093. Temporary Opening
093. Temporary Opening
The Escape Hotel.
The Thicc Ass incident.
Dinner and drinks plans with Cheerful Namsu.
An impromptu collab with a bunch of female streamers.
And so on.
The wildest of days came to an end.
And before I knew it, three weeks had slipped by.
‘I wondered what had happened to the male streamers who'd gotten exposed back then.’
The moment I stepped out of the bath.
I suddenly found myself curious about what those streamers were up to now.
So I pulled up some internet articles on my phone and skimmed through them.
‘...Yep, they all bought a one-way ticket straight to hell.’
The streamers who committed crimes.
Most of them seemed to have gotten the punishment their crimes deserved.
And the streamers who didn't commit crimes.
Those people, it looked like, had all retired after taking a massive hit to their reputations.
‘Their private lives got completely exposed too... Looking back, Drift might have gone a little overboard with that.’
As an aside.
A few of the streamers had raised hell, saying they'd sue the hacker.
On grounds of privacy invasion and all sorts of other justifications.
But, just as Drift had guaranteed.
The investigators hadn't found a single shred of a clue about the hacker, apparently.
She was a viewer who went beyond competent, straight into terrifying.
‘Seeing as the investigators never contacted me, it looked like Hyeon-su thankfully hadn't gone around telling people the hacker was a viewer on my stream.’
Anyway, I was still scrolling through the comments on the article.
‘Huh?’
A strangely familiar username caught my eye.
［A Tangled Ball of Fuzz］
┗Retired my fucking ass? lol like hell they retired. Six months from now they'll be back, swinging their dicks around. Disgusting dickwad bastards like that all need their dicks snipped off with scissors. Am I right? Smash that like if you wanna pop those bastards' balls!
[Likes: 6974][Dislikes: 892]
The username checked out.
The trashy writing style checked out too.
No matter how I looked at it, this was definitely Guburi, one of my viewers.
‘This fucking lunatic was out here starting shit in article comment sections too...’
The more I saw of her, the more she struck me as someone with zero sense of tomorrow.
What was she gonna do if she got sued?
‘I was getting secondhand embarrassment here.’
I decided to keep Guburi locked down tight on my stream whenever possible.
If I let an unrefined, feral madwoman run loose in the wild, she'd sow utter chaos across the once-peaceful internet.
Exactly like right then.
Anyway, I left the article at that.
Before turning on the stream, I figured I should put some clothes on first.
***
Just as I was about to start the stream.
A delivery driver suddenly showed up at the house, so I set the camera down for a moment.
And hurried over to the front gate.
"Delivery here."
"Delivery? I didn't order anything..."
"Are you not Gye Se-hun?"
I was indeed the recipient.
I checked the address, and it was definitely my house.
‘Did Hyeon-su or one of the viewers send this? Wait, more importantly, why was there so much?’
I couldn't help but stare dumbly at the mountain of boxes piled on the ground.
At a rough eyeball estimate.
There looked to be at least twenty of them.
"That's the last of the deliveries. Have a good day, then!"
"Yeah... Thanks, drive safe."
"Yes! Have a nice day!"
After sending the driver on their way.
I moved all the packages into the yard first.
While I was at it, I checked the shipping labels to see what was inside.
‘Huh? Dolls?’
Not just any dolls. Teddy bears.
Who had sent something like this?
I was standing there with that question in my head.
Then, from behind the artificial tree.
I spotted Gomdori, hiding their body with only their head poking out.
And above Gomdori's head.
Bubblegum was also sticking their face out, staring at me.
"Gyejipsa. Looks like the stuff we... no, the stuff you ordered last time showed up."
［Wakyapya! So excited!］
"But what do I tell Se-hun? He's the one who paid for it."
［Just say you won a prize!］
"Yeah, Se-hun's dumb, he'll probably buy that."
［Right! He's an idiot, so he'll believe it!］
"Since he's an idiot, I'll have to take good care of him once we're married. Hehe."
