Helper Ranks Climb

Time passed. The helpers' support ranks changed, excluding Pruru.

After supporting the chicken-making and providing more help since, Ha Yu-mi's rank rose.

As Rise Nova's viewing time increased, his rank rose naturally even without support.

Finally, Mysticism's rank rose too, thanks to sending rice crackers as snacks.

Now that Yumi and Mishi had reached black rank, they could upload photos.

While the helpers were chatting lively,

Kang Geon had finished lunch and was napping inside the crystal orb house. The monsters were also taking a break from exploration.

"Daily exploration would wear anyone out, so we need rest days," Kang Geon had declared today a holiday.

The helpers kept chatting among themselves while watching Kang Geon sleep.

Then, Ha Yu-mi made a proposal to the others.

Ha Yu-mi was convinced Mishi and Pruru were humans on Earth. They had to be—no other possibility. The initial helpers Kang Geon invited were from his phone contacts, so unless he had otherworldly numbers, they were Earthlings.

Pruru and Mishi seemed reluctant, rejecting the meetup proposal multiple times. But Ha Yu-mi didn't give up. She kept pushing until they relented.

And so the helpers' meetup was set—excluding Rise Nova from Lumina, not Earth.

Kang Geon woke from his nap. Planning a full rest day at his shelter-home, he ate leftover meat from yesterday and chatted with the helpers.

Then.

"Ruru-ya."

"You said you changed our house password, right?"

"Tell me the new password now. Gotta know it ahead."

Pruru hesitated briefly. Slim chance, but what if the stalker was watching this broadcast?

But then she thought: No way a stalker's here. Odds lower than lottery.

She gladly told Kang Geon the new password.

"What? Barely different from 0000."

"...Is it?"

Right as Pruru posted Kang Geon's house password in chat—

Thud thud thud!

A woman watching Kang Geon's broadcast finished getting ready and rushed out.

She called a taxi via app, arrived at an old building, hurried inside, and stopped at a door.

Deep breath.

She slid up the door lock and entered the password.

'Password's 7777, right?'

Beep beep beep beep.

7777.

A cheerful chime rang, and the door unlocked.

'It... opened!'

The place she'd come to was Kang Geon's one-room apartment.

And the identity of the person cautiously stepping inside Kang Geon's home...

Was the woman active as Mysticism in his broadcast.