DEG - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Has the Regent's Character Art Been Released?
Although Breaking Waves Riding Wind sensed that something was definitely wrong with these two.
Watching this video, she really just... wanted to relax.
From the afternoon until now, she had been constantly receiving and analyzing information; her brain felt numb.
At a time like this, watching a shipping video in the name of finding clues was harmless, right?
In contrast to Breaking Waves Riding Wind's relaxed state, the viewers in the livestream were observing Jiang Xun's actions with intense focus, searching for any anomalies.
【Jiang Xun's moves aren't right. If she always fought like this, she wouldn't have lost so many matches.】
【How come she immediately became weaker the moment this Luo Nanqiu came out?】
【She's acting, right?】
【Is there a possibility that when a character is drawn from the gacha, the user synchronizes with the card's combat skills?】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind glanced at the bullet comments and shook her head secretly in her heart. She had practiced martial arts; she could see that the moves of the two were somewhat similar, yet distinctly different.
From a bystander's perspective, Breaking Waves Riding Wind could see it more clearly.
Jiang Xun's moves were cleaner and sharper, with wide, sweeping motions.
However, Luo Nanqiu's were much more noble and elegant.
There were similarities, but mostly they were different.
But what shocked Breaking Waves Riding Wind right now wasn't this.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind discovered Jiang Xun's ease in dealing with her.
She clearly could have finished her off more cleanly, but she insisted on waiting until the person inside the door came out.
Showing weakness, pretending to be pitiful, that was all.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind hissed softly, watching the video even more intently.
But the majority of players didn't know this. In an instant, countless threads analyzing Jiang Xun's combat power popped up, attempting to dissect her moves and theorize about her motives.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind finished watching the fighting parts that required brainpower. The rest, for her, was content that required no thinking, like watching an anime.
She was drawn in by the unfolding plot, to the point where she momentarily forgot to look at the bullet comments. She watched all the way to the end, seeing Jiang Xun fall asleep holding Luo Nanqiu's arm.
It was actually kind of shippable.
She smacked her lips, excitedly looking for the follow-up story.
But...
"That's it?"
She was bewildered for only a minute before quickly realizing that, according to the timeline, it indeed should have ended here.
The rest of the story wouldn't happen until tomorrow.
But Breaking Waves Riding Wind felt an inexplicable itch, like ants crawling over her skin.
She couldn't resist rewinding to watch the exciting parts again.
The bullet comments, which had been reminding her of the key points for ages, finally let out a sigh of relief.
【She finally noticed the main point.】
【Wait, where are you rewinding to? Wait! Why are you skipping this!】
【Go back, go back!!!!】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind was simply too immersed in "watching the plot." She forgot to look at the comments for a moment, and she forgot that her livestream viewers were trying to find clues in this.
She was taking a break.
But the viewers were working diligently, each transforming into a detective, practically examining the footage frame by frame.
Sure enough, the diligent observation of the livestream viewers paid off.
When Jiang Xun went to collect the competition prize money and returned, the camera cut to Luo Nanqiu.
Luo Nanqiu's Optical Brain screen flashed by for a split second.
Just that one tiny frame.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind had completely followed the plot after watching it and hadn't paid any attention to Luo Nanqiu looking at her Optical Brain.
But the livestream bullet comments did.
【Why is she looking at her Optical Brain?】
【Probably checking the time and location after suddenly arriving in a strange place.】
【Ah, it doesn't look like that to me. Why do I feel like it looks a bit like a resume?】
Even though it was just a discussion among a few people, someone scolded the person who thought it looked like a resume for being blind.
To prove that what she saw was indeed a resume, that viewer stubbornly found the original video and took a screenshot of that exact frame.
Then, she exploded.
Alike. It was just too alike.
Whether it was the facial features or the name, they even had the exact same accessories.
It was just that the current Luo Nanqiu was younger and more innocent.
With her brain practically buzzing, she posted the screenshot to the forum.
【Do you still remember the Regent's true identity? The person in power at the Luo Consortium.】
OP: Attached Image (A slightly blurry shot of Luo Nanqiu's Optical Brain screen that flashed by.)
I watched the story. That little sister looking up information on her Optical Brain is also named Luo Nanqiu.
The screenshot shows that the person in power at the Luo Consortium is also named Luo Nanqiu.
1L: Regent fans all remember that, okay? Holy sh-t!!! Where is this plot from? I want to watch it!!!
You didn't Photoshop this yourself, did you? You didn't, right!!!
2L: First glance: Bringing up common knowledge just to spam threads.
Second glance: Plot? Hungry, food, please. You'd better not have Photoshopped this.
3L: So you're saying the Regent's character art has been exposed!!
She's such a young little sister??
It's different from what I imagined!!
...
47L: Looking at the screenshot, isn't the Regent already thirty years old? How is she so young? Even for an NPC in Star Battle with a lifespan of several hundred years, where thirty is equivalent to our twenty-something, this is still too young.
...
109L: Where's the OP? Where's the OP? We want to see the story as proof.
110L: Where is the OP? Hit and run? If you have the guts to post the screenshot, have the guts to post the link to the story! Is it fun leaving us hanging?
Goddammit! OP, I'm calling the police to arrest you!!
...
