Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

"Hehe... the story is getting more and more interesting..."

"Hey! Wake up!"

Long Qiao opened his eyes from a daze and found Ji Zi staring at him with a dissatisfied expression. Then Long Qiao looked around and found that he had gotten out of the car and was sitting in an unknown place.

"Oh, where is this?" Long Qiao asked with a smile.

"Hmph! I've really underestimated you to be able to sleep so soundly in the interrogation room," Himeko said.

“Oh? An interrogation room? Officer, as far as I know, I shouldn’t have made any mistakes,” Long Qiao said softly, raising both hands.

"Was it you who caused the series of bloodsucking incidents in Canghai City to collapse?"

"What kind of question is that? Would you ask the sun, 'Are you the sun?'" Long Qiao said calmly.

“…Give me a proper answer. Why were you there? According to my investigation, there is no one named you in this city.”

"Hahaha, what you're saying is even less plausible. Would you ask the sun 'Why do you shine?'?" Long Qiao joked.

"you you……"

"Well, just kidding. Well then, to clear yourself of suspicion, let me help you," Long Qiao said.

"You? Are you sure you can do it?" Himeko asked skeptically.

“Ha… If I can’t do it… who can? Kabuto! Gatack! The Bee!” Long Qiao suddenly shouted.

A blue circular hole suddenly appeared above the two of them, from which three insects of different colors emerged. The three insects circled around Long Qiao, and the iron chains on Long Qiao's body suddenly fell to the ground.

“I told you, no one can stop me from leaving if I want to,” Long Qiao said, looking at Ji Zi with an air of arrogance.

"That's...ok."

"Come on, tell me, where do you plan to start?" Long Qiao asked as she sat down on the table.

“Considering the timing of the previous incidents, I think we can start the investigation at night. Tonight at midnight, at the entrance of Houmu Happy Restaurant, don’t be late,” Himeko said.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, Long Qiao turned and left without looking back. However, he didn't actually leave. After observing that no one was following him, Long Qiao went alone to an open space, where he encountered two middle-aged men...

"Hey! Long time no see, you two. Hand over the stuff, shall we?" Long Qiao said with a grin to the two middle-aged men.

“Who are you? I don’t recall offending you.” A middle-aged man with black hair said.

“Who I am is not important. What is important is that you give me the Thunderfly Insect Device and your Scorpion Insect Device as well,” Long Qiao said indifferently.

"How did you know?!" another middle-aged man with long purple hair exclaimed in horror.

"How would I know? You don't need to know that. I also know that you two are... protozoa."

That's right, Long Qiao knew their true nature because the system detected it.

After Ryuki finished speaking, the two middle-aged men transformed into Kamen Rider Raijin and Kamen Rider Sasori, and Ryuki summoned Kabuto and transformed. Ryuki then began his classic 1v2 battle once again.

"Kabuto? Why do you have it!?" Rai Ting asked after taking half a step back.

"Guess! Alright, enough nonsense, prepare to die!" Long Qiao's gaze gradually turned cold as she gripped the kunai sword and slashed directly at the two of them.

Startled by the sudden attack, the two jumped back and, disregarding Long Qiao's situation, immediately drew their weapons and began fighting him.

"What's wrong? Is that all?"

After Long Qiao cleaved the cannonball fired by Lei Ting with her sword, she swung her sword at Lei Ting again. The sword energy emanating from the kunai sword swept over half of Lei Ting's body, causing the armor to crackle with arcs of electricity. At the same time, she kicked the sword scorpion several meters away.

"You guys are weak enough. If that's all you've got, you can't beat me. Just hand over the Sword Scorpion and Thunder Dragonfly obediently," Long Qiao mocked.

Then, Long Qiao actually took out the Hypa Worm and transformed into its Hypa form. He then summoned the Insect Sword again. Immediately afterward, a yellow insect flew over and embedded itself in the Insect Sword. After Long Qiao pressed the yellow button on the hilt, the sword showed a superluminal particle transformation fluctuation. Long Qiao pressed the trigger on the hilt again, and an energy wave gathered at the Royal Bee at the front of the Perfect Insect Device. Then, Long Qiao released the energy wave towards the Thunderfly.

"Super Thrust!"

A massive energy wave instantly swept over Thunderfly, and at the same time, Thunderfly's Knight's Belt flew into the sky and was caught by Long Qiao. The creature that was originally a protozoan was completely destroyed by this massive energy wave.

After taking down one of them, Long Qiao turned her gaze to the sword scorpion not far away and slowly walked over.

"Now...it's your turn, Drake!"

"Wait, before I die, can you tell me why you killed us?" Sword Scorpion said painfully, clutching his abdomen.

"No... because I haven't come up with a good excuse either."

After Long Qiao finished speaking, the royal bee on the Perfect Insect Device immediately disintegrated from the sword. However, at the same time, the Thunderfly combined with the Perfect Insect Device. Long Qiao then turned the Perfect Insect Device into gun mode and pressed the blue button. Immediately afterwards, superluminal particles were released from the Thunderfly. At the same time, a huge energy bullet appeared at the muzzle. After Long Qiao pulled the lever, the energy bullet was quickly fired at the Sword Scorpion. The fired energy bullet split into six homing bullets in mid-air and hit the Sword Scorpion.

"Super Shot!"

After obtaining the Scorpion Sword Belt and the Scorpion Sword Insect Device, Long Qiao quietly looked at the protozoa that had already perished in the firelight and muttered to himself.

"I think I've been killing a lot lately... Oh well, whatever, as long as I'm happy. As for you guys, you're all human anyway, why should I hold back and do business with you? Who will I complain to if you betray me?"

"Ah...right, I've finally come up with an excuse. I just want the Sword Scorpion and the Thunderfly. As for you...you are not of my kind, and your hearts are surely different. You should be killed! But speaking of which, I think I am an Orphnoch. Sigh, anyway, I used to be a normal person. Who cares? Better to die for my friends than for myself."

After saying that, Long Qiao skipped away with her spoils.

After Long Qiao left, a black-haired boy emerged from the shadows with a photograph in his hand. The boy's face was devoid of any emotion, as if he were a machine.

“What Long Yuyang said is indeed true; his style does quite match my own…”

After speaking, the black-haired boy looked at the photo and left again...