[Due to the exceptional performance of your previous edited video within the Anime Projection App, it has been officially certified as a viral short.]
[This new upload will automatically be pushed to a massive multi-dimensional user base. We encourage creator Blaine to continue producing high-quality content. This is an official message of appreciation!]
The moment the upload completed, Blaine received the system notification, and his excitement exploded.
"This one's definitely another hit. With that much traffic behind it, it'd be hard not to go viral!"
He clicked his tongue smugly, looking as punchable as ever.
"So this is what a positive feedback loop feels like? Damn, I love it. Tonight I am absolutely going to unwind, empty myself dry."
After finalizing the upload and closing everything down, he muted all notifications from the Anime Projection App.
Otherwise, it would be non-stop "ding ding ding…" all night.
He pulled out his phone, dialed Wayne, and yelled:
"Hey! Brother Wayne! Tonight, your big bro is taking you out! Call a few hot girls, we're going all out! I'm paying!"
A beat later, he added awkwardly:
"If you don't help me spend all this 700,000 RMB tonight, I'm not calling you my brother anymore."
On the other end, Wayne froze for a solid few seconds.
"Blaine… how much did you drink? Do you need me to come pick you up? You sound totally gone."
Blaine snorted contemptuously.
"Cut the crap. I'll send you the location, twenty minutes!"
Wayne could hardly believe it.
A guy who'd lived in a rundown rental for years… suddenly spending 700,000?
And treating everyone?
You couldn't even dream that hard.
"…Fine, fine. I actually needed to talk to you anyway. My higher-ups want us to meet tomorrow night. Their attitude completely flipped, like a 180. They can't believe you suddenly became this awesome, but they're scared to lose talent. I'm dying of laughter."
Meanwhile, in the One Punch Man world,
Inside King's tiny rental apartment.
King held up a single finger toward Saitama, his face completely expressionless.
"To beat you, I only need one finger. Saitama, you're too weak. I'm getting sleepy."
Saitama clenched his controller with both hands, steaming like a dumpling, face burning red.
"That doesn't count! You scrub! I just got careless! I didn't dodge! REMATCH! I refuse to believe I can't beat you even once today!"
King didn't even blink.
"A three-year-old downstairs could beat you with one hand. Saitama, you really have no talent for gaming. That combo you tried? You must've practiced it for a week, it's painfully obvious."
"SHUT UP AND PICK YOUR CHARACTER!"
King shook his head helplessly.
His phone screen lit up, Anime Projection's trending recommendations.
"Saitama, have you seen that trending video on the Anime Projection App? The one ranking the Top 10 Combat Power Peaks in Anime?"
"Nope!" Saitama barked, still getting completely destroyed.
King yawned.
"The video creator is weird. He mentioned some 'Shadow Assassin of Xuanwu Kingdom.' Never heard of him. He's not in the Hero Association. Doesn't look like a monster either."
Saitama, despite his all-out effort, lost at full health again. His face twisted with rage.
King continued casually:
"Saitama… what if the video creator exposes you? How will you deal with the Hero Association?"
That finally made Saitama stop and think.
"Deal with what? I'm just a hero for fun. The only thing I need to deal with is monsters."
King paused, true.
A real hero only needs to fight monsters. Everything else is irrelevant.
While selecting a new character, Saitama mumbled:
"Though your Emperor Engine is still annoying…"
Elsewhere,
"Focus. Guide the scissors with your qi!"
After taking out three unknown assassins head-on, Wu Liuqi received the newest app notification. He sighed dramatically.
"Wonder which unlucky soul is getting wrecked this time…
Ooh~ Director Jiang, you're so pretty in your transformed form~ I wonder what that kiss meant~~"
THWIP!
A plum blossom dart embedded itself directly in his backside.
Meihua Thirteen descended from the trees, her blade-hair flailing wildly.
"YOU BASTARD! GIVE ME YOUR LIFE!"
"Miss Mei! I didn't mean it! Director Jiang forced me!"
Wu Liuqi immediately surrendered and ran for his life as she chased him across the island.
In the Naruto world,
Even Naruto's Shadow Clone got the Anime Projection notification.
"The strongest man in the world…?"
Cold sweat dripped down his forehead.
At the first glance at that title, his mind immediately jumped to one person on the battlefield,
Uchiha Madara.
One man against 80,000 ninja.
Reports had just come in:
Edo Tensei Madara had appeared, displaying overwhelming, godlike power.
He summoned multiple meteorites, annihilating entire divisions at once, nearly killing even the elderly Tsuchikage Ōnoki.
Could it be him?
Across various worlds,
Goku: "I kinda want to fight that assassin… but that man looks even stronger. What's his power level?"
Zoro: "One day, I will become the world's strongest swordsman! My name will appear on that list!"
Rimuru: "Strongest man? Probably not me… I don't have a gender anymore."
Ainz Ooal Gown: "My title must be ranked even higher!"
On a certain sea in the One Piece world,
The Whitebeard Pirates continued their voyage.
"Pops! Look at this new video, the ninth place, titled 'The Strongest Man in the World!'"
Third Division Commander Jozu hurried over, phone in hand.
"Pops, it's you! Look!"
"Hm?"
Whitebeard gazed into the night sky.
Hearing Jozu's words, he turned, and indeed, the video featured him.
The title on the screen slowly faded.
The first scene revealed an endless inferno.
Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, stared wide-eyed, his usually calm gaze trembling.
A glimmer of emotion flickered within.
"This is… this is the God Valley Incident, isn't it…?"