Get Ready to Debut as an Employee
He switched back to the previous screen on the dual monitor that stayed off-camera and let out a disbelieving scoff at the ridiculous claim.
The distance was so far it barely registered on the monitor. A sniper who had sprinted in with nothing but a gun. The instant the enemy peeked out from behind the tree—pop!—Yeon-ha’s bullet drilled straight through his skull.
In that fleeting instant where neither he nor the viewers could even react, Yeon-ha had spotted the enemy, adjusted her aim, placed the muzzle against the head, and fired.
After completing the entire sequence, she calmly sat back and admired the kill feed.
It was beyond human.
“What kind of nonsense…”
“……Understood. Let’s keep going for now.”
But she insisted it wasn’t hacks. Moreover, nothing resembling a hack existed in the footage he had just reviewed. He had also confirmed that Yeon-ha’s in-game movements perfectly matched her hand motions. The hardware? Same model he used. Simple macros were possible, but these peripherals couldn’t run actual cheats.
It was genuinely…… genuinely impossible.
‘She possesses nuclear-tier physical reflexes but zero game sense, so she can’t dodge skills?’
In over ten years of living in the gaming and streaming scene, he had never seen this type before. If Yeon-ha truly belonged to that category…
‘……then why hasn’t she debuted?’
Star Live had essentially received a trainee for free. Well, she was closer to a returnee than an idol, but still.
In the end, I never got to enjoy chicken from the first game.
Bang──!
“Ugh……! They got me. That dirty sniper bastard!”
The match ended in disappointment to a long-range shot that was undeniably a malicious snipe. Eleventh place. I missed the top ten by a single shot.
“Everyone in this chat is so angry.”
It wasn’t like this when I watched Parabolic’s stream. I let the flood of insults wash over me with one ear.
I asked SoloPlayer for permission to leave. Honestly, even I could see that the hack accusation had been completely cleared.
No, Yeon-ha……
SoloPlayer, who had been silently reviewing my gameplay, let out a small sigh and continued.
……I can clearly confirm that Yeon-ha is not using hacks. There is genuinely no room for doubt.
Had my flawless demonstration worked? SoloPlayer, suspicions finally lifted, declared his defeat on stream.
Right as I typed the polite farewell and tried to log off quickly──
Um…… before you go, may I ask one last thing?
I had no reason to refuse one final question, so I tapped the keyboard immediately. SoloPlayer looked at me with a dead-serious face.
Do you…… by any chance not use your brain at all while gaming?
It was genuinely rude. Couldn’t he tell just by watching me play?
To be exact, I can’t. My body simply refuses to follow.
“Seriously……”
SoloPlayer swallowed whatever he had been about to say. Instead, he gave a deep bow.
……I’m truly sorry for accusing you of hacking. I will definitely upload the analysis video to YouTube later.
With that, I had received the promise I wanted from the start.
I unconsciously straightened my posture──
Just like the CEO and the members I usually watched, I raised both hands and waved bye-bye──!
Swish……
……The sleeve that had been covering my hand slid right down.
“……Huh?”
……Can’t you cooperate with me at a time like this, you worthless brain?
Star Live Gallery
“What?! How do they keep finding out?!”
I had clearly made a brand-new anonymous account, yet I was caught instantly. At this point there must be a massive flaw in my gallery-lurking habits.
What could it be? Did someone memorize the CEO’s home IP and save it in the Sra-gal?
“Tsk……! This is getting dangerous……”
Little by little, the truth about U Yeon-ha was leaking into the world. There was nowhere left to retreat.
If I slipped up one more time and the CEO demanded I debut, I would have no excuse left to refuse.
“If this keeps up I’m really going to walk the debut route……”
I still didn’t understand why they kept pushing a hopeless case like U Yeon-ha to debut. I can’t stream, I can’t sing, I can’t even make proper broth. What possible reason could there be to debut someone like me who has zero strengths?
“……Is this the power of mystery?”
No matter how I thought about it, that was the only answer. It wasn’t impressive once revealed, but because they kept hiding it as if something existed, people assumed there really was something and kept demanding a debut.
In truth there was nothing even if they dug……
“Ugh……”
My head just hurt. The fact that it immediately cast Ttyuttya mode after the slightest thinking proved this brain really deserved to be called a militant labor union.
“……Time to make another anonymous account.”
Just as I prepared to create my hundred-thousandth throwaway to manipulate Sra-gal’s public opinion──
“Delivery’s here~!”
