Zang Law Overhaul
Zang Law overhaul. To prove I'd recaptured my beginner's mind, I was just mindlessly chatting away when... suddenly Discord pinged. Huh? Why's Maru calling?
"Hi~ Sena, how've you been?"
"Yep! I'm doing great!"
"You've been streaming a ton lately~ Busy bee?"
"Me...? Not busy at all! Super not! I've been waiting to game with you!"
And then... I heard Maru's laugh. Crystal clear. But her voice sounded a bit raspier than before?
"Hahahahaha. Thanks~"
"But... Maru."
"Yeah? What's up?"
"Your voice is kinda..."
"Oh, yeah, been yelling a bit, so it's got that metallic edge, right?"
Sure enough. Voice care's tough. Me, I don't talk much, keep it soft and gentle, no shouting, so my vocal cords are fine. Just in case, I looked up throat care stuff. That quince tea thing? Picked it up somewhere, bought four boxes. Never needed it since my throat never hurts.
Of course, Maru probably knows way more than me. But it's a waste otherwise. Should give it to her. Wait! Give to Maru and Moteok too. Send the rest home. Perfect. Great plan.
"Ahaha... Have some quince tea! Want me to send you some? They say it's super effective... Though I haven't tried it myself... Heard it's good!"
"No need to worry about my health~ Haha, got it, I'll note it down!"
"No! I have tons at home, come grab some! Wait, no. I'll send it to you."
Gotta give it away. Spent good money on those quince tea sets. Waste not to. Perfect for someone like her. Found its owner. Found it! Bye-bye, quince tea.
"Just give me your address and I'll ship it!"
"Oh, you sure? You don't want it?"
"Yep! My throat never hurts, so I don't need it. You take it. Send the address later! I'll ship it right away! It's expensive stuff, so it'll be great! Or should I drop by? Bring it when I visit your place? Give it then? Ah, uh..."
I just wanted to give it away 'cause it was going to waste... Did I come on too strong? Was I clueless again? Suddenly... a chill ran down my spine. I was supposed to recapture my beginner's mind, but I acted too buddy-buddy. Can't do that. Again, again. Overstepped. Beginner's mind. Beginner's mind. Stick to it.
"Uh... I mean, if it's too much. Uh."
"I like it~ I'll take it if you give~ Quince tea? Sounds good."
Huh? Whoa! Wow! As expected from big corp. Thank you so much. Pushed too hard again, cluelessly, but she accepted. She's so kind, my hands are shaking, almost teared up. She's taking the quince tea. Great. Evil inventory finds its home. Hehe.
"Thank you."
"Nah, I benefit more."
"But... why the call?"
Finally got to the point. What's with the sudden call?
"Oh, that. Was watching your chat... Got something I wanna try."
"What is it?"
"That... where is it. It's just so cuuuute. Makes me wanna go boop~ all over it."
Maru personally summoned the demon. If she said that... KRAAACK!!
"You summoned the demon... Maru..."
"Huh? Demon? What demon? Oh!! I'll head out then."
"Shouting 'cute' summons the Cute Demon that dyes the chat in evil..."
Maru summoned the demon and peaced out.
It's exasperating. Ignore it. Can't. It's right there. Staring me in the face. Can't ignore. Accepting it makes it worse. Way worse. This is mild 'cause I'm suppressing it. Let their chat urges loose and they'll say everything under the sun. Like a World's Strongest Martial Tournament of brain-melting extremes. I'd get weird nicknames, new viewers would barf at the chat and leave... Vicious cycle.
"KRAAACK!! This room's a pure fun room. Not a horny chat room. Pure fun only!! Horny chat begone~ We're a pure fun room... Hehe. No horny in our room, right? Horny chat, leave Sena's room~ I've resolved. This is the new Zang Law, merging Sena and Constitution. From now on, 'cute' and such are banned."
Now I'll enforce it for real. For real.
Grrr rumble...
"Hmm... Hungry. Let's eat something. BRB."
First things first. Hungry, so food. I naturally opened the delivery app. What to eat today? Hmm... kimbap? Kimbap sounds good. Kimbap and jjolmyeon. Nah, jjolmyeon's iffy. Craving udon broth. Hmm.
Just two lines of tuna kimbap and udon without noodles, and the price was evil. But hungry, no choice. Decided on beginner's mind yesterday, already forgot and ordered delivery. Can't believe my resolve lasted one day.
