Chapter 124
Chapter 124
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: [Side Story - A Not-So-Ordinary Game Report]
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“Pew!”
A silver-haired girl with red eyes flashed her palm at the camera.
The chat exploded in an instant from her action.
[Pew-ha pew-ha!]
[Pew-ha!]
[Today's farm sesh too hilarious lololol]
[Turning on the stream means you've finally prepped that thing you mentioned a bit ago, right!?]
Former internet streamer.
Current internet streamer.
Former man.
Current TS cutie.
Number two in the monthly rankings on the streaming platform.
1.2 million YouTube subscribers.
Average 800k views per video.
“Pew-lya!”
Stream alias: BJ Pew-lya.
Lee So-hee started her broadcast.
“Pew-pew-pew-pew!”
A tiny VR headset that matched her small hands appeared on screen, and the viewers' chat poured down like a rainstorm.
[Whoa! Doing it now?]
[You've been teasing for a month, no choice.]
[Suddenly obsessed with F1 and going overseas was so random.]
[Why get hooked on racing out of nowhere when you never cared before?]
[Her boyfriend's a racer, duh.]
[Ow, my horns...]
[Bro, my horns hurt, take responsibility...]
“Pew-yit!”
Like a pro streamer, she swiftly purged the trolls, put out the flames, changed the title, and refocused the viewers.
[Title: Today's Content – World's First VR Game, Experiencing the Center of the World]
Unlike other streamers, her strength was no dragging things out.
She quickly donned the headset, lay back comfortably, switched to broadcast mode, and suddenly she was waving under a starry night sky.
“Hey everyone!”
The chat detonated.
“Here I can talk normally!”
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[Keeps RP super strict in reality but drops it in VR? What a VTuber! Psh psh boom!]
[Quit VTubing ages ago and still on about RP.]
[VTuber -> accidental cam leak -> girl cam -> pretending to be girl cam with skill games -> pretending to be skill gamer as Pew-lya fanatic]
[First time hearing her talk like a normal person whoa]
“I logged in early for stream setup and found out! You can talk normally here? Probably 'cause it's VR!”
[RP game is insanely on point.]
[Respect, Pew-lya, you're a VTuber even without the model!]
[What was Pew-lya's RP again? Forgot.]
[Forgot too lol]
“Anyway, screen good? I researched the basics ahead, so no backseat gaming! Interrupt with tips and it's a 10-min ban, got it!”
She spun around, showing off her body.
Her pre-set view had the chat window in one corner.
“Avatar's locked to your real body. Thought it'd be customizable, bummer.”
[So physically disabled folks still uncomfortable in VR?]
“Dunno? What about you guys? Our Pew-fam have killer looks. Anything changed? Or same?”
[Why the shade?]
[Pew-lya evolving to mesugaki... not bad.]
[Http://dlrjtdmssbtmfksek.com check the link.]
“Weird link and you're in trouble?”
She clicked the link, checked it privately, then shared her screen with viewers.
[VR: Hope for the Disabled? Uncomfortable Body Parts Auto-Corrected – Intentional?]
[Congenital Blind Regain Sight in VR,]
[Blind Man Sees World for First Time Through VR, Tears Up.youtube]
After sharing articles and YouTube clips with viewers, she resumed.
“Even folks with disabilities can enjoy games. Alright, next up: content check?”
She stared at the countless stars floating in the sky.
Gazing at them brought up tiny info windows: each star a world, a game.
“Jungle, racing, card battles, guns, war, gourmet, cooking, combat... tons. Where first?”
[Obviously RPG.]
[Tons of RPG worlds, but medieval fantasy's the most popular.]
“Yeah? Let's go!”
She searched "medieval fantasy."
Tapped the star, and the background shifted to a grand medieval city.
“Woof!”
No time to marvel at the fantasy world—a man on all fours barked at her.
“Woof woof!”
“Eek, wh-what are you doing?”
“Woof woof woof! Arf arf arf!”
[Ah lololol instant himu bird appearance lololol]
“Himu bird? What's that?”
Lee So-hee asked, and viewers explained.
