Honkai Impact: You still owe me a dance

In a dark alley, a girl wearing a tattered cloak was running around in the alley.

But despite this, there was always a person not far behind her, but the girl did not notice his presence.

After passing through countless narrow alleys and holes with this girl.

In a dark corner, there was a sofa, a broken TV, and cans from unknown dates.

After the girl returned here, she curled up on the sofa a little tiredly, and took out a piece of chicken leg wrapped in oil paper from her arms. The rich aroma and warm feel made her hungry immediately, just a few bites I just finished eating this chicken leg.

"Cough cough."

Because she ate too fast, the girl choked, and at this moment a bottle of water suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

At this time, this bottle of water was like a life-saving straw. The girl grabbed it and started drinking.

"Thank you."

The girl subconsciously thanked her, causing her whole body to freeze.

When she turned her neck around, a young man was looking at her with a smile.

"Wow! I'm sorry! Brother, I didn't know this was your thing! I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old daughter. Please let me live! I can give you all my wealth, as long as Just leave me alive."

The young man didn't say anything in response to the girl's begging for mercy, but simply observed her stronghold.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. But I want to ask you, where is the big boss behind you? Let her come out."

"Uh...that...this..."

The boy's words immediately caused the girl to fall into silence, and the other party seemed to be racking her brains to think about the next plan.

"Okay, I know the big boss behind you is fake. This should be considered the first self-introduction. My name is Bai Yan, what's yours?"

"Pa...Pado...Pado Felice."

For the young man named Bai Yan in front of her, Pado had a premonition that no matter what she did, she would not be able to escape, no matter how familiar she was with the streets here.

"I heard that Paduo is very familiar with the roads of Dusk Street, right?"

"Yes, yes, if I say second, no one dares to say first."

Seeing Pado hurriedly trying to show off his abilities, Bai Yan couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't worry, even though you stole the chicken legs I kept, I won't blame you. Next, I'll give you a job. I wonder if you are willing to do it? As for the salary, you can just ask for it."

"What kind of job? I'm afraid of death. Even if you threaten me, I won't do that kind of job."

While Bai Yan was sitting on the sofa, Pado jumped up from the sofa, as if she was afraid of him.

"Don't worry. I won't touch that kind of job. Besides, you're like this. Even if it's that kind of job, I won't find you. You just need to help me investigate the family assets of these people."

Bai Yan took a list out of his arms, placed it on the tattered chair, and asked Pado to come over and take a look.

"Aren't these all wealthy businessmen on Dusk Street? Why do you want to investigate them?"

Looking at the familiar names on the list, for Paduo, who often goes to 'buy goods', he almost realized that he could no longer understand them.

"This is not something you need to know. All you need to do is investigate their family assets. If you do well, I can guarantee that you will be able to eat well, drink well and sleep well throughout your life."

Bai Yan placed a communicator on the sofa, and then planned to get up and leave.

"When you encounter a situation or the investigation is completed, just use this communicator to send me a message. Of course, you can also ask for help. So now you really have a big boss behind you. Don't eat expired food. It’s not good for your health.”

"Let these things be your reward for this time."

After leaving a word, Bai Yan disappeared in an instant before Pado even saw him.

Only then did Pado notice that there were seven or eight bags of stuff in the place where she entered.

Pado took a closer look and saw that it was basically full of food, and there were even two roasted chickens that were still hot out of the oven.

Moreover, the other party seemed to know Padu very well and prepared two large bags of cat food for her, with a note in them.

‘If you want something to eat, write a note and stuff it under the door of No. , Second Street, Dusk Street. The next day the food will be placed in the basement of the house at No. Fifth Street. The door lock there will be changed every time you go there. Whether you can eat it or not depends on your own ability. ’

This was the first encounter between Pado and Bai Yan, and from this time on, Bai Yan became Pado's most trusted person.

Two days later, Bai Yan only had one day's worth of food left for Pado because he had given all his food to most of the street children.

On this day, Pado put on her tattered cloak, wrote on a piece of paper some things the children wanted to eat, and the food she needed, and put it under the door of No. , Second Street, Dusk Street. inside.

The moment Padu put the note, she felt like she was being watched, as if the house was watching her silently.

This instinctive avoidance reaction made her leave the place in a hurry after putting down the note.

The next day, after Pado struggled for an hour or two, she still came outside the basement of the house at No. , Fifth Street, Dusk Street.

Looking at the simple lock on it, I just fiddled with it a little and opened the lock.

