**This Is Bonus Chapter For Completing Milestone Of 200 Powerstones**
Real-world events aside for now — let's rewind twenty-four hours.
While Jasmine was in the middle of her own endeavors, Shark Platform was experiencing another viewership peak. Tiger, Fastclip, and several other major platforms were right behind it. All of it driven by Holy Grail War.
Every streamer who could play Holy Grail War was playing Holy Grail War. Nothing else. The game quality was too high and the entertainment value too consistent — the combination that made streaming content essentially write itself. Unlike games that were enjoyable to play but tedious to watch, Holy Grail War was both. The AI's depth, the varied Servant personalities, the unpredictable match events — streamers who'd never cracked ten thousand viewers were going viral overnight.
Clips and highlight reels were spreading across every video platform simultaneously.
If you asked which stream had the best content: Maverick's. No contest.
Most streamers cleared Holy Grail War in one or two hours. Maverick's nearly ten-hour run had been twist after twist, reversal after reversal, the kind of session that felt like it had been scripted by someone who understood exactly what an audience needed. Except it hadn't been scripted. That was the point.
Maverick's dual nature was well-documented at this point. When he was on — genuinely locked in — he played at a level that made the chat go quiet. When he wasn't, the deaths were spectacular.
After that first legendary run, he'd logged back in and the sequels had included:
Ambushed and killed by an Assassin 19 times mid-battle. Sniped getting off the plane 6 times. Caught in a two-on-one 8 times. Solo-killed by the enemy Master 13 times during a one-on-one because a donation notification broke his concentration. Killed by local NPCs 17 times while trying to forcibly grab Holy Relics around the world. Self-destructed at 5x acceleration 9 times.
Each death method different. Each one feeling cosmically selected for maximum entertainment. It was, as the chat had put it, like someone prying open your mouth and shoveling content in.
He'd taken one day off.
Tonight at 8 PM, Maverick returned to Shark Platform.
[Chat]: MAVERICK OPEN THE DOOR
[Chat]: food doesn't taste right without you, Maverick
[Chat]: MAVERICK MAVERICK MAVERICK
[Noting]: he hasn't even started and people are already crying
[Defending]: correct emotional response
The dark stream room lit up.
Maverick sat at his desk, visibly pleased with himself.
"I'm here. Tonight's different — I talked to some other streamers and we're doing a Streamer League. Best Master competition. Let's go."
[Chat]: MAVERICK IS AWESOME (monotone)
[Chat]: I only care about female playable characters when are they coming
[Also_Chat]: the female streamers I follow have started playing and the male characters keep ending up in weird situations and my brain has been at capacity for two days
[Donation]: ["The Charitable Gambler" bet 30 million platform coins on Maverick to win!]
[Chat]: THAT'S BOLD
Collaboration was the most reliable method for simultaneous viewership and revenue growth — true in every entertainment category. Holy Grail War's friend function existed for exactly this reason. Custom friend rooms allowed up to six additional players, though friend mode yielded no Holy Grail rewards to prevent farming exploitation.
The in-game store ran on Holy Grails as currency. Currently two purchasable items: the six non-default playable characters (6 Holy Grails each, or unlockable via story mode wins), and one-time Holy Relics for Servant summoning — which gave an 80% chance to summon the specific Servant you wanted on your next match. Unlocking a Holy Relic required winning at least one Holy Grail War while playing as the associated Servant first.
Maverick currently had 5 Holy Grails. Still playing Emiya Kiritsugu.
The one Holy Relic he could exchange for was the "Isolated Utopia." He'd declined. The chat had opinions about this.
As Maverick connected to the other streamers, Teacher Pu's voice came through first — and it came through at volume.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SOMEONE GRABBED MY PHONE? I didn't let anyone — I just got chopped SIXTY THOUSAND TIMES AND I DIDN'T MAKE A SOUND!"
[Chat]: Teacher Pu: a true professional
[Chat]: Teacher Pu: please demonstrate that again
[Chat]: oh my farmer's spirit is awakening
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