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Episode 8.

Rebecca approached David and said: "Huh... I'm talking to David."

"Hmm?" David asked.

"Don't use the prosthetic for now."

Rebecca smiled at David and, with her blue and red iron arms, equally exaggerated, made a powerful gesture.

"I'll protect you!"

...

The last episode.

David was also on the top floor of Arasaka Tower, overlooking the luxurious building.

Then, the image of his mother, Gloria, speaking to him appeared before him.

"Mom... Look, I'm at the top of Arasaka Tower."

...

"David! David!"

David was hit by the grenade fired by Adam Smasher and flew into the air.

Lucy, unconscious, kept shouting at David, trying to wake him up.

"David! Come back!"

Lucy hugged David's head, and David's faces, which had duplicated, came together.

Finally, David woke up.

"This is the only way I can protect you in this city. I couldn't protect Mom or Maine, but I want to protect you in the end."

"But I don't want you to protect me. I don't want you to die. As long as you live, it's fine."

"I don't care."

"I don't have much left. I want to help you fulfill your dream!"

"That's my dream. As long as I can help you achieve it, it doesn't matter if I lose everything."

The two talked affectionately in the sky.

...

Then Rebecca was crushed by Adam Smasher. David entrusted Falco with taking Lucy away, and he found himself embroiled in a fierce battle against Adam Smasher.

With the background music of "I Really Want To Stay At Your House", the male protagonist, David, ushered in the ultimate death...

Haruto was stabbed so hard he couldn't speak. At that moment, it felt as if countless blades were piercing his throat.

Mom Gloria, Kiwi, Dolio, Maine, Kiko, Rebecca, and even the protagonist David...

all died.

But the most painful thing was not the death of these familiar characters.

In the end, Haruto saw Lucy travel alone to the moon.

On the desolate moon, David's illusion reappeared in front of Lucy, showing her a radiant smile.

Lucy also showed a happy smile, but at that moment...

The background music of "I Really Want To Stay At Your House" played again, and David disappeared on the spot.

Haruto couldn't hold it in anymore, and tears couldn't help but stream down his eyes.

Now his face was full of discomfort, and having watched "Edgerunners", he had no appetite to eat.

The takeout in front of him was not even half-eaten, and more than three hours after watching "Edgerunners", it had already gotten cold. But

now he felt not the slightest regret for the takeout.

Instead, his mind was filled with the impressive plot of "Edgerunners".

Finally, Haruto gritted his teeth and shouted: "Adam Smasher!"

The animation of "Edgerunners" was undoubtedly a huge success after its broadcast.

After all, in his previous life's world, where cyberpunk was already a very common literary and artistic work, the fact that "Edgerunners" was so successful demonstrates its excellent quality.

In this world, where cyberpunk had never existed before, it is even more popular.

The influence of animation works is also profound. Even before, the manga "Edgerunners" had already been a huge success.

But, to be honest, most people still don't know about it.

A manga can only be considered a huge success and outstanding if the animation performs well.

The ratings of "Edgerunners" have reached 4.5% and the views on Cilicili Danmu.com have reached 3 million.

The ratings are not bad, but watching "Edgerunners" on Cilicili Danmu.com requires payment.

Although many users play it repeatedly, 3 million views do not mean 3 million paying users clicked to play.

But this already means that "Edgerunners" has been a huge success! At the same time, Cilicili Danmu Network's website has also attracted the attention of a large number of ACG culture enthusiasts due to the release of ten episodes of "Edgerunners" at once.

In addition to "Edgerunners", they also noticed other content on the website.

The first is this strange 'bullet screen' function.

At first, no one could stand it.

When watching an animation, there are so many subtitles blocking the view, which is very annoying.

But then, some found the interaction in the bullet screen unexpectedly... interesting? For example, everyone can watch anime in real-time and communicate about the plot in real-time.

There are also some very interesting uses of the bullet screen.

For example, in the famous scene from "Edgerunners", Maine said "David, run!".

In that scene, all the bullet screens repeated themselves. This sentence caused unexpected satisfaction among people.

But what they didn't know was that "Edgerunners'" bullet screen was "forged" by Ren.

After all, the bullet screen function had just been released, and most people probably didn't know how to use it; that is, they didn't know how to post bullet screens.

So Ren used the bullet screen culture from his previous life to have Sakura and others hide these "animated" bullet screens in the background.

It's true that everyone knows how to use bullet screens.

Of course, some bullet screens that do not conform to the bullet screen etiquette will be deleted by Sakura and others in the background.

However, the bullet screen culture remains popular.

After all, this was a very mature bullet screen website model in his previous life! Simply put, bullet screens can give viewers the illusion of "real-time interaction."

Although the sending time of different bullet screens varies, they only appear at a specific time in the video.

Therefore, bullet screens sent simultaneously basically have the same theme, and by participating in the comments, it creates the illusion of commenting at the same time with other viewers.

Unlike traditional comment areas, these are independent of the video.

Therefore, the content of the comments mainly revolves around the entire video, the theme is not intense, and real-time interaction is not felt.

But bullet screens are different. It feels like watching animations, interacting, and debating with everyone.

People are social animals, and most like to be lively.

Of course, there are still some viewers who seem a bit withdrawn and may not like this type of interaction.

But, in general, a minority is still a minority, and most people still think it's good.

That's why the interactive method of bullet screens has become very popular.

Otherwise, his uncle wouldn't have made so much money from this, would he?

Thus, little by little, the model of Cilicili Danmu Network began to be accepted by manga fans who visited the website for the first time.

Station C also became popular!

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