The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Zizzizi——"

The sound of grease under high temperature is mouth-watering. Padu wore his black coat inside out as an apron and a pair of plastic gloves, carefully turning the food in the pot with a spatula.

Kiana was really worried as she watched from the sidelines. She always felt that the girl's appearance was more unreliable than she imagined, but she didn't dare to step forward to help... Well, she still had some self-awareness, at least she was cooking. That's the case. If she intervenes blindly, the situation will only get worse, right?

But if you do nothing, it seems a bit overwhelming. You can't watch Pado cook the whole time and don't give anything... uh...

Thinking of this, Kiana fell silent again, because in her memories, her relationship with Mei was indeed like this.

"Sigh... If there is still a chance to eat the food cooked by Mei Yi, I will definitely help her wash the dishes."

The girl swore so in her heart, but in reality she held up a porcelain bowl with some embarrassment and repeatedly wiped the accumulated water in it with a thin napkin. This was what she found out of embarrassment. It seemed to be the only thing she could do, and she didn't know how to do it. Something that interferes with Padu.

However, even if all the bowls were wiped in this way, it didn't seem to take much time.

"Eh? Sister Kiana, can you tell us about Brother Mikael now?"

After all, there was still no way to escape... But before that, Kiana could only try her best to hide.

"Well... I have spent a lot of time with him, so if it's just a statement... I don't know where to start... Let me sort it out first."

"oh--"

Pado pouted and turned around. She couldn't feel Kiana's pushback at all, but just like she used to do business with people, it's not useless to chase people to buy your things, as long as you are shameless. If you keep struggling, you can succeed in at least half of the cases, but what's the point? If that person meets you again in the future, he will definitely stay away from you and will basically never do business with you again.

Rather than continuing to pester Kiana to tell those stories about Mikael, she thought it would be better to deal with the ingredients in front of her first.

Anyway, Sister Mei didn't know when she would come to pick them up. It would still be a long time. Of course, maybe... we'll meet Boss Mikael directly before long?

"Really, Sister Mei didn't tell us anything before she came out. I just knew that Sister Qiana had been in contact with Boss Mikael... Sigh... Where is Ahua, Sister She... uh, haha, forget it. Well, it’s better not to meet Sister Snake.”

The random thoughts in Padu's mind were quickly swept away by the roar of the range hood. She gently turned the food with a spatula. She turned her head and saw Kiana holding a bowl and wiping it repeatedly with paper towels.

"Uh... what are you doing with this action? Oh no! Sister Kiana is not already angry with us, right?"

That's absolutely not possible! If Sister Qiana is angry with her, won't she permanently lose a big customer in the future?

This is absolutely not possible! !

"Ahem! Um...Sister Kiana, aren't you going to ask me?"

"Huh? What?"

"It's the old man downstairs! I thought you were going to ask me why I was arguing with him every time..."

Kiana scratched her head.

"That...isn't important, is it?"

"Ah? Sometimes you have to care about some things around you..."

"I didn't mean that, I meant... I saw that you were very happy chatting with him. Since you are very happy, there is no need to ask more, right?"

"Who had a great time chatting with that guy?" - Pado wanted to answer this, but she also knew that what Kiana said was the truth.

The relationship between her and the old man downstairs is also strange, like two pieces of flint that always catch fire when touched, but both of them seem to enjoy it - not only does she feel happy from this quarrel, She could feel it, and so did the other person.

Sure enough...

Therefore, sometimes she knew clearly that the old guy was lying. For example, the recliner that was broken two days ago was obviously a product with a cost price of three yuan and a maximum selling price of thirty yuan. The old man insisted on saying thirty thousand yuan, but she did not put the price. At the lowest price, three hundred yuan is enough for that old guy to spend half a month on cigarettes, right?

"Ouch!"

Pado waved his hand, as if whatever sadness he was feeling could disappear with this short syllable.

"Sister Qiana, remember what I told you about being adopted by an old man for a period of time when she was a child."

"Well... uh..."

"Ah? Sister Kiana, you won't forget it overnight, right?"

"No, no, I remember!"

Of course Kiana has not forgotten it. She is young and her memory is not that bad. But when Pado mentioned this, she couldn't help but think of what was happening at the same time Pado said it yesterday...

