Joining MiHoYo, the Savior Me is Targeted by Elysia

[I'M CRYING MY EYES OUT! I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS!]

[I JUST WHALED FOR HIMEKO! RNM! REFUND!]

[Don't panic! The CG only says Himeko is MIA, there's still hope!]

[All captains prepare to do the splits in mid-air to catch Himeko!]

The comments were filled with crying, raging, and those who thought Himeko could be saved...

But most were raging. You could tell by the sheer volume of comments that a lot of the swear words were being censored by the platform.

To bypass the censorship system, many viewers were posting things like...

[I bought a climbing bag last year, super durable!]

Normally, Elysia would manage the livestream, but right now she really didn't have the time.

"Waa... Waaah!"

Seeing Griseo crying uncontrollably at the end, even trying to block her tears with her little hands only resulted in her cheeks becoming covered in tears.

"Don't cry, it's my fault."

Seeing Griseo crying like this, Elysia, who loved beautiful girls, felt like her heart was breaking.

"Himeko will be okay, there will definitely be a twist later."

"Look, they didn't even find a body, right? She must have been rescued."

Normally, Elysia would have a hundred ways to make a girl happy, but at this moment, she could only repeat the speculations from the comments.

After all, Elysia's heart was also wavering greatly right now. If it weren't for her optimistic nature, she would probably be crying too.

[I'm okay with crying, but they even made Griseo cry!]

[MiHoYo, you've done too much bad!]

[Bullying my little angel Griseo, huh?!]

Seeing that the comments were about to start a second wave of flame wars, Elysia quickly closed the livestream.

Griseo wasn't just a little angel in the eyes of the audience, but also the darling of the entire Elysian Realm.

And that was why Elysia felt so much pressure from making Griseo so sad.

"Mobius is definitely going to eat me! And Aponia! Waaah! What am I going to do?"

At the same time, the girls who stayed behind for their shift also finished watching The Last Lesson.

Their eyes were wide, their brains were constantly buzzing, and even their breathing became rapid.

"This is the new version's story?"

"No wonder Himeko was acting so strangely!"

"If the story is written like this, the person involved must be sad!"

The girls finally understood why Himeko had looked like she had seen through the world these past few days.

All their previous suspicions turned into heartache for her.

"Himeko~~"

"Let me hug you~~"

"Huh? Where's Himeko?"

Just as everyone wanted to give Himeko comfort, they found that she was no longer at her workstation.

18. Himeko: Public Execution, huh?

"Don't joke around, watching The Last Lesson in front of me, what kind of torture is this?!"

Himeko hid in the studio's corridor, her skin as hot as a cooked crab.

"Himeko~~ where did you run off to?"

"Himeko~~!"

"Eek!"

Hearing the others calling, Himeko's delicate body trembled, wishing she could dig a hole and bury herself.

"Himeko, what are you doing here?"

Ei and A-Tzu asked worriedly:

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Has the Honkai energy's erosion become very serious?"

"If being single counts as Honkai, then it's indeed pretty serious."

"I knew it! Himeko's physical condition is already very bad."

"No, it's not! I was just joking!"

Himeko covered her face in shame, realizing in that moment that her emotional investment in the story might have been more than just sadness...

If anyone around her brought it up, it would be utterly mortifying!

"Himeko, are you sure you're not hiding any medical conditions?"

"Thank you for your concern, but other than high blood pressure, I don't think I have any major illnesses, at least nothing related to Honkai energy."

"Who says? I think you're at risk of cirrhosis."

Ye Ming, who had just returned from buying midnight snacks, happened to witness this scene and chimed in.

"Ye Ming! You're just in time!"

The girls surrounded Ye Ming, saying indignantly:

"What's with the new story!?"

"Huh? Is the quality not up to par?"

"It's not about the quality! It's the tone!"

Bronya pouted unhappily:

"Isn't our game supposed to be wholesome, positive, and uplifting?"

Ganyu also rarely questioned with such firmness:

"Why does Himeko have to die? And so tragically!"

"W-well..."

Himeko, wiping away cold sweat, said:

"Can we maybe phrase it differently?"

"In any case! Ye Ming, you need to give us an explanation!"

Faced with such questioning, Ye Ming pondered for a moment and said:

"After playing our game, Himeko now drinks less, doesn't stay up late, and gets regular check-ups. Isn't that wholesome, positive, and uplifting enough?

I think it's great, and its positive impact on young people is immeasurable!"

"But..."

"Kiana!"

The girls were clearly unable to accept such twisted logic, but just as they were pressing him for answers, Mei's anxious voice suddenly came from inside the room.

Kiana had been sitting in the same spot since earlier, staring at the now-black screen, tears flowing uncontrollably.

Mei had called her several times without any response, as if she had lost her soul.

"Kiana! Wake up!"

"Huh? W-what's wrong?"

Kiana finally snapped out of it after Mei gently patted her cheek.

"You were crying so hard, I was worried about you."

"Crying? What... what nonsense are you talking about..."

Kiana said stubbornly, wiping away tears:

"I'm not... crying... How could I... over such a fictional story... Waaah!"

Choking up, Kiana couldn't even speak anymore. Wiping away her tears hadn't stopped them, but instead made her eyes even more red and swollen.

"I've never seen Kiana like this before."

Bronya stared in astonishment, thinking that Kiana, being the simple-minded person she was, would be the least affected by the story.

But she didn't expect her to cry harder than anyone else.

"And here you were, so confident that you wouldn't dwell on a virtual story."

"Who's dwelling on it?!"

Kiana retorted, her voice thick with tears:

"I've just been playing on my phone for too long, my eyes are just uncomfortable!"

"Kiana..."

Himeko wanted to comfort Kiana, but upon hearing that familiar and gentle voice, Kiana reacted as if startled, suddenly standing up.

Just hearing Himeko call her name made Kiana's shoulders tremble uncontrollably, let alone talking to her.

"I'm fine! Leave me alone!"

Because of the conflict with Himeko these past few days, Kiana, unable to face her, left those harsh words behind and quickly fled the office.

"Kiana!"

Mei immediately chased after her, and Himeko followed closely behind, but Ye Ming stopped her.

"Himeko, didn't you say you wanted to see Kiana grow up?"

Recalling Himeko's previous heart-to-heart with him, Ye Ming smiled and said, "It's time."

The next day at work, the usually energetic Kiana didn't say a single word.

Every time he saw her, her eyes were red and swollen.

The traces of tears from last night couldn't possibly have faded by today; she had clearly been crying recently.

"At this rate, Bronya won't even be interested in making fun of Kiana."

Seeing Kiana's unusual behavior, Bronya felt a strange sense of frustration.

She had prepared so many jokes to tease Kiana with, but before she could even open her mouth, the other girl broke down, leaving her with no interest at all.

"Mei, go tell Kiana to take a day off and adjust her state."

"I told her that this morning."

Mei pushed up her glasses, her face filled with worry, and said, "But she insisted on coming to work, saying she wants to be independent as soon as possible and doesn't have time to rest."

"Is that so?"

Ye Ming secretly walked behind Kiana and found that she was indeed working hard.

She was either helping Bronya with program maintenance or dealing with customer service complaints.

With the slightest bit of free time, she would start flipping through previous scripts, learning various performance techniques, not even bothering to eat.

"Now that's what I call healthy, sunny, and positive."