I'm just an internet cafe owner

Unfortunately, the bionic teardrops moved even faster.

Dance of Lightning

The avatar teardrop had already blocked the monster's path before Kazanari and Ame no Kanade arrived, launching a rapid attack. Then, it clenched its right fist, compressing the air with immense force and creating a powerful suction effect.

Faced with the sudden suction force, Kazanari and Ame no Kanade almost instinctively resisted its pull.

One-inch punch!

As the fist struck Noise, a powerful shockwave pierced through the entire monster. If Liu Yuan had been there, he would have definitely recognized what kind of move the clone teardrop had used.

The God of War's Strong Kick and Inch Punch Version.

In fact, as an awakening skill, Martial God's Strong Kick is the skill that most classes are most likely to master before the game releases an awakening version.

The term "Martial God's Strong Kick" sounds impressive, but it's actually just a high-level low kick. However, if players truly awaken their Martial God, they'll discover that while "Martial God's Strong Kick" is an awakening skill with a cooldown in the game, every move and stance of a real Martial God can become "Martial God's Strong Kick." This particular move is simply a feature of the game and a requirement for gameplay, choosing a low kick as the awakening skill.

Chapter 525 StarCraft Tournament Preparations (Bonus Chapter)

With one punch, the entire Noise was shattered. This was something Tachibana Hibiki herself couldn't do, but the online speculations she read before entering the venue and some principles of possible awakening convinced the clone teardrop that Tachibana Hibiki "could" this skill.

The punch from the Imitation Teardrop was incredibly powerful. It not only shattered Noise's weapon but also destroyed Gungnir in Kanade Amagami's hand. Thankfully, everyone around had already fled; otherwise, the flying shards would have definitely injured some people.

However, just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, they all looked at Tachibana Hibiki, who was still chanting 'giligili love~gililimind~'.

The threat disappeared, and Tachibana Hibiki blinked as she felt the gazes around her.

"what happened?"

Amane Kanade pointed to the shattered weapon in her hand, then to Hibiki Tachibana's chest. Hibiki instinctively looked down; it seemed a shard of the broken weapon had hit her.

However, because she was invincible and singing, and the fragments were moving too fast, she didn't feel anything at all. She was just a little embarrassed by the exposed flesh. But luckily, everyone around her was a girl, so the embarrassment was somewhat manageable.

"Are you OK?"

Hearing Amagami Kanade's concern, Tachibana Hibiki shook her head: "I'm fine, I feel great. Hmm... my heart should be okay too?"

The imitation teardrop nodded. If something really happened, Tachibana Hibiki would keep losing health, but at this moment, not only was Tachibana Hibiki not losing health, she also had a positive buff.

Actually, there was originally another negative buff, but this negative buff was neutralized by the power that Madoka put in.

At the same time, because the fragments were moving too fast, and Hibiki Tachibana kept singing, her resistance recovered rapidly, and her nerves couldn't react to the speed, which resulted in her not feeling anything.

However, it's not a big problem, since the Law of Cycles is watching over her, and no matter what happens, her life will not be in danger.

No one knows what will happen to this world because of Tachibana Hibiki's appearance. However, Tachibana Hibiki knows one thing: when the internet cafe opened the next day, she brought three newcomers with her.

The three newcomers include two members of the Twin Wings duo and her wife.

It's strange. The invitation showed me as a minor, but today it shows me as an adult. Tachibana Hibiki didn't think much of the internet cafe's adult verification criteria. After all, she'd already transmigrated; it's not surprising that a few more unscientific and non-magical things would happen... right?

Seeing how impressive the newcomers were, Liu Yuan couldn't help but complain.

"This new employee at the branch is quite something! She's already recruiting people after only a short time? But why does she seem so sinful?"

Hearing Liu Yuan's words, Kisara curiously leaned closer: "What's wrong? Is Hibiki cursed?"

"It's not a curse, how should I put it? I feel like I'm having a bit of luck with love?"

"We can't let her see Alicia, otherwise all the girls in our shop will be..."

Kisara shudders at the thought of Alicia. He recalls how he worried about the person he liked being stolen away, only to find that his worries were justified, but the one who was stolen away wasn't the person he liked, but himself.

"The problem isn't too serious..."

While the two were chatting, Liu Yuan received a collaboration request from the Theory of Circles.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

Kisara noticed Liu Yuan's unusual expression and asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Nothing happened, it's just..."

