Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

After an hour or two of experimentation, the two scoundrels finally emerged from the room, arms around each other and grinning. Thick black smoke billowed out from the room behind them, and their faces were covered in soot, revealing only their bright white teeth.

"With these things, hehehe, how can we play those other games? We're truly amazing!" Long Qiao laughed loudly.

"Yeah, yeah! Hehehehe."

But when the two came out, they found the living room filled with a heavy atmosphere.

"Huh? Where's my wife... my boyfriend Bronya?" Long Qiao asked in confusion.

“Joachim just ran away, and Bronya went to find him,” Seele replied.

"Oh, I see. Let's go find them then. Xiaoqing and Moye, let's go together!"

Long Qiao casually put on her trench coat and led the three of them out in a menacing manner, one in front and two behind. With the aura of these three, any Honkai Beasts that passed by would probably get slapped a couple of times. They were definitely gang members.

"The snowfield outside seems to have changed," Mo Ye said.

"Yes, I think it's because Joachim caused the structure of the world bubble to change."

Just as the three were still moving, three Honkai Beasts appeared.

However, as soon as these three Honkai Beasts appeared, they saw Kroz in his Kirbus form, the Black Hole Twin Rabbits, and Mo Ye, wielding a sword, staring at them with a chilling aura.

"Since you're here, then I'll trouble you to lead the way, hehehehe." Long Qiao chuckled evilly as he rubbed the Full Bottle Destroyer's giant blade in its full-bottle destroyer mode.

"Hehehehe, you'd better just surrender obediently..." Zhang Qing also rubbed the Sound Terminator and chuckled evilly.

After a ten-second battle, the three Honkai Beasts, bruised and battered, carried the three of them on their way to find Bronya and Joachim.

"Why didn't you do this earlier? You'd have avoided getting beaten up." Black Hole Twin Rabbits said, patting the Honkai Beast under their buttocks.

The Honkai Beast under Long Qiao's buttocks instinctively shrank back in fear.

Honkai Beasts: Fellow family members, does anyone understand? We went out to find food and encountered three guys even more villainous than us, especially the human in the middle who looked like a rabbit, so scary~

"Giddy up! Run faster! If you don't run faster, I'll castrate you if anything happens to my wife~" Long Qiao whispered "gently" to the Honkai Beast.

"The Whispers of the Devil"

Upon hearing this, the Honkai Beast immediately accelerated its sprint, and the Honkai Beasts behind it also began their sprint.

After traveling for some time, the three finally spotted Joachim and Bronya.

"Alright, stop now," Long Qiao commanded coldly.

The Honkai Beast quickly stopped not far from Bronya and the others. After Long Qiao and the other two jumped down, Long Qiao patted the Honkai Beast on the shoulder and said happily.

“Well done, but you guys are too scary-looking. I’m afraid you’ll scare my boyfriend, so please just disappear.” Long Qiao’s voice suddenly turned cold as she said the last part of her sentence.

"The black hole devours."

Before the Honkai Beasts could react, they were instantly swallowed up by the black hole released by Long Qiao. The Honkai Beast under Zhang Qing's mount was dealt with by the spider legs he summoned, and the Honkai Beast under Mo Ye's mount was killed on the spot. Just as Zhang Qing and Long Qiao were about to deactivate their transformations, the Honkai Beasts returned. Joachim was so frightened by the Honkai Beasts that he fell to the ground. Bronya rushed to pull him up, and just at this critical moment...

"court death!"

The Black Hole Twin Rabbits blocked the two of them and grabbed the Honkai Beast's mouth with both hands.

"skillful……"

As Long Qiao gradually increased his strength, the Honkai Beast was slowly moved backward by Long Qiao. Then, he released his hands and kicked the Honkai Beast in the chin, sending it flying several meters.

"The End of Black Holes!" (Author's own creation)

A black hole half the size of Long Qiao appeared behind her. Then, particles from the black hole wrapped around Long Qiao's left leg. With her left foot in front and her right foot behind, Long Qiao squatted down in a hooligan squatting posture and jumped up to kick the Honkai Beast. Then, a small black hole appeared again at Long Qiao's left foot and swallowed the Honkai Beast.

