Honkai Impact 3rd is not considered a small opening

As the chosen one, he is always ready to accept trials, including a lucky charm to increase his fortune, the Flame Blaze Greatsword, An Yu's medical kit, and books on wilderness survival, the creation of the universe, the steam age, and the use of electricity saved on his phone.

Finally, there are advanced versions of gun and atomic bomb manufacturing methods, although the atomic bomb version is fake, just something that netizens spread in the past.

Wilvi was also curious about what the little boy was doing, but since there was a seat between them, she couldn't see what he was doing when he hunched over.

Should she just stand up? Of course, but she was too embarrassed...

After a while, the boy leaned on the chair again, but this time he didn't hand her anything. Instead, he reached out his hand, gesturing for her to hold it.

Vilvi thought for a moment, or rather, hesitated for a moment, but seeing the other person's happy expression, she still reached out and placed her hand in the other person's palm.

Wilvi wasn't afraid of people having bad intentions, because although she might not be a strong fighter, she was quite experienced in both self-preservation and killing.

But she was afraid of other people's malice and jokes.

Fortunately, the boy didn't seem to have any bad intentions. He was just a little confused, but after hesitating for a moment, he pointed to her other hand.

Use your left hand, not your right.

Vilvi did as instructed.

An Yu took her hand, then opened her left hand to reveal the bracelet inside. It wasn't luxurious, nor was it precious; it wasn't even brand new.

But An Yu was very careful and put it on her wrist.

It's best to wear lucky charm beads on the left hand, but An Yu doesn't know why.

Actually, An Yu still made a profit, because his lucky charm bracelet wasn't worth much, only a couple hundred yuan. It was already quite an achievement for him to save up enough money to buy the bracelet that, in his eyes, added one point to good luck.

The little gift that Afro gave him looked very high-end.

The two didn't exchange a single word until the very end. After An Yu put the bracelet on her, Wilvi was stunned for a long time before picking up the magician's hat and making a gesture as if to end the performance.

Unfortunately, the time of perfect understanding eventually came to an end, and the high-speed train arrived at its destination.

However, it's not really a pity. The tacit understanding between strangers might not be the same if they had a deeper conversation.

"Until we meet again, Great Magician!"

Wilvi didn't reply, and An Yu didn't foolishly shout on the spot. After speaking, he didn't linger, after all, he had more important things to do, a side quest!

After watching the other person leave, Vilvi touched her wrist. What an interesting fellow. Given her meager social circle, she'll probably remember this for a long time.

I'm lucky, and I hope the rest of my journey will be the same.

What's gotten into you again?

Hen was clearly still half asleep, but An Yu's loud shouting seemed to have perked him up considerably.

"I made a new friend earlier, and this farewell is a way of remembering this silent friendship, since there's probably no chance of us meeting again."

"Sigh, you wouldn't be interested even if I told you. You'll understand when you're my age."

An Yu sighed, wanting to explain, but in the end, looking at her older brother Hen, who was already married and had children and no longer had the youthful spirit of his younger brother, she could only helplessly spread her hands.

According to the parents' philosophy, they would probably tell him to be careful of strangers and not to accept gifts from strangers.

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"You guys have been talking for a long time? I didn't hear a thing."

After briefly examining the figure that had already walked quite a distance, Hen withdrew his gaze; it shouldn't be a bad person.

Since he chose to bring An Yu out, he definitely had to take responsibility, at least to prevent An Yu from being kidnapped.

"A silent understanding."

"Got it. They all kept quiet, pretending to be experts, but in the end they didn't even know the other person's name."

Hen used an adult's mindset to harshly belittle this tacit understanding, until An Yu, with an indignant expression, took out a ball about half the size of a fist and squeezed it hard.

Piu!

Hen pressed the little figure on his cheek back into the eggshell without expression. Looking at An Yu who was laughing again, he thought of An Yu's previous ambition.

Joining the army and becoming the strongest in the world... In that case, he planned to give An Yu some senior experience, as well as the treatment that a normal troublesome recruit should receive.

