My Chat Group Is Way Too Strange

This time, no matter what, he couldn't let Furball come freeloading again.

But when Mo Wang opened the door, he was surprised to find that the one standing outside wasn't a white-haired little ball at all.

It was the gray twin drills.

"Bronya? What are you doing here?"

Mo Wang scratched his head. He could understand the white-haired little ball coming over last time, but why was Duck here now?

Mo Wang looked at Bronya before him. She wore a bright yellow Homu pajama set. Its edges curled slightly, hanging loosely over her slender frame as though it might slip off at any moment.

She was also holding a Homu plushie of the same color. The fluffy doll looked unusually tiny in her small arms.

Against the night, Bronya's figure appeared especially thin and fragile.

There was no expression on her face, but her cheeks, reddened by the cold wind, gave her an unintentional sort of cuteness.

Bronya's little nose tilted up slightly, delicate and refined. Under the assault of the cold wind, a tiny bit of snot even hung from its tip like a little bead of winter ice, adding a touch of life to her doll-like face.

Mo Wang truly couldn't understand it. Bronya was someone who could play special-forces stealth games in a place like Siberia. Why had she gotten cold enough to have a runny nose today?

"Bronya couldn't sleep, so Bronya came to play games with Mo Wang." Bronya's reason was as straightforward as ever.

This time, Mo Wang froze.

He looked back at the desk behind him. Sure, he had wanted to slack off, but wasn't this a little strange?

Since when had his place become the Valkyries' game arcade?

"Fine. Come in first."

After thinking it over and still failing to understand why Bronya had come to play games with him, Mo Wang looked at her red, freezing face and ultimately let her inside.

Bronya, meanwhile, didn't stand on ceremony.

She immediately walked over to the sofa and dug out the game console Mo Wang had hidden away, along with another stash of snacks.

Bronya skillfully turned on the console, tore open a bag of chips, and logged into Mo Wang's account while eating.

"Mo Wang, it seems you've grown lazy lately. You've only reached the third stage in Honkai Domain, and you haven't even gotten the platinum trophy in Valkyrie Apocalypse..."

As she browsed through his progress, Bronya sternly condemned Mo Wang for neglecting his great gaming endeavors lately.

"Can't be helped. Look at the situation I'm stuck with now." Mo Wang helplessly pointed at the pile of documents on the desk, nearly half his height.

"Just dealing with this pile is already enough to burn me out."

"And by the way, more than a third of these documents were caused by you guys."

There wasn't the slightest trace of embarrassment on Bronya's face as she listened to him.

Or rather, even if there was, Mo Wang couldn't tell.

"Bronya also has lots of homework. But Bronya never misses any game events. This only proves that Mo Wang is not devout enough to the God of Games. You have betrayed gaming."

Bronya spoke to Mo Wang flatly.

"You call that not missing them? Project Bunny does them for you!"

Mo Wang couldn't help but complain.

Poor Project Bunny. At St. Freya, it had to do Bronya's homework, help her fight, and sometimes even help Bronya tidy up her messy room.

Later on, it would not only have to serve as transportation, but also handle all sorts of company matters. It was practically the ultimate workhorse among workhorses.

Even after becoming an Armed Doll, it still didn't get a moment of peace. Its daily workload was enough to make even Americans cry.

All Mo Wang could say was, Lord Seele, all the way out in the Sea of Quanta! Hurry up and get him one too!

But Mo Wang figured Seele was most likely still playing with her other self and probably couldn't hear his prayers.

Even if she did hear them, she probably couldn't get another Project Bunny, so he might as well forget it.

Next time, he could just have ZZZ send over two helpers for Bronya.

They were all rabbits anyway. No big deal.

The moment Bronya entered the game, she began clearing stages at an astonishing speed.

Stages and bosses that had stalled Mo Wang for days—ones he considered downright inhuman—were speed-cleared by Bronya in just a few minutes.

Sometimes, Bronya even held the controller in one hand and drank cola with the other, looking as though it were ridiculously easy. It made Mo Wang feel like a complete gaming scrub.

"Sure enough, those pros were right. Gaming really does depend on talent."

Watching Bronya clear a stage in minutes and even start the hell difficulty, the thoroughly demoralized Mo Wang decided he should just deal with some paperwork first.

Mo Wang returned to his desk. The noodles he had only taken one bite of earlier had completely gone cold.

Good thing the office had heating. With today's outdoor temperature, they might have turned into a block of ice otherwise.

Mo Wang disdainfully tossed the instant noodles into the trash, then picked up a document and began working.

But the instant he put pen to paper, he suddenly felt a gaze fixed directly on him.

"What's going on?"

The confused Mo Wang looked up and discovered that Bronya had actually stopped playing, staring straight at him.

Mo Wang's heart skipped a beat.

No way?! Duck, you too? So this place isn't just where you guys play games—it's a counseling room too now, is that it?!

Should I bring in a couch while I'm at it?!

Mo Wang was too exhausted to complain anymore. He felt like he was about to collapse.

