[System: Let the quick-answer countdown begin!]
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[Congratulations to Otto Apocalypse for answering first]
[Welt: Tch, dumb luck.]
(From now on, Old Yang from Honkai Impact 3rd would be called Welt.)
[Tesla: Otto, you ******!]
[Ding! Tesla has been muted.]
[System: There are children here. Let us build a civilized Livestream Room, starting with you, me, and everyone.]
[Einstein: Sigh... Doctor...]
[Theresa: Grandpa actually got it?]
[Durandal: Congratulations, Overseer.]
[All Valkyries: Congratulations, Overseer.]
[Otto: Looks like my luck is pretty good.]
Otto thought, Hmm... Judging by her build, I could rule out the one called Stelle first.
Then there were Lumine and Dreamseeker. Those two were truly difficult to judge...
But based on the clues, one came from a world of swords and magic, while the other was from the future.
Although our world also had Flame Chasers like Fu Hua, who had lived for fifty thousand years without changing at all, he could be certain that no one who had survived from the Previous Civilization was this person.
The little girl called Lumine was different. In a world of magic, preserving one's youth was an exceedingly simple matter. So...
[Otto: Then... I choose C, Dreamseeker.]
At Schicksal headquarters, Amber said, "Overseer, wasn't that answer a little too hasty?" In Amber's view, something risky like this could have been handled by subordinates like them.
"Hehe, Amber, this is merely an experiment—an experiment involving this Livestream Room." Though he had considered much beforehand, that was only because the system claimed to possess the ability to revive someone.
Other than Kallen, there was not much in this world that Otto cared about. Thus, he did not care about the so-called punishment at all.
After all, in his eyes, getting the answer right meant a chance of receiving a reward that could revive Kallen. Getting it wrong would at worst cost him a few worldly possessions. Perhaps he could even learn some of the system's methods through the punishment. No matter how he looked at it, he stood to gain.
[Congratulations, Otto... Your answer is incorrect!]
[Theresa: What?! Grandpa actually got it wrong?]
Theresa found it hard to believe. In her eyes, though her grandfather was hardly a good person, he had controlled Schicksal for five hundred years. Even if he was not infallible, he was meticulous in his schemes and would never make an easy mistake. At least as far as Theresa knew, Otto's plans had never gone wrong over the years.
But thinking back to the question, it asked which of three strangers was the youngest. Other than the gray-haired one, who could be ruled out directly, the other two really were difficult to guess. One of the two girls had the build of an adult woman, so there was a fifty percent chance of being wrong. There was nothing to be done about that. Surely the tallest one could not actually be the oldest, right?
Theresa lowered her head and looked at herself... It seemed that was not impossible after all.
[Tesla, whose mute had just been lifted: Yes! Nicely done!]
[Otto: Oh, I was actually wrong? Then what is the punishment?]
[Tesla: I'm so damn hyped right now!!!]
[Tesla: Chicken Nest, don't just stand there! Get hyped with me!]
Inside Anti-Entropy, Einstein could only shake her head helplessly as she watched Tesla begin preparing fireworks beside her. "Sigh, honestly, Doctor, don't forget that the system hasn't even announced Otto's punishment yet."
Tesla, who was installing fireworks onto a Titan nearby, said, "Oh, come on, Chicken Nest, can you stop being such a buzzkill? No matter what the punishment is, as long as I get to see him suffer, it feels amazing. And stop standing around—come help me install these fireworks. Today is worth shutting down all of Anti-Entropy for three days."
Einstein went over to help Tesla install fireworks on the Titan, though she could not help complaining, "What do you mean, a day worth stopping work for three days...?"
"Chicken Nest, I mean we should cram the joy of three days' worth of celebration into a single day. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, I don't understand. But I do know that if your invention malfunctions and explodes again, Doctor, we'll have no choice but to debut as idols to earn research funding."
"Hey, hey, hey, Chicken Nest, don't be such a buzzkill on this happy day..."
Leaving aside the two doctors' usual bickering, Schicksal was much calmer on the other side.
Otto sat in his chair, his hands supporting his chin as he quietly waited for the system's punishment.
"Overseer, regarding the system's punishment..."
"Do not concern yourself with it, Amber. While I carry out the punishment, Schicksal's affairs will temporarily be entrusted to you."
"Yes, Overseer!"
[System: It seems our Overseer has prepared himself to accept his punishment.]
[System: Then I will now announce the punishment.]
[Punishment: Otto must attend a wedding under a random identity.]
[Tesla: Why is his punishment so easy?!]
[Welt: But since it is a punishment, he will most likely attend as a janitor or doorman or something. That should be quite a blow to Schicksal's reputation.]
[Durandal: No matter what identity he has, the Overseer will definitely complete it perfectly.]
[Rita: Overseer, would you like me to teach you some cleaning techniques?]
[Otto: Thank you, Rita, but there is no need. If it is merely cleaning, I can manage it.]
[System: Then the punishment begins.]
Otto, who had been sitting in his seat just moments ago, vanished from the spot instantly. At the same time, Otto's figure appeared on the screen.
On the screen, Otto had changed into an exquisite green formal suit and stood atop the platform in the center of a magnificent, grand chapel. Before him stood a woman in a wedding dress, with long white hair and an aura of holiness.
[Durandal: It seems the Overseer's identity is the groom!]
[Ningguang: This is what counts as punishment?]
[Himeko: Marrying a woman alone counts as punishment?]
[Sampo: And such a beautiful woman at that. If this counts as punishment, Old Sampo would be happy to take his place!]
[Sparkle: Oh~ if it isn't Sampo. You haven't been to the tavern in ages. I heard you went to some remote planet. I truly don't understand what could attract you to such a desolate place.]
On Jarilo-VI, Sampo, who was searching for ancient relics on a snowfield outside Belobog, nearly threw away the ancient relic he had just found when he saw Sparkle's message.
[Sampo: Oh my, miss, have you mistaken me for someone else? Old Sampo has no money to visit places like taverns, and I've certainly never met you before.]
[Sparkle: Fine, fine, then I must have mistaken you for someone else.]
Sparkle did not mind. She simply treated it as playing along with Sampo for amusement. Still... as payment for cooperating with him, it should not be a problem for her to borrow his identity a little, right?
Seeing Sparkle admit that she had mistaken him for someone else, Sampo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, the identity of Old Sampo of Belobog was still very important to him. Otherwise, all his preparations on this planet over so long would have been for nothing.
[Theresa: But the woman in front of Grandpa... she looks a little familiar...]
[Theresa: Wait, this woman looks like...]
Looking at the beauty in the wedding dress before him, Otto's hands began trembling uncontrollably. His pupils suddenly contracted as he said in a shaking voice, "You are..."
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