"To be honest, we have forgotten the name of the old man who adopted us at the beginning. We have even forgotten his name. We can't even remember his facial features, appearance, figure, etc... But, since the first time because of a clothes hanger, After I had a fight with the old man downstairs about the problem, I always had a feeling... I felt that he was very similar to the old man who adopted me before..."

"..."

"If I have to say it, there doesn't seem to be anything similar between the two people, probably not... I remember that the Twilight Street where we lived when we were young was in Europe. The old man didn't look like a Chinese person, right? In terms of personality, in my impression. That old man is also very stingy... Well, we must have been led astray by him! But... it seems that he has never had a quarrel with me..."

"But... I just feel like him. I just feel like I want to treat him as the person in my memory, right?"

"Hey...hey! Sister Kiana, have you ever felt like this?"

Padu seemed a little excited. She held up the spatula and turned around. The hot oil on the spatula exploded and almost splashed on Kiana's face. Although after getting along with her for a short time, Kiana has long understood that she is also a fussy person, but she is so excited... it must be the first time she has seen her.

Humans are social animals, so they never live in this world in a truly lonely manner, but similarly, because humans are a group rather than a unified individual, a single person cannot truly escape loneliness. Because of this, we constantly look for similarities with ourselves in others - similar looks, similar experiences, similar emotions... Looking for these will make people feel from the bottom of their hearts that they seem to be moving towards getting rid of You have taken a big step in the direction of loneliness, and as a result, you will gain heartfelt excitement and joy.

Therefore, Kiana only needed to nod slightly at this time, which might greatly bring her relationship with the cat-eared girl in front of her closer, but she did not do so after all, because... she did not realize this clearly at all, So I just chose to tell the truth:

"No, I...Pado, I actually don't quite understand what you said. But someone once said something similar to me, so I..."

"oh oh……"

Padu nodded with some disappointment, the excitement in his heart was extinguishing like a bonfire that had been doused with water.

But suddenly, she thought of something again, and her voice rose again:

"Ah! Sister Kiana, the person who said that to you must be Boss Mikael!"

"Yes...yes..."

"Haha! Let's just say it! Only Boss Mikael can say such neurotic things!"

"Uh... Then didn't you say that too..."

"This is called speaking out of emotion!"

"Zizzi..."

What finally interrupted the conversation between the two girls was the smell of burnt food.

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"Ginger fried meat, hamburger meat, fried steak, fried meat cubes, stewed offal in sauce, curry pure meat, meatballs, sushi, sashimi, hot pot, barbecue, steamed buns, chowder sauce, chowder pot...Sister Kiana...you Are you sure you can finish it? Half of the food we bought is here."

The burger was a little burnt, which was a result of the conversation just now, but the other dishes were fine. After all, most of them are semi-finished products, and Pado does not have the "Kitchen Killer" buff like the Kaslana family. However, her usual diet is either from the canteen or various instant noodles, canned food and other fast food. There is nothing she can cook on her own. She has the opportunity to cook, but at least her cooking skills are within the category of "normal people".

How could there be so many dishes piled on the small dining table? A large number of plates and dishes were piled up three levels like a pagoda. This made Pado squeeze his legs tightly together, fearing that his legs would touch the table legs if he moved, and then It crackles like a chicken and eggs fly.

"Uh...ahem...it's not a big problem. Eating is also a way to replenish energy!"

Kiana was also a little embarrassed. She hadn't had a serious meal for a long time. Yesterday morning and noon, she just dealt with it casually. The meal Pado brought back for dinner was good, but it was not enough to "feed" her. , so my mind just got hot and I chose so many in one breath...

But the most embarrassing thing is not this, but...it seems...not big enough...

"Sister Kiana...you won't...isn't it enough..."

Seeing that she kept her head down and said nothing, Pado quickly noticed something and asked in a low voice.

"Ah... I can't help it. The items in the convenience store are so small, and after all, the environment is quite special, so we can't use our bargaining skills... But it's not a big problem. Anyway, the funds given by Sister Mei this time are sufficient. Let’s just go buy it when the time comes!”

What should I say at this time?

Kiana stared blankly at the smiling face of the girl in front of her, and the words Pado said not long ago rang in her mind.

It's obviously a face I've known for just two days, but whether it's eye color, hair color, body shape, voice, or cooking skills, they are completely different. That person will never show such a silly smile... ...But these two completely different faces actually completely overlapped in her sight, at least at this moment.

