Chapter 14
Chapter 14
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: The Child I've Let Go
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Even though I'd said all that.
"But come to think of it, I haven't run into EV Lady in-game at all?"
I had no idea how to meet her right away.
- Master, should we activate Plan D right now?
- This bastard's really gonna go wild with Plan D at this rate, isn't he?
- If he does room-to-room, he's dead meat.
- If he suddenly goes moongba now, I'm seriously gonna kill him.
"But out of all you guys saying you're gonna beat me to death, how many of you could actually meet up with me and pull it off? You're all just armchair warriors in your rooms."
- Thanks to Dharanda for the 1,000 won donation.
[ So does that mean you're saying you'll meet up at least? My heart is all mungdol-mungdol trembling ]
- Gasp
- Gasp
- I wanna meet Mung-op tooㅠㅠ
- Mung-op ㅠㅠI wanna meet you and beat you tooㅠㅠ
- But if Mungki seriously raises his fist, I'd get scared, mungchu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Definitely mungchu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Mungchu bait bullshit but still mungchu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- ㅁㅊㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- ㅁㅊ
- ㅁㅊ
- ㅁㅊ (means cheer for Mungki, yeah)
"You guys are having a blast among yourselves, huh? Meanwhile, my head hurts thinking about business plans."
- Thanks to Anonymous Donor for the 1,000 won.
[ Going to the person who invited you to the server and shaking them down for money is your business plan ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why not just call yourself a future life insurance planner selling policies? ]
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Does this guy really not know his place?
- Mung-op looks so dumb at times like this ㅠㅠㅠ
- That's Mung-op's charm
- When national pride was overflowing and then you find out this bastard Yumungi only graduated high school ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Agreed ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- ㅇㅈㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Mungchu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"No, I was actually good at studying in high school. What are you talking about."
Of course, no one would believe it, but I said it anyway.
'Man, I wish I could get some donations too.'
What's the point of having an API system?
What's the use of being able to send in-game gifts to streamers through donations?
When there's no one to actually make those donations!
'Even 1,000 won barely gets a reaction.'
I'd only recently turned on the cam full-time and hit three-digit viewers last week.
Not even a week had passed yet, so my current streaming income was about 130,000 won.
That included all the previous pocket-change donations too.
As weekly pay, it was under 100,000 won in real terms.
If not for the 30 million won reward coming later for catching the stalker.
I'd seriously have to plaster my bank account on stream and beg, minus the fees, send it here.
'Hmm, but even 50,000 won donations trigger gacha pulls to kill time on stream.'
Filling time purely with chit-chat was no easy feat.
Plus, I didn't have that many fixed viewers yet.
A little lag, and viewers came and went.
In fact.
[Current Viewers: 134]
Right after my meetup with Bavin Lady, viewers plummeted from 200.
Should I be glad I'd safely shaken off 70 scopes?
Or sad that no one was left?
- Mungkiya, why's your face suddenly like that?
- You look like you wanna say something but you're holding back.
- Just say it straight up, own it!
- Whatever you wanna do, say it hot and bold, Mungkiya!
That's when I spotted the chat.
Seeing it, I just went for it.
"Hey, selling streamer selfies. Gimme one premium gacha ticket."
I'd decided to go all in.
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Inducing donations is strictly banned on every internet streaming site.
But of course, streamers live off donations.
So they sneakily induce them anyway.
And broadly speaking, there are tons of cases that count as donation bait.
Say a streamer wants something from a premium gacha.
Big corp streamers get viewers to actually donate and fulfill it.
That's donation inducement too.
Even without that example, it's everywhere.
Spinning roulettes, dancing or doing specific reactions based on donation amounts.
As long as it's not ridiculously blatant, donation bait slides right by.
In that sense.
"Selling selfies, you all have your own communities anyway. First payment in, selfie out right away... Let's pull some premium gacha."
I decided to sell myself.
Teaching the black-haired beast EV Lady some manners could wait.
This was pure streamer selfie sales.
For my rent and living expenses, not content.
- Mungki-mungkiya, where we got money?
