Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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Translator: penny
Chapter Title: Turning Misfortune into Fortune (?)
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Usually, doing Purge Day doesn't get your broadcast suspended.
That’s because Purge Day is something the viewers do, not the broadcaster.
If getting suspended for announcing Purge Day were the case, several of Yura’s senior streamers she knew would have been permanently banned by now and forced to move their base to another platform.
In other words.
In Yura’s case, getting a three-day broadcast suspension for doing Purge Day could only be called extremely bad luck.
Honestly, what streamer would go through something like this?
Searching for another streamer on Purge Day was nonsense to begin with, but getting terror-attacked like this was even more ridiculous.
It was truly an incident born from one coincidence piling on another.
“Is it really just a coincidence… Feels like my coordinates got leaked… Ha. Another controversy’s about to pop up.”
A reasonable suspicion arose, but it was probably a coincidence. Surely… No way Third Life knew Cruise was going to do an explanation stream, ignored contact on purpose, and manipulated community opinion to demand an apology from Cruise…
Suddenly, a few scenes flashed through her mind. Things like ‘community normalization’ or ‘From now on, I’m the administrator.’
Yura shook her head, staring at the black screen with cold eyes.
Nah, no way.
He was the type of person who might do something like that, but he probably didn’t… right?
It was an uncertain afterthought, but she had her suspicions.
If it was the Third Life she knew, he absolutely wouldn’t have wanted her Purge Day stream to end like this.
This wasn’t like the Third Life she knew.
A three-day broadcast suspension…
Yura opened her email inbox.
She started typing an inquiry email to lift the three-day suspension.
In her three years as a streamer, this was the first time something like this had happened, but she knew how to handle a suspension.
If a dangerous word had popped up in chat, she might have understood, but…
Since it happened without any of that, she could protest it.
She was writing politely, explaining the situation and her requests—nearly 6,000 characters—when…
Yura’s phone buzzed loudly.
It was messages from her manager and editors.
She’d just finished sending the email, so she checked the contacts.
“What the… Why are there so many messages piled up?”
There were quite a few from people other than her manager or editors. Word must have spread, as fellow streamers were sending her check-in texts.
Among them, two stood out the most. One was Cruise, who could be called the culprit of this mess.
Cruise, who had just finished his explanation stream and was resting, hurriedly contacted Yura.
— CRUISE
Yura! Are you okay?
— CRUISE
I’m sorry. Because I jumped the gun with the explanation stream, I caused you trouble. I don’t know what to do… I really have nothing to say. I’m sorry.
Cruise had heard roughly what happened on Yura’s stream. Before he could even respond, his own stream had blown up, leaving him only able to send a belated follow-up contact.
Cruise could understand if a flurry of curses flew back as a reply, but a polite response came instead.
— YURA
No, it’s fine.
Having gone through such an absurd situation, she wasn’t even angry anymore—rather, she felt calm.
Besides, Yura didn’t have the hobby of spitting in the face of someone sincerely apologizing.
Moreover, it wasn’t entirely Cruise’s fault.
Cruise had done an apology stream.
Third Life had watched Yura’s stream.
And it just happened to be Purge Day today.
— CRUISE
Because of my rashness, not only you, Yura, but Third Life as well has been harmed. When you’re sorting out this situation, if there’s any role I can play, please call on me anytime, and I’ll do my best to cooperate. And I’ll contact Third Life separately.
Cruise wasn’t the type to repay a debt of a thousand nyang with a single word. As someone who properly repaid his debts, he proposed a practical debt-clearing plan.
A Cruise free-use voucher… Nice. Capitalist Yura thought that if she could collab with Cruise, it would be pretty great.
“…This is actually really good?”
Her stream had blown up anyway, so she didn’t need to do more Purge Days.
Sure, the sudden forced hiatus would mess up her schedule, prevent her from uploading to Mitube, and cause financial and time losses.
But if she could collab with Cruise, those losses wouldn’t feel like losses anymore.
Cruise and Yura’s fanbases were similar yet slightly different.
‘I focus on gaming and chat interaction streams, while Cruise is a skill-based gamer with League of Worlds as main content, so it’d be perfect for a collab.’
It would boost recognition, and the collab would feel natural.
This must be what they call turning misfortune into fortune.
Bad things happen, then good things follow.
— YURA
Then, how about we do a collab sometime? It’d be good to show there’s no bad blood between me and Cruise because of this, and it’d give me new content, so win-win.
— CRUISE
Tell me a convenient time, and I’m good anytime. If there’s anything else you want to request regarding this, feel free to ask.
