Chapter 7 - Crisis into Opportunity
Crisis into Opportunity
Translator : Elizabeth
Chapter 7. Crisis into Opportunity
[JUDGEMENT]
The Judgment card signifies a warning.
A signal that the results of choices made so far will soon be revealed, and an inescapable test is approaching. At the same time, it meant that if faced correctly, a corresponding reward would follow.
I recalled the moment that card came to mind during the broadcast.
‘The sensation I felt then was ominous.’
Is it a trial, or a turning point? What was clear was the fact that something was coming soon. Therefore, what I must do now is identify what the problem is.
My human relationships were cut off long ago, and I didn't go outside. Naturally, the scope narrowed down to broadcast-related problems. Furthermore, the timing when Judgment's warning emerged was exactly right after I Am Invincible’s donation burst.
‘It’s probably a problem related to divining for sports players.’
Having concluded thus, I started ego-searching.
Before I even flipped through the search bar a few times, the situation was immediately revealed. It was embarrassing to even call it a discovery.
「Who is TarotYujin? The unidentified streamer who predicted the myth of hundred-billion-won gambling」
「Life changed by one word from ‘TarotYujin’? The mystery Tarot broadcast shaking the internet」
「Divination or coincidence… The questions remaining behind the hundred-billion-won jackpot incident. What kind of broadcast is TarotYujin?」
Internet news headlines containing the ID TarotYujin caught my eye quite frequently.
‘Wh-What is this…!’
I clicked on one of them and entered. Holding my shaking gaze with effort, I read through the article.
Soon the details of the incident were revealed.
I Am Invincible succeeded in an ultra-high-stakes bet based on my fortune-telling, and the fact that he uploaded the result along with a proof shot had spread everywhere.
The scale was in the hundreds of billions. With a little exaggeration, if it was a community where people gathered, that story was circulating without exception.
Cold sweat ran down my spine.
This… was not something that could be passed over quietly.
‘Is this, really something I can handle…?’
Such doubt flashed for a moment, but I soon steadied my mind, ruminating on the meaning of the Judgment card.
‘It implied that hope exists after the trial passes. It means the situation isn't just despairing.’
The moment I calmed my breath, images of two Arcana flashed through my mind as if supporting my conjecture.
The first to emerge was [THE HERMIT].
In the middle of darkness where nothing reaches, one person stands.
A figure looking down without sharing a gaze with the world. The isolation within that empty void was simply distant. It felt almost like an absolute phenomenon.
However, it wasn't complete nothingness.
The small light inside the lantern held in his hand. That faint but unwavering light source was a firm intellect remaining only after cutting everything off.
Not turning away, but the single thing remaining after filtering out all unnecessary things.
Soon after, [THE WORLD] overlapped.
Vision opens up in an instant.
A space where the boundary between end and beginning disappears, an existence standing inside a circular frame. Everything was contained within it to the extent that even the distinction between inside and outside became meaningless.
It wasn't a feeling of dominating by force. A sense where everything around naturally forms order just by existing. A gaze close to omnipotence that reaches without extending a hand and grasps without looking.
Two images crossed, leaving a quiet question in my head.
It was the same as when the Star card came up last time. It wasn't telling me what the answer was.
This is a question.
Will you remain alone?
Or, will you handle everything?
—0 viewers
【Today’s mysterious content is exactly~】
【TarotYujin】
The moment I turned on the broadcast, the number below the screen shot up at a ridiculous speed.
—6,284 viewers
Tens, hundreds, thousands units lost meaning in an instant. Taking my eyes off the numbers, I steadied my heart trembling with tension.
‘It’s fine. There is no need to be swept away by that.’
—36,261 viewers
The familiar nicknames I used to see in Tarot Gallery could no longer be found. IDs I saw for the first time poured in like a waterfall. Chats saying they came via links from all sorts of communities came up in succession.
- Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~ Let’s go~
- Not turning on cam?
- Is this the rumor's Sports Toto top instructor room? Is this the rumor's Sports Toto top instructor room? Is this the rumor's Sports Toto top instructor room?
- Sense is dead.
- Hey! Viewers are here, aren't you gonna greet!
- Why doesn't donation work.
The chat window wasn't at a level that could be expressed by the word 'flowing'. Just when I thought I caught a glimpse of a sentence, it was pushed up, and emoticons, curses, question marks, and exclamations tangled together, looking like a slot machine spinning.
“I’ll put on a 2-minute slow mode.”
I selected the maximum time setting possible for slow mode. Only then did the chat become somewhat readable.
