Her delicate brows furrowed, and Kiana's face finally took on a serious color.
She had thought this Brian fellow was just an ordinary Blondie, whose greatest purpose in life was the three inches below his navel, and that he was only after Raiden Mei.
But to her surprise, this guy actually knew about the Honkai. She had underestimated him.
But as for the connection between the Honkai and Raiden Mei…
"Why are you bringing this up? Does the Honkai have something to do with Mei?"
Kiana couldn't see any connection.
Her father, Raiden Ryoma, was a man of high status, so it wasn't surprising that he knew about the Honkai. But she had spent so much time with Raiden Mei and hadn't found any information related to the Honkai around her.
Nagazora City had been very peaceful recently, with no rumors of Honkai Zombies or Honkai Beasts appearing.
You see, although Honkai Zombies look similar to zombies from movies, Honkai Beasts are massive.
Even a common Chariot-class Honkai Beast is a full ten meters tall.
A behemoth of this size appearing in human sight would definitely cause a sensation, which would then attract the attention of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy for extermination.
Faced with her question, Brian didn't speak. Instead, he gestured with his chin for Raiden Mei to explain.
Prejudice is a great mountain. Compared to his words, Kiana would more easily believe Raiden Mei.
Raiden Mei: "I'm not exactly sure about the specific situation. It seems my father discovered something inside my body, and now his enemies want to use this thing to accomplish their own evil plans."
Brian didn't add anything to Raiden Mei's words.
He couldn't explain where he got his information from. He couldn't just say he was a prophet with a god's-eye view, could he?
It was impossible to explain. It was completely impossible to explain.
The real world isn't a game where you say one sentence and an NPC believes your bullshit.
If you say you know the right way to save the world, the most likely outcome is being taken away for a round of Fenghuang Down plus human experimentation.
The villager shares controllable nuclear fusion technology with you, and the villager gets abducted as an experimental subject.
"Then what does this have to do with the Honkai?" Kiana still hadn't grasped the key point.
It was Brian's turn.
"As far as I know, the thing inside Raiden Mei's body is related to the great event of the millennium. It could potentially reenact the disaster that occurred in Siberia."
The word 'Siberia' made Kiana's gaze instantly sharpen.
From the moment she woke up, she had been with her old man in the barren land of Siberia.
Therefore, she knew very well what had happened on that land.
The disaster known as the Second Honkai Eruption brought profound catastrophe to that land. The entire earth was contaminated by high concentrations of Honkai energy, making it no longer suitable for life.
Honkai Beasts roamed wild, and famine was rampant.
Schicksal abandoned the place, and Anti-Entropy turned a blind eye.
If the thing on Raiden Mei was related to the Second Honkai Eruption, then everything would make sense.
With Raiden Ryoma's status, it wouldn't be difficult for him to obtain a relic from that disaster.
"Then what do we need to do now, and what do you want to do?" The girl moved past the great mountain of her prejudice and decided to give Brian a chance to perform.
Brian: "What we need to do depends on what our enemies want to do."
Kiana put on an obedient look.
Fighting was her strong suit. As for battles of wits and analysis, she'd leave that to her external brains.
"Right now, we can be sure that Mei is the absolute core figure, and our enemies want to set me and Mei up."
A flash of inspiration struck Kiana's head. "Are you saying…"
"Yes, everything today was their arrangement."
"…" She had a swear word on the tip of her tongue.
The city is full of tricks; she wanted to go back to the countryside.
She had thought that even if she couldn't stop it, she could at least delay the progress of their relationship.
But it turned out everything had been arranged in advance, and even the referee was on their side. You think it's just a normal match, but they go and change the rules.
Thinking back now, that grand prize from the dessert shop was more than a little suspicious.
That lottery box probably only had the grand prize as an option. It wouldn't have mattered how lucky she was.
"Alright, so you two ganged up on me!" With her hands on her hips, Kiana pointed fingers, fuming.
Raiden Mei smiled awkwardly and placated her, "Kiana, didn't I tell you before that we came out this time on serious business?"
"So your location for 'serious business' is this deluxe suite that you get to use for free for seven days?" Kiana pouted.
If she wasn't standing here, Raiden Mei would have been whimpering on that heart-shaped bed by now, unable to speak normally.
Don't think that just because she's dumb, she has no common sense.
An unmarried man and woman in a place like this, besides getting it on, what other possibility could there be?
Impossible!
Raiden Mei lowered her head shyly, also a little annoyed at Kiana for being so ungrateful.
She was giving this idiot a way out, but she wouldn't even take it.
Truly… asking for it!
No dinner for you tonight!
Gritting her teeth, Raiden Mei unhesitatingly punished Kiana.
In the slightly awkward atmosphere, Brian stepped in to smooth things over. "Alright, let's not forget we still have serious business to attend to."
"What's your plan?" A rare sharpness blossomed on the girl.
Having inherited the will to protect from her father, and not wanting to see Raiden Mei get hurt because of this, Kiana, despite her lingering doubts, still followed her intuition.
They were telling the truth!
Pulling back the curtain, Brian looked at a certain familiar small figure on the street below and smiled with confidence.
"It's not time for you two to act yet. Just watch my performance."
Bronya Zaychik, got you!