Chương 96: Promotion Offers

Before starting on my next batch, I decided to browse the internet for a bit. What's it called? Ego-searching? Ah, no, I mean, market research? [The Secret to Raccoon's one-of-a-kind potion taste!] [Who is the Little Bomber? Everything you need to know!] [I'll bark like a dog for a potion.]"Pfft!" I chuckled. Though the posts had slowed down a bit, I was still being talked about quite often. Some of these people are really funny. My finger paused on a post.

[Emperor Dragon Queen, Hailey Burnip's response to Little Bomber, Raccoon!] Hm… Clickbait or actual call-out? Honestly, it was fifty-fifty. But! I can't just not click a title like that! [Emperor Dragon Queen, Hailey Burnip's response to Little Bomber, Raccoon!] Author: Unbiased Journalist A few days ago Raccoon, also known as the Little Bomber had this to say in response when being compared with the Emperor Dragon Queen: [Raccoon: Just focus on and appreciate me.] She directly called out the government-affiliated awakener and said that she, Hailey Burnip, is not worth her time! The question is, is this only a shot at Emperor Dragon Queen, or could it be a shot at the entire Awakener's Association? In response to Raccoon's callout, Hailey Burnip posted this in response: [Emperor Dragon Queen: What's there to focus on and appreciate?] Hailey Burnip direct response retorts that Raccoon is nothing special! The Little Bomber is less than air in her eyes!

How will Raccoon, the Little Bomber, respond to this? Subscribe to my post notification for all the latest updates about this feud between upcoming awakeners! → [How on Mother Earth could someone possible construed this interpretation of their posts?] ↳ [These journalists man… Anything for clicks.] → [This is absolutely what neither of them said. No one believe this rubbish.] → [At this point, just write fanfiction bro.]"Holy…" I mumbled at how outrageous this post was. Complete clickbait.

Even the comments are thrashing the poster. But, if there's one thing this post did right… I'm curious about what that dragon girl actually said now. I pulled up dragon girl's Tawer account. Let's see just how bad that guy screwed up her message. [Emperor Dragon Queen: Stop comparing us and insulting each other. We are both great in our respective ways; Seeing my peer do great only drives me to improve more. Though… there's not exactly a lot of footage to focus on and appreciate… Show us the prep phase.] Huh.

That's absolutely no where close to what that post said! I was expecting some type of diss, but, all I got was a wholesome message!? Hehe, it is a nice message though. I wonder if she'd like to do something together in the future. And, it did remind me, I forgot to release the prep phase. After checking the setting, I had a thought. Could I sell the clear footage again? What!? I'm not being greedy and stingy! It's just an idea!

It's a steal to spend only 100 more points to see the greatest(cutest) alchemist clear the 5th floor from the very beginning! If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. I'm definitely not thinking of the 25 million more points I could get at all! This is called valuing yourself! Not greediness! Hehe, I'm gonna be rich…

"Ah…" I let out sadly. After searching around a little, I found that I couldn't resell the footage. It'd just be included with the clear video they already bought. A shame. Well, whatever. Consider it a gift from me to the fans. With that done, I decided to browse a little longer. I wonder how long it'll take for people to notice? As it turns out, seconds. When I refreshed the page, a whole new flurry of posts were being uploaded at a rapid pace. [Raccoon included the prep phase!] [Little Bomber shows the prep phase for her historical floor 5 clear!] [New Look! Raccoon's 5 minutes of prep time revealed!] Wow… This is an odd feeling. It like every thing I do is watched from a hundred angles. Is this how rankers and celebrities feel? And that's with me being anonymous. If I revealed my face, just how crazy would the internet go? I'm a little curious.

"Hm?" Before I could think about it more, something else caught my attention. It was a DM from ALG Studios, the creator of that battle royale game Luna and Rumi likes. It was sent just a day after I cleared the fifth floor. [ALGCommunications: Hello! Ms. Raccoon, I am Ryuna from ALG's support and communications department. First, we wish to offer our sincere congratulations in clearing the fifth floor. There is no doubt in our minds that you will be a ranker and key influence in the future. I recently messaged you about a collaboration offer due to the trending meta at the time. We're rescinding that offer as it is below your current station and today we wish to offer a new S-tier collaboration offer, more befitting of what you deserve. This is what we'd implement in our game, ALG Royale: [Little Explosive Connoisseur] Title; Players will be able to purchase this as a title to use. [Little Bomber] Unique Title; This will be given to your account directly, you'd be the only player with this cosmetic. A custom player skin designed by you; Our artists can bring any concept you have to paper. Custom weapon skins based off of you. Custom vehicle skins based off of you. An item named after you. Temporarily change part of the map to be under the 'Little Bomber's influence as an event. Usually, the player skin would also be based off of you, however, due to the fact that you're anonymous, we'll let you design it directly.] [ALGCommunications: Those are what we'd include in the game if you were to accept, these are things that only the very top-tier, like Anonymous, or Lightning Lord would get. We believe that is enough to prove our sincerity to you. As for the contract details, if you are to accept, we can go over them later. Just know that we don't skimp out on monetary incentives.] [ALGCommunications: And, besides that, we have another project we're currently working on that we'd like to see if you're interested in. Please contact us at your convenience for more details.] Interesting… That was my first thought after reading through the message. The offer went from just an exclusive title to all that. Skins, titles, and even a part of the map being changed. I definitely see how much more they value me now than they did then. Honestly, I like it. Everything that I'd get sounded good, but what excited me the most actually had nothing to do with the offer. No, rather, I just really wanted to see Luna's reaction.