At this rate, when was he ever going to finish this pile of paperwork?

PS: Yingyingying, the temperature suddenly dropped today. I need readers' votes to warm up (crying.jpg)

What Does It Mean to Be Honkai's Ultimate Scapegoat?

Bronya: =???= Stare~

Under Bronya's strange gaze, Mo Wang was already sweating profusely.

Mo Wang lowered his head, intending to focus on handling some official business.

As if that would let him completely ignore Bronya... my ass!

"Um, Miss Bronya? What exactly are you trying to do?"

Mo Wang looked awkwardly at Bronya, who had already walked up in front of him.

Bronya: ?-?

Bronya's emotionless eyes stared fixedly at Mo Wang.

For some reason, it felt like when you were playing games and your mom stood right in front of you, using her death stare.

She didn't say a word, but you still felt like you were doomed.

"Um, Bronya, why did you come here to play games, anyway? Didn't you usually happily duo queue with Kiana?"

Seeing that Bronya remained silent, Mo Wang could only hurriedly come up with a topic.

"Because... Bronya is a little afraid to be alone with Kiana and Mei now..."

Bronya finally spoke.

But her reason surprised Mo Wang.

"You mean you're afraid to be alone with someone like Kiana?"

Mo Wang's lips curled up as though he had just heard something hilarious.

At the same time, he stared at Bronya as if he had spotted some rare curiosity.

"What are you laughing at? Bronya will beat you up!"

Facing Mo Wang's strange look, Bronya raised her little fist and waved it in front of him.

"No, no, I'm just a little surprised—you wouldn't happen to feel guilty because you went berserk before and accidentally beat up Kiana and Mei, would you?"

Bronya didn't answer. She merely lowered her head in silence.

"Pfft, hahahahaha!" Having received her tacit confirmation, Mo Wang laughed even harder.

"***!" Bronya immediately launched a frenzied scratching attack in response to Mo Wang's undisguised mockery.

Unfortunately, it wasn't very effective.

"Ahem! I really didn't expect you to feel guilty just because you think you hurt someone like Kiana?"

Mo Wang wiped away tears as he said, "Forget whether you even hurt her or not. Do you really think someone like Kiana would care that you hurt her?"

"With her personality, even if you beat her into intensive care, the matter would be over as long as you treated her to something good after she got out. If not, at most you'd copy her homework for a couple of days. Who knows, she might even beg you to beat her up afterward."

"You know what she's like. A little injury is practically child's play to her. She could break a bone and still be bouncing around the next day."

Mo Wang complained.

Bronya thought about it carefully. Kiana really did seem like the sort of person who would do that.

"Besides, those little injuries she got weren't even as bad as when she used to beat me up. Caring about someone like her is just making trouble for yourself."

As Mo Wang spoke, he opened a bottle of cola, took a sip, and cleared his throat.

"And it's not like you haven't beaten her up like that before. Didn't she say nothing back then? I think you're just overthinking it."

With Kiana's carefree personality, even if you beat her up today, she might come make friends with you the next day.

Rita, Penguin, even Fu Hua—who among them hadn't beaten Kiana up before? Didn't they all end up becoming good friends?

Meet the number one heroine of Honkai Impact 3rd.

"As for Mei, you don't need to worry about her either. If you're really afraid Mei will blame you, can't you just apologize to her tomorrow?"

Mo Wang couldn't help adding.

"But Bronya..."

"No buts. Besides, if we're talking about someone beating people up hard enough, wasn't Mei even more outrageous when she went berserk? Did you see Kiana blame Mei? Or were you blaming Mei at the time? Were you afraid she would hurt you?"

"No. Bronya wasn't, because Mei-sister didn't hurt us of her own will..." Bronya immediately answered.

"Then there you go. You aren't worried that Mei would hurt you, so would Mei be afraid that you'd hurt her?"

"At worst, just consider it even after last time!"

"And if you want to blame someone, blame your cheap mom. That bad woman is the biggest culprit, okay?"

Without hesitation, Mo Wang dumped the blame directly onto Cocolia.

No matter what happened, Cocolia bore half the blame in Honkai Impact 3rd, while Otto bore the other half.

Whenever anything happened, throwing the blame on those two could never go wrong.

Besides, this was Cocolia's mess to begin with.

"Pfft~"

"Hm?"

Mo Wang came back to his senses and saw Bronya covering her mouth, her shoulders trembling as she looked at him.

"Did you just laugh?"

Mo Wang rubbed his chin and stared strangely at Bronya.

The end is near! The emotionless girl actually laughed out loud!

"Bronya did not laugh. You heard wrong!"

Bronya hurriedly shook her head and immediately denied it.

"You obviously laughed!" Mo Wang said, reaching out to tug at Bronya's face.

"Come on, let me see it again! I'm going to record it on my phone!"

"Bronya will not let Mo Wang succeed!"

The two of them began fooling around in the Captain's Office.

Even though the situation looked rather strange, they both seemed genuinely happy.

After all that commotion, the lifelessness on Bronya's face was finally gone.