Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

I admire those who tirelessly dedicate their lives to fighting the Honkai; their stories should not be forgotten...

Therefore... I want them to join Schicksal and become my blades. Fighting the Honkai is not just the responsibility of one family; you need Schicksal's help, and Schicksal needs you. Colorless Flame... Schicksal Archbishop Otto Apocalypse hereby extends his sincerest invitation to you: join Schicksal and fight against the Honkai together.

Otto extended his hand to the Colorless Flame. He had already visited the Colorless Family; they hadn't refused his invitation to join Schicksal, but they hadn't agreed either. Schicksal had done a good job protecting the world; apart from those who survived the Honkai and those who fought against it, the world was unaware of the Honkai's impact.

As an ancient and long-standing family, the Colorless Clan has always upheld the traditions of Shintoism. They worship gods and refer to Honkai Beasts as demons. In the past, whenever they heard of demons wreaking havoc, it was invariably Honkai Beasts, and they would immediately grab their weapons and rush to deal with them. However, now news of Honkai is being suppressed by Schicksal, and if Honkai were to descend, Schicksal would dispatch Valkyries to fight them.

The Colorless Clan had not received any news from the demons for a long time and had gradually forgotten their mission to fight the Honkai. Due to the Honkai calamity, the Colorless Clan was sparsely populated, and they could no longer afford the cost of fighting the Honkai. However, they could not completely give up the fight against the Honkai, so they handed the choice over to the most beloved eldest daughter of the Colorless Clan, Colorless Radiant Flame.

This completely stunned the colorless radiant flame; her eyes widened in disbelief. She didn't immediately answer Otto's question; this choice held significant implications...

Huihuo knows about Schicksal, an organization jointly established by the Apocalypse Family, the Shaniat Family, and the Kaslana Family. Schicksal's Archbishop Otto Apocalypse, a man who has lived for 500 years, has indeed protected the world; the Schicksal organization has resolved 90% of the world's Honkai disasters.

However, for families with long histories like the Colorless Clan, Otto was both a respectable and hateful figure. Schicksal took sole responsibility for fighting the Honkai, which effectively stifled the efforts of families like theirs. Most of the families fighting the Honkai were fearless warriors; fighting was a means of survival, not an option. They wanted to join Schicksal but had no chance, and were ultimately eliminated by the times.

Huihuo was at a loss. If he agreed, the Colorless Clan would once again step onto the front lines against the Honkai. If that happened, how many of his beloved clansmen would ultimately survive? But if he refused, it would be shirking the Colorless Clan's mission, a mission the Colorless Clan could not shirk.

In the end, Huihuo shook Otto's hand and agreed to the alliance.

“I… on behalf of the Colorless Family… agree to join Destiny. But not all members of the Colorless Family will go to the battlefield; most of them have forgotten how to fight… and even the Colorless Family’s Holy Marks have lost their original meaning in the long history of their lineage.”

“You won’t regret your choice. For her sake, humanity will surely defeat the Honkai.” Otto nodded. Fighting the Honkai doesn’t require ordinary people; only high-end combat power is what he needs.

Otto's goal was to resurrect Kallen, and his promise was for her to live in a beautiful world free from the ravages of Honkai. Kallen might blame him for what he did to resurrect her, but if the Honkai were destroyed, she would surely smile again...

"By the way, how did you find out about the Colorless Family?"

Huihuo took out a lollipop and put it in his mouth. Although he had already agreed to join Destiny, there were still some things he needed to understand.

"The Colorless Family carries a mission: to stand in the shadow of human civilization and fight against the Honkai. Like our surname 'Colorless,' our value lies solely in eliminating the Honkai, without leaving any trace. We snipe Honkai Beasts from a distance, leaving no trace on the scene and remaining unknown to the world. So how did you find us?"

Just then, Jiu Xiao appeared, holding Kiana's hand, carrying several bowls of red bean rice cake soup. Hui Huo initially thought she was chatting with an acquaintance, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Otto in drag!

"Holy crap, Otto, what are you doing here? I never knew you had a cross-dressing fetish!"

Otto rolled his eyes at Jiuxiao, but didn't explain anything to him. Instead, he spoke to Huihuo.

“I didn’t know at first. When investigating Jiu Xiao, I naturally paid some attention to the people around him, and that’s how I discovered you, which led to the discovery of the Wuse family.”

Chapter 37 Good news won't get you silenced, bad news will get you a beating.

Hui Huo looked at Jiu Xiao and Kiana's bewildered expressions, shook his head helplessly, and felt incredibly stupid.

