Chapter 60: Such a Sweet Reversal
"She must have cheated! I demand an audit from the Light Brain!"
Her fans in the stream were also demanding an audit, absolutely refusing to believe the result.
How could some new, trending streamer possibly have more fans than Nana?
Sophie Wexler’s fingers paused. As if sensing her thoughts, the administrator sent her a message: [Miss Wexler, there’s nothing wrong with our data.]
Seeing this, Sophie Wexler agreed out loud, "Fine, run the audit. But if it comes back clean, then you, Karina, will apologize to me for slander."
"Fine." Karina was adamant that she had cheated. "If there’s nothing wrong, I’ll apologize."
Then, both of them simultaneously requested an audit from the Light Brain.
For a moment, everyone held their breath. The few seconds seemed to stretch on for an eternity.
Finally, the Light Brain displayed the result: [After inspection, no anomalies were found in the data for Sue Shiver’s stream.]
Karina stared at the result, stunned into silence. "This is impossible. It has to be fake. Her data must be fake."
[Who says I’m fake!]
Countless comments, a dense barrage, scrolled across the top of the stream.
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Because beneath every comment was an unbelievable location tag.
The Seventh Legion!
As everyone knew, comments displayed the user’s location unless it was specifically turned off.
And clearly, these people’s IP addresses were not hidden. They were brazenly displayed for all to see.
In an instant, everyone was hit by a massive shock.
It wasn’t just Karina’s fans; Sophie Wexler’s fans were even more stunned.
They blinked in disbelief, making sure they weren’t seeing things.
Huh?
HUH?!
’Isn’t our Teacher Sue just some small-time streamer? How could so many accounts from the military be voting for her?’ Her fans were all completely bewildered.
Even Sophie Wexler herself stared at the screen for a long moment before the communicator next to her pinged.
It was a message from Felix York.
[Miss Wexler, I hope they haven’t caused you any trouble.]
Sophie Wexler immediately replied, [No, not at all.]
[Felix York: That’s good. Those knuckleheads heard you were being falsely accused of plagiarism and were furious. Then they found out you were in a competition and insisted on coming to back you up. Sorry if they caused a scene.]
Reading Felix York’s message, Sophie Wexler’s heart warmed instantly.
[That girl on the other side, Ka... whatever-her-name-is, you’re the one who was bullying our Tea— Teacher Sue Shiver!]
He had almost typed ’Teacher Wexler’ instead. A terrifyingly close call.
[You really think our Teacher Sue has no fans, huh?]
[And you say I’m fake? Which one of your eyes sees me as fake? Let me tell you, I’m as real as it gets!]
[Our Teacher Sue has tons of fans! If most of us weren’t in training, this vote count would be way higher. We’d scare you to death!]
They had been furious when they saw Miss Wexler being accused of plagiarism. The moment they found out, they jumped on StarNet and rushed over, afraid the voting would end. Luckily, they made it in time.
Sophie Wexler’s fans stared, dumbfounded, at the combat-ready soldiers. ’Our Teacher Sue’s fanbase is this powerful? It extends to the military?!’
[AHHHH, does anyone get me?! This reversal is so satisfying! We’re being carried to victory by the big guns themselves!]
[I’m literally ecstatic right now, okay?]
[Who was it just now bragging about having more fans? Go on, keep talking. Why’s everyone so quiet all of a sudden?]
Forget talking; they had all been struck dumb the moment the barrage of comments from The Seventh Legion appeared.
Karina’s stream was dead silent, until Sophie Wexler’s voice cut through: "I won."
The two words, spoken in a calm voice, brimmed with endless confidence.
The instant her voice faded, the stream’s screen was flooded with those same two words: "I won."
It completely spammed the screen.
As if that wasn’t enough, F casually sent a few virtual battleships, making the words expand to cover the entire screen.
Karina’s face turned green with envy and rage.
Her fingers trembled with anger, but there was nothing she could do. They were all soldiers. What could she possibly do?
The stream’s popularity skyrocketed. People on StarNet who heard about the incident flooded into the channel.
They were all there for the drama. Where there’s drama, there’s a crowd.
"Let’s have the audience pick the next topic," Sophie Wexler said, unhurried.
If she was going to prove herself, it couldn’t end with just one song.
Karina could no longer maintain her composure. She frantically messaged her staff, telling them to figure something out.
All she got in return was silence.
But the competition couldn’t be ended now. Full of confidence at the start, she had set the duration for two hours. Excluding voting and other wasted time, they could still sing at least twenty more songs.
Unless Sophie Wexler also agreed to stop the PK battle, but from the looks of it, she clearly had no intention of stopping.
At first, the stream was mostly their two fanbases, plus the soldiers who came later, totaling just over a hundred million people.
But now, the viewer count was soaring toward four or five hundred million, all citizens who had caught wind of the drama and rushed over.
Suddenly, the comment section was flooded with an incredible number of suggestions.
Everyone had a style they wanted to hear. After a short while, the Light Brain announced the final result.
[This round’s style is: Hot-blooded and Passionate!]
The Galaxy had seen many wars, and its people revered martial strength. The songs they liked were often intense, with a powerful rhythm.
"I’ll go first this time," Sophie Wexler said.
Karina gritted her teeth. "Fine!"
She had many songs in this style herself. She refused to believe that Sue Shiver could surpass her in this genre too.
’So what if she has a lot of soldiers supporting her in her stream? The number of ordinary citizens is much higher now.’
’All I have to do is win the votes of the general public, and I can beat her.’
Everyone has their weaknesses. Karina was confident that Sue Shiver couldn’t handle this style.
But in the next second, the moment Sophie Wexler’s voice rang out, the confidence she had just built up was instantly crushed.
"Shatter the firmament, with wings to pierce the nine heavens...!"
A single, powerful line, sung with magnificent force, instantly ignited everyone’s passion.
It made you want to rise up in excitement along with her!
The moment she heard Sophie Wexler begin to sing, Karina froze, her face ashen.
’It’s over!’
Her confidence was annihilated in an instant. When it was her turn, she couldn’t even perform at her usual level, let alone surpass Sophie Wexler.
This round, without a doubt, was won by Sue Shiver.
"Continue. Next round," the woman said faintly.
The words echoed in Karina’s ears like a curse.
"Continue. Next round."
Karina’s face grew paler and paler, and her voice began to tremble.
"Continue. Next round."
"Enough!" Finally, she couldn’t take it anymore. Her psyche had completely collapsed.
"Enough! I don’t want to compete anymore!"