Live Stream Honkai Impact 3rd, I Choose to Expose Kiana in Arc City! Chapter 17

Beichen delivered his usual greeting.

But after speaking for a while, Rita didn't reply a single word.

Her lack of enthusiasm as a newcomer left the others in the live stream feeling awkward.

Fortunately, just as the CG cutscene was nearly over, she finally spoke up: "Huh? Oh... thanks for the welcome."

What the others didn't know was that the reason Rita had stayed silent so long was... the streamer's voice was far too young.

Strange, strange...

Just now it had clearly been a young man's voice, so why was a youth doing a live stream?

Rita had dealt with many people, so she could roughly guess that the voice just now belonged to a boy of eleven or twelve who hadn't yet gone through puberty.

Eleven or twelve... barely showing male characteristics, right? And he was already streaming...

Truly a person of unusual origin and mysterious background...

After silently marveling, Rita began a polite response.

"I'm glad to join here. I hope we can get along well."

"Hehe, I think it'll be quite pleasant."

Beichen replied lightly and cheerfully.

For him, there was no longer any worry about being caught because his voice gave him away.

Of course, there were still some things to watch out for... like, why had that maid followed him here?

Hmm, she wasn't the type to waste time on trivial matters like this. If she came, it was most likely on someone's orders.

As for who? Did that even need asking? Definitely that old green Otto!

In any case, now that Rita had arrived, the live stream wasn't going to be peaceful...

After mulling it over, Beichen focused on watching the story.

At this point, the game's stage background had shifted to a lush, green residential area with a New Zealand style.

It featured red roofs, square chimneys, vines climbing the buildings, and cozy houses with blue windows of varying sizes.

The main camera perspective was on a path enclosed by a railing fence.

On the screen, a combat communication between Kiana and Himeko appeared.

[Second Lieutenant Kiana, you've arrived in New Zealand, right? Then, I'll start explaining the mission now.]

[Hold on, Himeko. I'm very concerned about the analysis results of that Ghost Ship from before...]

[Prioritize the mission, Kiana. There's bad news. A day ago, a powerful Honkai eruption suddenly occurred in New Zealand. The area is now full of Zombies and Honkai Beasts. The Oceania Branch is basically paralyzed, and the Gem of Hopes was lost during the eruption.]

[Fortunately, the Hyperion's detector can locate the Gem of Hopes. Hurry up and retrieve it.]

"Gem of Hopes!?"

Beichen was slowly tapping the screen, showing the story to the live stream audience.

A surprised bullet comment floated by...

The person who sent it was none other than the newcomer who had just joined, Rita...

Her sudden comment prompted the clueless bystander Hero Hua to also send a comment: "It seems this so-called 'Gem of Hopes' is something very important?"

"Probably." Beichen feigned ignorance and went along, "After all, our main quest is to find the gem, so it must be an extremely, extremely important treasure."

As an old Captain who had already read the script, Beichen knew exactly what that thing was.

But Hua, who was from the Previous Era, didn't know any of this, so she straightforwardly sent a comment asking:

"Indeed, it must be very important... but what can you do once you find it?"

Seeing her comment, Beichen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

What could you do? Summon a Herrscher, of course~

But while the game's story could show that, saying it himself would be far too suspicious.

So...

Beichen casually replied: "Maybe you can summon a dragon and make a wish~"

Hua: "..."

The entire live stream: "..."

Although the whole stream was left speechless by that cold joke, Rita, who had successfully infiltrated without being recognized (or so she thought?), stared at the combat communication on the screen and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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Rita didn't know whether the communication on the screen was the actual combat report between Major Himeko and Kiana in New Zealand. But she was certain that everyone in the live stream was completely ignorant of Honkai—outsiders.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so calm when hearing about Herrschers and Honkai.

Now, all she had to do was figure out their real identities in the real world, use 'a little' force to make them keep the secret... and then Otto could rest easy!

Rita habitually thought to herself.

It was just a pity that she had no idea the livestream audience included, but was not limited to, a natural Stigmata awakener, Flame-Chasers, the future Herrscher of Binding, and so on and so forth.

"What an astonishing sense of humor. The streamer must be a very cheerful person."

Rita sent a bullet comment, trying to fit in.

Seeing her speak, Beichen replied, "Pretty much. Besides gaming, I occasionally chat about random stuff and crack a few jokes."

"Um... big brother," Seele sent a bullet comment as the atmosphere warmed up again, "What does summoning Shenron to make a wish mean? I didn't get that cold joke earlier... Am I out of touch?"

