Let the Bizarre Adventure of the Joestars begin.

"Ha, are all the thugs these days this stupid?" Kiana sighed, watching the man's actions, seemingly lost in thought.

However, Kiana's actions suggested that she was completely unconcerned about the weapon in the person's hand. Yes, if it were just a gun, it would be utterly useless against Kiana.

However, at this moment, a very untimely phone call came in, but judging from the ringtone, it should be Kiana's cell phone.

"Oh, excuse me, may I take this call first?" Kiana said as she took her phone out of her bag.

"I told you, you bitch, don't move!!!" the thug said, but the trembling in his voice grew more and more severe.

"Hello, is this Gianna's mom?" Kiana ignored the thug's warning and answered the phone directly from her mother.

"I told you, you bitch." The thug who said this finally couldn't take it anymore, regardless of the girl's disdain for him or the other person's complete indifference towards him.

Then his finger pulled the trigger.

boom! ! !

A gunshot rang out, but no one was harmed in the slightest.

"I told you, let me finish this call first." Yes, Kiana had just used a speed that a normal person couldn't react to to lift the thug's hand holding the gun.

Then the shot hit empty air. Of course, if the bullet had exhausted its kinetic energy and hit someone after falling, it might not be considered hitting empty air.

Then, with an elbow strike, he hit the man directly in the stomach.

The excessive force caused the thug to lose consciousness.

"Yeah, there was a thug just now."

"I'm fine, I'm not hurt."

I'll be back for dinner tonight.

After saying this, Kiana hung up the phone and looked at her senior who was still sitting on the ground.

"Seriously, you should leave here as soon as possible, senior." Kiana said this and left without paying any attention to her senior sitting on the ground.

However, Kiana, who had hurriedly left because of a phone call from someone at home, did not notice that something had fallen out during the fight.

"Ah, this is..." Sure enough, the senior student found it; it was something Kiana had dropped here.

"Chiba Academy, Class C, Year 1, Kiana K. Joestar." The senior student easily obtained Kiana's information by holding the student ID card that had fallen to the ground.

Similarly, Kiana, who had just stepped out of the alley, did not notice that her student ID had fallen there.

"Even though the opponent was weak, why did they call at that time?" Kiana said as she walked down the street. Although it was already December 6th, Kiana, who was half Russian, was still wearing a short skirt and didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all.

But in reality, all the students at Chiyu Academy are wearing short skirts.

However, Kiana's current attire doesn't actually seem to indicate that it's cold; she's wearing a short-sleeved top and a short skirt, while at Chiba Academy, many students have added jackets or other outerwear to their upper bodies.

I'm afraid only someone who's truly not afraid of the cold could dress like Kiana at this time of day.

"Oh, Mom's calling me home for dinner, is it because tomorrow is my birthday?"

Suddenly, Kiana remembered why Jeanne's mother had called earlier.

Yes, more than a decade ago, Ms. Jeanne simply asked Kiana about her birthday, and she has remembered it ever since, celebrating Kiana's birthday every single time without fail.

"Seriously, how come I still remember something I mentioned more than ten years ago?"

Although Kiana said those words, no one really knew what she was thinking.

Yes, nobody really knows.

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Today's update is done, hahaha.

Thank you to Jeanne Darc, WiFi, 乀'十雨, 北逝樱落, woty, 永远十六岁伪娘, 无尽梦境的迷途者, 绯色@幻想, 爆爆神潘多拉万岁, and 暗夜星辰666 for the recommendation votes.

Honkai Stone Gate: Chapter 8 - Three Years of Cherry Blossoms

Three-year cherry blossom is a type of sachet popular in Japan, recorded in the ancient Japanese book "Konohanasakuya-hime Zaden".

If a girl of fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen years old makes a sachet from the petals of the same cherry blossom tree over three years, then the sacred tree of Mount Fuji, Hanakaya-hime, will bless her love.

This is a superstition, but it must be said that even within this superstition, there is still a beautiful hope for love in a young girl's youth.

Of course, anyone with a bit of historical knowledge would understand that this so-called "three-year cherry blossom sachet" was probably just something the young lady made. After all, how could a girl back then have that much time and energy to wait until she was sixteen to get married? So, just take this so-called "three-year cherry blossom" with a grain of salt.

The history teacher was analyzing this so-called ancient Japanese text, while Kiana listened absentmindedly.

As for the reason?

Of course, it's because it seems like someone is staring at Kiana today, just like Kiana K. Joestar stared at Kiana Kaslana.

Although Kiana Kaslana was unaware that she was being followed, perhaps this lack of awareness was actually more suitable for what Kiana needed to do.

However, such a gaze is not very friendly to Kiana K. Joestar, after all, she has been caught by her own mother for counter-surveillance, such as finding Sirin's mother's spatial rift to investigate her on the street.

Yes, after undergoing that kind of training, Kiana became very sensitive to such prying eyes.