I was shocked. My will lasted just a day...?
Shock hit so hard I collapsed. Should eat ramen. My beginner's mind is ramen days. Back to delivery app for ramen. Already cooking. Can't cancel...
"No!! I resolved to recapture beginner's mind!"
But wasting food sends me to hell. What now? I banged my head on the desk, pondering. How to break this... Best option here...
"Ah...! Right!"
Got it. Got it. Best choice!! Oh yeah.
"Ah!! Streaming, duh. Forgot 'cause hungry. Now talk time. What to talk about? Oh, everyone eat dinner? I just ordered kimbap. Thinking udon too."
My talk skills improved lately. Can keep it going naturally. Old me would've gone "uhh umm... viewers... uhh."
Now I can weave in my thoughts from chat little by little. But...
"I'm not a pig. Peak career 52kg, current in progress... Total skeleton."
"..."
I felt my arm. Not that squishy. For real. Stop embarrassing me.
"Nope. Normal weight. No hating!"
My words lit the fuse. Even the quiet viewers jumped in. Blocked 'pig', 'cute', 'chubby' waves for over 30 mins. Scary part? This wave hadn't even started. Just ripples before the tsunami.
"Everyone had fun? Stop now."
"Ah, stop..."
Now even words trigger cute spam. Total disaster. Can't stop it. Moteok and Maru's rooms ban 'cute', cringy stuff, T_T. Now I get why.
First time I wanted to duct-tape viewers' fingers from typing. This chat's wrong. Swept in madness. Tons of demon-pact folks.
I just stared blankly at chat. Talk and it'd fwoof—gonna go insane, so gave up speaking. After 5 mins silent meditation, chat quieted.
"Everyone done? Self-control on demon chat now!"
Viewers' lewdness gave me vertigo. Block one, they light another bait fire. Now faction badmouthing Maru to divide us popped up.
"Hey, no stirring drama. That's perma-ban territory."
Long time since I wielded chat power. 30-sec timeout, but gotta show 'em.
"Can't do this. Time for room rules. Gotta set 'em. Too extreme."
Time left, so set rules for my room. Lawless zone, folks walk tightrope. Better control it. Or time bomb later. Nip it now.
Some agreed, some hated. But gotta follow the flow of times. Natural disasters can't be fought. Just ride it.
After, I made rules. Referencing Moteok and Maru's, emphasizing what resonated.
"No 'cute' for real. Perfect. That's it. Zang Law enforced today. 'Cute' auto-ban. Stirring drama banned too." Click. Click.
Each viewer precious still. But zero mercy for Zang Law breakers. Not old Sena. I've grown!!
Yesterday I revised and enforced the 'Zang Law' merging Sena and Constitution. 'Cute' = perma-ban. Suppressed chat that way. Anyway, today's to-do: send promised quince tea. Heading home for that. Process all... Kept secret from Mom.
Why buy if not eating? Nag fest incoming. Nag queen. But now different. Say it's gifts, she'll buy it. Got excuse...! Taking space, annoying. Clear it fast.
Before going, DM'd editor. Lunchtime now... Pick up! Please!
Like Maru suggested meal last time, now me to editor naturally. Learned. Ehehe.
"Editor."
"Uh... Yes."
"Where you live?"
"Me...?"
Gonna send editor quince tea too. Too much! I don't eat! Piling up. Chance hit, dump all at once. 2-hour genius idea yesterday. Am I a genius? IQ 150 secret? Hehe. Get address, Mom handles shipping.
"I live in Gyeonggi..."
"Oh? Where? Area?"
"Seongnam."
"Ooh! Close to Seoul?"
"Yes...? Yeah."
Huh? Never seen editor's face. Too impersonal. Boss not know employee face? If far, no thought. Close, idea struck.
"Free today? Meet in Seoul?!"
"Pardon...?"
"Uh... If inconvenient, fine! Just address for tea! But curious. If hard, hehe."
"Uh... Meeting's okay for me."
"Great! I'll send address! Come over! Uh... Fare..."
Fare from Dad... Mom'd demand proof.
"Fare too! Text when here!"
Uh... No number. Know zilch about editor?
"Ah! Leave contact, text ya! Know nothing about you. Boo."
Time to learn! Employee. My employee. I'm boss. Good boss. Super good. Knows faces, sends gifts. Right? Yeah? Shoulders puffed. Felt proud unbidden. Boss life. Hehehe. Grew tons. Ehehe.