"Tsk, I never even thought of the Kaslana family from Schicksal when Kiana keeps calling her Kaslana. Stupidity is contagious, you stupid Kiana, take this punch."

"Oh, what are you doing?"

Kiana dodged Huihuo's attack with a leap, then instinctively countered with a powerful backhand strike, sending Huihuo crashing to the ground, unable to rise again...

Otto looked at Huihuo lying on the ground and felt a pang of regret. His physical abilities...were they really that bad? Could the Colorless Clan have been lying to him? This was the pride of the Colorless Clan, their most talented member, and now he was already unable to get up again?

Unfortunately, Otto only knew that the Colorless Family possessed the inheritance of Holy Marks, but he didn't know that while their Holy Marks enhanced their ranged attack capabilities, they also weakened their physical strength and melee abilities...

Hui Huo is indeed the most talented, and his awakened Stigmata are also very powerful, so... he has also fully awakened the essence of a fragile mage, with high attack and low defense, and he falls down with a single touch.

Kiana awkwardly stuck out her little tongue and made a cute face. That idiot Huihuo often rushed at her like this, trying to hit her, but Kiana always instinctively knocked him to the ground.

"It's good to be young; you can just fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."

Kiana and Jiuxiao helped Huihuo up and placed her on her sofa. Although Huihuo fell asleep as soon as she was touched, her recovery ability was quite good, and she would wake up in a while.

"Is Bishop Otto also here for the summer festival?" Jiu Xiao stared at the two bulges on Otto's chest; they bounced around so much like real ones, it was quite intriguing...

Otto gave Jiuxiao a disdainful look, and casually slapped away Kiana's sneaky hand that was reaching out to touch him. A slap seemed to appear on Otto's forehead.

"That's enough for you two. The main purpose of this trip is to find Wuse Huihuo. She will be part of the Destiny's battle sequence just like you two in the future."

"Oh." ×2

Kiana and Jiuxiao answered in unison. Although they didn't know why Huihuo was pulled into Schicksal by Otto and became a Schicksal combatant, they would find out when Huihuo woke up. Now they were more curious about whether Otto was male or female.

"Aren't you curious? Aren't you partners? This is your attitude!"

"I'll ask Fei Huo when she wakes up, and she'll say the same thing. I'm more curious about whether Uncle Otto is a man or a woman... Ouch, you hit me again." Kiana reached out her groping hand again to pinch Otto's chest, but Otto slapped it back.

"Ahem, to be honest, I'm curious about this too. Are those breasts fake? They're so big and bouncy, how about I give them a squeeze later..."

Otto was already furious, but his good manners kept him from the urge to kill Kiana and Jiuxiao.

"My body was abandoned hundreds of years ago, and now I use a Soul Steel body."

"female?"

"Gender means nothing to me, but this body is female, so the breasts are real too. If you touch me again, I'm going to hit you." Otto felt he had been too restrained, being so lenient with Jiuxiao and Kiana... Oh well, consider it compensation for K423 in advance.

"Then just beat me up later! It's the first time I've ever seen such big breasts, let me rub them..." Kiana chuckled like a lovesick girl as she rushed forward.

Then Jiuxiao and Qiyana collapsed to the ground with two big bumps on their heads.

"Why... I didn't even touch it and you hit me! That's not fair!"

"Why were you hitting me too... I was just watching the show..."

Otto didn't say anything, he just wanted to beat those two up again. They're both Kiana, how come there's such a huge difference? Oh well... both Kiana are pretty much the same. It's just that the other one has experienced a bit more and is a little more mature than K423, but that doesn't change the fact that she's still a bit of a blockhead.

If the plan succeeds... is it really okay to hand the world over to these two? Sigh, thinking too much about it is exhausting.

Otto waited for the two to calm down for a while before preparing to leave.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? If not, I'll be leaving now."

“Wait, Bishop Otto.” Jiuxiao got up and put his arm around Otto’s shoulder. “Your Excellency, do you know... in ancient China, wearing a green hat was a bad omen, meaning that one’s wife was having an affair. So I suggest that Your Excellency change your hat to a different color.”

Otto thought about it, and realized... no wonder Fu Hua always stared at his green hat for so long...

Otto instinctively took off his hat, but then thought better of it and put it back on.

Oh well, I didn't wear it wrong anyway...

"Bishop Otto...be strong!" Jiuxiao patted Otto on the shoulder. After all, the story in the game "Kallen Sakura Dies Twice" was provided by Otto. It really is a modified version of a true story!

