After Joining MiHoYo, I, the Savior, Caught Elysia's Eye

—Crash!

"Hm?"

As everyone chatted noisily, a sound of something breaking suddenly came from the second floor of the dilapidated building the studio rented.

"What's going on?"

"The second floor is... the server room?"

"Why would there be movement inside at this hour?"

"Could it be... thieves?!"

Realizing this, Ye Ming immediately rushed upstairs, with Kiana and Himeko close behind.

"Who's there?!"

Seeing that the server room door was unlocked, Ye Ming became even more certain that the studio had been hit by thieves.

But when he charged inside, he found a woman in a short qipao pinning down a masked man in a grappling hold, with clear signs of a fight all around them.

Besides the person she had subdued, another masked man lay nearby, already knocked unconscious.

"Fu Hua?"

Ye Ming had no time to care about those two losers, nor did he have time to check on the servers. The beautiful gray-haired, green-eyed woman wearing glasses before him had captured all his attention.

"You know me?"

Fu Hua looked at Ye Ming in confusion.

"Now that you mention it, you do give off a familiar feeling. Could it be that we've met before?"

"Ye Ming! What happened?!"

Just then, Himeko and Kiana caught up, both staring at the scene in utter bewilderment.

"Let me explain. I saw these two sneaking in earlier, carrying a lot of weapons. I thought something was wrong, so I came to take a look."

"Weapons..."

Ye Ming looked at the tools scattered across the floor: wrenches, pliers, saws, and hammers. They had clearly come to sabotage the place.

"You were the one who subdued them?"

"Yes. I couldn't exactly let these criminals do as they pleased."

"You did well! Really well!"

Meeting Fu Hua had already been a pleasant surprise, but he had never expected her to protect the studio's servers as well.

She had rendered a tremendous service. No matter how capable Ye Ming was, the servers were ultimately fragile. If those two had gotten their hands on them, Honkai Impact 3rd would have had to shut down for at least several days.

"Kiana, contact the others and have them help clean up. Himeko, help me call the police."

With everyone in the studio working together, they finally managed to sort out the mess, while Fu Hua was invited into the office.

As Mei made tea for Fu Hua, she asked:

"So, Miss Fu Hua, were you merely passing by?"

"Not exactly. I saw that the rent here was cheap, so I wanted to rent a floor and start some kind of business."

"We've already taken up the first through third floors. Where is there any space left?" Kiana asked curiously.

"The... the roof..."

As she spoke, Fu Hua turned her face away in embarrassment, perhaps feeling that her circumstances were too shabby.

"You can still develop the roof? What kind of business are you planning to run outdoors?"

"I want to open a martial arts dojo. Being outdoors shouldn't be a problem."

"It's a huge problem!"

Everyone wanted to criticize Fu Hua, but out of politeness, they held their tongues.

"There's no air conditioning or heating. You'd be baked by the sun in summer, and rainy or snowy days would be even worse. I don't think any students would sign up for a martial arts dojo like that."

In the end, Ye Ming was the one who explained this to Fu Hua.

"Wind and sun, rain and snow... merely enduring such conditions means one cannot train?"

Fu Hua said with some disappointment:

"Young people these days truly can't endure even a little hardship."

"Why not rent a better place?"

"..."

At the mention of that topic, Fu Hua grew even more embarrassed, a flush appearing on her fair cheeks.

"My purse is empty, and my sleeves are bare..."

"Then why not find a job first?"

"I used to run a dojo. Other than teaching martial arts, I... don't really have any other job skills."

"Then what about your original martial arts school?"

"..."

At the mention of this topic, Fu Hua's expression gradually turned bleak.

She took off her glasses and rubbed her brow, but even that did little to ease the headache she felt.

"My relationship with my disciples... hasn't been very good..."

"..."

Hearing that, Ye Ming immediately walked over.

He first crouched down to examine Fu Hua's right foot, then took her hands and looked them over as well.

