MGSFV?! Chapter 411. Boomerang Blade; how could someone use an event plot like this?

MGSFV?! Chapter 411. Boomerang Blade; how could someone use an event plot like this?

Complaints aside.

In fact, everyone accepted the phrase “Pardo-phobic,” which is why the reactions were so intense.

The real body once, the memory body twice—each time was a sacrifice to open the Herrscher's “door.”

How can we not accept it?!

It’s been shoved right in our faces!

【Promise me, Pardo, let’s stay far away from doors from now on.】

【There is no “from now on” anymore. (sad)】

【New Honkai Impact 3rd-style idiom: Pardo takes the side road—because taking the front gate will get you killed!】

【Calling that an idiom? What even turned you all into this?!】

【I feel like you’re all worse than pay-to-win trolls now.】

“......”

“Ahem, let’s just continue with the story.”

Elysia, who originally wanted to say something, saw everyone's “creativity.” To avoid even more "reverse empathy" comments in the stream chat, she decided to hold back her crumbling self.

After some thought, she chose to push forward with the main story, hoping to divert the viewers’ restless emotions.

A light tap continued the story.

Vill-V and PROMETHEUS No.17 discussed what Pardo was about to do—essentially a “suicidal” act.

“But… isn’t there any way to force the Herrscher of Finality out of hibernation and then handle it? Our attacks… at least should be able to manage that, right?”

“Yes.” Vill-V’s voice grew heavier. “But as long as the Herrscher of Finality halts activities, the opportunity to open the 【door】 vanishes along with it.”

“So, whoever tries to open it...”

“...must at least endure the deadly radiation of Honkai energy at close range, which is lethal even for fusion warriors.”

PROMETHEUS: “......”

Elysia: “......”

Player: “......”

Those with good memories could even clearly recall Pardo and Mei’s final farewell in the Elysian Realm.

A half coin dropped onto the sand pile…

The sand pile…

Could it be...

I… scriptwriter, you really are a master of the boomerang blade...

Players’ moods instantly became difficult to describe.

Yet that was just the first boomerang blade.

“But even so… Pardofelis did not waver in the slightest.”

“I believe, it’s not because she’s unafraid of death.”

“She’s simply… like the rest of us, bearing a fate that 【only she can fulfill】.”

【“The me in reality, would’ve made the same choice, right?” — Chapter 31: “Für Elysia”】

【Cat and door.】

【The one above: Only cats must never x door!!!】

【Pardo: Door-phobic.】

Just as players were spamming chat, feeling miserable from that sudden slash—

The second boomerang blade had already silently arrived.

“Your fate… was never meant to be this way.”

With PROMETHEUS’s sigh, Vill-V recalled the absurd thing Elysia once made the Flame-Chasers do.

“...Yes, I thought that too.”

“Like the short film Elysia had us make before—”

Elysia: ???

Something felt... off. Very off.

Was it… an illusion?

Fact proved, this wrongness was not just her imagination.

The next few lines from Vill-V in the game were transmitted over.

It hit her and the players directly—

“Hua, a master of ancient martial arts; Felis, who loves fishing and napping; Su, who practiced medicine and healed others; Sakura, who always left work late; me, who never left my room; Kevin, tapping away at cold code; Kalpas, the butler good at making desserts...”

“Mobius, the university professor; Kosma, a high school student; Griseo, a famous young painter; Eden, landlady of the 【Golden Courtyard】; Aponia, the night shift nurse…”

“And of course, the freelancer who runs an online account under the nickname 【Miss Pink Elf】—Elysia.”

Wasn’t that the event story from before?

The one she wrote herself...

And had Mr. “Otto” use like this…?

【So the summer event really was just a short film, not just some joke?!】

【Yeah, that cheerful, jolly event was supposed to be a prank! Why is it now slotted into the main story like this? A giant blade just broke me.】

【mhy: Afraid players might recover over time, so here’s another stab. ()】

【That dead event is suddenly starting up again. Do you have any clue what's happening?】

【Wasn’t I here to unravel the mystery of the moon?! Why do I have to go through this!!! (coughs blood)】

“‘Otto’...”

Elysia looked back at Hokuto’s past promises.

I absolutely won’t tamper with your script.

True enough, Hokuto didn’t tamper with the script—but not tampering doesn’t mean not quoting it.

“To be honest, did you plan this from the start? Waiting a long time for us to see this part?”

“...No.”

“You hesitated just now, didn’t you?! You totally hesitated!”

“...No.”

“......”

“Elysia, by now you've written quite a few scripts yourself. You should understand that creation is a very personal process. Generally speaking, even if there’s an outline, it’s hard to lay out such detailed foreshadowing this far ahead...”

Hokuto added an extra explanation.

“‘Otto’—do you think we’ll believe that?”

Elysia heard this and replied with a rather strange tone.

Hokuto: “Uh...”

Now even Hokuto felt a bit... “embarrassed.”

【I’m breaking down—crowdfunding to buy the scriptwriter’s hands!】

【Buy the writer’s hands +1】

【Buy the writer’s hands +2】

…

As the story progressed, wave after wave of bullet comments flooded the stream.

It wasn’t that making the summer film canon was that surprising.

After all, given Elysia’s personality, she really would do such a thing.

It’s just… the moment the scriptwriter chose to quote this scene was way too emotionally manipulative.

The louder they laughed during the summer event, the more it hurts now.

Yeah… exactly...

Vill-V’s next line came through.

“—This is the ordinary, simple fate we should’ve had, isn’t it?”