As soon as the door opened, there was almost nothing in the basement, only the things she wrote on paper and needed.

In a base somewhere, Mebius and Bai Yan were watching Pado leaving with food through the surveillance camera in the basement.

"Hey, is this person really reliable? Why do I feel so unreliable?"

Mebius glared at Bai Yan, not really trusting the person he was looking for.

"Don't worry, it's just some food anyway, and it's not something valuable. Besides, as long as we find a few clues, the funds for the fusion warriors will be sufficient in the future. Isn't that what you taught me? When doing things, it's better to be more proactive. good."

Bai Yan turned off the screen on the surveillance camera, took off his white coat and was about to leave the base.

"Going out with Alicia again?"

"Otherwise? Apart from you and her, who else in the Fire Chasing Moth will become friends with me?"

Bai Yan's words silenced Mebius, and he could only sigh helplessly as he left.

"Everyone can see the blood on your hands, but no one can notice the loneliness in your heart. Maybe for you, Alicia is the goddess who redeemed you."

With the help of Pado, Bai Yan successfully took all the assets of several wealthy people in Twilight Street into his own hands. It is for this reason that Mebius was able to successfully complete the project even under various restrictions. own research.

Since the incident on Twilight Street was resolved, Bai Yan and Pado have never seen each other again.

But as long as Paduo sends a message to Bai Yan, Bai Yan will naturally give her some reward.

When the two met again, Pado already thought it was a coincidence and became a member of the Fusion Warriors.

Now Pado was sitting upright in front of Mebius, with the word fear written big on his face.

"Oh~ I just performed the fusion warrior surgery without a physical examination, Padofelis? I didn't expect you to show up here."

Mebius looked at the nearly perfect surgical results. This kind of result was not made public, and Mebius couldn't believe it was true.

Under the gaze of Mebius' vertical pupils, Pado didn't even dare to move, as if he was a little kitten being stared at by a giant snake.

"Mebius, why did you call me here? I still have things to do?"

Bai Yan slowly opened the door and walked in. He saw Pado kneeling on the ground and Mebius sitting on a chair reading information. There was an inexplicable and strange feeling here.

"This is yours, then. I'll leave it to you."

Mebius threw the information in his hand directly to Bai Yan. It was Pado's previous data from the fusion warrior surgery and his current physical condition.

"Pado? How come you are here and even participated in the fusion warrior surgery? With your character that is afraid of death, why would you take the risk and participate in this risky volunteer surgery?"

Bai Yan looked at Pado, who was still kneeling on the ground, and had some doubts about whether she was the real Pado.

"Big Brother White!"

The moment Pado looked up and saw Bai Yan, she flew directly behind him, still looking at Mebius with fear on his face.

"Mebius, what did you do to Pado? Why does it feel like you did something not very good?"

Bai Yan looked at Mebius who continued to check the physical data of the volunteers who participated in the fusion warrior surgery. Although she was not that unreliable, she would not do anything bad.

"It's nothing. I just drew a few tubes of blood and did some small physical examinations."

Mebius just smiled faintly, but the smile on his face didn't seem very kind.

"Okay, I'll take that paduo away. You can work slowly."

Bai Yan picked up Pado by the back of her neck and pulled her out of Mebius's laboratory like a cat.

In Bai Yan's own office, Pado was sitting on the sofa, looking seriously at Bai Yan pouring a glass of water for her.

"There's no need to be so nervous. Tell me, why did you join the Fire Chaser Moth?"

After listening to Paduo explain her situation, Bai Yan couldn't help laughing.

"In other words, you looked at so many people here. Then you thought there was something here and came to buy it. Then when you secretly sneaked into the Fire Chaser Land, you were mistaken by Arlene as a volunteer to undergo the fusion warrior surgery. And you also mistakenly thought that Arlene was your own peer. By some mistake, you became a fusion warrior."

Bai Yan was already a little amused when he heard about Pado.

"But you are quite lucky. Do you know what the success rate of fusion warrior surgery is?"

"Hey, when it comes to finding volunteers, shouldn't the success rate be very high? I saw on the poster at that time that the success rate wasn't quite high, right?"

Regarding Pado's words, Bai Yan gave her a look directly and asked her to understand.

Paduo only thought about it for a moment and realized the problem.

"What's the success rate?"

"It's still less than percent now. After this large-scale surgery, the success rate should be around to percent."

Bai Yan flipped through the current report and found that the success rate was currently in the s or s.

