Chapter 15

Translator: True Detective

Chapter 15

4. Is This Real? (3)

During the last broadcast, that is, the broadcast screening 「Star Wars 5」.

At the moment the Black Knight revealed his identity, although it was quite temporary, an event occurred where the number of viewers in my room momentarily surpassed 2,000.

That's right.

2,000 real-time viewers!

If we look at ‘Trans-Dimensional Streaming’ as a whole, it might not be a significant figure, but in the Korean internet broadcasting world, 2,000 real-time viewers can be called at least a mid-sized channel.

And if viewed a bit generously, isn't it a size where no one would object even if called a large corporation?

However, just because the number of viewers watching my broadcast in real-time increased didn't mean it was unconditionally something to welcome.

Because as seen in the last broadcast, since the number of real-time viewers increased greatly, the number of trolls also increased considerably.

Due to that, managing the room alone became tough for me.

Eventually, although I wanted to postpone it until the last moment, it seems the time to decide has come.

Should I just go with the rain ritual meta asking trolls 'Let's all enjoy watching by keeping rules and manners in this channel!'?

Or should I focus only on broadcasting and hire a manager to manage the chat window for me?

“Well here... it's practically like there's no room for choice itself though.”

Naturally, the option of hiring a manager has to be the standard choice here.

Why?

Believing and trusting a promise with trolls is an act equivalent to believing a transient user who guarantees they won't drop a tactical nuke in the gallery again if unbanned.

Traditionally, those who gaze into the abyss become the abyss themselves.

Promises ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠are made with people, and one should never make them with a transient user who has become the abyss itself after looking deeply into the abyss.

'Phew, I really didn't want to hire a manager yet if possible but I guess it can't be helped now.'

The reason I was reluctant to hire a manager even knowing this fact well was only one.

The reason was, well, not particularly grand.

Because after entering the [Job Market] item and examining several posts of this kind, I grasped the approximate amount needed for hiring a manager.

If I hire a manager, even if I calculate the cost at minimum, it's a whopping 100,000 Mana!

Of course, it didn't mean I didn't have that much money.

If I combine all the amount I earned while broadcasting until now, I could say I have more than enough to pay that amount.

But having money absolutely didn't mean I could spend it like a dog.

‘In the first place, putting all the mana I have into hiring a manager seems a bit wrong.’

To me, ‘Mana’ is not a currency that can be used comfortably like other members or gallery users.

To me, mana was the only means to restore my broken body to its original state, and at the same time, the single method to normalize Earth.

I have to automatically transfer a whopping 100,000 of such precious mana per month?

‘Honestly, it's too wasteful.’

But that doesn't mean I can not hire a manager....

‘Damn, isn't there any good way?’

It would be really great if I could find an unpaid slave... no, a voluntary volunteer who would work like a dog for me....

‘...No, wait a minute.’

For a moment, a flash of realization brushed past my head.

‘Why on earth do I have to give money for hiring another person? Isn't this also my stereotype and prejudice?’

It seems I have lived as a dog of capitalism for too long.

Because in this world, rumors existed about people doing unpaid slave work ‘voluntarily’ without receiving a single penny.

‘Main Manager (Ju-ttak), and Deputy Manager (Pa-ttak).’

I remembered.

A very good idea to acquire an unpaid slave without giving money.

Job Market item within Trans-Dimensional Streaming.

Commonly known as ‘Job Market’.

Here, very peaceful job searching activities were happening as usual.

This place was a bulletin board like Gotham City where half were people genuinely here to hire, and about half were ‘Villains’ whose way of thinking was clearly different from ordinary people.

So it was a site with so many incidents and accidents that there was a user periodically uploading posts called ‘Today too peaceful Job Market Legend...legend’ about things happening on this bulletin board.

But one day.

A ‘Today too peaceful Job Market Legend...legend’ post came up on the Dimensional Gallery again.

But if there is something different from usual, the protagonist of today's legend post is someone very familiar to certain gallery users.

Looking up to here, it was an incredibly ordinary job posting, but the contents written below it were blowing people's minds in real-time.

“...Just as planned.”

Meanwhile, I ended up smiling seeing such a popular post.

For reference, in the plan I set up at first, I had no intention of paying with Earth-made goods, but I changed my mind at the last moment and posted an announcement like that.

‘No matter what, exploiting another person unpaid is really not right.’

For reference, I think the rumor that the Main Manager and Deputy Manager work unpaid is just a ghost story.

People who silently delete photos related to tactical nukes without receiving any compensation exist?

Lies.

Such people can't actually exist in the world, right...?