Chapter 282: The Curtain Falls on Wings of Reawakening! Did Su Mu Almost Become Grandma Songque's Foster Father?
Senti widened her eyes and glared helplessly at Fu Hua beside her.
"Old Timer, what am I supposed to say to you? You're way too good at killing a conversation! You really want to push the 'me' in the game to the opposing side, don't you?"
She felt this was simply too ridiculous. If only the Old Timer's emotional intelligence were a bit higher and her wording weren't so harsh, Senti felt that her in-game self would still be willing to sit down and have a proper talk.
But looking at it now, the Old Timer was essentially aiming to trigger the child's rebellious streak.
Although she knew that Jingwei the Immortal truly didn't know how to raise a child—there were already many precedents for this.
But... to be this bad at raising a child, she really was in a league of her own!
"On the contrary, I don't think the 'me' in the game did anything wrong."
Fu Hua shook her head.
"Perhaps as you say, telling a few lies could exchange for a powerful ally, but I cannot do that. That is deception."
Senti jumped in frustration: "Agh! Old Timer, you, your brain just won't turn a corner! I didn't say you should deceive anyone, but you can't just slap the truth onto someone's face like that either, can you?"
Fu Hua looked at Senti: "Then what do you think I should do? Let her continue her destruction? Watch her use one 'righteous reason' after another to exonerate herself? Perhaps she indeed has the intention of fighting the Honkai, but hasn't everything she's done benefited the Honkai? If we don't make it clear here, things like this will happen again."
She sighed, then said: "A Herrscher is a walking human catastrophe; you should be very clear on this point as well. If she doesn't realize she is a Herrscher capable of bringing disaster and appears in a crowded urban center as if no one else is around, what will happen then? Have you thought about that?"
Fu Hua's words left Senti momentarily speechless.
"The Class Monitor does have a point... but I still think using some milder methods would have been better."
Kiana scratched her head.
"At least don't be so blunt with your words; it really hurts people's feelings."
Bronya shook her head: "It can't be helped, fire cannot be wrapped in paper... and Kiana, you can't expect much from the Class Monitor's communication skills. After all, as you know, when a person lives too long, their language functions start to regress..."
"That's true..."
The others couldn't help but nod.
"How irritating!"
Senti grumbled with dissatisfaction.
"Ever since the last chapter started, I've been looking forward to my 'highlight' plot, so how come I haven't seen any highlights in this chapter? All I saw was the Old Timer, who doesn't know how to speak, exposing the fact that I'm a Herrscher!"
The others thought about it and realized it was true. The plot of this chapter mainly described Senti wreaking havoc at Schicksal after waking up, challenging Kevin at World Serpent, and then debating 'Who am I' with Fu Hua all the way to Mt. Taixu.
Highlights? Smashing Schicksal to bits, beating up Otto, and then casually trashing a few scrap metal piles... did those count as highlights?
"Well, but I remember in the short 'Return,' Fu Hua fought against Bronya, right? So I guess there might be another big chapter waiting, and that chapter should be the ultimate highlight of Fu Hua's story."
Kiana proposed her view, which Senti found very satisfying.
"Is that so? Three consecutive chapters written about my story? Haha, I didn't expect to get such good treatment. Su Mu, you really are my good brother!"
Seeing her acting all high and mighty again, Fu Hua shook her head helplessly. This child had said before she wanted to compete with Su Mu and give him a 'Ki-Impact' punch.
And now he's the 'best brother' again.
This child changes her face faster than flipping a book!
Amidst everyone's laughter and joking, the plot finally reached its final part.
As a battleship appeared above Mt. Taixu, Kiana and Bronya finally arrived at the mountain.
Seeing the arrival of the two, Senti suddenly thought of a good idea: to find a referee to distinguish who the real Fu Hua was!
As time returned to the present...
Kiana and Bronya opened the room and found themselves standing in the palm of Senti's hand.
["You guys took forever, I was getting impatient waiting."]
The lines that appeared at the end of the last chapter sounded again, and all the plots connected at this moment.
