Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

Kiana☆, 〈 Fu Lin's luck might not be great either, but it's not as bad as yours, squad leader.〉

Fu Hua couldn't help clutching her chest, feeling as though a sharp knife had deeply stabbed into her heart, sending waves of pain.

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[ The video begins playing, showing a spacious and brightly lit arcade filled with various arcade game machines.

In this lively setting, Fu Hua is standing in front of a machine, fully focused on playing a game.

Time flies, and Fu Hua successfully finishes the game, then stops operating, glances at her watch, and mutters,

"It's about time, I should be heading back." ]

[Magical Girl]Theresa, 〈Oh! Is Fu Hua really that good at games?〉

[Shenzhou Tablet]Fu Hua, 〈After my daily martial arts practice, I sometimes take a bit of time to come to the arcade and relax by playing games.〉

[Miss Lily]Otto, 〈Old friend, interested in playing 'Kallen Fantasy'?〉

Upon hearing this, Fu Lin's lips curled into a faint smile, a half-mocking look in his eyes, and then he turned to Otto and said, "Is that the 'Kallen Fantasy' that bans players if they surpass your rank?"

[Miss Lily]Otto, 〈Ahem, what are you talking about? I don't quite understand.〉

[However, just as Fu Hua was about to turn and leave, her eyes inadvertently fell on the few remaining game tokens in her hand.

Fu Hua hesitated slightly, thinking to herself, "Seems a bit of a waste to just leave these tokens unused..."

After a brief thought, Fu Hua decided not to waste the tokens and walked over to a lottery machine in the arcade.

The rules of this lottery machine were simple,

「Just insert the token into the machine, then select a few patterns on the screen. If all the selected patterns are correct, you win the grand prize; if only one is correct, you still get a consolation prize.」

It's worth mentioning that the winning rate of this lottery machine is quite high.

After all, this is the arcade at St. Freya Academy, mainly established to help Valkyries relax and enjoy themselves.

Therefore, Theresa specifically adjusted the lottery machine to have a high winning rate, unless someone is extremely unlucky, they could win second prize even with their eyes closed. ]

Kiana said in surprise, 〈So the lottery machine's winning rate was raised by Auntie? No wonder I always win a special prize every time!〉

However, the moment Kiana finished speaking, several cracks appeared on Fu Hua's glasses, quickly spreading like spiderwebs across the lenses.

The crisp sound of the lens shattering echoed like the sound of a heart breaking, lingering in the ears and hard to shake off.

At the same time, witnessing Kiana's utterly "Versailles" behavior, Fu Lin couldn't help but feel a surge of envy and jealousy.

Fu Lin bit tightly on the handkerchief in his hand, mumbling, "Dammit! It's always feast or famine! When will I ever have Kiana's kind of luck?"

Fu Shi patted Fu Lin on the shoulder gently, comforting him, "Don't think too much, Kiana is from 'Europe', you... hehe."

[ However, with such a high-winning-rate lottery machine, an unexpected situation occurred.

Fu Hua inserted token after token, but not once did she win, not even a consolation prize.

Stunned by the outcome, Fu Hua subconsciously pinched her chin, deep in thought, and muttered to herself, "Could this machine be broken?"

Fu Hua recalled seeing many students play on this machine and win prizes easily, often grand ones.

But why is it that when it's her turn, not even a consolation prize is within reach?

The more she thought about it, the more something felt off, so she called over a staff member and explained that the lottery machine might be broken. ]

Offscreen, when Fu Hua saw this scene, she silently closed her eyes, unable to watch anymore.

To Fu Hua, this day marked the moment she fully realized her inherently "unlucky" nature.

This day was also destined to become a memory she would never be able to let go of.

[ In the video, after carefully inspecting the machine, the staff member showed a puzzled expression and said to Fu Hua, "This machine has no issues at all."

To reassure her, the staff even demonstrated, inserted a token, pressed the button, the screen spun and finally stopped at the second prize.

Seeing this, Fu Hua didn't overthink it and just assumed her luck was slightly off.

So, refusing to give in, she unhesitatingly exchanged dozens more tokens and prepared to continue.

As expected, the results were no surprise, no miracle occurred.

Fu Hua continued trying dozens of times, each time watching the patterns stop with hope, only to be disappointed over and over, never once winning even a consolation prize.

Whether by coincidence or not, the patterns Fu Hua selected seemed magically cursed, no matter how she tried, she couldn't win.

At one point, she chose the same pattern more than ten times in a row, but still got nothing.

Right after she switched to a different pattern, the one she had been picking suddenly hit a prize!

This dramatic twist left the staff dumbfounded, silently thinking, "I've worked here for years and never seen someone this unlucky."

In the end, Fu Hua stubbornly exchanged over a hundred more tokens.

Finally, after spending them all, she managed to win, once. A consolation prize.

That day, Fu Hua walked out of the arcade and was met by blindingly harsh sunlight, so bright it was hard to keep her eyes open.

But in stark contrast to the sunlight was Fu Hua's pitch-black expression, like the bottom of a pot, surrounded by a thick cloud of gloomy aura. ]

No one could truly guess what Fu Hua was feeling inside, because the people watching the stream were already holding back their laughter.

If Fu Hua weren't in the live room herself, with Kiana and Fu Lin's carefree personalities, they would've long burst out laughing, rolling on the floor.

Well, Fu Lin was already laughing, only Kiana was still holding it in, afraid that laughing now would get her punished by Fu Hua in tomorrow's training.

But truthfully, Fu Hua was indeed a bit pitiful. Yet the scene was so absurdly funny, it was almost impossible not to laugh.

Einstein couldn't help but sigh, 〈Failing to win even a consolation prize after over a hundred tries, that probability is actually lower than winning big. In a way, this is a form of extreme luck too.〉

Otto, struggling to hold back laughter, chimed in, 〈Old friend, your luck really is quite... amusing.〉

Himeko originally wanted to comfort Fu Hua, but ended up laughing, 〈Pfft, cough cough, um, Fu Hua, don't take it too seriously. It's just a little bad luck, no big deal at all, don't let it get to you.〉

Elysia, 〈Aww, poor Hua, pat pat~〉

Fu Hua, as if seeing through everything, said calmly, 〈Go ahead and laugh. My luck really is terrible. I still need to rely on Kiana.〉

Bronya, resting her chin in her hand, said thoughtfully, 〈Squad leader's luck and Kiana's are like two extremes. Could this be the legendary "blessing of fools"?〉

Hearing that, Kiana, Kiana☆, immediately got upset and shouted, 〈Bronya, who are you calling a fool?!〉

But Bronya remained calm, slowly explaining, 〈Bronya was referring to the single-celled organism Paramecium Kiana, not Kiana☆-sister. Kiana☆-sister need not mind.〉

Kiana☆ froze for a moment, then reacted with an "Oh~".

Yet Kiana protested loudly, 〈Bronya! What do you mean? Are you saying I'm worse than my other self?!〉

Himeko, 〈Kiana, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but... yeah, you kinda are.〉

Kiana, 〈...〉