Sure, sure! From now on, watching the dogshit planners suffer and watching Otto suffer wouldn't conflict anymore.
"Mr. Apocalypse! Mr. Apocalypse!"
Elsewhere, inside Schicksal Technology Co., Ltd., Otto had just finished a meeting when one of his subordinates pulled him aside.
"What is it?"
"There's a livestream here. Would you like to take a look?"
Good news: a joyous funeral. Bad news: a joyous funeral.
"A livestream? What does it have to do with me?"
Otto elegantly lifted his coffee and leaned over to look, then...
He nearly shoved the coffee straight up his nose.
"Cough, cough, cough! What?! What is this?!"
Otto did not even have time to wipe the stains from his nose before snatching the phone away and saying excitedly:
"Why am I being buried?! And why is everyone clapping and cheering?!"
An ordinary funeral would have been one thing, but Otto saw that after "he" lay down in the coffin, several bizarre people lifted it up.
They danced while playing their horns, having the time of their lives as though they were attending a ball.
They passed the coffin overhead from person to person. After watching for a while, Otto even started to feel dizzy and nauseous, as if he were truly lying inside that coffin.
"And this... this chicken? What is that supposed to mean?!"
If a joyous funeral could barely be considered a custom, then the chicken in front of the coffin, dressed in black suspenders with its feathers parted down the middle as it kept swaying from side to side, was clearly just stirring up trouble.
The funeral had already descended into utter chaos. When the person leading the dance with a cane accidentally stepped on the chicken's wing, the rooster cried out loudly:
"You cluckin'... cluckin'..."
The moment feathers and eggs flew everywhere, the pallbearers were startled as well. The coffin crashed directly onto the ground, and "Otto" slid out again.
This probably was not part of the act, but a genuine accident, leaving everyone at the scene too stunned to know what to do.
Just then, an actor hired to mourn at graves came out to save the situation. He ran to "Otto's" side and wailed loudly:
"Old Otto! Ah!! Old Otto!! Aaah!!"
The comments all said that cry could not have come out without twenty years of feelings behind it.
The Otto watching this scene had his blood pressure shoot straight past 180.
If it went any higher, they might really have to contact Wangshēng Funeral Parlor. There would not even be any need to prepare anything—they could just bring the same crew over.
"Enough..."
Otto turned off his subordinate's phone and demanded:
"What exactly is going on?"
"Here's what happened..."
The subordinate explained the whole story to Otto.
"Those MiHoYo bastards put me into their game as a villain, and now they're pulling this stunt too."
"I'm going to have the legal department draft a lawyer's letter right away!"
"No rush..."
Though he had been agitated just now, Otto's rationality quickly took control of his anger, and a crafty gleam flickered in his eyes.
"Rage only diminishes wisdom. Rather than tearing things apart with them, I have a better solution."
"As expected of Mr. Apocalypse. You're as rational as ever."
"Notify Kallen for me. Cancel all arrangements for the day after tomorrow. I'm going to MiHoYo myself."
"And with that, the story planner who loved handing out emotional damage has been sent off by us~~"
Hu Tao smiled happily at the camera, like the host of a Spring Festival Gala program.
This was also a brand-new experience for her.
"The next few are the planners everyone has been talking about... the ones with awful designs, predatory monetization, garbage events, and no respect for player feedback."
Since these people had been made by Ye Ming using black technology, the method of putting them into the coffins was rather bold as well.
Several coffins were placed upright in a row. Then the giant Fúshě grabbed the people like chicks and hurled them into the coffins with the posture of bowling.
Holy shit! They actually dared to do this!
Could anyone still be alive after being thrown in like that?
MiHoYo is showing maximum sincerity this time!
I'll never badmouth MiHoYo again.
I suggest every company's PR department learn from MiHoYo.
After that came Fúshě's personal showcase. He first swung the coffins around like noodles, then used them like basketballs, paying tribute to both Wide Bowl Thick Noodles and Just Because You're So Beautiful.
The actors gave it their all, and the atmosphere did not fall behind either. The flashing neon lights made it feel like a rave, while a song of "Good Luck Comes" pushed the mood to its peak.
That day, MiHoYo Studio shot to the number one trending topic across the internet, and it had almost nothing to do with the games under the studio.
After seeing MiHoYo's sincerity toward its players, people began pressuring gaming companies everywhere. Even companies in other industries were not spared.
Ye Ming's promotional stunt unexpectedly purified the market environment, greatly curbing the practice of powerful businesses mistreating their customers.