However, Kiana soon noticed this gaze that only appeared during breaks between classes.

"Is there something you need, senior?"

Yes, this is the owner of that gaze, the senior student whom Kiana rescued in the alley yesterday.

"My name is Asakura Miyuki. Um... thank you for saving me yesterday. This is your student ID that you lost yesterday, right?" Asakura Miyuki asked Kiana, holding up a student ID in her hand.

"Okay, thank you." Kiana took the student ID from her senior and quickly confirmed that it was indeed hers after just a quick scan.

"Um..." Seeing Kiana about to leave, Asakura Miyuki quickly called out to her, but then, thinking about what she was going to do after saying those words, Asakura Miyuki's cheeks suddenly turned red.

"Is there anything else?" Kiana asked Asakura Miyuki, noticing her hesitant expression.

"I accidentally saw the information on your student ID. Today is your birthday, isn't it?" Asakura Miyuki asked Kiana.

"Yes, today is my birthday." After hearing this, Kiana also remembered something that was giving her a headache: her mother was preparing for Kiana's birthday today, not since yesterday.

"That's great! I have a gift I'd like to give you. Let's meet here tonight."

"Hey..." Kiana couldn't stop Asakura Miyuki from running away after saying that. But in reality, even if Asakura Miyuki heard Kiana's words, she probably wouldn't have stopped.

Watching that figure run away into the distance, Kiana could only sigh to express her helplessness.

Similarly, considering the class schedule, Kiana didn't plan to stay any longer, since she had classes in the afternoon.

"Um, Kiana..." However, Kiana was stopped by two female students just as she was about to go back.

"Be careful of Asakura Miyuki, because it seems that all the upperclassmen she's been harassing have disappeared." Unintentionally, the two people who stopped Kiana revealed some very important information.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Kiana's detective instincts, which she had learned from Jeanne, began to kick in, especially when combined with the previous points.

Kiana won't be able to stand me up this afternoon.

Yes, if Kiana's prediction is correct, there really won't be a chance to stand someone up this afternoon.

With that thought in mind, Kiana took out her phone from the inside pocket of her skirt and called her mother.

"Is there something you need, Kiana?" Jeanne asked from the other end of the phone.

"I might be going home a little late today," he said simply, not wanting his mother to suspect anything else.

"Just remember to come back."

"Okay." Kiana finally said this and hung up the phone.

Soon, the time came when the red glow of the setting sun lingered in the sky.

Kiana, with her arms crossed, leaned against a street lamp.

"Great, Kiana is really here." Not long after, Asakura Miyuki rushed over, carrying a small sachet in her hand.

"Which one is it?" Kiana asked Miyuki Asakura. The reason, of course, was that it would be best to eliminate all dangers before Kiana did what she was about to do.

"This is a gift for Kiana, a sachet, a sachet made from three-year-old cherry blossoms."

'Three years... wait, is that the one we just talked about this morning?!' Kiana felt a shock after hearing about the sachet.

But even if you're frightened, you still have to say what needs to be said.

"You also gave sachets to those missing girls, but unsurprisingly, none of them accepted you, so..."

"They've disappeared—no, it's more accurate to say they're dead, Asakura Miyuki-senpai." Yes, this was what Kiana thought of when she heard what the two seniors said that afternoon.

Similarly, as Kiana spoke, the whites of Asakura Miyuki's eyes gradually turned black.

"Are you going to reject me like them?" Asakura Miyuki's voice gradually became harsh, no longer sounding like a young girl's.

"Honkai, huh? No wonder you were able to kill those missing students so quietly." Analyzing the current situation calmly, Kiana remained as steady as a rock, without even the slightest fluctuation in her heart.

Yes, Kiana has killed many assassins before. Although this is the first time she has killed someone who is barely human, she can still do it if she wants to.

Yes, if you want to, you can still make a purchase.

With a loud gunshot, Miyuki Asakura was shot in the head. Although the gun did hit her head, the remaining Honkai energy was still keeping Miyuki Asakura alive.

Of course, with only this small amount of Honkai energy remaining, it was no longer enough to corrupt Miyuki Asakura's sanity.

Asakura Miyuki looked at the person who killed her, not understanding what had happened, but still decided to reveal her previous plan.

"Kiana..." He used all his strength to lift the three-year-old cherry blossom sachet in his hand, just to hand it to Kiana.

"Happy birthday………"

Finally, Kiana took the sachet, leaving behind a corpse among the flowers. If nothing unexpected happens, that corpse will disappear as the Honkai energy dissipates.

"Kiana, Kiana, what are you daydreaming about?" Miss Jeanne asked Kiana as she took a cake from the kitchen.

"No, it's nothing, I just remembered something."

"Look at what you're holding. Could it be that some girl has confessed her feelings to you?" Miss Jeanne said, looking at the sachet in Kiana's hand as she put down the cake.

"This is a gift I received from someone. It's said to be something called 'Three-Year Cherry Blossom'."

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