Live Stream Honkai Impact 3rd, I Choose to Expose Kiana in Arc City! Chapter 7

As Beichen had anticipated, Otto keenly sensed something unusual and began pressing him with questions based on that.

If he couldn't answer this question, too many suspicious points would be dug up...

So at a time like this, what kind of lie should he use to cover up a truth?

Beichen frowned in thought for a moment, then an idea struck him.

"I have a friend who works at this game company, so I know some inside info."

"Oh? It seems your network is quite extensive."

"Haha, not really, not really. Enough of that—watch how I take down this boss!"

After brushing Otto off, Beichen began controlling Ri Duck in battle against the corrupted Bronya.

Back before the main story was revamped, Black Duck was practically a nightmare for new players.

Not only did she have flashbang stuns and stealth ambush special abilities.

Her ultimate, a full-screen bombardment, was an absolute finisher.

Of course, that was all in the past.

Beichen simply entered with a QTE, used normal attacks to fill the branch gauge, then charged up energy and unleashed the ultimate directly.

Then the motorcycle transformed from Project Bunny slammed into the ground, and Black Duck was down...

As the stage clear animation popped up, the atmosphere in the entire live stream turned subtle...

When Bronya went dark, almost everyone was stunned.

After all, a teammate suddenly turning hostile and getting a dark power-up—how could that not seem unusual?

Yet the reality was that the boss didn't even last a single round...

"Eh? What just happened? I thought there'd be a tough fight ahead—Streamer Big Brother is amazing..."

[Because of your stream content, Loves Bronya is shocked. You receive Crystals 560!]

After a long pause, a bullet comment from Seele drifted across the stream...

"Haha, as long as you understand the game mechanics, clearing it is simple. Even if I swapped in the Starter Trio, I could still beat this boss."

Beichen replied with a laugh, then started watching the cutscene.

Inside the main control room of the Moonlight Throne, Mei helped the defeated Bronya to her feet.

Himeko connected the ship's comms and pressed for details on what had just happened.

At that moment, Bronya expressed a desire to undergo a full examination after returning to the academy.

[Bronya doesn't want to hold everyone back in any form.]

After the cutscene ended, Beichen checked his Crystal count and realized he had saved up enough for two ten-pulls.

"What are you planning to stream next? Continue clearing the main story?"

A bullet comment from Durandal floated across the stream.

Beichen thought for a moment and gave a negative reply:

"No, no, next I'm going to pull on the equipment banner."

With that, he opened the Precision Supply page.

Looking at the weapon displayed on the page, the viewers in the stream were a bit confused.

Durandal, who didn't understand the game at all, pressed further: "Does pulling on the equipment banner help you a lot?"

"Of course it does," the veteran Captain Beichen began his thoughtful game tutorial mode, "because this rotation is Ri Duck's banner, so the featured equipment is her exclusive weapon, the Key of Reason, and her exclusive Stigmata set, Welt Yang."

"With her exclusive weapon, Ri Duck's damage output will reach a whole new level. If you're lucky enough to also pull her exclusive Stigmata, then Ri Duck will evolve into her complete form."

After Beichen's explanation, various bullet comments from the viewers drifted across the stream.

Seeing the atmosphere was just right, he decided to pull a stunt.

"Now I'll show you all a miracle ten-pull. One ten-pull, and I'll get the exclusive weapon—do you believe me?"

"Oh? Where does your confidence come from?" Otto poured cold water at the most inopportune moment. "What if you don't get it?"

"If one ten-pull doesn't get the weapon, I'll eat this screen on the spot!"

Chapter 10: Bishop, You Wouldn't Want Me to Decompose Your Wife's Stigmata, Would You?

"Eat... eat the screen? Streamer Big Brother... you can't eat a screen!"

Hearing Beichen make such a heavy oath, Seele immediately expressed her confusion:

"Eating it would make you sick!"

"Is getting sick really the point here..."

Otto stared at the bullet comment from someone he didn't recognize, suddenly feeling puzzled. What kind of people were in this stream?

He felt like he had absolutely nothing in common with them.

"By common sense, swallowing something like a phone has a very high mortality rate." Fu Hua's danmaku scrolled across the screen.

"Mm, looks like this viewer has some sense."

Otto sighed, finally someone who could keep up with his thinking.

Among a crowd of weirdos, it was no easy feat...

He then addressed Beichen: "I'll let you take that back as a joke if you want. Of course, if you insist on going through with it, I won't object."

"Haha, looks like this viewer has already decided I can't pull it?"

"While you were opening the probability page and browsing the details, I already noted all the equipment rates in this banner and calculated them."

Otto spoke with a tone of certainty.

