Chapter 57: Chapter 57 – New Record Set

[Synchronization Rate is 98.5%]

[Synchronization Rate Worldwide Ranking: 2]

"..."

No one in the waiting area or even Mr. Taka, who stood in front of the monitoring area, said anything. Their eyes glued on the golden numbers floating on top of Max's head.

The two glowing numbers showed his time and his synchronization rate.

"Doctor Ardi..."

After a while, Mr. Taka finally spoke. Everyone's attention turned to him as he looked at the doctor, who prepared to help Max get out of the capsule.

"This is real, right?"

"Based on the data, yes. His vitals are also green, so this record is valid."

"Sick...!"

A grin broke into Mr. Taka's smile afterward.

"Holy...! Breeze just broke a record! And his synchronization rate... What the heck! He wasn't lying, hahaha!" Flexy shouted loudly as he jumped from his chair. He broke into a run toward Mr. Taka and Doctor Ardi without caring about the others.

At that moment, the VR Capsule was opened, and Max exhaled a sigh. His body was covered in sweat, just like usual, even though there was a better cooling system in the capsule he used.

When he opened his eyes again, he almost jumped in surprise as what he saw the first thing was two men's faces with a disgusting grin.

"Hehehe, congratulations, my friend!" Flexy exclaimed energetically.

"Congratulations on breaking the record, Mr. Breeze. I was quite surprised. Pleasantly!" Mr. Taka added with a small laugh.

Looking at their gleeful expression, Max couldn't help but chuckle.

"Thank you. But may I get a towel? My body is really drenched from concentrating too much."

"Ah, apologies. Towel..." Mr. Taka looked around, searching for a towel.

"Here is the towel."

Fortunately, Doctor Ardi was prepared. He handed the towel to Max with a soft smile.

"Thank you, doctor."

"You're welcome."

Both of them nodded at each other, and Max got out of the capsule. Flexy kept bothering him as he walked back to the waiting area. Everyone was looking at him, congratulating him on his new record.

A jealous expression was clear on MadLad's face.

***

As soon as he was allowed to leave, Max immediately returned to his room and locked the door. He didn't want Flexy to disturb his rest.

However, the energetic streamer and his new friend would always find a way to disturb him.

This time, it was by text.

[Flexy: Hey! How cold. Why did you lock the door?]

[Flexy: Aren't we friends?]

The notification kept ringing as the messages entered one by one until it piled up to 10. Max looked at the screen while gritting his teeth in irritation.

'For fuck's sake, please let me rest!'

His condition wasn't the best yet, so the test earlier took a lot from him. Naturally, Flexy didn't know that, and Max didn't want to be rude to him as he had helped him a lot.

So, the only choice he had was to reply to him.

[Breeze: I am quite tired, so I will sleep. Good night.]

He hoped that would be enough to stop Flexy. But... he was too naïve.

[Flexy: Is that so? What a shame. And here I am, kind enough to let you see the edited video of our collaboration before I upload it. I guess you aren't curious. Well... Just watch it tomorrow after you wake up. Of course, on my channel.]

'Video...'

Reading that message, Max's eyes widened in realization.

'Right, he said he would upload the video of the collaboration. I also hadn't uploaded all my VODs, as I made them private. Damn it, how could I forget about that?'

Many things happened in the last day that the was so busy.

He quickly wrote a reply and jumped off his bed.

[Breeze: I will watch it now. Where are you?]

Putting on a jacket, he opened the door of his room. The question he just sent to Flexy was answered by then.

Flexy was standing in front of his room with his secretary, Lisa, behind him. He had a smile on his face, and his right hand was raised.

"Yo! I know you will open the door for me, my friend."

Max's expression was twisted in defeat. He should've known that it was just bait. He looked at Lisa, who gave him an apologetic look.

'Not even his secretary could stop him, huh?' He thought, sighing tiredly. 'How can he still have a lot of energy left after all of that?'

Pointing inside with his thumb, he said, "Come in. Let's watch the video together."