Chapter 48
Amari's heroine in his second pre-season video was absolutely demolishing him. What the hell was that? Masochistic play? Femdom? She even started beating him up, hurling insults and berating him, and then my name got mentioned out of nowhere. Fuck, what? Stuff like, "That transfer student Kangmo Im I glimpsed back then was way more dominant and hot than you!" Well, yeah, I'd racked up points back then by saying I wrecked her hard. From the looks of it, she seemed more like an S&M queen than pure femdom. The type who loves both S and M. The video wrapped up with Amari getting smacked around, sobbing and begging for likes.
Fucking hell, Amari. You pathetic loser, how do you even live like that? Maso pig. Still, out of the three likes given to me, I planned to give one to this guy. He was just too damn pitiful.
As I scrolled through more, I realized something. Straight-up sex videos weren't the weird ones—they were the majority. Everything else was fetish play tailored to their heroines' traits. Makes sense; it's tied to their survival, so who'd hold back? In comparison, my video had no substance, no smut—just pure aggro bait. But I was confident. Humans are like that. They don't get hooked on stuff that's blatantly shown or fully revealed. But that teasing, ambiguous tightrope walk? It drives them insane.
I started drafting a post in advance, set to private... Coins? Let's go with 3000. Right now, not too much, not too little—just ambiguously tempting enough to splurge. I uploaded Haena noona's profile pic, then embedded the clip from before I sent her to the moon—her messing around on the bed in just a shirt. Nothing explicit, sure, but with Haena noona's killer body, those jiggling tits were unavoidable. And obviously, viewing it required paying 3000 gold in coins.
I posted it privately and grabbed the link. Wrapped up, and night had deepened. With trembling excitement, I waited for tomorrow.
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Exactly at midnight as the day flipped, a notification popped up before my eyes while I lay in bed.
Second Pre-Season Event: Everyone's a Star! Video submission period has ended!
Those who failed to register a video will be auto-eliminated with 0 likes.
For the next 24 hours, like other challengers' videos (excluding your own)!
You MUST use all 3 opportunities. Failing to do so results in auto-elimination.
You cannot unlike a post once liked. Choose wisely!
After those windows appeared, a barrage of new notifications flooded in seconds later.
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Likes poured in like crazy. Wow. It worked? Made sense—they all posted boring profile flexes or thumbnails. Mine was pure, world-class aggro bait straight from my old life. And even Amari checked it out? Whatever, he liked it, so I returned the favor on his video.
I clicked each liker's nickname and DM'd them the link to my secret post. Notifications started ringing immediately.
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Ka-ching, business is booming. Their payments included coins I'd never seen: S&M Queen trait coins, gangbang, NTR—stuff I'd never touch. Top-rankers? The stat amounts and limits were on another level. The best part? Heroine-specific stats became universal coins usable on anyone once transferred to me.
Whoa, and that gangbang coin? +20 Lewdness, +20 Perversion. Insane stats. Fuck. But I'd never do it. Reverse gangbang, maybe... heh heh heh.
Ding!
Ding ding ding!
Just as I basked in joy, my DMs exploded.
Heh, right on cue? Opening the inbox revealed a shitstorm of abuse.
I had no intention of stopping. Each was a potential premium customer, so I crafted polite replies.
I'd followed every rule. No lies on my part—they just hyped themselves up. Reactions varied: more curses, but also questions about next week's heat level, praises for Haena noona's looks. Aggro pulled perfectly. Time for bed.
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Woke up and scrolled for like-worthy videos. My bait post had triple-digit likes already. Solo first place. Even combining 2nd through 9th couldn't touch it. Everyone hesitated to like despite the hardcore smut—fear of dropping ranks. A game of chicken. Mine offered clear "rewards," so mindless likes flowed. Basically a sacrifice play.
Honestly, seeing others explained why my aggro worked so well. Almost no heroines matched Haena noona's beauty... actually, none. Subjective or not, she was beyond that. My tastes might've leveled up, but they were all average. Some were cute by old-world standards, but nothing near my family's unreal hotness.
Plus, synergy: since they had to burn 3 likes anyway, some tossed one at the runaway leader first. I kept DMing them links too. Purchases dipped from yesterday's backlash—rumors spread—but income trickled in. Sweet deal.
Alright, time to spend my last two likes.
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I used them to save the pitiful ones. Besides Amari, guys dominated(?) by their heroines—or just filthy maso pigs—getting beaten, cursed at, begging through tears. Poor bastards.
Thus ended the fun second pre-season. I held overwhelming first. Over 300 likes out of max 900. Second was that somewhat-cute heroine's sex scene I'd seen. Still, barely cracked 100. Gap was huge. Beyond aggro, it was basically heroine looks rankings? Mid-tier worlds might devolve to fetish wars since looks even out. Amari middled safely around 400th. Breakeven.
Lewd Perverted Lustful Bitch
Effect: Desire 33pt
Tendency: Lewdness 33pt, Perversion 33pt
Interest Igniter
Effect: Interest 100pt
I checked the instant coins' stats and closed the menu. Back-to-back firsts after last event. Nice. Far from top ranks overall, but consistent wins like this? Ranker soon. Plus, video sales netted nearly 300k coins. Felt better than realizing my family's wealth back home. Self-made vibe? Heh heh heh. Even if the method's gross by my standards.
Embargo lifted, I peeked at the community. As expected, me and Haena noona were the hot topics. ~40% hate on me, 40% praising her looks, 20% begging for video deets. Sigh... accidentally went viral? Back home, OnlyFans sold nudes for tips—cyber whoring, basically. Not turning Haena noona into that, just one big score.
I cautiously posted on the community.