[Term for lunatics freaking out hunting hidden classes.]
[Do every weird thing imaginable.]
[Convinced every VR game has hidden classes, search like maniacs lol]
[Funny part: no official class list from God Seung-hoon, so might be real.]
Hidden class?
Hearing the term after ages, Lee So-hee frowned.
“No way that exists.”
A concept from game fantasy novels: ultra-rare, powerful classes.
Several times stronger than normal, unique items, shatters balance so protag solos everything—protagonist-exclusive special snowflake class.
“Not webnovels—hidden class in a game wrecks balance and the game itself?”
Most are depicted with bizarre, secret unlock methods for extra specialness.
“That's why they're acting like this?”
[Maniacs or weirdos? Assume hidden class hunting.]
“Man, since I'm touring the whole game today, might as well make watching himu birds the content. Hey? Reason for the dog act?”
“Woof!”
The dog-mimic scrawled on the ground with a finger.
[Wondering if Beast Master hidden class exists.]
“What's that got to do with dog-mimicking?”
[Like heart-sword unity, maybe heart-dog unity unlocks it.]
Starting with him, she spotted countless himu birds in the city.
“One basic sword form ten thousand times for absolute master hidden class like Three Disasters Swordsmanship!”
“Eat tons for Glutton or Big Eater hidden class—who knows?”
“Pious acts for Saint class?”
“You idiots don't even know the 'H' in hidden—it's Blacksmith obviously! Hey! Teach me smithing, I'll work free!”
“Sleep ten thousand hours in-game for dream-related hidden class?”
Most ridiculous: sculptor guild users.
“Sculpture! Teach me sculpture!”
“Show me sculpture!”
“Hidden class one-per-server? Or multiple?”
“Dunno! I'm becoming the sculptor!”
“Sculptor guild exists! Sculptor's real! Hidden class gooo!”
They all chipped away at marble like mad.
“Time to try the story.”
Story: Goddess summons otherworld heroes (players) to save world from Demon King; grow into true heroes.
City knight kindly tutored basics, easing adaptation.
“Then Lady Lee So-hee, become a fine hero.”
“Thanks! See ya!”
Tutorial done, she strutted out the gates in newbie leather gear and iron sword.
“Status window!”
[Whoa, shouting it out loud.]
[Thought you could just open without saying.]
[Opens if you think it, right?]
“Ugh, you guys have no romance, no romance!”
“Um, newbie?”
Another player approached right outside the gates.
Easy to tell players from NPCs.
‘Doesn’t treat me like a hero—player.’
He bowed politely, handed a business card, and left.
“Contact if needed.”
Lee So-hee checked the wooden card.
[★Cheapest★Cheapest Houses in Korea!★100% Korean! Don’t Buy from Foreigners, Buy Pure Korean Gold!★10k Gold for Just 55,000 Won!★Can’t Flood Market or Seller Starves?★Your Smiles Are Our Reward★Open Chat////Tkftnddldmldhkd]
“Gold seller scum!”
Tutorial gave 100 gold; 10k for 55k won...
“Hidden class nuts haven't even started, but gold sellers already farming and selling in-game cash. Impressive.”
[Report to ban?]
[Facts don't care. Tons reported, zero bans.]
[For real? Me too lol]
[Thought you were God Victory but not there yet.]
[Normalization guy's looking sus?]
[Not gold seller, it's Da.Kke.I.Mo. Correct yourselves.]
Feeling the game's hype, she headed to hunting grounds and first saw cliff-jumpers.
“Die ten thousand times for Grim Reaper hidden class maybeeeee!”
“Wow, real himu bird infestation. Not scared?”
She'd felt pain already.
Sparred knight in tutorial, got nicked by sharp blade, even died to his attacks.
“Not super painful, but not painless enough to spam death? But they're committed.”
[Himu birds gonna himu.]
“Alright, let's hunt. Hehe, my sword's crying for blood!”
First foes: fantasy staples, slimes or goblins—goblins.
“Yap! Yap yap! Taste my blade!”
“Kieeeek!”
“Keeek!”
