Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 303 The Immortal is Unlucky!

"Haha, we're just trying to help you get home... Yes! Help you get home!"

Faced with Sora's deadpan gaze, Matsujaku could only chuckle awkwardly. He absolutely couldn't admit that he was helping Mochi win over Sora, or Sora would definitely get angry and might even point her baseball bat at him! He had to change the subject!

The sparrow took three steps back, drawing Qiong's gaze toward Ajeta.

"Let me formally introduce you! This is our most famous inventor, Ms. Ajeta! She can definitely help you!"

"Yes, nice to meet you. But we've already talked this far..."

Ajeta gave a stiff bow—she didn't usually do such formalities, but if showing proper courtesy to the extraterrestrial visitors would help her with her next research step, why not?

"Qiong, where are you looking..."

Kiana was somewhat dissatisfied. Ajeta wasn't showing any skin, yet Sora was staring at her intently. Besides, this Ajeta always gave her the feeling of a bad woman.

It's all the pine bird's fault!

After stiffly completing the bow, Ajeta did not return behind the curtain, nor did she continue to discuss how to help the two return home. Instead, she poked Qiong's strong arm with her gloved hand.

Qiong: ?

"Um, Ms. Ajeta? What are you doing?"

Qiong couldn't understand Ajeta's behavior and could only ask him questions.

"Nothing much, just testing it out. Hmm, it feels nice, very firm?"

Ajeta nodded at the bewildered Sora, then pinched the muscles on Sora's arm, his eyes full of satisfaction.

Hey! What are you saying?!

Before Sora could react, Kiana moved first. She grabbed Sora and forcibly pulled her behind her, placing her body between the two of them. She looked warily at the inventor who had previously been a fortune teller, and didn't forget to glare at the pine sparrow beside her.

Ms. Maria, are none of your friends normal except for Ms. Bai and Sister Deng?

What Kiana was thinking, Mizuki didn't know. But she knew Kiana wasn't happy right now. Her chosen helper, Ajeta, seemed rather unreliable…

"Nian Gao, it shouldn't be the kind of snake that's petty and vengeful enough to stuff mutton soup into our stomachs, right?"

From this perspective, her intentions were good, but her execution was flawed. However, the thought that she had just received some benefits from Ajeta using Qiong and her aliens made Songque panic again.

“Ms. Ajeta, what are you doing…”

"Assessing the physical fitness of you third planet people."

"But I shouldn't be the standard for Earth..."

Ignoring what Qiong said, Ajeta circled around Qiong and Kiana several times, muttering things like "body density," "muscle ratio," and "same origin" in Luo Xing language that the two could understand but not quite. Suddenly, he reached out and touched Qiong's waist.

"Hey! Where are you touching?!"

Seeing that Ajeta was incorrigible, Kiana's cheeks flushed red: the perfect date was about to fall apart! It was all this woman's fault! In her anger, Kiana subconsciously clenched her fists.

"Nian Gao, stop! Ajeta, what are you doing?"

Noticing Kiana's unusual behavior, Sora immediately grabbed her clenched fist. Although he also felt that Ajeta's actions were a bit excessive, he couldn't act impulsively! Impulsiveness is the devil; what if Kiana impulsively threw a punch? Could Ajeta's small body withstand it?

After calming Kiana down, Sora turned to Ajeta, hoping to get an apology from her, but Ajeta didn't seem to care.

"Quick reflexes, and impressive muscle power. Bai Zhu, I heard you can also dispel shadow disasters? Could you demonstrate that for me? Oh, right, you're Nian Gao, right? The little white snake who can cook? You're really a snake in disguise? Could you demonstrate a sex change for me?"

"You think beautiful!"

Facing the gritting Kiana, Ajeta not only did not give up, but also leaned forward to pinch Kiana's face to see what it was made of, only to be slapped away by Kiana.

"You're quite strong... But is this human skin or snake skin? Don't be so stingy, let me see the snake form, you won't lose anything, and maybe I can even help you find a few of your kind from Luo Xing?"

"Who asked you to help find people like us? You inexplicably wicked woman!"

Today, very few people can make Kiana this angry, except for Ajeta.

Seeing that Kiana was on guard, Ajeta began to stroke his chin in thought.

"Bad women? No, no, no, I just want to analyze and study you to build a model. As the number one genius scholar of Langqiu (self-proclaimed), I only have scientific research ideas about you, and I have no ill intentions."

"Sorry, research is not allowed. Goodbye forever!"

"No, no, no, Nian Gao, calm down, calm down!"

