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[BackAgain]: "Are we back here again?"
[QuickStudy]: Upstairs commenter learned that reference FAST.
[CantHelp]: I wasn't going to laugh, but these chat comments are killing me.
It was that same familiar snowy opening scene again, so it was no wonder the chat couldn't contain themselves.
After all, for veteran Holy Grail War players, they'd seen this exact loading screen approximately ten thousand times over the past few days.
But this time, Max didn't walk straight toward the church like he normally would.
Instead, he turned and walked in the completely opposite direction—away from the church, toward the snowy wilderness.
This unusual deviation from the standard route caused the livestream chat to momentarily freeze in confusion.
It wasn't until Max's next sentence that the messages started flooding in again at maximum velocity.
"What everyone has requested most persistently during this development period is for me to add female playable characters," Max said with a slight smile. "And although some of your stated motivations for this request are... highly questionable... I actually implemented them a long time ago."
[Really]: Wait, REALLY?!
[Needles]: If you're lying, you have to swallow 1000 needles!
[Dance]: Or perform a sexy dance for us on stream.
[Needles2]: I think making him swallow 1000 needles is better.
The chat naturally didn't believe Max's claim.
After all, the player base was absolutely massive at this point. If there were actually hidden female playable characters in the game, the content creator YouTubers who made guides and analysis videos would have discovered them ages ago while datamining or exploring every corner of the map.
How could it possibly be Max's turn—the literal game developer—to be the one revealing this feature?
A mere game producer, what does he even know about the Holy Grail War anyway?
However, facing the chat's unified demands for him to perform a "sexy dance" as punishment for lying, Max's eye twitched slightly as he quickened his character's walking pace.
As Max's character ventured deeper into the blizzard, moving away from the usual starting path, an ancient snow-covered castle gradually appeared before the audience.
Then, in the very next second, as Max pushed open the massive castle gates—
The white-haired, red-eyed woman who had appeared in the promotional cinematic stood in the center of the castle's entry hall, looking at Max's character with a worried, almost desperate expression.
Only after Kiritsugu fully entered did she take small, hesitant steps to approach him.
"Kerry... why don't I go instead? You should stay here and take care of our daughter, Illyasviel." Her voice was gentle but pained.
"No!" Kiritsugu's response was immediate and firm. "Let me do this. I will bring the Holy Grail back. Believe in me, Irisviel."
"I've always believed in you, Kerry. You will definitely obtain the Holy Grail." Her smile was heartbreaking in its sadness.
After Irisviel's affectionate embrace—a farewell that might be their last—Kiritsugu (controlled by Max) walked out of the ancient castle.
However, during that brief conversation, two dialogue options had appeared on screen:
Option 1: "Irisviel, I'm counting on you."
Option 2: "No, let me go instead, Irisviel."
Max had naturally selected the second option, maintaining Kiritsugu as the playable character.
But since dialogue options had appeared at all, the implication was crystal clear.
Looking at the chat beginning to surge with speculation and excitement, Max smiled and explained:
"As you can see, if I'd chosen the first option just now, the game would switch the playable character to Irisviel for this match.
However, compared to Irisviel's kit, Emiya Kiritsugu has a significantly higher skill ceiling for competitive play, so I chose not to switch this time.
But besides Irisviel, I've also implemented five other unlockable female playable characters.
They are: Kenneth's fiancée, Tokiomi Tohsaka's wife, Kariya Matou's sister-in-law, an unknown female cleric from the Holy Church, the female serial killer who counter-murdered Ryunosuke Uryuu...
...and Waver in women's clothing."
Max paused to let that sink in.
"Of course, all the characters I just mentioned have appeared in story mode at some point. If you've actually played through the story mode—which I know many of you haven't—you'll know exactly who I'm referring to.
So you'll need to use your imagination and exploration skills.
You must believe in the infinite possibilities of the Holy Grail War.
For tonight's stream, I'll only reveal Irisviel's unlock method. The rest are for you to discover on your own.
Oh, and by the way—even with female playable characters, certain... actions... are strictly prohibited. I've set very firm content restrictions in the AI behavior code.
If anyone manages to break through those restrictions..." Max grinned mischievously. "Please be sure to tell me immediately. I'll definitely give you a special prize."
Max's explanation was fairly lengthy, but the uproar it caused in the chat was no less explosive than the Spiritron Dress preview had been.
Except this time, what surprised Max most was that these people who'd been desperately begging for female characters were now completely fixated on the crossdressing mechanic instead.
[Translate]: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAVER CAN CROSSDRESS?! Max, TRANSLATE for me what "Waver can crossdress" means! TRANSLATE!
[Means]: It means all male characters can use crossdressing disguises to hide their identities during infiltration missions.
[Doubt]: I don't think that'll actually hide anything. It's more likely to attract WAY more attention.
[Converted]: Oh my GOD, Max, I was SO wrong about you! From this day forward, I am your LOYAL follower! Can you open up those permissions just a little bit? I just want the characters to have more freedom of expression!
[SeeThrough]: You want "freedom"? I can hear your ulterior motives from here. You're just lusting after their bodies, you're despicable.
[MarriedWomen]: But why are most of these female characters married women?! Is this deliberately designed to create that specific forbidden appeal of romancing them alongside male Heroic Spirits?!
[Yes]: THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF STIMULATION WE WANT! Max, please maintain this level of spice and INTENSIFY it! By the way, can female characters remove their clothing layers?
[Logging]: I'm logging in RIGHT NOW to unlock Waver in single-player mode. I CANNOT WAIT to see crossdressing Waver!
[Spam]: Want to see sexy wildcats? Visit GentleMoon's stream—
[System]:[Alert: User 'GentleMoon' detected with inappropriate promotional spam. Account suspended for 48 hours.]
[Roasted]: LOL get wrecked
[Hidden]: Max, WHY are you hiding this feature so deep in the game?! What are you HIDING?!
[Over]: It's over. The degenerates are coming out in force.
[Centipede]: Are you perhaps a thousand-year-old centipede spirit?
It could only be said that hiding features too deeply in a game was sometimes a double-edged sword.
Looking at the chat's uniform expressions of shocked "WHAT THE FUCK," Max couldn't help but sigh at his own miscalculation.
I sometimes overestimate players' attention spans.
He'd originally assumed that most players would naturally complete story mode first before diving into multiplayer—like any normal person would when playing a story-driven game.
But he hadn't anticipated that some absolute gremlin of a player would start a trend of skipping the entire story and rushing straight into PvP matches.
Otherwise, if they'd actually watched the story content, they'd already know about most of these features!
Putting aside the other female characters for now, Irisviel's unlock condition was extremely straightforward and easy to trigger.
Training players to actually engage with story content is going to be a long road, Max thought ruefully.
At the same time, regarding those particularly rude and inappropriate commenters he could see in the chat, Max made a mental note.
The ones he could actually read had better pray he'd forget about this after finishing the stream.
Otherwise, if he didn't come to their house to set it on fire, he'd at least show up and scare them awake at 3 AM to let them experience the terror of sleep paralysis demons.
With these dark thoughts swirling, Max guided his character into the classic church opening sequence.
After receiving his summoning catalyst from Kirei, Kiritsugu's journey began in earnest.
An airplane appeared on screen, flying toward America in the distance.
And then Max proceeded to demonstrate to his audience exactly what "fear of insufficient firepower" meant by purchasing literally every weapon available in the shop.
The arms dealer had never been happier.
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