Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: How about Waxing Instead of Shaving Your Head?
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An Young Sister's face turned as red as her hair.
[Kiss An Young for 30 seconds!!]
[Do a week of fake couple with the two of you.]
It was because missions like that had popped up.
"Ah, no way! You're insane!"
She reacted fiercely. She seemed pretty flustered.
But I stayed calm, unlike her.
It wasn't because I wanted to kiss her. Of course, kissing An Young Sister would've been nice. She was a very attractive woman.
But there was another reason.
'This one's easy.'
Missions like this were a breeze. Just close your eyes and do it, and success.
The problem with the 10-Level Lottery Draw was that it often spat out missions that were hard to pull off. Especially the ones that had just appeared.
[Sell fish-shaped buns starting now until you make 10 million won.]
[Shave both your heads right here on the spot ㄱㄱ.]
The last one was especially ridiculous.
[Search any mountain and obtain the secret martial art left behind by a hidden hermit expert.]
That mission was pretty infamous. Ma-sam had tried it and failed.
Naturally, it had abysmal odds. It was basically telling you to climb mountains for days.
An Young's face went pale. Because of some of those missions.
"I, I don't have to do it with you, right?"
She whispered to me slyly. Even using polite speech, which was unlike her.
Instead of answering, I just pointed at the chat window.
-Where you going?
-Obviously you have to do it together lolololol
-I sponsored because of you lololol
-Kiss go!!
-Shave heads lolololol
-An Young's done for today lololol
All the viewers wanted her and me to do it together.
'That's why picking An Young Sister was the right call.'
She was famous but didn't have a huge fixed fanbase.
That said, in collabs, her punchy reactions and voluptuous figure pumped up the viewers like crazy.
In short, she was optimized for collabs.
"Ah, no way...!! How could I shave my head!!"
I calmed her down. I had no intention of making her shave her head either.
"Everyone, shaving a girl's head is a bit much, right? If we get that mission, I'll do it alone."
But the viewers wouldn't let me off that easy.
Streamers with big fixed fanbases could handle this smoothly. Their fans would jump in and cleanse the chat instantly. Overwhelm with firepower.
But not me.
This was my first broadcast today.
Of course, I didn't have fans like that yet.
The backlash came right away.
-Who do you think you are?
-No you're wrong.
-Shut it.
-Me!
-Block!
The chat exploded fast. Angry viewers hammering away.
A newbie streamer would've panicked hard here. Probably couldn't recover with high odds.
But I didn't flinch.
As Ma-sam's manager, I'd handled chats plenty. Seen this situation countless times.
I stared at the chat for a moment.
Waiting for the chat I wanted to show up. With this many viewers, it had to be there somewhere.
-Do full-body hair removal instead of shaving your head then.
Luckily, it appeared. I read it out immediately.
"Full-body hair removal instead of shaving your head? How about that, Sister?"
"F, full-body... you mean down there and my butt too?"
"Probably, yeah?"
An Young pondered with a flushed face. But her choice was pretty much set already.
It was up against shaving her head, after all. No female streamer could do that.
"I... don't have much hair down there, so it'd be embarrassing..."
"Ahem, you don't need to share that kind of TMI?"
"Oh, sorry."
"So, shave your head? Or full-body waxing?"
"I... I'll do it. Full-body waxing."
I quickly scanned the chat. If viewers rejected this too, I was out of options.
But I knew my audience—they wouldn't pass on this.
And I was right.
-Holy
-All the way down there too?
-An Young's gonna be a smooth mountain now? lololol
-Jackpot lololol
-An Young says she doesn't have much hair? I'm filing a fan complaint right now!
-You'll stream the waxing too, right?
The chat lit up fast again. But this time, it was different. Mostly positive vibes.
I watched the reactions for a sec, then drove it home.
"Waxing stream? Obviously. Right, Sister?"
"Hey! Don't decide on your own!"
"Well then, you wanna shave your head?"
"N, no, not that but..."
"We're only filming your face anyway. That's fine, right?"
"I, is it?"
She was pretty much sold already. No more convincing needed.
I moved on without her.
"Alright, time for the ladder."
"W, wait. I need to mentally prepare..."
The screen quickly started building the ladder. I whipped it up with the program in seconds.
"Done."
"A, already?"
"Yep. Now pick one, Sister."
"M, me?"
"Yeah. That way you won't blame me."
"Hiiing..."
She started picking a number with a troubled look.
After agonizing forever, she went with 2.
"I'll go with 2..."
"Got it."
Clicking 2 right away would've been lame for the stream.
"Let's reveal the others first?"
I hit 1 first.
A red line dropped fast, and the result popped up.
[Do a week of fake couple with the two of you.]
"Ah..."
An Young looked disappointed. To her, that was the easiest one.
I made a slightly regretful face too.
'Nothing pumps viewers like fake couple...'
Fake couple was a cheat key in streaming. Huge viewer spikes, tons of sponsorships. Plus, tons of community posts.
For a newbie like me, it was a golden opportunity.
Good excuse too, so yeah, a bummer.
But it was gone now.
'At least give me a kiss instead.'
I aimed for the kiss over fake couple.
If we kissed, it'd be clip gold. Community buzz, instant fame.
She seemed to want the kiss too. The rest were nightmares.
But sadly, 3 was the kiss.
All the sweet, easy missions were wiped out.
"Ack! K, kiss!!"
"What? Disappointed?"
"N, no I'm not?!"
She whipped her head away, face beet red. Kinda cute.
Anyway, we'd seen enough. Time to pick.
I paused in front of 2, made a serious face, then clicked.
Click.
"Ack! Already?!"
Her panicked voice from behind. Too late.
The red line shot down fast.
That thin red line snaked through the paths...
And stopped at one sentence.
[Search any mountain and obtain the secret martial art left behind by a hidden hermit expert.]
An Young's eyes went wide. Then instant despair.
Hidden hermit experts did exist in this world. People occasionally found their arts.
But super rare. Like winning the lottery.
This was basically scratching a lotto for jackpot.
In simple terms, impossible.
But my face wasn't that dark. It wasn't as hopeless as it seemed.
'At least it's not finding a peerless martial art from a hidden hermit.'
Yeah.
Peerless martial art.
Odds of that were straight lotto jackpot.
Third-rate arts were kinda common on mountains. That's why I said a few days of climbing. Suffer a bit, find one.
Of course, those few days would suck for her.
"Ah, no way...!"
Her scream echoed. Totally crushed.
"Sorry, Sister."
I said something I didn't mean.
Truth was, no content worries during this mission. Big viewers, big sponsors. Not bad for me.
'Body'll suffer though.'
Everyone starts by grinding hard to grow.
I stayed positive.
-SSSSSSSS
-This is it!!
-lolololololol
-Which mountain drops the most manuals? lololol
-How's Hallasan? lololol
Viewers were hyped too. Not a bad mission.
'Think positive. That's how the laughs come.'
Positive mindset boosts streams. So, good vibes only.
And just like that, I ended up mountain climbing with a female streamer.
To find a hidden hermit's manual.
No dreams of peerless stuff. Just hoped for a common third-rate art.
But I didn't know then.
How good my luck really was.