Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

"You seem to have a misjudgment of your standing among gamers?"

Bronya looked at Nangong Yu with some curiosity, wondering if he genuinely didn't know or was pretending.

"These people didn't come because of me, did they? But I didn't say I would be exhibiting in person."

Pointing to herself, Nangong Yu looked somewhat bewildered.

"Otherwise what? Do you think Pokémon isn't popular worldwide? It's all about liking what others have," Bronya said, raising an eyebrow.

"I thought you were going to criticize me for being narcissistic."

After muttering to himself, Nangong Yu continued, "But shouldn't gamers focus on the game itself? Why should they pay attention to me, the designer?"

"Is our Apex really that bad?"

Battle royale, evolved armor, and various legendary skills—these are undoubtedly the hottest topics in the gaming world right now.

"...Okay, you've convinced me."

After meeting up with the staff who had been waiting for a long time, the group carefully entered the venue through a secluded small door.

The spacious venue was already set up with booths of various shapes and sizes. The area where Nangong Yu came was the game area, while the technology area was in another building connected to it.

The booth for Gensokyo is located in the middle of the entrance.

Such a superb location prompted Nangong Yu, who was visiting for the first time, to exclaim, "It looked great on the floor plan, but I didn't expect it to be this obvious in person!"

With such a great location, it's bound to get the most exposure. Fate is really giving it a lot of credit.

Just as Nangong Yu was about to walk over to take a look, his arm was grabbed by a staff member.

"?"

"Mr. Nangong, I suggest you don't stay here."

The staff looked at Nangong Yu with undisguised admiration, and she spoke softly in a low voice.

"why?"

"Because it will be opening time in a few minutes, and there will be a lot of people then."

As he spoke, the staff member's smile was somewhat helpless: "If you were on site the whole time, it would probably be very difficult to maintain order."

"So I need to wait until things stabilize before I come over?"

The staff member nodded: "We suggest you do this. We've already arranged a special area for reporters and fans, and the event schedule is all set. We'll have a host to warm up the crowd. Your appearance will be a surprise for the players."

"These things should have been discussed with the person in charge of Gensokyo yesterday. Didn't you receive the message?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yu vaguely seemed to recall the message Sugisaki Ken had sent him yesterday.

He was so busy at the time that he naturally only glanced at the important parts and skimmed over the rest that wasn't important.

"No, it's nothing. Do you have any connections or anything like that?"

"Yes, please come with me."

The staff member turned around and walked ahead, leading Nangong Yu towards the lounge.

Seeing this, Seele subconsciously took a step to follow behind, but was quickly pulled into the air by Bronya.

Seele: "Bronya, my sister?"

"Yu went to the dressing room because he has a special appearance event coming up soon. Xi'er, why are you going with him?"

He chuckled and patted Seele's head, continuing under her bewildered gaze, "What, Seele, are you a big star in the gaming world too?"

"Huh? No, it's not..."

She quickly took small steps to stand next to Bronya, gently tugged at her sister's sleeve, and said shyly, "Bronya, please don't laugh at me."

"You guys can wander around for now, I'll come find you after the event."

Xier's actions amused Nangong Yu. He waved to the girls, then turned and left with the staff.

Bronya obtained several staff badges from the staff at the Gensokyo booth and wore them around her neck. Soon, she led a group of people and swaggered around, using a competitor as an excuse to experience the game she was interested in ahead of time.

A few minutes later, it was time for the exhibition to open.

Restless footsteps rushed forward quickly, like a massive army pressing in; the crowded but smoothly moving crowd surged in rapidly.

Sitting in the lounge, Nangong Yu could hear the approaching commotion from afar, and it was so different from the time at St. Freya.

He closed his eyes to calm himself down, and before long, the staff member quickly opened the door and came in: "Mr. Nangong, it's time for you to make your appearance."

"Ah."

Nodding slightly, Nangong Yu breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his waist and neck, quickly checked his appearance in the mirror, smiled slightly at himself, and then strode out.

Upon arriving backstage, before he could even stand still for two seconds, he heard the host's bright and passionate voice coming from the speakers on the set-up exhibition platform.

"Let's welcome our special guest, the old scoundrel Nangong!!!"

The lively crowd seemed to fall silent for a moment, then an even louder cheer erupted, nearly lifting the entire stadium off its feet.

It seems this host is quite good at creating a lively atmosphere.

After composing herself, Nangong Yu smiled and walked up from backstage.