"Dare to lay a hand on my men? You're asking for death!"

But just when everyone thought the enemy had been dealt with, another Honkai Beast suddenly appeared right in front of Joachim.

"Oh no! A black hole..."

boom--

A gunshot rang out, interrupting Long Qiao's charge-up. A blond man appeared...

"Father?" Long Qiao asked in surprise.

"Ha...ha...you're all alright, that's so good," the priest said breathlessly.

"You arrived just in time, but how did you get out?" Long Qiao said with a smile.

"Hehe... It's really not easy to dodge Theresa..." the priest said, wiping his sweat.

"So... you snuck out, huh? What if I go back and tell Theresa?" Long Qiao said with a mischievous smile, looking at the priest.

"Let's forget it, I don't want her to nag me anymore," the priest said with a smile.

"3...2...1, fall!"

After Long Qiao finished speaking, the priest suddenly went black and staggered to the ground. Bronya rushed to help him up, only to find that the priest had already lost consciousness.

"Are you kidding me? You dare to come out when your injuries haven't healed yet. I'd be surprised if you didn't fall down. My Orphnoch healing factor is still wandering in your body. It's not like you'll be healed anytime soon."

Seeing this, Long Qiao took the priest from Bronya's hands and carried him on her back.

"Although I hate Otto the old scoundrel, I don't dislike you, this Otto from a parallel universe. It's quite a contradiction."

After Long Qiao deactivated his transformation, he looked at Joachim, who was still sitting there in a daze and trembling. His expression immediately turned cold as he looked at the boy. At the same time, Bronya felt a surge of anger rising in her heart as she looked at Joachim. She immediately picked up the cross on the ground and threw it at Joachim.

"What are you running away from?!" Bronya shouted angrily.

"Your own past? Or the priest and everyone at the orphanage? No, you're just running away from yourself, you coward!" Bronya snapped.

"Alright, Bronya, let me say a few words. Xiao Qing, help carry the priest for a while," Long Qiao said coldly, and then placed the priest on Zhang Qing's back.

Under everyone's gaze, Long Qiao took off her shirt, revealing four horrifying tattoos and countless scars.

“Kid, I’ve never truly experienced family love, and I’ve never been to an orphanage. I got these four tattoos to protect myself. Do you know the pain in my heart? Look at yourself now, what do you look like? If I were your age and I was running away like this, I would have preferred to end it all myself. Running away doesn’t solve problems, it only solves yourself.”

“You have a big family in the orphanage now, and people who love you, but I don’t. You can still be saved, but I’ve been basically alone since I was a child. Before I was five, I was chased for theft and robbery. I used to live by scavenging garbage. None of that broke me. And what about you? What are you doing now! Tell me, what do you look like now!” Long Qiao grabbed Joachim’s hair and scolded him.

"If you continue to run away, only destruction awaits you."

“I…I don’t know…what is the right thing to do…” Joachim said, his voice trembling with sobs.

“There aren’t that many right and wrong things in this world… there are only right and wrong things, not people. The so-called right and wrong of a person is just the responsibility they have to bear after doing something,” Bronya said.

“Bronya knows this is difficult…Bronya used to be just like you…If you’re afraid, then you should speak up. Don’t stay silent, and don’t force yourself to say it’s okay. Go tell those you care about, and those who care about you.” Bronya said gently.

“You still have family… Don’t wait until it’s too late to regret it. Bronya also expressed her fear before, and coincidentally… he protected me very well…”

As Zhang Qing looked at the scene before him, a strange feeling suddenly welled up inside him.

"This scene seems so familiar... Long Qiao is like a very strict father educating Joachim, while Bronya is like a kind mother lecturing Joachim..."

Long Qiao silently put on his clothes, and at the same time used his Orphnoch ability to summon a small flame.

"Dear viewers, please don't do what I did and take off your clothes in the cold snow just to show off. It's so cold..." Long Qiao said to the screen.

"Who are you talking to?" Zhang Qing asked as he walked over.

"fine……"