[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462691,1913,"Chapter 148: Friend Request","black-online-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>\"I’ll call you tomorrow again, alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon looked at the phone with a smile, her heart fluttering with excitement for their next conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she kissed the screen, saw Fang Raon’s face turn slightly flushed, and with a giggle, she ended the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hugged the phone with a smile, and then she went to the gallery, and had about ten pictures of Fang Raon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the call, she was snapping some pictures of him with the phone’s screenshot app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Tomorrow I’ll probably hand in my resignation letter. I don’t have bad memories of that place, since it allowed me to meet Raon. But I want more free time now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then looked to the corner of her room—her Virtual Reality Pod had arrived—it arrived when she was at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mother let the deliverymen in, and they set up the pod in her bedroom while she was away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only noticed that it had come when her mother called during her break time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll hand my resignation letter tomorrow, and when I am done with that, I’ll head back home, and enter that game for the first time.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon thought with a nervous sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was actually feeling quite nervous, and hoped that she wouldn’t meet bad people in Black Online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been some stories—which her mother talked to her about—about some players taking advantage of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she had also heard about some players meeting their friends inside the game. Lifelong friends. And even some couples are getting married in real life after meeting in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff! Huff! Huff!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the dimly-lit room, Fang Raon was doing some push-ups after being done with the phone call with Chaewon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he didn’t train today or yesterday, he felt like his body was growing sluggish, and he hated that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene of Lock destroying him kept replaying inside his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll just... Work even harder... I am not a quitter!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms were burning with exhaustion. Threatening to fall off. And yet he refused to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he heard a rare sound coming from his phone. It only sounded when someone sent him friend requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world’s most famous social media platform—Konnect—was what everyone used to contact friends from all around the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was what he used when he texted and had a call with Chaewon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible to add people as friends via sending friend requests or just adding them with phone numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Someone sent me a friend request? How? I don’t think I have told anyone my phone number for them to add me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon took the phone from the table and checked who the person was that sent him the friend request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Friend Requests - 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Della Rose - Accept\u002FDeny]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Della... She must’ve gotten my phone number from Miranda. I’ll accept the request. I guess she also wants to be able to contact other members of the guild, so she must’ve added everyone else as well.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed \"Accept\" and another name appeared in her friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[=Friends=]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Song Chaewon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Anna]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Della Rose]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Miranda Armada]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Sara]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just noticed all my friends are girls. This reminds me that I need to add everyone from Fourth Line to friends as well. It’s good to have them in contact lists.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon decided to get everyone’s numbers tomorrow and add them once he logged out later that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding~ Ding~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he received a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Della: Hello :)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She sent me an message?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon looked surprise, and replied back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Raon: Hi]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone started buzzing as he suddenly received a call—it was from Della—and it was ordinary call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now she is calling too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gulped, answered the call, and put the phone against his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, guild master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giggle~ You don’t need to call me as guild master when we are not inside the game. I don’t even like being called guild master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just call me Della. I’ll call you Raon. Deal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said with undoubtedly bright smile on her face as it was possible to hear her smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay... Della.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon wryly smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still wondered what this call was actually about and believed that it must be regarding the upcoming raids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Guild War done, they could finally start climbing the floors again, and honestly, Fang Raon was missing that quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a request for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, what is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am going to stream tomorrow. I do it every now and then, but I thought it was a good time now since my viewers are probably curious about the Guild War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the stream, I will answer their questions, et cetera. Meanwhile, I’ll head over to the 9th floor. There is a little event going on over there, so I think it will be fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do need a cameraman. It is possible to let the game take over the camera, so it’ll just fly around and capture everything on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I don’t like how it works. I like when it’s controlled by a person. I usually have Miranda with me, but she’ll be busy tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, want to be my cameraman for tomorrow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s quite an honor, but why me? I am sure she could get someone stronger to go with her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he also didn’t have any reason to refuse, as he could see up close how one of the top streamers streamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d love to go with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard a sigh from the other end of the phone—as if Della was holding her breath—almost like she was nervous about the possibility of getting rejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See you tomorrow then! Bye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she ended the phone call—as suddenly as she called him in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Event in the 9th floor... That could be interesting. I remember that floor and its quite eerie vibe—like the entire floor is haunted or something.’\u003C\u002Fp>",1027,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.437Z",1,"novelbin.me","f2eded2c78e825add04fb6b59f19762d49469580f5e103e2a3ff0c041f88b70c","black-online-chapter-149","black-online-chapter-147",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]