Cruise didn’t refuse the collab proposal, which would show them resolving the situation.
It was a win-win deal for both.
‘It really worked out nicely.’
She had the Purge Day recording, so during the suspension, she could make a video titled ‘Got a 3-Day Ban’—real story, not clickbait—for Mitube. Then, upon return, a flashy comeback collab with Cruise.
The dreaded Purge Day had been forcibly ended early.
It felt almost too much like turning misfortune into fortune.
However, seeing a message from the other person, Yura wondered if it truly was.
Third Life.
One of the culprits of this whole incident alongside Cruise.
The person who hadn’t even checked contacts until now was finally reaching out.
She was scared to see what it said, not knowing.
But from the preview…
It was surprisingly normal.
— YURA
And I don’t think you need to contact Third Life separately. They just messaged me.
— YURA
I’ll make a room.
— CRUISE
Yes. Thank you.
— YURA HAS INVITED CRUISE AND THIRD LIFE.
Cruise said the exact same thing to Third Life that he did to Yura.
A moment later.
— THIRD LIFE IS TYPING…
The typing indicator stayed up for a while.
After quite some time, one message appeared.
⭐ TOP MESSAGE
— THIRD LIFE
Duo with me and you’re forgiven.
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Purge Day.
How long I’d been waiting…
I wanted a day with freedom, not a world where I couldn’t unleash it.
I glanced slightly to the right.
A pure white square window next to the black broadcast screen.
[League of Worlds Community]
No matter how I thought about it, the community needed normalization.
That was the conclusion I’d reached after agonizing for 10 minutes right after my stream forcibly ended.
Every refresh brought a flood of new posts.
Most were mentioning Yura’s stream blowing up.
Some even posted proof that they’d reported her stream themselves.
These guys ruined my Purge Day.
I jotted down several users’ IDs and nicknames in a notepad.
The notepad filled up quickly.
List of people to normalize.
Ah, I need community admin privileges.
To normalize the community, I needed admin rights.
The moment I was about to go cut off the admin’s head to get them…
Ding.
A contact notification caught my eye.
Checking it, it was Yura wanting to chat with me and Cruise.
Cruise?
Well…
Let’s hear what he wants to say.
The moment I accepted, a long message arrived.
— CRUISE
Hello, Third Life. I’m streamer Cruise. First, I’m sorry for the trouble caused by this incident. Unintentionally…
I didn’t need to read the top part fully.
I’d already confirmed the info on the community.
Apparently, my stream had been terror-attacked too, without me knowing.
And that terror had extended to Yura’s stream.
Cruise’s real point was at the bottom.
— CRUISE
…So, I sincerely apologize for this incident, take responsibility, and want to compensate in whatever way you desire.
Compensation?
So he’ll do whatever I want?
Yura’s stream is banned for three days anyway, so unusable.
— CRUISE
Additionally, regarding the current situation, Yura and I will post an announcement collaborating and wrap it up with a collab later, so no need to worry.
Apparently, Yura’s stream issue would be handled by Cruise and Yura themselves.
No need for me to normalize the community; they’d handle it.
Nothing left for me to do.
And for my stream’s terror whatever, he’d do something about it.
Honestly, I don’t turn on my stream much anyway, so whatever.
Instead.
Hm…
Hmmm…
Wyvern instead of dragon, huh.
I’ll take this as compensation for my Purge Day loss.
Last time, seeing Yura and Hean do it, there was one thing I wanted to try.
— THIRD LIFE
Duo with me and you’re forgiven.
— CRUISE
I’ll do it. Contact me at a convenient time.
Strike while the iron is hot.
— THIRD LIFE
Right now.
Cruise logged into League of Worlds.
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With no stream, Yura suddenly had a lot of time.
Midterms were coming up soon, so she thought about studying while her stream recovered.
But Yura preferred games over studying anyway.
‘Anyone to play with?’
She saw Hean active in League of Worlds.
Yura had gotten close with Hean after the tournament last time.
— YURA
Sis, wanna game together?
— HEAN SIS
Yeah, hold on.
Yura and Hean formed a duo.
First game they queued.
— CRUISE AND THIRD LIFE HAVE APPEARED.
Somehow, she ran into familiar players.
Cruise and Hean were high-level.
Yura and Third Life were low-level.
Balance-wise.
The two duo parties matching was coincidence yet inevitable.
— Yura
Ah…
— Third Life
Oh…
Onomatopoeias crossed, each with different meanings.