012. Accidental Collab
012. Accidental Collab
Fuck. I messed up.
Frozen like a statue, I stared blankly at the camera.
A two-shot of me and Cheerful Namsu was being broadcast.
But I was the only one wearing a panicked expression.
"Hahaha! It's insane, right! The viewers on my live stream have crazy high chat participation!"
As expected of a major Neotuber, I supposed.
Cheerful Namsu smoothly picked up my line.
Just as I'd said at the start, he didn't seem to care at all about the swearing.
‘...Was it okay to this extent?’
I might've been overreacting.
Then again, it was an internet stream, not terrestrial television. They probably would not make a huge fuss over some profanity.
There had to be other male streamers who casually swore like I did. They were probably few in number and poorly regarded, of course.
Anyway, checking the chat, the general vibe was that nobody was making a big deal out of me cursing.
Of course, the chat was moving so fast I didn't have time to inspect each one individually.
─Cheer!
─Cheer! But who's that guy?
─Fuck Man lololol
─Look at him dropping f-bombs the second the stream starts lololol where'd he jizz? Can you show us?
└'Gubul-Gubul' has been banned.
─Dude curses with real flavor lol
─Whoa, who's that? He's fucking handsome.
─Is he a celebrity? An actor? A model?
─lololol I'll lick up his jizz! Sluuurp! Schlick!
└'HandsomeLicker' has been banned.
Dozens of chat messages poured in every second.
It was a broadcast with genuinely high chat participation.
There were almost no lurkers.
Cheerful Namsu deftly shot a solo take of me while continuing the stream.
"Hahaha! Right? He's seriously good-looking, isn't he? He's even more unreal in person! I seriously thought he was a cartoon character when I first saw him, I was that shocked. Anyway, this is today's special guest, Gye Se-hun! Se-hun, please say hello!"
"...Hello. I'm Gye Bastard-hun, no, Gye Se-hun. Nice to meet you."
I gave a slight nod as I greeted them.
The chat instantly went even crazier.
─What's with your guest-pulling power! Where did you find a god-tier handsome guy like that?
─Not exaggerating one bit, he's top-tier visuals in this country.
─Cheerful Namsu is a god!
─His name's unique.
─What does he do? Does he have an Insta ID?
─Haaahng. I think I'm gonna cum...
└'Ggubul Ggubul' has been banned.
Quite a few people were getting banned.
I couldn't see what they'd typed.
‘Did he have a separate mod? They were good.’
It was amazing how they caught those instantly.
The chat was moving so fast I couldn't even see it.
Maybe he had several mods.
─Hurry up!!! Who is he!!!
─Asked what he does. 2nd try.
─Isn't he a male cam? A face like that can't be an unknown celebrity.
─I've scoured practically every male cam, and I've never seen his face.
─If he were a male cam, he'd have gotten famous ages ago with those looks. Maybe he's a regular person?
─Seems like a new male cam.
─Asked what he does. 3rd try.
─Stop trying to find out, guys. You'll get hurt.
└'Ggobul Ggobul' has been banned.
Had I gotten somewhat used to it?
The chat was starting to register in my eyes, little by little.
I couldn't check each one, but I could tell that a lot of people were asking who I was at that moment.
Cheerful Namsu briefly made eye contact with me.
I got the feeling he was silently asking, Is it okay to reveal that you're a streamer?
I nodded slightly.
‘I said I didn't want promotion, but there was no need to actively hide that I streamed.’
That much did not matter.
My stream was not easy to find anyway.
Even if my name got out, right before I ended my broadcast earlier, I'd changed my nickname from 'Gye Se-hun' to 'Hun's World'.
I hadn't told my existing viewers yet either.
They probably bookmarked it, so it should be fine.
Once Cheerful Namsu confirmed my consent, he looked back at the camera and spoke.
"Haha! Yes! He's also an internet streamer! But unfortunately, I can't tell you his channel name! He said he doesn't want any promotion!"
─???
─???
─Cut the crap and tell us the stream name, you son of a whore male whore.
└'MaleWhoreBomber' has been banned.
─Why doesn't he want promotion?
─Can't you just tell us?
─Give us a hint at least!
─lol I was gonna call a witch hunt and gather the crew to do a newbie killing spree lol
└'Bbooing Bbyoing' has been banned.
By this point, I could even see the chats from the bastards getting banned.
Call a witch hunt and do a newbie killing spree, huh...
There really were all kinds of nuts out there.
Wherever you went, bad apples existed.
I felt like I'd made the right call avoiding channel promotion.
The chat burned with intensity for a good while.
Most of it was telling me not to play coy and just come clean with my channel name.
Cheerful Namsu looked a little flustered too.
