"Also, congratulations to Yae Sakura for receiving a 1/7 ultra-detailed figure of Phantom Thief Kallen~ This prize is just too cool! I'm sure Yae Sakura will treasure it."
After announcing Kallen's reward, everyone instinctively turned their eyes to the chat, clearly eager to see Otto's reaction.
Yae Sakura, 〈I will.〉
Yae Sakura carefully examined the Kallen figure in her hands, her eyes growing even brighter, then she lovingly held it to her chest.
[Miss Lily] Otto, 〈.....〉
Kiana, 〈Stay strong, Overseer~〉
As Kiana's green bullet chat floated by, the live broadcast room gradually dimmed...
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"Yay! Another round of bullying Otto, Fu Lin, hurry up and see how much we earned this time." Fu Shi rubbed her hands together, brimming with an excited smile, turned her head to Fu Lin and asked impatiently.
"Wow! We actually earned so much livestream points this time."
Fu Lin rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he looked at the points on the screen — compared to the last stream's earnings, this time had more than quadrupled.
"How much?!"
Fu Shi widened her eyes, leaned in close to Fu Lin's side, her cheek practically sticking to him as she looked at the system. After counting the points one by one, she immediately cheered excitedly.
"Yay! Quick, let's see if there's anything new."
"Let me take a look..." Fu Lin nodded, opened the livestream shop, and directly looked at the new items.
[Honkai Crystal x1, 1000 livestream points]
[Divine? Purification, ???? livestream points]
[Herrscher of Sentience Core, ?????? livestream points]
...
After scanning through all the new items, Fu Shi pointed at the Herrscher of Sentience Core, her starlit eyes shooting straight at Fu Lin, her face full of longing as she said, "Fu Lin, I want this one!"
Fu Lin silently glanced at the livestream point balance, then gently stroked Fu Shi's head with a smile and softly said, "Be good, Fu Shi. We don't have enough livestream points now. I'll buy it for you next time."
Fu Shi let out a helpless sigh, raised her head and nodded obediently, muttering under her breath, "Alright then, next time."
Then, as if she remembered something, she stretched out her soft little hand, grabbed the hem of Fu Lin's clothes, shook it hard, and added, "But you have to keep your word, okay? Next time you must buy it for me!"
She looked just like a child begging their parent for candy.
Looking at Fu Shi's cute expression, Fu Lin couldn't help but laugh out loud, and quickly promised, "Don't worry, I promise I'll buy it for you next time!"
Hearing this, Fu Shi finally let go of his clothes, then flopped down listlessly to the side, letting out a light sigh from time to time, as if expressing her current mood.
Fu Lin looked at the slightly sulky Fu Shi and smiled helplessly, but facing the unaffordable shop, as the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, he closed it right away. Then he touched the restraint collar on his neck and asked Fu Shi, "Fu Shi, do you have a way to help me take this off?"
"What's wrong with the collar? It suits you pretty well... huh?"
Fu Shi raised her head, her eyes full of doubt as she looked at Fu Lin, then her gaze landed on the collar around his neck. She reached out and gently touched it, and an invisible wave of weakness spread through her entire body.
"Hiss, the power of restraint? Kiana did this? No wonder you couldn't take a single punch from that old antique, so you've really become an ordinary person?"
Fu Lin nodded, and asked again, "Yeah, so Fu Shi, do you have any way to take it off?"
Fu Shi pointed at the collar and explained, "You know, restraint can directly nullify Honkai energy, it's way too effective against Herrschers like us and fusion warriors."
Fu Lin cupped Fu Shi's soft cheeks, his eyes wide open as he asked, "Fu Shi, really no way at all?"
Fu Shi wriggled out of Fu Lin's hands, turned around, and put her hands behind her back, her face full of pride, "It's just a small God's Key, who am I? I'm the great Herrscher of Sentience, how could something like this possibly stump me!"
"That's great! Quick, quick, quick, help me take it off!"
Fu Lin's face lit up with joy, his hands tightly gripping Fu Shi's shoulders, his eyes full of eagerness and excitement, as if he couldn't wait to get the thing off.
Fu Shi stretched out her hand and asked, "Hand me a sharp knife."
"What do you need a knife for?" Fu Lin pulled a knife out from the system space and handed it to Fu Shi, his eyes full of confusion.
"Honkai energy-formed weapons get nullified as soon as they touch it, of course I need a proper weapon. Watch me cut it off with ease!"
As Fu Shi spoke, she raised the knife and swung it down. The silver blade flashed, and for some reason, Fu Lin felt his heart tighten. He dodged to the side, and right after that came a sharp scream.
Clutching his bleeding shoulder, an indescribable pain spread from the wound. Luckily, he had moved just in time — otherwise, he might've been decapitated.
At this thought, Fu Lin couldn't help but take a sharp breath.
"Why did you dodge? I even aimed off on purpose."
Fu Shi scolded, then touched her chin and looked at the kitchen knife in her hand with confusion.
Just now, for some reason, she'd had the urge to chop off Fu Lin's head.
So strange — why would she think something like that?
Fu Lin clutched his bleeding shoulder, his eyes landing on the knife in Fu Shi's hand. Long-lost memories finally resurfaced, and he suddenly recalled the properties of that knife.
"Ahem, Fu Shi, don't move yet, this knife is cursed. Let me swap it out for you."
Fu Lin swallowed nervously, reached out with a trembling hand to take the knife handle, and then tossed it back into the system space. He transformed Twilight into a dagger and handed it to Fu Shi.
Fu Shi nodded in agreement — the earlier impulse had still left her a bit shaken. But as she looked at Fu Lin's blood-soaked clothes, she asked, "A cursed kitchen knife, huh? No wonder it felt a bit off. But your shoulder, is it okay? It's still bleeding."
"It's just a flesh wound, getting this thing off is more important — once it's off, the injury will heal on its own."
Fu Lin patted his chest, speaking righteously. But then something occurred to him, and he asked, "But can't I just cut it off myself?"
"Do you have any strength right now? No matter what, this is a God's Key. You can't just slice through it with any old knife — it still takes a bit of power."
As she spoke, Fu Shi raised the knife and swung it down again, and with the sound of something falling to the ground...
(The protagonist dies, the book ends, cue confetti!)
(Ahem, just kidding, you don't mind, right?)