Lina opened my door in an adorable pose. In her hand was a neatly packaged bag containing the cold somen sushi set I had ordered for dinner.
“Wow! Idol delivery service!”
She shouted with exaggerated delight. It was an act to avoid paying the ten-thousand-won delivery fee.
Lina set the bag beside me and gave a cute “hehe” laugh.
“Just so you know, the special menu is free! Want to try it?”
The question felt strangely familiar.
“I don’t know what it is, but sure, I’ll take it.”
It was free, so there was no reason to refuse. I answered right away.
“Then I’ll prepare it immediately! Please wait a moment!”
She sat right next to me with a snap and began unwrapping the food. She took out one of the six pieces of sushi with chopsticks. It was shrimp sushi.
“Here! Ah……”
Lina brought the shrimp sushi right up to my lips.
“Uh……”
It was the kind of embarrassingly intimate situation usually reserved for couples. I hesitated for a second.
“Pu……!”
Lina puffed out one cheek, urging me to open up quickly. With no choice, I opened my mouth wide.
“Ah……”
Swoop……! The sweet shrimp sushi slid into my mouth.
Munch munch…… I chewed the shrimp sushi whose flavor I could barely taste.
“……There’s also a super special menu for free. Would you like to order it right away?”
Lina asked again with an adorable smile.
“Th……”
“……”
That smile clearly didn’t accept refusal. Seeing no room for negotiation, I helplessly held up one finger.
“……One super special menu as well.”
“……I’ll prepare it right away, dear customer.”
Looking slightly shy, Lina picked up the squid sushi, dipped the end in soy sauce, then wrapped her arm around my neck.
“Here, ah……”
“Ah, ah……”
Deciding I should finish this quickly, I opened my mouth immediately. Lina’s arm circled behind my neck once and slipped the sushi straight into my mouth──!
……Even as the sushi entered, Lina’s cute face stayed right in front of me. I could even feel her faint breath.
Gulp──! I swallowed the squid sushi without properly chewing it.
“Finally, there’s a secret menu……”
“U-um, Miss Lina……?”
This time she didn’t even ask. With half a piece of expensive tuna sushi already in her mouth, Lina wrapped both arms around my neck. As if going for a kiss, the sushi approached my lips……
“What the hell is this crazy bitch doing right now?”
Thwack!
“Kek!”
……She never made it. Eo, who had appeared from behind at some point, delivered a perfect chop to the back of her head.
“Wh-what! Senior!”
“This crazy bitch is acting like the whole world belongs to her? Since when does a junior cut in front of her senior?”
“What are you talking about? The one who didn’t do it first is in the wrong!”
“What, punk?!”
I had no idea why the two of them were suddenly fighting, but……
“My tuna sushi……”
Of the six pieces, the single tuna sushi had vanished. Half was in Lina’s mouth, the other half had been claimed by the floor god who only ever ate dust.
“S-sorry! I’ll buy you tuna sushi separately! The kind that’s only tuna!”
Lina hurriedly checked the restaurant name on the bag and began searching it up. She was apparently going to order the tuna sushi from the same place.
“Sigh……”
Eo gave Lina a look of pure disappointment, then turned to me.
“Yeon-woo!”
“Yes?”
I answered while lifting some cold somen with my chopsticks.
“You can’t just allow everything because a kid like this keeps rushing you! You have to value yourself!”
“Uh……”
She was completely right, but……
“Got it?”
“……”
“Answer me!”
“……Yes.”
……Why did it feel wrong when Eo said it? Was it just me? Damn it?
“By the way, why did you come, Eo……”
“Ah, right! I almost forgot because of this crazy bitch.”
Eo glared at Lina, who was once again staring at her phone, then shoved her face close to mine with an expression of dire emergency.
“Yeon-woo! It’s a huge problem!”
“What is it? Suddenly……”
What could possibly be bigger than this body turning female or the exposure of U Yeon-ha’s identity……
“The CEO says he’s debuting you?”
“……Pardon?”
“Because you caused another accident, he wants you to prepare to debut as an employee for just one day. The character is already ready!”
“……You’re joking, right?”
I was stunned for a moment by the rapid development that wouldn’t even appear in a novel.
“Would that CEO ever lie?”
“……”
With a single sentence from Eo, my last ray of hope shattered completely. There was no way that CEO would lie or joke. None at all.