"what?"

"Based on your time, the success rate at that time was only fifteen. Of the twenty people in your batch, only three operations were successful."

Bai Yan took a look at the identities of those who died because of the experiment. There was no useful information, so he threw it aside.

Listening to Bai Yan's words, Pado took a deep breath and suddenly felt that he was extremely lucky to be alive.

"Okay, it's not like I don't know your combat prowess. I will throw you into the logistics department and you will be considered a member of the special operations team. However, you have to accept the reality."

"Reality? Apart from this cat tail and cat ears, is there anything else?"

Padu touched the cat ears and cat ears that he had grown due to the fusion warrior surgery, and they still felt quite good.

"Go back to Twilight Street tomorrow and you will know what the reality is."

Bai Yan patted Pado on the head and took her out of the office.

"Oh, oh, oh, it's a cute little cat."

When the two of them came out of the room, a pink figure rushed to Pado, rubbed her ears and combed her hair like a cat.

"Ai Li, this is a newcomer, please be restrained and don't scare the newcomer."

Although Bai Yan said this, he did not stop Alicia's movements and allowed her to rub Padu's cat ears.

"So you're a newbie, no wonder it's the first time I've met you. Hello, my name is Alicia, and I'm a girl as gorgeous as a flying flower."

"I'm Paddo, Padofelis."

Pado also became a little nervous about Alicia's familiarity.

"By the way, Ai Li, Pado is going to Twilight Street. Don't you want to go to Twilight Street too? Then why don't you go with her."

Looking at the relationship between Alicia and Pado, Bai Yan happened to think that she was also going to Dusk Street.

"Since it is Xiao Baibai's request, as a beautiful girl, I must agree. Little Pado, let's go."

Alicia smiled playfully at Bai Yan, stuck out her tongue and pulled Pado away.

Seeing Paduo's eyes as if asking for help, Bai Yan ignored her eyes decisively and could only give her a wish-for-blessing expression.

After all, for Alicia, few people in the entire Fire Chasing Moth can control her.

When he returned to his room, Bai Yan looked at the report Mebius gave him about Pado's abilities. It had to be said that although Pado's combat ability was not strong, her exclusive abilities were beyond comparison. Bai Yan's surprise.

"Perhaps Pado's arrival will be the beginning of a change for the Fire Chaser Moth. Although it is unlikely, there is at least hope."

"Brother Bai, Sister Ying, is she... okay?"

In this quiet room, Bai Yan sat alone in the corner, and Pado squatted carefully beside him, not daring to speak loudly.

"Don't worry, Sakura will be fine. Don't underestimate one of the Thirteen Heroes."

Bai Yan smiled, patted Pado on the head, and looked at Grexiu who was curled up in his arms out of fear, and could only smile helplessly.

"Bai Yan, do you have anything to say?"

Dr. Mei, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at Bai Yan in the corner, as if waiting for his speech.

"What do I have to say? I'm just an ordinary person. I just listen to your orders."

Bai Yan shrugged and comforted Gratiu in his arms.

Dr. Mei gave Alicia a look, indicating her to say something.

"Xiao Baibai, just tell me. Who doesn't know you have a lot of ideas."

Alicia walked to Bai Yan's side, and her coquettish look made Bai Yan shrug.

"I don't know. I'm also very sad about Ling's death, but instead of staying here and being sad now, I should also remind you that the last Herrscher, the End, is coming."

Bai Yan handed Gratius to Alicia and left the room.

"Well, Sister Ai Li, let me go see Brother Bai first."

After Pado glanced at Alicia, he chose to leave behind Bai Yan.

"Bai Yan is right, the final battle has begun."

Mei looked around at the people present, and now all the fighting power of the Fire Chasing Moth has gathered here.

On the roof of Chasing the Fire Moth, Bai Yan was lying alone on the roof. Looking at the sky that was still full of smoke and dust, Bai Yan fell into silence.

"Brother Bai, you..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I've experienced this kind of thing a lot, I'm just struggling with something."

Pado didn't say anything, and could only stay by Bai Yan's side quietly until the smoke gradually dispersed in the sky.

Bai Yan took Pado back to her room.

After discussing some things with Mei, Bai Yan left Fire Chasing Moth's base with some devices and went to the other side of the earth alone to make preparations.

Time flies and comes to the day before the final battle.

For some reason, Bai Yan left the Fire Moth and came to Dusk Street. He happened to meet Pado who came here to bury all his wealth.

