Night had fallen.
While Hessian and Mobius were busy handling the promotional matters,
in a private room at a certain hotel, things were happening that made even the female staff blush.
Every single person in this room was a top-tier beauty, yet under the influence of alcohol and the instigation of that pink-haired woman, they were playing all sorts of drinking games.
In the corner of the room, a few minors were huddled together with juice, chatting.
Bronya couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect it—Theresa looks about the same age as me, but she's actually an adult and can go drink for drink with Himeko."
Kiana also marveled: "Yeah, as expected of the chairman, right? Even Teacher Himeko is starting to get drunk, yet she's still acting like nothing happened."
Mei spread her hands helplessly: "Didn't you notice? Teacher Himeko only started playing rock-paper-scissors, drinking, and stripping with Theresa because she was provoked by her."
Bronya grew curious: "Speaking of which… I still can't imagine a woman like the chairman actually choosing to get married."
Kiana hugged her juice and said: "You mean Director He, right? I heard they fell in love at first sight and had a flash marriage."
Mei leaned back on the sofa, thinking about the month and a half of filming and Hessian's appearance.
"I don't think… it's that unbelievable, is it? Director He is actually very talented—for example, a script like this Honkai Impact 3rd isn't something an ordinary person could come up with."
Kiana shouted: "Exactly! Mei's right. I thought the script was super interesting—Valkyries fighting Honkai Beasts, and it even incorporates mecha elements. It's just too awesome!"
Bronya added: "Hm… looking at it now, the theme is indeed very fresh, but Bronya feels that so far the plot has been too smooth. Could that actually make it less popular?"
Kiana patted her shoulder: "That's easy—just search online for everyone's comments. As our company's very first production, a lot of people must be looking forward to it."
She took out her phone, opened a short-video app, and searched for Honkai Impact 3rd.
The first result that appeared was: "Honkai Impact 3rd Trailer PV Released."
"PV?"
The three of them looked at each other.
All of them were extremely curious.
Kiana quickly tapped on it.
The PV officially began playing.
It opened with: Produced by Fire Moth Interstellar Entertainment Company.
Then a voice came through: "This is the Hyperion. Report mission status."
"Report: Optical detection target not visible. Mission risk elevated to A-rank. Request confirmation."
"Mission continues."
"Understood."
Accompanying the communication dialogue, another line of text appeared on screen: 2 years, 5 months, 16 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 28 seconds since the Third Eruption.
"Deactivate hatch safety lock."
"Manually open the hatch."
PM 17:13 – 34 km southeast of Nagazora City, in the sky.
"Battleship has entered constant-speed cruise orbit."
"7-meter hatch depressurization complete, hydraulics normal. Observation team confirms."
"Awaiting Valkyrie landing."
All the text on the screen vanished.
As the sound of footsteps rang out, Kiana—wearing the white Raiden armor—walked out from inside the battleship's hatch.
"Valkyrie landing preparation: 10, 9…"
Before the command personnel could finish the countdown,
Kiana directly cut off communications, flipped up her protective visor, and leaped from the battleship.
An exhilarating BGM kicked in as she plummeted like a meteor from ten thousand meters high, piercing through the clouds and falling straight toward the target battleship.
Just as everyone was eagerly anticipating how the story would unfold,
the screen abruptly cut to black.
Only the words appeared: Honkai Impact 3rd coming soon. Stay tuned.
Whew~
Whew~ Whew~
All three of them were so excited after watching the PV that they could hardly contain themselves.
Kiana was the first to exclaim: "Wow! I didn't feel it at all while filming, but after the post-production effects were added, I'm actually this cool!"
Bronya was also exceptionally shocked: "So this is the Honkai Impact 3rd in Director He's mind? It completely exceeds my imagination."
Mei agreed: "Yeah, during filming I only thought the concept was good, but I never expected it to be this stunning with the effects added. Just this PV alone makes me excited for the rest of the story."
"Hey… what are you three hiding over here for?"
Murata Himeko's slightly drunken voice suddenly sounded behind them.
Kiana turned around and yelped in shock: "Clothes! Teacher Himeko, your clothes!!"
"Wahaha!"
Theresa threw her head back in laughter: "This is the fruit of my victory—this battle is mine!"
Elysia patted her head and smiled: "As expected of you~"
"Eh?"
Himeko, with a hint of curiosity, took Kiana's phone: "This is… the Honkai Impact 3rd PV?"
"The PV is out?"
Theresa shouted, and everyone else quickly crowded around.
They all squeezed together and watched the PV once more.