Chapter 20 - That's Not Something You Should Catch (1)
I took a big bite of potato chips. A salty flavor spread subtly from the roof of my mouth to my tongue.
“Are you actually swallowing those snacks?”
“Yeah.”
I have to eat first. Because I need to live.
Sung Dojun sighed at me in frustration.
“It’s been 24 hours. It’s been 24 hours since you streamed. But…”
He thrust his phone close to my face in exasperation.
“Why is the internet still on fire?!”
“…I don’t know.”
I chewed the potato chips like a hamster, avoiding looking at the smartphone.
Sung Dojun appealed to my father as if asking for some help.
“Dad, look at her. The troublemaker is eating so well.”
“Sung Dojun. Why are you so desperate to eat Yujin again, you bastard?”
“No, Dad! She did something crazy on her stream yesterday!”
“You fool. Living itself is something you can’t do with a sane mind. Right, Yujin?”
Dojun’s father gave me a thumbs up. I returned the gesture with my own thumbs up.
Living life, it really is like that. You need to be half-crazy to live life. Moreover, if you’re the head of 10 siblings, you need to be 10 times crazier.
That’s why I did what I did yesterday.
I finished the snacks and dusted off my palms.
“What’s wrong with the internet?”
“Did you call Ultralisk ‘Ulari’? What’s with the 10 million won bet with Lilme? And what’s with challenging Jung Suhyuk to a match? Ah, forget it. Just f*cking look at it yourself.”
I took the phone Sung Dojun handed me and read the posts on the Galaxy War gallery.
[Title: Live) HaYoo, Challenges Jung Suhyuk]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
(Video)
─There are still so many pros who don’t acknowledge me. Isn’t it too much to even refuse games? It’s not like I’ve done match-fixing or anything.
─So I’m challenging publicly. Ranking number one Jung Suhyuk-ssi, listen. One week later, at 8 PM, I’m challenging you to a best of 3. Of course, you’re free to refuse. Anyway, I sincerely ask that you ple-ease acknowledge me with this match. Pro-fes-sion-als.
Likes: 2322 Dislikes: 14
ㅇㅇ(1.233): Barcode vs Jung Suhyuk ㄷㄷ
ㅇㅇ(232.14): Finally, it’s here
ㅇㅇ(218.38): Daughter-bait Hunter X Pro Hunter O
ㅇㅇ(121.148): Season 2 dojo challenge lol
└But the opponent is the Galaxy War GOAT lol
└The GOAT is HaYoo though?
└Malicious HaYoo fans get lost
ㅇㅇ(64.21): Not a female dog but a lioness
ㅇㅇ(115.21): Now she’s even declaring to catch up to the Great Suhyuk lolololol
ㅇㅇ(14.34): This bitch really has a different way of walking
ㅇㅇ(51.86): Jung Suhyuk’s Ultrk is different
└Ultrk you f*cker
└Unsubscribed from HaYoo after seeing this
The challenge I threw out in the heat of the moment. Numerous people were gathering there, fueling the topic and setting it on fire.
Actually, I didn’t care whether Jung Suhyuk accepted the challenge or not. The purpose was just to throw bait onto the blazing community grill.
For me, it was an action without any risk. If Jung Suhyuk accepts, the viewer count will skyrocket, and if he refuses, my status will break through the ceiling.
I read the next post.
[Title: HaYoo, Major Announcement Grand Announcement (The Life of Humans/Kang Yohan)]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
(Video)
─Since everyone’s busy running away even if the queue pops, I’ll make the major announcement and end the stream. The major announcement is… Ah, what was it? Viewers, don’t get angry first. I’ve been forgetful lately. If there’s a small donation, I might remember… Aaaah- Our Baby Bird-nim donated 100,000 won to improve HaYoo’s memory!
─I’ll be appearing on KBN’s
─Now, for the grand announcement! What was it again? Without donations, it’s getting hazy again. Ah, just kidding. I’ll reveal it right away.
─I’ve decided to help player Kang Yohan in his last championship challenge. We’ll record the entire practice process on camera. I’ll upload it to my YouTube. Don’t worry, I’m confident. I’ll make him win no matter what. What’s the filming concept, you ask? You all know Oldboy, right? Locking him in a solitary room and making him play games while feeding him only steamed dumplings all day, pfft. Just kidding.
