Chapter 39
Chapter 39
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: Explosive Sponsorships
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I watched the judges' bloody battle unfold.
Ah, of course, they weren't actually fighting—it was just a fierce verbal showdown.
"I must have the first pick without question. I'm the weakest in martial arts here, so it's only fair."
"Hey now! What nonsense is that? Martial skill has nothing to do with teaching! I'm not confident in instructing, so I should go first!"
"You haven't all forgotten who created this content, have you? I did. So the first pick should be mine!"
But one person couldn't join in.
"Ahem, I, I should have the first pick..."
"Lady Shinbi, you're out."
"Indeed. You don't qualify."
"Even I agree. We'll decide among the three of us."
"B-but..."
Maybe it was because she'd attacked me so viciously earlier?
Shinbi was excluded from the group. It was quite satisfying for me.
The remaining judges continued their heated debate after sidelining her.
And after a long struggle, one emerged victorious with the first pick.
"Rock, paper, scissors!! That's it!!"
"Ah..."
"Ugh!"
The winner was Dokgo Hwayeon.
She jumped around with the brightest smile I'd ever seen. It was the first time I'd witnessed her looking that thrilled. It was a fresh side of the pure and noble Dokgo Hwayeon.
"Ahem."
Of course, she quickly regained her composure, her face flushing red.
Right after, as if worried someone might steal it, she immediately used her first pick.
"I'll pick right now! I choose Jae-ho!"
"Ah..."
"No way..."
"Not him..."
At her words, the other three judges sighed. They all seemed to have wanted me.
"Jae-ho! Let's have fun together!"
In any case, I had the honor of being picked first.
Out of 16 participants, I was the very first chosen. It felt pretty great.
On top of that, I'd been a fan of Dokgo Hwayeon in the past. Now I was on her team. It was even better, naturally.
'This is huge.'
But there was another perk to being on her team.
And I confirmed it once I turned on the stream.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The next day.
3 PM.
I turned on the stream as usual.
⚙ STREAM TITLE ⚙ Congratulations! Audition Passed! Yesterday's audition stream had been extremely long. There were 80 participants alone. It had to be.
And we'd followed it up with the draft stream.
By the time I got home, it was 2 AM.
Naturally, I couldn't prepare any new content the next day. I just washed up and crashed.
I woke up at 10 AM.
After breakfast, I trained Fist King Fist.
Once training was done, I tried to prep content but ended up shelving it.
It wasn't that I planned to skip the stream today. It was more that I didn't need to bother preparing any.
Precisely, yesterday's audition stream had made it unnecessary. There was more than enough to cover without new content.
I glanced at the viewer count climbing rapidly.
It had only been 5 minutes since I went live.
📊 Live Viewer Count 5,230 viewers We'd already broken 5,000. Even big corporations couldn't grow that fast.
And the chat was full of unfamiliar names.
-Jaeha
-Hi
-Rawr!
-Eekyung
-Went live quick?
-Eekyung Squad assemble!
My fans were there too, but plenty of new nicknames stood out.
Especially Dokgo Hwayeon's fans.
-Watched yesterday's stream!
-Swordplay was awesome!
-Join the Eekyung Squad!
-Eekyung
They made their presence known loud and clear in chat. They felt distinctly different from my usual viewers.
I let them be and chatted with my fans first.
"Hey everyone!"
-Hey
-Jaehoooooon! Welcome back!!!
-Yesterday was insane!
-I busted a gut laughing
-Kyaaaaaaa Park Jae-ho! Park Jae-ho! Park Jae-ho!
-I said if it was Park Jae-ho he'd deliver!
The fans welcomed me warmly.
It made sense. I was the star of yesterday's audition stream. Everyone acknowledged it.
From their perspective, it must've been pretty brag-worthy.
Proof came as donations started exploding.
💰 DONATION ALERT 💰 JaehoSeemsWeak has donated 100,000 won! 💰 DONATION ALERT 💰 FromNowOnJaehoIsMine has donated 150,000 won! 💰 DONATION ALERT 💰 YesterdayWasLit has donated 50,000 won! I'd barely said hello.
Yet donations and subs poured in. I couldn't even react properly.
And the chairwoman must've loved yesterday's stream too.
