"This won't work, that won't work, what exactly do you want? Are you expecting us brothers to sleep on the floor in the lobby?"
Boothill immediately bared his small, sharp teeth.
He spoke with clear irritation,
"Damn it, stop giving me this bureaucratic runaround! Little girl, I'm not targeting you, but if you can handle this, help us out. If you can't, find someone who can, alright?"
Alley looked nervous: "Please calm down, esteemed guests! I remember that at the time, it was Mr. Sunday, the head of the Oak Family, who personally handled this matter. Please wait a moment, I'll contact him right away."
Dan Heng's composure remained eerily steady.
"She probably isn't intentionally giving us a hard time, she just genuinely doesn't know what to do."
"The situation isn't looking good. You tried on the train earlier, and they really didn't respond to your message."
Dan Heng paused for a moment, then said, "There's something that's been bothering me. I'll step out for a bit. You wait here for the lady."
"Go ahead, but make it quick."
...
"Boothill's irritable but also has a subtle sense of reason"
"Starting to feel sorry for the customer service girl. Those who've worked in customer service understand."
"Alley: This Mr. Pom-Pom isn't very friendly..."
"Sunday is even harder to reach."
"Not to mention, Boothill's color scheme is quite similar to Pom-Pom's."
...
After parting ways with Dan Heng, Boothill muttered to himself, "With his companions missing, Brother Dan Heng must be a bit anxious. Give him some time; worry is the poison of judgment."
As soon as he finished speaking, a prompt appeared on the interface.
[Perspective switched to Boothill]
[New Mission: Bullet & Brain]
[Listen to the current situation in the Hotel Lobby and wait for Dan Heng]
Guinaifen was momentarily stunned.
In the team column on the right, the character in the first position had been replaced by the trial version of Boothill.
"What's going on!"
"Boothill is in the character pool too?"
"I feel like this guy just appeared in the storyline!"
"Indeed, Yu Ling's casting is free."
"Anyone can get into the character pool..."
Guinaifen first maneuvered Boothill to run around a bit.
After arriving at an open area.
She pressed the Basic Attack button.
"Bang!"
He drew his revolver and fired a shot forward.
"Wow..."
"The feel of this gunshot is really good!"
Guinaifen showed an intrigued expression.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Then she fired several more shots in succession.
"This Basic Attack is quite fun!"
"And it seems like he sidesteps every time he fires, is he deliberately dodging bullets?"
[Character Trial, [Boothill], has started]
Noticing this prompt.
Guinaifen immediately opened the character trial interface!
"I feel like Boothill's skill design might be different from other characters~"
Entering the trial interface.
First, she activated a Technique.
Boothill quickly spun his pistol.
The barrel pointed skyward.
With a "click."
Traces of gunpowder appeared in the air.
"Reload!"
[3-9× Smile]
[Entering Battle]
Guinaifen first briefly glanced at the skill summaries and mechanism introductions on the right.
Then she jumped straight into combat.
"Boothill is a character on The Hunt Path, specializing in single-target attacks."
"But unlike Seele from the 1.0 era, he needs to break the enemy's Toughness to deal high damage..."
Guinaifen first chose to release a Basic Attack.
She thought it would be an ordinary gunshot, just like the one outside of combat.
However.
Boothill dashed forward to the enemy.
Then he lifted one leg.
Lifting it almost parallel to the other leg!
Forming a wide split!
The spurs on his cowboy boots began to spin rapidly.
Originally a small tool cowboys used to gently press their horses.
Now spinning at high speed, like a chainsaw!
He leaped high and came down on the enemy.
"Zzzz—"
Flying Sparks instantly filled the field!
Guinaifen was dumbfounded.
This Basic Attack,
is a bit exaggerated!
...
"Damn! Using spurs to crack someone's skull?"
"What kind of person would choose this kind of attack method?"
"Boothill's Toughness is that good?"
"Bro, where did you learn yoga?"
"He's a mechanically modified cowboy, forget 180 degrees, he can probably spin 360 degrees and come back!"
"The quality of these pants is really good."
"Jeans and cowboy high heels are now live!"
...
"Folks, stay calm!"