- Suddenly killing the vibe coolly.
- Masterclass at chasing away existing viewers.
'As expected, no dice? Too reckless? But... honestly, all the big streamers do it.'
I knew it didn't apply to me.
I knew low-tier streamers under 500 followers aren't allowed in that world.
But!
Dreams are free!
I'm on a big streamer collab server, so I can shoot my shot!
And maybe that desperation worked.
- Thanks to Dharanda for the 50,000 won donation.
[ Yeah, go ahead and pull one ㅋㅋ Oh, and no need for the selfie ㅇㅇ ]
Donation in.
"Dharanda!!!!!!! For!!!!!!! 50,000 won!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!! Time for the reaction! The reaction I saved for this day! Mung-po incoming!"
I smashed a kiss straight at the cam.
- Ah
- Ah
- Ah
- No Gesaems and you do that shit?
- Mung-po, but if it gets a reaction, mungchu
- Kinda mungchu-worthy
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Gesaem factory Mung-op ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- If that's the reaction Mung-op planned, your IQ is terrifying ㅠㅠㅠ
- Mung-po bullshit ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Still, thoughtful of him to plan a donation reaction
"Alright, opening it right now!"
Just as I went to rip open the premium gacha ticket.
- Thanks to MoneyGrabber for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie for me either, Mungkiya ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Don't do mung-po either ]
- Thanks to Anonymous Donor for the 50,000 won donation.
[ Mung-op ㅠㅠ Do whatever you want, stole straight from mom's wallet ㅠㅠ No selfie x no mung-po x ]
- Thanks to Xiangbimi for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie x no mung-po x But you're on the server, gotta taste premium gacha ]
- Thanks to LoglightandLoglikethesameguy for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie x no mung-po x Here ㅋㅋ Eat gacha ]
- Thanks to WhyIsn'tBocchiSeason2Out for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie x no mung-po, do it all for the ones who didn't accept ㅇㅇ And engrave my name on the hostess bar building ]
- Thanks to MakimasisThisTasty for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie x mung-po o Mungkiya, let's taste some beef today ㅇㅇ ]
- Thanks to DoYouKnowBlsr for the 50,000 won donation.
[ No selfie x no mung-po x Do this and later taste some blsr too ㅎㅎ; ]
Donations suddenly poured in nonstop.
Eight 50,000 won ones in under a minute.
"No way.... This is insane! Mung-po barrage first!"
Smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch.
Eight kisses fired off, each donor's great name read letter by letter.
Thanks done, straight to the premium gacha....
"Wait! Before pulling, checking what's inside first! Sniper style!"
Decided to peek at the items first.
"O... Special invite ticket too... All sorts of helpful stuff? 'Cause it's premium?"
- Mungkiya dropping casual speech right after donation reaction money, slick af
- Totally hostess bar vibes
- This is RP, right?
- You really aren't a hostess bar, are you?
- Attitude changes for 400k... Should we keep seeing this guy?
- Confirmed mung-po rate at 50k ㅇㅇ
"No, my attitude didn't change. Gotta be maximally polite when getting paid."
- But more stuff than expected
- What's store opening ticket?
- ㅇ?
"Store opening ticket...? There's... yeah, there is."
Store Opening Ticket, 1% chance.
"No way... 1% is insane?"
Most streamers consider even the 10% basic vehicle selector a huge win on premium pulls.
A 1% store opening ticket? This is no joke.
"No pity either... Wait, looking at this, EV Lady inviting me was seriously huge."
- Obviously ㅇㅇ
- Even 5% took forever
- Lera couldn't pull it despite thousands donated
"Less big streamer name-drops, anyway. Guess store opening ticket's my goal. Pull that and we're done."
- ㅇㅈ
- True but
- You gonna?
- 1% on 8 singles is straight bad luck ㅋㅋㅋ
- Pull it and it's life jackpot ㅋㅋ
Viewers figured I wouldn't pull it.
Riding the donation wave.
