075. Bustling Seoul Outdoor Stream
075. Bustling Seoul Outdoor Stream
Three weeks had passed since the neighbor incident.
During that time, just as Dick Lover had said, I hadn't felt a single strange gaze.
‘Looks like that drone really was watching me.’
I'd put the drone in a box and shipped it to the address Drift had given me.
She'd said if I sent it, she'd track down the stalker for me.
And today.
[Sender: Drift AI]
┗I will say. The heinous stalker who was surveilling you with a micro-drone has been dealt with cleanly by me, and I will state that I have taken measures to ensure they can never approach you again. I am confident that this matter has been resolved well, so you may rest assured going forward.
An email had arrived from Drift.
It seemed she'd succeeded in tracking down the drone's owner.
‘Dick had been adamant that her acquaintance wouldn't be traceable... But Drift really was a hacker on a whole different level.’
She was truly a reliable and reassuring viewer.
I wasn't sure what 'dealt with' meant,
but since she said she'd taken care of it, I decided to stop worrying about the drone.
Surely she hadn't killed them, right?
‘Well then, time to wash up and start the stream.’
After washing down my breakfast with cola and finishing the dishes, I headed to the bathroom.
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After washing up refreshingly and towel-drying my hair, I picked up the camera.
Then I checked the stream on my phone.
『The stream has started.』
Gyejipsa had the stream on, as it happened.
【Reformed Guburi】─Ohayo! Hisashiburi~
The first person to enter was Guburi.
It had been a while since Guburi had come in this quickly.
Lately, she'd always entered late.
Late enough that she had to use the entry code to get in.
"Our Guburi, you're early today?"
【Hottie Licker】─Our Guburi? Since when the fuck are you two so close? Ptui ptui. Lick.
【Qkrnfl892】─What. You two dating?
【Se-hun Defense Force】─You gonna date Guburi?
【Reformed Guburi】─I work these days, you know. lol. Today's my day off, so I came right in. Sex.
【BigGirl】─You've escaped unemployment?
【Yoho】─Gasp. Where are you working?
【Min-ji】─damn What kind of work do you do?
【Reformed Guburi】─None of your fucking business, you bitches?
"Oh. You got a job? No wonder your chats have been sparse when you come on stream lately. So, where are you working?"
【Reformed Guburi】─Japanese restaurant. lol.
【Yoho】─When the streamer asks, you answer right away. -_-
Hearing she'd gotten a job was a relief.
Guburi was someone I especially worried about.
Just looking at her, she was a textbook hikikomori viewer, so I couldn't help but worry.
"Anyway, congrats, Guburi. You've finally come back from being trash to being a human being."
【Reformed Guburi】─Thanks. lol.
【Dick Lover】─She doesn't seem to mind the part about being called trash.
【Plum Tree】─She admits it herself.
After offering my congratulations to Guburi,
I slowly scanned the viewer list.
‘No new viewers, huh.’
Lately, there'd been quite a few new viewers mixed in, but today, for the first time in a while, it was made up entirely of existing viewers.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─When do I get a code. T_T
Maniac had barely managed to squeeze in.
Later,
Bubblegum Collector entered belatedly.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! I've arrived, bub!
【Gyejipsa】─Wakyapya! I've arrived, bub!
For reference, that didn't mean she'd entered the stream.
"Wakyapya! I came to hang out again!"
It meant she'd actually entered my house.
Bubblegum came bounding naturally into the house and then waved at the camera.
【Reformed Guburi】─That fucker keeps showing up to hang out, damn it.
【Yoho】─It'd be 'going to hang out,' I think. It's not your house, Reformed.
【Min-ji】─Bubblegum. Please stop coming over so much. -_-
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Look at her coming in like she owns the place. Every time I see her I wanna crack her head open. lol.
Once every two or three days,
Bubblegum would come over to my house whenever she pleased.
Of course, she wasn't coming to see me.
She was just coming over to play with Gyejipsa.
"I'm going upstairs!"
Bubblegum said that as she passed by me.
Today, just as she was running up the stairs to the second floor like always,
“Oh, right!”
As if she had just remembered something,
she stopped abruptly.
Bubblegum ran back over to me and handed me a small box she was holding.
"Dick said to give this to you!"
"Dick? You met up with her again?"
"Oh, well, actually, I've been living with Dick since the day before yesterday."
This was news to me.
Dick and Bubblegum, why?
As the question formed, I looked at the camera and asked.
"Dick. Why are you living with Bubblegum?"
【Dick Lover】─Secret.
She didn't seem interested in answering.
Bubblegum was also grinning stupidly.
"Hehe. Secret!"
she said, pulling that shit.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─What's a secret?
【Dick Lover】─It means confidential.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Huh? Just tell me. -_-
【Dick Lover】─I said it's confidential.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Fuck off, everything's a damn secret with you.
【Dick Lover】─?
【Hottie Licker】─That fucker seriously seems like her IQ is lower than Guburi's. Sllurp.
【Qkrnfl892】─Fr lol.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Six of one, half dozen of the other. lol.
【Reformed Guburi】─I was just minding my own business, why are you bitches on my case?
【Hottie Licker】─It's just affection. lol. Sllurp.
【Reformed Guburi】─Fuck off.