Looking at his chat history with the Law of Cycles, Liu Yuan laughed and said, "After StarCraft was launched, I wanted to organize a competition to play, since this game is really suitable for competition. But I couldn't afford the rewards by myself, so I talked to the Law of Cycles, and she agreed to my idea."

"A competition? Is it interesting?"

"Very interesting..."

After all, there are enough people in internet cafes now, and video software is also available.

The release of Audition Online gave Liu Yuan the idea to organize a competition. A medium-sized competition, with the first prize being a dream come true.

The Law of Circles will grant internet cafe customers one wish that she can fulfill.

The second and third prizes are opportunities to choose games. For example, you can get a game item that you like but doesn't have in the system rewards if you get second place.

The third prize consists of rare outfits that do not affect the gaming experience; players can choose one outfit from any game.

Other participation prizes include a few days of free internet access, and vouchers for snacks and drinks worth a certain amount.

This is Liu Yuan's trial run of the competition. Regardless of success or failure, it will lay the foundation for future competitions.

After all, the number of people in internet cafes is now approaching 200,000, including all sorts of people from various worlds, and all kinds of geniuses. Even if the Mech race has the highest computing power, sometimes they may not be able to beat the chosen ones of some worlds.

Moreover, this time the participation of the Mechs will be restricted. The Mechs will have a special competition area where they can compete on their own, and the prizes for winning will be handled by Fanlou.

It's not discrimination, it's just that the Mechs are too strong. And Mechs fighting each other can easily turn into a drawn-out battle; the Mechs themselves can withstand it, but the average player can't.

Currently, the longest StarCraft match between the Mach race is 300 hours. If you really want to play for that long, I doubt anyone other than the Mach race would have the energy to watch it all the time.

After all, most of the customers in internet cafes are normal people. Even if the games in internet cafes can help them recover their energy and physical strength, they wouldn't do something like this.

In addition to the main competitions, Liu Yuan also offered participation prizes for other competitive games. Anyone who participated could receive a bottle of cola, a meal, and more.

Since everyone plays games every day, the event not only allows everyone to continue playing, but also ensures that everyone has fun.

As for why Liu Yuan didn't choose League of Legends? Because there aren't enough players for that game. Games like StarCraft, with their PvE and story modes, are more appealing to both competitive and story-driven players.

However, this doesn't apply to LoL. It's a purely competitive game. Although the game is currently very popular in internet cafes, because it's a 5v5 game, there aren't many people in internet cafes who can form a large enough team.

Meanwhile, the competition rewards were sponsored by The Theory of Circles, and Madoka had a phobia of the game.

Consider Kaname Madoka; in this game, anyone can easily defeat her. How could the mighty Kaname Madoka be called "Purple Sweet Potato Madoka" by players? Based on that alone, she's definitely not going to sponsor anything!

Even the Law of Cycles doesn't sponsor games, so how could TeTu dare to? Besides, TeTu has killed quite a few Madokas in the game, which makes her even more hesitant to sponsor the game.

No one would have guessed that the first reason wasn't related to League of Legends, but rather some kind of personal grudge. If the customers at the internet cafe found out, they would definitely give Xiaoyuan a much tougher beating next time they encountered her.

The notice about the competition was quickly delivered to all the guests, who were excited upon seeing it.

Leaving aside the first prize, the participation prizes and rewards for making the rankings are incredibly generous. Just participating means free food and drinks? What does that mean? Does it mean making hundreds of millions from the boss? Of course I'd participate!

In addition, the game competition also banned several absolutely strong players, since with these players participating, there was no need to compete. However, these people weren't idle either. For example, Liu Yuan invited siblings and couples like Blank and Rick, and Shubi, to do live commentary.

In addition to this, she also plans to create two virtual YouTubers for her Vocaloid app, and she's already decided on the first batch: Hatsune Miku and Luo Tianyi.

According to Liu Yuan's understanding, unlike NPCs in games, the virtual singers created by Vocaloid are truly virtual beings. Their appearance, existence, and intelligence are entirely derived from people's love and faith.

Liu Yuan didn't know if these two virtual singers would become popular, since the worlds were different and he dared not make any guarantees.

What? What does the boss do himself? He's a commentator, of course! But Liu Yuan felt that no one would watch his commentary. After all, compared to couples, siblings, or other beautiful girls, what was there to watch about a grown man like him?