“There are some things you don’t need to say aloud. It’s enough that we all know in our hearts; that way, we can still be friends.” Otto grabbed Jiu Xiao’s hand, which he had placed on his shoulder as if trying to comfort him, preventing him from escaping. “Since you like to be direct, let’s talk about you now, about the money you embezzled…”

"Your Excellency is joking... I have other matters to attend to, so I won't disturb you any longer. I'll be leaving now."

Jiuxiao was covered in cold sweat. He struggled, but Otto held his hand tightly and he couldn't break free...

"You can't leave. My dear Jiuxiao, Amber told me that the funds Destiny gave you are several times more than the funds you took from Destiny! People who know the situation think you're developing a game, but people who don't know the situation think you're building an aircraft carrier!"

"Um... Your Excellency, Kiana and I used to live on the streets every day, starving... We were terrified of poverty! I didn't dare touch a single penny of this money; it's all with Cortana! I haven't spent a single cent!"

"You simply can't spend it all! You've only been with Destiny for a short time, and you've already embezzled so much money! It's enough for me to build a battleship and an escort fleet!"

Where the hell did you get the approval and the money?! When Amber was talking to me, I thought they'd added a few extra zeros when they approved your funding! Do you know that because of this crap, I had all my Soul Steel bodies taken for maintenance to check if there was a mistake?!

"Um...so this is the reason for cross-dressing? No, let me explain, Cortana did it all, it has nothing to do with me! She herself said she wanted to test the vulnerabilities in Schicksal's defenses, it was definitely not me!"

"Cortana will listen to you, don't think I don't know!"

Finally, the scene ended with Jiuxiao lying next to Huihuo with three large bumps on his head, and Otto stormed off in a huff.

Originally, it wouldn't have mattered if Jiuxiao had been greedy; Otto wasn't short of money, and he could even have used it to find loopholes in Destiny, treating it as a lesson learned. But then Jiuxiao and Kiana went on a rampage, and he finally couldn't hold back.

Chapter 38 Fireworks fade, but human kindness endures.

After Otto left, Kiana jumped up, instantly fully recovered. Curious, she poked the large bump on Jiu Xiao's head, causing him to hiss in pain.

"Stop poking me, or I'll die."

"Jiuxiao, you're covered in bumps now, just like that Buddha! I thought I only saw this kind of thing in anime."

"After all, we're in the two-dimensional world." Jiu Xiao slapped away Kiana's restless little hand, then pulled out his phone to show Cortana if the money was still there. Relieved to see it was, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he saw a text message from Amber, and Jiu Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

"Insufficient funding, energy shortage, and a Honkai outbreak. His Holiness the Bishop said I should find a way to punish you, so I rejected your A-rank Valkyrie armor proposal. You can build it yourself now."

"???"

Jiuxiao replied with three question marks to Amber, but it was clear that Amber wouldn't pay any attention to him. After all, he had taken so much money from the Heavenly Destiny Stewardess, and it was already a miracle that she hadn't sent the Valkyrie Squad to kill him.

"Kiana, Kiana, we're out of money! We can't rob Schicksal anymore." He gently rubbed Kiana's soft, squishy face; its delicate texture was irresistible.

"Who told you to embezzle so much? You got caught now..."

"Those few were added because you thought it would be fun to trick Otto, otherwise there wouldn't be such a large amount."

"Oh well... so what if the money from Destiny is gone? We have more money than we can spend anyway," Kiana said, a little guilty. She felt happy making Otto uncomfortable. Kiana herself didn't care about the money; she was only responsible for spending it. Besides, she earned a lot from selling games, more than she could ever spend.

"That's what they say, but who doesn't want more money? It's really satisfying to see Cortana's bank account showing a steady increase. Oh well... I guess I'll just have Cortana rob other countries' treasuries when we're short of money in the future. Let's wait until Huihuo wakes up, then we can continue playing."

Ten minutes later.

Hui Huo woke up groggily, her head still a little dizzy. Kiana's Iron Mountain Lean had sent her flying, hitting her head.

"Here, red bean rice cake soup... I'm sorry, don't suddenly ambush people next time, it was just a subconscious reaction to retaliate..." Kiana placed the red bean rice cake soup in Huihuo's hand, then bowed in apology. This was something she learned from the locals; there's nothing a bow can't solve, and if there is, then bow again.

Huihuo picked up the red bean rice cake soup, tasted it, then pouted and said, "Too sweet, really awful. Idiot Kiana... Oh well, it's not the first time you've knocked me out, I forgive you!"

Kiana smiled happily when she heard Huihuo say that he had forgiven her. Then, holding Jiuxiao's hand in one hand and Huihuo's hand in the other, she ran off excitedly.