Deciding to ignore the dumbass chat from my viewers, I started unwrapping the box Bubblegum had given me.
【Dick Lover】─Se-hun. Try not to show it on camera if you can.
I listened to Dick's request,
and pointed the camera elsewhere for a moment.
Then I checked the contents of the box.
‘...What was this? A pistol?’
Inside was a pistol smaller than my palm.
The pistol looked rather unusual.
It looked so strange that I wondered whether it was a toy.
【Min-ji】─Se-hun, your eyes suddenly got big.
【Yoho】─Did Dick Lover send you something weird?
【Reformed Guburi】─She didn't send a dildo, did she?
【Hottie Licker】─Why would she send a dildo to Se-hun. lol. Sllurp.
"Dick. This isn't a toy, right?"
【Dick Lover】─Not a toy. Sent it for you to use as a self-defense item.
【Qkrnfl892】─Self-defense item? Is it a stun gun?
【Dick Lover】─Yeah, similar.
【Dick Lover】─Se-hun. Read the instruction manual too.
I picked up the paper that was under the pistol.
It wasn't so much an instruction manual as just a handwritten note explaining the pistol's functions.
<This is a newly developed silenced compact pistol. Se-hun, I know you're strong, but I sent you one because I figured having a gun is safer than being bare-handed.>
It was my first time receiving a gun as a gift, so I was slightly taken aback.
Was I the first streamer in history to get a present like this from a viewer?
Anyway, since she'd sent it out of concern for me, I decided to keep it on me.
Though I didn't think I'd ever really need to use it.
"...Anyway, thanks. I'll make good use of it."
【Dick Lover】─lol You've only got me, right?
"Well, you're the only crazy bitch who'd give something like this, that's for sure..."
【Reformed Guburi】─No, what the hell did she give you? Fuck, don't keep it to yourselves, tell us. -_-
【Qkrnfl892】─She said it was a stun gun.
【Reformed Guburi】─Giving a stun gun makes her a crazy bitch?
【Qkrnfl892】─I dunno, dipshit. Just go with it.
【Yoho】─But why did you suddenly send a self-defense item?
【Min-ji】─Yeah, for real. It does seem a bit out of the blue.
【Qkrnfl892】─Isn't it because those Male Supremacy Group bastards have been swaggering around like they own the place lately?
【Hottie Licker】─Yeah, that's it. In case he gets attacked during an Outdoor Stream. Ptui.
【Dick Lover】─Yep, you nailed it.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─?? Don't they just do malicious comment attacks?
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Nope. Didn't you see the news? Day before yesterday, they threw acid on a celebrity too.
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Fr?
【Plum Tree】─They're insane.
【BigGirl】─Se-hun, you should be especially careful. You've been targeted by that male group before, remember.
"That was ages ago... They don't seem to even care about me anymore. Maybe because I'm a small-time streamer."
【Drift AI】─I will say. The 'Male Supremacy Group 2nd Generation' is a group that indiscriminately terrorizes good-looking or pretty humans regardless of gender, I will state.
【Reformed Guburi】─What's this 2nd Generation now?
【Drift AI】─I will say. It is a group formed by those who were expelled from the original Male Supremacy Group, I will state.
Drift had popped up out of nowhere to explain the Male Supremacy Group 2nd Generation.
Which meant, in short,
the Male Supremacy Group 2nd Generation was an extreme faction formed by people who'd even been rejected by the original group.
"Drift, you really do know a lot. Anyway, don't worry about me. Dick gave me a self-defense item, and even without it, I'm not the type to get taken down easily by an attack."
【Plum Tree】─True, Se-hun is fucking amazing in a fight.
【Reformed Guburi】─Did you see her fight?
【Dick Lover】─Agreed, she's not at a level where some random civilians could take her down. lol.
【Reformed Guburi】─I asked if you saw her fight.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! You can't really stop malicious comment attacks like you can physical ones, right, bub?
【Gyejipsa】─Wakyapya! Can't stop 'em, bub!
"Malicious comments don't really affect me. I limit the viewer count on my stream, and I don't really look at stuff like online communities. And since there's almost no reason for me to get tangled up with that group, don't waste your energy worrying about it."
I said that,
and stopped paying attention to pointless things like the Male Supremacy Group, continuing my preparations to go out.
***
While driving.
I briefly explained the stream schedule to the viewers.
Basically,
today: a street Outdoor Stream in Seoul.
Tomorrow: a meal stream with Cheerful Namsu.
I told them it would proceed like that.
【Reformed Guburi】─So you're going to Seoul early because of your plans tomorrow?
"That, and also to show you guys around Seoul a bit."
【Reformed Guburi】─?? The fuck, you think we're a bunch of country bumpkins?
【Hottie Licker】─lolol Guburi, weren't you a country bumpkin? Sllurp.
【BigGirl】─Where will you be staying?
"I booked a hotel in Sinsa-dong. Near Apgujeong Station."
【BigGirl】─Huh? Sinsa-dong? That's near where I work.
【Min-ji】─That's where our building is. heh.
【Yoho】─Gasp. That's near our place?
When I mentioned the destination, the three of the polite-speech trio reacted simultaneously.
Coincidentally, it seemed all three of them lived near Sinsa-dong.
"So what."
But that was none of my business.
Because I had no intention of meeting viewers this time around.