If, one day, she's playing the game and notices a new bundle in the shop? When she sees that it's Little Bomber related, that look on her face would be priceless! Yes! I absolutely need to do this! I'm also curious about how they'll handle the contract. They make it sound like I'm about to be paid big money for this collab. Nodding to myself, I made my decision. But, before I sent the reply, I looked at their last message.

"New project they're working on?" Are they making a new game or something? Why haven't I heard about this before? And, is it okay for them to just mention that upfront? What if I leak the messages or something? Though, I am very interested in what it could be. So, I changed my reply slightly. [Raccoon: I'm interested in both things you offered. However, I'd like to talk more about this later, two weeks at most.] I sounded pretty professional there, didn't I? I nodded with satisfaction.

I flinched as the reply came back not even a few seconds later. [ALGCommunications: Of course! We're ecstatic to have your interest. We're available for communication at any time. Whenever it's convenient for you, feel free to message!] I was taken aback by the sheer quickness of the reply. I could accept the internet having nothing to do and immediately finding out that the prep phase was now included, but, you?! Aren't you supposed to be communicating with your players or something!?

Did they hire someone to sit on our message screen so they could reply immediately!? Pfft, that'd be a funny sight. I closed that message and looked through a few more offers I received. TV Shows, radio shows, podcasters, rankers, livestreamers, news channels, and many more had all invited me to appear on their respective channel.

"Wow…" Some of them were offering serious money. A million dollars to appear on a TV show…? That's 100, 000, 000 points! I could get 4 of my cauldrons with that amount! This one's offering fifty thousand dollars to be on their radio show, they're saying I don't even have to be there in person, they just need my voice. Pfft!? T-Ten million!? This guild's offering me ten million dollars to join them in name! What am I?! A mascot!?

"Crazy…" I mumbled, reading through more offers. Some of these offers promise a life changing amount of money. Literally, if I took the highest paying one, I'd never have to struggle or worry again. These people are simply crazy. But… Am I even crazier for not even considering most of them? I… really like my current lifestyle. I like it when Luna gets mad at me for forgetting to eat; I like brewing potions and thinking of recipes at my own pace; And I like teasing Luna.

I like being able to do what I want, when I want, with who I want. I just don't think I need to accept any of these offers to join and be locked in with a guild. If anything, I'd rather create my own with Luna. Well, it's just food for thought. If I was really struggling, then, I'd probably join a guild immediately. But, as I am now, there's no need for major changes in my life. Some of these other offers are a bit more interesting and ones I'd actually consider. A game show, huh… …

"S-Sir!" Ryuna quickly ran to her boss's door and opened it immediately.

"What? Ryuna, you can't just open the door willy nilly like that! You have knock before anything!" Ryuna flinched and quickly knocked on the open door as she stood in the doorway.

"Haah…" Her boss sighed and slightly shook his head, "Fine, this better be important."

"Ms. Raccoon responded!" Ryuna exclaimed.

"What!?" The boss jumped up, "You should've led with that! Well! What'd she say, did she accept?" He hurriedly asked.

"Ms. Raccoon expressed her interest for both projects!" Ryuna excitedly said.

"YES!" The boss shouted with joy, pumping his fist in the air.

"But! She asked for a bit more time before contacting us further! She seems to be busy with something."

"She can take as much time as she needs!" The boss waved it off, "If she's already expressed her interest, it's pretty much set in stone! Company dinner tonight on me!" … Nero, the government agent, slowly walked to his office.

"Ugh…"

"I'm gonna die…"

"We're all dead…"

"I see a white light…" The entire office was groaning like zombies. Nero wasn't doing much better himself, he had deep eyebags under his eyes; He hadn't slept for days. Ever since Raccoon cleared the 5th floor, he and his team have been nonstop searching for her. Good news? More teams were assigned to finding her. Bad news? More work for him, the lead. More bad news? Still haven't found her. Even more bad news? He's seeing hallucinations now.

It was like searching for a needle in a haystack, it was near-impossible for them to find someone who left no traces.

"F-F-Found something!" Someone suddenly shouted. The room froze and eyes from everywhere locked onto the person who shouted.

"Mana traces matching Raccoon's mana signature in sewage pipes!"