While Su Luo and Elysia were conversing...
Things were also happening back at the miHoYo studio.
Kiana, Mei, Rita... even the usually diligent Durandal wasn't busy with her work this time.
Theresa found them in the work area.
"Theresa, what's wrong?" Durandal asked, a hint of curiosity on her face.
"I don't think we can just keep waiting like this!" Theresa was clearly agitated.
"What do you mean?" Durandal didn't quite understand.
Theresa glanced at Durandal twice, then gently shook her head. "You don't have much of a storyline in Honkai Impact 3rd yet. The players' impression of you is just that Durandal is a bit strong and a bit cool. It's normal that you don't understand how we feel."
The mere thought of that widely circulated meme of hers... Theresa's Knowing Gaze.jpg...
...was enough to make her three corpse gods leap in fury.
Heaven knows how she felt seeing three people using that sticker every time she casually browsed a group chat.
And she believed she had ended up in this predicament entirely because the scriptwriter was targeting her!
In the story, she was clearly an S-rank Valkyrie, the principal of St. Freya High, wielder of Judah!
Theresa shifted her gaze to Kiana and Mei, her face earnest. "Kiana, Mei, you must understand how I feel, right?"
"Understand, yes, I understand," Mei nodded. "But... anyway, Theresa, what do you have in mind? Let me be clear first, Su Luo has helped us a lot. If it's too chaotic, I won't support you."
"I feel the same way as Mei," Kiana chimed in from the side.
In fact, it wasn't just her; the others also nodded one after another, indicating their agreement with Mei.
Theresa rolled her eyes. "What are you thinking? I'm not the type to repay kindness with enmity."
She paused. "I just feel that if I wait for Su Luo to write me a moment of glory, I don't know how long I'll have to wait. So, we need to step up ourselves."
"But..." Kiana scratched her face. "Honestly, I don't think we have any room to interfere with the main story. My energy is currently focused on researching event stories for Honkai Impact 3rd."
"Yes, that's it!"
Theresa hopped onto a chair, looking as if she had investigated this long ago, and pressed Kiana's shoulders firmly. "Forget the main story, let Su Luo mess with that however he wants. But we can make our mark in the event stories!"
"...Theresa, what you mean is?" Kiana asked hesitantly.
"Hmph, hmph, I've already thought of a great character concept. Kiana, could you help me write this character into an event story?"
Theresa hummed smugly twice, then began to speak with enthusiasm, "She'll be just like me in real life, possessing extraordinary wisdom and courage, able to step forward in any crisis..."
After she rambled on for a long while, Kiana raised her hand. "Um, I have a question."
"Go ahead."
"I feel like this character concept of yours, Theresa, is just a heavily modified version of Zhuge Liang. And it's completely different from the real you."
Kiana rested her chin on her right hand, tilted her head in thought for a moment, then added:
"I think I heard Su Luo say that some people like to create protagonists who possess all the wonderful qualities they themselves lack."
"???"
Theresa's expression froze. Then, her eyes widened as she stubbornly retorted, "What do you mean, 'possess all the wonderful qualities they themselves lack'!? Isn't she exactly the same as the real me?"
"..." (Silence from N people)
After a while.
"Let's think about it from another angle. The character concept Theresa mentioned is at least very interesting, isn't it?" Rita offered with a smile, trying to smooth things over.
"Hmm..."
Kiana nodded thoughtfully. "That's true."
A troubled look soon appeared on her face again. "But my new script... it seems I can't integrate Theresa's character concept into it."
"Kiana, you've already written a new script? Can you let us see it?"
Everyone was very interested in Kiana's new script. On one hand, they were curious; on the other, they wanted to see how much Kiana had progressed under Su Luo's guidance.
"Sure~ I'll go get it for you."
Kiana hurriedly trotted back to her workstation, rummaged around for a bit, and then returned with a thick stack of drafts.
She distributed the drafts to everyone.
"Honkai Kingdom Chronicles?" (Read by N people)
Then came the rustling sound of pages turning.
Once everyone had finished reading.
Kiana looked at the group with an expectant face. "Well? Well?"
"Hmm... although it's a bit nonsensical, it's actually quite good," Durandal gave a fair assessment. "It might not be suitable for the main story, but as a fun event story, it's just right. I think the players will probably like it."
The others pretty much shared this sentiment.
Only Theresa was extremely dissatisfied.
Getting picked on in the main story was bad enough, but now she was going to be picked on in an event story too?
Do you scriptwriters even have a conscience? Huh?! Do you even have a conscience?!
"Calm down, calm down."
She took a deep breath, racking her brains for the right words, and finally had a flash of inspiration.
"Kiana! Are you really satisfied with writing this kind of script?"
"Huh?" Kiana was slightly taken aback.
Theresa, back on the chair, pressed Kiana's shoulders again. "Don't you want to write a story that's even more memorable, like Su Luo's?"
"Mmm..."
"I believe your potential is far greater than this. Don't limit yourself!"
"This... Can I really do that?"
"Of course, you can!" Theresa was dead serious. "I'll help you too..."
Then she looked at the others. "If anyone else has ideas, speak up! Let's write a script together that will amaze even Su Luo!"
The girls exchanged glances, a little moved by the idea.
Ever since the Honkai Impact 3rd project began, Su Luo had basically directed all development aspects.
It wasn't that this was bad, but occasionally, they too wanted to show off their capabilities.
To make Su Luo show that 'you guys are amazing' expression would be the best.
"That idea sounds pretty good."
"I want to be a general in the event story."
"..."
As the girls were chattering amongst themselves.
Tap, tap~~
Su Luo walked into miHoYo with Elysia.
He looked at the gathered girls. "What are you all doing?"
"Su Luo?" Theresa hastily jumped off the chair. "Nothing..."
She tried to cover it up, but the others had already started chirping.
"Theresa said she can't count on you to write her a moment of glory."
"We're planning to brainstorm and write an event story script together."
"It's about time Honkai Impact 3rd had an event."
After listening, Su Luo roughly understood what had happened.
"So that's how it is." He looked down at Theresa. "Is Theresa preparing to write an awesome story for herself?"
"Hmph, because you never even thought about my moment of glory, did you?" Theresa was now full of distrust for Su Luo, this "Chief Theresa Teaser."
"Ah~ Theresa, do you have some misunderstanding about me?"
Su Luo feigned sorrow. "I actually thought about it carefully. I even came up with your grand entrance line."
"At Honkai's end, who stands as the peak? One sight of Judah, and the Great Dao turns to naught. How about that? Isn't it imposing?"
Theresa frowned in surprise upon hearing this. Could she have really misunderstood him?
At this moment, Kiana raised her hand and asked:
"Su Luo, Su Luo, I have a question! May I ask what this poem has to do with Theresa? Her name, 'Theresa,' doesn't even appear in it~~"
"..."
"Ahem, ahem, ahem."