Chapter 17 : When aggro and aggro bump, torai wins.

Department Head Cha emphasized to me.

“You won’t have many viewers in the beginning.”

He told me to never be swayed by the number of viewers.

“……Do you think I’m a fool?”

“No, that’s not it. I’m just saying this in case you get disappointed. The number of people trying to start streaming has decreased compared to before, but there are still many who want to make a living out of it, so the competition is still fierce.”

Department Head Cha chuckled and stuck a piece of paper he had brought from somewhere onto the whiteboard. The paper, held in place by round magnets, had a neatly organized graph attached upside down.

“It’s upside down.”

“Huh? Oh, right. Sorry, Chairman.”

Department Head Cha flipped the paper over, straightened the graph, cleared his throat, and began to explain slowly.

“The number of new individual streamers is decreasing. But the revenue is still gradually increasing. That means the market is reaching a stable phase. To put it simply, the easy money is gone, and only the highly skilled individuals who have solidified their positions remain in the market. PD Park?”

At the same time, Department Head Cha gave a nod, and the man standing next to him brought over a file and handed it to the two of us.

When I first saw him, he seemed slightly listless, but for some reason, his eyes lit up after seeing Miley’s and my faces. I wonder if something good happened to him.

As I flipped through the thin document that PD Park handed over, Department Head Cha enthusiastically tapped the whiteboard and shouted.

“Now, viewers of internet broadcasts won’t pay any attention to new streamers unless they are incredibly talented or incredibly good at attracting attention! They might turn their eyes for a moment if a specific issue arises, but that attention doesn’t translate into continuous viewership.”

Department Head Cha pointed to the document we received.

“And the people listed in that document are the streamers who have recently succeeded in entering the market. So, we have no choice but to follow their methods. You know the fast follower strategy, right?”

“So, what exactly are you suggesting?”

Miley snapped, her patience wearing thin with the drawn-out explanation. Then, Department Head Cha’s lips curled into a wicked smile.

The kind of smile a mad scientist with madness filling their spinal cord would make. Even Miley raised her eyelids.

‘Hmm, I guess madness is contagious.’

The madness that spread from Miley infected David, and now it seems to have spread to Department Head Cha. In times like these, I should invoke the wisdom of the ancients and reveal the personal information and movements of Miley, the super-spreader of the Golden Child.

“Just like it says there, we have to stream like a crazy person.”

Department Head Cha shrugged.

“The only way to grow is to build up our presence with a consistent concept. If we don’t use an abnormal method, this is the only way a new streamer can survive in the current market.”

Yeah, well. That’s what he said.

That’s why I became a spamming lunatic.

*

I stood in front of the enemy racer who had fallen unconscious.

Being knocked out restricts actions, but it’s not a death判定. This means chatting and talking are possible. Naturally, I can also see what the opponent says or chats.

Therefore, I crouched down in front of the fallen racer, opened the virtual keyboard, and typed rapidly.

[Streaming live on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

[Subscribe and like. Please press it.]

“Ah, please. Stop teabagging.”

[Streaming live on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

[Would you like to subscribe and like?]

“Damn it, stop it already. Do you want to do this?”

[Wow! Live streaming on Pachichik!]

[Subscribe and like! Free if you press it now!]

“I’m going crazy, really.”

It would be a shame if the racer, who should be watching my broadcast, subscribing, liking, and setting up notifications, went crazy, so I’ll also put up an emoticon for their mental health.

I displayed an emoticon of a cute yellow bear character giving a thumbs up, and the racer, who was cheered by a cute bear character, twisted his body here and there.

“Ah, seriously! Where is my team and what are they doing?”

[They say they’re watching the Sno.1 live stream.]

[Will you subscribe and like, even now?]

-The streamer has gone madㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Ahㅋㅋ He says he’ll stop teabagging if you subscribe and watchㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Madness;;;; Just crazy madness;;;;.

-The funniest point is that he’s turning on cognitive acceleration and typing this directly himself the whole timeㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The chat keeps changingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Trueㅋㅋㅋㅋ

As I was promoting my broadcast in front of the poor racer abandoned by his allies, I felt a strange sensation from somewhere.

I immediately turned on acceleration and cast ‘Psychic Wave’, and I sensed the enemy’s approach between the tower behind me and the building next to it. Judging by the roughly similar timing of their entry, it doesn’t seem to be C.

[Your friend is here.]

[Your friends came because they want to recommend you to watch my broadcast too. While you’re at it, would you like to subscribe?]

“f*ck off.”

At the same time, a huge magic circle spreads widely around me. It’s a magic attack that deals damage along with a shock state unless defended with a wide-area crowd control.

Of course, only if you don’t defend.

‘Accelerate, Barrier.’

In an instant, the whole world slows down, and I quickly surround myself with two layers of barriers made of psychokinesis.

‘I need to save stamina.’

Anyway, at this point, no matter how well the opponent has grown, they can’t break through two layers of barriers. So why waste stamina? I need to think about the battle later on.

I wait, and the area-of-effect magic comes crashing down on my head.

-Kwaaaaang!!!

A huge translucent hammer appeared in the air and slammed down exactly within the range of the magic circle. A tremendous vibration shook the earth, and the racer lying on the ground was shaken back and forth by the hammer’s impact, spitting out curses.

“Agh, damn. This is dizzying!”

[If you subscribe and like, you might not be dizzy.]

“Ah, get lost!”

As we were having this banter, I saw something running towards us from afar, kicking off the wide eight-lane road.

It was a magical girl.

Flashy clothes with an emphasis on pink. The hem was full of frills, the sleeves were full of lace, and the ribbons fluttering like tails seemed to be charming points.