"Boring middle-aged men, why bother getting to know each other when we meet? If every interaction in life has to have an ending when we meet, that would be too boring."

"Just like I never think about what the future will bring, I do my best in the present and look forward to the future. Anyway, I've already done enough."

Yes, he wants to save the world and become a savior, but he will never be bound by this idea. He will only work hard now in order to avoid regret in the future.

"You're just a kid at thinking. You'll understand when you grow up. Getting married, having children, buying a house and a car, your children's education, interpersonal relationships, and social interactions—these aren't things you can handle just by living well now."

Piu!

Hen instinctively dodged to the side, but that seemingly insignificant little thing had surprisingly strong extension capabilities and was quite fast. Who made this broken thing?!

"Getting married and having children is about finding someone I love and who loves me. As for other things, we can talk about them later. Anyway, I really dislike the drinking culture and gift-giving culture of adults."

Chapter 33: Is Thirty-Three Okay?

"By the way, what mission are we on this trip, Brother Hen?"

After following the quest instructions for a while, An Yu finally remembered to open the quest panel to check the quest description... Just kidding, after all, he was doing a quest with someone, and Hen was sleeping while they were traveling. After the initial excitement wore off, he didn't have time to ask.

Speaking of this, Hen became somewhat listless, completely lacking the passion he had shown when he first spoke to An Yu.

"Ah, it's nothing. Someone here reported that there have been some missing persons cases, and asked me to come and check if they are related to the Honkai."

An Yu, who had been hopping and skipping, suddenly stopped, looked at the lazy Hen, and twitched the corner of her mouth.

“That’s not what you said before.”

"That's right. Even if it's just a possibility of Honkai, it's classified as a Honkai event in the Fire Moth event. And I didn't say anything else. It's all your own imagination."

He's still quite relaxed right now. Of course, he's not being lazy; he's just that he's done a good job before and can now relax and do some easier tasks.

Currently, the Honkai energy is low, and the Moth Chaser organization has ample manpower. Those who have risked their lives and made contributions generally enjoy excellent benefits.

Piu!

As An Yu increased the force, the little figure struck Hen's cheek at high speed, looking rather painful.

Even Lianhen was stunned for a moment, looking at the little gadget in An Yu's hand with a somewhat subtle expression.

"That little thing you're holding is quite interesting."

He didn't pay any attention when it was just a minor squabble before; it was just a child's toy. But the force he used just now could easily be upgraded to an adult's toy.

He wanted to hold it and examine it, but as An Yu loosened her grip, the little figure quickly shrank back.

Hen was stunned. It wasn't that he hadn't seen similar toys before, but this was the ProMax version!

"How about I pay you 50, and you let me play for an afternoon?"

"No, I don't trust you anymore, you liar."

Damn it, he had been looking forward to this for so long, but it turned out that Hen just wanted to have fun and didn't want to take care of the kids. The mission was actually secondary to him.

He remembered this trap; Saint Seiya An Yu would never fall for the same trick again.

"You bunch of young people really don't know what's good about a Honkai event."

"Furthermore, don't let your guard down too much. Even if there's no collapse, this is still a missing person case, and there might be bloodshed."

Hen solemnly warned An Yu, even though he was still lying, because ordinary cases were handled by the police, and he really was there to check whether this incident was related to the Collapse.

"Isn't this kind of thing very common in your foreign countries? There are so many shooting cases, what's there to say? Anyway, money can buy anything."

An Yu dislikes getting involved in these ordinary cases because they are different from Honkai. Honkai incidents are simple and don't require pity for Honkai creatures.

However, he felt a deep-seated disgust for the evil in human nature that was involved in ordinary cases.

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Oh, you're from China, so you certainly have the right to look down on the security situation in other countries.

Walking down the street, An Yu followed Hen to the local police station to investigate information.

