MGSFV?! Chapter 347. Bringing Elysia Ho?
"Elysia, do you want to find soone to help you stream again?"
Hokuto asked quite considerately.
"No need."
Elysia answered firmly this ti.
"The rest of the story… I should know most of it… so, it's fine…"
As she spoke, her eyes drifted toward the box of tissues on the table.
"Mm… since that's how you feel, I won't press further."
Hokuto responded, ending the topic naturally.
Elysia quietly took a breath, gazed at Eden's character card with an inexplicable emotion, then tapped into the Fla-Chasers Archive.
Back in the story—
The perspective finally returned to i.
Clearly, the truth i sought was about to be revealed.
At this mont, no matter what emotions the players held, everyone focused, eyes glued to the screen.
The ending—they had to see it!
Even if it would surely bring pain.
The world began with white.
An endless expanse of white enveloped i, carrying her into a realm that could not be said to exist—nor not exist.
Scattered thoughts drifted in the void, converging to form a path without beginning or end.
i slowly awakened along this pure white road.
"This place… is inside my own mory…?"
Obviously—
i had completed the operation Elysia once described as "like riding a rollercoaster while eating peanuts with your eyes"—the so-1129 procedure.
All she needed now was to relive every mont with her, recollecting through mory, stitching through longing—until she could fill the blank canvas with the colors of that girl.
Until she could reconstruct a Fla-Chaser who had already disappeared.
Seeing this, everyone felt overwheld with emotion again.
Since first reading this story, they'd been wondering—
In what form would Elysia return? How would she co back? Was it possible she hadn't really died?
Now, as the thod was fully laid before them…
Maybe—this was the most fitting way for Elysia to return.
If it hadn't been Elysia of the True Self, if she hadn't given her all to i without reservation, if not for that…
How could i ever bring her back in such a poetic way?
True, i's first attempt had failed, but that was only because of interference from the Herrscher of Corruption.
…
But that's a story for another ti.
Now—
After recalling the process to restore Elysia, i once again steeled her resolve.
She stepped forward.
Standing before a towering door.
When this door appeared, i showed no particular expression in-ga.
She simply murmured, "Behind this door… are my mories of her?"
But players who had experienced Chapter 25 reacted very differently.
A white… chocolate door?
What was this?
[This pure white reminds of Hiko-sensei.]
[Chocolate Door 2.0? I'm kinda scared to go in now.]
[Actually… it's not bad. Walking toward this door carries hope… though co to think of it, the chocolate door also carried hope? Yeah, kind of. Just that… that one hurt more.]
Players were triggered into PTSD flashbacks by this Chocolate Door 2.0.
anwhile, Elysia quietly guided i toward the opening door.
"Without realizing it, so much has happened. Then… let's start from the beginning."
Inside the white space.
A familiar lounge appeared, the familiar sofa, and—
The familiar pink-haired beautiful girl.
Naturally, everyone's attention was drawn to her.
"…Do you rember who I am?"
[(Silence)]
[Hare.]
[Pink Miss Fairy.]
This scene—they rembered it well.
It was when Elysia brought the newly-arrived i into the Hall of Elysian Realm…
Truly…
Just as i said, without realizing it, so much had happened.
They looked at Elysia on the screen and felt deeply moved.
Then, as if part of a ritual, they gently tapped the sa choice they once made:
"Pink Miss Fairy?"
"Not even close!"
Elysia imdiately retorted, "What's that, a nickna you made up for ? So you're that kind of flirty person, huh?"
But i gave a completely different response than before.
She smiled: "From the way you reacted back then, you clearly liked that nickna, didn't you?"
"Just kidding, of course I rember."
"A na spoken by all, soone no one could ignore… Even if it were you, you wouldn't forget."
Every word from i at this mont felt like the very things the players themselves wanted to say to Elysia.
"Elysia… just as her na suggests, truly a beautiful girl."
"And her heart is as pure as her na implies."
i was so direct now.
But that wasn't a bad thing.
If the players had the chance to enter the ga, they'd be far more direct than i ever could be.
…
As i's gentle voice fell—
Another door appeared before her.
Even before she moved, she saw Elysia's shadow dart through the slowly opening door.
