Honkai: Star Rail – Banner Character, Delivering Knives to the Player [25]

Lingzhou: "That's a pity. Given the circumstances, we'll discuss privately tonight and decide tomorrow whether we'll leave."

Bronya: "Alright. You may leave now."

Lingzhou: "Before we go, might I trouble you with a small request, Commander Bronya?"

Bronya looked puzzled. "Please speak."

"When we first arrived, we were deceived by Sampo Koski. Since he's currently locked up, I'd like a brief word with him."

Lingzhou's request was polite and sincere.

Bronya nodded thoughtfully. "I’ll arrange someone to escort you to the detention center. However, the two young ladies will need to wait here."

Bronya had already seen the arrest report and thought nothing suspicious of Lingzhou’s request.

Perhaps he just wanted to vent some frustration.

Lingzhou smiled gratefully. "Thank you, Commander Bronya."

"It's nothing," Bronya replied with a weary wave.

[Lingzhou leaves for about fifteen minutes before returning to the interrogation room.]

Staring at the black loading screen, Lao Xiong fell into deep thought.

Strange—why did Lingzhou choose this moment to see Sampo?
Could Sampo have crucial information? He’s a playable four-star character, so he shouldn't just be comic relief.
Then again, Pela and Serval have barely done anything notable either, aside from brief appearances.
Let’s mark this as an unresolved thread for now.

He clicked, and the screen brightened again.

Lingzhou smiled: "Thank you again, Commander Bronya. Stelle, have you signed your statement? We should go."

Stelle shrugged. "Not yet."

Bronya: "There's no need."

Lingzhou: "I recommend she does. Plenty of people saw you bring us in. A signed document would help justify things—to your superiors or externally."

Bronya immediately understood and nodded.

"You're right. Mr. Lingzhou, you truly think of everything."

She wasn’t slow—she instantly grasped Lingzhou’s subtle implication.

Bringing outsiders to the station couldn't be hidden from her mother, Cocolia.

Having official paperwork would prevent further suspicion.

[You casually sign the "I won't rummage through city trash cans anymore" pledge, completely unbothered.]

[You know this paper can't actually restrain you from pursuing your grand quest.]

[Bronya personally escorts you out. Before leaving, you notice her worried expression and troubled eyes.]

After this seemingly comedic yet plot-heavy section, Lao Xiong paused momentarily, checking the chat—and froze.

"What? This whole sequence is hidden content? Hey buddy, mind hopping onto voice chat to explain further?"

The revelation piqued everyone's interest.

After a quick call-in, viewers learned the chat member wasn’t lying.

If players hadn’t thoroughly searched all the trash cans, this entire hidden scene wouldn’t trigger.

Instead, they would’ve gone straight to Goethe Hotel, briefly chatted with Lingzhou and March 7th, and then rested until morning.

"Man, this has to be one of the most bizarre ways ever to unlock hidden content…"

...

March 7th: "Lingzhou, we're not really leaving, are we?"

Lingzhou: "Let's get settled at the inn Cocolia arranged first."

March 7th’s eyes widened incredulously. "Even after learning she’s spying on us?!"

① "Even knowing the mountain has tigers, we brave the tiger’s den."
② "Exactly because she's spying on us, we must go there."
③ "We're on her turf. Anywhere we go, we'll be watched."

"So, our protagonist isn't actually dumb. They're pretty sharp," Lao Xiong remarked appreciatively. "Nice, I feel way more immersed now."

Upon entering Goethe Hotel, the trio appeared together in the same room.

"March 7th is sitting on the bed… Must be her room?" Lao Xiong muttered absently before refocusing on the story.

Another cutscene started.

March 7th opened her mouth to speak, but Lingzhou swiftly covered it.

He raised a finger to his lips. Only after she nodded did he release her.

Under the watchful eyes of two curious girls—one gray-haired, one pink—Lingzhou slowly opened his palm.

An invisible breeze silently swept outward, gently ruffling their hair as it infiltrated every crevice of the room.

A few seconds passed, and an enigmatic smile crossed Lingzhou’s lips.

He took out an unusual box and opened it. With a slight pull, a pen flew from the nearby desk into his grasp.

Lingzhou placed the pen into the box, casually tossing it aside.

"Eavesdropping is terribly unethical. That Guardian of yours is even less trustworthy than Sampo."

March 7th: "That pen was… a recorder?"

Lingzhou: "Strictly speaking, it was a listening device—a tiny microphone."

Lingzhou: "If we hadn’t removed it, every sound we made would’ve been broadcast to someone else."

March’s expression crumbled. "That's disgusting… You think your rooms have them too?"

Stelle sneered coldly: "Almost certainly. Even spying on our cute, innocent March—they have no shame."

March 7th huffed indignantly: "Exactly!"

Lingzhou sighed lightly: "…You know by 'innocent,' she just means you're a dummy, right?"

"Hey! You want another elbow strike from a pretty girl, don’t you?" March snapped, eyebrows knitting fiercely.

Stelle cleared her throat hurriedly. "Let's focus. Share the intel we gathered—I’ll start."

She paused dramatically, adopting a serious tone.

"My information is—that I gathered nothing useful at all."

March responded with an exasperated eye-roll.

March 7th: "Should’ve known nothing intelligent ever comes out of your mouth."

Stelle: "Oh, and you?"

"I—I, uh… alright, maybe I didn’t find anything useful either," March confessed sheepishly.

Chat burst into laughter again:

[This duo is pure comedic gold.]
[Lingzhou’s like a worried dad, babysitting these two troublemakers.]
[Hey, adopted fathers count as fathers too! By the way, how did you guys know I just got 1,600 Stellar Jades from Daddy?]
[???]
[Please, the dynasty is falling!]
[Who let a barking dog into the nice conversation?]
[Relax, father knows best, after all.]

Lingzhou let out another weary sigh.

"I'll point out the useful bits."

"First—did you notice how much Serval resembles Gepard?"

Stelle pondered. "Didn’t think about it before, but now you mention it… they do look alike."

March 7th: "Siblings? Older sister and younger brother?"

Lingzhou: "That’s not important. What matters is Serval directly called Cocolia by her name, with barely concealed disrespect. Worth noting."

"Second—according to Serval, the city’s heating doesn't come from the Stellaron."

"Instead, it's powered by a mineral called Geomarrow, mined in the Underworld."

"Logically, given its importance, the Upper and Underworlds should have very close ties."

"But in reality, think carefully—what exactly did Serval say about their relationship?"

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