Chapter 7: Embers

Streamer.

A term referring to people who do live broadcasts on the internet, a job where they make a living from the donations sent by viewers.

“Streamer? Isn’t that completely fcking awesome?”

A job where I can make a living just by playing games?

Why did it appear only now?!

This must be a job meant for me.

It was clearly a job created by God for me, who was about to be kicked out.

“Then, shall I explore it beforehand?”

Investigation is always the priority.

If I stream without any preparation, it’s obvious I won’t earn any money.

I immediately turned on the computer and went to ‘Twitch’, the platform most streamers use for broadcasting.

I debated where to start, but to figure out what viewers wanted, I started by entering rooms with over 1,000 viewers.

[Gallery님 donated ₩100,000!]

[Hi?]

“……!”

As soon as I entered, ₩100,000 exploded.

Does ₩100,000 really explode this easily?

‘At this rate, I could do it too…’

“Thank you for the ₩100,000 donation, Gallery Older Brother!

Is there any reaction you’d like to see?”

[Terminal gogo]

[Terminal gogo]

[Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!

Terminal!]

[Zero Two]

[Bbikki Bbikki]

[Please, terminal…]

The chat window was completely flooded with ‘terminal’.

I couldn’t help but wonder.

‘What is ‘terminal’ that’s causing such a fuss?’

The only terminal I knew was the bus terminal.

Is there something else?

“Older Brother, is terminal okay?”

[Gallery님 ₩100,000 donation]

[Terminal gogo]

Another ₩100,000 exploded.

I was starting to wonder where that money came from.

The streamer went off-camera to change clothes.

Perfect timing.

I was also curious about what ‘terminal’ was.

I should find out why viewers are so enthusiastic about ‘terminal’.

‘If it’s useful, I can use it when I stream.’

The streamer appeared wearing revealing clothes, and music started playing.

“Alright, I’ll dance the terminal.”

♪♫♩♬

As the music played, the streamer began to dance.

She shook her butt towards the camera and showed a suggestive smile to the viewers.

It was a shock.

“…So this is what terminal was?”

I didn’t know they would express a bus terminal in this way.

There’s no way viewers would like something like this…

[Wowwwwwwwwww]

[Oh my god oh my god]

[Ehehehe…]

[Oh my god]

[Oh my god oh my god oh my god]

[Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god]

They like it.

And they like it fanatically.

The chat window was completely flooded with ‘ㅗㅜㅑ’ (which means ‘Oh my god’ or similar).

I didn’t know the meaning, but it definitely wasn’t a good meaning.

‘If I were to do something like that….’

I imagined the scene of receiving an irresistible amount of money and dancing the terminal.

“…….”

My face automatically crumpled.

It’s truly the worst.

That’s no different from being a sl*t.

Even the Succubus Queen I met in the other world didn’t do that.

‘I can never become a sl*t.’

What I saw must be an exception.

Other streamers wouldn’t earn money this way.

With trembling hands, I moved the mouse.

This time, I entered a room with no camera.

“Honey, you’re here?”

“……!”

As soon as I entered, “Honey, you’re here?”

This was not easy.

Is a streamer really this kind of profession?

“You woke up? You could have slept more.”

She tested my resistance with a seductive voice.

What were the viewers’ reactions?

[Oh my god]

[Oh my god oh my god]

[This voice drives me crazy…]

[Sister, I’m dyinggggg]

[Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god]

[ASMR that melts the ears slowly…]

They like it, and they like it immensely.

As proof, the chat window was flooded with ‘ㅗㅜㅑ’, just like the room I visited before.

‘No, how do they put up with that?’

Don’t they feel disillusioned?

If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to stand it and would curse them out right away.

Before my resistance ran out, I quickly left the room.

I should never go into this room again.

Finally, I entered a gaming stream.

If this doesn’t give me an answer, I’ll give up on being a streamer.

“Aaaaaaaah!!!”

[lololololol]

[It’s funny when it explodes]

[lololololololololol]

[lololololol]

[The explosion is super pretty]

[It’s really hard to go to +23 lolololol]

A streamer named Rona was pressing the weapon enhancement button.

The game was LaMa, famous as a national game.

[OO님 donated ₩1,000!]

[Rona-nim, this is not a game where you blow up weapons.

