Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 240 Bronya and the Silver Wolf

"Silver Wolf? You're Silver Wolf, right? What are you doing here?"

Silver Wolf glanced at Qiong, who had asked the question, with great displeasure—it seemed she was unhappy because she was called Bronya.

"Do I need to report my whereabouts to you?"

"Feel sorry."

Considering that she might need Silver Wolf's help later, Qiong chose to admit her mistake at lightning speed.

After Qiong apologized, Silver Wolf, who had just been unhappy, let out a soft snort.

"Okay, I accept. Let's not beat around the bush. I've heard everything from Kaffa. You got a girlfriend, right?"

Qiong nodded. Did Silver Wolf ask this because he was there to help him? But his newly ignited hope was shattered the next second.

"Take my advice and break up with them now."

Qiong: ...

That's right. Silver Wolf is also a Star Core Hunter, and Kafka's stance is also her stance. How could Silver Wolf possibly help him in such a matter? Therefore, Sora chose to remain silent.

"You don't want to break up?"

"Ah."

Qiong nodded.

Silver Wolf crossed his arms and frowned.

This is a bit troublesome, but Silver Wolf just loves challenging games!

First, if Sora resolutely refuses to break up, Sam will definitely turn this place into a sea of ​​fire, and Eriol's prophecy will take a more complicated turn. The simplest solution would be to tell Sora everything about Eriol's story all at once, but that won't work either! Because it would still bring about the same ending as the previous prophecy, just a little later...

It seems the only option is to try persuading them to break up.

"A-Qiong".

"You called me Aqiong?"

Silver Wolf ignored him.

"Dating will affect your pioneering spirit. You're a pioneer of the Star Train now. Traveling with the train and bringing an alien girlfriend from the 'past' won't do—break up with her immediately, and get rid of that Bronya. Come play games with me!"

Although her motives may not be pure, Silver Wolf was definitely well-intentioned: Vita had already warned that in order to maintain the spacetime stability of this galaxy, they must not take away people belonging to this spacetime. Taking away anyone could bring unpredictable consequences, including Qiong, her girlfriend who was nearly ten years behind in time.

It's no exaggeration to say that a significant portion of the future of this universe rests on the shoulders of the Star Train, especially on the head of Qiong. Therefore, Qiong, born for adventure, must inevitably board the train again and set sail; this is his destiny.

Of course, the nameless passengers of the Star Train can use the boundary anchor to teleport to various planets. So, does it seem feasible for Sora and Raiden Mei to fall in love?

Wrong, completely wrong!

While the nameless Qiong can indeed travel between stars using Akivili's power, he is still a pioneering star god, not an end star god. After embarking on his journey again, Qiong can only be teleported to their own time, which is ten years later.

In the blink of an eye, they would meet again ten years later. Human lifespans are short, only a few decades; how many decades would this girl have left to wait for someone?

Ten years later, the young girl Mei might have become a married woman. Even assuming she's not married yet, as the saying goes, "A woman three years older is a gold mine, a woman five years older is like a mother." If Sora, still a young man, sees Raiden Mei, a woman nearly thirty years old and so different from the one he remembers, will he still be able to fall in love?

Silver Wolf felt that it would only be a tragedy: intergalactic relationships still have a chance, but yours is an intergalactic relationship, it's hopeless!

Last but not least: even if it works out, it won't work. What will happen to Liuying if Qiong ends up with an Earthling?

Silver Wolf's holographic projection observed the pensive Qiong with great interest, eager to see what his choice would be—although she didn't think he was the kind of person who was so easily persuaded.

"No."

Silver Wolf felt that Qiong had completely misunderstood the hidden meaning in his words and made another choice.

Which one are you referring to?

"I don't want anything but video games. Mei is my girlfriend, and Bronya is a friend. Playing games with you is fine though—Kalista told me that when I have the chance to make a choice, I shouldn't let myself regret it."

"Could you think about your answer a little more before you answer? Also, could you please stop referring to Kaffa as your mother all the time...?"

That said, is it okay for me and Kaffa to call each other sisters? (Although Kaffa always calls me "baby") If Sora treats Kaffa like her mother, then wouldn't I become her aunt?

Thinking of this, Silver Wolf suddenly had a few new ideas—if force didn't work, he'd try a softer approach. If Qiong wasn't working, he'd start by attacking his immediate surroundings.

I think Bronya would be a good fit, right?

"So what if you're here? So what if Kaffa doesn't accept Mei? I'm not the kind of person who would succumb to oppression!"

Believing she could still hold out and would never surrender, Qiong issued her declaration of resistance against oppression to Yinlang. She thought the angry Yinlang would be very unhappy and do something, but she didn't.

"Good, very good, that's ambitious!"

To Qiong's surprise, Silver Wolf was actually clapping.

"Alright, alright, you've successfully persuaded me. Leave Kaffa to me, I'll go talk to her, maybe I can convince her—but I can't guarantee it! As for the others, you'll have to deal with them yourself."

"Huh? You're going to help me?"

Qiong looked at the silver wolf in disbelief.

Are you really willing to help me?

Silver Wolf put his hands in his pockets and raised his head.

"Of course, I keep my word. What, you don't want it?"

"Yes, of course! But what about your and Kaffa's mission?"

"Kafka? What Kafka? I have a brilliant plan."

