Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 117 Please Calibrate the Clock

"Hanabi!"

With gritted teeth, Sora gripped the baseball bat tightly. If Hanabi weren't out of sight, he would have really wanted to hit her with a stick—not a baseball bat, but a fire poker! What was he supposed to do?

No, calm down! Maybe that bomb is fake? Yes, the bomb from last time was just fireworks, we can't fall for her trick!

Thinking of this, Qiong suppressed her anger—or perhaps she laughed in exasperation? She smiled and asked Hanabi a question.

"Fireworks, don't scare me. I know most of your bombs are fake, and only one is a firework, right?"

Fireworks were giggling on the screen.

"Fake? Are you sure? Little Grey, hurry up and choose, time is running out~ If you don't choose now, I'll pretend you want them all!"

At this moment, Sangbo suddenly moved closer to Qiong. Although Qiong instinctively moved away, he still stuck to her.

"Brother, she's probably serious! This woman doesn't care about anything when she's crazy, we need to think of something..."

Qiong disdainfully distanced herself from Sangbo, believing that it was better to believe that he was the Dragon Lord (50 credits) than to believe that Sangbo was the Dragon Lord!

"Looks like you don't believe me? Fine, then let the kind-hearted Hanabi-sama show you! Sambo, watch out!"

"Ugh?"

Fireworks snapped her fingers, and a violent explosion suddenly occurred behind Sangbo. The shockwave blasted Uncle Cold Leg away, and even Qiong, who was nearby, felt a slight impact...

"Sambo!"

"Hanabi, you've gone too far! You actually used my bomb to blow me up!"

If he can still speak, then he must be alright.

"Here's a friendly reminder for the clever little gray guy: most of the bombs are indeed fake, after all, Sambo has very few bombs. But I did add a real bomb! How about it, want to take a gamble?"

"Sambo!"

Qiong ran to the side of old Sangbo, who was lying on the ground covered in dust, and grabbed his clothes.

"How many bombs do you have, and how many have you dropped?!"

"How many? A dozen or so? I can't remember that. I really don't know how many were lost..."

Qiong felt a headache coming on. That unreliable Sambo! He said he was coming to pick him up, but he was clearly just here to trick him!

Qiong stood up and looked at the fireworks on the screen.

"Fireworks, I've made up my mind."

He couldn't afford to gamble with the potential for injury or death caused by his choice! He had only one option left—provided that the Fireworks Association followed the rules.

Hanabi raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Have you decided? So, is it choice two or none?"

"I choose one... no, you're not giving me the right to choose! This doesn't follow the rules!"

"The kind-hearted Hanabi-sama has gone offline; now it's the evil Hanabi-sama! How can I waste all those carefully arranged dolls and bombs?"

The screen changed from only showing Hanabi's face to showing Hanabi's whole body. How should I put it... did they borrow a Kurumi Tokisaki outfit from next door?

"And as you always say, rules are meant to be broken, aren't they?"

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"Were we scammed by that person?"

The murderous Raiden Mei circled the carousel several times, asking the others about the pink-haired and gray-haired girls, but naturally, all her efforts were in vain.

“Sister Mei, Bronya doesn’t think she has any reason to lie to us.”

"But why did she lead us here?"

"Everyone, get out of here! There's a bomb!"

"Qiong is in that direction!"

Upon hearing Sora's shouts, Raiden Mei ran towards the source of the sound without hesitation.

"Mei, wait for me!"

Kiana and Bronya followed closely behind, heading towards the location of the sky.

Fu Hua seemed to be deep in thought, and walked in another direction. If there really was a bomb, then it would be better to evacuate the crowd first.

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Even though she still suspected that this was something Hanabi and Sambo had conspired to do, Sora reluctantly believed them after Sambo swore to "Natasha and Sister Seele" and placed his hand on Sora's chest repeatedly to assure her that he swore to her conscience that he hadn't done it.

Believe it or not, the bomb still needs to be dealt with, and even though Sambo swore an oath, the fireworks are counting down.

The team split into two groups. Sambo confidently declared that he had a way to catch Hanabi and solve all the problems, while Sora went to check for bombs.

But it's actually not too difficult to handle: Fireworks didn't say that people couldn't be evacuated or called for help. There are only about ten possible bomb markers. As long as he throws all the Fireworks dolls to a safe place within an hour, then there won't be any problems... right?

Looking at the fireworks dolls in the shop marked by the shop sign, Sora fell into deep thought.

Although I don't think these dolls are bombs, what if Hanabi guesses that he's thinking this way and puts a bomb inside?

Those guys are capable of anything! The best-case scenario is that all the bombs except the one that bombed Sambo are fake, but the worst-case scenario…

"Everyone, get out of here! There's a bomb!"

Since we can't determine whether it's safe or not, let's evacuate the crowd just to be on the safe side. At worst, this Houmu Paradise will be gone!

"Qiong!"

Raiden Mei rushed over, much to Sora's surprise.

"Mei, what are you guys doing here?"

"It's all because—"

"Wow, a few more interesting people have arrived. More players but a fixed number of bombs—that's not fair! Now, please calibrate the clock and countdown for fifteen minutes! Speed ​​it up! Otherwise, a smooth landing is too boring!"

"This doll can talk?"

All the fireworks dolls made sounds at the same time, surprising everyone around them.

"Fifteen minutes?! That's way too short! Hanabi, what are you trying to do? This is pointless!"

"Oh, God of Fun! Fun is the point! But I can tell you, there are no bombs here, go find some in the next place!"

With things having come to this point, Qiong couldn't care less about anything else. She took out the immortal's phone again and dialed the number.

Commercial street.

Where is Qiong?

Because Qiong had asked for help, the phone in Lao Yang's pocket suddenly rang again.

"Hello, is this Qiong? Your Uncle Yang is here..."

"Help me, Mr. Walter!"

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"Fireworks, you don't really want to blow this amusement park up into the sky, do you?"

Looking at the endless array of fireworks dolls, just the merchandise alone is enough to turn Houmu Paradise into a fireworks paradise.

Fireworks rolled her eyes at Sangbo.

"Sambo, you know perfectly well how many bombs you brought with you, how could that be?"

"Haha, you're right."

Sangbo, who had promised Qiong he would catch Hanabi, was now leisurely sipping his drink, wearing sunglasses and watching Qiong with several girls running around on the screen, giggling.

"Did you find any fun on that Mars thing?"

Hanabi shook her head.

"It's nothing, I just sent some meme virus to their computer, but it failed."

"Well done, Lady Hanabi!"

Even if the fireworks fail, it's still fun. At least it makes Sambo happy.

"Hmm... I wouldn't call it a complete failure. After all, we're currently at a point in the past of the 'Three Phases.' In our future before crossing that point, I met a beautiful best friend~ Want me to introduce you to her?"

"No need for that. What kind of good person would a beautiful best friend be who can chat with someone like you? Old Sangbo, I still have a moral bottom line!"

It's just a little more flexible, that's all.

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A friend made me realize that many people might not read the conclusion of chapter 100... so I'll just mention it at the beginning of the first chapter (laughs).