Chapter 167

The players continued to soar disapprovingly.

“What’s with that Player Ace? Did he cheat?”

Feeling that something was wrong with the leaderboard which became the center of attention, the world chat was flooded with messages suspecting that Ace, the leader of Exalted, had cheated to increase the battle rating in seconds.

“This is not true.” Even Hiro felt that something was wrong.

Even so, the Everlasting members who looked worried that their leader could not be the winner were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly Player Ace stopped at rank 2. The battle rating number no longer increased.

[Rank 2. Ace. Hunter. Exalted. Moonspire Knight. Battle Rating 111,750]

[Rank 3. TheNinja. Assassin. Immortal Knights. Nightwalker. Battle Rating 99,500]

Ding!

[Time is up!]

[System is calculating the Final Battle Rating]

[Please Wait]

No words came out of anyone’s mouth. Hiro also locked his mouth tightly and focused on the transparent screen that appeared in front of him, displaying a text without an image.

Glitche!

The screen suddenly glitched, and the leaderboard appeared again in front of them. The order of the winners didn’t change from what they had seen the last time before the screen disappeared.

And that meant…

[Congratulations! Player NightFall from Everlasting for becoming the top rank 1 of the Last Shelter Online launching Event]

A moving text appeared like a billboard above the dark sky on the server. Then thousands of fireworks suddenly popped up and enlivened the ongoing announcement.

“We did it!”

“We did it!”

“They said Night Fall from Everlasting!”

“They did!”

“Yahoo!”

The Everlasting members immediately jumped with joy and pride when they saw the official announcement given by Last Shelter Online. As if the spotlight that night was only devoted to top rank 1. Suddenly, a drone came flying in the empty air. It flew to Hiro.

Those who were celebrating the victory over Hiro’s success were stunned and curious about the drone’s function. Until a familiar hologram suddenly appeared from the light that came out of the drone.

The hologram was Dr. Jeff Johnson, who directly broadcast what was going on in the Last Shelter Online. He also directly congratulated Hiro on being the winner.

Hiro, who did not expect that he would face Dr. Jeff Johnson, the person who had ruined his mood, could only clench his fists secretly. He tried to stop himself from exploding in anger in front of the millions of people watching him.

“Hiro, you’re in a live broadcast.” Spyro repeatedly warned him not to do anything rash, or all the plans they had prepared so far would be in vain.

“Congratulations, Nightfall. You are the greatest player who had managed to find great power in the world of Last Shelter Online. Tonight is a special night for you.”

“Here, 60,000 LSC for you.”

Ding!

[You have obtained 60,000 LSC]

“And a privilege card to get premium facilities at the Last Shelter Online: The New World.”

Ding!

[You have obtained Platinum card (This item can only be used in the Last Shelter Online: The New World]

Hiro still didn’t respond. Not even a smile appeared on his lips.

“I didn’t expect the winner of this launching event to be a teenager. There’s a lot of talented teenagers these days. You seem to be the same age as my daughter. Maybe one day we can have dinner together in Last Shelter Online: The New World.”

Cara realized there was something wrong with Hiro’s expression. She moved closer to him, holding Hiro’s hand so the man wouldn’t do anything stupid.

Hiro looked at the girl with a confused look. He was a bit surprised by the girl’s action. However, when Cara gave a nod, he understood that he had to hold back his anger and resentment.

“Congratulations on your victory, Kid. I hope you can keep getting stronger in the Last Shelter Online. The gifts from sponsors, I can’t mention one by one, but Nyx will definitely help me give them to you.” Dr. Jeff Johnson talked like a man of high authority.

“So, what haven’t you got from the Last Shelter Online so far? Feedback from the strongest player will be very useful for improving the game features.”

This time, Hiro knew it was time for him to take a chance.

“I have one request as the strongest player and at the same time the winner of this launching event.”

Dr. Jeff Johnson didn’t seem to mind at all. His hands moved to ask Hiro to continue his words.

“The time to talk. Let me get a chance to deliver my victory speech,” said Hiro in a calm voice. His body was already trembling with emotion, but he still managed to keep it from bursting out.

“Of course, Player NightFall. Tonight is a celebration for you. You can deliver your victory speech. We are on a worldwide live broadcast. Let the world know you through the Last Shelter Online.”

Hiro smiled faintly. He was getting closer to what he had planned.

“Please don’t interrupt me.”

The drone flying in front of Hiro gave off a new light that looked like a flashlight, but it didn’t hurt Hiro’s eyes when he looked at it.

He took a deep breath before starting what was already neatly arranged in his head.

“All right, let’s start this.”

“But before I start, I hope that you, my brother, don’t disturb the spotlight for me this time.”

Just hearing Hiro’s opening sentence made the people in the Everlasting look at each other in bewilderment.

“His brother? Does he have a brother?”

“What is the relation between it?”

“Is he doing all this for his brother?”

Hiro cleared his throat, asking for the people nearby to pay attention to him again, and kept quiet.

“Ahh—I forgot that you’re dead. You will never come back again to do that, won’t you?”

“I never thought you were still alive, especially in a different world. But we can still meet to greet each other.”

“Today. I want them all to know. That, I, NightFall, will be the strongest player in this game. Strong enough to know what evil they have been hiding all this time.”

“My real name is Yamaguchi Hiro. And if you feel familiar with my surname, what spontaneously pops into your head is true.”

“Yes! I am the little brother of the legendary WynterRain.”

“And I won’t let my brother’s death be forgotten.”

“One person who knows everything, but pretends to know nothing, is now talking on the live broadcast with me. Isn’t it, Dr. Johnson?”

The hologram of Dr. Jeff Johnson didn’t seem to react. Even so, the live broadcast was still going on. Alice had hacked it.

Zzzaaap!

Suddenly, a very terrible lightning flashed from above the sky.

It was so powerful that it made people who were still dumbfounded by Hiro’s explanation reflexively raise their heads to look up at the sky.

There was only one person on that server who could do that, regardless of what was going on.

Starting from a lightning strike turned into a sign that disaster was coming.

Before his spotlight was stolen, Hiro continued his unfinished sentence.

“Dr. Jeff Johnson is a murderer. He didn’t just kill my brother, Yuujin. But everyone involved in testing his illegal project. So, are you all going to keep on—”

Blaarrrrr!

[-11900]

A sudden flash of lightning struck the drone in front of Hiro until it shattered into nothing.