Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

(Continuing from the previous episode, after Long Qiao and his two companions left the restaurant, they encountered Gulangji.)

"Gulangji!!" Long Qiao rushed forward.

The three Gurongi, who were engrossed in the murder mystery game, were startled awake by the angry shout. They looked at Long Qiao, who was running towards them, and asked a question.

“Lindo? Is that Kuuga?” asked the bat Gulangi.

“No, it’s different. Anyway, whoever disturbs us will have to pay with their life,” said Spider Gurongi.

"Ha—" Long Qiao ran up to the Gulangji and punched the bat in the face. Then she kicked away the spider next to her, but was ambushed from behind by another Gulangji, which sent sparks flying.

"Uh--"

Long Qiao rolled to the side and watched as the three Gulangis in front of him took off their Faiz phones, switched to the Photon Demolition Gun mode, and entered code 106 and pressed Enter to switch to demolition mode.

"Hey! Gulangyi, times have changed." Long Qiao pulled the trigger, "Bang bang bang—" The Faiz phone fired three beams in succession, hitting Gulangyi and exploding into a series of sparks.

"What?! Damn it!"

"Well, now it's time to deal with you." Long Qiao took out the Faiz camera and punched the spider. With a ? symbol, the spider Gurongi vanished into thin air.

"This is just the first one. None of you are getting away." Long Qiao quickly caught up. "Two, three—" The remaining two Gulangyi also vanished in the explosion.

----split line----

"Phew, these are just small fry. Who knows what will come next? By the way, system, how many Knight Coins do I have? Can I exchange them for the Faiz-specific motorcycle?" Long Qiao said to the system after deactivating his transformation.

"You can exchange it now, I have a Knight Coin."

"...Let's change it."

"Okay, the motorcycle is now on the side of the road."

"OK, now I have Faiz Blade and a Gundam. By the way, where are Kiana and Mei?" Long Qiao came to the motorcycle.

"Teacher, we're here..."

“So you guys were here all along. But I’m going back to school now, since I’m living here.” Long Qiao put on her helmet.

"By the way, you should just call me Qiao. Calling me teacher all the time is too formal, and I'm about the same age as you."

"Okay, Qiao, you go back first. Mei and I will go back together later."

“Okay, that works too. We’ll eat at the school cafeteria from now on. It’s not safe outside. Those three were Gurongi who treat killing as a game. Who knows what will happen next? We’ll be careful. If any of those monsters appear, here’s my contact information,” Long Qiao said.

"Okay, okay, and Qiao, you looked so cool just now! That armor was so awesome."

"Yeah, of course it's cool, I'm a Kamen Rider." With that, Ryuu Takumi sped away.

"Kamen Rider? How cool..." Mei muttered, looking in the direction where Ryuu Takumi had left.

----split line----

When Long Qiao returned, she went straight to the dormitory building (that's right, the three of them lived in the same dormitory).

"Ugh, I'm exhausted." Long Qiao collapsed onto the sofa.

"Hmm? Qiao, where did you go?" Qingmo asked.

"Sigh, don't even mention it. I was originally going out to eat with Kiana and the others, but after we finished eating, we ran into the Gurongi. I fought with them, and although I managed to defeat them, I'm so tired," Long Qiao said.

"Huh? You didn't eat in the cafeteria? You look down on my cooking?" Men Mo said angrily to Long Qiao.

"Huh? Haha, this was an accident, an accident. By the way, I've already redeemed Faiz's personal motorcycle, the Motor Pegasus."

"That's good..."

"Yeah, I have the Faiz blade now too, but as for meals, I'll still eat at the school cafeteria; it's too dangerous outside."

"Indeed, we not only have to watch out for monsters, but also fight Honkai Beasts. It's exhausting."

"It's getting late, I'm going to wash up and go to bed."

"Okay."

————Upon the Sun————

"Hi, Qiao, good morning. Qiao, you looked so handsome yesterday," Kiana said to Long Qiao.

"Hmm? Hey, Kiana and Mei, I think I'm alright. Okay, okay, it's getting late, you'll be late for class if you don't hurry up."

"Okay, sure." Kiana grabbed Mei and ran off.

"—Ugh! I didn't expect those two old bastards to get up without waking me up. Even though I'm a PE teacher, I'm also a homeroom teacher. They almost made me late," Long Qiao said, grumbling.

————Noon dismissal time————

"This is my first time eating cafeteria food, but with Men Mo here, the food should be delicious," Long Qiao said after a moment's thought.

"Of course, after all, it was Menmo who did it," Qingmo said, walking over as well.

"Yeah, that's right. Qingmo, you're here too?" Long Qiao said, eating heartily while looking at Qingmo who was speaking to her.

"Hey, Qiao! Over here!" Long Qiao looked up and saw Kiana waving at him.

"Oh, here they come, let's go, Qingmo."

"You're quite popular," Qingmo said with a smile.

"Uh... Brother Mo, please stop teasing me. I'm not that popular. Let's just let it go."

"Eh? Teacher Qing is here too?" Kiana asked in surprise.

"Can't you come? Just call me Qingmo in front of our own people. Let's eat first."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Long Qiao and her group were enjoying their meal when... "Ah!!! Help! There's a monster!"

"What a terrifying monster! We can't beat it at all!"

"Huh? A monster?" Long Qiao asked疑惑地, until she saw Orphino's figure appear at the cafeteria entrance—

"Holy crap? Orphnoch? How could an Orphnoch appear in this school?! Are you kidding me? There are so many innocent people here. You guys eat first, I'll deal with it. After all, I'm good at fighting Orphnochs." With that, Long Qiao immediately ran over.

"Stop! Orphnoch! I won't allow you to take another step." Long Qiao stood in front of Orphnoch and put on the Driver.

The "Henshin" dragon-shaped mobile phone was plugged into the driver.

"Standing By"

"Complete"

As the photon blood flows, Kamen Rider Faiz enters the arena—

"Come on, let's start the first round of the fight, ha—" Long Qiao charged forward with a straight punch.

Kiana and Mei couldn't help but worry as they watched the two fighting in front of them, while Qingmo and the suddenly appearing Menmo were drinking water and chatting nearby.

"Um, Xiao Mo, aren't you worried about Long Qiao?" Mei asked.

"He'll be alright. If he can't win, we'll go help him."

"help?"

“Yes, Mo and I are also Kamen Riders, but I am Kamen Rider Skull and Mo is Kamen Rider Decade,” Qingmo said.

"Oh, I see. Then you don't need to worry." Kiana patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, Orphnoch, take this knife!" Long Qiao walked to the motorized Pegasus motorcycle and took out the Faiz blade.

"Luckily, the Motorized Pegasus has an autopilot function, so it arrived in time," Long Qiao said, brandishing her sharp blade.

“Hey, since we’re here, let’s make the best of it. Since we’re here, let’s bury us here, Orphnoch.”

Long Qiao swung his sharp blade at Orphnoch, saying, "Although I don't use knives much, it doesn't mean I don't know how to use them. Prepare to die!" Long Qiao swung his blade again, slashing at Orphnoch, sparks flying everywhere.

"Ah, that wretched Faiz!" Orphnoch glared at Faiz and said viciously, "I will not let you get away with this!"

"You have no chance—" Long Qiao said with a frosty expression, inserting the faiz instruction memory into the faiz blade.

"Die!" Long Qiao slashed at Orphnoch, a ? symbol flashed, and Orphnoch turned to ashes. Long Qiao wiped his blade.

"A real man never looks back at an explosion!"

----split line----

(What will happen after Long Qiao kills Orphnoch at the academy? To find out, please watch the next episode, another knight?)