Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

Long Qiao walked toward the scene that suddenly appeared in her mind and went into a school.

"Honestly, I found myself at school without even realizing it, just following the images that flashed through my mind..."

When Long Qiao arrived in the classroom, the students, who had been making a lot of noise, fell silent upon seeing her. They looked at her as if she were something dirty.

"Do you think I'm running a market?" Long Qiao asked, scratching his head.

"Brother Qiao, are you alright? I heard you were in a car accident and have been unconscious ever since..." A thin figure came over and grabbed Long Qiao's hand.

"It's all over now. And don't get too close to me, I find it disgusting." Long Qiao pulled her hand away and wiped it on him in disgust before sitting down in her seat.

"By the way, Qiao-ge, the school is having a talent show today. Do you want to go and watch it? Parents can come too," Long Qiao's deskmate said to Long Qiao.

"A cultural performance? Hmm... I might want to check that out."

"If only we could find the key to breaking this deadlock, but I feel like I've forgotten something?"

Long Qiao then contacted her family to come and watch the performance together. When it was almost time, Long Qiao's homeroom teacher arrived. She was surprised to see Long Qiao, but quickly regained her composure and led Long Qiao and the rest of the group to the gymnasium, only to find that the gymnasium was already packed.

"Wow, there are quite a lot of people here," Long Qiao said with a smile.

"Of course."

After finding their class signs, Long Qiao and the rest of the group found good seats. Looking behind him, Long Qiao saw his parents and sister from this world waving at him. Next to them seemed to be the family of Long Qiao's deskmate. Some of his classmates' parents had come, while others hadn't.

"This stadium is freaking huge. All the parents came and it was only about halfway to the top," Long Qiao thought to herself.

As the show slowly began, everyone was watching the stage intently, except for Long Qiao, whose mind was blank.

"What is the key to breaking this deadlock? Is it finding Long Qiao from this point in time or something else? It's difficult... Now we can't even summon the system, Orphnoch is gone, and even Faiz is gone. What are we going to do? I don't know why, but I suddenly have a bad feeling. I hope it won't happen."

Halfway through the program, Long Qiao's worst fears came true—

"Ah! There's a monster!" a backstage staff member suddenly ran out and shouted, and the next second a fireball appeared and exploded.

A bat-like creature appeared, muttering something like "Lindo." Long Qiao's latent sense of danger told him that this was the bat Gurongi.

When the bat-like Gurongi appeared, the crowd began to stir, rushing towards the exit in groups.

"Hey! Qiao, it's a monster! Let's run! Qiao? Eh! Where is she?" the boy sitting next to Long Qiao said, then realized that Long Qiao was no longer in her seat. When she turned to look in the direction of the monster, her mind went blank for a moment.

Long Qiao stood casually in front of the bat Gurongi, hands in his pockets, looking at the bat Gurongi with disdain.

“Hey! You dead bat, do you still remember who your grandpa is?” Long Qiao said, raising an eyebrow.

"Human, what do you mean?!" the bat Gurongi said angrily.

"Looks like you don't remember. That's not interesting. What I mean is, I want to fight you one-on-one!" Long Qiao said with a smile in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft.

"Let's take a gamble and see if my physical abilities can withstand the combined power of a level 3 danger monster, an Orphnoch, and a Beyonder."

Upon hearing Long Qiao's words, Long Qiao's family, who were about to run away, stopped and looked at the arrogant boy.

"Qiao! Don't do anything foolish!" Chen Yuan shouted hurriedly.

“Yes, Qiao, let’s run together!” Long Chen quickly added.

"Tch, I'm not from this world, and besides, this dead bat is my defeated foe," Long Qiao said disdainfully, picking his ear.

"Alright, you guys run your way. I won't be able to help you if a fight breaks out," Long Qiao said after getting into a starting position.

"Really? Then you must be very careful."

After saying that, Long Chen took his child and wife and ran outside.

"Alright, there are no more troublemakers, let's get started."

After saying that, Long Qiao took the initiative and punched the bat Gurongi. Although the damage was not great, it still forced the bat Gurongi back several steps.

"Hmph! I didn't expect that a human like you could actually defeat me. It seems I underestimated you."

The bat Gurongi also threw a punch at Long Qiao. After Long Qiao dodged it, he followed up with a high kick. Seeing that he couldn't dodge it, Long Qiao hurriedly raised his hand to block, but he was also pushed back dozens of steps by the inertia.

"It's so numb, but I actually withstood a full-force kick from the Bat Gurongi? Looks like I've really recovered, my gamble paid off."

After Long Qiao lowered his hand to block, he saw that the bat Gurongi had already gathered a fireball in its mouth and was flying straight towards Long Qiao.

"Fuck your mother!"

With a loud bang, Long Qiao flew out of the stadium and rolled several times on the ground before stopping.

Those who were fleeing outside stopped and watched as Long Qiao was blasted out.

"Look at you old fools! Why aren't you running away!" Long Qiao stood up, dusted himself off, and yelled at the onlookers.

"Human, you can't beat me. Give up and become my food." The bat Gurongi said to Long Qiao from mid-air.

"Impossible. For the sake of this place, I don't want to see anyone cry anymore. I want everyone to have smiles on their faces, so please look at my transformation." Long Qiao said as if possessed.

"Heh, are you saying your last words?"

Bat Gurongi laughed, but the next second he couldn't laugh anymore, as a belt suddenly appeared around Long Qiao's waist.

"This is... the Kuuga Belt? Do I not want to be able to summon it anymore?"

"Ding! This system has arrived!"

"Yo, you finally arrived! What's going on here? Why can't I transform into Faiz or anything, but the Kuuga Belt suddenly reappeared?"

"Because there are no Kamen Riders in this world, and the Kuuga Belt was given to you by the future host during the Second Collapse, so it is essentially a companion belt. After the host became Ultimate Red Eye, the Kuuga Belt went dormant. As for why it was activated, it's probably because the host just shouted the exclusive transformation line that Yusuke Godai shouted in the TV series."

"So that's it."

"Hehe... Dead bat, are you ready to die?" Long Qiao said mockingly to the bat Gurongi.