It’s a game where you enhance them.

I’m telling you because it seems you don’t know.]

“I know!

I know!

But it just won’t stick?!”

“…….”

I watched Rona enhance.

There was definitely something that attracted people.

After that, I entered rooms with people playing games regardless of the viewer count and found one commonality.

Eloquence.

They all had good eloquence.

They attracted viewers with just that one thing.

‘If I were to summarize the minimum requirements to become a streamer…’

Eloquence, voice, charm.

After visiting several broadcasts, I found that you needed at least these three things to succeed as a streamer.

I’m not sure if I have them.

‘Eloquence?

I have the eloquence to speak annoyingly.’

‘Voice?

I’ve never even been to a karaoke room in the first place, what voice are you talking about?’

‘Charm?

I just don’t know about this.

In elementary, middle, and high school, I was just a quiet loner.’

Once I reached a conclusion, I turned on the game.

“Okay.

Let’s just do PK.”

People are bound to die if they do something they’re not used to.

There’s only one method I should take: gather ₩50,000,000 for rent by gold farming.

That’s the only one.

***

“Sniff, sniff, why is it only me who can’t do it…?”

Rona wondered why she couldn’t reach +23 enhancement when everyone else could easily do it.

[Yeah, why lololol]

[Just give up at this point lololololol]

[lololololol]

[lololololololololol]

[Thank you Rona-nim, thanks to you, I got it in one try^^]

“Flexing is a ban!”

The viewer who dared to flaunt bravely eventually met the end of being banned.

[OO님 donated ₩1,000!]

[Just try to get the ring again lololol]

“I already spent ₩4,000,000!”

The mention of the ring annoyed me.

After losing the ring, I struggled to get another best-in-slot one, but it was all in vain.

Fortunately, I got a near best-in-slot one, but I wasn’t satisfied, remembering the old ring.

[OO님 donated ₩1,000]

[Try asking Chuwang-ham to return it.]

“Return it? Would that person return it?”

[Try it lololol]

[Anyway, they listed it expensively so it won’t sell lololol]

[They’re a girl so they’ll probably just return it]

[Act cute and try lololol]

[But doesn’t that person have hacking controversy?]

“Hacking controversy?”

Hacking?

This is the first I’ve heard of it.

When did such a controversy start?

Rona went to a cafe and read the post a viewer had compiled.

[Summary of Chuwang Hacking Controversy]

[Video]

[Video]

[Video]

[Looking at the videos, it’s not just one or two things]

[First video: No matter how much you hide, Chuwang-nim finds everything.

Even if you use invisibility skills, they find you somehow.

You could say they just have a good eye, but they even found people hidden by bugs.]

[Second video: No matter how much you try to dodge, our Chuwang-nim hits everything.

It’s absurd that they anticipate where you’ll run and activate skills there.

It would be normal for a human to make a mistake once, but their hit rate has been 100% for a month.]

[Third video: This is definitely a hack.

How do they dodge every skill you throw?

It makes no sense.

And if you look closely, they don’t dodge by seeing the skill, they dodge without seeing it.

Definitely a hack.]

[The type of hack is unknown, but it seems to be map hack, aim hack, and skill hack.]

[Please report if you have more information.]

[-As expected, Chuwang is a hacker lololol]

[-Summary got my fcking upvote]

[-Definitely a hack lololol]

[-What is the game company doing not catching hackers?]

[└Kuz is always slow to respond anyway lololol]

[└fck…]

[└Share the hack please…]

[-Upvote]

[└Our Chuwang-ham wouldn’t do that…]

[└What do you expect from a hacker lololol]

[-I knew it would be like this lololol]

[-Compensate the lost items please lololol]

[└If it’s a hack, they’ll give out plenty of compensation]

[└I’m already panting with anticipation lololol]

[-Sue gogo]

[-Let’s go, lawsuit show!!!]

Reading the cafe post, I got a rough idea of the situation.

As a streamer, I shouldn’t miss a broadcasting angle like this.

“…Shall we do a ‘Chuwang-ssi Interview’ content?”

[-Interview?]

[??????]

[???]

[-Why interview a hacker?]

[????]

[?]

Rona stepped up to persuade the viewers.

