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Saber is, without a doubt, the most popular character in "Fate/Stay Night".

The Older Sisters Alliance launched the craze with her as the protagonist and soon received a large number of votes, leaving behind the other works on Mirai-sensei's home forum. The Order of Knights, which was fighting internally, was stunned. No one expected an unexpected turn of events to emerge and snatch their King Arthur.

But this is also obvious. No one has ever said that others cannot support Saber. The Order of Knights can only accept it. And this is not entirely bad. It's better to be launched by others than by internal opponents.

On the other hand, the actions of the Order of Knights also surprised others.

In fact, they voted for the madness of the Older Sisters Alliance. The Older Sisters Alliance wanted prizes, but the biggest beneficiaries of Saber's first place would still be the Order of Knights, who would gain more members.

The way of fighting within the Order of Knights became a struggle for newcomers. They launched various works of Saber. The two factions fought over new members and distributed dominance according to the number of people after the battle.

This event greatly pleased the people of the Older Sisters Alliance. They began to promote Saber on Twitter, attracting more people to Mirai-sensei's home forum and voting for her.

Both organizations joined forces to suppress other characters, which greatly angered the remaining readers of Mirai-sensei's home forum. They asked for support from friends across the country and gradually spread the battle on the forum to the entire internet. For a while, on the website, Twitter, forums, and publications, fan works of "Fate/Stay Night" could be seen everywhere.

Especially on several video websites, the character Mad dominated the most popular list for several days.

"What kind of game is this?"

"It's great. Are these background songs from the game? The composer is incredible. The graphics are truly beautiful!"

"Pay attention to this game's narration. It reads as beautifully as a poem... It's charming; I want to play it too."

"I just saw Mad, wow!, those battle scenes and sword movements are great... Now I see this King Arthur woman, this story is simply epic... It's great!"

Many people who had never played the game watched the Mad promotional video, and the magnificent characters, one after another, made them feel incredible. They searched for "Fate/Stay Night" and discovered the "Mirai-sensei's Home" forum.

Mirai-sensei's home forum is organizing a character contest. The entire forum is full of original works by the same people, and there's a lively voting campaign everywhere. When these outside internet users saw it, they were extremely excited.

"This forum is so lively!" they exclaimed.

"What a crazy scene! It looks like a carnival on the internet!"

In the virtual world, the livelier a place is, the more popular it becomes. Mirai-sensei's home forum is very lively 24 hours a day, which has attracted many internet users who originally didn't read manga or play "Fate/Stay Night".

In just a few days, the search volume for Mirai-sensei's home forum increased considerably, and its internet popularity index skyrocketed. Hinotori Publishing's technical staff worked 24-hour shifts. They always pay attention to prevent unforeseen events on the forum. A week later, the number of registered people reached 550,000, and those who bought "Fate/Stay Night" approached 160,000.

Mirai-sensei's home forum has become the largest manga forum in Japan, with "Fate/Stay Night", and total sales have exceeded 200 million yen!

Media outlets from various places were shocked, video game companies went crazy, and Kanto Manga Company was speechless...

"Video game fans swept the internet, and Mirai-sensei's home forum entered the top 100 forums in the country!"

"Fate/Stay Night has ushered in a new era in video games. Dozens of companies have jointly recruited mangaka, and the value of mangaka has drastically increased."

"Low cost and high return, text adventures will become a hit in the future."

A large amount of news appeared like mushrooms after rain, leaving Sun-san, sitting in the office, speechless for a long time. In his office, Kazuki, who came to report on his work, frowned; he had once again miscalculated Mirai-sensei's strength.

"Mirai-sensei can make the impossible possible...",

he thought. On the second day of "Fate/Stay Night"'s premiere, that morning full of criticism, Kazuki thought "Fate/Stay Night" had been a failure, but now it seems it couldn't be more successful.

Furthermore, Mirai-sensei's home forum has also emerged as a new force, which is very dangerous.

"Minister...", Kazuki, uneasy, cautiously asked: "How about we also create a manga forum? If this continues, I'm afraid Hinotori Publishing will have an absolute advantage on the internet."

"Fate/Stay Night" is sold online. Recently, the media has leaked that Hinotori Publishing will use the internet to distribute magazines.

If Hinotori Publishing distributes magazines online, its channel disadvantage will be reduced.

"Online distribution?"

Sun-san, stunned, sneered: "The cost is higher than physical distribution. Do you think it's possible?"

Online distribution sounds good, but it doesn't work for manga. Firstly, offline purchases are the norm in Japan. Readers don't buy magazines online. Tens of thousands of readers might not show up. And even if they did, offline sales in a city can even exceed a million copies. Can a million people online buy magazines on time?

Cost factors are equally important. Offline delivery is fast, and once published, it can be sold in large quantities to various locations, with a very low amortized cost. The internet generally uses express shipping to sell magazines. If a million magazines are delivered by express mail every week, the shipping cost and labor will be extremely high.

Cheap manga magazines are not like mobile phones and other products. Online distribution is not viable. Furthermore, high-speed rail is now popular. Soon, the National High-Speed Rail Office will enable corporate transport. Hinotori Publishing's magazines can be distributed to various locations on the same day, which is faster than express shipping. Who would sell online?

"But the manga forum is a big problem..."

Sun-san is only interested in Mirai-sensei's home forum. It's a delicate issue. Although it has little commercial value, this forum has a big impact on attracting readers, especially in promoting Mirai-sensei. If it can't be stopped soon, Kanto Manga Company will be at a disadvantage in online advertising.

"Let's build a forum. We have a large readership, so we can do it." He looked up and told Kazuki: "Mirai-sensei's home forum is a single-person forum, so we'll create a forum for all mangaka. We can't fall behind in this aspect."

Although he said so, Sun-san knew it very well.

"It will cost money again..."

. Creating a forum is simple. His company has more readers, but if they want to do it well, they must invest in promotion. Although the money isn't much, with hundreds of millions of yen in advertising, the number of people on Kanto Manga Company's forum will undoubtedly be on par with Mirai-sensei's home forum.

But Mirai-sensei's home forum didn't spend a single yen, and it became popular thanks to an event, in addition to generating income by selling video games. Thinking about this, Sun-san became depressed.

The gap is enormous. Mirai-sensei's readers are all passionate and take intense action, but Kanto Manga Company doesn't have such a powerful mangaka at the moment, so they can only invest in their development.

"It seems I still have to rely on 'The Detective Sherlock'..."