Carnival Night
The cheers lasted for a minute. More people joined in afterward, and they only quieted down once the glass grew foggy again.
Xu Huo heard a few people close by saying, "I can't believe we're this lucky today. We actually got to see Captain Matt. I heard he's been traveling through other game sub-districts ever since he retired. When did he come back to District 011?"
"Is Captain Matt some kind of big shot?"
"You're out of the loop. Before he retired, Captain Matt was a B-class player. He led his fleet through all kinds of game sub-districts, collecting and transporting supplies for District 011. I heard he was already strong enough to rank up to A-class, but he always put District 011 first, so he never completed the promotion."
"I see..."
Quite a few people were talking about the legendary captain. Xu Huo headed for the central elevator and heard plenty more stories about him along the way.
He was descended from a Noble and had a military background. He owned a Shipping Company whose main business was transportation and armed escort. He was well known in District 011, and though he had retired, he was still an important government figure with considerable influence over personnel changes.
It wasn't just ordinary people who idolized him. Some Nobles went out of their way to curry favor with him, though he rarely made public appearances.
According to a Server, the Captain hadn't attended the party in the past three years.
"You were on the ship last year, too?" Xu Huo listened to a few Servers for a while, then asked the one who seemed most excited.
"I only started this year," the Server replied. The others had also been hired this year.
Xu Huo went on to ask several