Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: It's the Police
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The call had come a few days ago.
Well, it made sense that a teacher wouldn't work on the weekend.
'One came yesterday, too.'
The most recent message was from just yesterday.
The oldest one was from three days ago.
Just like how the only mail I got was electricity bills or water bills.
I'd ignored almost all my messages since they were just spam, and this was the result.
'Wonder what they sent.'
Curious, I checked them out.
[Preview]
[...haven't come to school. Is something wrong?]
[This is the second day of absence. Contacting you to confirm the reason for absence.]
[The student's unexcused absences are continuing. The school requests confirmation. Please reply as soon as possible if you can.]
The tone growing stiffer, the texts getting longer.
"Hmm..."
Should I reply?
No.
Today was Saturday.
No teacher wants messages on a holiday.
How shitty would it feel to have to work on a day off?
I wasn't going back to school anyway.
I decided to cleanly ignore the teacher's messages.
Once I transferred to the Academy, I wouldn't get any more texts.
-Is that right?
What if it's not?
I deleted the notifications without even reading them all.
[Delete notifications?]
[Confirm]
...
Yeah.
That did it.
Screen's clean now.
The red stains are gone.
Time for some fun internet surfing.
Dive into the dopamine ocean.
The community was lively as always.
Just skimming it gave me a ton of info.
First, a quick rundown of Yura's stream summary.
I wondered if anything fun happened while I was away, but nope, nothing much.
(Packed content screenshot) Summary for the unaware: 1. Prelims done 2. Viewer thought to be a toxic armchair advisor turns out to be that 'space magic' user 3. Shortest prelim record broken (solo Third Life pic) 4. Yura ignored by the 'armchair advisor' (screaming Yura pic) 5. Yura jabs Hean: 'You're just a PVP specialist, nothing more' 6. Hean fires back at Yura's jab: 'And what about you, you little rebel?' 7. Yura picks a fight with Hean for no reason and ends up losing ground
Ah.
Today's stream was packed.
Just the usual—Yura getting flamed, failing to clap back.
Was Yura still streaming?
[Broadcast has ended.]
Checked, but it was over.
'Hmm...'
Checked Hean's too, same deal.
Well, tournament's over, no need to stream more today.
Nothing to do about it.
Had to find something else.
Hadn't watched streams in a while.
Usually stuck to Yura, but like with Hean before.
I watched anyone fun, no discrimination.
Who to watch today?
Browsing streams, a black screen with white font caught my eye.
[Long time no see.]
'Oh, League of Worlds tag.'
Just a greeting, but lots of viewers meant it was decent.
Dove right in.
[PVP or Tower Climb?]
Perfect, debating content.
I typed fast.
If stuck between Tower Climb and PVP.
Obviously.
Tower Climb it is.
Broadcast name: Cruise.
Named after loving travel, but Cruise mainly did chatty gaming streams.
Cruise was back after a sweet month-long vacation.
Viewers flooded in the moment it went live.
"Nice to see you all."
Short greeting, then Cruise got into it.
"Been a while since I streamed, so I prepped content, but debating what to start with."
Cruise always planned streams meticulously.
Started and ended on schedule, strict like that—but today, handing choice to viewers on purpose.
Time to gauge what they wanted after the break.
"PVP or Tower Climb?"
Chance to chat naturally too.
"Hit me with opinions."
'Chat a bit more, then League of Worlds for two hours and done.'
Return stream, not planning long.
Light gaming and out.
Then.
First donation of the day.
"Thanks for the 1,000 won."
Mission right off the bat.
'Not bad.'
Perfect timing.
Chat leaning Tower Climb over PVP anyway, so start there, switch when they get bored.
"Tower Climb mission it is. We'll do that first today."
Firing up League of Worlds, chat exploded.
Cruise frowned.
What was going on?
No reason for chat to blow up like this.
Armchair throne?
Context clued him in—the recent donor was apparently called that.
The community buzz over the last few days, but Cruise didn't do forums much.
Plus, fresh off travel, out of the loop on scene news.
Cruise asked viewers casually.
"What's up with everyone?"
Cruise ran a tight ship—strict rules, banned everything.
Kept chat and viewers clean, but that era was ending fast.
Time to restore order.
"Other streamer fan, huh? No mentions of other streamers in my chat."
Bloodbath over quick.
Savoring the quiet chat, Cruise said flatly,
"Banned folks, read the rules again. Let's start the game."
Banning preemptively when they hadn't done jack? Not cool.
So Cruise left the so-called armchair throne alone.
Ban for advice later if it came.
Cruise played on.
Hit Floor 5.
Armchair throne stayed silent the whole time.
Cruise climbing the tower on the monitor.
Crunch.
Potato chip full in my mouth.
"Better than Yura?"
Some iffy parts, but better than Yura.
Still spots for advice.
Watching Cruise, I timed my input.
Right as I was about to advise.
Ding dong!
"Huh?"
Someone rang the bell.
Not many would.
Tilting my head in confusion.
The visitor revealed themselves.
?
Why the police?
-Hey. What'd you do?
Nothing...?