However, Liu Yuan was unaware that this commentary would make him famous throughout the world.

Chapter 526 Interstellar Competition, the Boss's Prophecy

The competitions organized by the internet cafes themselves are much easier to promote than traditional advertising. Each branch manager puts up a promotional poster, and then a large number of posts are shared on TT (a Chinese instant messaging platform).

Done!

The response to this competition was overwhelming. People Liu Yuan knew, didn't know, and even some newcomers to the store signed up just to give it a try. After all, everyone who participated got at least a bottle of Coke—who wouldn't want something for free?

The competition format is also very simple: first, there is a preliminary round, then the top 64, top 32, top 16, top 8, top 4, and finally the final battle for the runner-up and third place.

Because multiple matches were being played simultaneously, there were four commentary teams, including Liu Yuan's team.

The other three pairs are Rick and Schwi, a married couple; Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister pair; and Hatsune Miku and Luo Tianyi, a virtual singer pair.

What? Virtual singers don't understand games? That's not a problem at all. As long as they have enough data, even if they've never played the game, they can understand what the players are doing.

At the same time, because both of them are songstresses, and their personalities are also...

They are completely different, and it's hard to say who will be popular.

The preliminary selection process was very fast, with results available in almost a day.

At the same time as the competition began, Liu Yuan also launched a prize-winning prediction contest, similar to a sports lottery, where everyone could place bets on their favorite player. Those who correctly predicted the winner could share the prize money. However, since Liu Yuan was running the bookmaker, he charged a 10% commission.

Meanwhile, the competition was held directly in private rooms, without any outside interference, and was monitored by Tongxi. In the entire internet cafe, only Liu Yuan, Yuanhuan Zhili, and Fanlou were capable of cheating, but as the organizers, they had no reason to cheat. After all, the three of them were now focused on having fun, and cheating wouldn't be entertaining at all.

As the match began, the live broadcast started.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

Alicia, standing nearby, complained, "Boss, we're using your equipment for this live stream. Don't you know whether we can hear you or not?"

"I'm used to it. Ahem! Hello everyone, I'm Liu Yuan, the owner of Four-Dimensional Space Internet Cafe. The beautiful girl next to me is named Alicia, no need for further introduction."

"Hey Hey hey!"

Alicia huffed and puffed, "What do you mean 'no need for introductions'? Hello everyone~ I'm Alicia, did you miss me? No matter when or where, Alicia will always be there to meet your expectations~"

The moment Alicia finished her self-introduction, the entire live chat was flooded with comments about her. As for Liu Yuan? Boss Cricket is insignificant.

After a brief self-introduction, Alicia looked at Liu Yuan.

"Now that the preliminary rounds are over and the top 64 have been determined, boss, which player do you think has the best chance?"

"As for me? My favorites are Lelouch, Suzuki Satoru, and Namikaze Minato. Especially Lelouch, whether it's Red Alert or StarCraft, he has an excellent grasp of the overall situation. Namikaze Minato was one of the earliest players to enter internet cafes. As the village chief, he has not only conducted large-scale battles in his own world, but has also learned advanced combat theories, so his chances of winning are also very high. As for Suzuki Satoru, he has recently been fighting against various races and countries in his own world. With real combat experience, it's hard for him to lose."

As an internet cafe owner, he had excellent judgment. Apart from those who were almost capable of cheating in games, these three were the people he favored the most.

He felt that the only thing that could stop them from reaching the quarterfinals was each other; the others probably wouldn't be able to do it.

Alicia asked curiously, "What about Tatsumi? If I remember correctly, Tatsumi also founded a country, and as the founder and promoter of beginner's guides, he should be able to do that too, right?"

"No way, his tactics are too basic. Really? Really? Can someone really lose a match because of a 12D fast break?"

Alicia asked curiously, "What about Daigo? As the Giant of Light and the ace of the GUTS team, does he have any hope of winning?"

"It's unlikely. Daigo is fine for fighting, but he's not good at managing things."

"And what about Accelerator? The number one esper in Academy City, possessing computational abilities comparable to those of Machine Gundams."

Liu Yuan continued to shake his head: "You know what, he's the one I'm least optimistic about. Although his calculation ability is strong, his thinking is too unconventional, and he's too reckless. This game is about strategy and winning people's hearts. You can win once or twice by being reckless, but you won't be able to win in the long run."