Just to prove she wasn't lying, the OP went back to get the video link. By the time she returned, the forum thread had already stacked up a hundred replies.
She first marveled at the high popularity of the Regent, then offered up the link.
360L (OP): I saw it in this video while following Breaking Waves Riding Wind's livestream.
Although the video title is a bit weird, but... I didn't fake it!
...
Damn it, who cares about the title right now!
Instantly, the video's view count surged drastically. Everyone flooded in to screenshot Luo Nanqiu's Optical Brain screen.
Consequently, Breaking Waves Riding Wind saw bullet comments like these on the video.
【The Regent is here, right?】
【Is this the Regent?】
【Could it be the Regent's relative? I feel like the officials wouldn't just release the Regent directly.】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind: ?
What?
What Regent?
She attempted to glance at the livestream bullet comments to find an answer.
But the livestream was saying:
【You were actually really shipping the CP! Didn't you notice the main point??】
"Wh... what main point?"
"Isn't the main point of this video shipping the CP?"
【Shipping... Shipping the CP???】
She inexplicably felt the viewers' answers were trembling slightly.
"Is this CP not easy to ship?"
Breaking Waves Riding Wind asked sincerely.
【It is, but...】
【The Regent. That's the Regent!! You brat, you actually got knocked off the arena ring by the Regent.】
【Who's envious? I won't say.】
The screen was full of emojis of faces weeping behind sunglasses. The entire livestream chat was scrolling at high speed, the acidity levels exceeding the limit.
So, what Regent?
"What Regent?"
Fortunately, she had close friends who noticed she was completely out of the loop.
They immediately gave her a voice call to remind her to check her messages.
From the initial forum screenshots to the current trending threads.
【Rational Discussion: Is the character Jiang Xun summoned actually the Regent?】
【The eighteen-year-old Regent is really so tender, so tender!! Lick lick lick lick!】
【What exactly is the relationship between Jiang Xun and the Regent?】
【"The Youngest Colonel" - No such person found in the Star Battle system.】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind tried hard to clarify the relationships.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind was dumbfounded.
Grass.
She had really accepted a huge mission.
Breaking Waves Riding Wind calmed her emotions for a moment.
"So, this person is the Regent's weakness. Hmm... I remember the Regent is married. Jiang Xun also said she was on a mission."
"So, this is the Regent's CP?"
【Boohoohoo, just fell in love and already heartbroken.】
【Sure enough, the beautiful sister's CP is still a beautiful sister.】
【It's okay, the three of us living a good life together is more important than anything.】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind didn't see these.
Her expression was somewhat grave.
"My task, hmm..."
She asked the bullet comments with difficulty, "I probably, seems like I can't complete it."
"The Little Emperor asked me to present the head of the Regent's weakness to him."
"Obviously."
"I can't beat her."
【Is this the time to talk about that??】
【This is the Regent's romantic subplot!!! Until the story is finished, no one is allowed to touch Jiang Xun!!】
【No way, the Regent's character art is out! She's so beautiful! And you still want to rebel against her??】
【Sure enough, overthrowing the Little Emperor is the mandate of heaven. I've found that dog emperor annoying for a long time—hypocritical, full of red flags. If this mission wasn't a Hell Rank mission, a Player Challenge, who would help him rebel?】
Breaking Waves Riding Wind: ...
It wasn't the time for you guys to cause trouble for the Regent after accepting this mission either.
"Anyway, that's it for today's stream. My mission... I'll research it more when I log on tomorrow."
Breaking Waves Riding Wind closed the livestream.
Harboring a chest full of emotions and an indescribable excitement lingering in her heart, she found it difficult to fall asleep.
I Heal Your Whole Family went to check the video's popularity early the next morning.
She felt that she had edited the video quite well, and the title was very gimmicky too.
No matter what, it should break a thousand views, right?
Even if these were just two strange NPCs with no fame in Star Battle.
Holding a subtle hope, I Heal Your Whole Family opened the app.
Then it crashed on her twice in a row.
I Heal Your Whole Family: ?
She crawled over to a certain microblog to see if C-Station had crashed again.
She didn't find a trending topic about C-Station crashing, but she did see the news that the Star Battle Regent's character art had been released.
I Heal Your Whole Family hesitated for a moment.
Although the Regent was important, she was ultimately too far away from her.
She just wanted to know how her CP was doing right now!
After several consecutive attempts, when she finally logged into C-Station, she fell into deep thought looking at the 99+ likes, favorites, and comments.
Isn't this a bit too much?
She tremblingly clicked open the video playback page.
She didn't have time to look at the dense mass of bullet comments and replies.
She just took one look at the view count.
Hmm, it definitely wasn't one thousand.
It was nine hundred... million???
Huh???
Before I Heal Your Whole Family could see clearly, the app crashed again.
Disregarding everything else.
I Heal Your Whole Family immediately grabbed her computer and opened her alt account to see what on earth had happened to this video.
After understanding the cause and effect, I Heal Your Whole Family fell into contemplation.
She slowly sent a message to Berry Milkshake.
"Holy sh-t, you really have some luck."
Berry Milkshake: "?"
"You haven't checked the trending searches yet, right?"
"Haven't."
"If you haven't, then don't look for now. Let's get online first."
"?"
"If we don't get online now, our quest is going to be stolen!!"
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