Chapter 133: Chapter 133 – Fine, I’ll do it Myself!

In the end, Max decided to spend $500 to change his Lobby as he saw fit. He only left a bit of grassland, a chair and a table, and the large tree from the original lobby.

Everything else was changed using custom decorations he bought from an online shop provided by a VR designer. There were various things, such as a low wall and even some interesting pillars he could buy.

After three hours of designing his new Lobby, he finally got a satisfying result. Poles, pillars, pipes, railings, staircases, slides, walls, boxes, and waterways. It was designed to be the perfect parkour park that one could imagine.

There was even an imitation of a playground near the center where the big tree was.

The ground was also made with different altitudes in some areas. There was dirt and pavement; he even imitated the roof's mossy condition in some parts.

Looking at his work, Max nodded in satisfaction.

"While there are some that can be perfected, I guess this is good enough."

If one only looked at the number of obstacles, it had more variety than most parkour parks. The best part was that all the obstacles could be used as standalone or connected to each other.

'Let's try to get some footage here. I still have around 8 hours before my livestream. I might be able to edit it myself before that too.'

He began to stretch his body before turning on the recording with a 1st POV. It was the convenience of the VR world that he couldn't get in the real world.

"Let's start, shall we?"

***

A few hours had passed since then, and Max managed to finish everything in 7 hours. It was a miracle he managed to get good footage only with a few tries.

Editing a POV video was all about a smooth transition. He only needed to cut and put the footage at the right moment, give the right transitional effect, and that was it. There was also a need for color grading, but that could be done easily with automatic color grading provided by the application.

As a result, he finished an hour before his supposed livestream.

'Let's schedule the video and have the premiere played in my stream. That might get me a good reaction from the viewers.'

A smile appeared on his face as he controlled the screen while sitting on his usual chair under the tree. It could be called the first step of spreading parkour fever in this world.

'If there are many people interested in joining me, we might be able to create a community.'

That would be fun.

The video was uploaded and scheduled without any problem. Following that, he posted on his Strike account, which now had 5,000 followers. The growth was pretty fast, considering he just created it this morning.

'Does someone share my link?' He thought curiously, 'Either way, it's good for me if my viewers and fans are really active.'

They probably were happy that he also thought of his community and created the editing contest. In fact, his only post on his Strike account, the link to the competition video, has been shared more than a thousand times now.

To be honest, he felt happy with that. His effort was appreciated by his viewers. There was nothing more than he could hope for.

'Let's post this thumbnail with the premiere link and start streaming. It's early, but it might not be too bad to chat with them before playing Midnight Heist at 6 PM. I should give fan service every now and then.'

Without further ado, he changed the title and started the stream.

[Let's Talk and Steal Something Tonight! #MidnightHeist #Talk #NewVideo #Breeze]

"Inspiration?" Max repeated the chat's question and pondered for a moment, "Well, the roof of the new apartment I got from Sam's Real Estate is my inspiration. I was about to do parkour IRL, but the security didn't allow me. So I thought, 'Fine, I'll do it myself,' and changed my Lobby as such."

— Roof?

— Parkour IRL?

— Isn't that dangerous?

"It is dangerous." He acknowledged it, "I don't recommend it unless you're trained. But even then, there is still danger left."

His explanation made sense, and the chat agreed. They expressed their amazement and praised him for his talent for making such a training ground. And most importantly, the majority of the viewers were curious about how he used the obstacles for parkour.

'Just as planned.' His grin widened as he suddenly stood up from his chair.

"I guess you are curious how it looks if I do parkour in this place, right?"

— Yeah!

— Screw Midnight Heist, show us your Lobby. It's so interesting!

— Do it! Go double jump, triple jump, or wall run or anything!

— Yeah yeah, show us your movement!

"Hehe, I already guessed it."

Snap!

He snapped his finger and brought up the screen that showed his Punchtube channel. The video he scheduled for the premiere tonight only had 1 more minute before it was played for the first time ever.

The title of the video was: 'Breeze's Parkour POV! Chased by security in an industrial zone!'

"I have already recorded something for you guys. Let's watch it together, shall we?"

— WOOOOH!!

— Damn!

— POG POG POG POG!

— This guy came prepared!

— Way to go!!

"Alright." He said as he clapped his hands three times.

The countdown for the premiere started. The screen had 10 showing on it, changing to 9 a second later.

Before long, it reached 0, and the video started with the sound of Max's breathing heavily.

"Huff... Huff... Shit! They are here!"