Chapter 19: The Return

‘Oh. They actually unbanned it.’

I checked, just in case, and sure enough, the 30-day ban on my main account had been lifted.

Ah. Warmth… and more warmth.

The benevolent orange tag’s grace had finally reached me. At this moment of release, filled with tears of gratitude, I absolutely couldn’t just stand by.

I immediately wrote a commemorative post, filled with gratitude for him.

[This Body Appears] (Views 192)
=Author: GoatSolNoon

After long and arduous oppression and trials… I have returned!

Thanks, Jooddak.

Upvote: 11 DownVote: 3

-What the???
-(Blue Tag) Huh????
-(Orange Tag) Just this once..
ㄴ(Blue Tag) ?????????
ㄴ(Author) Jooddak is the best!
ㄴJooddak, you, why are you the only one getting nice things said to you?
-They unbanned her?
ㄴYeah, Jooddak unbanned her on SolNoon’s stream just now
ㄴSolNoon is streaming?
ㄴYeah, come quick, it’s super fun
-lol Posting as soon as she’s unbanned, she’s the real deal
-LoL Gallery is really doomed. Even the moderator is a NoonLocust
ㄴlol This is really doomed
– You went through a lot, Princess

“What’s with the preferential treatment?”
“Yessssssssssss”
“Finally, our SolNoon stands in the heavens..”
“Jooddak, unban me too”

An unprecedented situation in history.

The viewers, perhaps also eagerly awaiting my release, started to get riled up.

I really don’t know what to do with this overwhelming welcome.

“Alright, everyone, you all saw my post, right? If you saw it, please give it an upvote.”

So please give it an upvote. It’s been a while since I posted on my main account, you can do this much.

“Ah! For any newcomers who might not know… just go to this site here and press this blue button!”

[????]
[Are there even any newcomers~]
[lol What’s with this trolling power]
[Pressed it like a dog]
[Crazy]

As soon as I finished speaking, upvotes started pouring in. My post reached the popular posts section in less than a minute.

Even though they’re harsh with their words, deep down, everyone likes me.

Is this that ‘tsundere’ thing?
Honestly, I never understood what was so appealing about being standoffish, but now I finally understand why it was a genre that swept an era.

In any case, the result exceeded my expectations.

There was a reason I ‘whispered’ my request to Jooddak.

On Leni’s last broadcast, and in the LoL Gallery posts about me, there were many requests for me to do ASMR.

Even so, I didn’t know much about ASMR. So I just whispered like I’d seen somewhere before…

I never thought it would actually work. Maybe Jooddak was a huge ASMR fan.

“Alright, alright, thank you again to the LoL Gallery owner for unbanning me.”
“Shoutout“
“lol”
“When were you guys fighting and ruining the gallery, and now this?”

-[LeniFan] KikiOsk donated $1.
〔Jooddak is a nobody, Noona, call my nickname too.〕

-PyeongPyeongPyeongYudong donated $1.
〔Noonaaaaaa!!! Me too, me too!!!〕

As I mentioned Jooddak again, donations started pouring in as if they had been waiting.

I completely understood how they felt. It was a desire deeply ingrained in me, a professional simp.

The desire to have your name called by your favorite streamer, the urge to let them know you exist.

“Alright, alright, let’s wrap this up for now.”

But I couldn’t do that.

Empathizing and actually doing it are worlds apart. Most people sympathize with starving children in Africa, but not all of them donate to them. It was the same logic.

And I wasn’t that easy. I couldn’t just do whatever they asked for a mere $1.

Of course, I didn’t say this out loud.

Even though I was full of trolling power, I was still a small streamer. If I blurted that out, I could find myself on a one-way train to ruin.

[??? Give me back my dollar, you!!!]
[Call my name!]
[Are you sniping again?]

But I’ll gladly take the $1.

Maybe by the end of today’s broadcast, I’ll have enough donations for a Malatang. My mouth is already watering.

“Ahem. Then let’s move on to today’s main content.”

I’d stalled for enough time; now it was time to officially start the broadcast.

The main course was the second method I mentioned earlier for increasing viewership: ‘Sniping Leni’.

In a word, my intention was to heavily leech off Leni. In this harsh world, it was the only way for a small streamer like me to survive.

-Ding!

Exactly at 9 PM, a cheerful notification sounded from my smartphone.

[I’ll definitely rank up today.. 9th promotion attempt]

It was an alert that Leni’s broadcast had begun.

[What’s with the notification? Is she your real boyfriend?]
[Huh? My phone went off too?]
[Mine too]
[lol Did some kind of emergency alert go out?]

The chat was also in an uproar. It seemed the same notification had sounded on their smartphones as well.

They’re definitely all tsunderes.

Otherwise, there’s no reason why the guys who relentlessly persecuted Leni Locusts on LoL Gallery every day would be tuning into Leni’s broadcast.

These shy Leni fans… they should just be like me, suppress the Leni Locusts while proudly watching Leni’s broadcast.

-Ttorong!

I immediately turned on Leni’s broadcast on my phone and put a Bluetooth earphone in my right ear. Leni’s voice, starting the broadcast as energetically as ever, filled my ear.

<Leni hi~ Did everyone have a good day?>

My heart is already fluttering. At the thought of seeing her engulfed in rough anger again today.