The players snapped to attention, eagerly directing i to chase after her.
But once through—
They saw Elysia holding a weapon.
"?"
Fortunately, Elysia simply greeted her as usual.
"Hi, how do I look?"
"This should be the first ti I've drawn my weapon before you, right? Does the bow suit ?"
[Of course it suits you!!!]
[I even bought Elysia so many skins! Though… I still don't have Elysia…]
[Oof, that's a sad story.]
"Thinking back, the first Fla-Chaser who stood opposite … was you."
i wasn't blaming her.
"In hindsight, that fight was barely a skirmish. For you, it was probably just a date, wasn't it?"
"A little unfair, don't you think?"
"Oh, and I never got to answer before—the bow suits you, but I'd love to see you with other weapons too."
[Like… Black Abyss White Flower?]
["Not cute enough. Rejected." – Elysia, probably]
[Every mory with Elysia is so happy… I'm breaking down.]
Flashback arcs remain one of the most tiless storytelling tools.
If placed well, the effect is unmatched.
Even though they had gone through so much pain before this—so many battles—
At this warm, hopeful mont, the players once again reached for tissues.
And in-ga—
Elysia, hearing i's blunt praise, responded in her usual style:
"Ara, being praised so suddenly, it's a little embarrassing."
"But compared to Kevin, maybe I'm just… a tiny bit weaker."
"A tiny bit...? Sure. I'll believe you."
i's tone now defied description.
"In return, show —Fla-Chaser of Fire, deputy leader, the very first of them all—your true power."
And there really was a chance to do just that.
Next—
Another door.
Once again, Elysia's shadow ran through it.
i hurriedly followed.
Another mory surfaced.
The ti when Elysia gave her the Crystal Flower.
i rembered it all, her heart full of emotion.
"Will you be there at the end of this journey… to give a graduation gift?"
Soon—
That mory faded, followed the sa rhythm as before.
Another door.
Another shadow of Elysia—closer, more tangible.
Everyone's eyes sparkled, hearts full of anticipation.
Everything was getting better. Truly, it felt like everything was getting better!
Then more joyful mories passed—so bright they felt almost dreamlike.
Elysia's little trumpet.
Elysia's line: "I really want to touch i's horns… So curious, so curious!"
…
Until everyone and Elysia's shadow stepped through the final door together.
"We're… so close now."
Everyone could feel it. Really, it was so close.
Elysia…
"Hi, i. Every ti I see you, I feel so happy."
The glowing fragnts of mory grew clearer, forming a warm sunlight.
"I've always been happy. Being with you—who wouldn't be?"
Those radiant lights flowed deep into i's soul, rging into a sea of stars.
"So? Have you fallen in love with this place? Or… maybe with sothing else? Hmm?"
A door of mory opened before her.
"Leaving a little suspense is how we make sure there's a next ti—isn't that sothing to be happy about?"
The girl's silhouette was slowly taking shape in i's heart.
Emotions rose in everyone.
"We've barely known each other for long, but she was always like that—appearing unannounced, leaving shadows of different lengths in people's hearts."
"No one was more sincere. No one more pure."
"…"
"She never forgot what was left in Elysian Realm…"
"So she… should never disappear from Elysian Realm's mories—"
i voiced her thoughts softly.
Many players echoed them in their own hearts.
In that mont, it felt like all their longing had gathered into one.
All to bring one person ho.
"You promised to reveal everything about Elysia, and all about the Thirteenth Herrscher…"
"Now, I've co to you."
"So answer , Elysia… just like you always have."
Everyone took a deep breath.
Their yearning—if they could just push open this final door—
Their expectations would receive a beautiful answer…
They believed—
The still mory space stirred like a breeze, just like the night before the girl vanished.
Everything resembled their mories so closely, as though the entire space was preparing for her return.
Players guided i as she slowly pushed open the last door before her.
Yes, it was first-person controlled—for imrsion, right? (
White light burst through the door.
Everyone truly got excited now.
[Elysia! We're here to bring you ho!!] N
But beyond the door… there was nothing.
Only an empty white void.
???
That incomprehensible truth cast the livestream into a long, long, long silence.
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