Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 171 Investigation Mission

Led by Walter, the group easily shook off the Valkyries.

The group arrived at a secret anti-entropy stronghold. Having witnessed Old Yang's display of power and entered the stronghold alongside him, Helia felt conflicted: how should she write her actions in the report?

"Ugh……"

"Helia, why are you sighing?"

"N-nothing."

Walter was oblivious to Helia's little mood; he had more important things to do: it seemed that arresting Cocolia ahead of time hadn't had a particularly big impact.

"Senior Walter, what's our next step?"

Looking at Dr. Magee's slightly tired face, and glancing at the two who seemed to have somehow traveled through time, Walter chose to temporarily put aside those incomprehensible matters and prioritize delivering the Tranquility Gem, and...

"Corali, Helia."

"Yes! Is there anything we can do to help?"

Coralie: -_-

Coralli thought Helia was too reserved, given how much she reacted when Walter called her name.

"Are you two interested in traveling for a while?"

"Huh? Why?"

Why? Because after showing off, the children's journey should end, and now it's the adults' turn to work.

Of course, Helia wouldn't have thought of these things. She was a little puzzled as to how Old Yang, who had just fought against the Valkyrie of Destiny, was talking about letting them go on a trip.

No, that's not right. Mr. Walter must have his reasons for saying that... Could it be that he thinks they would be holding back the senior of Destiny because they couldn't bear to harm him?

"You've worked hard on this mission, so take this opportunity to relax."

"But we don't—"

Helia was interrupted by Coralie before she could finish speaking.

"Uncle Yang is right! Helia, we've worked so hard, we need to travel and relax! So where should we go?"

Coralie cared more about the travel destinations than the reasons.

Walter thought for a moment and decided to choose a safe place... Perfect, the place without the Tranquility Gem is very safe, so he'll go there.

"Why don't you go to Singapore?"

Walter made up his mind. On the surface, that place had no connection with Destiny's Entropy Reversal. He knew that it would be absolutely safe there once he cut off the Tranquility Gem.

“We were invited to a banquet in Singapore recently, but unfortunately we are both too busy to go… If you don’t mind, please go to the banquet.”

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"I have bad news for you..."

Dejected Theresa walked into Himeko's villa, carrying a bottle of wine in her left hand and a Houmu comic book in her right.

"Headmaster, what bad news?"

Bronya, who was playing a game, Kiana, who was being tortured by her, Raiden Mei, who was tidying up the table, and Sora, who was studying the new Valkyrie armor sent by Welt (i.e., the official version of "Dragon Lord MK2000"), all looked at Theresa at the same time.

Theresa walked in, sat down in a chair, and stared at the wine bottle in front of her.

"Thirty minutes ago, news came from the hospital that Major Himeko—"

"Impossible! How could this be!"

Theresa's meaning is something like "Himeko's stigma transplantation failed," but Sora doesn't think that's right.

"Could it be that Aunt Himeko's stigma transplantation failed?"

"You idiot Kiana, shut your stinking mouth!"

"Major Himeko..."

Theresa saw everyone's reactions and realized that these kids really cared about Himeko.

Theresa suddenly burst out laughing.

"Just kidding, Himeko is fine, the transplant surgery was a complete success! That bomb-wielding girl is going to be alive now!"

Everyone was taken aback at first, then their faces lit up with surprise.

"Headmaster, please don't make jokes like that next time."

Theresa's smile grew even brighter.

"Let's have one! I just wanted to liven things up! Oh, right, to celebrate Himeko's health, let's have a health celebration party! Hmm, that's perfect for someone discharged from the hospital!"

Theresa uncorked the bottle and took a deep breath—don't get me wrong, it wasn't red wine inside, but rather bitter melon juice that she had carefully prepared.

Himeko must have been moved to tears when she thought it was sake and drank it all.

……

Organized by Theresa, everyone gathered together for a party to welcome Himeko home from the hospital, and laughter filled the entire house.

"Himeko, this is for you!"

Theresa handed the "wine" she had carefully prepared to Himeko, who accepted it without hesitation.

“Thanks, Theresa! You have no idea how much I was tortured by those people at the hospital who only let me drink pure water! They said there was no precedent for transplanting Stigmata, so they banned alcohol and also banned me from eating raw, cold, or spicy food. What fun is there in life without all that? Don’t you agree, Mr. Siegfried?”

"Miss Himeko, actually..."

"Qi-Ge-Fei-"

Theresa glared at Siegfried, who might have leaked the information.

It's infuriating to think about! As teachers, communication between teachers is essential, but these two alcoholic teachers actually became drinking buddies who have never drunk together after communicating! Now that Himeko is better, it's almost inevitable that these two will drink together in the foreseeable future.

"Actually, alcohol is harmful to health, so it's better to drink less for the sake of your health."

Siegfried, not wanting Theresa to nag him, immediately changed his tune.

"Tch, that's boring. Does being a parent mean you have to hide your true self from your children—Pah! This isn't alcohol!"

Himeko brought the bottle to her lips and downed it in one gulp. She didn't like sipping slowly; drinking straight from the bottle suited her much better, but then...

Everyone laughed as they watched Himeko spit out the bitter melon juice from her mouth with a frown.

"Theresa, what kind of red wine is this that you gave me?"

"Major Himeko, this is bitter melon juice."

Fu Hua's answer not only failed to appease Himeko, but instead enraged her.

"You bunch of heartless little devils! Theresa forced me to drink bitter melon juice, and not a single one of you..."

Everyone was in a good mood, except for Kiana, despite Himeko's grumbling and cursing.

Kiana's displeasure stemmed mainly from the fact that Sora and Mei were too close together... She was glaring at a gray-haired girl through gritted teeth.

Love guru Bronya says that to win a man's heart, you must first win his stomach. Raiden Mei, who says she's learned this lesson, believes that to win a man's heart through his stomach, you need to completely conquer him with different dishes. For example, since she had some free time today, she made Chinese-style xiaolongbao (soup dumplings).

"Darling~"

Everyone heard that sickeningly sweet address.

"Come try some of my Chinese snacks, I think you'll like them?"

Looking at Mei's expectant eyes, Sora couldn't bring herself to refuse.

"it is good."

Besides, how could Mei's cooking be bad? Sora reached out to grab it, but Mei stopped her. Before Sora could react, Mei had already picked up a small steamed bun.

"Open your mouth, I'll feed you. Remember to leave a review after you're done eating..."

"Um, Mei, everyone's here..."

Bronya Zaychek, the person in charge of this feeding campaign, was hoping to hear mushy terms of endearment from Qiong, such as "darling" or "my sweetheart," which is said online to be a symbol of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship reaching a new level.

Most people either support it, watch it for fun, or remain neutral at best, but not everyone is without opinion. For example, Kiana's anger level skyrocketed after seeing Mei and Sora so close.

Filled with jealousy, she began to seriously consider the possibility of slapping Qiong Yi's cat paw into the wall... Of course, that was impossible; she was angry, but she couldn't vent it.

Wait, it's not entirely hopeless! We just need to eat all the xiaolongbao! But, what if Mei gets angry...?

drop---

The sound beside her caught Kiana's attention. Oh, it was Fu Hua's glasses terminal ringing.

"Squad leader, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just an investigation task assigned by headquarters. Looks like we won't be able to finish our meal."

Reading the instructions on the glasses, Fu Hua put down her chopsticks and stood up.

"Kiana, come with me on a mission."

Kiana: ?