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Unfortunately, such a beautiful dream lasted less than 15 minutes before she woke up, which left Clara quite upset. At least make it half an hour, it's too short.
After fruitless contemplation, Clara finally resorted to the tacky headlines she once despised.
"Shocking, the first ch pilot of the legion turns out to be a girl!"
"The once galactically famous genius pilot, dumped by her opportunistic boyfriend."
"She's driving the 'Red Bull X-model', how can I catch up with her!"
"Crazy monster big sister, that high schooler known as 'Queen.'"
"My left cockpit burns with passion, and now I will shoot down that once divine entity!"
"Absolute! Fierce! Rousing cheers! Shout for , this is our triumph!"
"Bullied and replaced for three years, now that woman returns like a war god!"
"But, I still have a hidden beam sword, it will pierce through all your dignity!"
As the titles got weirder and cringier by the turn, Clara's live-streaming room beca increasingly popular. So were curious about the content, so wanted to have a laugh, and others were there to mock and see if the host was as great as she claid to be.
No matter the reason, Clara's online room's popularity soared, reaching peak viewership in the tens of thousands. Given that girls who liked ch star wars gas were rare, especially those so obsessed and skillful, she truly was a gem.
A few months later.
"So, to celebrate reaching a million followers, tonight I will sing in the live stream~" The virtual girl's image smiled at the audience, then held the microphone, reciting her gratitude and sharing so mories, and so on.
"I know many people are curious if I'm really a high school girl, or even a girl at all, for that matter. I've applied for an official verification badge, so there's no need to worry." Right after she said this, the live stream room erupted, as countless viewers started tipping vigorously and banners of congratulations fluttered across the screen.
"I told you guys, Purple Lightning Lala is indeed a lovely girl. You didn't believe before."
"Is Purple Lightning Lala really a high school girl? I'm a fan now."
"I want to marry Purple Lightning Lala!"
"Purple Lightning Lala is super aweso!"
"Wuwuwu, why can't I find a girl like Purple Lightning Lala in real life? They all laugh at for being a slly gar nerd."
"I've decided, I will tip Purple Lightning Lala every day to express my feelings."
Seeing the ssages floating by, Clara kept a smile but her mouth twitched from ti to ti. If it weren't for the decent inco tonight, as well as maintaining her image, she wouldn't indulge these delirious fans.
"...Finally, thank you all for watching today, and that's it for now, bye-bye, see you all again~"
Although feeling sowhat uncomfortable, Clara still used the cutesy tone she would never use in normal conversation to finish the sentence, then cut the input signal.
Climbing out of the imrsion pod, Clara let out a big breath, then flopped onto her bed and guzzled drinks and snacks. It took a while before she felt refreshed, but then she fell into a sort of emptiness.
"Even though I made so money, gaming doesn't seem as fun as it used to be." She checked the ti; it was earlier than when she usually went to sleep, but she no longer had the desire to play any gas.
What to do, just go to sleep? It felt like a loss. She lay on her bed, eyes closed, thinking—she wanted to sleep but didn't want to sleep.
And so, until the notification tone of her personal terminal sounded late into the night, indicating a steady stream of ssages coming through.
"Who is it, chatting so late?" She opened her eyes, rolled over, and picked up her terminal, only to find that it was her long-silent junior high class group.
"Did you guys see it?" The ssage at the top of the screen read.
"See what?"
"The academy showdown tonight, Edith Academy versus Swarm's Reign!"
"That? Not interested, what about it."
":）You guys missed a scene you'll regret for a lifeti."
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"How co you talk like that? It's just Prin Coco showing off her prowess, defeating her competitors, right? To tell you the truth, I prefer this year's debutante 'Azure Bubble', rulu is the cutest little girl in my heart."
"Your life is ruined by lolis, how could you not know the outco of tonight's match."
"Ah, alright, I'll just search for it, wouldn't it kill you to upload a video link?"
"It's all live, who can make a video so quickly? But there's a replay you can watch."
"You guys would never guess, but tonight, it was Prin Coco who lost, and the person who defeated her is soone we all know."
"Who?"
A few minutes passed before the chat continued.
"!!!!"
"It's Hexia!!!"
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"What are you guys talking about? Why did you bring up Hexia? Didn't she go to Irene Academy?"
"Maybe, but the songstress tonight, she looked exactly like Hexia. I've never seen her look so beautiful."
"Hexia actually not wearing glasses, she feels totally different from how she was at school."
"So aweso, she's not of this world anymore..." soone exclaid in amazent while watching the video.
"It's over, all over. If only I'd made a better connection with her back in middle school."
"I'm filled with regret right now, the very regretful kind."
"Do you think Hexia will rember us classmates?"
"She might, but the mories might not be so pleasant for her."
"That's true, she seed to be ostracized in class for a long ti."
"Sigh, I really want to go back to the past and beco friends with Hexia back then."
"Ah-ha, you're not thinking of pursuing Hexia from that ti, are you?"
"Embarrassing to say, but it wasn't until the graduation dinner that I noticed Hexia was actually very beautiful, it's just that we overlooked her before."
"Who didn't? You can only say that Lina has done so harm."
"Hexia now is beyond our imagination and reach."
"A chanter, a songstress, the top student of Edith Academy, the student council president, she's like a Black Swan high up in the sky now."
"..."
"I want to say sothing, but what can I say? It's just that we were too young and immature back then, I guess."
"However, having had such a songstress with us, looking back in the future, it'll be sothing to envy."
"What about you, Clara? You were not only Hexia's middle school classmate but also her elentary school classmate, right? You must have a deeper connection with her than any of us."
As the topic reached its end, the girl in front of the screen was suddenly asked. She typed a lot of words, trying to explain that she and Hexia were not actually that close, but in the end, she deleted them all, because explaining it now was aningless.
"Mmm, Hexia was really cute even as a child, if only I could have let everyone know that sooner." She typed, hit send, dropped her arms, leaned back on the bed, and zoned out for awhile before standing up and walking to the window to pull back the curtains.
In the sky, the bright moonlight poured into the room, extraordinarily bright and chilly.
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