"Brother Bai, are you really not planning to come back?"

"You should know that after something like this, it's impossible for me to go back."

Bai Yan walked to Paduo and rubbed her cat ears.

"What about the final battle tomorrow? What about you?"

Pado still hopes that Bai Yan will go with him tomorrow.

"I will go to the final battle. But, not tomorrow. But you, Mei has already told me about your mission. You are so afraid of death that you actually accept this mission?"

"I know that this is a fatal mission. But except for me, no one else is suitable to take on this mission."

Pado's whole body began to tremble. She was very scared, and it was precisely because of fear that she leaned into Bai Yan's arms, trying to get some comfort from the arms of this elder brother who had always taken care of her.

"But, I am the person with the weakest fighting ability among Ying Jie. I don't have the wisdom of Sister Snake and Dr. Mei, nor the fighting ability of Boss Kevin and Brother Jie. It is even less possible for me to let little Gratitude and Ah Mo go. To do such a task.”

Pado walked out of Bai Yan's arms and wiped the tears from his face.

"So, only I can go. Although I am afraid of death, Xiaoling's death and everyone's death have made us understand that the pain caused by this powerlessness is even worse than death."

"Although I also know that Brother Bai, the pain in your heart is no less than mine. I don't want to experience the feeling of losing a partner again."

"Life is just a random game. Throw the dice to determine the outcome. Use success and failure to write the record of life. Didn't you tell me that? So, I will use my own life to exchange for everyone's life. The possibility of coming down. Maybe I can still survive."

Seeing Paduo's determined look, Bai Yan could only smile bitterly, hold her hand, and put a white crystal into her palm.

"Take it. Maybe this crystal can keep you alive."

Paduo took the white crystal handed to her by Bai Yan, tied it with a rope and put it around her neck.

"Thank you, Brother Bai. I hope we have a chance to meet again. But Brother Bai, please don't steal my goods. This is a good thing for me to make a fortune in the future."

When Pado turned around and was about to leave, he saw the wealth at his feet that he had not buried yet.

After she hurriedly buried everything, she turned around and walked a few steps. When she subconsciously glanced back, Bai Yan had disappeared.

The next day, Bai Yan stared at the moon that was gradually turning purple. He knew exactly what would happen next.

"A battle that cannot be won. Perhaps, this is the last elegy of mankind."

There was a pink crystal flower in his palm. When he held the crystal flower tightly, he was pricked by the crystal flower due to his strength and the blood dripped to the ground.

From the moment the moon turned deep purple, Bai Yan's eyes also turned purple, and the lines eroded by Honkai energy started from his heart and spread throughout his body.

"But even Pado dares to do it, so why shouldn't I dare to give it a try?"

After saying that, Bai Yan disappeared from the spot.

......

"Pado, Kevin is going to create a moment of opportunity for you. You must seize that moment and open the door."

Dr. Mei looked at the countdown. Pado must seize the momentary opportunity to completely open the door that allows 'Prometheus' to invade Honkai Will. However, if the Honkai energy generated in an instant is turned on, Pado will also be able to escape from it in an instant. The world evaporates.

"understood."

Padu took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions and began to mobilize the power in his body.

"Three, two, one. Pado! Now, open the door!"

The moment Velvet gave the order, the Honkai energy erupted from Pado's body restrained the 'handle' holding the door, and he tried his best to open the door.

"Open it for me!"

When Padu opened the door with all her strength, she didn't notice that the Honkai energy that originally invaded her body was instead absorbed by the crystal hanging on her chest.

The white crystal absorbed the Honkai energy like crazy. The originally pure white crystal gradually turned darker, from white to lavender, then finally deep purple, and finally even to jet black.

But even if the Honkai Impact didn't affect Pado's body, the pain was basically impossible to avoid.

"Pado's life response is about to disappear. On the th, you——"

Although the Honkai Energy that invaded Padu's body entered the crystal, all the equipment on her body was destroyed by the Honkai Energy, and this was the last sound in Padu's ears.

Until Padu lost consciousness, she kept opening the door. Until the moment the dark crystal on her chest shattered, Padu was wrapped in a black light curtain, and then she disappeared from here.

When Padu woke up, she was in a container. The moment her mental attributes were detected, the liquid in the container was gradually emptied. After the container was opened, there was an unknown number of things outside. Although his clothes were in tatters.

That feeling of loneliness and helplessness disappeared until the moment she saw Bai Yan again.