An Yu muttered to himself, clearly unhappy with how things were going. In his opinion, it was perfectly normal for a few foreigners to go missing. He often saw the "Few Foreigners" series on short video platforms before.

However, An Yu soon became serious as she looked at the information in the file.

"So this is what you call...the missing people?"

At first glance, there must be more than a dozen. An Yu's lips twitched. This was clearly not an ordinary missing persons case.

"Seriously, we're all human, so why are there always scum like this?"

With a hint of displeasure on her face, An Yu watched as Hen gradually became serious, but didn't disturb him. Instead, she went to the corridor for some fresh air.

I feel so suffocated.

About ten minutes later, Hen finally came out.

"Let's go take a look over there."

Because it is a missing persons case, the specific location and time of disappearance can only be roughly estimated.

"Yeah, arrest all those scum and throw them in jail."

"I thought you were going to say kill them all." Hen looked at the sullen An Yu and made a subtle joke.

After all, young people in China tend to think this way, at least that's how it is online.

"May I!"

But An Yu's excited questioning made him choke for a moment, and then he shook his head.

"See local laws."

Before long, An Yu followed Hen to the place where the victim was last seen. Hen was holding a strange machine and kept walking around in a place without surveillance, as if he wanted to find every possible route.

During dinner that evening, Hen looked at the steady horizontal line on the machine, which showed almost no fluctuations, and shook his head.

"It shouldn't be a collapse event."

If it wasn't a collapse event, it would mean his mission was over. However, seeing An Yu holding her breath beside him, Hen didn't say anything about it.

Even when it was time for bed, An Yu was still looking at those documents, constantly comparing them on her phone, and writing and drawing on paper.

That's impressive, but these kinds of cases can't be solved by just one or two people. If it's confirmed to be unrelated to the collapse, it's best to hand it over to the local police.

However, as Hen was drifting off to sleep, An Yu connected all the possible routes taken by the victims on a map. Although the lines were messy, they did not extend outwards.

Although technological development in this world is very uneven, since we are in a city, even on the edge, there won't be too many empty spaces in the field of vision, except for the sewers.

However, the obvious option of using sewers had already been checked before they arrived.

Biting her pen, An Yu kept defining the boundaries of the circle, then checked the time. It wasn't late, only ten o'clock.

Although she was rather introverted, this was no time to be shy about something like this. An Yu shook Hen awake and asked for the police's contact information.

Then they kept clearing out the area within the circle. The method might be clumsy, but by asking one by one, plus the prerequisite of more than a dozen missing people, it was easy to eliminate most areas.

"……factory?"

It's uncertain. After all, there's another possibility: the criminal handled the body very well. But if that's the case...

Then we need to consider another thing: the other party's crime is also flawless, and all the circles we drew and all our reasoning were wrong.

An Yu chose to trust the local police's capabilities and ruled out that possibility, so it could only be those large factories on the outskirts of the city.

"Brother Hen, wake up, don't sleep. Let's go check it out again tonight."

"After all, it is easy to make mistakes in words, and without on-site investigation, inferences are prone to flaws."

Trace: (／_＼) A great grudge

Chapter 34: Thirty-Four's First Lie

There are innocent victims.

Hen was in a daze, following An Yu to survey the terrain late at night. What was he planning to do this time? It seems like he wanted to relax.

However, he had no reason to stop An Yu. He could find all sorts of reasons to tell himself that it had nothing to do with him, but he had no reason to reject An Yu's actions.

Sigh, what a tragic fate. An Yu will understand when she gets scolded back... Hey, this seems to be my own task, and I'll be the one getting scolded.

Thinking of this, Hen's face darkened a bit. He wanted to say something, but he felt that An Yu couldn't do anything significant, so he didn't say anything.

An Yu stood ahead, holding a simple map, and continuously checked the surroundings according to her own ideas.

But he was really just a brat being childish. Hen looked at An Yu, who was about to climb over the wall, twitched his lips, and quickly pulled him down.

"You're trespassing on private property. Aren't you afraid someone will come out and shoot you?"