Chapter 8: Fire

As a month was almost up, Mrs. Kim, who was sitting on the sofa, called for me, and I knelt down.

“So, did you find a job?”

“Haha, Mother, about that…….”

My words trailed off.

In the end, I couldn’t find one because I was playing games.

“…Sigh.”

Mrs. Kim sighed and walked towards the room with the computer.

“What are you doing?”

“What am I doing? I’m going to throw away the computer. It’s all because of the computer now.”

“………!”

At her shocking answer, I used all my strength to stop Mrs. Kim from throwing away the computer.

“Mom, Mom! Calm down! There’s no need to go that far, is there…?”

“Mom can’t just watch her daughter become a gaming shut-in.”

Looking at her eyes, she was serious.

I had to stop her somehow.

“Well… don’t worry! I’m working!”

Mrs. Kim stopped walking and raised her head.

She still had a suspicious look in her eyes.

“What job?”

“Look at this!”

I took out my phone and showed her a video.

Beyond the screen, a mysterious woman was broadcasting.

“Is this… you?”

Nod nod!

I nodded enthusiastically.

I’ll broadcast diligently, so please, just the computer…!

“What Mom hates the most is earning money in a dirty and easy way, you know?”

“I know, ma’am.”

Isn’t that why I didn’t do things like lottery, stocks, or toto, which I’m confident I could win at, because of that, and instead changed careers to become a streamer to earn money?

I couldn’t be anything but a filial daughter.

“You’re not earning money by shaking your butt or dancing, are you?”

“Of course not!

I’m not a sl*t like that!”

No matter how desperate I am for money, I would never do such a low-class thing.

“It’s a wholesome gaming broadcast, so don’t worry!”

I explained the advantages and benefits of broadcasting to Mrs. Kim, speaking with as much passion as possible.

“…Alright, what more can I ask of you? Do as you please.”

Only then did Mrs. Kim, leaving behind nagging words that sounded like she was giving up, go to the kitchen.

‘Success…?’

I sighed in relief, thinking I had saved the computer, and inwardly stomped my feet with joy.

‘The problem is that now I have to work as a streamer….’

After the first broadcast ended, I didn’t turn it on for a week.

Because it wasn’t fun.

Even though I told them things diligently, the viewers just laughed.

They were the ones who asked me to tell them first!

Since then, I’ve been sulking and haven’t turned it on.

“Well, I guess I can just turn it on occasionally so I don’t get caught.”

At least it was a relief that Mom didn’t know my broadcast nickname.

Turning it on once a month should be fine.

“Now, shall I go do some gold farming…”

Dingalingaling!

My smartphone’s ringtone sounded.

‘Who the fck is it?! At this happy moment!’

Furthermore, it was an unknown number.

If it were my usual self, I would ignore it, but I was in a good mood now, so I was willing to answer.

“Hello?”

“Yes, Ms. Seonga, right? It’s been a while.”

“What? How do you know my name? Are you a stalker?”

I felt completely offended.

I don’t know when I got a stalker, but I need to press the block button quickly.

“Uh, I’m Lee Jiwoo . I gave you my business card, but it seems you didn’t save it.”

I stopped my finger.

Now that she mentioned it, her voice was familiar.

‘How do I apologize…?’

“Uh, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay.

Anyway, Ms. Seonga, could you possibly come to the association with Ms. Haim tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow?”

It was too sudden.

I had plans to do gold farming tomorrow…

“I’m sorry. I know it’s sudden, but the situation is very urgent right now.”

Just hearing her voice, I could feel the urgency.

Did something happen?

I made a hurried appointment that day, and a day passed.

With an uneasy feeling, I visited the association with Lee Haim.

“Did you do something wrong?”

“I don’t know either.”

I didn’t do anything in particular, but I don’t know why they called me.

I swallowed hard and stepped into the association.

“Ms. Seonga, Ms. Haim, you’ve arrived! You came just in time!”

As soon as we entered, Jiwoo greeted us.

It was a look as if she was seeing a savior.

“Shall we go to the team leader? There’s no time.”

The three of us talked about the current situation on the way.

“Did our Older Brother do something wrong?”

“Well, I don’t know if I should say this. If it’s a problem, it’s a problem…”

“……?”

Her words trailed off.

‘What happened to make her act like that?’

Creak.

“I brought the team leader.”

Thump!

The team leader stood up abruptly when he saw us, but perhaps embarrassed, he sat down again.

“Ahem, I apologize. That was impolite. Please, sit down.”

Haim and I sat in chairs, and the team leader silently handed us a tablet.

“Please take a look.”

“……?”

There were several websites listed on the tablet.

Among them, the one that started it all was a community site dealing with lottery.

[Recent status of a new streamer ㄷㄷ]

[Video]

[Tells lottery numbers lololol]

[-lololololol]

[-Trying hard lololol]

[-There’s no way her viewer count will increase with something like that lololol]

[-What are the lottery numbers?]

[L3 5 16 8 33 42]

[-Let’s wait, it’s announced tonight lololol]

[lololol]

[-The chest is really…]

[Probably around E]

[└Came into the broadcast because of that lololol]

[-Let’s go for public execution~]

[-This is right??!]

[-????]

[-?????]

[-???]

[-Came for a pilgrimage to the sacred place…]

[fck, is it really right??? Is it real??]

[No, how did she get all 6 lottery numbers right???]