“No, think about it. If it’s not a hack, how unfair would that be for them?”

[-What if it is a hack?]

“It’s a broadcasting angle right away!”

[-Interview gogogo]

[lololol]

[This is going to be so funny lolol]

[Let’s immortalize them!

Gooooo!!!]

[lololol]

[-If it’s a hack, sue them lolol]

[-If it’s a hack, lawsuit gogogo]

Honestly, I wasn’t interested in the hacking issue as it was the game company’s problem, but I was upset about losing my ring.

Since it’s come to this, I might as well get a broadcasting angle out of it.

It’s good that they’re logged in right now.

Rona opened the map and moved to the location at the center of the controversy.

[fck, stop using hacks!]

[Gang up! No one can beat a gang up!]

[Give back my necklace!]

[I will kill that bich no matter what]

Chuwang was taking on 5 people alone and dominating them.

If it wasn’t a hack, it would be admirable.

I went to the fight and sent a message.

[Chuwang-ssi, could you possibly do an interview?]

[Be careful, a meteor is falling there.]

“……?”

I checked the message and looked up at the sky, and a meteor was falling.

It was too late to dodge.

[‘Rona-nim’ has been PK’d by ‘GochuwangLeeHaim-nim’.]

I died.

Dropping the near best-in-slot ring I had just acquired was a bonus.

***

Almost a month has passed.

I couldn’t save the ₩50,000,000 needed for rent because I spent it on working on options, so I had no choice but to turn on the broadcast.

‘I really don’t want to turn it on…’

I didn’t want to turn it on.

If I made a mistake, I could even debut as a female cam streamer.

I hated that more than anything.

Anyway, I roughly set up the camera and microphone I had ordered and pressed the broadcast button.

[Nickname: Lee Seonga]

[Title: First Broadcast]

[Viewer Count: 1]

When I turned on the broadcast, one person entered the room.

[-Hi?]

“Ah, yes, hello.”

I wasn’t sure if this was the right way to greet them.

[-Came in because of the thumbnail lol]

“Thumbnail?”

What about the thumbnail?

I checked my broadcast on Twitch.

“…….”

To adjust the camera settings, the focus was on my chest.

I’m not a female cam streamer….

Perhaps because of the thumbnail, the viewer count had already exceeded 10.

“Uh, hello.”

[-Wow chestㄷㄷㄷ]

[-Show your face]

[-Hi]

[-The thumbnail is quite…]

Everyone entering was because of the thumbnail.

[OO님 donated ₩1000!]

[Do something funny lololol]

[Isn’t there anything you can do?]

The first donation came from an anonymous user.

“Anything I can do?”

I thought hard.

Something I can do….

“I’m good at guessing!”

[lololololol]

[lololol]

[Guessing lololol]

[lololol]

[OO님 donated ₩1000]

[Then tell me the lottery numbers lololol]

“Lottery numbers?”

I could tell them, but rather than lottery…

“Isn’t stocks better?”

[-This bich is crazy lol]

[-So funny lololol]

[-Are you some kind of prophet lolol]

[lololol]

The viewers were busy laughing.

However, there was one irritating word among them.

I need to warn them.

“Please refrain from using the word ‘prophet’.

It’s the first rule of our room.

The moment you call me a prophet, you’re banned.

I’m better than those incompetent guys.”

[ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Here, is this a broadcast targeting prophets lololol]

[Prophets incompetent lololol]

[This new recruit’s got some serious nerve these days lololol]

‘Did I say something I shouldn’t have?’

The only prophets I’d met were fakes created by the church to keep me in check.

“Anyway, are you only curious about lottery and stocks?”

[Sports Toto too lololol]

[Overseas stocks too lolol]

[Real estate too lolol]

[These bichs are even crazier lolol]

Sports Toto, overseas stocks, real estate too?

I can tell them, but they’re asking for a lot.

“I’ll tell you, so everyone take notes.

Don’t blame me later if you forget.”

[Okay]

[Such bluff lolol]

[Looking forward to it lolol]

[Okay lololol]

After that, I told the viewers the winning lottery numbers, stocks, Sports Toto, and real estate that would only go up, and then I turned off the broadcast in less than 30 minutes.

I didn’t know.

What kind of impact the things I said would cause.