Nonomi silently watched the man on the screen, who didn't look like an NPC, and for a moment didn't know what to say.
She remembered… the last time she saw Claude was when Gan Yu came to Fontaine.
It was in the text of that event that they first saw a detailed story of the pre-civilization era.
As for Claude… she hadn't paid much attention to him at the time, only remembering him as an uncle-type NPC, but now it seemed…
He wasn't an uncle, just looked old.
After shaving his beard and tidying up his appearance, he looked at least ten years younger.
Seeing this, Nonomi sighed slightly, then said with some regret:
"What a pity… I didn't see him having a Vision in the appearance description just now. If he had a Vision… he would probably be Yuto's accompanying character, right?"
As Nonomi spoke, she looked at the bullet comments on the side, observing the reactions of the audience in the live stream.
"Handsome guy, who are you?"
"Claude: Family, today I'll teach you how an uncle can transform into a young noble!"
"…It feels like he's going to pull out a Vision any second."
"You're wrong! The last person with a similar model pulled out an Evil Eye, guess where he is now?"
"I am an Immortal who avoids blades, guess why I am here?"
"This person also has a direct connection with Yuto, right?"
"More or less. As long as the Fontaine Opera in Fontaine can be promoted, Yuto, as the one who provided the main ideas, will definitely be considered one of his own, and even his direct superior."
If the bullet comments stopped there… then overall, the atmosphere in Nonomi's live stream would be quite good.
But… things always develop in the opposite direction of what people expect.
Ever since Yuto's last Archon Quest was a prerequisite for unlocking other characters' Archon Quests… some of the community's sentiment became very strange.
Of course, these people couldn't cause much trouble, as Yuto's portrayal in the Archon Quest perfectly created an anti-exploitation image in their minds.
In a sense… he was the true god of contemporary laborers.
Under this kind of portrayal, which could stir up the emotions of most people, those negative comments targeting Yuto would naturally be swallowed up.
But being swallowed up doesn't mean they don't exist, especially in the live streams of major streamers; there's no shortage of such people.
"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't this another form of internal favoritism?"
"Internal favoritism guy is back? Last time you said Yoimiya's second story quest had no buildup, this time Yuto's buildup is sufficient, right? Why are you still whining?"
"Sister Huayue! Time to work!"
"Dying of laughter, a bunch of filial sons and grandsons don't even know that the characters they spend money on have become Mihoyo executives' avatars, and they're still covering their eyes?"
"Oh dear~ your daily husband and wife characters have become avatars for disgusting real-life people~ are you happy?"
"Avatars again? Do you have no brain?"
"Don't argue with such people, just let the moderators do their job, permanent ban~"
...
Perhaps after the recent period of controversy, the troublemakers in Nonomi's live stream had already understood the basic rules of this live stream.
They wanted to see Nonomi analyze the plot for them, so what they had to do was to kick out the discordant voices, not become one.
And Nonomi had already gotten used to this kind of situation, after all… she had seen many scenes, and had even been threatened when she sharply criticized controversies before, so… she didn't care.
She first glanced at the bullet comments on the side, then took a sip of water, and then spoke:
"Come on, come on, those who like to make clips, open your screen recordings, I'm going to start my sharp commentary."
"I just saw two controversies, one about internal favoritism, and one about avatars."
"I already commented on the former last time; I can only say it's terrible and brainless. As for this avatar thing… I truly find it disgusting."
"What is the main logic of this controversy? It's that similarity equals sameness, that real-world and fictional characters have quantum entanglement across dimensional walls."
"You say that the Mihoyo executive in charge of marketing looks very much like Yuto, and also has the same birthday as Yuto in the public game text, and the same name."
"This employee also said Yuto was very handsome when he was released, and was commented on by various voice actors as being narcissistic, so they say Yuto is this employee's avatar."
"First of all, will an employee in charge of marketing have anything to do with R&D employees? This avatar, no matter what, has to be related, right? Even if you're a marketing executive, you can't manage R&D, can you?"
"Are there any office workers in the live stream who can share their experience? Do your marketing executives occasionally visit the lab?"
"Obviously not, right? The marketing department just does marketing. Where would they get an avatar? Could it be that this executive threatened the entire modeling team to make an avatar for him? That's crazy, right?"
"The avatar the streamer is using now cost nearly ten thousand yuan to customize.
How do you think a game character, which will be sold as a product on a display shelf, would be customized? And for an executive of an unrelated department?"
"Furthermore, this so-called conclusive evidence is like you looking very much like your Father, and you change your name to your Father's, so you are your Father. See for yourself how abstract this logic is."
"Let's assume your name is Zhongli, and you praise the character Zhongli as very handsome and composed. Your colleagues see it and say you are praising yourself."
"This logic is very simple, because real-world people deal with real-world matters; they know the real-life Zhongli, so when you praise the character, they see it as you praising yourself."
"Is there anything difficult to understand about this?"
At this point, Nonomi calmly took a sip of tea, then tilted her head and said:
"Feel free to post your clips and bullet comments. I've already been doxxed and threatened with offline attacks, so I'm really not afraid of them."
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The above content is my sharp commentary on the "Fu Hua is an employee's avatar" matter. I think this controversy is quite brainless.
If you say this employee said something excessive, then you should go after the employee, not the character.
If you think this character is this person's avatar, then what evidence can directly prove that the character's design prototype is her?
Honkai Impact 3rd is the only Mihoyo game where every character has independent design ideas published, and Fu Hua is no exception.
The marketing department's hand reaching into the R&D department… truly powerful and meddling.
Also, I no longer check the backend, so please forgive me if I don't reply to some @s and questions.
Because people keep calling me a filial son and commenting, "Mihoyo's filial son has also made money," I'm too lazy to deal with such people and don't want them to ruin my mood, so I simply don't look~
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