Chapter 48: Hako Cartel (3)

Public shaming.

It was an irrational and absurd online trial, no different from the witch hunts of the Middle Ages.

In that it allowed people to stab others from behind the veil of anonymity, it could be seen as even more malicious.

Of course, public shaming also has its positive aspects.

It’s one of the few ways to ferret out evildoers who haven’t surfaced.

However, like the witch trials, there’s a high possibility of innocent victims being created, and even if the victim proves their innocence, they’ve already lost too much, making it a difficult tool to condone.

Truly, it’s the last resort used when you want to bury someone at any cost.

That was public shaming.

And I, due to a past bad relationship, was put on the witch’s trial platform.

The reason I was put on trial, the indictment with my charges, was written like this:

[Public Shaming of Switch Streamer Hiro_0]

[Hello, I’m Shung, a streamer on Switch.

First of all, please listen to the reason why I’m resorting to public shaming.

In the past, when streamer Hiro_0 was just starting out, I provided a lot of help in various ways, and]

Ah, this is unnecessarily long.

A public shaming post, regardless of whether its purpose is right or wrong, is filled with self-justification and hatred.

As a result, from a third-party perspective, it’s often very uncomfortable and uninteresting to read.

Especially if it’s a long post exceeding 5700 characters!

So, let’s just read the key points here.

[First, she copied the content I was doing at the time and stole my viewers.]

I admit this to some extent.

It’s true that I initially benchmarked it.

However, the content itself was taken directly from a TV entertainment show, and it’s ridiculous to say that I stole viewers.

No one was in a position to criticize anyone for copying, so there wasn’t a big problem.

Next.

[And the character Hiro_0 used before she started cam broadcasting was a flat-chested character with small breasts, and she said so on the broadcasts.]

Hmm.

This is also true.

The 2D illustration before I started cam broadcasting was indeed a flat-chested character.

As a man, I had no way of knowing the struggles of having large breasts, so it was an unavoidable choice.

[At the time, she would get angry on the broadcast, asking if it was a sin to be flat-chested, and induced viewers to donate,]

….

This is also true.

I actually encouraged people to make fun of my flat chest to some extent and received donations quite a bit.

These minor facts, so-called ‘facts,’ were listed in the public shaming post, but they were not very meaningful.

They were just facts, not enough to be controversial.

However, people tend to feel that the longer a public shaming post is, the more serious the problem is.

And if all the previous content was true, they tend to believe that the rest of the content is also true.

In other words, the act of stubbornly filling in facts that would not be controversial is a setup for the final act of defamation.

It was a trick.

And the trick that Shung, that b*tch, prepared was ultimately for this last shot.

[As I said earlier, Hiro_0 herself said that her breasts were small.

However, the breasts Hiro_0 showed when she turned on the camera were abnormally large, completely contrary to what she had said before.

Moreover, they are so flawless that you can’t feel ‘human skin,’ and the skin tone is so white that it’s hard to find in ‘ordinary Koreans.’

Furthermore, the fact that she extremely avoids exposure is also very suspicious.]

[It breaks my heart that I have to suspect someone who was once a fellow streamer, but

I can’t just stand by and watch viewers being deceived by that person, so I’m resorting to public shaming.]

[I hope Switch nickname ‘Hiro_0’ will promptly explain and apologize for the above.]

[Thank you for reading the long post.]

….

Yeah.

In the end, that’s what you were unhappy about, right?

Someone who was no different from you…

No.

You’re pissed off because I, who should always be below you, became a hot topic with big breasts and skyrocketed, right?

Okay, let’s have a showdown, you b*tch.

You’re hoping I’ll be ruined, and if not, you’ll try to get away with saying it was a misunderstanding, but that won’t happen.

I will definitely f*ck you over.

In the past, there was a bad practice called witch trials.

A special non-permanent trial held to find and kill witches, the minions of the devil, who had infiltrated among humans.

If they floated in water, they were witches and burned to death at the stake.

If they sank in water, they drowned to death, an ending that always resulted in death.

What kind of people were most often put on such witch trials?

People of all kinds were ruined on the trial platform, but the people who were most often brought to witch trials and suffered the most were widows who had inherited huge fortunes.

At the time, if someone was accused of being a witch and executed, the witch’s property was divided among those involved in the trial, so it was very common to falsely accuse innocent people of being witches for the purpose of taking their property.

In fact, there are records that the frequency of witch trials fell to less than 1/10th when the system was changed so that the witch’s property was not divided, so it’s probably a credible story.

But

There is a category of people who were burned at the stake almost as often.

People who accused others of being witches.

The day after the public shaming post about me was uploaded,

I turned on the broadcast as usual.

[HaHiro~]

[HaHiro HaHiro]

[ㅋㄴ?]

[!Attendance]

<Mestiva has checked in for the 324th time.>

[!Follow]

<Mestiva has been following for 374 days.>

“Welcome everyone~ Have a good HaHiro today too!”

