Explain the Rigging
Explain the Rigging
I arrive at another hotel and book a room.
It was quite expensive, but I don't care.
As long as I successfully claim the prize, I'll become a billionaire anyway.
After connecting a charger to my smartphone, which was low on battery, I check my channel board.
[ This is the police. We are currently investigating Rue-nim's fraud crime through the FBI ]
[ Hello Rue-nim, I am a lawyer currently residing in the United States ]
[ You are faker, We catch you ]
[ Rue-ya, it's Omma. You weren't answering your phone, so I'm leaving a message here ]
[ Honey, long time no see ]
[ FBI open up! ]
.
.
.
The channel bulletin board had long since been torn apart by all kinds of trolls.
But it's fine. Humanity created the search feature for times like this.
I searched the nickname 'CameAfterCourt'.
A secret post visible only to the streamer appeared.
[ Providing Lawyer Verification ]
Author : CameAfterCourt
Hello. I am 'CameAfterCourt', who spoke to you through donations during your stream.
( Attorney_License_with_a_note_saying_'CameAfterCourt'_attached.jpg )
- State of California, Los Angeles Attorney Registration Number : XXXXXXX
- Name : Emily Kim
Please look up my name and registration number on the official search site of the Los Angeles State Bar Association.
(Link)
When I looked it up following the instructions, she was indeed a real lawyer.
'CameAfterCourt''s identity seemed to be completely verified.
Besides, if she's in Los Angeles, isn't that in the same neighborhood?
'Her after-service is thorough.'
It seemed God felt very sorry for me.
- Rue : Thank you. Verification completed.
- Rue : What should I do from now on?
After a moment, a reply was posted.
- CameAfterCourt : Which state did you purchase the lottery ticket in? Please leave a message via my account's direct messages.
- Rue : Sent.
- CameAfterCourt : Confirmed.
- CameAfterCourt : Powerball prize money can be collected through that state's Lottery Commission.
- CameAfterCourt : However, you do not need to go there right away tomorrow.
- CameAfterCourt : Appointing a legal representative should be your first priority.
Isn't winning the lottery just the end of it?
- Rue : A lawyer?
- CameAfterCourt : It is on a whole different level from regular lotteries. The amount Rue-nim needs to claim is in the trillions of won.
- CameAfterCourt : Everything needs to be prepared, from the process of claiming the lottery to taxes, dealing with the press, and personal security.
- CameAfterCourt : Proceeding alone is not recommended.
Then again, the most complex problem in the world is money.
I could get caught up in something terrible if I'm not careful.
- CameAfterCourt : Of course, it's fine if you retain another attorney besides me, but I would like to highlight that the law firm I work for has previous experience handling the legal representation of a Powerball winner.
A lawyer adding a tempting extra remark.
With this much information, proof completed, and a close location, there was no reason not to sign with this person.
- Rue : I will sign with you. Where should we meet?
Since the meeting location was naturally confidential, we exchanged the rest of the conversation via direct messages.
- CameAfterCourt : Then I will see you tomorrow at the promised time and place.
- Rue : Thank you.
It was late at night.
I needed to close my eyes right now to prepare for tomorrow.
However, my heart was pounding so hard that I couldn't fall asleep at all.
I stared at the ceiling with wide-open eyes before turning my attention back to the stream.
The stream was still running as it was.
[ Rue ] : Opening Powerball on a US trip before quitting streaming
- Viewers : 45,230
- Just chatting
Since the black screen had been going on for so long, a significant number of viewers had left.
...And this was after they left.
I remember it was around 800,000 when I last checked.
Not 800,000 views, but 800,000 concurrent live viewers.
As expected of our American bros.
The head count is on a different scale compared to Korea.
Since Supijik is a Korean platform, making accounts must have been annoying, so English chats were few, but...
The traffic was so overloaded that the stream was on the verge of crashing.
'It actually survived this.'
If Supijik hadn't recently expanded its servers, it would have crashed completely.
Anyway.
"...There are still 40,000 people left."
I kept the chat frozen and displayed a black screen for several hours, yet 40,000 viewers are waiting.
I recalled what Emily-ssi had said.
- CameAfterCourt : As long as your location isn't exposed, you may turn on your microphone.
"Hmm...."
Suddenly, I got curious.
What would it be like to communicate with tens of thousands of people?
"...Ugh."
Curiosity overcame fear.
In the end, I un-froze the frozen chat.
[ Chat room has been activated. ]
"Ah, ah. Can you hear me?"
- Open the door
- The door opened
- How did it go?
- Hello?
- ?
- Voice is cute
- Hi.
- A nobody streamer is lying around staging fake shit, you should stream hard lol
- Hi hi
- Cute voice.
- Prove that Powerball isn't staged
- Open the door!
- Oh
- Oh
- Explain the fake claim
- Was that a real lawyer?
- Lying about 3.5 trillion won just to get attention, aren't you ashamed?
Countless chaotic chat messages poured out all at once.
[ Slow mode chat has been activated. You can send a message once every 30 seconds. ]
I put on slow mode just in case the stream crashed.
Reading the room, I opened my mouth slightly.
"There are a lot of comments asking if it's staged."
- Explaining it?
- Yeah, tell us
- Isn't a nobody streamer staging fucking fake shit to get famous?
