Let the Bizarre Adventure of the Joestars begin.

"What a beautiful night view." A woman with burgundy hair stood on the top of a building, gazing at the night view of Central, Hong Kong, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

It's clear that this woman is dressed to attend a cocktail party or something similar. Regardless of what's happening here, her clothes perfectly accentuate her figure.

"Unfortunately, even the most beautiful scenery pales in comparison to Lady Himeko." A man flattered the woman named Himeko.

"You have such a sweet tongue."

"You're too charming..." The man wanted to continue his sweet talk, but he was interrupted by a sudden burst of light in the air.

The man knew very well that there was probably no taller building in Central, Hong Kong, so he was very puzzled by the light.

"What's going on?!" the man shouted in panic, but he didn't lose his composure.

"Tch..." Himeko was very displeased to see the main body of the light, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, Himeko knew very well that the light represented her mission and responsibilities, and if it had found her here at this time, it meant that something very important or serious had happened.

Seeing the unidentified object falling, Himeko grabbed the man's tie, pulled him in front of her, and kissed him directly.

And then, without hesitation, she punched the man in the stomach.

"Sorry, the date has to end early."

"Hime...ko...ko..."

The ship opened its hatch, and countless women emerged. One of them, who looked like the captain's secretary, draped a coat over Himeko's shoulders.

"Didn't I tell you not to disturb my date!" Himeko snapped at the secretary, but then she realized she was right; after all, anyone would be annoyed if their date was interrupted.

"Dating? You mean wasting time hanging out with rich kids?" The secretary pushed up her glasses and made this comment. But it was true, since Ms. Himeko's status really didn't fit into the dating scene.

Do you want to die?!

"Emergency notification from headquarters: A large-scale collapse has occurred in Changkong City, similar to 'that time' fourteen years ago." To quell Himeko's anger, the secretary directly used another piece of information, even more important to her, to quell the source of Himeko's rage.

Upon hearing this news, Himeko's pupils dilated at first, and then she couldn't stop smiling.

"All personnel, board the ship immediately! Head to our destination, Changkong City!" The first order was issued without hesitation.

"It's finally here, the Third Honkai Impact!"

"Ugh, really, such a concentration of Honkai energy erupting." While Yae Sakura's loyalty was a concern, Sirin had another problem that troubled her, one that no one could ignore.

"What happened, Sirin?" Miss Jeanne asked, looking at Sirin who seemed to have a headache, because what Sirin had to say was far more important than Yae Sakura's loyalty.

"The massive Honkai energy shock caused by Yae Sakura means that the Honkai energy that has accumulated in Changkong City may erupt all at once within the next few hours." Sensing the movement of the Honkai energy, Sirin finally gave a not-so-good answer.

"Can it be suppressed?" Miss Jeanne asked, looking at Sirin's serious expression, but she didn't expect Sirin to give a very good answer.

After all, the Herrscher is not Honkai itself, and the Honkai energy that the Herrscher can draw upon has its limits. And it seems that the Honkai energy in Changkong City may have exceeded the limit that Sirin can draw upon.

“If I were on the moon, I could, but not now.” Sirin’s answer was exactly what Miss Jeanne had expected—not a good answer, but the most normal one.

"Can we stall for time?" Miss Jeana had already prepared for Sirin's inability to suppress the Honkai energy eruption, and then asked another question.

"It should be fine before 10 a.m. tomorrow." Xilin estimated the time and gave an answer that wasn't really an answer.

"Before ten o'clock..." As she said this, Miss Jeanne turned her head to look at Yae Sakura, who was standing next to Kiana.

'It's unlikely the procedures will be completed before 10 o'clock, which means...'

"Mom, I heard you. I have an idea..." Kiana's previous coma didn't bring her too much burden. Instead, she woke up quickly and took a little time to walk up behind Jeanne, wanting to tell her something.

"If you have a plan, wait until the side effects of soul materialization and the Shaniat family's abilities have subsided before making any decisions,"

"No, Mom, this time, I have to do it." Kiana's eyes shone with an undeniable determination and resolve, though she was still quite naive.

"No! I said no, and that's final. You can't go out until you're fully recovered!" Although Miss Na felt something was off about that look in her eyes, her daughter was the most important person in the world right now, so she couldn't let her take any risks. At the very least, she had to keep her alive.

"Mom, I... I've grown up now." Kiana looked at Jeanne, whose face was filled with anger, but her eyes showed no sign of backing down. At least it was clear that this time, Kiana was perhaps prepared.

"..." Hearing Kiana say that she had grown up, Miss Jeanne finally realized where her sense of incongruity came from. The way Kiana looked at her before was just like the way she had persuaded George Joestar to live in London back then.

"Ha, it would be very dangerous to do that."

"I can protect myself."

"If something goes wrong, there's no one to help clean it up."

"I can handle it myself."

"meeting……"

"I know, Mom, so how about letting me go on a long trip for a while?"

Kiana knew exactly why Jeanne's mother would ask her that question, because most of the dangers Kiana faced were dealt with after Jeanne had checked on her or secretly protected her.

Apart from the time I met Kiana Kaslana.

"But I still won't..."

"Let her do it. Kiana is ready." Surprisingly, Sirin was much more open-minded than Kiana, and let Kiana go.

"Ha~ I need some time to prepare." Hearing this from Sirin, Miss Jeanne finally relented.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll be back. I'm just going on a long trip."

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This is the result of a long period of thought: children will eventually leave their parents' side.

Moreover, there are some things that only Kiana can investigate herself.

There probably won't be a second chapter. I went to bed too late last night, and the back of my head has been hurting ever since.