However, before the audience could investigate further, the plot came to an abrupt end.
"What the? Another cliffhanger?!"
Senti almost fainted from anger on the spot. Although she knew Su Mu's cliffhanger methods, cutting it off twice at the same spot was just too much!
You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!
"Su Mu is just like that."
Kiana patted Senti's shoulder with a sigh.
"Su Mu is just like that."
Bronya looked at Senti.
"Su Mu is just like that."
Even Elysia patted Senti's shoulder, looking as if she was already used to it.
This made Fu Hua wipe the cold sweat off her forehead: "It seems everyone has gotten used to it..."
Compared to the others, Fu Hua felt a sense of relief.
She finally understood why Otto was so restless whenever he was in the livestream, frequently blurting out various 'classic' lines for comedic effect.
Nonsense!
Can you even call today's livestream a 'livestream'? This was a full-blown execution scene, turning her into a total 'straight-shooter' girl... though it wasn't exactly an unfair portrayal, the problem was, it was just...
"Hahahaha! Old friend, now you finally understand how aggrieved I felt when I participated in that kid Su Mu's livestream!"
In the president's office of the Schicksal Foundation, Otto watched Fu Hua looking like she had eaten a rotten persimmon and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Lord Overseer, it's time to work. The work you've accumulated hasn't been finished yet..."
Amber reminded Otto 'kindly' from the side; the documents piled like a mountain on the desk were almost burying Otto.
In the end, one must return to reality.
Looking at the documents in front of him, despite his utter reluctance, Otto could only grit his teeth and continue working.
It couldn't be helped.
He had only returned to Europe last month. After the events in Arc City ended, Theresa said she wanted to stay in Arc City for a while.
She wanted to continue being a livestreamer and an idol.
But at the same time, she would also strive to become a qualified successor to the president; she could already help Otto handle many things.
Seeing his granddaughter's growth, Otto felt deeply moved, but at the same time, he realized that his retirement plan might be delayed again.
Sigh.
It couldn't be helped.
For Theresa's sake, he still had to bury his head in work!
"However, before working, can I play one more round of Memorial Arena? The scores are about to be settled—"
Otto suddenly raised his hand!
"Lord Otto—!!"
Amber's somewhat angry voice echoed in the office.
Well, keep at it, poor Lord Otto!
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With the conclusion of the "Wings of Reawakening" special livestream, the content of this version came to an end.
However, the production team immediately started working on the content for the new version—specifically, the content for several versions later.
After all, to set aside sufficient time, the Honkai Impact 3rd production team generally leaves one or two major versions of content, and producing this content in advance also facilitates various subsequent planning.
And as the Chief Game Director and Vice President of miHoYo, Su Mu had just gotten off the high-speed rail and stepped into Canghai City.
As July approached, after leaving the high-speed rail station, a heatwave rushed toward him.
Many people looking like students were coming in and out of the station, making Su Mu realize that summer vacation had arrived.
Students from some universities with earlier breaks had already packed their bags to go home.
As for the high school seniors, they had finally put down their heavy burdens and could happily spend the first, and perhaps the last, carefree vacation of their lives.
Looking at those student-like people, Su Mu couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.
In this life, two years ago, he was just a fresh university graduate himself.
But of course, Su Mu didn't have any particularly nostalgic feelings for his student life. Although he had a few good friends before, most of them had already lost touch.
Boothill was one of the few people Su Mu still kept in contact with after graduation; he had also joined miHoYo now and would come to eat with Su Mu every few days.
As for female classmates he got along with... there probably were some, but he had mostly forgotten them.
Su Mu's awakening of his past life's memories only happened two years ago; even if there were some special names, he wouldn't have any impression if they weren't brought up again.
"Phew... do you want to go to the hotel to rest first?"
Su Mu pulled back his thoughts and looked at Mobius beside him.
"What? Are you planning to meet an old flame, so it's inconvenient for me to be there?"
Mobius looked at Su Mu with a grin.
"What old flame... I already said it's Bronya's junior."
Su Mu rolled his eyes; this Snek was teasing him again.