［No cutting in line! I'm marrying him first!］
"Yokai can't marry humans. Probably!"
［Aah...!］
"Instead, Gyejipsa, I'll take you in as my daughter. Fufu."
［Thank you!］
I could hear the whole damn conversation.
They were just running their mouths like absolute idiots.
‘...Why the hell were they talking so loud.’
The culprits who ordered the packages were clearly those two shorties.
I set down the box I was holding.
And strode right toward the lunatics hiding behind the tree.
"Ah! We're busted! Run!"
［It's fine! We don't have to run!］
Gomdori leaped out, boldly revealing themself.
［These packages are a prize we won...］
"Gomdori. I heard everything you two were saying."
［...Huh?］
Gomdori froze up as if startled.
And then, trembling like a leaf, slowly turned around.
［Bub, Bubblegum...］
Bubblegum had already fled.
They'd bolted straight into the house without so much as a backward glance.
"Gomdori?"
［W-Well, you see... Ah! Actually, Bubblegum threatened me into ordering these...! I didn't want to!］
Gomdori sputtered out a pathetic excuse.
Bubblegum too. Both of them were real shining examples of loyalty.
I let out a sigh.
And slowly walked toward Gomdori again.
At that, Gomdori flinched and shrank back as much as their body would allow.
"...It's fine. If you wanted something, ordering it isn't a big deal."
I said it as I patted Gomdori's head.
I hadn't really planned on scolding them to begin with.
I figured the dolls they ordered today would count as repayment for how spotlessly they'd been cleaning the house.
［Th-Thank you! I'll work even harder on the housework from now on! I love you!］
Looking deeply moved, Gomdori threw their arms around me in a hug.
They were a creature I couldn't hate even if I wanted to.
"Gomdori. More importantly, why the hell did you order those teddy bears? Were you into playing with dolls?"
［If I have teddy bears, I can do something amazing. I'll practice and show you later.］
"What's the amazing thing?"
［Fufu. It's a secret for now! But you can look forward to it! I'm going to practice really hard!］
Leaving those words behind, Gomdori waddled back into the house.
It was the kind of receding figure that naturally brought a satisfied smile to my face.
***
After moving all the packages to the sub-bedroom.
I grabbed the camera again and came down to the first floor to start the stream.
For the record, I'd already decided on today's content.
Uncapping the viewer limit.
That was today's content.
I'd meant to do it a bit sooner, but I'd been living so thoughtlessly lately, I'd completely forgotten.
‘I'd put up a notice yesterday, so a decent number should show up, right? Weirdly, I was a little nervous.’
First, I turned the stream on as a 'Password Stream.'
It was to let the existing viewers in first and hand over manager privileges to them.
【Yoho】─Hello. Good morning.
【Min-ji】─Hellooo! Good afternooon!
【Dick Lover】─Oh. You can get into password streams with the entry code too.
【Hottie Licker】─The entry code is divine! Lick!
【Reformed Guburi】─Get in? Get into what? A pussy?
【Plum Tree】─What the. She just set the password the same as the entry code.
【Drift AI】─I speak. I say hello.
【BigGirl】─Hello.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Gye-ha!
【Qkrnfl892】─Hewwo~
【Bubblegum Collector】─Warkyarpya!
【Gyejipsa】─Wakyapya! Where's Bubblegum hiding, youuu!!!
The viewers all filed in within less than twenty seconds.
Thanks to me announcing the stream time in advance.
I'd turned it on a bit late, but they'd apparently been waiting diligently.
"Guburi."
【Reformed Guburi】─Yeah, hi, Gye Bastard-hun!
"I'm saying this because I'm worried about you. Try not to go around leaving weird comments on internet articles, got it?"
【Reformed Guburi】─Huh? I don't go around leaving hate comments and stuff.
"Bullshit... Anyway, just be careful out there. You'll get yourself sued doing that."
【Reformed Guburi】─Sex.
【Hottie Licker】─Lick.