- Is this the place?
- Is that Tarot broadcast here?
- She's the person who popped the hundred billion, right?
- Where is the fortune teller?
- Read mine too.
- Slow 2 minutes? Crossing the line f*ck.
- Why doesn't donation work, asking for the 3,725,163,738th time.
“Donations are closed.”
- Na.
- Rak (Hell/Abyss).
- This nobody bitch is full of herself.
- Rak.
- Rak.
- Why doesn't donation work, asking for the 8,261,437th time.
- Na.
- Na.
Even if I call it donation, it was obvious that only useless questions would line up. If I listened to those words one by one right now, it would really be Narak (Hell), no joke.
“I’ll point out one thing before starting the broadcast.”
- Is something big coming?
- Rak.
- Big thing is coming!
- Release the slow when I say nicely.
- Na.
“The purpose of those who came right now is mostly similar.”
- No though? My purpose is unique though?
Having said that, I recalled the two choices given to me when I grasped the problem.
Hermit and World.
The meaning of Arcana can be interpreted in various ways, but sometimes they suggest a quite specific path.
This case was like that.
‘Honestly, it would be a lie if I said I wasn't envious.’
I have never even bought a Lotto, let alone gambled. Because I didn't have the money for that. So I couldn't predict I Am Invincible's actions at all.
‘No, but wasn't it that you could quit gambling if you watched my broadcast?’
Such a question slightly occurred, but let’s move on for now.
Because what is important right now was the meaning each Arcana holds.
- Just the result of the next EPL round plz.
- Spoiler for teams advancing to postseason go.
- Who advances after Champions group stage ends?
- Not KBO, just telling Major is fine.
- Just tell me if it goes to overtime.
Cutting off that flow is the Hermit.
Riding that flow was the World.
I had already made my decision.
“Like this incident, based on the country I broadcast in, I will not read fortunes that can be used for illegal activities.”
Actually, many people had already stepped up saying they would report I Am Invincible, and among them, there were many who uploaded proof.
‘Seeing that he left a teabagging saying he resides overseas, it seems he is still fine. Anyway, if things like this keep happening, I could also get legally entangled.’
Since I didn't gamble directly or induce it, there is almost no probability of being guilty, but for me who has restrictions on going out, that itself was troublesome.
In other words, my choice is the Hermit.
- F*ck are you kidding.
- Then what is I Am Invincible.
- Yeah there is legal Toto too~
“Also, even if it is legal, I will not read fortunes that clearly have room to be used for gambling.”
In effect, the only option.
- ???
- Crossing the line.
- Na.
- Scared???
- Rak.
The moment the chat window was about to soar steeply again. I added a proviso.
“For one year.”
- What does this mean?
- No why, just do it.
- Back and forth~ Back and forth~ Back and forth~ Back and forth~ Back and forth~ Back and forth~ Back and forth~
- Yeah~ You guessed by luck~ Don't believe~
“Everyone. Think about it.”
- Yeah~ Won't think~
- Na.
- (Fire emoticon) (Fire emoticon) (Fire emoticon) (Fire emoticon) (Fire emoticon) (Fire emoticon)
- Rak.
“If I divine something where one can see financial gain, wouldn't I give the opportunity to existing viewers if possible? Not to you guys who suddenly came to my broadcast and made a fuss.”
- Ah.
- Geuk (Heaven/Paradise).
- Wait a sec.
- Discrimination? Discrimination? Discrimination? Discrimination? Discrimination?
- Rak.
- Hello TarotYujin-nim^^ Your voice is so nice.
- Rak.
- Geuk.
The viewers' attitude started to soften in an instant. Aiming for the opportunity a year later.
“It seems you noticed. Let’s try to build a good relationship in the future.”
- Good relationship oh my oh my.
- Ay shit it’s ruined ruined.
- Yep^^
- Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!
—13,294 viewers
Then, the viewer count that reached almost 40,000 started to decrease rapidly.
‘If it’s this much, I overcame the crisis well, right?’
Of course, I couldn't end it like this. Now, when that immense number of gazes still remained on me, was exactly.
‘Opportunity.’
Because it was the best moment to let know what kind of streamer I am.
I executed the game I prepared in advance.
A certain title rising on the computer screen.
〔FAIRY THE SEA〕
Fairy The Sea.
An indie game famous for a character shining with blue eye light and the Wa! meme, a story of traveling deep under the sea and meeting marine creatures.
- Wa!