Newbie mobs, easy kills.
“Huh? What's with this one?”
One goblin acted weird.
No flee, no fear, no charge.
“Keeek......”
Others greedy and evil-faced; this one serene like enlightened monk, eyes closed in thought, then a pure tear rolled down its cheek.
“Ki, ki......”
“What's this? Named mob? Bug?”
“Kiga... Christ......”
“Whoa! It spoke!”
Suddenly, light beamed from sky, whisked goblin away.
“......What did I just witness?”
[What? Goblin ascending?]
[????]
[Easter egg?]
[What's Kiga-Christ?]
[Know cheese crust.]
[Noob above. Gold crust or bust smh]
[You're noob too. Soboro crust is meta lol]
No time to ponder—earthquake-like tremors.
“Strange light came down there!”
“Saw goblin ascend!”
“Hidden classaaaaa!!!”
“Her! She got hidden class!”
“Foreigner!? Damn!”
“That face! Korean VTuber!? Korean!”
“Fellow Koreans help each other! Hidden class job change? How!?”
Terrified by the wave of thousands—maybe tens of thousands—of frenzied players, she bolted.
“Waaah! Not me!”
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“......All RPG games this chaotic?”
Lee So-hee logged out briefly, back to reality, gulped water, and asked.
Still shuddering at the mad player tide.
[Yup, all similar.]
[Funny: foreigners copy exactly lol]
[Why? Hidden class Korean game culture no?]
[Lee Seung-hoon made it -> Korean -> leaks Korean meta -> hidden class? -> no game deets -> Korean hidden madness -> must be something -> we do too!]
“Total mess.”
Refilled water, asked her question.
“But in-game body’s asleep? Vulnerable to crime?”
[Tons skip game over that.]
“Asleep = crime bait? How sleep at night then?]
[Crime in-game same as out—cowards why so many?]
[Lock door done.]
[External stimulus pings message during game.]
[Wake up tied tight? Knife threat?]
[Https://dlqjsdpehsbtmek!.youtube check.]
Same viewer as before, so she clicked trustingly.
“Oh?”
Compilation of VR game incidents worldwide.
“Robber invades gamer, slips on banana peel, KO’d 3 hours?”
Channel: Mystery Tracker. VR mysteries.
『Man tries assaulting gaming woman, drops from acute heart attack.』
『Thug beats gamer, steps on Lego, hops in pain, tumbles stairs—cervical fracture, paralyzed.』
『Murderer chokes gamer, sudden gut pain sends to toilet, hypertension collapse mid-shit.』
『Coincidence? VR? Even top fixer can’t fix all—this alien tech!』
『Aliens beam ghosts, make VR with ‘em. NPCs, mobs—all once-living souls wandering purgatory!』
Viewers scoffed.
[lolol conspiracy channel.]
[Believe this? Peak Pew-normie...]
[Ugh, don’t out me as Pew-lya fan.]
But Lee So-hee reacted differently.
‘Could be real?’
She’d experienced mysteries: this body, school ghost stories, otaku ghost fan.
“Alright, short break then reconnect!”
Chatted game during break.
“NPCs felt alive. So natural! Only ‘hero’ tag distinguished.”
“NPC romance incoming? Human-NPC love, plausible?”
“One server per game? Whole world connects? No foreigners? Wait, map Earth-sized? Insane?”
“Met foreigner, auto-translate chat? Revolutionary!”
Streams derail sometimes.
Hers turned to realistic VR uses.
“Crime in VR? No restrictions? Lawless chaos.”
“See? Varies by game—some allow crime, some not. Each game its own laws. Wild.”
“Whoa, hunter game crime = real jail? Sentence real-time, only during login!”
“Apocalypse no-laws fine for crime—looting chaos is the fun.”
“Sex crimes? Pain auto-adjusted fine, but not about pain. Huh? Link? Game auto-detects ban? Intent too? Reads minds?”
Chat turned game recs.
[Sex <- game too. Even Confucian Taliban Korea allows 19+.]
[Saw it. Nuts lol. Lore: best sex = king.]
[Going now.]