Likes: 2521 Dislikes: 20
ㅇㅇ(106.101): Grand announcement my ass lol
ㅇㅇ(39.7): If she appears on The Life of Humans, she’ll get more ordinary middle-aged male fans
ㅇㅇ(222.113): This bitch is going to evoke sympathy and rake in more donations
└Hey fck, raising 10 siblings makes her a patriot
└She’s a woman so not a patriotic pssy lol
└Screenshot complete
└Gasp
└Gasp
└(Steamed dumpling emoticon)
ㅇㅇ(118.235): Yujin, if you make Yohan hyung win too, oppa will bow deeply towards Jamsil every day
└Absolutely impossible lol wake up
└How can the has-been Kang Yohan who can’t even pass qualifiers win lol
└Who knows? He might come out with an insane build lol
└Stop talking bullsht, HaYoo isn’t a god or something
└But her actions so far have been almost god-tier? Isn’t it like being asked to walk on water and actually doing it?
└I hate it because of fckers who blindly support like this
└For real lol
ㅇㅇ(223.38): Kang Yohan is thirty years old, what championship are you talking about lol Even makjang dramas wouldn’t write such a script
ㅇㅇ(119.18): Sigh, you idiots lol I’m screenshotting all these comments, because gallery comebacks are the rule ^o^
The atmosphere is that everyone finds it hard to believe the scenario of Kang Yohan winning.
Well, it’s understandable to think that way. He’s someone who hasn’t even made it to the league finals for years now.
But…
For me, who knows the future, it’s entirely possible.
It will definitely happen that way, and I’ll make sure of it.
Ah, of course, I’ll help Hyun Junho win too.
I quickly read through the rest of the posts.
[Title: Pro bastards are really historically ugly]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
Pro bastards are avoiding matches because they’re scared of an amateur lol Is this what pros are? I heard Hyun Junho is undefeated in internal rankings as if he awakened after getting beaten once.. Isn’t it so unmanly for these mediocre bastards to avoid matches while talking about an amateur’s character?
The funniest thing about Shin Jaemin is that the bastard who says he won’t play is using the Dark Corsair build that HaYoo created. Sigh lololol
You guys just live at that level lol
Likes: 3050 Dislikes: 349
ㅇㅇ(115.41): So how many championships does that Hyun Junho have?
└3 runner-ups = 1 win ok?
└Lol
[Title: The girl who updates legends daily.txt]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
The bitch who sweetly sucks donations with Ulari jokes as soon as she turns on the stream…
The bitch who coolly bets her eyebrows and hair and has a 10 million won match with Lilme…
The bitch who wins even with vision on and two workers removed…
Even when a cheating map was used, the bitch who wins again…
When pro bastards declare game refusal while bursting with inferiority complexes, the bitch who boldly challenges Jung Suhyuk right away…
The bitch whose every day is a legend every time she turns on her stream…
Whatever the case, the bitch who is our noona…
Great Ha Yoo
[Title: Let’s do a likability test for HaYoo << this bitch at this point]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
If you like HaYoo << this bitch, like, if you dislike, dislike. Go go
Likes: 6462 Dislikes: 203
[Title: Real-time reactions of Korean female noonas…jpg]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
(Screenshot of female-dominated community)
-Fck they’re picking on a successful female streamer, they should be ashamed
-Fck off, why are unskilled kids making a fuss
-I thought she was just being excluded because no one except Hyun Junho shouts her out, but it turns out she’s not just excluded but bullied ㅜㅜㅜ
-It feels suffocating that the entire pro scene seems to be trying to gang up on one person..
-I’ve been a Galaxy War fan for 6 years but the pros are disgusting..
-The passive aggressiveness typical of Korean males is nakedly revealed, so creepy
-Who do they think they are lolololol
-Too much to say, nothing to say..
-At this point I’ll promote our HaYoo, she’s really cute and pretty, best at games and makes good jokes bbb
-Ugh… look at them pouring cold water because there’s a successful female streamer
Likes: 531 Dislikes: 1021
ㅇㅇ(112.151): Don’t touch HaYoo
ㅇㅇ(121.141): Don’t bury this with feminism f*ck
ㅇㅇ(38.51): Get lost and don’t bleed, you bitches
When I entered YouTube, my subscriber count had surpassed 200,000. The shorts that Moon Jaehyun quickly edited and uploaded had a million views in just one day.