How was a world like this drawn?

“But… just like Kevin said…”

“【We all know this world is beyond saving, yet we must still become heroes.】”

Player: “......”

“After all—even weak, helpless, and self-doubting beings, still wish to create some slight meaning for their existence, don’t they?”

【......】*n

【I can’t take it anymore!!!】

【I’ve decided—after this plot ends, I’m gonna haunt someone to fill my ‘heart.’】

【To the one above—let’s go together. No one can stop us now. Kekekekekeke.】

【Can’t wait to taste someone else’s...】

The livestream chat turned into a “swearing-in rally.”

Elysia’s clicks paused here and there as she watched the footage.

The screen returned to Seele after PROMETHEUS and Vill-V’s projection faded.

Good... good… after the Elysian Realm, she can still endure this.

Then—the entire game screen suddenly blurred.

Player: ???

miHoYo, what are you trying to pull? Don’t do scary stuff like this, okay?

“The signal here is currently unstable. You might need to wait a bit.”

“Who?!”

With a completely unfamiliar voice to Seele, the screen cleared once again.

The girl who had only appeared once before—Big Cabbage—was now center screen.

Oh?

Maybe nothing bad happened?

Players first sighed in relief, then started typing curiously.

【Why her?】

【There’s a barcode on her neck? Can someone try scanning it?】

【I scanned it. It’s a payment code for $648$ (dog head)】

【Seriously?】

【Okay, I was joking. But the code on Cangxuan before also redirected to a top-up page, so I guess this is the same (lol)】

As for whether Big Cabbage’s barcode actually scans to anything…

Let’s just say, someone will definitely try it later, probably with video proof.

For now, focus on the story.

“No need to be nervous, Seele-san. I mean no harm. I can only appear in this form when space-time signals are extremely unstable.”

In the story, Ai was clearly trying to reassure Seele.

But the moment she opened her mouth with “Seele-san”...

Seele became confused: “How do you know my name?”

So… not gonna ask who she is first?

Of course, even though Seele didn’t think to ask Ai’s identity, Ai explained herself anyway. Though she couldn’t reveal who she was directly, Ai proactively described her origin—

She is a lifeform living within a time crystal.

This time crystal was a spatial-temporal anomaly created as a result of Project STIGMA’s completion.

As mentioned before, Ai’s existence was made possible only due to Project STIGMA.

【Time for another classic miHoYo lore dump. Gotta admit, it feels like a lecture.】

【Time crystal? Is that a new setting?】

【Reminder: Time crystals are real—they’ve been made in labs already. So it’s not just fiction. ()】

【If I had the right equipment, I’d try in a lab too…】

【I think I just saw an amazing comment fly by.】

【I suspect miHoYo is secretly a high-tech lab working on teleporters or something... totally baseless theory (if similar to reality, purely coincidental)】

But Ai’s appearance wasn’t just for chit-chat. As a lifeform in a time crystal, she’s less restricted by spacetime anomalies.

Therefore, she could help Seele directly pinpoint the bubble universe most closely tied to her.

In short: even if the end result remains the same, Ai could save Seele and Li Sushang a few extra steps.

Before Ai disappeared, a special coordinate set was uploaded into Seele’s Genius system.

It was a bubble universe—cut off from the world like a prison.

Like… a cage in a fairy tale holding a princess.

Such ambiguous wording… feels like miHoYo is hinting at something again?

Players were getting seriously triggered.

But...

The next moment, the screen switched to a sea of pale blue flowers.

A girl everyone knew deeply well slowly came into view.

It was...

【The ultra-mega-super adorable Kiana!】

【First thought: Sleeping Beauty.】

【Sleeping Bug!!!】

The “Sleeping Bug” CG was indeed stunning.

It drew plenty of attention from players.

Though… some still fixated on the weirdest angles.

【Looking at this CG, Kiana feels like such a bottom. Mei must be the top.】

【Stop it already. We all agreed who’s the knight and who’s the princess. (dog head)】

【Say that again after looking at this CG (lmao)】

【The knight has become the princess now. (dog head)】

【Kiana’s finally appeared in the plot. So… what about Mei...?】

“Hm?”

Elysia stared lightly at the CG for a bit, then softly exclaimed.

Could it be—the development she long anticipated—is finally here?

She wanted to say something but immediately lost all desire.

She began frantically clicking to keep the plot moving.

Hm… maybe you're wondering when Elysia became a CP shipper?

Well, whether she is or not, she once made that iconic comment during “Lament of the Fallen”:

“If you're a Herrscher, go solve it yourself!”

She’s always been a Kiana-Mei supporter.

Of course, in Elysia’s mind, supporting them doesn’t mean she can’t also flirt with them if she gets the chance, right?

Ahem…

Anyway, that’s the gist.

“The next part of the plot is super sweet. You’ll soon understand—I wasn’t lying when I said that before the stream.”

Seeing Elysia’s impatience, Hokuto confidently added from the side.

After all, it was true.

Nothing to be embarrassed about.

But...

It might’ve had the opposite effect?

Yes, the players survived three brutal “open-the-door” deaths for Cat Cat just now, but... that doesn’t mean they forgot.

【Just saying… whenever a certain someone speaks, I start panicking.】

【Otto: Immortal Red Kite, I did not lie.】

【Oh no. Super sweet, huh? I know what that means. This is going to hurt.】

【Keep bluffing. Let’s see if I fall for it.】

Hokuto: “......”

At this point, should he say...

True feelings never last—but a good trap always does?