[No customize, looks part of sex appeal, low looks = no entry, vet says.]
[Ah......]
[Goddick-hoon...... add customize......]
[Just dick......]
“No way sex measures power—never going!”
[Manga mix then? All manga tropes mashed.]
[Yeah, friend went, became shinigami. Soul reap open, not full reaper.]
[Modern backdrop, manga powers secretly carve world.]
[I ninja. Want Sharingan but bloodline lock.]
[Lowborn dare Sharingan? Chidori fits trash like you!]
[Chidori diss? S-rank ninjutsu, can't learn even if want.]
[Ninjas shinigami whatever—mage best. Summon Imjin War spirit lol]
[Who?]
[Yuan. Flees every fight, solo survives. Growing strong. Assassin class, expect backstab soon.]
[Bro's Grim Reaper Corps lol trains IRL sword funny.]
[Copyright ok?]
[God Seung-hoon. Rich. Handles it.]
“Ugh, sounds headachey—pass.”
She searched her interest, entered.
“Racing obvs!”
Quick tutorial, to track.
“Newbie?”
“Yeah?”
“Here.”
Stiff paper card from track guy.
[※Racing too hard?※We got you※Pro loss experts on standby※1 win = 10k won※Max 100 wins※Anyone with limbs can rig easy※Bulk 100 wins 10% off※Be Schumacher now!]
“Too hard? Contact.”
“......”
Gold sellers here too.
Mood killed, she spectated others race.
“Schedule says world’s strongest races today? Watch then bounce.”
[Asura Lee So-young?]
“That name? Same as rising Sarang Goods racer?”
[Yup, prob inspired.]
Visited for Lee So-young, but not what expected.
[That's a girl?]
[Check those guns.]
[Oni lives on her back.]
“Not racer—fighter game final boss?”
Who’d think musclehead woman racer?
“Finger poke’d dent skull.”
Race start: Asura’s car blasted speed sans machine spirit.
“Pure power crushes all—cool?”
Post-race, spied Lee So-young autobiography, bought one.
“I wasn’t originally from this world. Tried everything to return...”
Read aloud for viewers.
Thin book, quick read.
“Attempts failed. Cried, hated, raged days—but life goes on, adapt? Succeeded, accepted fate.”
[What? Isekai transfer?]
[Our world to racing world?]
[Like real racer Lee So-young transferred—clone?]
[Weird lore.]
[Mutated on clone? Looks polar opposite lol]
End shocked all.
“Found my soulmate here. Loves this body, treasures me—best love.”
[What?]
[Uh?]
[That bod?]
[No blackmail?]
Truthful: wedding pic at end.
Man barely to her waist held her thick finger, walking aisle.
“Hm, happy’s what matters?”
[Happy = ok.]
“Oh, P.S.”
True last page:
“Cult prez fuck off die? Meaning?”
[Lee Seung-hoon. Lore: past top racer.]
[Now defeated, world travels hobby.]
[Met IRL: said his wished world came true differently, now travels to fill life gaps.]
[What bullshit philosophy. Culty.]
[Don’t diss God Seung-hoon.]
[Pre-customize = Dick-hoon.]
Skipped nonsense, checked time: one more game.
“Wanna see world?”
[Card battle!]
“Card battle, sure!”
Last: card battle.
Stuck at tutorial.
“Draw cards with ‘Draw!’”
“Dr, draw......”
“Too quiet! Louder!”
“Draw!”
Not hard.
Just overzealous NPC tutor, embarrassing playstyle.
“Why not read effects! Attack: shout card name + attack! Again!”
“Cu, cute baby dino direct attack! Petit Petit...... At, attack......”
“No stutters!”
“But must say aloud!? Embarrassing!”
“Embarrassed? Duel’s no joke!?”
Barely finished, hid flushed face in city.
“Man, how do sane people do this?”
[Duelist fate.]
[Never IRL? Real duelists unfazed.]
[Duel’s no joke!?]
[Card spirits shy!?]
“Break time. Cards from experience? Newbies auto-lose?”
[Old lore. Now trade spirits.]