- You know Fairy The Sea! It. Is. Real. Ly. Freak. Ing. Hard.
- No, suddenly?
- Giving up on Tarot???
I contained the viewers' reactions in my eyes for a moment, then opened my mouth.
“Those who know this game, all know it, right? It’s content about exploring under the sea, meeting various creatures, and revealing secrets entangled in the underwater world. So today… I intend to play while reading the creatures with Tarot.”
- With Tarot?
- Oh?
- Isn't it that you already tried it?
“No, it’s the first time. I know it’s famous, but I’ve never played it myself. I don't know the detailed content at all either.”
- First time pyapyapya.
- Talking nonsense about first time.
“It’s really true. I’ll try while reading with Tarot.”
Fortunately, there were quite a few viewers showing interest. Thinking the start was decent, I started the game.
The protagonist diving deep under the sea. The first creature met is a sea anemone.
“It’s a sea anemone.”
The sea anemone sways softly and spreads its tentacles. Small grains of sand approach the protagonist.
“It tells me to touch this? Shall I touch?”
- It says receive it yeah.
- Yeah lol.
“I’ll check with Tarot.”
Feeling something strange in the viewers' reactions, I picked one card.
Reversed [THE DEVIL].
Deception, obsession, malice hidden in darkness. Poison needle hidden behind soft tentacles. Pretending to be beautiful but in fact.
“…Devil, and reversed. This sea anemone, seems dangerous.”
- Yeah correct.
- You looked at the walkthrough correct f*ck.
I avoided the sand grains. Following that, the sea anemone’s tentacles extended in an instant.
—FOOLISH!
The sea anemone's true form was revealed. Poison needles hidden in the sand grains surrounded the protagonist.
- Openly pretending not to have done it.
- Too obvious.
Then a huge shadow appeared and chased away the sea anemone. It was a whale.
“A big whale saved me.”
The whale sings softly. A warm attitude trying to protect the protagonist.
“How about this person. I’ll look at the Tarot.”
I shuffled the deck where I returned the Devil card chwaruru, then picked one again.
[THE EMPRESS].
Maternal love, protection, warmth. But at the same time, overprotection, obsession.
“Empress card. An existence like a mother. It seems she wants to protect me. But….”
I looked at the card again.
“…She might try to protect me too much. Not wanting to let me go.”
- Yeah~ You already played the game~
- F*ck just say you played it why lie?
- This person doesn't look like she has any intention to hide it even a little?
“I said I haven't done it.”
- Yeah right.
I proceeded with the game, responding appropriately to the viewers' reactions. Swimming with the whale, seeing jellyfish, following a school of fish.
And stood in front of the path going down to the deep trench.
The whale blocks the way.
—Do not go. It is dangerous.
“I’ll check with Tarot. Should I part with the whale?”
I picked a card from the shuffled deck.
[THE HERMIT].
Solitude, being left alone, the sadness of letting go.
“Hermit… The whale is lonely. She doesn't want to send me away. But I have to leave.”
A choice appears.
“I’ll part with the whale and go to the deep place.”
The whale sings sadly. And opens the path.
—…Go carefully.
The protagonist swims into the darkness.
- Sadness.
- Mamang (Mommy)ㅜㅜ
“I’ll go to the next area.”
Dark deep sea. A place with almost no light.
Something moves nearby. Shining blue light, a small school of fish follows.
“It seems something is chasing. I’ll check with Tarot.”
Chwarruk—!
What popped out from among the cards mixing dazzlingly was.
[THE MAGICIAN].
One harboring infinite possibility.
“…Magician card. Seems not an ordinary existence.”
- Yujin-ah let’s just confess you played the game, it’s cringe I don't want to watch.
- Real, what is the reason for pretending it’s the first time when you choose with Tarot anyway? (Genuinely don't know).
But before I knew it, most viewers were expressing negative reactions.
“…I said it’s really my first time?”
I frowned my brow in injustice and protested.
It was then.
- Uh?
- Thinking about it, something is strange.
A few viewers felt a sense of incongruity.
- But even if she played the game in advance, isn't it a bit strange?
- What?
- What nonsense?
Another viewer took over the chat.
- I don't know Tarot well, but assuming the interpretation is accurate for now…
The flow of the chat window slowed down for a moment. People's gazes were concentrated.
…Why does the exact fitting card come out each time? Out of that many cards?
Suddenly, question marks started filling the chat window.
- ?
- Uh?
- That’s true?
- ???
Someone spat out a curse.
- She wasn't a fortune teller but a magician f*ck.