"Don't say I didn't warn you, I came with Seele's entrustment this time. She specifically told me to keep an eye on you, you 'fickle big radish'."
Mobius looked at Su Mu with a playful expression.
"What do you think Seele and Bronya would think if I added a bit of spice to the report?"
Looking at the Snek before him who was acting like a 'brat'... no, a 'grand brat,' Su Mu threw up his hands helplessly.
"Fine, Doctor, you can go wherever you want, do whatever you want..."
That said, Su Mu also knew that Mobius was just joking.
This mischievous Snek just liked to see others in a difficult position; he didn't know where she learned such a bad habit.
...Though in this regard, he didn't seem any different from her; after all, the wailing of players sounded like celestial music in Su Mu's ears.
Well, case closed, she probably learned it from him.
"Aren't you going to meet Bronya's junior? Have you already agreed on a place?"
"Yeah, we can just meet directly at the studio."
"The studio? Is it the studio of Bronya's junior?"
"To be precise, it's a studio Bronya and I invested in."
Su Mu looked at Mobius and explained the ins and outs of the matter to her.
Bronya's junior, Maria—who is Songque—and her friends Senadina, Helia, Coralie, and others established a studio, though the profits hadn't been very good.
Su Mu was not unfamiliar with this Songque.
In the plot of the second part of Honkai Impact 3rd from his previous life, she was publicly known as a resident of Langqiu, Oxia, Antheia, in the Martian civilization of Fenghuang. During her childhood, she lived in an orphanage with scarce resources and intense competition among the children.
In that apocalyptic world, as a mediocre person with no strengths, Maria had no way to make a living and could only resort to deceiving ordinary people under the name "Songque."
Despite needing to make a living through deception and begging for alms, she still did not hesitate to be kind to children whose circumstances were similar to her own childhood.
As she received a commission from the Nutriscu family, she was seen through by Thelema, who was good at observing and dominating people's hearts. She was taken as a "pet," gifted with new clothes, and Songque's fate officially intertwined with those who later became the Shus.
However, the Songque in this world didn't have such a tragic past. After all, even poor students at St. Freya Academy could enjoy an equal education, and the education fund established by Cecilia Schariac saved many orphans and poor families like Songque's.
Although she no longer committed fraud, Songque often did divinations and fortune-telling for people at school, reading palms and explaining horoscopes. This was also a part-time method for her, and everyone was happy to find Songque for a fortune reading. After all, in the business of fortune-telling, as long as you have a sweet tongue and are good at talking, you can please the customers... in short, providing emotional value is enough.
After all, most people are just seeking peace of mind.
Whether Songque had real skill was something Su Mu wasn't very clear about, but she certainly had good luck.
After all, Bronya happened to go to her for a fortune reading, and the two became friends. Bronya, who was on a business trip, also happened to learn that Songque was in Canghai City as well.
Furthermore, at that time, Su Mu was also actively looking for suitable studios to invest in.
With all this, they directly revitalized the studio.
In fact, the studio that released "Syobon Action" was Songque's studio, and Su Mu's alias for 4399 was registered under Songque's studio.
The explosive success of "Syobon Action" brought a huge profit to the studio, which could be said to be a very good start.
This overwhelming wealth prompted Songque to make a video call on the spot.
"Wow, you two are practically glowing with divine energy and immense fortune! Even across ten thousand years, I can feel the auspicious light on you two, shining like the rising sun! I can tell at a glance that you two are bound for great wealth and honor. Your future will be prosperous, your wealth will flow in, your careers will be like fish in water, and you will rise steadily! Your family will be happy and harmonious, friends will love each other, teachers will praise you in class, and classmates will see you as idols!!"
If it weren't for the phone call, the other party might have directly hugged Bronya's leg with one hand and Su Mu's leg with the other, just short of shouting "Foster Father and Foster Mother above!"
Watching Songque's rehearsed routine, Su Mu almost burst out laughing.
With a performance like that, are you planning to take the postgraduate entrance exam?
END OF CHAPTER
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