Thank you, and praise to Black Evil Best Friend, Red Empire, Golden-haired Sanqiao, woty, Soul Sorrow Feng, .Lingbo., Yunru, Angel of Light Metatron, Merlin (awesome for slacking off), Dark Night Star 666, Jeanne Darc, Beautiful Long Night, Killer Old Li, Tree Graph Calculator 02, Yun Sang, 010, Divine Armor Forget, Rebellious Mord, and Dawn Night Dance for their recommendation votes.

Thank you to Prime Minister Nkidu of the Tax Service for the monthly pass.

Thank you for the recommendation vote, monthly pass, and the razor blade from Beishi Yingluo.

Honkai Stone Gate: Chapter 25 Actually, Miss Ranna is a Super Fighter

Miss Jeanne has no parents, at least not in her memory, which is why she only realized this after Kiana reminded her.

That is, the brat I brought out of the research institute fourteen years ago has grown up.

Kiana has almost learned everything about the past. If she could generate magic, she probably would have learned all of Kiana's illusion techniques.

Ten years ago, she was a daughter who had to deal with even a single Honkai Beast herself, but now she's almost grown up to the point where she can protect herself.

But isn't ten years of growth a bit too fast? Although he was powerless ten years ago, he has now grown to the point where he can almost fight Sirin to a standstill. That's a terrifying growth!

From this perspective, there shouldn't be many opponents left in this world who can fight Kiana, but for some reason, I'm still worried.

'Ah, if Cecilia saw me looking like this, so unwilling to let go of my daughter, she'd definitely laugh. But I really don't want to let go.'

As Miss Jeanne lay in bed, she thought to herself, while the others wisely refrained from disturbing her, for this was a hurdle that Miss Jeanne needed to overcome on her own.

Or perhaps everyone, including Sirin, believed that Miss Jeanne was capable of overcoming this obstacle, which is why they didn't disturb her.

Miss Jeanne did not want to give up, but at the same time, Miss Jeanne was very clear about another matter.

That is, if we don't let go, neither I nor Kiana will grow.

So, at this very moment, Miss Jeanne has made her decision.

Since Kiana wants to go out and have some fun, then let her go.

Similarly, Miss Jeanne herself is also going out, not in the world at large, but in a much more distant place.

Miss Jeanne, it's time to set off. If Kiana delayed your journey, then perhaps it's time to set off and find someone who has been gone for a very long time.

Of course, before that, Miss Jeanne had another thing to do, which was to make something for her daughter. After all, even if she was about to leave, it didn't mean she would never care about her daughter again.

Miss Jeanne must at least guarantee that Kiana has the ability to protect herself before she will set off.

With this thought in mind, Miss Jeanne opened the door to her room.

"Jeanne's mother, have you made up your mind?" Kiana asked Miss Jeanne, sitting in the living room.

"Come with me to the basement, Kiana." Ignoring Kiana's question, Kiana continued speaking to herself, as if confirming something.

“…Hmm.” Looking at Jeanne’s mother like that, Kiana seemed to understand something from Jeanne’s words, and followed Jeanne downstairs.

Bronya and Yae Sakura also followed, along with Sirin, who loved watching the drama unfold.

"Sirin." In the underground training ground, Miss Jeanne called out to Sirin, who had been with her for more than thirty years, her voice carrying an undeniable air of authority.

"Are you sure?" Sirin, who had thought she was just going to watch the show from the sidelines, became serious when she heard Miss Jeanne's words, as if she wanted to confirm whether Miss Jeanne really wanted to do that.

"That's for sure. If Kiana can't satisfy me in that state, then she doesn't need to leave." This conversation left the three people following behind Kiana completely confused.

However, it was quite clear from their conversation that if they couldn't satisfy Miss Jeanne in what was to come, they wouldn't need to leave.

"Mom, you're not going to fight me, are you?" Although Kiana's words were phrased as a question, her overall tone was more like a statement. In fact, Kiana had already decided what Kiana was going to do.

"You can get Yae Sakura and Bronya to help you." Hearing that Kiana was already prepared, Miss Kiana added another sentence.

"Hey, Mom, even if I go out, you'll still worry, right?" Kiana, standing there, used a perfectly good reason to reject Miss Jeanne's suggestion.

"Jeanne, what you asked for is now your responsibility for Kiana's assessment." Sirin's weak voice interrupted the conversation between Miss Jeanne and Kiana, but there was absolutely no concern for Kiana or Miss Jeanne in Sirin's words.

"Hmm." Miss Jeanne said this as she took the thing from Sirin's hand.

Ah, that's the Herrscher Core, the Herrscher Core that Jeanne took from her own body a long time ago. It's also the source of Sirin's consciousness. Similarly, taking away the Herrscher Core means that Sirin's physical body has collapsed.

"Bronya, and Yae Sakura, please take care of Sirin's health for me. I might not be able to attend to her anymore." With these words, Jeanne placed the Herrscher Core back into her body, reuniting them after more than a decade apart.

"Ha, really, it's been a long time. Spatial abilities, and also, Heroic Spirit abilities." Kiana only knew one of the Heroic Spirit abilities and spatial abilities that Ms. Jeanne mentioned.

Kiana only knew that Sirin's Herrscher core ability was spatial ability.

The Herrscher's ability is that after Miss Jeanne uses the massive amount of magic power from the Greater Grail, she regains her abilities as a Servant. Although she can only regain them for a very short time, as long as she can use them in the upcoming battles, that's fine.

Black flames covered Miss Jeanne's body until the flames dissipated.

Kiana saw a version of Jeanne that she had never seen before, or rather, she had never seen Jeanne with hair this long before.

"Try your best to satisfy me, Kiana."

The moment the words were spoken, Jeanne threw the battle flag in her hand, and the throwing of the battle flag signified the start of this test.

A test to see if Kiana could actually go out has begun.