Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 377 Miss Xing's Treasure Summoning Technique

As night fell, a gray-haired girl was drawing on the cement ground with chalk she had taken from a classroom in the open space behind the teaching building.

"Um... Little Star? Is it okay for me to call you that? What are you drawing?"

The girl turned around and saw Theresa, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and Yae Sakura, who was behind her, standing a few steps away with her textbooks in her hands, their four eyes filled with doubt.

"This is for treasure hunting... Let's make this clear first: if you try to take this treasure from me, I'll send my brother over to fight you to the death!"

After giving the warning, Xing turned back to continue perfecting the "magic circle"—she didn't need to add the last sentence, mainly because her brother had told her to be extremely vigilant when encountering a pink-haired fox in St. Freya.

Just as Qiong told her: Cubes, the shape of demons! (Limited to yellow cubes with small holes) Pink, the color of hell! If this pink-haired girl finds the treasure, she won't even have time to cry!

Theresa, seeing that Hoshino remained silent, and having nothing else to do, simply squatted down to observe her more closely. Childcare wasn't originally on her schedule, but Himeko had pushed the task onto her, so Theresa naturally had no reason to refuse. Meanwhile, Yae Sakura, upon hearing that "Sora was injured by her own younger sister with a baseball bat," also volunteered to take over childcare from Himeko.

However, this child was very friendly to Himeko and also quite nice to Theresa, but when he saw me, he barely said a few words...

"This...Xiaoxing, you draw really well! Who taught you?"

Having failed several times already, Yae Sakura tried to strike up a conversation once again.

"Don't worry about it."

Yae Sakura: ...

Yae Sakura scratched her head awkwardly, and Theresa gently tugged at her wide sleeve, signaling her to stop asking questions—the current star is either unfamiliar with the place and protecting herself, or she has suffered inhuman abuse at her grandfather's, lost her memory, and is instinctively rejecting others for self-protection...

So, just wait for her to take the initiative. Sincerity for sincerity is always the right approach.

The magic circle gradually took shape under Xing's hands—first an outer ring, then a six-pointed star was drawn inside, and finally, ten evil signs were barely drawn in the very center of the six-pointed star.

"Finally finished!"

Seeing that the "magic circle" was drawn exactly like the one in her dream, the girl nodded in satisfaction.

Although the outer ring is not a closed ellipse, the six-pointed star is not only not a combination of two equilateral triangles, but it cannot even be called a straight line, not to mention the ten evil phases are a complete mess... but it was still drawn. In drawing this, chalk dust covered her fingertips and calves, but she didn't care at all.

Why worry so much? As long as it works, isn't that enough?

Xing clasped his hands together, stood in front of the magic circle, and chanted, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, my precious baby, please show yourself... show yourself, show yourself!"

However, the "magic circle" did not react at all.

Xing was getting impatient. She stomped her foot and shouted the incantation several times at a higher volume. Seeing Xing's childlike behavior, Theresa and Yae Sakura exchanged a glance—this kid definitely had some mental issues, even more serious than Sora's.

"Xiaoxing, how about you go to the dormitory with the headmistress and your sister Ying first?"

Xing waved her hand without turning her head.

"No, no, I haven't found the treasure yet! Strange, why isn't it working?"

There's something wrong with Ling!

Theresa began to consider whether to gently persuade Sora by shaking her over, or to forcefully take her away with Yae Sakura using physical force. But if she forcibly took her away, wouldn't the child definitely hold a grudge? Sora's behavior had already clearly demonstrated that pure violence was not the way to go…

Just as Theresa was hesitating, Xing slapped his forehead and his eyes lit up.

"I knew it! How could it be useless? I'm such an idiot!"

Before the two could react, Xing strode off towards the trash can in front of the teaching building...

Theresa and Yae Sakura exchanged bewildered glances, completely baffled by Hoshi's sudden action. They quickly followed. They saw Hoshi squat down in front of the trash can and simply pick it up?

"Xiaoxing, what are you doing? Put it down right now, this trash can is so dirty!"

Xing ignored it completely, grabbed the trash can and ran wildly toward the "magic circle", then put the can down and started rummaging through it.

"Don't get in my way! I know, the treasure hunt in the dream requires gems, and the gems are in the trash can!"

"This……"

Yae Sakura and Theresa were at a loss for words, so they started rummaging through the trash can for jewels.

That seems impossible, doesn't it?

A moment later, Xing shouted excitedly.

"Found it! Found it! So many gems!"

Xing pulled a bunch of dirty raw stones and star gems from the trash can, walked past the dumbfounded Theresa and Yae Sakura, piled everything on the magic circle, and then painfully took out the star gems and raw stones she had brought back from Qiong and placed them on top, muttering incantations.

"Heavens above, forget it... Gods above, offer these treasures and my brother's good fortune with women for the rest of his life as sacrifices, please grant us your blessing!"

Although the prayers were not formal, and the exact number of prayers was unknown and the prayers were not divided equally into six parts at the six corners, the magic circle still worked—specifically, the star-shaped stones and primordial stones placed on the magic circle floated up, merged into one in the air, and emitted a purplish-black light...