【 Mission! Pull Store Opening Ticket - 1,000 won 】
【 Mission! Pull Basic Vehicle Ticket - 1,000 won 】
Mood high, missions started at 1,000 won.
Viewers pooled in.
"Store opening at 100k, basic vehicle at 50k, you confident? If I pull, I claim this?"
Decent pot built up.
- Please take it please ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- Begging like this, please pull ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- 1% once and 3% once in 8 pulls? I'll straight-up chug it ㅇㅇ
- Gonna suck Mungki off proper today ㅇㅇ
- Your honor, twice with full effort
- Hope Mung-op pulls and freaks out ㅠㅠㅠ
Viewers mocked nonstop, treating the pot like safe money.
"I'm really pulling? Really?"
Of course, I was worried.
I suck at this stuff.
Always got shafted at regular price.
Cursed gacha luck moments galore.
Never even properly done dalgona pulls.
Worst pull luck.
Could I nail a 50k single on 1%?
Tension peaked.
Click.
Mouse clicked, premium ticket opened.
『 Congratulations! You've obtained a Store Opening Ticket! 』
- ?
- ?
- ?
- ?
- ?
A miracle happened.
+++++
- EV Lady, your son's hit the jackpot?
"Huh? Where's my son?"
EV reacted right away to the chat popping up as she started stream.
Son? No way I have a son.
That thought passed quick.
"Oh, Mungki? Mungnyong?"
- ㅇㅇ
- ㅇㅇ
- Massive jackpot just now
"But I told you no cuckoo spit, crazy?"
- Not cuckoo
- ㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴ
- Everyone but you knows
- You just turned on stream
- The streamer you invited mega-jackpotted 8 premium pullsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Store opening ticket, basic vehicle selector, server megaphone, special currency x100 ㅇㅇ
"Huh? For real? Insane? Gotta check."
What jackpot was it?
Yesterday, discussed cam and PC specs for Mungki with agency boss.
Pondered ongoing support, time flew.
'People change daily on servers like this.'
Day three now.
Time for real shakeups.
How'd it go?
Curiosity brief.
【 ♚♚Mungnyong's Hostess Bar♚♚ Entry $$All Cola Bottle☜☜Zero Calorie 100% Gift※ ♜Handsome Cool♜Hostess Bar Paid Gift￥ Special Conditions §§Big Spender3§§★I-Mungnyong★Personal Appearance@@@ Instant Teleport http://moongi_theluv/GTA/kr 】
"...Huh?"
Server-wide notice with mind-melting ad copy.
"T-This... This is Mungki's... No, I-Mungnyong's doing?"
Mind melted.
- ㅇㅇㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Link's even his Star IDㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Hit him up?
- We got you invited, time for crumbs ㄱㄱ?
Snapped back quick.
"Yeah, gotta contact him."
EV followed I-Mungnyong on Insta, requested video call.
Three seconds later.
Ring.
-"Hello, Mentor? That you, Mentor?"
Video call with I-Mungnyong.
Super noisy.
Pew! Bam! Pew! Bam!
Club beats blasting ears baseline.
Mungnyong! Come pour thick here!
Coming!
Obvious nightlife sounds.
EV panicked but RP'd hard.
"Mungnyong! You... What happened? Didn't you say you'd live right now? What's all this...."
-"Aish... Long time no see, no nagging. Just think of me as the child you've let go."
"W-What?"
-"Or come by, I'll treat Mentor free special."
Shocking convo ended.
Click.
Call dropped.
"...H-Huh?"
- Gasp
- Gasp
- This why you don't adopt black-haired beasts
- Nailed hostess bar RP ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Gotta go enforce as mentor ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
What happened in one day?
EV couldn't keep up with the pace.
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Same time.
"No... I mean, you spread my contact, now bookings full so ignoring my calls?"
- Serious issue ㅇㅇ
- Daring ignore Hospital Director Leruri?
- Punishment time ㅇㅇ
- Hostess bar scum daring ㅋㅋ
- Gotta visit in person ㅋㅋㅋ
One streamer, fuming.
"Yeah, gotta go."
Moving character to Mungnyong's Hostess Bar.