Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

(Continuing from the previous chapter, since Long Qiao dealt with the Orphnoch at Qianyu Academy, things have been calm for the time being, but—)

"Ah! How did I become so famous? Now the whole academy knows me. If I go out even for a moment, everyone will know I'm Kamen Rider 555." Long Qiao said, lying on the table with a troubled expression.

"Hahaha..." The two of them laughed in unison.

"Who told you to transform yourself so openly? Congratulations on becoming a sensation," Men Mo laughed.

"There's no other way, we can't just watch the Orphnoch hurt people, can we?" Long Qiao said.

"Sigh, there aren't many monsters to fight, so all my little gadgets are useless now, they're just growing weeds—there's nothing else to do besides teaching these days."

"By the way, do you have classes this afternoon?" Long Qiao suddenly asked.

"I'm a chef, but I'm only unavailable at 6:30 AM, 11:45 AM, and 6:00 PM. The rest of the time I can only observe human body art..."

"Human body art? To put it bluntly, it's just looking at girls—" Qingmo rolled his eyes.

"Heh—I bet you've been squatting at the school gate with me ever since." Menmo said to Qingmo with disdain.

"How could I be the same as you? I'm just cultivating my character," Qingmo said slowly, opening his folding fan.

"Bullshit—do you guys have class this afternoon? Let's go have some fun then, my tenth-year account is itching to get going." Menmo said excitedly.

"Ah, I don't have any classes this afternoon. My PE class is over for today. I've been teaching three classes in a row, I'm exhausted," Long Qiao said, slumped on the sofa.

"And what about you, Mo?"

“No more classes—and my Skull Hardman is itching to get going.” Qingmo folded his fan and pointed at Menmo.

"Then let's... go out and grind monsters to earn money, and then have our third brother get us some new items."

"can."

"There's no time to lose, let's set off immediately."

————Changkong City Street————

"Skull Punisher!"

Qingmo took out the Skull Magnum and fired a powerful destructive beam at the Honkai Beast in front of him. "Brothers, I've taken care of this side."

Menmo wiped the card box sword and inserted the Final Attack Decade card into the driver. Accompanied by the sound effect "Final AttackRide! De-De-De-Decade!", Menmo rushed through the card-shaped light wall and made a dash-level slash. The tank-class Honkai Beast in front of him exploded with a bang.

"I'm done here too, Qiao, how about you?"

"immediately--"

"Exceed Charge"

Long Qiao wielded a sharp blade and slashed at the Honkai Beast in front of him—the body that was struck was marked with a question mark and finally fell to the ground as dust.

"Phew, that felt pretty good." Long Qiao deactivated her transformation.

“It really works.” Qingmo and Menmo simultaneously deactivated their transformations.

"It's already three o'clock, let's grind some more monsters."

"By the way, Qiao, how many Knight Coins do you have now? Can you exchange them for your Acceleration Form?" Menmo asked.

"Not yet, I only have 500 Knight Coins. The Accelerated Form requires around 2000 Knight Coins," Long Qiao replied after checking the Knight Coins available in the system.

"Oh, I see. It'll take a long time. Sigh!"

"I feel like it shouldn't be too long, right?"

"Sigh! We'll just have to grind monsters slowly—" The three-person team walked along the streets of Changkong City—

----after a while----

"boom!!!"

"Hmm? Did you hear anything?" Long Qiao asked.

"Well, it does."

"Let's find out where it came from."

"Are you two blind??? It's right in front of us!" Men Mo rolled his eyes at the two of them.

"..."

Before the three were three strange figures attacking a knight: an Orphnoch bat, a Worm cockroach, and a Greedy spider...

"Quickly, start the rescue!"

"Henshin"x3

Long Qiao, holding the 555 Driver, Qing Mo, holding the Lost Driver, and Men Mo, holding the Decade Driver, ran towards the mysterious Rider.

"Skull!"

"KAMANRIDE DECADE!"

"Complete"

"Ha—" The three of them immediately and in perfect unison headed toward their opponents.

The three-person team has become increasingly powerful after a week of relentless monster-hunting; each attack is guaranteed to kill a monster.

Long Qiao instantly moved the battlefield with the bat Orphnoch.

"Ah—who are you, and why are you stopping me from killing him?"

"Me? My name is Takumi, and I'm Kamen Rider Faiz. As for why he's stopping you, it's because he's also one of us Kamen Riders. Take this—"

While attacking Orphnoch, Long Qiao also installed the Faiz cursor.

"Now is the time to strike."

As Long Qiao leaped into the air, a crimson cone-shaped pointer was aimed at Orphnoch.

"Sizzle—" A drill sound rang out as Long Qiao passed in front of Orphnoch, and a '?' symbol appeared on Orphnoch's body. In the end, Orphnoch turned into a pile of dust. Finally, Long Qiao stood up, flicked his hand, and elegantly ended the battle.

Qingmo then faced off against the alien insects...

"Ouch, that hurts a bit, but I anticipated your attack." Qingmo took out the skull-shaped Magnum. "My uncle taught me that when you encounter something too fast, you have to listen with your ears and look carefully. Whoosh—" Qingmo sensed everything through the sound of the wind—

"Heh—although you're very fast, it's not like I'm completely helpless."

"Found you!" Qingmo raised the Skull Magnum and loaded the Skull Memory, firing a series of destructive beams at an open space. Just then, the Zerg happened to run to that spot.

"Bang!!!" It hit, and the alien insect was knocked to the ground.

"Alright, now I'll take care of you." Qingmo put the skull memory into the right side of his belt, tapped the slot, and leaped up.

"Riedr kick"

Qingmo descended from the sky and kicked the alien insect.

"Boom—" A burst of flames shot into the sky, and Qingmo also took care of one of them.

As for Menmo, it's almost over.

Menmo looked at the fallen Greedy One and inserted the Final Control Card into the drive.

"Final AttackRide! De-De-De-Decade!"

Men Mo leaped into the air, passing through the card-shaped light wall resembling a ten-year holographic image that appeared between himself and his enemy, and delivered a kick. "Boom—" The Greedy One died—

The three of them deactivated their transformations, looked at the knight in front of them, and said, "You're Ryuki?"

"Yes, my name is Zhang Qing, and I am Kamen Rider Ryuki."

"Oh, I see. Hehe, newbie, my name is Menmo. As for those two, the one in black with flowing white hair is called Qiao, and the one with long hair tied up and wearing white is called Qingmo." Menmo said cheerfully to the blue-haired boy in front of him.

"You can call Qingmo Xiaomo, and Menmo Mo Mo, and I'll just call him Qiao."

"OK, all right."

"Also, I'm Kamen Rider Faiz, Mo is Kamen Rider Decade, and Xiao Mo is Skull."

"Since there are four of us, let's form a four-person team. Xiaoqing, you'll be joining us."

"Is this okay?"

"Sure, no problem. However, we're currently employed at Qianyu Academy, so we can help you get a work certificate," Qingmo said. "Do you have your own mount?"

"There are some."

"Let's go back to school and the dorm. I'll find you a job while I'm at it, and then introduce you to our uncle after the holidays. That way, we'll be four real brothers."

"Okay, Qiao-ge."

The four of them then walked towards the school in a grand procession, and under the witness of the setting sun, their bond was thus formed.

----split line----

(This time, the three-person team rescued their fourth brother, thus forming a four-person team. Their story has only just begun. As for what happens next, please look forward to the next episode: The First Appearance of the Third Herrscher.)