Kiana said, pulling Qiong away. Seeing the situation was turning sour, Song Que quickly stepped forward to smooth things over—whether it was to protect his own interests or to save his own life, he had to ease the tension.

"Your angry look doesn't suit your elegant, beautiful, dignified, and gentle appearance at all! Please, just trust me this once, I beg you! Ajeta, Auntie! Can't you calm down? You're scaring away the friends we introduced! Aren't you going to tell me specifically how to help them go back?"

Finally, Songque clasped his hands together and looked silently at Qiong. Although Songque didn't say anything, Qiong saw flattery and pleading on Songque's face.

Qiong actually wanted to stay and listen, but Kiana, whose face was puffed up like a pufferfish, was clearly still angry. So Qiong spread her hands towards Matsujiro, indicating that she was helpless.

Song Que got anxious and gestured with her eyes and mouth. Qiong watched for a long time before she understood what she meant: to coax her.

Qiong stared at Song Que speechlessly. Are girls so easy to coax? Even someone as gentle as Mei would take a long time to coax once she became suspicious (after all, Mei rarely gets angry). Can Kiana be coaxed? If you dare to give her a hard time, she'll dare to open a brothel!

You can't appease someone who's taking advantage of you; otherwise, Kiana might use that as an excuse to make demands, and then...

Qiong gently patted Kiana's shoulder, and sure enough, Kiana turned her head away angrily.

"Hmph, no need to say anything more! I'm leaving!"

Qiong laughed, but he hadn't even spoken yet! Kiana was determined to leave, and her intuition told her that this was a trap, a trap to lure him in and then make demands on him.

"Alright, since you're so eager to leave, let's go back. Pack your things and get ready to go to Ruimu."

As she spoke, Sora pulled Kiana towards the door. And Kiana actually followed her?

Qiong couldn't help but glance at Kiana, whose expression was still one of anger.

Is he overthinking things again? Is Kiana really that cunning?

"It's fate that we've come, why leave so early?"

Before the panicked sparrow could act, Ajeta stepped forward and blocked the tent exit, even pushing up his non-existent glasses.

"The fact that you two distinguished guests have appeared before me today through Song Que's introduction is a godsend for both of us! Once I have finished analyzing and recording your findings, we will both be remembered in history! We can also go further together on the path of science... This is a win-win situation."

"You just want to use us as guinea pigs, don't you..."

"Where did we win? Does 'win-win' mean you win twice? Let me tell you, we don't need your help to go back!"

"That's it!"

Qiong nodded in agreement with Kiana, and a sentence suddenly popped into her mind.

"Even if it's research, you should at least discuss how much compensation you'll receive!"

"what?"

Kiana's hand, which had just been grabbed by Sora, now turned around and restrained Sora. Under Kiana's coercion, the two stared at each other.

"Qiong, a healthy body is the most important thing! You must never sell your body for wealth!"

"I understand..."

Kiana's serious expression made Sora a little embarrassed, but to be fair, his body must have been studied by the Black Tower countless times, right? Testing the simulated universe was, in a sense, selling his body for wealth…

"Reward? I know you're staying with Young Master Bai and you're not short of money... Hmm, I can provide you with some information about Ruimu, as well as some gadgets I've just invented. These are things you can't buy anywhere else."

Both Qiong and Kiana rolled their eyes.

"Your little gadget isn't referring to a master key that's less efficient at picking locks than mine, is it?"

"Who cares about your little props? I want him. Can you give me his body and soul?"

"Theoretically, my little props are fine."

Qiong: ?

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In the end, none of them reached an agreement. Kiana didn't trust Ageta, and neither did Sora. This lack of trust, coupled with Ageta's unusual behavior, meant that the idea of ​​her being a research subject was doomed to fail.

After the talks broke down, Ajeta didn't continue to perform divination for the two. To express her apology, she gave a few people a tool that would allow them to draw a suitable opponent in the Ten Arts War preliminary rounds—although this thing was no longer useful to Sora, Matsujaku still took it.

Even after leaving the fortune teller's tent, Kiana was still fuming, muttering complaints about Ajeta.

Qiong sensed that Kiana wanted him to coax her, so she deliberately didn't. But to Matsuzuki, this wasn't a scolding of Ajeta at all; it was clearly a reprimand!

"Oh dear, Nian Gao, you're so forgiving! Don't take it to heart! That's just how Ajieta is; she's not a bad person at all. She developed many of the new tools in Langqiu herself, that's just her style..."

Song Que tried to improve Ajeta's image, but it seemed neither of them believed him.

"How about we take you to some other fun places?"

Just as Qiong was about to refuse, Kiana answered first.

"Since we're already here, let's take a look around."

