Chapter 5: Turn on the Cam

Even though it was only 8 PM, the streets were deserted.

Normally, it would be bustling with university students, but after the pandemic swept through, the number of customers visiting Park Han-seong’s waffle shop could be counted on one hand.

On a normal day, he would be starting to close up shop around this time, but today, Park Han-seong was sitting in front of the counter, staring at his phone.

[B-But, my ID!!

I’m saying I’ll verify my ID, okay?!]

A woman’s voice echoed from the phone Park Han-seong was looking at.

Her voice sounded desperate.

Park Han-seong listened to the woman’s voice, staring intently at his phone with eyes devoid of any emotion.

[Is it that hard to verify it just for Muren-nim?]

[If you have nothing to hide, why don’t you just verify it??]

[Another netkama bastard caught ㅋㅋㅋ]

[I honestly thought this guy was suspicious from the beginning ㄹㅇ]

[ㄹㅇㅋㅋ]

Watching the burning chat window, Park Han-seong fidgeted with a receipt in his hand.

Strawberry Nutella Waffle *1 ₩3,600
Banana Nutella Waffle *1 ₩3,400
Total ₩7,000

It was the receipt for the waffles that man had bought today.

He wasn’t exactly a regular, but Park Han-seong had been seeing him for quite some time, so he remembered him clearly.

“사장님(Sajangnim-Boss), are you still taking orders?”

“Yes, of course.

What can I get for you?”

“Let’s see… I’ll take one banana and one strawberry, both with Nutella.”

“Okay.

One banana, one strawberry, both with Nutella.

Got it.”

He used to be timid and wear his hat pulled low, but this year, he seemed more confident and his face was full of life, so he was secretly glad.

But he occasionally sensed a strange vibe from his words and actions.

“Hmm~ How many should I buy today?”

He didn’t used to do this, but he was strangely talking to himself a lot.

“Sajangnim… ahem Sajangnim, I’ll order.”

His voice would often crack strangely.

“Heading home from work?

No, no, I’m going to work.”

He would go to work when others were heading home.

They weren’t big deals, but for some reason, they bothered him.

Park Han-seong himself wondered why he was paying attention to these things, but today it seemed like the reason was becoming clear.

“Waffles?”

“One strawberry with Nutella~”

“Two with Nutella and banana!”

Lives near my shop.

Works in the evening.

His voice has recently sounded higher.

The only one of my few customers who buys Nutella strawberry and banana.

And the streamer who lives near my shop and ordered the same menu as that man.

Everything pointed to one fact.

That the two were the same person and
I was being deceived by that liar pretending to be a woman.

Even so, he didn’t want to believe it.

So he asked the streamer.

Isn’t that right?

I’m just mistaken, right?

Then the streamer started accusing him of being a stalker, and when he proved his own innocence, the streamer was completely cornered.

There seemed to be no way out.

“Hoo…”

Park Han-seong let out a deep sigh.

The female streamer he liked, who had been sincerely streaming without deceiving her viewers, whether man or woman,
Was the same person as the longtime male customer he had been seeing since he was a university student.

For Park Han-seong, who had goodwill towards both of them, it was a terribly bitter ending.

[It’s ready!

It’s ready, so… no, please wait a bit!!!

I’m turning it on!

I’m going to turn it on!!!]

Turning on the camera, huh…
What is she trying to do?

Park Han-seong had already concluded that the male customer and the streamer were the same person.

That’s why he couldn’t help but be puzzled by the streamer’s words about turning on the camera.

It seemed impossible to insist that she was a woman no matter how you looked at it.

His build was somewhat small and thin, so even if he tried somehow…

[It’s ready!

It’s ready, so… no, please wait a bit!!!

I’m turning it on!

I’m going to turn it on!!!]

The streamer, who had never broken politeness even when angry, was now screaming and shouting in a frenzy, using informal language.

Had she just given up?

Park Han-seong decided to watch until the end, either way.

[Okay, okay… Okay!!

I’m turning it on now??

Turning it on now?!!??]

The camera screen appeared on the broadcast screen.

It was usually used to show her hands, so the camera was pointed at the desk.

Then a hand grabbed the lens and lifted the camera to show her own face.

“…Huh?”

“I’ll cut off my (f*cking) thing!

I’ll cut off my d*ck or whatever, so you can really make me a woman, right?

Right, Old Man?!”

Until just a moment ago, he had been watching, wondering what the hell this was all about, but now he had to grab at straws.

What else could he do anyway?

Even if it sounded like the crazy ramblings of a senile old man, the story was different if that old man created a fantastical crack in the ceiling of his house and popped out from there.

In the first place, if the situation was already crazy, even the craziest words would gain credibility.

He grabbed onto the old man’s pant leg, no, he wasn’t wearing pants, it was a robe, he grabbed onto the hem of his robe.

“Hey???

Can you say something??

Old Man?

Old Man!

Hey, you old geezer!!”

Harsh words were spilling from his mouth, but he couldn’t afford to care.

His overheated brain had long lost the ability to judge right and wrong properly.

Looking at him like that, the old man opened his mouth with a nonchalant expression.

“Heh heh, this is something.”

“Huh?

Yes??”

“Not fun at all.”

What is this crazy old man saying?

“Fun?

Fun??”

“I came all the way here, solemnly and with gravitas, but you immediately said you’d become a woman without even struggling.

That’s no fun.”

Ah, so you didn’t come to help me.

You just came to watch because you thought it would be fun to see me in trouble?

“Hey, Old Man.

Fun or whatever, just quickly turn me into a woman!!

I’m going to die!

I’m going to f*cking die!!!”