Silver Wolf blinked and revealed a sly smile—in Qiong's eyes, it was practically the smile of an angel.

"Brothers!"

If there were a numerically visualized strategy game panel, Silver Wolf could see that Qiong's affection level towards her had unilaterally soared from the most basic "acquaintance" level to the "best friend" level in just a few minutes—while on Silver Wolf's side, her affection level towards Qiong was locked at the "best friend" level and hadn't moved at all.

"Not a good brother, but my aunt~ Also, I have a question."

Silver Wolf suppressed his smile and tried his best to appear serious.

"You have a girlfriend now, what about Liuying?"

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Bronya was not jealous of her brother Qiong.

You see, fighting can strengthen a relationship, but Bronya, whose rationality prevailed, didn't choose to get intimate with Sora like that idiot Kiana did today—which is enough to prove that she has no jealousy towards Sora at all.

To be honest, there's nothing to be jealous of. It's just that Seele calls Qiong "brother" in class (causing me to apologize to Mei), and after school she pesters Qiong to tell her the story of the silly wolf who can't catch the fat sheep, and refuses to read the Houmu comic with me. That's all.

Honestly, Bronya didn't care at all—at least she couldn't show it too much in front of Seele, because Seele absolutely didn't want to see her dear older brother and sister fight over her, just like how Mei was always worried about her and that idiot Kiana, and how Sora and that idiot Kiana's conflict had erupted...

Of course, Bronya also took some actions to try to regain Seele's absolute position in her heart: for example, searching for information online and taking notes.

There are countless ways to win a girl's heart online: spend more time with her? That's a good idea, but Seele has been clinging to Qiong all day today; give her small gifts? That's fine too, but Seele doesn't seem to like Houmu. She didn't touch her favorite sweets today. Maybe her tastes have changed? I need to do some more research...

Bronya was writing down one reliable or unreliable method after another. Suddenly, her computer crashed with a blue screen.

Bronya stopped taking notes. Had the system crashed?

"Reinstalling Xiaotu, connection repair—"

Bronya thought there was something wrong with the computer, but just then, a pixelated icon of hers suddenly appeared on the screen.

No, there is a difference; that icon has a single ponytail.

"Hello, can you hear me?"

Bronya's computer was hacked?

Bronya didn't pay much attention to the electronic voice; it was probably a disguise. The key now was to regain control of the computer.

"Friends on the other side, please don't waste your energy. With your skill level, you have zero chance of winning."

"who are you?"

Ignoring the invaders' taunts, Bronya still tried to seize control of the system.

"You can call me 'Prometheus,' or you can call me 'friend'—don't be nervous, I mean no harm. I just want you to help me persuade Sora to break up with that person named Raiden Mei."

"Bronya would never do that!"

Please don't be so quick to refuse.

The flat, pseudo-Bronya electronic voice still tried to persuade Bronya.

"If you help me persuade Qiong to break up with her boyfriend, I can help you gain the friendship of that girl named Xi'er, making her unable to tolerate Qiong anymore. How about it, think about it?"

Bronya hesitated for a moment, not because she was wavering after Sora had taken Seele, whom she cared about most, and because she was no longer willing to help her, but rather...

When did that idiot Qiong-gege make an enemy? And such a powerful hacker at that? She spent two or three minutes and still couldn't regain any control of the system?

Not to mention reverse-engineering the other party's equipment.

"If you disagree, I'm sorry, but I will destroy the data in your room and on all electronic devices to erase the records. I don't want to do that."

All data? Does that include Reinstall Bunny? Bronya glanced at the Reinstall Bunny interface she had connected to her computer.

The hacker's skills seem unfathomable at the moment, and they might actually be able to spread this icon virus to Reinstall Bunny...

No, absolutely! For a professional hacker, data transmission is completed the instant an external connection is established! Doesn't that mean that the chip in their own central nervous system could also be affected?

"You're that amazing?"

Stopping her attempts to seize control of the system, Bronya disconnected the computer from Reinstall Bunny—though she didn't know if it would work.

"Theoretically, it's possible, but I was just joking. Nobody would like to do it that way, haha."

Bronya: ...

She felt threatened; if she didn't comply, this super-hacker might control her system or even kill her.

But what the other party wanted was simply for him to ruin Sora and Mei's relationship?

Bronya agreed.

He was all alone in the room. If he confronted the other person directly, he would definitely be in trouble. If he had to turn against them, he should at least go somewhere with other people, so that they could take him to the infirmary.

"She agreed? Prometheus, well done!"

Another Bronya voice came from the computer.

This hacker is amazing; she actually used her voice to train such a realistic falsetto...

"Hey, is this Bronya? Can you hear me? Let me introduce myself, I'm Silver Wolf—"

Didn't she just call herself "Prometheus" and "friend"? Why is she using her old mercenary codename?

"why?"

"Why what?"

Silver Wolf's tone held a hint of doubt—"Oh, this is really too realistic."

"Mei-neechan is a very good person, and Sora-nii likes her very much, so why break them up?"

In fact, Bronya had also considered the worst possibility: if the other party was so capable and knew her weaknesses, why couldn't she do something bad instead of trying to ruin their relationship?

"Oh, this."

Silver Wolf seemed indifferent.

"Because their being together is a mistake. Their true love is someone else! Just do as I say, consider it me hiring you to do my job!"

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My headache has returned... So, after all this time, I haven't gotten better at all?