[I can't take even a second more of this version!!]
[Same here! But knowing how long it takes for the next main story update… we're in for a wait.]
[By then, maybe we'll get a new Herrscher? The Elysian Realm arc concluded? And an animated short?]
[Forget the rest, I'm stocking up on tissues. I swear tissue manufacturers should be thanking MiHoYo for boosting their revenue.]
The viewers had just finished watching PV for Elysia.
And now, they felt—once again—completely at MiHoYo's mercy.
No need for "felt like," just drop the qualifier. They were completely in MiHoYo's grasp.
At the same time, Elysia, who was now extremely curious about the upcoming main story plot, had not only been passionately discussing the PV with viewers on stream…
She was also going back-and-forth with Hokuto in a very spirited chat.
In fact, she wasn't content with just texting—after getting Hokuto's permission, she patched him into the voice chat.
And so…
"Hello, everyone."
[???] *n
[Was that… Otto's voice I just heard?]
[You heard it too??]
[No way—is that the writer?! Writer, drop your address—I've got a special package for you.]
[You dare show up in front of us after all this?!]
…
The moment Hokuto's voice appeared in the livestream, the barrage of comments multiplied severalfold.
The players were all too eager to express their heartfelt sentiments.
If one had to put it into words…
Tweaking a classic quote from Brother Kalpas would describe it best:
"Writer! Congratulations! You've finally given everything to prove yourself worthy of being slain! But this is no battle—it is a hunt! Hahahahaha! Now do your best and RUN!"
Yet despite this passionate welcome from the players… would Hokuto panic?
Of course not!
What, you think someone can crawl through the internet cable and beat him up? Cough cough.
So what was there to be afraid of?
With Otto's voice, Hokuto coolly replied, "To think… after all this time, everyone still welcomes me so warmly. I'm truly honored."
"..." *n
"After all, they just experienced that joyful and thrilling new Elysian Realm chapter,"
Mobius chimed in with cutting sarcasm, "So seeing you, the writer, here in the stream… venting some emotions is only natural."
"Is that so."
Hokuto didn't care one bit about Mobius's sarcasm.
He even said, "If everyone enjoyed the new Elysian Realm story, that's the thing that makes me happiest."
After a pause, he added—
"I sincerely thank all of you for your support of me, of Honkai Impact 3rd, and of MiHoYo."
"..." *n
???
That tone… those words… that inexplicably infuriating way of speaking—
It was like seeing an isomer of "Otto."
[Only Dogto could make my blood boil in just a few lines.]
[One word: DAMN!!!]
[A thousand words stuck in my throat. Thank you, Writer, for reminding me what Otto's domination feels like.]
…
At that point, Elysia tactfully picked up the conversation.
"'Otto'-san is still just as 'gracious' with his words as always."
"But I think everyone is more eager to hear what you can reveal about the upcoming main story."
"The upcoming main story?" Hokuto repeated her question… and then fell silent.
That silence immediately made everyone uneasy.
What kind of "brilliance" could make even the writer fall silent?
They couldn't imagine it—their brains were already trembling.
"'Otto'-san, don't suddenly go quiet like that."
Elysia couldn't help but prod Hokuto.
Don't scare her like that.
She never expected that silence could be more terrifying than Hokuto's usual evasive half-truths.
[A storyline so intense even the writer is silent… bros, I'm officially panicking.]
[He's gone quiet… that's even worse.]
[The writer silently stares at you… and says nothing.]
"I remember Elysia once asked you, 'Do you feel heartache when writing these stories?'"
As the atmosphere grew heavier, Mobius slowly spoke.
"And your answer was… of course you do. So, is the upcoming storyline just that brutal? So much so that you went silent?"
[Wait, Miss Elf asked 'Otto' that question?]
[Is that the point?! The point is how Dogto has the gall to say he feels heartache?? I'm speechless.]
[Heartache? Yeah, but it's definitely not in the conscience.]
[Guys, the real question is what kind of story could make even the writer go silent?! I'm ready to be wrecked.]
[It's all knives, isn't it?!]
Faced with the players' panic, Elysia's pressing, and Mobius's guess…
Hokuto stayed silent a moment longer.
Then finally said, "Honestly, I just feel like there's not much I should say, or need to say, about the next part of the main story."
"Then… just give us the gist," Elysia replied.
"…Alright."
Hokuto nodded lightly, not avoiding the topic.
"But before we talk about what's coming next, let's do a quick recap of the recent plotlines?"
He paused. Seeing no objections from Elysia or the others, he continued.
"In the last version, Mei reached the deepest part of the Elysian Realm—within a memory space called Eternity—and there she learned parts of the Thirteenth Herrscher's secret."
"But her journey was quickly interrupted by an anomaly. One unexpected event after another unfolded. It seems there's a conspiracy brewing in the shadows, one that intends to drag Mei and all the memory constructs into it."
[I know this! It was the Herrscher of Corruption!]
[Bull! It was the writer's conspiracy!!]
[Exactly! Give me back my Elysia!!]
Hokuto: "..."
He paused briefly, then continued.
"Following that, after intense battles by several Flame-Chasers, the true mastermind—the Herrscher of Corruption—was finally revealed."
"With that, all players had taken the stage. The real showdown was about to begin."
"And next…"
He trailed off again.
"..."
Until Elysia prompted him:
"And next?"
"To Elysia, right? Didn't you all already know that?"
Elysia: "???"
How was that any different from not answering?
"'Otto'-san!!"
"I'm kidding—just lightening the mood,"
Hokuto chuckled twice, then said, "Elysia, I just sent you a CG. Show it to everyone."
"A CG?"
Elysia opened her chat app and found the CG Hokuto had just sent her.
What it showed made her eyes widen slightly.
There were a few lines of text on it:
To the past, we were indeed failures.
But for the future… Herrscher of Corruption, this is the battle that allows us to become pioneers…
...has only just begun.
And so…
She displayed the CG in the stream, and muttered with exasperation—
"Why was the first one to ride the Ferris wheel with Mei the Herrscher of Corruption?!"
[???]
"Wait, that's what you focused on?"
Hokuto was at a loss—but also couldn't deny that this was extremely in-character for Elysia.
After all, Miss Pink Elf's sense of focus had always been… uniquely skewed.
"'Otto'-san doesn't think that's important?"
"…Maybe… it is important?"
Because, you see—
The part of the storyline where the Herrscher of Corruption and Mei go to an amusement park together—what made players' blood boil so much—
Wasn't just that the Herrscher of Corruption couldn't speak like a real person—no, it's not that she spoke wrongly, it's that she never deserved to speak at all—
Nor that she pretended to imitate Elysia's tone, while never understanding what love really was—
The real sting was that the villain had turned into the version of Elysia everyone adored—
Doing the one thing Elysia herself most likely wanted to do.
That… was the most insulting thing of all.
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