[Himeko's death hit me hard, but why did BT have to stab me in the heart too!]
[Waaaaah! My Himeko! My BT! Waaaaah!]
[You can't even enjoy a robot without getting emotionally destroyed. Is humanity just dead?]
[How can a fan-made work be even more emotionally devastating than the original?]
The initial outrage gradually turned into tearful wails. After thousands of comments venting emotions, the latest comments finally began to discuss the plot.
[I didn't expect Himeko's death to be predetermined. How can they break that?]
[Didn't Ye Ming enter the space-time gate? Is he going to try again?]
[It's no use. Didn't BT say that Himeko has endured too much pain over the past ten years? Even if they intervened from the beginning of the battle, they wouldn't be able to save her.]
[Let's see how the author resolves it. There are still a lot of foreshadowing elements that haven't been addressed.]
[Is no one mentioning Ragna? I feel like she's a key character.]
[Seems like she's an original character created for this fanfic? Let's see what the official response is.]
[I hope Ragna is a beautiful young lady.]
[No, I don't want to get attached to another character. What if it's another emotional stab?]
Finally, the video came to an end, and the girls in the studio couldn't help but want to vent their emotions.
Kiana and Keqing nearly flipped the table when the video ended, clearly frustrated by the cliffhanger.
Ganyu and Makoto had been sobbing the whole time, most likely among those who were emotionally wrecked.
As for Bronya... she saw someone online saying that Ye Ming, the protagonist, was no good, and she started fiercely arguing with those trolls.
She even used her superb skills to find their IP addresses and doxxed them.
Only Himeko, after watching the video, tremblingly took out her phone and dialed a number.
27. Reaching for Unrequited Love
"Himeko? Long time no see~~ What's up?"
As soon as the call connected, Himeko immediately asked:
"Senior Ragna, are you! Are you okay!"
"Huh?"
Ragna said in confusion:
"I'm fine, what's wrong?"
"That's good... that's good..."
Hearing that the senior who had always taken care of her during her student days was safe and sound, Himeko breathed a sigh of relief.
"Honestly, you haven't contacted me in so long, and then you call and ask me something so strange."
Ragna asked back:
"How about you? How have you been lately?"
"I..."
Himeko didn't know how to answer for a moment. As far as her life was concerned, she was doing fine, of course.
But because of The Last Lesson and the "déjà vu" brought about by this fan-made work, her mind had become very confused.
"Don't push yourself too hard. You must be very tired lately, right?"
"Huh? How did you know, Senior..."
"Hehe, do you know how popular your The Last Lesson is? I've watched it several times."
"I-is that so..."
Although they couldn't see each other through the voice call, Himeko still covered her face in embarrassment.
"By the way, should I set Nightglow as my ringtone?"
"Please don't do that, unless you never want to contact me again."
"..."
Since the voice call was on speakerphone, after hearing what Himeko said, the girls present quickly changed their ringtones to music other than Nightglow.
Turns out they all had the same idea as Ragna.
"Still, it really brings back memories. Seeing your story with Kiana makes me unconsciously think of the time we spent together in the past."
"It's not that similar, is it..."
Himeko looked at Kiana and then recalled her past self, arguing:
"At least I wasn't as much of a headache as Kiana."
"Ehhh!!"
Kiana almost burst into tears of grievance, but after thinking about the number of times she had been beaten up by Himeko in the past, she was too embarrassed to retort.
"By the way, Senior, I have something very important to ask you. Do you know Ye Ming?"
"That's a familiar name... it sounds very warm."
"Warm? So it is!"
"Let me think... Ah~!"
"Senior!? Did you remember?"
Ragna's exclamation drew everyone's attention.
"No... my sister's just teasing me, gave me a fright."
Immediately after, a noisy voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Sis, I'm back~~"
"Rita, aren't you at Schicksal?"
"Oh, she said she'd take me to MiHoYo for an interview and told me to come back and prepare first."
"Then go prepare, don't stay here with me... Ah~! Where are you touching!"
After a brief commotion, Ragna hung up the voice call and sent a message:
"I'll contact you again when I remember."
"Ha..."
Himeko sighed:
"The clue ends here again."
"However, if Ragna really is Himeko's senior, then this video becomes very intriguing."
A-Tzu analyzed:
"At least the video creator knows everything about Himeko."
"Could it be Ye Ming who made it?"
"Ye Ming certainly has the means, but judging from his shocked reaction, he doesn't seem to know about it either."
"Ah, Ye Ming sent a message, everyone check the group."
Hearing Bronya's reminder, everyone looked at their phones. In the work group, Ye Ming said excitedly:
"I'm contacting the creator, haven't you guys watched the video?"
"..."
The guilty girls didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"You guys watched it, didn't you?"
You could say Ye Ming really understands his women; even just a moment of silence was enough for him to know what happened.
Ganyu: "W-well... the video was too popular, we just happened to stumble upon it."
Kiana: "We didn't see the part where you cried, really!"
Bronya: "Idiot Kiana!"
Kiana: "I-I mean... Ah~~ Just forgive me this time."
Makoto: "So, this video wasn't made by you, Ye Ming?"
Ye Ming: "Of course not! Would you show others your broken state?"
Kiana: "But you showed others my broken state!"
Himeko: "And mine..."
Ye Ming: "Ahem, this at least proves from another angle that the video creator is someone else."
Seeing everyone's reaction, Ye Ming roughly understood that at least the mole wasn't in the studio.
But this made it very strange. Who on earth was so capable, knowing his experiences and even turning them into a video?
"Damn it, won't this UP master reply to private messages?"
Ye Ming looked at the UP master with the ID "Reaching for Unrequited Love," his fingers fidgeting anxiously.
He checked this guy's comment history and found that apart from video submissions, there were no other updates.
It was as if they were deliberately hiding their tracks.
"Hello, I have something to discuss with you."
"Please reply."
"I'm not here for commercial promotion."
"I have a very important urgent matter to discuss with you."
At first, Ye Ming could communicate very politely, but when the other party didn't reply, his private messages became irritable:
"Can't you just say something, damn it?"
"My home is at 12 Westwind Road, 4th floor, left side."
"Huh?"
Just as Ye Ming was about to start ranting, the other party suddenly revealed their address.
And they said with great confidence:
"If you want to know what's going on, come find me."
"The time is tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock."
"..."
Although Ye Ming had always wanted to know the other party's identity, he didn't expect this person to be so straightforward.
"Even though it's just fan-made, it's still deeply moving."
In a study lit by only one lamp, a young woman sighed after watching the truth of The Last Lesson.
"Not only that, I have a feeling the next episode will be even more touching, whether it's angst or sweetness..."
The surging emotions after watching the video made the voluptuous peaks of the young woman's chest rise and fall.
"Alright! I need to work harder too!"
Inspired by the good story, the young woman immediately perked up.
She tied a white ribbon around her forehead, like a warrior from the ancient Far East.
Then, she began to use her jade-like fingers to rapidly tap on the keyboard.
Gradually, lines of text began to appear on the white WORD document, seemingly constructing a wonderful story.
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