the Collapse. Its senses are thousands of times more sensitive than those of an ordinary cat, and it can even sense the strength of a person...

And judging from Durandal's aura... is she even human? She's practically a monster, just like Yuto...

"Meow..." (I gave it my all, sacrificed everything, and this is the only ending I got?)

Damn it, I’m so unwilling!

But in the face of life and death, Stan curled up, determined to use its last move to decide the outcome.

"Meow~"

Stan exposed his belly to Durandal, using his cute appearance to roll around on the spot and act adorably to gain sympathy.

"You guy!"

Durandal's eyes widened at the sight. After a brief 0.0003 seconds of thought, she ran to Stan's side at lightning speed, squatted down, and began to happily pet the cat.

Oh oh oh~ Tummy tummy tummy~

So cute, so cute, it's killing me!

Durandal hugged and kissed Stan, then happily spun around in circles.

While Durandal was engrossed in petting the cat, Jiuxiao arrived with Otto.

"Cough cough cough..." Otto, who was being held in mid-air by Jiuxiao, coughed twice, reminding Durandal not to become too obsessed with cats.

Durandal glanced at Jiuxiao, then at Otto, before pulling Stan into her arms with a wary expression.

Even without Durandal saying a word, Otto and Jiuxiao could read the meaning "I won't let you touch me" from Durandal's face.

Jiuxiao helplessly shrugged, then kicked the mechanical stone wall that separated Rita and Susana, and Rita was waiting for them behind it.

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The stone wall suddenly cracked open, startling Rita, who was examining Catherine's body.

"Durandal, Nine Heavens, Lord Otto, what brings you here?"

“If we hadn’t come, we could have collected your corpse. Let’s go, we can talk on the way.” Jiu Xiao waved his hand, signaling Rita to follow.

"Is Susanna alright? She might have been captured by the World Serpents." Rita pointed to Catherine's corpse on the ground. Susanna had been traveling with Catherine, but now only Catherine's body remained; Susanna was nowhere to be found.

Otto struggled and swayed a few times before falling to the ground from Jiu Xiao's grasp. "Don't worry, Susana is safe now. Amber has assigned her the task of cleaning the library, so there's no need to worry about her."

"Really... It seems you've all done a lot behind the scenes without my knowledge. Rita thanks you all in advance."

Rita bowed slightly to express her gratitude to the three. Then she reached out and summoned Skadi of Frost, pointing only at Stan in Durandal's arms.

"But should we hand this Honkai Beast disguised as a Siamese cat over to Rita?" Rita narrowed her eyes, her smiling face radiating murderous intent.

After all… Rita is very vengeful.

"Lady Durandal, please put it down."

Durandal shook her head, hugged Stan, and took a few steps back.

Stan glared fiercely at Rita through gritted teeth. "Meow!" (What do you think you're doing, little brat! I've already turned to the light!)

Rita approached step by step, scythe in hand. "This time, I'll definitely finish this off as quickly as possible."

"Meow." (Such a boastful tone! Why didn't you say that when we were fighting? Come on! Let's have another decisive battle!)

Stan stretched out his cat paws, revealing sharp claws, and nestled in Durandal's arms. Taking advantage of Durandal's presence, the cat barked at Rita in a show of bravado.

Then Stan's bravado vanished...

"This kitten is too fierce; what if it scratches someone? I definitely prefer a well-behaved cat."

Jiuxiao reached out and took Stan from Durandal's arms, then trimmed all of Stan's nails before putting him back into Durandal's arms.