[So when does the main content start?]
[Streamer, what are you doing????]
[ICan’tWaitAnymoreICan’tWaitAnymore]

“Everyone, just a moment, please wait just a moment. I’ll start soon.”

While placating the impatient viewers, there was one thing I was keeping an eye on.

The LoL game window, which wasn’t shown on the broadcast screen. And within that, my friends list.

[LeniNing: Warming up in the lobby]

My one and only game friend, ‘LeniNing’.

It was Leni’s main LoL account. One of the rewards I had obtained after participating in the last interview.

Leni probably didn’t think much of it when she added me, but this was a huge mistake.

Now, I was in a different position from other snipers.

It was a natural course, fate, and destiny. Under this sky, one sniper for Leni was enough.

<First, before we officially start the promotion series, I’ll do a quick ad.>

[LeniNing: Searching for game]

Leni was trying her best to avoid snipers again today, but unfortunately, she could no longer escape me.

-Du-dung -Du-dung

The game matched quickly, and seeing the nicknames of the people on my team, I couldn’t help but grin.

[FlameFlameMage joined the game.]
[SuperRedFlavorLeni joined the game.]
[IfYouDon’tGiveMePriestIThrow joined the game.]
[LeniNing joined the game.]
[XIOUUUU joined the game.]

So I shouted to the viewers. In a very energetic voice.

“Alright! Today’s main content starts now!”

9th attempt. Yes, it was already the 9th time.

The number of times Leni had been thwarted at the threshold of Bronze was fast approaching double digits.

Thus, her worries deepened.

She wondered if her skill limit was truly Iron. Perhaps she was doomed to rot in this Leni Village forever.

But carefully recalling her previous promotion attempts, her own skill was flawless. Even in the last promotion attempt, the problem was SolNoon’s sniping.

Although she won the first game thanks to SolNoon, her mental state shattered immediately after, leading to a losing streak that ended her promotion series. That was the nightmare of the last attempt.

Ultimately, her stance was that if it was a clean game without snipers, she would definitely win.

“First, before we officially start the promotion series, I’ll do a quick ad.”

So today, she once again resorted to twisting and turning to avoid snipers. Of course, the ad itself was real too.

“…and that was today’s ad, let’s start right away!”

As soon as the match was found, she displayed the LoL screen on the broadcast. There probably weren’t any snipers.

No, there had to be no snipers.

[lol]
[What’s with the sniper evasion?]
[That was pretty novel today?]

The viewers’ reactions confirmed it. She had showcased numerous sniper evasion methods before, but using an ad was a first.

However… seeing a chat message from a teammate, Leni inadvertently let out a dumbfounded sound.

“Huh…?”

Countless snipers had tormented her before, but among those malicious individuals, the name most vividly etched in her memory.

[SuperRedFlavorLeni: 4th pick, we meet again]

It was SolNoon.

[lol]
[You again? SolNoon?????]
[Goat…!Goat…!Goat…!Goat…!]

Honestly, Leni didn’t particularly like it when a user became a “named” figure.

The appearance of named users was a reason for a broadcast to stagnate, often leading new viewers to leave.

So, no matter how much she was sniped, she never mentioned the opponent’s nickname.

But SolNoon’s case was a bit different. It was a risk she had accepted, after all.

It was impossible to prevent her from becoming somewhat named. It was only natural that the viewers were enthusiastic about her now.

Yes, that much was fine… but a donation that followed made Leni even more bewildered.

-[LeniFan] LeniFanNo1 donated $1.
〔SolNoon is streaming right now lol Stream title: [Sniping] you.〕

“What…? She’s streaming?”

[Legendary lol]
[She’s really serious]

She couldn’t believe it, no matter what.

So Leni checked herself… and it was true.

There was indeed someone streaming under the nickname SolNoon, and the LoL pick screen was displayed on her stream. Identical to Leni’s own.

“Wow……… Is this for real?”

It was utterly baffling. She had denied it so vehemently on the last broadcast, and now she was openly sniping like this?

She couldn’t understand what was going through her mind. To the point where she strongly felt like dissecting SolNoon’s brain.

But SolNoon didn’t stop there.

-GoatSolNoon donated $1.
〔100k if you win with Assassin.〕

-Ding!

〔Mission registered.〕

“Oh. Thank you for the mission, GoatSolNoon… Huh? Isn’t this SolNoon…?”

[lol]
[She’s truly insane…]
[Leni, I think you’ve created a monster]

Sniping and placing a ‘victory’ mission… Was she planning to throw the game openly? While streaming, no less?

Wasn’t this practically begging to be banned? Naturally, Leni had no intention of letting her off.

She had to separate personal feelings from professional conduct. They weren’t even close personally.

However…

-Chiring!

[SuperRedFlavorLeni selected Assassin.]

“…….”

-Ttantadattanttan!

〔Mission failed: Win with Assassin〕

-GoatSolNoon donated $1.
〔Ah… that’s a shame.〕

[lollollollollollollollollollol]
[A shame ]
[I actually burst out laughing]

It was, literally, the finishing touch.

SolNoon’s talent, which made everyone else look like mere mortals.

A fire ignited in Leni’s heart, and unable to bear the heat, Leni shouted.

Barely 10 minutes into the broadcast.

“…Excuse me, but are you insane???”