Taking the microphone from the staff, Nangong Yu turned her gaze to the excited eyes below the stage, bowed slightly, and was about to speak.

At that moment, the blonde, blue-eyed, wavy-haired host suddenly stopped him, winked at him with a flirtatious look as he looked at him with a puzzled expression.

What's he doing? It's not appropriate for him to be on stage; he's a respectable person.

Before you greet the players, Mr. Nangong, may I ask you a question that everyone is quite concerned about?

Seeing that Nangong Yu did not react, the host had no choice but to speak up himself.

"That's no problem, but didn't you just call me an old thief? Why are you changing your tune now?"

He laughed and added a sentence, which immediately drew laughter from the audience.

"Ahem, calling you teacher is my job, calling you old rascal is my life. What, Teacher Nangong, are you trying to interfere in my life?"

Although she was taken aback by Nangong Yu's words, her professionalism as a host allowed her to quickly pick up on the topic and even throw a slightly ambiguous response back at Nangong Yu.

"Let's forget about it."

Noticing Seele and Ellie, who had followed the sound to the edge of the audience, Nangong Yu immediately became serious, adopting an expression of indifference towards women.

"That's such a pity~"

After the banter ended, the host resumed her composed smile and, with a curious tone, asked into the microphone, "After our discussion, we are all very curious, Mr. Nangong, why did you choose to make Apex Legends? After all, it's a completely new direction for you. You know, there's a lot of demand for Pokémon spin-offs. Didn't you consider that?"

"That's two issues. Remember to pay the excess fees."

After making a lighthearted joke that elicited another burst of laughter, Nangong Yu became slightly more serious and thoughtfully said, "Let's talk about Pokémon spin-offs first. Because Pokémon has a cooperative relationship with Anti-Entropy headquarters, and Pokémon is still being continuously updated, there will be Pokémon spin-offs, but not in the near future."

After saying that, he looked at the audience and said jokingly, "Besides, only half of the one hundred mythical beasts from the first event have been captured so far. If you want to make a sequel, you should capture all the mythical beasts first."

'It's not that I don't want to catch them, it's that I can't!'

'Old scoundrel Nangong, can you give us some inside information?!'

"There's nothing I can do about it. Pokémon runs on the supercomputers at Anti-Entropy headquarters. I don't have the authority to make exceptions."

That Rayquaza was something he had kept on his person since he created it.

'Really? I don't believe it.'

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

After jokingly scolding the one who stuck his neck out, Nangong Yu shook his head and continued, "Let's continue talking about Apex. Today is their home turf, we can't let them steal the spotlight, can we?"

He paused for a moment, then raised the microphone: "As for why I chose an FPS game for my first major game, it's probably just because I personally prefer it."

"When I was a kid, I was easily attracted to the single-player version of CS. That game brought me countless joys as a child."

"Although the graphics were much rougher back then compared to now, the controls weren't as smooth, the character models were poor, and the gun recoil seemed to be randomly adjusted, it didn't stop me from having a lot of fun."

"Whether playing against AI or against real people, I can play all day long without getting tired."

As the reminiscences came to an end, Nangong Yu continued, "Now, FPS games have better modeling, more realistic gun handling, and more comfortable sound effects, which bring us a better gaming experience."

"But......"

After a pause, Nangong Yu said calmly, "In the end, the game mode is still the same."

"Buy a gun, plant a bomb, play PvP or fight monsters, that's it."

"Although FPS games are still popular, they no longer have the same dominance as before."

"So, do you want to bring innovation to FPS?"

the host asked.

"Yes, I want to use my abilities to inject new life into this genre of games, I want to..."

Facing the audience, Nangong Yu suddenly raised his hand: "Make FPS Great Again!"

Chapter 167 My Loyalty to Duck and Everyone Else (9/22)

'Wuhu, you old thief, I love you!!!'

The audience's cheers almost lifted the roof off the exhibition hall, and seeing her brother like this, Xi'er's eyes sparkled.

So handsome! !

"So Ah Yu really likes this kind of game?"

Ellie's eyes were also sparkling as she cheered along with the audience.

"No, you're overthinking it. He probably made that up on the spot."

Bronya appeared beside Ellie at some point, pouting and complaining.

"Made up?!"

“I played games with him every day when we were kids, so how could I not know what he liked to play?”

He enjoys all kinds of fun games equally; as long as it's fun, he can play anything with great interest. It's nothing like what he says, which is so biased and makes it sound so real.

"Seele, you're with us every day, why are you getting so worked up?"

"Don't you think the older brother is really handsome now?!"