Martial Online.

Chapter 392 Explosion of Internet

Kyaa~

In the hallways of high school, schoolgirls screamed in excitement as a tall, clear-skinned upperclassman walked down the hallway, followed by his entourage of friends.

He had a clear look in his navy-blue eyes, and his charming smile managed to make a few schoolgirls faint near their classrooms.

"Boss!" A humble-looking student walked beside him with a humbling smile. "Why did you come to the school? You are now a professional Martial Online player and a famous ForeverStreamer.

"You make millions weekly!

"O-of course, we love to see you here, but I am curious why?"

"Huh, because studying is important." The handsome upperclassman said with a smile.

After entering one of the classrooms, he got seated near the window and was immediately surrounded by his friends.

The rest of the students in the classroom quieted down their talks and threw sneaky glances at the handsome student.

Even though he was their classmate, it felt like they lived in completely different worlds.

This person was one of the strongest players in Martial Online and was currently ranked fifth in the ForeverStream ranking.

He was the wealthiest high schooler in the entire world and perhaps the player with the highest amount of talent.

In the gaming and internet worlds, his name was powerful enough to subdue all the enemies and hates.

His name was Moriarty.

"Boss, here!" A friend of theirs, who was two years under them, brought Moriarty strawberry milk and humbly backed off from him.

This was his first time being part of Moriarty's and his friend's circle, which was a great honor for him. However, since he was the youngest and newest member, he did all the errands.

However, he didn't mind, as he never expected Moriarty to be his friend.

After telling his parents, they were thrilled, as there was a certain saying—love me, love my dog.

As long as he kept Moriarty's friendship, his future would be prosperous!

"Thanks." Moriarty sipped on the strawberry milk and crossed his legs as he gazed out of the window.

In other people's vision, it would look like he was staring at the grayish sky and at the snow-covered yard of the high school.

However, in reality, his vision was full of numbers and different patches of code. He was imagining this world as Martial Online.

'Hmm, this world is indeed the inferior version.' Moriarty thought while sipping on the milk.

Beep, beep!

At that moment, his phone in his pocket vibrated.

In the same moment, the classroom door opened, and the teacher waltzed in while carrying stacks of books.

"Everyone, take your seats; we are starting the class!" The teacher arrived at the desk and slammed his books down.

Moriarty's friend circle scattered away; some left for their own classes, while a few took their seats in the same class.

Without caring that the class was about to start, Moriarty answered the phone call and placed the phone against his ear.

"What is it?"

The teacher nudged his glasses and looked toward Moriarty. However, he swallowed his complaints and turned a certain page on the schoolbook, then showed it to everyone in the class.

He didn't speak a word, as he didn't want to interrupt Moriarty's phone call.

After all, he had enough power to get him fired, and his life ruined.

Moriarty's influence went way beyond mere school and even reached the higher levels of society.

"Hey, Moriarty!" An excited voice came from the other side of the phone. "I have amazing news!"

"What is it, mister manager?" Moriarty asked lazily, glanced towards the teacher, saw the page he was holding, and nonchalantly turned into the same page in the book that was on top of his desk.

"I found out from my sources that the second update of Martial Online is happening soon!"

"Oh?" Moriarty's eyes showed great interest. "That is indeed amazing news."

"I don't know anything about the contents of Martial Online, but I heard something…"

"What is it?" Moriarty asked.

"After the update, Martial Company is going to create a tournament!" The manager's voice turned excited. "They had already started building a stadium for it in Loch City!"

"It's an offline tournament?" Moriarty turned his voice into a whisper, as he didn't want others to hear. "Not online?"

"There'll be online qualifiers, and the winners of them will have the honor to compete in the stadium!" The manager also whispered, as if he were afraid of others finding out.

"You have to start grinding immediately. Become as strong as possible!"

"Yeah, I don't need you to say that." Moriarty stood up and closed his books. "Is that all? I am going home. I can't waste any time."

"Wait, there is one thing!" The manager said hurriedly. "This isn't a solo tournament. It's a duo!"

"Duo, but why?" Moriarty's frown deepened. "That means I'll have to find a partner."

"That's right!" The manager said anxiously. "I'll start snooping around, trying to find out if anyone strong is willing to team up with you!"

"No need; I know there are only a few that I would want to team up with." Moriarty said and narrowed his eyes. "Ever heard of the Most Wanted Player?"

"Uh, he was… that guy called Ambrose, right?" The manager asked, his voice filled with confusion.

"Try to contact him. Give him my phone number; I would like to speak to him." Moriarty said. "He is the only player that has reached the red rank. I want to talk to him to see whether he is disappointing or a man I think he is."

"I'll tr—"

Without letting him finish, he disconnected the phone call, put his books inside his backpack, and walked to the door of the classroom with the intention of leaving.

"M-Moriarty, class is still going." The teacher said with his voice trembling.

It made him a little nervous to say that.

"These classes do not interest me." Moriarty slammed the door open and walked out of the classroom.

"The classes should teach something useful. It's era of Martial Online. Start teaching that."

…

As the day went by, the night fell.

In the bustling forums of Martial Online, the usual was happening.

The players complained about something; they tried to recruit people to their dojo, or some tried to attract people to buy their stuff from Reality Market, which they had posted days ago but hadn't gotten any sales yet.

At that moment, a post written in bold, red font appeared on top of the forum. It instantly received 'Hot' status, meaning it was one of the hottest topic available in the forum.

It received one because it was written by the admin of the forum, who worked for the Martial Company.

Rarely any posts appeared from them, and now that it did, it received thousands of comments within ten seconds.

However, once they saw the context of the post, everyone became speechless, but soon, a wave of excitement swept across the whole Internet.

[THE SECOND UPDATE OF MARTIAL ONLINE COMING IN 1 WEEK]

Without any time wasted, all the streamers who were streaming Martial Online immediately logged off and transferred their stream to their computers.

They all started reading the context of the post, and the streamers, along with the viewers, became more excited than ever before in their lives.

The hype was even higher than with the first update, and it didn't take long for the news about the second update to reach every corner of the globe.

Once an hour passed after the update announcement, another post from the same admin appeared on the forum. It was the first time ever for two posts from Martial Company to happen on the same day.

This time, it was the announcement of the upcoming tournament.

A highly-anticipated duo tournament, where two players have to work together to reach the end of the qualifying and finally qualify for the tournament happening in Loch City's stadium, which would be streamed all around the world.

The Internet exploded after the two announcements, and the traffic in the forums and on ForeverStream reached an all-time high. It was a surprise that the websites didn't crash.