Episode 383:
Meiji Headquarters.
The game masters who were working overtime last night were at a loss for words.
I hoped it wasn’t just that. All the questions asked by the reporters at the entrance to the headquarters were true...
Seong Min-ji actually felt less burdened.
“But don’t you feel a little more at ease? “I felt so guilty when I kept it to myself.”
“Wow, we don’t know, but the other employees...”
There was nothing wrong with saying that it would be better to get hit first.
Kim Seong-cheol remembered the time when he first learned the truth about Fate not long ago.
At that time, not only did I feel guilty, but I also thought, ‘What have I done so far?’ I even suffered from feelings of self-destruction for several days.
Seo Myung-woo crumpled the paper cup.
“But what if I have to overcome it?”
By the way, X,
that one is really great.
“It’s really unbelievable that just by completing the quest, we can find errors that even we couldn’t check. Even if an NPC is aware of its existence, it’s troubling...”
“Isn’t it amazing that people even believe what the NPC says?”
Seong Minji clicked his tongue at the conversation between the two men.
“You guys need to change that developer mindset. Think a little more from the player’s perspective. It’s virtual reality. Would an NPC designed like a real person feel like just a piece of data?”
There was nothing wrong with what Seong Minji said.
Seongcheol Kim sympathized and nodded.
“Everything your last name said is correct. So, we decided to port the settings of existing Fate NPCs to Fate Alive.”
“The question is how many will survive there.”
“...Do you know that Senior Seo is good at playing seconds?”
“It’s true, right? As revealed in the video released by X, there are two deletion systems currently in operation in the world. Even if we somehow manage to stop other beings, what do you plan to do with Black Rain?”
“That’s...”
Kim Seong-cheol couldn’t answer easily.
There is a possibility that players can block other entities by working together. However, Black Rain had no fundamental destruction law.
“There’s one more thing.”
Seong Min-ji added fuel to the fire.
“We have no cause. “Even if we protect Fate World through the players’ efforts, there is no justification for announcing that we are developing the next game.”
Currently, Meiji is treated as a group of criminals who are wanted by their leader, Schubert.
This means that even if they announced that they were developing a sequel to Fate, public opinion would not be positive.
“It’s a mountain beyond a mountain, really.”
Nothing is going to be resolved easily.
Kim Seong-cheol was already feeling frustrated. Still, I can’t remain discouraged and depressed forever.
There was a need to participate in a global event just to change the mood.
“Anyway, shall we go watch the X broadcast? “Everyone was waiting in the lobby.”
*
Background The fallen Kingdom of Ruyan.
Main character X.
The director sent a cue sign from Akarusted, where the world’s attention was focused.
[Streaming begins!]
As the crystal sphere sparkled, so many people poured in that the official Fate website was paralyzed.
To the extent that the real-time viewer count stops working. Is that all?
At the moment, the viewership rating graph of EX Channel, which was simultaneously broadcasting the stream, was soaring through the roof and almost reaching the sky.
-Isn’t the one that just aired a masterpiece??
-broadcast? What broadcast? I just woke up
– Please check the atmosphere of Suzakumu, you are so oblivious haha Watch the news too
– Then is Fate really going to fail? ᅲᅲᅲᅲ
– My condolences to Fateᅲᅲ
It’s pure confusion.
There were viewers who watched the broadcast, and there were others who woke up late and couldn’t even figure out what was going on.
But what was important now were not the trivial things. X got into the core from the start.
“I am here to defeat others.”
Switching angle.
When X appeared, there was an immediate reaction.
-The place is kind of sunny??
-Isn’t that the War Machine flag hanging on the castle wall over there?!
-That’s right. I think Akarusted is where X is right now?
-If it’s Akarusted, isn’t it right in front of Luyan?!
Ruyan is the headquarters of the White Mask. You’re declaring war in someone else’s front yard!
‘That’s why the Gourmet King passed the baton to me.’
The NPC Gourmet King could not handle issues outside of Fate.
However, X, who is a player and lives in reality, has the ability to solve the problem.
Which is the best way?
I thought about it day and night.
But X wasn’t a game maker.
Because I was just an ordinary player who logged in to Fate a little longer than others.
‘What I can do is...’
X, who made his
final decision, opened his mouth.
*
“When was Akarusted recaptured?”
“Isn’t that a tough territory that even War Machine couldn’t protect?”
“Wow, you destroyed that impregnable fortress single-handedly.”
“You didn’t surpass level 1000 on your own for nothing, right?”
Crash, clap.
Meiji employees gathered in the lobby and watched X’s broadcast.
Everyone looks at X and says something.
Eating snacks might have seemed like a good thing, but...
“Tsk tsk, I should eat something, I’m too nervous so I can’t do that.”
I didn’t put a bag of snacks on because everyone liked it.
“There is no other grim reaper holding the hilt of the sword.”
To the Mage Game Masters, X’s declaration of war was tantamount to a death sentence.
Because the end of this war was the ending of Fate. In addition to the snacks, Seong Min-ji took a sip of the soda.
My throat kept burning.
“...Either Blossom wakes up or we cross the river of no return.”
Happy ending and bad ending.
When this war ends, it will end one way or another. But the two endings had something in common.
Kim Seong-cheol’s voice was depressed.
“Either way, Fate service will be stopped.”
I was prepared, but it still left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Like other game masters, Kim Seong-cheol unconsciously stuffed snacks into his mouth to soothe his bitter taste.
X’s declaration of war was slowly coming to an end. Seo Myung-woo, who was concentrating, shrugged his shoulders.
“At this point, I feel sorry for X. Everyone is harsh. “What more do you want from X?”
X did everything he could.
Measures to respond to the deletion system were found within the game and utilized perfectly.
That alone deserves praise, but now viewers are pouring out questions to X that Maisie has to deal with.
It was then.
-...I’d like to say one last word.
X
broke the silence and opened his mouth.
The game masters paused for a moment at the next words. It was so frozen that I dropped the snack I was holding.
-I believe that even if ‘Fate’ ends its service like this, ‘Fate World’ will not end like this. I believe that the story we created will not be forgotten.
Gulp.
-So, I will pass the baton to Fate’s game masters.
“...X, that’s true.”
Because he was not a person with integrity, he was just waiting for a justification.
However, X, holding the hilt of the sword, not only saved their lives, but also gave them a chance.
A chance to revive Fate World!
I wondered if this was a dream or reality.
‘...Couldn’t it really be telepathy?’
Otherwise, X couldn’t have appeared like a hero every time there was a crisis and solved the problem.
‘I said I would pass the baton.’
As Kim Seong-cheol pondered the words, he felt as if something was boiling in his chest.
‘...I will not miss the baton you passed to me even if I die.’
It was a passionate feeling and commitment that I had never felt in my life.
Kim Seong-cheol captured the atmosphere with his passionate voice.
“Everyone, don’t move and watch closely.”
His finger pointed at the X that appeared on the monitor.
“Now that you have been given the opportunity, you must not miss a single moment! From now on, every moment that X shows will become the background, history, and legend of ‘Fate Alive.’”
Munchkin that I eat all by myself