“The reaction’s not bad, I guess.”
“Hey, is that the problem? It’s the calm before the storm. It’s a typhoon, a typhoon. I don’t know if you’re being carefree or naive.”
Well. My heart is just endlessly calm.
They say the center of a typhoon is called the eye of the typhoon, and it’s said to be a windless zone where not even a breeze blows.
Maybe I’m in the eye of the typhoon.
Following the boss’s order to leave work early because there were no customers, I came straight home and turned on the stream.
[Emergency Strategy Meeting]
[50,241 viewers]
[HaYoo]
“I’m taking content suggestions.”
In a situation where pros were voluntarily refusing games, I couldn’t play Galaxy War.
Anyway, the current trend in the internet broadcasting world was to stick your shovel in various places rather than digging just one well, so I thought this was a good time to try other content.
And then,
‘RPG Lover’ donated 1,000 won!
-How about trying the fresh Black Souls?
Finally, it’s here, Black Souls.
“What’s Black Souls?”
I pretended not to know, but in fact, I knew it all too well.
It’s a game that will become an immortal masterpiece made by a company called ‘Soul Game Company’. In the future, it’s so renowned that similar copy games following Black Souls’ gameplay style sprouted up everywhere, even creating a genre called ‘Souls-like’.
High gameplay quality and attractive story. It was overflowing with popular elements, but above all, it was famous for its extremely difficult level. It had a strange fun that ignited the spirit of challenge, and I think it even received the evaluation of being an ‘entry-level work for internet broadcasting’ among streamers later.
How many hours did I pour into this game?
I didn’t count, but it would easily exceed 10,000 hours.
‘RPG Lover’ donated 1,000 won!
-There’s a healing game released on Steam
-You devilish bastard lolol
-Ah lol just try it first lol
-Try try
-Won’t you go bald after playing it?
-This place will be filled with You Died too
“Really? Then I’ll make a Steam ID first.”
I showed the viewers everything, from creating an account, purchasing the game, to acting out the clumsy first execution.
That way, people won’t suspect that I’ve played previous works from Soul Game Company.
When I ran the game, the title screen appeared. Familiar and dark as if ink had been poured over it.
[BLACK SOULS]
“Ugh, the atmosphere is scary. Is this really a healing game? If not, I’m going to start collecting money.”
I made a big fuss, showing off my newbie behavior.
When I started a new game, the character creation screen appeared.
“Guys. It’s asking me to choose a class, which one is good?”
Then various class recommendations came up in the chat window.
-Go for Berserker
-Fire Mage is the standard lol
-Thief gogo
-Go for the safe Knight
-Anything is fine except the very bottom one
At the very bottom.
I saw a class wearing rags that looked like they could tear at any moment.
“Deprived? What’s this?”
-Just trash
-Don’t do it no no
-Uh… don’t do it…
“You’re trying to fool the sharp HaYoo. Usually, these have hidden skills. Don’t underestimate the sense for reading the room honed by part-time jobs.”
I quickly selected Deprived.
-Ah f*ck she really doesn’t listen
-Someone shut her mouth with money
-I really want to stab her with a bamboo spear
-Everyone shush since she’s diving into hell on her own lol
-I wonder how many times she’ll You Die before the first boss lolololol
-Looking at her state, she definitely won’t be able to clear it
And then,
I woke up in a gray tomb.
“What, how do you do this? Give me some tips at least.”
-We don’t know well either lol
-Learn by getting hit fcker
-I’m stuck in progress too fck
‘RPG Lover’ donated 1,000 won!
-Left click attack, right click defend, F two-hand, spacebar run
“Ah, I’ll check the key controls first.”
I fiddled with the keys, putting on the act of a clumsy beginner.
“Okay, confirmed. Where should I go?”
-Right
-Go right gogo
->>>>>>
-You trash lolol
I know. What’s on the right.
The ‘Sapphire Lizard’, jokingly called the ‘Refund Lizard’ by users, is positioned there.
“Right? Confirmed. Ding-dong, ding-dong, make way- HaYoo is coming through, ding-dong-dong-“
Then the mission sound rang.
[‘RPG Lover’s 100,000 won mission!]
[Success if you catch the lizard in one try]
I snapped my fingers cheerfully.
“Call. You’re dead meat.”