The Stream Was Too Stimulating for the Ju-ttak
The Female Streamer Gallery. It was an online community that proudly boasted of being one of the largest forums in the country. And within that gallery, the so-called Ju-ttak wielded absolute, unchecked power.
An apology letter personally penned by none other than that very Ju-ttak was currently pinned right at the top of the gallery page.
The moment the Ju-ttak posted her apology, the gallery users swarmed in as if they had been waiting for this exact moment, dragging her through the mud. It wasn't just the regular users of the community; people from other forums who had caught wind of the drama were flooding in as well.
Watching the mocking comments multiply day by day, Seo Ian ground her teeth in sheer humiliation.
"I should have just ignored that post and let a Pa-ttak delete it..."
A single post she had mindlessly deleted using her authority as the Ju-ttak had become the catalyst for her public execution.
"No, but seriously, no matter how you looked at it, the streamer in that video was a guy. And a handsome one at that... A girl?"
She felt it was incredibly unfair. Anyone else looking at the streamer in that video would have mistaken her for a man. It was an undeniable fact. The post had clearly been designed to bait the Ju-ttak or a Pa-ttak.
But what was the point of realizing that now? Seo Ian had already swallowed the bait hook, line, and sinker, reducing herself to a clown for the gallery's amusement.
"Argh!! This is so annoying! I'm so pissed!!"
Seo Ian slammed her fists onto her desk. The desk took the blows indifferently, leaving only her hands throbbing with pain.
Normally, she would have relieved her stress by browsing the gallery, but since the gallery was the source of her misery, she couldn't stand the sight of it.
"Who on earth was that streamer in the post anyway?"
Seo Ian couldn't forget the face of the streamer attached to the post that had ruined her life. Driven by equal parts curiosity and spite, she began searching for them.
At the young age of twenty-two, Seo Ian had made billions of won from cryptocurrency, which had left her with a fading sense of purpose and vitality. Though she had secured a smooth and comfortable life, she had no dreams or ambitions. Watching internet streams was her sole hobby.
Since she had money to burn, she donated frequently. She was well-known among streamers as a "Big Hand," but she never settled down in any single stream. She would casually drop hundreds or thousands of dollars in donations, and the moment she lost interest, she would vanish without a trace.
Furthermore, she absolutely never entered the streams of male streamers.
Even when male streamers received massive donations, their reactions were always split into two categories: they would either give a half-hearted response while answering the donation message, or they would outright yell at the viewer to donate more.
As such, male streamers—who couldn't be easily swayed by money—were not her cup of tea.
"Finally found them! I'm glad I searched the rankings in reverse since they said she was a Hako."
The username was Konoko. A small-time Hako streamer with a mere sixty-seven followers. Coincidentally, Konoko was currently live. Without a second thought, she clicked into the stream. And then...
"Noona... I'm dwunk..."
A low, rich voice filtered through her headset.
"W-what is this?!"
Had she been so incredibly stressed that she had accidentally opened an adult video instead of the streaming platform?
"Of course not! No matter how stressed I am, how could I possibly mistake an adult video for a streaming platform?!"
Despite her denial, the scene playing on Seo Ian's computer screen was the very definition of "provocative."
Lips slightly parted as if drained of all energy. Eyes unfocused and dilated as if under hypnosis. Even the way her head swayed weakly like a reed in the wind exuded a raw sensuality that could easily pass for an R-rated image.
"Stimulating both my protective instincts and my hunting instincts at the same time just by looking at her is totally cheating!"
Seo Ian swallowed hard.
"Her body is so delicate compared to her handsome face... I feel like I could easily overpower her... *gulp*."
Before she knew it, her fingers were already typing out a donation message.
NaJu-ttak has donated 10,000 KRW!
"I think being this sexy is cheating."
"Heh~? I'm actually really used to calling people noona. If you want... I can call you noona as much as you like..."
Konoko said, leaning her face closer to the camera. Seo Ian felt her heart plummet.
"I thought... I was getting a nosebleed."
Wiping the space beneath her nose, Seo Ian let out a sigh of relief. No matter how close she got, a barrier thicker than the Great Wall of China—the screen—separated the streamer from the viewer.
"Sure, there's a person inside the screen, but conversely, that means they only exist inside the screen. There's no way my heart would flutter over someone who only exists in a display. My brain just temporarily failed to distinguish reality from a monitor earlier."
With that, she focused her gaze back on the screen.
"You want me to confess? Well, okay... sure."
Leaning in so close that the camera lens was reflected in her dilated pupils, Konoko opened her mouth.
"Noona... you know I really, really like you, right? I'm not... just saying this because I'm drunk."
The chat scrolled by at a breakneck speed, as if everyone was using macros. Looking at the chaotic chat, Seo Ian barely managed to snap back to reality.
"A girl...? Oh, right. I definitely searched for her knowing she was a girl. But instinctively, I mistook her for a guy."
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why her heart was hammering so violently against her ribs.
"But is she really a girl? What if she's actually a guy pretending to be a girl to grow his channel..."
Streamers who used extreme concepts to bait attention were a dime a dozen. She wondered if this was just another elaborate bait, but...
"If she were a real guy, she wouldn't even need to bait people like this. Just turning on the stream would bring all kinds of simps flocking to her. No, even before that, with looks like that, she shouldn't be streaming—she should be an actor, an idol, or at least a model!"
If she was going to stream with a face like that, she might as well just give herself to her. She wanted to scream it out loud.
Right after realizing I was running low on living expenses, I hit the greatest obstacle of my life.
"Damn it! I have absolutely no idea what kind of stream I should do! None at all!!"
Yesterday, I could get away with winging it since it was my first day. But now that my follower count had hit double digits, I had to satisfy the expectations of the viewers who tuned in to watch me.
"Ah... Master Aizen, you were right. Admiration truly is the emotion furthest from understanding."
When I watched other streamers, it looked easy enough. But now that I was doing it myself, even the smallest details had me clutching my head in agony.
"Is there... some kind of genius method out there...?!"
I stared blankly at the game running on auto-battle on my computer. The characters were automatically hunting monsters, clearing bosses, and advancing stages without me lifting a finger.
How great would it be if I could stream automatically like this?
Auto... automatically...
Unless I suddenly developed sleepwalking, there was no way my body would move on autopilot.
"Maybe if I swallowed the finger of the King of Curses, it would work out? If I fall asleep, the entity inside me would wake up, say, 'Hey, your head is too high,' and do the stream for me. That would be so convenient."
It was a meaningless delusion. That finger was a Special Grade Cursed Object; if a human without resistance ate it, it would act as a lethal poison and kill them.
"No, wait, first of all, Special Grade Cursed Objects don't even exist in this world. Get a grip, self. There's no such thing as jujutsu!"
I shook my head vigorously to dispel the useless thoughts. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted the empty beer cans I hadn't cleaned up yet.
"Wait... if I play this right... could I pull off an Automatic Hunting stream?"