Looking at Kiana's pouting expression, Bai Hao smiled leisurely and said, "What? Not convinced?"
Kiana didn't speak, just let out a "hmph" to show her displeasure.
Looking at Kiana's tsundere appearance, she was exactly like Kevin, of course, the Kevin before he joined the Moth Chasing Fire.
Bai Hao casually tossed the wooden spear backward, and it accurately landed in the weapon rack.
Mei watched this scene, her mouth agape in surprise; such accurate targeting, and without even looking.
"That's amazing."
Kiana also saw this, and she could state very clearly that she couldn't do it.
Kiana got up from the ground, her eyes no longer showing defiance, but only a competitive spirit.
"Bai Hao, you're very strong. This Miss admits it, but one day I will definitely defeat you!"
"Alright, I'll be waiting."
After saying that, Bai Hao picked up his backpack, which was placed aside, and was about to go home when Mei called out to him.
"Bai Hao (classmate), please wait a moment! Um, if you don't mind, can I treat you to a meal to thank you for helping me today?"
When Kiana heard Mei's words, she immediately became curious and asked, "Mei, what did Bai Hao help you with that would make you cook for him?"
Bai Hao felt a little moved by Mei's words. After all, any Captain knows how Mei got her nickname as the 'cooking wife'.
To make a carnivore like Kiana eat vegetables, one can imagine how delicious Mei's cooking is.
Then, looking at the 'Judgment Hour' made by a certain purple-haired twin-tailed girl next door, ugh~ just thinking about it makes him shiver.
On the other side, after Mei told Kiana what happened at school today, Kiana immediately linked arms with Bai Hao.
"Bai Hao, This Miss approves of you. From today on, you're my friend. Anyone who bullies you is bullying me!"
Bai Hao pushed Kiana's hand away and said, "Kiana, girls should be a bit more reserved. Isn't it good to be like Mei? Also, in this school, who can bully me?"
Kiana scratched her head. That's right, setting aside Bai Hao's strength, which she and Mei combined couldn't beat, the main thing was Bai Hao's tongue, which was not just any poisonous.
There was a saying in Qianyu Academy: "Rather take a beating than suffer Bai Hao's poison."
After all, Bai Hao's mouth, it was said, even made the school's boss faint from anger.
Thinking of this, Kiana immediately put an 'unprovokable' label on Bai Hao.
Mei watched their interaction, feeling somewhat uncomfortable for some reason: "Bai Hao (classmate), is that okay?"
"How can I refuse Mei (classmate)'s kindness? After all, refusing an invitation from such a beautiful girl would be a bit ungrateful."
Mei's face flushed, and she turned around, leading the two towards her home.
At this moment, Bai Hao stopped. Mei saw him stop and looked a little confused: "Bai Hao (classmate), what's wrong?"
"Mei, send me your home address. I suddenly remembered I forgot to pick up something. You two go back first; I'll be there in a bit."
"Okay, then."
"Really, how can Bai Hao be so forgetful, even more careless than This Miss."
After Bai Hao saw the two walk away, he vanished in a flash, reappearing at the base of a cliff, in front of a stone wall.
Compared to the previous Bai Hao, the current Bai Hao was wearing a black cloak and a mask carved with golden patterns on his face.
Bai Hao pressed his hand against the stone wall. Instantly, the spot where Bai Hao pressed on the stone wall caved in, and a mechanical voice sounded.
"Genetic comparison successful. Welcome back, Lord!"
The mechanical electronic voice disappeared, and the stone wall in front of him split open, moving to both sides.
The moment he walked in, the stone wall closed, and everything returned to calm as if nothing had happened.
After entering the stone wall, there was a spacious corridor. On both sides of the corridor were rooms. At the end of the corridor was a metal door. Bai Hao placed his hand on the extractor next to the door, and the metal door moved to both sides. A hall appeared in front of Bai Hao, a futuristic hall.
In the hall, a man wearing a black mask stood in the center. He also wore a cloak, but on the back of the cloak was written a single character: "Zheng"!
"Lord!"
"Hmm," Bai Hao nodded at him.
"You've worked hard these days, Zheng."
Zheng bowed his head and said respectfully, "It's no hardship, Lord. It is Zheng's honor to serve you."
Bai Hao looked at him and, seeing him still in the same body, asked, "The lifespan of this mechanical body is almost up. Why don't you change it?"
That's right, Zheng was not a human, but a robot created by Bai Hao. Bai Hao had prepared many mechanical bodies for him, but he always forgot to change them.
There was even one time when, due to constantly collecting intelligence from all over the world, the machine body overloaded and crashed as soon as it returned to the base.
If Bai Hao hadn't returned that day to inspect the work, he would have had to create a new AI.
"Thank you for your concern, Lord. It's just that this subordinate still has an unfinished mission. It's not too late to change after the mission is completed."
"You... fine, whatever you want. Report on this week's situation."
Bai Hao sat on the throne at the end of the hall, legs crossed, leaning back, his right arm propping up his head, his elbow resting on the chair.
"Yes, Lord. After these days of Zheng's activities around the globe, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, and others have noticed us."
"Intelligence shows that most of Schicksal's Valkyries come from the Valkyries Academy, and the closest one to us is St. Freya Academy."
Bai Hao nodded. As a transmigrator, how could he not know this? However, the next sentence greatly surprised Bai Hao.
"Just the day before yesterday, while preparing to retrieve all of Zheng, a person named Grey Serpent appeared on his own accord, saying he wanted to meet you to discuss cooperation."
"Oh? Cooperation? Interesting. Where is he now?"
Bai Hao's interest was instantly piqued. After all, someone from the organization created by Mobius came to find him and talked about cooperation, and at this time, the Lord was Kevin. Isn't that interesting?
Moreover, in the original plot, if Kevin's Stigmata Plan succeeded, he would die. Bai Hao didn't want him to experience such a thing in the game and then experience it again after Bai Hao transmigrated.
So, after the final battle with the Herrscher of the End, Bai Hao merged with the Herrscher of the End core and formulated this plan: the Herrscher of the End Plan!
"Lord, Grey Serpent is waiting for you in the reception room."
"Understood. Bring him in. Cooperating with World Serpent is better than cooperating with that backstabbing guy, Otto."
Bai Hao still respected Otto quite a bit. After all, he could persevere for five hundred years for a single goal, and he was someone with extremely low Honkai energy adaptability.
He spent five hundred years, setting up a chessboard that included both the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta as pieces. Among players in his previous life, there was a saying: "Laugh at the meme, not the person; Otto is a true man!"
This was the players' affirmation of him, and he was the beloved Archbishop of many players. But games are games. Since he had come to the world of honkai impact 3rd, he had to maintain a certain level of vigilance towards Otto, no matter what.
Zheng left to bring Grey Serpent from the reception room. Why didn't he go to see Grey Serpent?
Ridiculous! He was the founder of an organization, Kevin's comrade-in-arms, one of the Fourteen Heroes of the Moth Chasing Fire, a warrior bearing the name 'Dawn'. Should he go to see Kevin's subordinate? Is he kidding?
Bai Hao sat in the hall, looking up at the circular pattern on the ceiling. The circle contained various strange beasts: a one-eyed beast with a human face and snake body, a headless beast with four wings and four legs, a tiger-like beast with a tiger's appearance and two wings on its back... various strange creatures within it, inspiring fear at a single glance.
Behind Bai Hao's throne, the same circle appeared, but inside it were not strange beasts, but two characters: "Shan Hai"!