And what about the children’s toy-shaped wand in her hand? It really looked like she stole it from somewhere.

A character that seemed to embody the ‘magical girl’ in reality.

The hero commonly called ‘Megumin’, Magicalz.

But.

-??????

-Damn it, my eyes;;;;;;

-Lmaoㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Going to wash my eyes brbㄱㄷ

-Wow, I’m seeing this guy hereㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Looks like the streamer has already climbed to the top of Diamond rating? Why is he being matched with him?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The one wearing that cute magical girl outfit was a man.

No… It might be more accurate to say a ‘large man’?

The bulging muscles were pressing against the cute and small clothes as if they were about to burst. The grim face looked more like a lawless middle-aged man than a magical girl. No, he looks like he’s from the Yakuza or Triads, is this right?

The man, who looked like he came straight out of a near-future martial arts manga set in a post-apocalyptic world, stared at me intently, then slowly pointed his finger at me.

“How dare you kill my comrade…….”

“Ah, damn. I’m not dead yet, so revive me quickly.”

The racer rolling on the ground grumbled, but the hideous-looking man remained faithful to his concept.

“I can never forgive you! You don’t deserve to live today!”

What is he saying.

[When was that line again?]

-How does the streamer know that line?

-‘Oldie’

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Seeing Kwonwang Girl here.

-Trueㅋㅋ

-Must have won too many in a row. Seems like he’s Diamond rating now?

-Going straight to Diamond in one day;;; What kind of monster is this?????

-Wasn’t this a smurf account stream?

-I don’t know if the streamer is a smurf, but playing the game as a Minder is legendaryㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

I was momentarily taken aback by that overwhelming… I’m not sure if I can even call it overwhelming, appearance, but I quickly activated cognitive acceleration.

Then, I threw a psychic explosion at each of the heroes ‘Snake’ and ‘Wrath’ who were secretly approaching me through the blind spot of the collapsed wall on the left.

-Kaboom!

“Woah!”

“Damn it, he noticed!”

“Hey, pervert! Stop with the concept and deal some damage already!”

Wrath and Snake were sent flying by the psychic explosion.

But they immediately regained their posture.

‘Indeed, their skills are getting better.’

Certainly, the higher the rating, the better the opponent’s ability to respond. Until now, enemies hit by psychic explosions would just get dazed and die.

‘It’s getting interesting, isn’t it?’

Good, good.

I leisurely kicked off the ground and jumped into the air.

I use psychokinesis to move between terrain features and throw appropriately timed basic attacks at Snake and Wrath, who are trying to get close. Those two are melee heroes, so if I give them distance, I’ll be at a disadvantage.

However, I also need to control my basic attacks properly.

‘I shouldn’t deal too much damage to Wrath.’

As you can tell from the name, Wrath is a hero with a rage concept. He uses a special resource called rage, which, simply put, makes him stronger as his health decreases.

‘I need to one-shot that guy with my ultimate.’

What I need to be more careful about is Magicalz.

That… I’m a little confused because of that horrifyingly muscular appearance, but that guy is a pure mage dealer, not a fighter. After all, his name is ‘Magicalz’.

‘I think that hammer was his ultimate?’

Miley’s notes said so.

Sigh, that terrible and disgusting lump of muscle must have stunned my brain. I definitely learned it, but I can’t remember it well. Muscles… muscles…

‘Ha, so this is why concepts are important.’

Feeling like my brain was being bleached every time I looked at him, I had no choice but to agree with Department Head Cha’s argument.

After all, that bizarre Magicalz user, ‘Kwonwang Girl’, is one of the streamers who succeeded with the very method Department Head Cha mentioned, ‘mindless aggro’.

‘Well, if you play games with that look and a concept between Diamond and Ranked, of course, you’ll attract attention.’

I’d probably watch that too.

‘No, should I just subscribe now?’

But that would be an act that damages my pride. No matter what, I can’t be the first to subscribe. Maybe if Kwonwang Girl subscribes to me first, but how could I possibly subscribe to my opponent first?

I cannot benefit the enemy!

I concluded, and seeing Wrath slightly exposed, I activated cognitive acceleration. I see Wrath twisting his body, realizing he’s overextended.

But, it’s too late.

‘Psychic Explosion.’

‘Psychic Explosion.’

And.

‘Singularity.’

Then, the overextended Wrath was instantly folded like crumpled paper. At the same time, the knockout判定 popped up.

No matter how much damage you deal, the most you can do in one attack turn before the opponent’s squad is wiped out is a knockout. There’s no need to deal excessive damage and cause a damage loss.

After blowing away Snake, who was clinging to me with the ‘Stealth Leap’ skill, I turned on cognitive acceleration again and stacked psychokinesis on my body. Then, I momentarily accelerated my body and clung to Kwonwang Girl.

“Hmm!”

Kwonwang Girl, who was casting an attack spell at my approach, hesitated. He quickly judged the situation and canceled the attack spell, then used an instant defense skill. He probably expected me to cling to him and use psychic explosions.

But.

‘My stamina is too close to one-shot him.’

I had no intention of using a skill in the first place. My stamina is ambiguously insufficient to one-shot Kwonwang Girl with stacked psychic explosions right now.

Thanks to Kwonwang Girl falling for my bluff, I bought time to replenish my stamina. As I landed on the ground and grinned, Kwonwang Girl’s face stiffened, realizing his mistake.

This is when you do real teabagging.

[You are already dead.]

As I typed that and pointed at Kwonwang Girl, the opponent’s face froze like a wooden doll.

“……!”

The next moment, the cognitive acceleration that I deployed once again ended.

-Crunch!

Kwonwang Girl, whose body was instantly crushed, staggered and fell backward. Watching that, I typed in chat.

[Streaming live on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

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