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Mei wandered around for a long time in the game, going through all the places she had been with Alicia, but in the end she still didn't see her.
"Alicia... what are you...?"
Finally, Mei saw several heroes gathered together ahead.
Kevin, Sue, Mebius, Aponia.
The four heroes were discussing something.
With a hint of unease, she approached the group of heroes.
"Um... excuse me."
Möbius: "Oh, look who's here!"
Aponia: "Hi Mei, what's up?"
Mei: "...Has anyone...seen Alicia?"
"..."
When she asked that question, all the heroes present fell silent.
After a long silence, Kevin finally spoke: "What do you want with her?"
Mei: "Nothing's wrong. She arranged to meet me, but she hasn't shown up, so I'm looking for her."
"..."
Another silence fell, as if the heroes knew the answer but didn't know how to express it.
"Excuse me, visitor (Wang Hao Zhao), Alicia... seems to be in some trouble."
After a pause, Su slowly gave her answer: "She's temporarily...missing."
Mei's heart skipped a beat: "...Gone? What does that mean...?"
Möbius: "Let me translate for you—"
The music in the game also stopped abruptly.
Mei's unease grew stronger.
Without realizing it, Alicia's smiling face came to mind.
She always smiled like that, even when she said goodbye to herself.
Clearly, she was also reluctant and sad... but the smile on her face remained eternal, flawless, and dreamlike...
"The woman you're looking for..."
At this moment, Möbius slowly uttered the answer.
She's dead.
The story ends here.
The screen was filled with question marks in the comments.
Meanwhile, images of thirteen heroes appeared on the game screen.
The photo in the very center, belonging to Alicia, slowly popped up.
In the photo, her smile is still sweet.
Then—"click~"
Broken!
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P.S.: I was typing this on my phone during a visit to relatives, so I couldn't check for typos. Please forgive any errors QAQ.
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The sudden turn of events stunned everyone.
Whether it was Kiana in front of her computer or the players watching the live stream, their hearts skipped a beat when they saw the words "She died".
Previously, players might not have reacted much to Alicia's death.
After all, back then, in the subconscious minds of many players, Alicia was just a memory.
Moreover, it is a memory entity with the identity of a "traitor".
Who knows, maybe she's just a fangirl with a dark side?
The only goodwill players have for her comes from Alicia in the real world.
but……
After all the misunderstandings were cleared up, Alicia revealed her true feelings completely...
When players discovered that her heart was truly pure and flawless.
When players found out she was actually a fangirl...
Everyone's goodwill towards her is rapidly increasing.
This girl who always treated Mei with the utmost enthusiasm and interest, this girl who accompanied players throughout the entire [Paradise of the Past]—
As various details subtly hint at her reluctance to part with Mei... and as players learn the sadness hidden beneath her playful smile...
Players are finally starting to feel reluctant to part with her.
Even more ruthless is...
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The writers also included a segment where Alicia accompanies you as you reminisce about this "Journey to Paradise"—
Alicia accompanies Mei, and with her melodious voice, takes you on a nostalgic journey through the delightful events of this paradise...
then……
This pink fairy gazed longingly at Mei, at the camera, at you with her beautiful eyes... and asked you a question that transcended the dimensional barrier—
How do you view me and these heroes? Is it a memory of the past? Or just a set of statistics?
"When you leave this paradise and return to real life, when you see your friends and family again, will you still remember me?"
……
The question of transitioning from the two-dimensional world to the three-dimensional world did not make players feel out of place. On the contrary, with a reasonable plot arrangement, it deeply imprinted the character of Alicia in everyone's hearts.
At this point, players truly feel as if they can touch Alicia, who is pure and innocent, existing in a broken world and in a paradise of the past.
In this short segment of the story, Alicia used her unique way of speaking and cheerful, playful personality to raise all the players' favorability to the maximum.
Players watched Alicia and Mei's interactions with rapt attention, eagerly awaiting their "date" the next day, and feeling a touch of sadness as they waited for the Paradise storyline to end.
You're suddenly telling me Alicia is dead?!
This news is simply unacceptable to the players.
Before their minds could even process it, everyone pictured Alicia's playful smile and unique way of speaking.
"Hi~ How do you feel?"
"Aren't you happy to see me? I'm happy too!"
"Hey~ Mei, you're back! Cough... Miss Mei who beat Mebius to a pulp is back~!"
"Mei is leaving after she gets the answer, and I want to leave behind some memories of you too~ So Mei will forgive me, right?"
"Thank you, Mei... I'm so lucky to have met you this way. You gave me... a gift I've always longed for but never dared to hope for."
……
Alicia's lively and playful voice, and the pure and lovely smile of the pink fairy, frequently flashed through the minds of all players.
Ultimately, however, it shattered like a mirror at the slightest touch.
"Click~"
Alicia... is dead...
Finally, the players realized what was happening, and the barrage of comments exploded instantly.
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[What's going on? ? ]
【How is this possible?! Otto, you scoundrel, what are you thinking?!】
【Aili!! Absolutely impossible!!!】
[What kind of horrific plot is this?! No way! Give Alicia back to us!!]
[Hahaha... I knew it... (cgdf) Hahaha... That's right... This is the real miHoYo, hahahaha... (goes into a frenzy)]
[Waaaaah... This can't be real. How could such a cute and kind Alicia just disappear like that? QAQ]
[Hahaha... As expected, you can always trust miHoYo... That inhuman behavior... Hahahaha]
[I'm warning you miHoYo!!! Turn Aili back to normal!!! Please QAQ]