This level of calculation was nothing to him—he could basically do the math in his head with a single glance.

And the result of that mental math was that the probability of getting the rate-up equipment through just a ten-pull was extremely low.

Anything below 10% probability was gambling in Otto's eyes.

Where did this guy called Air Splitting Cleaner get his confidence?

"If it offends you, I don't mind. I'm just stating the facts, without any personal feelings."

"Heh, quite the statement of facts! How about we make a bet?"

Seeing Otto take the bait, Beichen chuckled and started ad-libbing.

Honestly, whether he pulled it or not didn't really matter.

The streamer was just scamming for food and drinks anyway—no one was actually going to eat the screen, right?

So if Dawei showed his blessing, he'd definitely rake in some tips.

And if Dawei didn't show his blessing... he'd just laugh it off and play it up for the show.

"Bet what?" The clueless Otto perked up.

"If my ten-pull actually works a miracle, you'll drop me a tip. How much? Doesn't matter~"

Beichen said with a smile.

But then Otto's danmaku scrolled by: "Heh, then I'll warn you: if you go back on your word, I have plenty of ways to make you keep your promise. I mean what I say."

He stopped smiling...

Damn it, why did Archbishop Otto have to be so rigid?

You're not seriously expecting me to go through with this, are you?

Come on, man, you know yourself that eating a phone would kill a person!

Beichen stared at Archbishop Otto's declaration of keeping his word, momentarily baffled as to why this guy took watching a livestream so seriously.

But what's done is done, there was no turning back.

Beichen took a deep breath, then opened the Precision Supply interface and pressed the ten-pull button.

"Dawei! Work a miracle, Dawei!"

"Sacrifice a villa for a miracle!"

"Come on, give me the weapon!"

As the supply animation popped up, Beichen's heart nearly jumped into his throat.

But then, as one, two, three, four Blue Sky and White Clouds appeared, his hand on the screen stopped...

Dawei was absolutely useless!

Trash Dawei!

Damn... my luck today is so bad, and I even washed my hands before going out...

And just as Beichen was feeling frustrated, someone had to rub it in: "Why'd you stop?"

"Shut up! I'm building up my luck, got it? Watch, the next one will be purple!"

With that, Beichen tapped the screen.

It was purple!

But a Stigmata...

"F***!!!"

Beichen couldn't help but curse out loud.

As everyone knew, in Mihoyo's games, the experience between an EU player and an African player was worlds apart.

An EU player could get multiple purples in one ten-pull, hitting the rate-up in a single shot.

While an African player... usually got one purple from the pity system in a ten-pull and that was it.

So whether this wave was likely to be the former or the latter, those in the know understood.

But just as Beichen was wallowing in despair, a thoughtful danmaku scrolled across the livestream screen: "Streamer Big Brother... your voice sounds really scary. Is this Stigmata called Kallen no good?"

Two hits in a row, huh...

Looking at the [Kallen (M)] Stigmata image displayed on the screen, Beichen laughed in exasperation:

"It's actually Kallen? Damn... a thousand Stigmata Resonance points in the bag. What the hell—"

"It's actually Kallen!"

[Due to your live stream content, your Great Inventor is shocked. You receive Crystal 740!]

Unlike Beichen's pessimistic attitude, the joy in the live stream from Otto was practically spilling out of the screen:

"Ah! I never thought I'd see Kallen in this game! So precious, the original art of this Stigmata is truly exquisite! It must be a rare collector's edition!"

Watching the barrage from this archbishop, Beichen was a hundred percent sure this person was Archbishop Otto himself.

What a mess—the system kept urging him not to reveal his identity, yet these people in the live stream were doing their best to expose theirs.

They weren't even bothering to hide it, were they...

"Audience member, please calm down. I have to tell you here, this Stigmata is completely useless. It's just a filler Stigmata in the game..."

As an old Captain of Honkai Impact 3rd, Beichen naturally wouldn't miss the chance to pour cold water on Archbishop Otto.

Besides, he'd finally burned a ten-pull on this, and this was what he got?

Even a Buddha would lose his temper!

"What?! What's wrong with the creators of this game? Kallen's Stigmata isn't strong! If I were designing it..."

As Kallen's centuries-old diehard fan, Otto couldn't accept the fact that a Stigmata modeled after his beloved wasn't strong...

If he had any way to hack into the game's backend right now, or directly take over the game, he would definitely scrap and redo this Stigmata's design!!!

"Then you'll have to ask them. Anyway... I'll probably decompose this Stigmata later. I'm telling you this now so you won't complain when it happens."

Beichen added fuel to the fire with a hint of malicious amusement.