Qiong looked at Kiana and finally agreed.

After all, when a woman asks you to go shopping with her, she's not asking you; she's informing you. Refusing her might feel good in the moment, but you'll be in trouble when you get home that night.

"Alright, let's go! Before we go to Ruimu, I'll make sure you all get to experience the Ten Joys of Langqiu!"

Seeing that the two agreed, Song Que immediately began to lead the way.

"Right ahead, there are games suitable for all ages in Langqiu, everyone can't resist flipping them up for fun!"

The little sparrow, disguised as a tour guide, was still giving her introduction, while Qiong was scrutinizing Kiana, whose mood had improved considerably after shopping.

Kiana.

"what happened?"

With a serious expression, Qiong asked the question.

"Was it really appropriate for you to act like your mother just now?"

Looking back now, if it were Kiana, it would be one thing if she occasionally lost her temper, but Cecilia doing Kiana's actions...

The thought that others see Kiana as Cecilia makes Sora feel sorry for her deceased mother.

"It's alright, don't worry, what they're seeing now isn't my mom, it's Mi... Boss, three sticks! Send the bill to Baiji!"

Qiong saw that Kiana took three sticks from a roadside stall.

Qiong shook her head helplessly and took what Kiana handed her.

"Kiana, this is bad..."

"But didn't you say that Professor Walter always made your friend Danheng pay for it?"

……

The three continued walking and soon arrived at the flip-up game stall.

The rules of the Flip Card Game are simple: you get gold, purple, blue, and black cards, with gold and black cards being the least common and blue cards the most common. The rewards decrease with increasing gold, purple, and blue cards. A game can be played continuously or ended at any time. The more cards you accumulate, the better the prize. However, if you draw a black card, all rewards are forfeited.

This game, purely based on luck, was a piece of cake for Kiana. With her flowing white hair, Kiana excitedly flipped through the cards like a paramecium, and after flipping so many without a single black card, she was definitely reaping a rich reward. Watching her happily flipping cards, Qiong's lips unconsciously curled into a smile.

Kiana's genuine smile is truly beautiful. This is the Kiana he wanted to see—no ulterior motives, just simple joy…

"Qiong, why don't you give it a try?"

"Okay, watch me withdraw the gold!"

Qiong took over Kiana's position and faced the boss who was still amazed by Kiana's luck.

I randomly picked a card, and it turned out to be black?

Qiong was stunned. Was his luck really that bad?

"It's okay, it's okay, this happens sometimes, we've encountered it before! Anyway, you haven't accumulated any rewards, why don't we try again?"

Qiong nodded, then reached out and flipped over another card, which turned out to be black again.

"What luck..."

Song Que was a little surprised. The probability of getting a gold card and a black card is only one in ten. Even if the boss cheated, Qiong's luck was too bad.

"Again!"

Qiong took a deep breath and flipped over another card, which was also a black card.

After winning the lottery three times in a row, Qiong became suspicious of the boss... So, Qiong flipped over all the cards in front of her, but after flipping through them for a long time, she only found that one black card.

"That's strange..."

Qiong scratched his head. What a coincidence! He doesn't even have the surname Fu!

"Young man, I really didn't cheat! If I had secretly switched the cards, I would have gone out of business long ago!"

Guessing what Qiong was thinking, the boss smiled and raised his hands to show that he had no chance of cheating.

"This shouldn't be happening, my luck is just too bad... Let's try again!"

Qiong tried several more times, but each time she only got a black card. She had Song Que and Kiana flip the cards for her, and they were either gold or purple...

Seven times in a row! One-tenth to the power of seven!

Qiong suddenly felt very depressed. Was he some kind of unlucky guy in the galaxy?

No, he's not unlucky! He's a celestial being!

"There's not even a pity system. If I had to pull a gacha pull, I'd be so angry I'd have a stroke. Could I have gotten myself into something unclean...? No way! I don't believe in that stuff."

Qiong, who was talking to herself, smiled and shook her head. Suddenly, the voice of a fortune teller came from behind.

"Perhaps it's because your attitude truly angered the gods of Luo Xing? That's why you could only draw a black card?"

"Ajeta?"

The three turned around and saw Ajeta calmly holding a device in his hand, swaying it around the dome.

"You were following us?"

"Just a coincidence."

Ajeta bypassed the sparrow, first glancing at the unfriendly Kiana, then nodded thoughtfully, before looking at Sora.

"Mr. Bai Shu, I see your face is dark and shrouded in misfortune. It must be because you have angered the gods and have been cursed by their shadows! Come, help me with my research, and I will help you break the curse and return home as soon as possible!"