An hour later, James was walking through central Dublin when the System notification appeared.
[TRB PARTNERSHIP LINK RECEIVED]
[STREAM CHANNEL ASSIGNED: TEAM ZERO]
[EVENT: FLOOR 9 RAID ATTEMPT]
[ACCEPT PARTNERSHIP? Y/N]
James stopped on the sidewalk and selected YES.
[PARTNERSHIP ACCEPTED]
[STREAM TAB UNLOCKED]
[STREAM CHANNEL: TEAM ZERO]
[STATUS: INACTIVE]
Then another notification appeared.
[TRB OFFICIAL RAID STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT]
[FLOOR 9 RAID ATTEMPT SCHEDULED]
[STREAM CHANNEL: TEAM ZERO]
[TEAM DETAILS: HIDDEN UNTIL STREAM ACTIVATION]
Every registered Irish Challenger received the same notification at the same time.
James dismissed the window and kept walking.
That night, James sat at home in his room. His mother was asleep and the house was quiet.
Before sleeping, he opened his System window to check his current status.
[NAME: JAMES GANNER]
[CLASS: NECROMANCER (LEGENDARY)]
[LEVEL: 13]
[EXP: 2,340/8,000]
[HP: 620/620]
[MANA: 1,080/1,080]
[PRIMARY STATS]
