[Real World]
[Siberian Duck's Livestream Room]
Her mission progress had finally reached the part where she needed to go to the platform and find Himeko.
When she ran into Dan Heng at the overpass, the way Dan Heng, with a completely serious face, asked whether they had eaten the Trotter was hard to hold in.
"You can really see that Dan Heng is genuinely worried Little Fish might've eaten the Trotter." Siberian Duck couldn't help laughing.
[How To Draw The World?: As expected of Teacher Dan Heng, easily achieving what none of us can. How did you manage to ask that so seriously?]
[Aha's Messenger: Dan Heng's inner monologue, (I told them the Trotter can't be eaten so they probably didn't eat it, right? Nero should be reliable… is he really reliable? I don't think I can fully trust that hometown boy's self-control… I'd better ask them anyway…)]
[A Salty Fish: Dan Heng (serious face): "Did you eat it?" Nero (confused face): "Huh?"]
After saying goodbye to Dan Heng, she took a photo with March, and finally found Himeko near the front of the train. Siberian Duck read through all the dialogue before clicking "I want to board the train!", and then the cutscene segment began.
The Astral Express slowly pulled away from the Herta Space Station's platform, everyone waving goodbye from the observation car.
Nero temporarily joining the crew was a small surprise for players.
No one was sad about leaving the Space Station, because the one who would soon arrive at the battlefield was the Astral Express's great conductor, Pom-Pom.
"Pom-Pom's here, Pom-Pom's here. Damn, sure, my performance is a little silly, but how dare you immediately call me scatter-brained when you show up?"
Siberian Duck pretended to be angry to produce some entertainment for the livestream.
But then, seeing Pom-Pom turn its head and instantly freeze for a split second when looking at Nero, Siberian Duck completely broke.
Now she didn't even need to force the entertainment anymore.
"Oh, you little Pom-Pom! Double standards, huh? Sure, Little Fish is pretty, but you don't need to react like that! What's your deal? One is 'scatter-brained,' and the other is so beautiful you forget how to speak, huh?!"
[Wind Boy Solo Stan: Can't help it, Little Fish is naturally beautiful. Main streamer, you just can't compare, give up.]
[Armstrong Cyclone Jet Cannon: Alright, alright, so this is what kind of conductor you are!]
[I Use Pantene: Mark this down, brothers. That line from Pom-Pom… remember the name Idrilla. Might end up being important later.]
The story continued.
It was the part where Pom-Pom told Stelle and Nero that if they had any problems on the train they could come to it, and Nero, smiling with squinted eyes, asked if that was really true. Pom-Pom proudly answered yes.
Seeing this, Siberian Duck immediately said, "From the earlier bit where Little Fish tried to treat me to bean juice, you can tell his personality is kind of mischievous. He's not as innocent as he looks.
"Pay attention to how he smiles while talking to Pom-Pom right now. He's absolutely holding back some evil intention!"
[Moona: I'm dying, Pom-Pom doesn't even sense the danger and is still feeling proud!]
[Cicada In Winter: We've been deceived! All of us have been deceived! You've all been fooled by Little Fish's beauty!]
[Lonely City: I knew it! Little Fish's scheme has succeeded!]
Then, they saw the in-game Nero not say he had any questions, but silently reach out his hand toward Pom-Pom.
The screen was covered by Nero's fair hand, and in the next shot, it cut to a wide view, The Astral Express traveling through the vast universe. Then the entire train seemed to shake twice, and Pom-Pom's scream came from inside.
An extremely animated way of expressing things.
The next moment, the game showed the chain reaction caused by Pom-Pom's scream inside the train.
Everyone tensed up, Himeko, Mr. Yang, and Dan Heng immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed into the observation car.
This sudden twist made everyone's hearts feel like a roller coaster derailing and flying straight out, whoosh.
"What? What's going on?" Siberian Duck sounded worried.
The chat exploded with discussion, everyone guessing wildly.
[Stars Falling: Looks like the train is in danger.]
[Ending My Life Soon: MiHoYo added new plot again? But what could threaten the train? There was no hint around the train earlier.]
[Main Body: I have a guess, the previous shot showed Little Fish reaching toward Pom-Pom, and then Pom-Pom screamed. So could it be… the enemy is actually Little Fish?]
[Battle Nation377: No way, if he were the enemy, why save us earlier?]
[Main Body: To gain trust.]
[Battle Nation377: Does he need to risk his life suppressing a Stellaron just to gain trust? If he wanted to harm the train, he could've attacked in the chaos earlier. His combat power is insane.]
[Main Body: Then maybe his real goal is the train itself.]
[Battle Nation377: Huh?]
[Main Body: Maybe he wanted to sneak onto the train and then blow it up quietly.]
[Aha's Messenger: HOLY, that actually makes sense!]
[Battle Nation377: That makes no sense at all!!!]
[Aha's Messenger: LOL.]
The argument didn't last long, because in the game, the expressions on the characters in the observation car began to shift rapidly.
At first, they showed a flash of shock and worry when they heard Pom-Pom's scream. Then, faint hidden concern. When they entered the observation car, everyone tightened their grip on their weapons, their expressions either serious or fierce. But the moment they lifted their heads, they all froze.
Pom-Pom's ominous panting came from off-screen, and finally the camera slowly rotated, letting the anxious audience see what had actually happened in the observation car.
And then…
What everyone saw was Nero sitting on the floor, with Pom-Pom in his arms being squished and rubbed, while Stelle and March watched with envious eyes.
Seeing this scene, Siberian Duck froze on the spot, and even the livestream comments stopped scrolling for a moment.
Then came the sound of Siberian Duck slamming the table.
Table HP -1.
"Holy!" Siberian Duck blushed with excitement.
"MiHoYo, this is how you make a game? I was worried sick earlier and you show me THIS? You really know how to play with players' emotions!"
Finally, the chat burst into flames.
[A Fluttering Maple Leaf: HOLY! TOP-TIER BAITING!]
[Pest!: I recommend whoever wrote this part go play top lane at Worlds.]
[Box: Damn, my last pair of underwear almost got tricked right off me!]
[Little Fishy's Sword: Is that really the focus here? Damn it! I don't even know who I'm more jealous of!! Once, I too was held lovingly in Little Fish's arms!! Sob sob sob!! Does love disappear?!]
[Bamboo And Wind: For real, these two together are too cute!!]
[My Pee Is Yellow: Hehehe… big cutie hugging little cutie… hehehe… I'm satisfied.]
[HKS: Yellow-Pee bro, you're "satisfied" again?!]
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