"Kiana!...." Raiden Mei said helplessly. "How many times have I told you not to be careless, to be more careful…" While speaking, Raiden Mei wielded the Yamamoto Yage Samurai Sword Li Xuan had given her, executing the techniques of the Hokushin Itto-ryu swordsmanship. She flawlessly cut down the Honkai Zombies pouncing at her, while nagging Kiana.
Hokushin Itto-ryu, a first-class swordsmanship passed down through the Raiden family for generations. As a descendant of the Raiden family, Mei had begun learning the ancestral swordsmanship since childhood and had even obtained the qualification of 'Menkyo Kaiden.' This swordsmanship, created for the purpose of killing, was now used by Raiden Mei as the best power and method to slay Honkai Zombies.
"I, I know…" Kiana Kaslana, wielding two pistols and performing gun-kata to constantly shoot down Honkai Zombies, said sheepishly, while glaring fiercely at Li Xuan. "If he hadn't rushed me, I wouldn't have fallen," Kiana thought.
This was the third day since the Honkai yuri trio and Li Xuan had met. For the past few days, Li Xuan, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya had been cooperating to find food and supplies, and were planning to escape this Honkai-infected city together.
The previous days had gone smoothly, and they had managed to transport a lot of things from abandoned shops and houses. But today, during the transport process, an accident occurred. The reason was simple: the group had found a lot of well-preserved canned food in a remote small shop, and Li Xuan had even found a map of Nagazora City. But during the evacuation, Kiana was carrying a pile of cans. Urged by Li Xuan to retreat quickly, the careless Kiana accidentally tripped over a piece of rubble on the ground.
The result was unquestionable. The cheerful 'dong dong dang dang' sound of the cans hitting the ground in this city, which had fallen into a dead silence due to the Honkai energy infection, was no less effective than running naked in Times Square.
The Honkai Zombies, attracted by the sound, surrounded the group like wild cats smelling fish. Each one waved its hands frantically, mouths wide open like hungry baby birds, though of course, they ate people, not insects. Fortunately, no Honkai Beasts had appeared for the time being.
The group, who had managed to survive in Nagazora City for so long, began to show their special skills.
For the past few days, Li Xuan hadn't used any of the guns in his ring. He had been strengthening the 5-star badge 'A Knight Never Dies with Empty Hands.' Relying on the terrifying boost the badge gave to his unarmed damage, as well as the shield from his divine equipment—the Xuanyuan Festive Garb—he charged into the group of Honkai Zombies like a wolf into a flock of sheep, mutually harming each other. Alright, this guy, relying on his shield, was actually just unilaterally slaughtering the Honkai Zombies.
But the good times didn't last. As Li Xuan was sending Honkai Zombies flying with one punch each, a red-haired Zombie suddenly appeared among them. Li Xuan still didn't pay it any mind and threw a punch. By the time he realized something was wrong, it was too late.
"Boom-crash!~" As Li Xuan made contact with the red-haired female Zombie, the Honkai energy inside her began to show signs of violent instability. And then there was no then. The Zombie, catalyzed by the Honkai energy, turned into a human bomb and directly exploded.
Although the self-destructing girl Zombie's explosion did not harm Li Xuan, it still sent him flying, leaving him in a disheveled state. Several surrounding Honkai Zombies were caught in the crossfire and flew out like dumplings, crashing to the ground, unable to get up.
"Hmph~ a barbarian only knows how to use his fists. Smart people use guns…" Seeing Li Xuan get sent flying in close combat, Kiana, who seemed to be at odds with him, took the opportunity to mock him with her dual pistols.
"According to the Bronya's system calculations, Kiana's intelligence is not higher than Li Xuan's…" Bronya, who had a weak presence, operated Project Bunny and delivered a timely comeback.
Then, according to the great law of the universe—boasting never lasts more than three seconds.
"Kiana! Watch out!" Mei, who was beside her, suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong?" Kiana, still in a shooting pose, turned her head.
A red-haired Zombie was leaping towards Kiana. They were face to face, so close that Kiana could smell the rotten stench from the Zombie's body. I'm done for… Kiana thought in alarm. This was a self-destructing girl, and she didn't have Li Xuan's shield.
The self-destructing Zombie, about to pounce on Kiana, was suddenly hit by something and sent flying sideways. When it landed, there was a clear bloody hole in its head.
Everyone looked in the direction of the shot. Li Xuan had, at some point, taken out a black hand cannon that looked full of high-tech. The muzzle was flashing with white electricity.
Kiana suddenly felt her face sting…
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"Everyone, to escape from Nagazora City, this is the closest route." After dinner, everyone gathered together to listen to a certain man's escape route analysis.
The certain man pointed to the map he had just snatched from the shop in the morning and said with a straight face.
It was a large bridge leading out of Nagazora City.