Chapter 026 : The Tenth Target of Revenge

Just as the three major organizations, Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent had speculated, the so-called "Donny Vermillion" is a public opinion initiator specially arranged by Ling ke.

He is not a human from this Honkai Impact 3rd world.

But a game character template recently drawn by Ling ke.

Lingke does not understand journalism.

But...

[Game Character Template: Donny Vermillion]

[From: "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty"]

[Character Traits: Health Mechanism]

[Game Skills: None]

[Background Talents: StarCraft's Top News Anchor, Stress Resistance, Talking Nonsense with Eyes Open...]

[Related Introduction: The top news anchor of the Terran Dominion's UNN, loves peanut butter...]

Without a doubt, this mustachioed man is an ordinary person without any special abilities.

You should know, although the "StarCraft" series describes a sci-fi background world view, there are also many supernatural powers within it.

For example: Psionic energy.

Even... gods!

And even without mentioning these overly lofty concepts, things like "gene enhancement potions" are widely circulated in human territories.

Unfortunately, this person has nothing.

But as Ling ke said when he drew "Mitsuzuri Ayako" from the "Fate" series: Even an ordinary person has their time to shine.

Now, it's a similar opportunity.

In "StarCraft: Wings of Liberty," Donny Vermillion is a clown character, helping the tyrannical and dictatorial monarch of the Terran Dominion, "Arcturus Mengsk," whitewash his actions in the early stages of the story, only to have his own relatives die because of the latter's decrees.

In the end, he went insane, not only losing his once top elite job but also being completely socially dead.

It must be said, this person's experience is truly lamentable.

But no matter what, he does have skills in journalism.

At present, Lingke is very satisfied with the performance of "Domination Puppet: Donny Vermillion."

This person, in the recent days, with the assistance of the advanced network information technology of hundreds of "Domination Puppets: Shadows," combined with his own rhetoric, has gained a high level of fame in the Earth's human civilization of the Honkai Impact 3rd world.

He is not the kind of rigid person who just dumps information.

Occasionally, he will also say some ambiguous "interesting things" like today, to stir the emotions of the audience and listeners.

Of course, perhaps for some parties involved, this kind of "interesting things" is not funny.

For example: those victims.

And for example... heh~

Now, Ling ke can somewhat imagine, if the matter about the "Human Negotiation Failure Master" were to reach the ears of the Anti-Entropy higher-ups...

"Their expressions must be quite interesting."

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The facts are just as Ling ke imagined.

These days, all the live streams and reports hosted by Donny Vermillion have become key matters that the higher-ups of the three major organizations must pay close attention to.

So, today's headline about the "Human Negotiation Failure Master," the latter group naturally did not miss it.

And after they watched this section of the live stream...

"..."

Welt remained silent.

In the room, standing beside him, Einstein and Tesla were in a similar state.

The latter two know the personality of their Anti-Entropy leader very well.

They are well aware that Welt Yang is good in every way, with a sense of justice and responsibility.

He inherited Joyce's will, willing to sacrifice himself to save others...

Although Tesla really doesn't like this last point.

Well, no more digressions.

In short, Einstein and Tesla both know that Welt has a... flaw that can be laughed off in normal times, but this time it has clearly caused a big mess.

He is a hidden chuunibyou.

Yes, just like that little girl, the Herrscher of Thunder.

The two have seen more than once that Welt, when idle, would secretly fiddle with some easily socially embarrassing... role-playing?

Even, occasionally during remote communication, even in broad daylight, he would pull the curtains with excellent sun-shading effects in the room, then sit in front of the screen, letting the glasses on his nose bridge reflect light...

Without a doubt, as mentioned above, this little personality is usually harmless.

However...

"So, it was my fault."

After a long time, Welt uttered such a brief sentence.

Hearing him say this, Einstein and Tesla wanted to refute, to comfort him in their own way, either expressionlessly teasing or directly raising their voices to scold... and so on.

But their lips twitched, and in the end, they could only remain silent.

No way, they didn't know what to say.

Because they understand Welt, they completely believe that, as the host named "Donny Vermillion" said, Welt, who has a hidden chuunibyou, might really get carried away on the battlefield because of the excitement, directly saying some random, purely show-off lines.

And that time more than ten years ago... the result was that tens of millions of people died from the meteor disaster caused by Sirin.

He indirectly expanded the scope of her revenge.

Perhaps, Sirin would have done the same in dealing with Schicksal.

But if you really want to find such a reason, isn't that just an excuse? A double standard?

To be honest, only this time, Ling ke really didn't think too much about it.

Donny Vermillion was just "livening up the atmosphere."

They didn't even know if this matter was 100% true.

Unexpectedly, because Welt and others have a very strong sense of responsibility and are upright...

They all fell for it.

For a moment, these three Anti-Entropy higher-ups, thinking that the deaths of tens of millions of people were related to them.

Their hearts were extremely tormented.

At the same time...

"The public opinion storm has initially formed, and the subsequent events do not require much of my attention."

"Next, you will either be gradually engulfed and eroded by this primitive malice."

"Or, just wait for a key fuse to be ignited, completely detonating this pile of 'explosives'..."

"Really looking forward to it, when you are hurt by the very group you want to protect, with hostility and hatred, how long can the so-called justice and beauty in your hearts last?"

"Hmm, that kind of scene must be quite dramatic and spectacular."

Inside the Dominion Theater, Ling ke, unaware that he had inadvertently "planted a willow without intent," slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

Still sitting alone on his throne, he crossed his legs and summoned multiple system interfaces in front of him.

Inside, the real-time combat footage of several Domination Puppets was displayed.

"Several 'delicacies' are already being cooked, so before they leave the kitchen and are officially served, let me prepare some appetizers!"

As his thoughts wandered, Ling ke's gaze fell on a coordinate on an electronic map.

There, a city named Manchester stood.

It seemed unremarkable.

But Ling ke remembered clearly...

It was the hometown of one of Schicksal's current S-rank Valkyries, "Rita Rossweisse."

Now, recalling the maid who had once brought him from "hell" into the "abyss"...

"Dark Rose, oh Dark Rose."

"When the vibrant rose loses its color, can you still smile as calmly and elegantly as ever?"

A cold smile appeared on Lingke's face. "I am looking forward to it."