"Boothill, like other characters, has a standard Basic Attack that's rarely used in combat."
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. Such a good Basic Attack, yet it's hardly used in a game."
"Let's move on to his main output skill—what's the deal with his Skill?"
A golden bullet is held in Boothill's hand.
Smoothly, he loads it into the revolver's chamber.
Then, with a spin of the gun, he swings his hands down!
But the gun is directly tucked into his pocket.
He strikes an extremely cool pose.
Guinaifen immediately laughs.
"That back tilt is quite something!"
"Boothill must have a bit of a herniated disc, right?"
"Wait a minute!"
"Why did he put the gun away after loading it?"
Guinaifen notices that Boothill now has empty hands.
As if he's purely striking a cool pose.
After glancing at the barrage, she shows a look of realization.
"Oh~~"
"This is about the speed of drawing the gun, right?"
"Just like in some Immersia cowboy duels."
"First, you put the gun away, then draw it from the holster and fire in an instant."
"It's all about the speed of quick draw!"
"And after activating this Skill, Boothill can only attack the target, perfectly matching the duel mode!"
"Details, so detailed!"
Releasing the Skill.
Boothill almost instantly draws his gun.
He fires a series of shots directly at his waist.
A barrage of bullets pours out.
Just enough to Weakness Break the enemy's small monster.
Then,
a powered-up attack is triggered!
Boothill gives a wicked smile.
This time, he doesn't draw his gun,
but instead points his finger!
As he points at the enemy,
his finger transforms into a large gun barrel in an instant.
"Boom!"
A large bullet blasts out.
The enemy target explodes on the spot.
Black smoke and flames burst forth!
...
"Holy crap!"
"Huh?"
"Boothill, you're playing it cool, huh?"
"Wow! That's a real [hand]gun!"
"That's the romance of a real man!"
"A real man plays with guns!"
"The body is a weapon [Wow][Wow]"
"You don't have to play with guns, but you must pull for Boothill in Honkai: Star Rail!"
...
Boothill's speed is incredibly fast.
Soon, it was his turn to act again.
After another enhanced attack, his ultimate energy was fully charged.
Little Gui was already getting hyped up!
Those melee characters with great feel were like punches landing solidly, but Boothill was all about headshots with every bullet!
Sharp bullets, explosive gunpowder.
Even Guinaifen, a "street performance artist," felt the allure of gunfire!
But this wasn't the limit.
The ultimate effect was even more over the top!
Once activated.
Boothill turned his back to the enemy.
One hand on his hip, the other gently touching his cowboy hat.
The tattered cape behind him fluttered in the wind.
Under the brim of his hat,
a faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared.
As if everything was under his control!
With the ultimate unleashed.
The game's background underwent a dramatic transformation.
The sunset was blood-red.
In the dimly lit desert.
Boothill walked leisurely in the afterglow of the setting sun.
A wanted poster was blown in by the wind.
The image on the poster was the currently selected enemy target.
――[Silvermane Lieutenant]!
He caught the poster between two fingers.
As he turned around, a cold, gleaming bullet was spat from his mouth.
With a flick of his thumb.
The bullet spun rapidly in the air.
Boothill reached back with a smooth motion.
The spinning bullet perfectly slid into the chamber of his gun.
All done with one hand, seamless and fluid.
He grinned.
Revealing a row of shark-like teeth.
"Bang!"
His right hand pressed down.
The bullet behind him exploded!
The towering flames mirrored the sunset at the beginning.
Rubble and fire drifted past him.
...
"Look at him!"
"A real man never looks back at the explosion!"
"If only I could be this cool while smoking."
"Why isn't the ultimate voice line [I f***ing love you, Wubbaboo]?!"
"Damn, I noticed a detail—when the ultimate is activated, the screen changes to a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio, and only returns to normal after the bullet explodes!"
"Does that mean the wanted poster shows the image of whoever the ultimate is targeting?"
"Yu Ling, you've done well!"
"Ah, so this is how you designed the character, Yu?"
"Boothill would probably wake up laughing in the middle of the night if he saw his own skill showcase."
"Damn it! This must be Robin's test for me!"