"Thanks."

Kiana lowered her head and said the words that she should have said all along but never said out loud - not just to Pado, but also to... Mei.

"Oh, sister Kiana, don't be so polite...hehehe, that..."

"I understand, I understand! Put it in the account first!"

The two girls looked at each other in understanding, showing the same silly smile.

Pado himself was impatient to take action, and Kiana would naturally not lag behind others. However, before taking the chopsticks, she suddenly thought of something. Suddenly she clasped her hands together, held the chopsticks between her palms, and said something softly. .

"Huh? Is Sister Kiana from Jidong? Uh... Jidong should still be called Jidong now, right?"

"Well?"

Padu chewed the meatballs in his mouth and explained vaguely:

"Sister Ying and Xiaoling... ugh..."

After talking about the beginning, Pado felt that he should first explain who Sakura and Ling were? But after thinking about it again, there seems to be no need to explain this kind of thing...

"Well... Sister Ying and Xiaoling, who I met before, are also from the Far East. I see them doing this every time before eating, and then saying something... uh, what's the big deal. But in your era Have the races of the people in the Far East changed? We still thought Sister Kiana was European."

"Uh... no, I just lived in Jidong for several years, and then... I have a friend who was born in Jidong."

Kiana said, while Pado wasn't paying attention, she put the two most meaty edges of the fried steak into her bowl.

Just as he was about to enter, a voice sounded faintly in his ears:

"Qi-Ya-Na-"

"Eh!"

"Ah? What's wrong, Sister Kiana?"

"No...nothing..."

Kiana breathed a sigh of relief and ate the cutlet as if nothing happened. But something strange was... She had obviously seen that Padu was sprinkled with a lot of seasonings and sauces, and she thought it would be too salty, but it tasted bland and tasteless.

Of course, she couldn't care about this anymore, she was already dancing and complaining in her inner world:

"Ahhh! Monitor, you were so scary just now! Why did you interrupt suddenly!"

She was answered by endless silence.

"Ah... uh... I'm sorry, monitor. I hope you're fine, so... ah! Why did you disappear again, monitor!"

After about twenty seconds, Hua's tired voice finally sounded again:

"I'm sorry... suppressing the Herrscher's consciousness is much more difficult than I thought... In other words, my own condition is much worse than I imagined..."

The way she died was somewhat special. It was not death in a purely physical sense, but "brain death" after excessive use of the Eighth God's Key. If one of Yu Duchen's feathers hadn't replaced the brain and become the carrier of consciousness in time... then he would have really died. Despite this, the damage to her consciousness was still more serious than she imagined. She had thought that she could maintain normal actions while suppressing the consciousness of the Second Herrscher, but now it seemed that she was simply overestimating her capabilities.

"Listen Kiana, we don't have much time."

"Has Mikael already come here?"

Kiana almost bit her tongue.

"With his speed, he should have found it a long time ago, but I don't know why he hasn't appeared yet... But that's not what I want to say... Kiana, I can't help you suppress the consciousness of the Second Herrscher for too long. . Moreover, the problem is not only the consciousness of the second Herrscher. Since your body has not transformed into a Herrscher in a real sense, you are equivalent to using an ordinary human body to carry the power of the four Herrscher cores. According to my experience, within two or three days, purple lines that can be eroded by Honkai will appear on your body, and you should have almost lost your sense of taste now, right?"

"I……"

Kiana chewed the cutlet in her mouth twice more and swallowed it with difficulty.

Then, she scooped up a spoonful of curry stew in disbelief. It had no taste.

Offal stewed in sauce has no taste, hot pot has no taste, barbecue has no taste, chowder juice has no taste...

It’s over…really…

"Listen to me quietly, Kiana. There are only two ways now. The first is to treat the symptoms. I will teach you a formula, which is the Taixu sword energy passed down from generation to generation in China. It can effectively suppress the damage that Honkai can corrode. Speed, since it is a force that acts on the spirit, can also ensure the suppression of the consciousness of the Second Herrscher to a certain extent..."

"Then the fundamental solution is... suicide?"

"...Can you please stop using death as a means to solve problems?"

"Well……"

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"And if you want to save Kiana, the root solution is actually very simple."

On the rooftop just a block away, Mikael and Mei looked at the two girls in the house through the balcony.