“Grind cash, buy good cards?”
[Or train your own. Rich = buy, confident = craft.]
Someone approached resting her.
“Newbie?”
“Yeah? No way......”
“Here.”
Passed card, left.
[★Hard to make cards?★Duel Money for you★10k Duel Money = 10k won★No fees★Rare trades too★Strong starter set 300k★Stop whining, power up!]
“......Creepy at this point.”
[They’re everywhere and nowhere.]
[Goddick-hoon why allow......]
Too embarrassing for cards.
Tried VR perk instead.
“Whoa! Real taste! Fullness too! Amazing!”
Café drink wowed her.
Identical to reality—worth logging in alone.
“Gyms outta business soon?”
[VR eat + IRL eat lol]
[Ignoring pigs? Real pigs eat both double happy.]
[VR fake, logout hungry eat more.]
“So realistic—nations testing wars, experiments in VR?”
[Lee Seung-hoon shuts it down.]
[AI manages games? Analyzes patterns, catches shenanigans.]
[How distinguish?]
[Dunno? Not me = fine.]
Mid-chat, overheard other patrons.
“Good, as expected. How’s it? The exact world we failed in.”
“Beyond imagination. Humans ditch real skill-building for easy VR cash—never thought.”
“We lagged behind era. Now cling to worthless virtual currency—human greed always outpaces us.”
“Lazing for cash breeds pure sloth greed—prime afterlife employees.”
“Wild: no laws, more scams than reality. Sloth-greed mix mass-produces sinners.”
“Unlike our failure, this AI doesn’t steal souls—perfect. Chairman pleased.”
What convo?
NPCs?
Looked back: empty.
“Anyone here just?”
[Who? Nobody.]
[Aaah ghost!]
[Cyber ghost!]
[VR ghost! Call exorcist!]
“Nah, whatever—log out?”
Logout prep, donation pinged.
[Final boss! But final boss Dick-hoon lolololol]
“What? Where? Going!”
At viewer spot: duelists vs. Lee Seung-hoon.
“Today as final boss, I’ll etch goals in you. No boss fate apparently, but as admin, important.”
“Wow, real Seung-hoon. Final boss? Dev prez self-inserts?”
[Racing too, kinda lame.]
[Fr devs meddle too much.]
“Goal: beat strongest me. Victor gets wish-granting card. Might grant IRL too, hmm.”
“What? Real?”
[Sarang Goods job! Sarang Goods!]
[Cash! Cash!]
[Top fixer solves anything—fix my looks?]
[Add customize! This!]
“Let’s duel. All here vs. me. You first.”
“Think we won’t? Charging!”
“Wish! Grant wish!”
“World’s top duelist mine!”
Drew cards. Duel start, spirits assaulted Seung-hoon.
“This ends it!”
“HP zero indeed. Would’ve lost normally.”
Game continued.
“Special card activate: 「Right Eye Seeing Destruction」, triggers on loss. Bans all cards involved in my defeat.”
“What?”
“No such busted card!?”
“Second effect: 「Future Sight」 activate. 「Right Eye Seeing Destruction」 scouts future—my turn x3.”
“Bullshit!”
“Next: 「Mirror of Murderous Intent」 activate. Summons clone player with foe’s deck. Fights for me, same effects.”
「Mirror of Murderous Intent」 activated.
Clones join your side, empowered.
Lee So-hee no card expert.
Still felt how absurd.
“Then 「Special Boost Potion」 activate. Amps 「Mirror of Murderous Intent」—all clone cards powered up, instant their turns.”
“My turn!”
“My turn!”
“My turn!”
Clones drew, deployed en masse.
Numbers meant nothing; 3 turns crushed all.
“Challenge me? Babel Tower top floor.”
Post-watch verdict:
“Not Mary Sue munchkin—balance trashed.”
Uploaded to YouTube.
[Hidden class?]
[Whoa! Duel hidden classaaa!!!]
[Hidden classes real! That strong!]
[Secret hidden class tease! Not real char!]
[HIDDEN CLASSSSSSSSS!!!]
World’s himu birds went berserk.