Uh...
Caleb was choked by Elliot's rhetorical question. He turned to look at Leo, his eyes seemingly asking, "Is there still hope for this guy?"
"Elliot, don't say your brother isn't loyal. Today, I, your brother, will help you out," Leo said, picked up his phone, and dialed Luna's number.
"Hello? Luna, let's have dinner together tonight. Elliot is treating... Where are we going... Which restaurant?" Leo looked at Elliot.
"Huh?" Elliot hadn't reacted yet. He hadn't said he was treating at all.
"The Azure Pavilion," Caleb answered on his behalf.
"The Azure Pavilion. We'll head over now and meet at The Azure Pavilion, OK?" Leo finished speaking, hung up the phone, and then made an "OK" gesture towards Elliot.
Done.
"Damn!"
Elliot couldn't help but curse, "I say, what are you two messing around with!" He wasn't really stupid and had figured it out.
"Let's go, let's go, don't dawdle," Leo urged.
"You're not reluctant to spend that little bit of money, are you?" Caleb asked with a smile.
"Am I that kind of stingy person?" Elliot retorted.
"Then stop talking nonsense and let's go quickly."
The three of them walked out of the dormitory, chatting and laughing.
...
In the night sky, scattered stars twinkled with faint light.
A gentle breeze rustled.
The campus at night was quiet and beautiful, a good place for couples to stroll.
However, Elliot was oblivious to the romance. When he reached the fork in the road, he stopped, saying, "I'm going back."
He was going back to his rented room, which wasn't the same path as Leo and Luna.
"Bye!" Elliot turned to leave.
"Hey, you damn fella, aren't you going to walk us back to the dorm?" Leo complained.
"You want me to walk you back?" Elliot was confused.
"This section of the road is very dark. You're a big man, can't you show some gentlemanly courtesy and walk us back?" Caleb said, winking and hinting.
Since they had said this much, Elliot naturally understood what they meant.
"The three of you are walking together, and you're still afraid of the dark?" Elliot said scornfully. "I still have things to do, so I'm leaving first. Bye!"
After speaking, he left without looking back.
"Damn! This kid is hopeless!"
"Let him be destroyed!"
Caleb and Leo shook their heads helplessly at the same time.
Elliot walked far away and disappeared into the night.
Actually, he understood what Caleb meant; he just didn't want to walk them back.
It wasn't that he had any opinion about Luna. After all, they were classmates, so how could he have any opinion?
It wasn't that he disliked her either; there wasn't any guy who didn't like beautiful women.
Elliot simply didn't want to be in a relationship.
Being in a relationship was too troublesome: dating, giving gifts, showing concern, and having to endure girls' various "little moods"... Just thinking about all the troubles of being in a relationship made his head ache.
So, wasn't being single happy?
Or was it that games weren't fun?
...
Elliot returned to his rented room; it was already nine o'clock at night.
He turned on his computer, ready to play games for a while to relax.
He hadn't played games for a long time.
...
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was eleven o'clock.
Elliot turned off his computer and went to bed.
...
The next morning at seven o'clock, Elliot woke up.
He lay in bed, scrolling through TrendTok on his phone.
He logged into his TrendTok account. Follower count: 3.23 million.
When the live stream ended yesterday, Elliot remembered the follower count had just exceeded 3 million. In just one night, he gained 230,000 followers.
He also checked the
This should be the impact from yesterday's live stream.
Yesterday's live stream had 500,000 people online. He teamed up with the embassy and busted a scam group in Oasis. Such big news would definitely make it to the trending topics.
Thinking this, Elliot opened Apex Portal and indeed saw a trending topic, "TrendTok
[Well done.]
[I watched the live stream yesterday, 'Little Boy' is truly amazing!]
[Thumbs up for the embassy!]
[Severely crack down on telecom fraud!] ...
The comment section of the trending topic had as many as 100,000 comments.
Not just Apex Portal, Zephyr News, VidStream, and major web portals all reported on it.
Haha, he's really famous now.
The name "Little Boy" went mainstream for the first time.
Before, Little Boy had been on trending topics, but it was limited to TrendTok and outside the streamer circle; mainstream websites didn't report much. This time, major mainstream websites reprinted and reported on it, and the account Little Boy truly went mainstream.
Time passed unknowingly, and it was already seven-thirty.
Elliot got up and went downstairs to eat breakfast.
At the breakfast shop, he continued to scroll through TrendTok and consecutively saw several videos about him, all with high view counts.
As he was scrolling, a video caught his eye:
"The Federation's first online security reality show, I am a Geek, has invited 'Eye of the Genius' Arthur Vance, talk show comedian Gary Quinn, and 'Queen of Billiards' Piper Snow as guests. A ten-person judging panel composed of authoritative experts from the online security circle will evaluate. The show is not only interesting but also demonstrates the professionalism and importance of the online security industry..."
Hmm?
This show... Elliot remembered. The show a director connected with him yesterday to invite him to was this I am a Geek.
Elliot originally had no interest in recording a show.
However, looking at the show's promotional video, the scale was quite large and professional.
He clicked the link below the video, which jumped to the official website of I am a Geek. The first thing that came into view was the introduction of the show:
"I am a Geek brings the mysterious
"The show, in a variety show format, reveals more hidden corners of life, popularizes the potential dangers of smart living to the public, and has forged a unique path..."
Elliot continued to read down.
"I am a Geek will invite three online security teams to accept challenges in each episode."
The winning team will advance to the next episode.
Finally, the team that wins in the grand finals will receive a prize of 5 million credits.
...
For Elliot, the 5 million prize money wasn't very attractive.
What he was more interested in was the content of the show.
On the official website, the members of the show's judging panel were also introduced, authoritative experts from the online security circle:
Quinn Sterling, OmniCorp Chief Security Expert.
Preston Hayes, Sentinel Lab Senior Researcher.
Madeline King, MicroTech Security Director.
Marcus Reed, Emerald Shield Cybersecurity Company Chief Security Expert, Crimson Hacker Base Technical Consultant.
...
In this list, the ten experts were either from major companies or famous
One of them, Elliot was quite familiar with, the "Marcus" of the Crimson Hacker Base — Marcus Reed.
(End of this chapter)
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