Chapter 207: A Strange Battle?
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In the morning, Akari arrived at the company for work. She was a product designer. The company gave her a lot of freedom and she often found excuses not to go.
However, she didn't show up for two days, and her boss seemed a little annoyed.
"Akari, even though you are an exceptionally excellent employee, can't you always ask for leave? I heard you've been playing with a fan group lately. Does it have anything to do with this matter?"
"How can it be, manager? I've been feeling very unwell these past two days."
Akari, with an apologetic face, handed him the plan: "I've already finished the work you assigned me last time, please see if there are any problems." As soon as
she handed him the results, her boss got angry, briefly told her off, and asked her to go back to work.
Back in the office, Akari breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and turned on the computer. She is a very talented designer, but unfortunately, she has no ambitions and prefers a comfortable life. Her salary is good and tasks are completed on time, so Akari can spend her time as she wishes.
"How's the forum?"
She was very concerned about the activity she saw that morning and wanted to know how it would unfold later.
Akari opened Mirai-sensei's home forum and took a look. Less than an hour had passed since the event, but there were already quite a few fan works, which surprised her. However, these works were basically text comments and some original fan paintings, and the quality, in general, was not very high.
"It seems there's no challenge!"
Akari exclaimed with relief. Although some fan photos received many votes, they did not pose a threat to her. The Older Sisters Alliance has many members. Although each likes different characters, as long as she, the leader, shouts, she can easily get many votes.
The administrator of Mirai-sensei's home forum obviously attaches great importance to this event. Each member account only has one recommendation ticket, and the IP is also blocked, which means that organizations with more members will have an advantage. In this role selection, the only ones who can pose a threat to her are Saber's Order of Knights.
"There are quite a few."
Akari flipped through a few pages and, indeed, Saber's fan works were the most popular. But just as she was about to make her her biggest rival, she discovered that the votes for a post were increasing at an astonishing rate, and its title was: "Rin Toosaka's welfare live stream, please recommend votes!"
"Rin Toosaka?"
Akari was a little surprised. How could this character suddenly have so many votes, and barely more than other characters?
She clicked and read a few pages, and then she understood that the author of this post was very powerful. He had been drawing images of Rin Toosaka's welfare, and the effect was very good.
The readers of the post were very excited.
"Original poster! Quickly draw Rin in a maid outfit! I vote for you!"
"Original poster! I want to see a swimsuit. Can you draw one? My vote hasn't been used yet!"
"Original poster, you dare to draw a more revealing image! I guarantee you many votes!"
The author of the post drew Rin Toosaka according to the expectations of most readers. He has good skill and his paintings are very provocative, which unleashed waves of wolf howls. Readers voted for updates, and the number of votes kept increasing, even surpassing those of other characters.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Akari was a little anxious. It was obvious that this post was being updated by a team; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so fast. But she was still working and couldn't organize activities again. If this continued, the votes would run out!
But ten minutes later, when the post had already far surpassed the votes of other characters, the author of the post left a message.
Sorry everyone. We skipped class to draw! The teacher found out. She called to look for someone. We have to go back to class quickly. We will continue updating online after class in the afternoon. Please vote for our Miss Lin. There will be benefits when you return. Thank you!
After leaving this message, the post stopped updating.
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"..."
Subsequent replies were full of ellipses. Akari almost jumped up. What happened? Was the post just now actually the work of a group of mischievous children?
Today's mischievous children are so terrifying! With palpitations, Akari also breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, this strange way of asking for votes had disappeared for the time being.
Unfortunately, she didn't feel calm for two minutes, and the number of votes for a new post began to increase drastically. The title of this post was: "Please vote for Illyasviel von Einzbern!"
Illyasviel von Einzbern, Akari, had a deep impression of her, as many of the game protagonists' deaths were caused by this little loli. This character made many readers grit their teeth and have nightmares when they saw her. Although she was later whitewashed, the shadow she left caused many to detest her.
Why does such a niche character have so many votes? Akari opened the post curiously, but soon wanted to slap herself. Why did she open it for no reason?!
There was a video in the post, a very eye-catching video, in the video appeared a man... a man who seemed to be in his forties, with a beard, bushy eyebrows, big eyes and a dominant look, but this man, he, his dress...
"Lolita!"
Akari was disgusted; this man was wearing a pink lace lolita outfit, under the skirt there was a thick layer of leg hair. He held a microphone in his hand and spoke in Japanese:
"I think everyone has forgotten Illya, so I'll dedicate a song to you and I hope everyone can vote for her, this lovely girl."
In the post, a group of readers were spitting blood and laughing.
"Berserker! What's wrong with you, Berserker?!"
"Pfft... Man, why did you come out?"
"Hahaha, man, for your bravery, I give you a vote!"
"I'm scared, there are so many female warriors in my loli fan group, and the man is so cute, great!"
Especially when the man in the video started singing, the votes in the post skyrocketed even more.
"Man, you're off-key, you're off-key!"
"My ears... Damn it, vote, man, please don't sing!"
"My three views are shattered, isn't this Akira's confession song? I was so moved when I heard it!"
"My God, man, it's worth voting!"
Readers cursed and laughed, but the enthusiasm for voting was very high.
Akari silently closed the post. She discovered that she had underestimated this battle. The fans' enthusiasm was unimaginable. No character could be underestimated. Only an hour passed and several peculiar characters appeared. This battle... can never be measured by common sense!
"No, we can't go on like this!"
She couldn't stay still. The number of members in the forum was limited. If others kept taking her votes like this, the pressure at the end would be even greater.
"Manager, I need to take a break." Akari ran to her boss's office and calmly said: "I don't feel well!"
She couldn't let those peculiar characters continue to be so arrogant.