💰 SUPER DONATION 💰 Heyni♥Love has donated 1,000,000 won! "Whoa! Chairwoman!! A million won!!"
The chairwoman generously dropped a million won.
Just this showed how massive yesterday's stream had been.
The donation relay kept going.
💰 DONATION 💰 100,000 won! "Whoa! 100,000 won!!"
🎁 SUB GIFTS 🎁 30 sub gifts! Bbangdaeng! Thank you! "30 sub gifts! Bbangdaeng! Thank you!"
💰 DONATION 💰 300,000 won!! Thank you! Thank you! It went on for nearly 30 minutes.
I spent the whole time bowing and thanking them nonstop. My back was killing me.
After that, I had some light chat with viewers. Naturally, the audition dominated the talk.
"Did I hide my sword skills? No way. I really only practiced for a week."
-For real?
-True genius?
-Nah, a real genius wouldn't stream. They'd join a major sect.
-Then why does Dokgo Hwayeon stream?
-Bet you secretly practiced Half-Moon Sword for a year straight.
Talk about my talent was everywhere. The chat was buzzing with it.
'Fair enough.'
I could hardly believe my own talent.
Viewers had even less reason to.
I pondered for a moment.
'Hmm, how to handle this...'
I didn't need to prove the doubts. The judges had all recognized my talent—that's why the chaos yesterday.
But letting it slide felt off.
Plus, I had a great stream idea.
After a brief think, I spoke up.
"More skeptics than I thought? Alright, here's what we'll do."
I suddenly pulled up Newtube.
Typed 'sword arts' in the search bar and hit enter.
A ton of sword arts popped up.
All third-rate stuff, of course. Half-Moon Sword was probably top-tier among them.
I addressed the chat.
"Pick any one. I'll watch the video once and replicate it."
-???
-Watch once and copy?
-Possible?
-Do Mount Tai Sword then!
I clicked one a viewer suggested.
Mount Tai Sword. Cool name, but just mediocre third-rate.
No way a normal person could learn it after one watch.
The intro video started.
"Hey everyone! Today I've got an amazing technique: Mount! Tai! Sword! Sounds epic just from the name, right?" I skipped the fluff—origins, intros, etc.
Straight to the demo.
A man on screen wielded a real sword, swinging swiftly.
[Whoosh!]
Unlike flashy Half-Moon Sword, Mount Tai Sword hits were heavy and solid.
I watched from start to finish with chat.
Focused hard to avoid mistakes.
Paused the video, grabbed my wooden sword.
"Here goes."
Mount Tai Sword wasn't as tricky as Half-Moon. I memorized it perfectly on one view.
My sword began to move.
Whoosh-!
It matched the video exactly.
Footwork, hand position, waist angle—even neck tilt.
And that wasn't all.
Whoooosh-!!
The wooden sword boomed louder with each swing. Different from the demonstrator.
Not just sound.
My version was more dynamic, precise.
Anyone could see mine was superior.
I finished the full form.
Then lowered the sword.
"Whew, a bit tiring. How was it? Identical?"
-Insane
-Possible?
-Told you Jae-ho's legit!
-Busted again
-You practiced Mount Tai too?
-Sus they picked it first
Some still didn't buy it.
So I repeated it several times.
Next, viewer vote for the sword art. Watched together, then perfect demo.
After about three rounds?
No more doubters. Just awe in chat.
-Wwwwwwwwwwww
-First time seeing this ㄷㄷ
-This is genius!
-Why stream with talent like that?
-Major sects watching must be freaking ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Never knew this was possible...
I smiled warmly at it.
Most streamers love attention.
No, you can't be a streamer if you hate it.
I was the same.
And right now, tons of eyes were on me.
📊 Live Viewer Count 15,254 viewers Over 15k already. Couldn't not be thrilled.
'Though... yesterday's hype is carrying it.'
Sustaining it would be tough.
But if I could?
'Real big corp status.'
Not quasi-big corp, but true top tier. Just thinking made me grin.
'Then even Ma-sam couldn't mess with me easily.'
His fans too. They'd backfire if they tried. That's why I was pushing to go big fast.
'Hmm, to do that... gotta use this method?'
I fell into thought.
I knew a cheat key to balloon viewers. Could hit 20k easy.
'But side effects...'
I made a troubled face.
Then decided.
'Yeah, let's do it.'