- How are we supposed to believe you won with a 1 in 290 million chance?
- True though
"Why make it complicated? If it's fake, I'm quitting streaming."
My stream title is still 'Opening Powerball on a US trip before quitting streaming'.
"It was a stream I was going to quit anyway, so quitting because I'm a nobody streamer or quitting because I staged a Powerball win, isn't it all the same?"
- Um
- Hmm
- True though
- Agreed
- Speaks well
"If I'm caught staging it, I'll quit streaming, so I won't really do explanations or proof. More importantly..."
Come to think of it, there are bastards who know which state and which lottery shop I bought it from.
[ Appointed < RueCheekSlap5Combo >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < CameAfterPouringCupNoodleWater >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < SawAVTuberInSpring >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < PassingOutAfterWork >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < DonationNextMonth >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < TodayIsReallyTheLastStream >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < zxc901 >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < qkrtjd12 >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < Private 1st Class 16th Grade >-nim as a manager. ]
[ Appointed < MyGirlfriendWithin2Years >-nim as a manager. ]
[ The chat room has been frozen. ]
[ Only the streamer and managers can participate in the chat. ]
"Are you guys here?"
- Oh
- Hi
- What's with manager
- Jealous bitch lol
- Rue-ya, you didn't forget your promise, right?
1 billion won for CheekSlap, 100 million won for the rest, a total of 1.9 billion won.
Taking that much out of a trillion won won't even leave a scratch.
Right now, my personal safety is far more important than small change like that.
"I'll keep my promise, so keep your traps shut."
- Yes ma'am
- OK OK
- Trust only me
- I'll never talk
- 100 million won so sweet lol
[ Chat room has been activated. ]
[ Slow mode chat has been activated. You can send a message once every 30 seconds. ]
Since we were talking about things only we knew, people were curious.
- What are you talking about
- What is it
- Tell us what you guys know too
- What promise?
- ?
"Ah, those people are regular viewers of my channel. I bought the Powerball because they told me to buy it, you know? That's why I bought it... but I didn't expect it to actually win."
- So if it weren't for them, you wouldn't have won
- If it were me, I would've handed out 1 billion each lol
- She really didn't expect it to win lol
- For real
- Wow
- So fucking jealous, shit
- How much did you agree to give them?
"About 2 billion won in total for all 10 of them? But honestly, I'm so grateful right now that I'm thinking of adding extra. Plus, they even know which lodging I'm staying at, so it serves as hush money too."
- LOL
- Does it make sense to earn money while sitting in a corner of your room watching a VTuber
- If I knew this would happen, I would've watched too
- How does a VTuber surge bigger than Samsung Electronics
- I'm even more jealous of them
[ RueCheekSlap5Combo ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- Rue-bitch usually talks informally without manners, but now that there are a lot of people, she became polite
"I'm going to add 100 million won more for everyone except that person."
[ RueCheekSlap5Combo ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- Noonim
- LOL
- LMAO
- Type nicely in chat lol
- For real
Since there were many people laughing at my words, I had more energy than usual.
Did rumors spread that I un-froze the chat? The viewer count was filling up again.
I changed the stream title and began attracting the floating viewers in earnest.
[ Rue ] : Broadcast review of winning 2.6 billion dollars ( Meeting lawyer tomorrow )
- Viewers : 98,250
- Just chatting
My stream proudly claimed the top spot of the platform.
When I did a quick search, I was currently number 1 in live viewer count across South Korean internet broadcasting.
I even set a new all-time record for South Korea's peak viewer count.
Truly a historic moment in internet streaming.
A floating viewer asked.
[ FineNight ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- How does it feel to become a billionaire + VTuber Emperor overnight?
- Curious
- I can't even imagine it
- If it were me, I would've done 100 somersaults
- For real
"Hmm...."
Honestly, it didn't really feel real.
If I had suddenly made 100 million won, I would have jumped for joy, but a trillion won, which is 10,000 times that?
"It feels good, but I don't really know. I don't have a sense of reality yet..."
- Even if I won 1 trillion, I think I'd feel that way
- It is an absurd situation after all
- Give me 1 million won
"I haven't even thought about what to do in the future either."
[ Daltokkitokkiya ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- Are you going to keep streaming?
"I'm not sure about that either. To be frank, it was a stream I started to make money."
- Then are you quitting streaming?
- Keep doing it
- Why quit when 100k people are watching
- If you're rich, there's no need to do it anyway
- Rue-ya don't go T_T
- People who have never watched her stream are typing 'don't go T_T' lmao
"But you guys aren't gonna watch my stream a month from now anyway."
- No, I'll keep watching
- You speak well, so it's fun
- Your voice is cute
- A 1 trillion won owner's stream is super fun though
[ MyWifeIsABabyPuppy ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- Why wouldn't we watch? With 1 trillion won, the content you could produce is fucking MasterBurst level
"Even if a nobody streamer makes content like MasterBurst-nim, who would come to watch?"
[ NobodySlayer ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
- 100k viewers is a nobody?
- LOL
- 100k viewers) I'm a nobody streamer
- Does that mean any streamer who can't even exceed five digits in viewers can be considered a nobody?
- Rue controversy) Anyone under 110k is a nobody streamer
- Fuck, the viewers keep piling in