"Ah, well..." Beichen only then remembered that this world apparently had no Dragon Balls, so summoning Shenron to make a wish naturally had no basis.

No wonder such an ordinary joke could cause this kind of effect...

"It's nothing. Just take it as me rambling."

Beichen didn't want to dwell on this topic, lest it invite unnecessary suspicion.

However, just as he was about to click the screen to continue the story, a pink bullet comment drifted across...

"I feel like you'd get along really well with a friend of mine~"

Seeing Elysia bring up the word "friend" again, Beichen subconsciously guessed she meant a Flame-Chaser.

"This friend you're talking about?"

"A cold, cool boy~" Elysia began describing that friend's traits, "Hehe~ Don't let his poor communication skills fool you; he's actually easy to get along with. With your personalities so in sync, you'll definitely hit it off."

Cold and cool?

Poor at expressing himself?

Ancestor Kevin!

Through precise and rapid elimination, Beichen instantly guessed which Flame-Chaser Elysia was referring to.

Then he was speechless...

Not everyone can be like you, a beautiful maiden as lovely as a flower...

Beichen thought it over and didn't take it seriously: "Maybe."

"How about I invite him here another day?"

"Oh, sure, sure—no way!!!"

"Hmm? So is it yes or no?"

Seeing the pink bullet comment drift across the screen, Beichen broke out in a cold sweat...

My dear sister, you can't just casually summon Ancestor Kevin!

"If your friend has important matters to attend to, maybe don't bother him..."

"Oh? Hehe~ Are you shy? Alright, alright, I get it. (＃^.^＃)" The pink bullet comment drifted by gracefully...

What do you get?! You must be misunderstanding something!

Beichen could somewhat feel what Mei experienced facing Elysia in the Elysian Realm.

"Enough chit-chat. Let's keep watching the story..."

He glanced at the time. Today was Thursday, 7:42 PM.

The account was currently level 16, meaning two more levels would unlock the open-world story.

Since the open world refreshed Bounty Marks on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, if he could reach level 18 before Saturday, he could start the first cycle story and accept commissions in the second cycle.

So, leveling up was still the priority!

With that in mind, Beichen clicked the screen again to let Himeko and Kiana's combat communication continue.

[Himeko, what exactly is the {Gem of Desire}?]

[Fourteen years ago, Schicksal obtained three high-intensity Honkai energy crystals. One of them is called the {Gem of Desire}.]

[Three years ago, Schicksal launched a classified research project, hoping to use this crystal to develop weapons rivaling Herrschers. Unfortunately, the research failed, and the {Gem of Desire} has been stored in the Oceania branch ever since.]

[That's all I know.]

[In that case, let's hurry and retrieve that crystal!]

Himeko's explanation was reasonable, basically the limit of what someone at her level could know of the truth.

Yet even so, for some in the livestream, there were still many doubts.

"Streamer big brother, I have a question..."

"Oh? What?"

Beichen's hand, about to click the screen, paused.

"Fourteen years ago, where exactly did Schicksal get that {Gem of Desire}?"

Good grief!

Why did you have to turn into such a detective right now?

"Hehe~ I didn't expect this little viewer to be so sharp, easily spotting the hidden key point."

A pink barrage floated past in all its glory...

Elysia, never one to miss a chance for fun, jumped in to stir the pot!

But being praised like that, Seele, as the one in question, panicked on the spot...

"Eh! Th-That's not... I, I, I..."

"Hm? Hehe, you're shy too?"

"It's not like that, how can you, viewer big sister..."

The live stream instantly turned into a show of a mature older sister teasing a young little sister.

Watching this beautiful scene, Beichen had to admit—if Seele and Elysia ever met in the Elysian Realm, this would probably be how it played out...

But he couldn't let them keep fooling around.

He had to step in and take control...

So Beichen, a bit embarrassed, spoke up: "This viewer really did look closely. But I don't know the answer to that question either—maybe the story will explain it later."

"Oh..."

Seele, worn out from Elysia's teasing, stopped sending barrages.

Seeing her go quiet, Beichen didn't say much more, just kept clicking the screen to play the story.

As the combat comms flickered, the holographic images of Theresa and Kiana appeared on the screen.

[Kiana-chan~ I heard from Himeko that you're really concerned about that Ghost Ship. Let me tell you the current analysis results~]

[Hey, auntie... no... Theresa-chan is the cutest~]

[What did you just say?! Forget it... According to the analysis, that ship wasn't fully activated before. Out of all 24 Anti-Gravity Engines, only 1 was running, and the weapon systems were all in a frozen state. If the ship's weapons were fully activated, it could probably level North America in about a day.]