“Hehehe, you’re being quite rough, young one.

Can you really live as a woman like that?”

“I’ve been flattering other men and making a living even as a man?!

I’ll know how to seduce men and live my life, so just take away my 꼬추(d*ck)!!”

“This is quite the impatient one.

But taking it away is impossible, you know.”

His eyes widened at the old man’s words that it was impossible, after suddenly changing his tune.

“No, you said I could choose whether to 좆될(f*ck up) or 좆뗄(cut off my d*ck)!

You even rhymed it while acting like a lunatic!

I even emphasized that I’d cut it off!!”

“But now you’re saying you can’t take it away?

What the f*ck are you?

Whether you’re a god, a constellation, a spirit, an absolute being, or a 천마(Demon), you’re something!”

“If you came all the way here, even making that mess on my ceiling, you have to do something!

Do something, you crazy old man!

Do something!”

Seeing him spewing out whatever came to mind, not caring what he said, the old man laughed heartily.

He wanted to punch the old man’s face, but he held back because he thought he would lose.

The old man stopped laughing and raised his index finger.

“You should listen to the end when someone speaks, young one.”

“Hey, aren’t you Korean?

You’re Black.”

“Isn’t this a global era?

In the first place, my position is different from you who are bound by appearances.”

“You’re bald.”

“Why, you little sh*t.”

The old man, who had suddenly said something harsh, pretended to clear his throat, embarrassed.

“Ahem hmm… Anyway, I said it’s impossible for me to take it away, but that’s only natural.

Because.”

The old man pointed the index finger he was holding at his chest.

「Boing」

Boing?

The old man said to him, who was flustered by the sensation he had never felt before.

“That’s because you’re already a woman.”

Hearing those words, he looked down.

His feet, no, the floor was not visible.

The logo on the hoodie he was wearing looked unnaturally distorted.

He was going to become a woman, but he didn’t know he would have such large breasts, so he was dumbfounded and stared blankly at the old man.

Then the old man held up a thumbs up and held it out to him.

“That’s my taste.”

Wow…
He was a crazy, perverted old man?

Negative thoughts about the old man swirled in his head, but he decided to think positively.

They were breasts big enough to look like a woman to anyone, and they would be helpful in future broadcasts.

Okay, that’s fine.

Anyway, I’m going to survive.

I survived, you little b*tch!

He bowed repeatedly to the old man with gratitude and returned to the monitor.

The last time he saw the old man’s face, he had a sly smile on his face.

Quite a few chat messages had been posted while he was talking to the old man.

No, they were burning.

[Hey, where did you go?

Did you run away?]

[Pants-run ending real story ㅋㅋㅋ?]

[Ah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Sh*t, I’ve been watching this broadcast for a year ㅋㅋㅋ]

[You b*tch, turn on the microphone]

This is a big problem.

But now that I’ve become a woman, I can fix this!

He turned the volume of the microphone back up.

“Just a moment!!

Please wait a moment, everyone!!

I’m getting the camera ready, so please wait a moment, everyone!”

[Are you making a camera?]

[Stop trying to pull something and turn it on quickly]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Na]

[If you really turn on the camera and it’s a man, just try to brush it off with “ㅇㅈㄹ(Oh, I’m 인정-agreeing)” and pass it off as funny.

I’ll find you and break your head, for real]

[Rak]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Na]

“It’s ready!

It’s ready, so… no, please wait a bit!!!

I’m turning it on!

I’m going to turn it on!!!”

Ah, a mistake.

He accidentally used informal language, even though his persona was to never use it.

No, that’s not important now.

Anyway, he had to turn on the camera quickly, quickly.

He suddenly felt a chill and his body trembled.

[Na]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Na]

[Rak]

[Rak]

[Rak]

[Na]

[Rak]

The chat was like this, so it was understandable.

“Ah, just a moment!!!

I’m almost done, really!”

“This… like this…?”

When he finished setting up, the camera screen appeared on the broadcast screen.

He usually used it as a hand-cam, so the screen was showing the desk.

He grabbed the camera and took a deep breath.

“Hoo… I’m turning on the camera now…?

Should I turn on the camera?!”

His hands were shaking.

First, he had confirmed that he had breasts, and it was cold and empty down there, so it seemed that it had been properly removed.

But he hadn’t yet confirmed how his face had changed, so he was half expecting and half afraid.

“What are you looking at?”

He glanced at the old man.

Still, since that old man had made his breasts big according to his taste, his face wouldn’t be weird.

It might be the beauty standard of people from the past, but anyway, he wouldn’t have made him ugly.

It was a baseless belief, but all the choices he had made rationally had already failed.

I don’t know, it’ll work out somehow.

He grabbed the camera.

Honestly, he’s still scared.

But if he raised the camera little by little, he thought he would never be able to see it, so he decided to lift the camera all at once.

“Okay… Should I count one, two, three and turn on the camera?

One… two…”

“Three…!”

…Huh?
What?

Where’s my hoodie?

When I checked earlier, I was wearing the hoodie.

Why a dress shirt?

…I did suddenly feel cold in the middle?

[헐(Heol-OMG)]

[미친(Michin-Crazy)]

[와(Wa-Wow)]

[Why are you naked??]

[Insane]

[ㅗㅜㅑ(ㅗㅜㅑ-expressing attraction) ;;;]

[와(Wa-Wow)]

He stared at the chat window, frozen.

It seemed that they were as shocked as he was.

Turning his head to look at the old man outside the camera, the old man raised both thumbs, revealing his white teeth as he smiled.

“That’s my taste.”

“You crazy, senile old man!!!”