And the start of the broadcast was no different than usual.

Chat messages from people who had been waiting before the broadcast started appear.

These are the people who are most interested in me, but none of them brought up the story of the public shaming.

Because they know there’s no point in talking about it.

But

The viewers who really cared about me, liked me, and trusted me in most things were different.

[HaHiro]

[Hiro, did you see that post?]

[HaHiro~]

[There was a post on the community]

People who came after seeing the broadcast notification, or who came in after checking the time appropriately, became pigeons carrying news and asked me about the public shaming.

[Hiro, please explain the breast controversy]

[It’s time to harvest, let’s gooooo]

[Hiro… I’m disappointed… tap tap tap]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Explain]

[Ex Pla In]

[Noonaa… Have you been deceiving us with fake t*ts all this time…?]

Sparks smelling the firewood followed behind.

Of course, I had already decided how to respond, since I had a day.

My response to this public shaming is….

“Today’s content will be a roulette that will be open for exactly 10 minutes, as I mentioned in advance!”

Was not to respond.

[?]

[???]

[So you’re just going to ignore it lol?]

[Are you seriously trying to make money in this situation? Legendary s*it lol]

[?]

[Hiro, even so, that’s a bit much in the current situation….]

[?]

[?]

[Are you okay?]

[Hiro, are you losing it?]

[What, is she crazy?]

The reaction of the people was fierce.

Well, of course, they came to burn it because there was firewood, but I’m trying to block it from the source in the first place.

But what can I do in this situation right now?

I don’t have a way to present clear evidence regarding that public shaming right now.

If I took off my clothes and showed them, I could prove it, but if I did that, I would be suspended again.

If my broadcast is permanently suspended like that, I will meet my demise as they want.

[Hae]

[Myeong]

[I believe in Hiro’s choice]

[Na]

[Hae]

[Hiro, can you handle it?]

[Rak]

[Hae]

[lol I don’t know anymore~]

[Myeong]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Hae]

Of course.

If they calculated that I wouldn’t respond like this, the chaotic chat and broadcast atmosphere would also be their intention.

But response and coping are clearly different.

I’m not going to directly confront the firewood they threw, but I’m not going to just watch this situation.

“And there’s one additional item that has been added to the roulette that I showed you in advance~”

[Na]

[Hae]

[???]

[Rak]

[What did you add?]

[Hae]

[What is this, proceeding while looking at the wall lol]

[Myeong]

[Na]

“I’ve added a 0.05% chance of wearing a bunny girl outfit to the roulette!

If it’s picked today, after spinning the roulette, I’m planning to shop together with you to decide which bunny girl outfit to wear, so please spin it a lot~”

In the end, the suspicion directed at me now is that my breasts are not real breasts.

However, the bunny girl outfit, by its structure, inevitably exposes the arms, shoulders, back, and neck.

In short, you can’t use ‘pads’ that you add to a bra, and you can’t wear breast prosthetics that are worn.

In addition, by choosing to pick one with the viewers, I cut off the possibility of wearing a bunny girl outfit that has room for using pads or prosthetics.

I didn’t say it directly, but my words would have sounded like this to people who understood my intentions.

I’m confident.

Come on in.

I’ll prove it.

[Noonaa…… Are you going to wear a bunny girl outfit and shake it again?]

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ She’s seeing a chance to make money, you crazy money-grubber lol]

[Would you wear a reverse bunny girl outfit too?]

[You’re not thinking of making a killing and running away, are you?]

[frfr]

[Hiro bunny girl… 쌉possible ok]

[Let’s go, let’s go~]

After all, there’s no point in logically explaining and proving it to those who have gathered after seeing this public shaming.

Most of them just want to see someone burning, or they are hyenas hoping for the leftovers I’ll leave behind when I die.

Therefore, what is needed is not a logically sound proof, but showing something more interesting than me clinging on and burning to death.

And what they are interested in is

s*x appeal

Probability

Blind money burning like moths, the misfortune of others

I turn their attention to that.

Yeah.

This isn’t some huge political arena, nor is it a political novel with fierce infighting.

What I’m dealing with right now is a streamer, at best a trick being played by a young kid with experience only at the level of a young professional.

I’m not a genius who can come up with great schemes, nor am I someone with enough influence to carry out behind-the-scenes maneuvers, but…

Still, I’m confident I can bury someone like you.

Clearly, you started it first.

I’m going to f*ck you over as much as you tried to ruin my livelihood.

Definitely.

“No way, don’t fcking joke around!! How can 0.05% come out in less than 100 spins!! This is a fcking scam! It’s a fraud!!”

[Haha …]

[Haha …]

[Ggㅡeok]

[Everyone retreat~ We got what we came for]

[No way, she pulled it in 100 spins lol]

[Skill difference~Haha …]

“Sh*t!!”