I decided to leave the sermon at that.
It wasn't like I was Guburi's parent.
"By the way, are you off work today? Weren't you usually working at this hour and missing streams?"
【Min-ji】─Yeahhh. Are you not going to work? -_-
【Reformed Guburi】─Got fired.
【Hottie Licker】─?
【Yoho】─Gasp.
【Min-ji】─???
"Fired? Why?"
【Reformed Guburi】─Fought with the boss.
【Hottie Licker】─You didn't fight, you just got chewed out one-sidedly, right? Lick.
【Reformed Guburi】─Shut up, you fucking bitch.
【Hottie Licker】─Okay. Smooch.
Guburi had apparently slipped back into total bum status.
It was unfortunate news.
"Why'd you go and fight with your boss... You should've controlled your temper."
【Dick Lover】─Se-hun, you're the last person who should be talking.
【Qkrnfl892】─For real lol
【Reformed Guburi】─Ah, fuck! Life's so fucking hard!
【Hottie Licker】─Hang in there, Guburi. Lick.
【Yoho】─Hang in there, Reformed.
【Min-ji】─There are lots of other jobs out there, so don't be too downnn.
【Reformed Guburi】─Don't pity me, you fucking bitches.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Hang in there, Guburi.
【Reformed Guburi】─Ah! Hello, Defense Force ma'am! Thank you for comforting me!
【Plum Tree】─Lololol
【Qkrnfl892】─Defense Force is the designated bully for Guburi. lol
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! Guburi only uses formal speech with Defense Force!
【Gyejipsa】─Wakyapya! Found Bubblegum!
【Yoho】─I still can't get used to Reformed acting like that.
【Hottie Licker】─That's because Guburi's a diehard Red Clown fan. Lick.
【Reformed Guburi】─But what am I supposed to do for a living now? Should I become Gye Bastard-hun’s personal chef?
【BigGirl】─Then I'll be Se-hun's personal bodyguard.
【Hottie Licker】─I'll be Se-hun's personal ethics teacher. Lick.
【Qkrnfl892】─I'll be Se-hun-land's personal soldier.
"Anyway, you guys. Like I said in the notice, I'm bumping you all up to manager, so don't slack off and handle the modding properly."
【Yoho】─Just leave it to me!
【Min-ji】─I'll ban them allll!
【Drift AI】─I speak. I say I will erase them all.
"Don't spout bullshit. Just pick out the malicious viewers and ban them."
And with that, I promoted all the viewers to manager.
Then, after taking a short, deep breath.
I switched from Password Stream to Public Stream without delay.
That moment.
『'——' has entered the stream.』
『'——' has entered the stream.』
『'——' has entered the stream.』
『'——' has entered the stream.』
『'Reverse-Rape Maniac' has entered the stream.』
『'——' has entered the stream.』
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【——】─yo yo
【——】─Oh! It opened!
【——】─Let's gooo!
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Let's gooo~
【——】─Gooo!!!
【Catgirl】─Hi, handsome!
【——】─Wow. I'm finally seeing this stream.
【——】─yo
【Se-hun Fucker】─Good day to you.
【——】─I came here after watching the bar collab last time.
【Cheerful Hyeon-ji】─Se-hun, hiiiii!
【cncjswha12】─Fuck! They said you were a woman! They said you were a woman!
【——】─I'm here from the bar collab.
【——】─Howdy! I'm here from that bar stream the other dayyy!
【whfflek555】─Should not have left back then...
【——】─Here from the Streamer Gallery.
【TrackingAI】─Greetings.
【Semen Thief】─Hello.
【——】─Finally got in!!!
【Team Leader Park】─Good day!
【Jjajang Ramen】─Hisashiburi!
【We Collect Unpaid Debts】─Good day, dear!
【——】─First time seeing this since signing up.
【Mengyao】─Bangabanga.
【——】─You're the one from Neotube, right? Hello. hehe
The new viewers began flooding in.