Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

(Continuing from the previous chapter, after the unconscious Long Qiao was taken away by a mysterious person—)

"Ouch, that hurts! Where am I?" Long Qiao woke up from her unconsciousness, looking around at her surroundings with a puzzled expression.

"Kid, you're awake?"

"Huh? Who are you, sir?"

"Damn it! I'm only 30, why are you calling me 'uncle'? And you... do you even remember your own name?"

"Huh? What are you talking about, uncle? How could I not remember who I am? Eh? Who am I again? How could I forget who I am?" Long Qiao was dumbfounded.

"Sigh, this is because you burned too much Honkai energy and ended up in a fight with the Second Herrscher. As for who you are, just call yourself Cho.

"A coincidence? That's possible..."

"Alright, you're old enough to get out of bed now. Hurry up and go, I still want to sleep."

“…Oh, then I’ll be going now. Thank you.” Long Qiao stood at the door, looking at the figure inside. “Goodbye, Uncle.”

----split line----

"Ding! System loading complete."

"Huh? System? Why the hell didn't you show up sooner? My injuries are already healed." Long Qiao, wandering the streets, said to the system, "Alright, tell me, what use are you?"

"Ding! This system will only assist the host in becoming stronger."

"Oh? Help me become stronger? How exactly will you help me?"

"This system has a shop where you can exchange for exclusive knight items and even other knight belts. The unlock condition is to kill monsters."

"Kill monsters?"

"That's right, killing monsters. This system can exchange the Honkai Energy obtained from killing monsters for Knight Coins, which are sold in the shop. Of course, the ratio of Honkai Energy to Knight Coins is 100:1."

"100:1? How is that calculated?"

「突进能0.5崩坏能、骑士级1崩坏能、弩炮级10崩坏能、战车级100崩坏能、圣殿级1000崩坏能、帝王级崩坏能、审判级崩坏能，依次类推」

"I see. Then let's start killing monsters." Long Qiao said, looking at the tank-class Honkai Beasts and assassins attacking in front of them.

Long Qiao took out the Faiz driver, opened the Faiz phone, and entered code 555.

"Standing By"

"Complete"

"Henshin" Ryuu Takumi covered the Faiz phone, held it above his head, and inserted the driver. Accompanied by a burst of crimson photon blood, Kamen Rider Faiz appeared—

"So be it, prepare for your demise!" Long Qiao strode forward and punched the Honkai Beast in the face with a "bang".

"Ora ora ora ora... Kneel down!" With Long Qiao's final punch, this tank-class Honkai Beast made its final appearance.

"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining 100 Honkai Energy, which has been automatically converted into 1 Knight Coin."

"Tsk, so few. When will I be able to buy the other parts? If I were stronger right now, I wouldn't only have a Faiz cursor." Long Qiao talked to the system while grinding monsters.

"You have obtained 500 Honkai Energy, which has been automatically converted into 5 Knight Coins."

"Sigh! Well then, we'll just keep grinding monsters and wander around looking for a family that can take us in."

----split line----

"Sigh! It's been 15 days, a full half month, and I've accumulated 200 Knight Coins, yet no one is willing to adopt me?" Long Qiao said after pondering for a while as she walked down the street.

"Hmm? You little kid over there, do you have nowhere to go? Why don't you come to my house?" A gentle voice sounded beside Long Qiao.

"Huh? Are you talking about me? I really have nowhere to live. I've been wandering around for days, and no one is willing to take me in," Long Qiao said helplessly.

"Haha, now I'll adopt you."

"But sir, you already have two people with you. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to add me as well?"

"It's alright, and I adopted them both. One is a photographer, and the other, in my opinion, is just a half-baked detective," the uncle said.

"Alright then, Uncle, please take care of me. My name is Qiao." Long Qiao said, shaking the uncle's hand.

"Stop calling me 'Uncle,' call me Narumi, Uncle Narumi."

Narumi stroked Long Qiao's head and said, "Look, the one on the left is the first one I adopted, his name is Qingmo, and the one on the right is the photographer Menmo."

"Oh, hello, nice to meet you both," Long Qiao said to the two people.

"Hey~ Hello, Qiao." Qingmo walked up to Long Qiao and said.

"Hello, Qiao." Then Menmo also stepped forward.

“In order of seniority, Qingmo is the oldest, and Qiao is the youngest, but of course we’re good brothers now,” Menmo said to Long Qiao.

"Yes, that's right."

On his way home, he ran into three strange people.

"! This is an Orphnoch, a hybrid of a monster and a mirror monster? How did we end up here?" Long Qiao muttered, looking at the monster in front of him, and said to Ming Hai, "Uncle Ming, you should hide quickly, there's a strange person ahead."

Narumi looked at Ryuki and said, "Okay, you should be careful too."

"Understood, Uncle Narumi."

“Henshin!” Long Qiao shouted at the strange man in front of him.

"Henshin!"

"Henshin!"

At the same time, three voices rang out, and the three people were all stunned.

"Huh? This is a skull transformation device." Long Qiao said, looking at the memory device in Qing Mo's hand.

"What a coincidence, isn't that the Faiz phone you're holding?"

"Menmo, you're actually a Decade Knight? That's so cool!" Long Qiao said, looking at the two people in front of her.

"Let's not talk about that now, let's deal with this weirdo first, then we can chat," Menmo said.

"Agreed"

“Henshin X3”

"Standing By"

"Complete"

"KAMENRIDE Decade"

"Skull"

From this point on, Kamen Rider Faiz, Decade, and Skull made their debut—

“Then I’ll fight Orphino. After all, everyone has their own area of ​​expertise,” Long Qiao said.

"In that case, I'll choose the mixed body."

"Sigh, so I'm the only one left to be the last mirror monster?"

Long Qiao was the first to step forward. "Ha—" With a low shout, Long Qiao punched the spider Orphnoch, followed by a series of punches.

"Ha—you're nothing special." Before he could finish speaking, Long Qiao was hit by a silk spun by the spider Orphnoch, which caused a burst of sparks.

"Ah! You actually used a hidden weapon, you're something else!" Before she could finish speaking, Long Qiao was met with another silk thread.

"Heh, this is a battle, who cares if you use hidden weapons or not, as long as you can win," Spider Orphnoch sneered, and Long Qiao could only be forced to dodge and look for an opportunity.

"Stinky spider, take this punch, ha—" Long Qiao seized the opportunity and landed a jumping punch on the spider Orphnoch.

"Ah—" the spider Orphnoch screamed in agony. Seeing that the time was right, Long Qiao retrieved the Faiz instruction memory, inserted it into the Faiz cursor, and installed it on his right leg. Long Qiao leaped up, aiming at the spider Orphnoch. A red cone-shaped pointer appeared, and Long Qiao passed through the spider Orphnoch. A question mark appeared on the Orphnoch's body, and then it turned into sand...

Meanwhile, Qingmo and Menmo's battle had ended, and the three of them deactivated their transformations together...

“I didn’t expect you guys to be Kamen Riders too,” Ryu Takumi said.

"Who isn't? One is Decade, and the other is Faiz, they're hiding their true colors well," Qingmo said with a helpless expression.

"Ah, this..." Men Mo scratched his head and said awkwardly.

"Alright, let's go home first. Uncle Minghai can come out now," Qingmo called out.

"Okay, okay, let's go home."

(This chapter has ended. Please read the next chapter to find out what happens next.)