Let's Just Say Mint Choco Chicken Won
"Today is a special day."
"Today is Cheat Day. Meaning today is a chicken-eating day."
"No. If we're being precise, it's more like once every two days."
The streams had been doing so well lately that eating chicken every other day wasn't even a strain on the wallet. You'd think that much fried bird would get old, but I rotated brands every order, so the boredom never had a chance to set in. And it wasn't as if I was living off the stuff — one meal out of six was chicken. Hardly a Herculean feat of endurance.
"Mm. That's a genuinely difficult question. Fried chicken hits you with this incredible nutty richness and aroma on the very first piece, and the second one dipped in salt is just... perfect. Seasoned chicken, though — the kind that doesn't get greasy — you can just keep going forever when you're eating at home. This is a real dilemma..."
"Wow. Soy garlic chicken, of course. When you get soy garlic from a place that actually knows what they're doing, it unleashes this supreme flavor that just ravages your mouth."
"When you're describing flavor, you don't ration your words. You just spit out whatever comes to mind. I feel sorry for you ignorant people who don't even know something this basic."
"It's been the law since the moment I was born. So don't feel too wronged. That law has already been in effect for a long nineteen years."
"It's in my room. If you don't like it, I can send it over. How would you like it delivered?"
"From now on, please keep the jokes within reason."
"Ah. I need to use the bathroom real quick."
Nature called, and I left for the bathroom. The moment I was gone, the conspiracy began.
"Nothing happened while I was gone, right?"
"Right. I trust all of you. But there might be someone in here lying, so I'm just going to check the chat from while I was gone."
"Trusting is trusting, and checking is checking. Those are two different things. Even if I trust you enough to let it slide right now, if even the tiniest sliver of doubt remains in my heart, the trust between us shatters. And once trust breaks even once, we can never believe each other again. From that perspective, checking is the correct move."
"Hah. That's not it. I explained it at such great length and still so many of you don't understand... I really have no choice but to sigh, but I'll hold it in. There was a study showing that when someone nearby sighs, it negatively affects the people around them, so if I sigh right now, that negativity would reach all of you watching my stream. As expected, there really is no truer broadcaster who thinks of her viewers the way I do."
"I don't want to."
"The world really is a cold place. If something goes out, something should come back, otherwise how am I supposed to find the will to keep streaming? If this keeps up, I'll have no choice but to go dark."
"Oh, it's nothing. Heh."
"Absolutely not. Once you start something like this, you're legally obligated to reach a conclusion."
"Alright then. Let's just say mint chocolate chicken won and wrap this up."
"Listen. I've thought about this. Seasoned, fried, soy garlic — if you get any of them from a place that actually knows what they're doing, they all hit that supreme peak of flavor. And if you gather the best seasoned, the best fried, and the best soy garlic from those peak-tier shops and eat them all together, you simply cannot rank them. So forcing a ranking between fried, soy garlic, and seasoned is meaningless. In that case, wouldn't crowning mint chocolate chicken — which at least has a dedicated fanbase — be the path to peace for everyone?"
"You all seem extra rebellious today... Should I give you a taste of fear so you'll start listening?"
"Tut tut. Looks like we've got one impure little thing in here."
CheeseBall has been temporarily removed from the stream.
"Martyr...? Why are you reacting like this? I clearly just removed one impure viewer, and now you're all praising the impure viewer. Have you all been contaminated by impure viewers too?"
"Be careful from now on."
"Something about that tone is pissing me off. Try again."
"Speak like that from now on."
TheStreamerIsATyrant has been temporarily removed from the stream.
"Tsk tsk. I cannot understand what kind of streams you've been watching that you'd pick a name like TheStreamerIsATyrant. So be good to me, everyone. There is no broadcaster who thinks of her viewers and delivers fairer judgments than I do. Go look around out there. Every streamer surrounds themselves with nothing but sycophants who only ever kiss up — not a single one keeps honest retainers by their side who actually tell them the truth."
"Ah... so you just named yourself whatever came to mind, I guess."
"Anyway, the conclusion is: be good to me. Because no streamer treasures her viewers the way I do."
"Loyal retainers? You mean the hater squad."
StreamerLardass has been temporarily removed from the stream.
WannaEatTheMouse has been temporarily removed from the stream.
"Go try another stream. With nicknames like those you'd get kicked on sight, no questions asked. But I have a generous heart, so I let things like that slide. If you start trash-talking in chat, though, I'll cut you down without hesitation."
"Want to get kicked?"
"Not your mouth. Your hands. You type chat with your hands."
"What was that?"
"Watch yourselves. I'll let it slide this once."
"Prove it. No proof, you get kicked."
"I'm the only one who's going to see it, though?"
"I don't want to."
"Ah. The video came in, so I'll end the stream here for today. Good night, everyone."
Asel's broadcast has ended.