[Is there anyone who picked the numbers as she said?]

[They must be hurting lololol]

[-She said it was intuition]

[└fck…]

[-No way…]

[└I shouldn’t have ignored her because she was small-time ㅜㅜ]

[-Crazy talent that made Korean lottery players common people ㄷㄷ]

[-The 1.5 million I spent ㅜㅜ]

[-When is the next broadcast?

I’ll have to ask next time]

[└Give up, she hasn’t broadcast for a week]

[└??? Don’t lie]

[-This bich even tells stocks, real estate, and toto]

[└fck, did the toto game pass???]

[└Yeah, it passed]

[└Why only tell today’s!]

[-The stock players will see this clip ㄷㄷ]

[└Big trouble lolol]

[└That place is a bit scary lolol]

As in the comment above, this clip spread to community sites dealing with stocks.

[Should I go into this?]

[Video]

[fcking bich who even got the lottery right, I’m uneasy…]

[-Korean companies?]

[└She said don’t even look at S, only will fall]

[└oo]

[-I’m waiting for a job change]

[└Ignoring lottery probability lolol]

[└She’s the bich who got a 1 / 8,145,060 probability right lololololol]

[-Mine is going to fall……?]

[-Yeah~ Already put it in]

[└Smart youth lolol]

[-fck, it’s really going up…?]

[└It will fall later └└]

[└It’s rising endlessly lolol]

[-Hah… I already took it out, should I go in again?]

[└fck, this is going up???

It’s 3 blue numbers?]

[Bang bang bang!!! Open the door!!!!]

[Why haven’t you broadcast for a week?! fck, tell us other things too!!!]

[How much money should I give you to broadcast?!]

[-Can’t we track the broadcast?]

[└There’s no way there’s such a skilled person among stock players…]

[-Upvote for those who bought N stock]

[└Got it]

[└Got it]

[└Got it]

[-I will make her broadcast no matter what]

[-From now on, only overseas stocks lololol]

[-Major company S falling this much ㄷㄷ Korea]

[└Upvote for those who already sold]

[└Got it]

[└Got it]

[-It’s really scary how she even gets US stocks right ㄷㄷ]

[-Anyone know her home address??]

[└I’m already armed with an axe]

[└We have to find out somehow]

[-Her performance is better than US prophets??]

[└lol]

The clip quickly spread to Toto and real estate communities as well.

[The fcking point of this video]

[Video]

[Why only tell today’s game?!]

[And why did I just see this clip???]

[It’s fcked]

[The lucky thing is that no one believed it so no one won lololol]

[└Oh fck lolol]

[└Almost hurt my stomach lololol]

[-When will she broadcast again?]

[└Hasn’t been on for a week already]

[└Abandoned us lolol]

[Things that fall when monsters appear]

[Land prices fall again]

[fcked…]

[-Now it’s getting scary ㄷㄷ]

[-100% hit rate ㄷㄷ]

[└What are you talking about?]

[└Watch the video (Video Link)]

[└Only seeing that now? Buddy lololol]

[I already sold it lolol]

[└She gets stocks, lottery, and toto all right ㄷㄷ]

[└That’s why she’s called the Korean prophet]

[└Her performance is better than prophets lololol]

Finally, I entered a community site that deals with streamers.

[The culprit that caused this community to be chaotic]

[Video]

[Nickname: Lee Seonga]

[Gender: Female]

[A new streamer did a broadcast telling lottery numbers, stocks, toto, and real estate information in her first broadcast]

[At first, everyone thought it was clickbait from a small-time streamer]

[But guess what, she got everything right]

[However, since she was a small-timer, no one believed her, and no one made money. Even the stocks were bought/sold at relatively expensive prices]

[The community became a heaven for lottery guys, stock guys, toto guys, and real estate guys because they wanted to figure out who this streamer was.]

[Did you know now, buddy?]

[-So awesome]

[-One thing is big, accepted lolol]

[└Voice is also super awesome lolol]

[-Please come back ㅜㅜ Sorry for ignoring you because you were small-time ㅜㅜ]

[└Regret and anguish lolol]

[└This is a delicacy]

[-Why did you abandon the broadcast?]

[└She said it’s not fun]

[└I’m going crazy lololol]

[-Do something about it, the community is a mess because of her lololololololol]

[└It will probably calm down if she broadcasts again]

[-Won’t show face?

If you look at her body, she seems really pretty]

[└Girls like this don’t show their face because they’re ugly lolol]

[└With that body, even if she’s ugly, people will find her pretty lolol]

The community was in chaos because of me.

Were the things I said that significant?

“Older Brother, did you broadcast without me knowing?”

“Yeah, gold farming just wasn’t enough.”

Lee Haim was dumbfounded.

She never imagined Older Brother would do something like this without her knowing.

“Ms. Seonga, you clearly said you had no combat power, didn’t you? How did this happen?!”

The team leader hit the desk and pressed me.

But…

“You can’t even call this combat power, can you?”

Getting stock and lottery numbers right, what kind of combat power is that?

It was embarrassing to call something like this combat power.

“Besides, I didn’t use a crystal ball for this, so I might be wrong. There must be people who lost money.”

“Approximately what percentage?”

“About 0.01%?”

Everyone looked at me with complex, subtle expressions mixed with shock and bewilderment.

Why?

Isn’t 0.01% a really big probability?