He probably hadn't anticipated they'd grill him this hard about my stream.
"Haha... I'm really sorry. The guest doesn't want it, so I can't tell you the channel name. I can't even give a hint. Please understand."
Some viewers even started cussing out the blameless Cheerful Namsu.
He was suffering for nothing because of me.
I started feeling a bit bad.
So I decided to just become the punching bag myself.
"You dumb fucks. If you wanna watch, go find it yourselves. How much do I gotta spoon-feed you?"
And I decided to just keep cursing.
I'd already screwed up from the start, and they didn't seem to crack down on profanity that hard anyway.
They'd probably let a 'fuck' slide generously.
─?? lololololol
─The treasure hunt has begun.
─Stop swearing. Your mouth's a fucking rag.
└'PetitCheolmin' has been banned.
─Is this One Piece? Making us go find it and shit lololol
─The Great Pirate Era has begun...
─Yeah lol we'll find it ourselves.
─Gonna find it for sure by the end of the day lololol
─Looks like all the unemployed basement-dweller trolls are gonna come out in force lol
As soon as I drew the aggro, the chat cursing out Cheerful Namsu noticeably decreased.
The mood in the chat started to calm down.
This wasn't thanks to me, but to his mod.
They were managing things incredibly thoroughly.
Just as I was thinking, 'Alright, the stream can proceed smoothly now,' that moment hit.
『'Cheerful Min-ji' donated 10,000 won.』
└Please just tell us~ hehe I'm curious~
A viewer appeared who was so eager to dig up my stream that they actually donated.
This was a problem.
I couldn't ignore a donation.
It was a donation made on Cheerful Namsu's stream, not mine.
Just as the situation was getting awkward, a savior appeared.
『'Yoho' donated 100,000 won.』
└You don't have to tell us. Just continue the stream. ^^
It was definitely Yoho, a viewer from my stream.
It couldn't be some random viewer with the same name.
Not when they were defending me like that.
Yoho tried to suppress Cheerful Min-ji's request with a donation ten times larger.
But Cheerful Min-ji didn't back down quietly.
『'Cheerful Min-ji' donated 100,000 won.』
└Tell us. hehe
『'Yoho' donated 200,000 won.』
└I said they don't want to tell. Just continue the stream. ^^
『'Cheerful Min-ji' donated 200,000 won.』
└Tell us. hehehehe
A donation battle suddenly erupted.
However, that battle came to a swift end due to Yoho's rampage.
『'Yoho' donated 1,000,000 won.』
└Just continue the stream. ^^
『'Yoho' donated 2,000,000 won.』
└Just continue the stream. ^^
『'Yoho' donated 3,000,000 won.』
└Just continue the stream. ^^
No, how much were they going to drop?
The donation amounts kept increasing as they went on.
I'd felt it last time too, but they really seemed to be filthy rich.
Cheerful Namsu broke out in a cold sweat and kept bowing repeatedly.
"Uh-uh... Th-thank you, Yoho, for the one-million-won donation!"
"Th-Thank you for the two-million-won donation!"
"Thank you for the three-million-won donation...! Wait a moment! I'll prepare a donation reaction!"
『'Yoho' donated 5,000,000 won.』
└No reaction needed, just said to continue the stream. ^^
"...Yes, yes! Understood! Hahaha..."
Cheerful Namsu let out an awkward laugh, then looked at the camera and spoke carefully.
"Um... Min-ji, I'm sorry. You've donated this much, so... could we just let this one slide?"
『'Cheerful Min-ji' donated 10,000 won.』
└k...
Cheerful Min-ji agreed without another word.
They'd probably sensed the difference in class.
And rightfully so.
If it were me, I wouldn't have started a donation battle with someone like that either.
‘That was way beyond overspending; it was literally throwing money onto the ground...’
Even so, I was grateful to Yoho.
Because they'd crushed a viewer trying to control the stream with donations with an even bigger donation, putting them to sleep.
Thanks to them, the viewers trying to dig into my personal info had noticeably decreased.
The incident was thus settled for the time being.
Afterward.
Cheerful Namsu carefully explained the day's schedule.
To sum it up briefly, there was:
An introduction to the Smart Cart.
A Korean beef tasting corner for a mukbang.
Shopping for cheap ingredients and household goods.
An introduction to the search function installed at every shelf, and so on.
He said it was a meticulously planned schedule designed to properly show off the mart's charm.
After the explanation was finished.
"Alright! Then first, let's head to the Korean beef tasting corner..."
Raising his energy, Cheerful Namsu was just about to proceed with the stream.
"Nam Hyeon-su!!!"
A tall woman in the distance suddenly shouted and began sprinting toward us.