Honkai: Star Rail. Getting chased by players! [6]

“Everyone, calm down, calm down. Yes, Cava is handsome, but he’s not as incredible as some of you are making him out to be! Let’s take a look at his skills first.”

Kakaya, being the experienced streamer he was, quickly shifted the tone of the live chat with just a few words.

【Alright, alright, keep talking, you’re doing great.】

【Honestly, true.】

【If this were real life, I’d say Cava is super hot, but sorry, this is AC Station, and he’s no match for the animals in this chat.】

【Kakaya, pour me a cup of tea, will you?】

Kakaya chuckled at the comments. Though still somewhat wild, the chat had calmed down compared to earlier. For a moment there, he thought AC Station had turned into a chicken farm, and any second now, the red super moderators would descend to bestow him with a seven-day suspension.

Kakaya wasn’t the only one feeling this way. Other streamers on AC Station who were live-streaming Honkai: Star Rail also faced a wave of “chaos” when Cava’s Path was revealed.

The smart streamers quickly brought their chat back under control, while the even smarter ones joined in on the madness...

“Ahhh! Family! Who can understand?! This man just radiates a sense of safety!”

A female streamer lost it live on air.

【WTF… Streamer, calm down! You’re scaring us!】

【Scared +1!】

【+10086!】

【I’m new here, is this the kitchen at KFC?】

【No, you’re in the wrong place. This isn’t where we sell fried chicken.】

It turns out, if the streamer is crazier than the audience, it’s the audience that starts getting scared...

Back to Kakaya.

Kakaya opened up Cava’s skill interface and started browsing through his abilities.

“Hmm, basic attack is nothing special, his combat skill stacks an extra healing buff... it looks like his healing potential is seriously high.”

Kakaya’s mind briefly wandered to Cava’s massive pecs, so well-defined that you could see their outline even through his clothes.

Gulp...

He hadn’t meant to think about it, but now that he had, Kakaya found himself swallowing involuntarily.

Slap!

Realizing what he was doing, Kakaya slapped himself in the face, mentally chanting, “I’m straight! I’m straight!”

【Huh? What was that sound?】

【It sounded like a belly slap. Pretty good texture!】

【Kakaya! What are you doing behind that virtual avatar?!】

As many knew, Kakaya streamed with a virtual avatar, and from the audience’s perspective, his avatar was now frozen in the bottom-right corner, as if disconnected.

【Did his motion capture device glitch out and hit him?】

【How could something like that hit him in the face?!】

【Maybe it hit his belly? Is Kakaya playing shirtless?! Canon confirmed!】

【Dang, bro! You’re going full canon over this?】

At that moment, Kakaya stared at the flood of chat messages, too stunned to respond, pretending his stream had disconnected.

If people found out he had been drooling over another guy’s pecs, his straight-man image would be shattered for good.

After a few minutes, Kakaya returned, pretending his equipment had malfunctioned, and casually resumed browsing through Cava’s skills, despite the chat’s collective disbelief.

“Alright, let’s take a look at his ultimate skill...

[Ultimate] Flowing in and out: Instantly restore a large amount of HP to a targeted ally and remove any negative status effects from them.

Whoa?”

Kakaya raised his eyebrows in surprise after reading Cava’s ultimate skill.

“Man, that’s impressive! Even though it’s single-target healing, it also clears debuffs, which could be really useful later!”

Though the single-target focus limited its potential, the ability to remove debuffs was a big plus. After all, this was a four-star character—if he were too powerful, what would that mean for the five-star healers?

“Let’s check out his talent next.”

Kakaya moved the cursor over to the talent section, his expression changing as he read through it. His voice grew higher and more incredulous with each line, and the chat quickly exploded into a frenzy.

[Talent] Flowing Energy: When healing an ally whose HP is full, increase their attack by 20% of Cava’s attack power.

[Technique] Balancing Life: Instantly heal all allies. If all allies are at full HP, increase their crit rate by 20% for two turns.

[Bonus Ability (Level 2)] Acupuncture: Grants the healed ally additional attack power.

[Bonus Ability (Level 4)] Flowing Channels: Healing can crit.

[Bonus Ability (Level 6)] Five Flow Points: Increases Cava’s crit rate by 20%.

Gulp...

This time, Kakaya didn’t bother hiding the sound of his gulp. The chat didn’t even tease him for it—the whole chatroom was exploding, and everyone was typing the same two words, over and over, in disbelief.

Even Kakaya couldn’t help but exclaim aloud.

“Holy crap!!!! Are these even human skills?!”

【WTF! Is this guy secretly a DPS disguised as a healer?!】

【He buffs himself with crit? Be a normal character, please!】

【Ah!? Ahhhh!!! AAAAHHH!!!!】

【Are you telling me MiHoYo is just giving this character away for free?! No charge?!】

【This dude can heal and crit at the same time?! Dr. Cava is a miracle worker!】

【I can already see Cava soloing Simulated Universe! He’s got healing, buffs, and debuff removal!】

Slap! Slap! Slap!

At this point, Kakaya started slapping himself again.

Even though the audience couldn’t see it, the sound alone made it clear that Kakaya was freaking out.

【Kakaya! Don’t do that, Kakaya!】

【I understand, Kakaya! If I saw a character this broken right at the start of the game, I’d think I was dreaming too.】

【Did we read the star rating wrong? Maybe he’s actually a five-star?】

【Five-star? No, he’s a six-star, a true god!】

【Looks like Kakaya will need to add a new section in his future videos: "In scenarios where Cava is present."】

【Hahaha, Kakaya’s workload just doubled overnight in Honkai: Star Rail!】

While the chat continued its chaotic debates, Kakaya finally came to his senses after slapping himself back to reality.

Looking at his computer screen again, he realized it wasn’t a dream.

Staring at Cava’s insanely powerful talent tree, Kakaya collapsed into his chair, giving up on thinking altogether.

“Actually... when you really think about it, there’s nothing too special here. He just adds a little attack power and crit here and there. In Star Rail, the most important thing is for each character to have their own unique traits, right? So, they probably gave Cava some extra perks to compensate... yeah, just compensating for his other weaknesses...”

Kakaya mumbled to himself, convincing himself with some mental gymnastics as he sat back at his computer, ignoring the ongoing barrage of chat comments. Without hesitation, he moved his cursor over to Cava’s Eidolon section.