"Ye Ming, come out of the coffin already. The livestream is over."
Hu Tao had originally wanted to find Ye Ming and claim credit, only to discover that he was still lying in the coffin.
"Don't tell me you fell asleep?"
Hu Tao lifted the coffin lid and found Ye Ming sleeping soundly inside.
She was not too surprised. It was a quiet, dark, cramped space, and he had been told to keep his eyes closed and not move. Falling asleep was perfectly normal.
"This skin mask and wig are so well made. We should have our mortician make a set too when we get back."
Hu Tao gently pulled off Ye Ming's disguise, admired it for a while, then said to him:
"Hurry and get up. Everyone will be heading back soon..."
Before Hu Tao could finish speaking, her heart jolted violently.
The pupils reflecting Ye Ming's figure contracted unnaturally as well.
"Ye Ming?"
For some reason, the sight of Ye Ming sleeping in the coffin threw Hu Tao's breathing into disarray, and her limbs began to go numb.
Before long, Hu Tao, who had been so excited just moments ago, wore an expression of pain as though she had fallen ill.
"Strange..."
She held her forehead as the dizziness grew stronger and stronger, as if something were rushing into her mind.
Yet for some reason, the memories that surfaced could not form any real images. The only thing she could see...
Was plum blossoms drifting across the sky.
—How can you sleep? At your age, at this stage, how can you possibly sleep?
"Ah!"
Ye Ming was suddenly awakened by his phone's ringtone. He hurriedly shut off the alarm and wiped his face with his hand.
"Did I fall asleep? Seriously..."
After taking a deep breath to compose himself, Ye Ming looked at Hu Tao again.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Huh? Uh... th-this..."
Hu Tao rarely became so bashful:
"I got a little too carried away earlier, so I'm a bit tired."
"Hehe, as long as you had fun. I should head back too."
Ye Ming jumped out from the coffin, looking at the ribbons and balloons scattered all over the floor. He could barely tell whether they had just held a funeral or a party.
"Um... Ye Ming!"
Watching Ye Ming walk away, Hu Tao suddenly felt a little panicked, though she could not explain what she was afraid of.
"What is it?"
"Can... can I still come over to your place and play?"
"Of course~~ We'll need you for performances in the future too."
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
After watching the funeral, having their fun, and venting all the anger in their hearts, the players soon fell into a feeling of emptiness.
Because the emotional damage was still there, and the storylines that had already been shown could not be rewritten.
When the revelry ended and the anger faded, all that remained...
Was an uncuttable sigh of sorrow.
Answer us! Reaching for Unrequited Love!
Driven by such feelings, the players quickly reached a consensus.
As though they had discussed it beforehand, they all flooded into the personal page of that uploader, "Reaching for Unrequited Love," at once.
Bring out your Ye Ming!
The new version has been out for so many days. Where's the video?
Jie Bao! My Jie Bao! Give us some sweetness already, I can't take it anymore.
Jie Bao? I suspect you're making a dirty joke, but I have no proof.
Although the uploader did not respond to anyone's private messages or reply to their comments in her posts, she still released a new work amid countless calls for it.
However, it was not a conventional video, nor did it tell a complete story. Instead, it consisted of countless short clips from different scenes.
There were only a few lines of dialogue in the entire video, with no ambient sound from the scenes—only a gentle, beautiful instrumental track.
This music is... Scarborough Fair?
The soft, beautiful music was like a tour guide, leading every viewer through scene after scene.
—Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
The first scene took place on the rooftop of Senba Academy. Ye Ming held Mei, who had fallen from the building, with one hand, while Kiana desperately pulled him backward with the other.
After that, the two leaned against Mei's side. Ye Ming pressed his forehead against Mei's tear-stained face, while Kiana tightly held Mei's hand.
—Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
The second scene took place amid the ruins of Chang Kong City. Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Ye Ming fled while avoiding Honkai Beasts.
Hiding inside an abandoned house, they comforted and encouraged one another.
Kiana, Mei, and Bronya leaned together, while Ye Ming embraced all three of them from behind. That brief warmth turned into smiles on their faces.
—Remember me to one who lives there.
The third scene took place at St. Freya Academy. The three Valkyries encountered Ye Ming, who was serving as a teaching assistant, on their way to school.
Kiana immediately threw herself into his arms. Mei affectionately held Ye Ming's arm, while Bronya waited expectantly for Ye Ming to stroke her hair.
—He once was a true love of mine.
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