"What, what is this?!"

Theresa and Yae Sakura were both dumbfounded. They thought you were just playing house, but you actually did it for real.

Seriously, is it reasonable to believe that something drawn with chalk combined with a few stones found in a trash can can actually work its magic?

Although their Destiny is technically a god-believing organization, this is just too outrageous!

Within the purplish-black light, a blurry shadow flickered. Theresa and Yae Sakura were startled by this sudden change, instinctively taking two steps back—especially Theresa, who had a vague feeling that the shadow was probably not a good thing…

Evil spirit? Speaking of which, her Judah should be able to exorcise evil spirits, right?

Unlike the two wary individuals, Xing jumped up excitedly.

"It's done! It's done! The baby's coming out! Come quick, my baby!"

The purplish-black light grew stronger and stronger, and then...

The light went out, and nothing was left.

"What happened? Where's the baby?"

Xing stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief, circling the empty magic circle several times. Theresa and Yae Sakura were also bewildered; that burst of light looked quite impressive, but in the end, nothing appeared.

No, that's not right. It would be abnormal if it actually happened. Theresa, who felt her worldview was almost shattered, looked up at the sky and breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness...

Huh? There are actually shooting stars visible to the naked eye at this spot?

"Is it because we didn't offer enough sacrifices?"

Just as Xing was biting her lip, racking her brains to figure out "why isn't my baby showing up," she felt her clothes being pulled by a huge force.

It's Theresa.

Xing was about to push him away when Yae Sakura also came up and grabbed her. With the two of them pulling her together, she couldn't keep her balance at all. After being pulled, she got angry.

"What are you doing? Didn't you agree not to steal my treasure? Believe me or not, I'll send my brother over to fight you to the death!"

Yes, Qiong's share is included in the treasure, so it's reasonable for her to discover and protect it.

Theresa looked anxious and pointed to the sky.

"Little Star, let's get out of here! Shooting Star, look, it's a shooting star! Hurry, hurry!"

Xing looked in the direction Theresa was pointing and indeed saw a shooting star with a long, purplish-black tail streaking across the sky.

What happened?

Upon seeing the shooting star, she didn't hesitate to clasp her hands together, close her eyes, and make a wish—but she didn't get the chance, because the combined power of the two was something she couldn't resist.

"Let me go! Let me go! I want to make a wish..."

Her words abruptly stopped as she looked at the shooting star again, because she vaguely sensed that the shooting star had grown larger...

It got bigger...

"No, run away!"

Xing stopped resisting, and Theresa and Yae Sakura pulled her and ran desperately into the teaching building. Just as they rushed into the building, the meteor slammed into the spot where the magic circle had been, the huge impact causing the ground to crack instantly and dust to fly everywhere. Xing was stunned by this scene, while Theresa and Yae Sakura continued to protect her, nervously observing the situation outside.

Xing rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

"This...this is my baby?"

"My St. Freya! You're still thinking about your treasure? This is a meteorite, a meteorite! Where did you learn to summon meteorites?! Yae Sakura, be on alert!"

Theresa frowned, drew Judas, and looked warily toward the dust cloud. This was just too eerie!

This isn't a treasure at all, it's clearly an evil object! What on earth did Xing summon?!

Following Theresa's instructions, Yae Sakura also took up her katana and stood ready for battle.

"But I feel it's not a meteorite, it's my treasure..."

Theresa and Yae Sakura were afraid that some evil creature (like a Honkai Beast) might crawl out of the pit, but when the smoke cleared, no living thing came to attack.

"Make way, I've seen the treasure!"

"what?"

Theresa looked closely and indeed saw a long, narrow outline in the pit—a very familiar outline…

"Ah, it's a baseball bat!"

Xing shouted excitedly, rushed past the two men into the pit, hugged the baseball bat to his chest, and looked very satisfied.

"This is the treasure I've been looking for! Now we can each have one, hehe..."

Theresa & Yae Sakura: ...

Theresa and Yae Sakura looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

A meteorite fell from the sky without warning, but it turned out to be just an ordinary baseball bat... wait, an ordinary baseball bat can leave a dent in a concrete floor, but this bat is perfectly fine?

Is this scientifically sound?

Hoshino, completely oblivious to the cleanliness of the bat, kissed it repeatedly. Neither she nor the stunned Theresa and Yae Sakura noticed anything amiss...

In a grove of trees far from the teaching building, a hooded woman with red eyes also witnessed this scene and came to a conclusion that she herself found somewhat absurd.

The chosen ones have mastered a simple and easy-to-operate space-based weapon, and all they need to activate it is a piece of chalk and some unknown "gem" they've hidden in a trash can...

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I'm just writing this casually today because I caught a cold.

Sometimes, I feel guilty about my human-like lifestyle—like right now, the unpredictable weather during this seasonal change is really…

Remember, health is the foundation of everything!

However, when I saw Dali Shi, I broke out in a cold sweat, but thankfully I felt a little better...

But I still have to complain: My God, I can accept the romantic dahlias, but these dahlias are making it impossible for me to look at dahlias the same way!