Unfortunately, he couldn't take off Fu Hua's clothes right now. Otherwise, Ye Ming would have wanted to examine her internal organs and chest too.

"What... are you doing..."

If it had been anyone else, Fu Hua would have considered such behavior rude and dealt with them directly.

But when the young man before her did it, his eyes were full of concern and worry, without the slightest trace of improper thoughts.

Even... when he took her hands, her heartbeat unconsciously sped up.

"Mm, your forehead is fine too."

Having checked the last spot, Ye Ming finally relaxed and said:

"What did your seven disciples do to you again?"

"How did you know... that I used to have seven disciples?"

Fu Hua became even more interested in Ye Ming now.

"Oh, you misheard. I said a few disciples, not seven disciples."

Ye Ming casually brushed off his slip of the tongue, while Fu Hua explained with a guilty expression:

"They joined forces, took control of the martial arts school, and drove me out."

"That's... so awful!"

"What kind of master-disciple relationship ends up like that?!"

The girls all sympathized with Fu Hua, while Ye Ming wore an expression that seemed to say, "It's fine, I've got you."

"One day, I'll help you get justice. Before then... Fu Hua, would you be interested in working with us?"

Ye Ming straightforwardly extended an olive branch.

"After what happened today, I realized the studio needs a security guard. You're so capable, Fu Hua—you'd definitely be qualified."

That was sincerely what Ye Ming thought. His own power was a little too excessive for this world. Take the server incident just now, for example...

If he had encountered those two criminals, then once he unleashed his power, both the criminals and the server would probably have been reduced to dust.

Of course, more importantly, every use of his power worsened his wear and tear a little.

For petty thieves at that level, it was more appropriate to let Fu Hua handle them.

"Huh? Is that okay?"

"Of course! Besides that, I'll also pay you a sum for the use of your likeness."

"You used my likeness...?"

Fu Hua looked at the posters in the studio, then at Honkai Impact 3rd on her phone, and only then realized:

"You're MiHoYo?"

"That's right~!"

Kiana excitedly leaned close to Fu Hua and said:

"We were all shocked when we saw you, Fu Hua! You look exactly like the character in the game! Even your name is the same!"

Mei also asked curiously:

"Then does that mean you're a Honkai Impact 3rd player too, Fu Hua?"

Having Your Defenses Broken Is the First Step to Growth

"Mm... At first, I was just curious because I appeared in the game."

"Later, I saw that every stage recorded clear times, so I thought I'd break every record."

"Then I saw there was a leaderboard too, so..."

Hearing Fu Hua's account, Ye Ming seemed to understand why she was so poor.

"She's actually a pro!"

A look of admiration lit up Kiana's eyes, while Bronya's eyes ignited with competitive fire.

"Why are you taking a game so seriously..."

Ye Ming couldn't help but complain.

"In my view, honing gaming skills isn't any different from honing martial arts."

"Can we take a look at your Honkai Impact 3rd account?"

"Mm, though there's really nothing worth seeing."

Fu Hua opened the game and showed them her account. In that instant, everyone present felt its sheer "weight."

Anything that could be obtained through grinding in the game, Fu Hua had it all—and had grinded every single one to the highest level.

Even event rewards with no practical combat value, purely Easter egg collectibles, had not been missed by Fu Hua.

"But something's strange..."

Kiana spotted what was off about it.

"Why don't you have a single base S-rank?"

"!!!"

The moment the subject came up, Fu Hua's entire body trembled. Then she turned her face away, dark shadows gathering over her brow.

"I couldn't pull one..."

"Huh? What did you say, Fu Hua?"

"Ugh! I said I've never pulled one!"

"You've grinded for so long and never got one even once?"

Kiana kept going! She just kept going!

Unable to watch any longer, Ye Ming hurriedly covered her mouth and pulled her aside.

But after seeing Fu Hua's character roster, he couldn't help but sigh as well: