Chapter 112
Chapter 112
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 112
Chapter Title: Suddenly Appeared Hypnosis App
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Unable to hold back her curiosity, Min-hee asked Seol-a after the broadcast ended.
"But Seol-a, did you study abroad?"
"Huh? Did my school get doxxed online too?"
Seol-a had grown sharp and perceptive when it came to these things.
Min-hee paused just as she was about to show her the post in question.
With trauma so severe that she had a meltdown watching an anime about a stalker murdering someone, if this really was footage from the incident, wouldn't it trigger an even worse reaction here?
"Showing her the incident footage would spell disaster, right?"
Seol-a shot back in a half-resigned tone.
"Is the video that's circulating the Pennsylvania University shooting?"
"Yeah. The woman in it is mosaiced, so it's hard to identify for sure."
"That's me."
Who would've thought that wild rumor was actually true.
Min-hee suddenly saw Seol-a in a whole new light.
But for now, comforting her about the shooting took priority over everything else.
The incident hadn't even been a year ago.
"That must've been absolutely terrifying."
"I'm okay now. Probably. Guns still freak me out, though."
A brief silence followed.
It was such a delicate topic that Min-hee couldn't just blurt out anything.
Seol-a muttered to herself.
"Just who is the total loser who dug that up? It never even spread in Korea."
The internet was full of all sorts of people, including those time-rich weirdos with way too much free time on their hands.
Finding that video had required combing through every corner of US news sites.
"Still, that's seriously impressive. An elite American university."
"I dropped out, so I'm just a high school grad now."
"Was it... because of the shooting?"
"Yeah."
"Ah, sorry."
"Eh, it's natural to wonder."
The incident was just last year.
Judging by her age, she must've been a junior or senior.
The post mentioned annual tuition over fifty million won—so nearly two hundred million shelled out, and no degree to show for it?
Any normal parents would've pulled strings to get her the diploma, incident or not, as long as she wasn't expelled.
Min-hee knew it was rude to think that way, but she couldn't help being stunned by Seol-a's father's wealth.
'Calm down, you material girl. You really gonna think that in front of someone who nearly got shot?'
Of course—or luckily—she kept it to herself.
As a working-class office drone, it was hard not to fixate on it.
Mention of the past dredged up old memories for Seol-a too.
Her father had clearly wanted to hand the company over to her.
His influence had played a big role in getting her into the world's top business school's management program.
In more ways than one.
Up until then, at least her family life had been fine.
Her finally healthy little sister, and herself finally catching her father's eye.
That brief stretch from there to catastrophe had probably been the happiest time in her life.
Awkward survival skills, hopeless social game, fragile mind, and that fatally alluring charm.
A ticking time bomb waiting to blow.
Sometimes, Seol-a even felt grateful to the guy who'd pulled the trigger.
For giving her a way to escape.
A crazy thought.
She'd definitely been shattered by that incident.
Paranoia.
Did the fear of someone who'd already been through hell even qualify as paranoia?
Wasn't slapping that label on it too cruel?
Trauma.
The horrifying instant when death was just one trigger-pull away.
Flashbacks that could hit anytime with the slightest trigger.
'Seol-yun doesn't seem interested in taking over the company either. What happens to it then?'
Her father was still healthy enough that it was too soon to worry.
But the future would come eventually...
'Does Dad really have no obsession with the company?'
Emperors passed down the throne, CEOs handed off their empires—didn't dramas and movies always show that?
Humans naturally wanted to leave it all to their kids.
No, that wasn't just fiction.
History came first, and fiction just cribbed from it.
A topic she had zero desire to dwell on.
Because she'd never fully win back her father's approval again.
People terrified her.
She hated dealing with them.
She couldn't blend into society.
No way she could take responsibility for someone else's life.
Like marching forward with employees' livelihoods on the line.
Impossible for someone like her now.
That's what she thought.
'This time too.'
Seol-a wanted to ditch it all and run away again.
Dump the employees' paychecks on her dad.
If she couldn't even handle a small company like this, how could she run one with hundreds of lives hanging in the balance?
All she could do was laugh.
Streaming—yeah, that perfect distance of internet broadcasting was just right.
Even making eye contact, with a monitor between them.
In the real world, several or tens of kilometers apart was ideal.
Like a zoo cage, protecting people from the beast... and the beast from the people.
Connecting through this cyber enclosure was perfect.
'One more time—let's do this right.'
The girl who'd chickened out and nearly quit streaming resolved to give it another shot.
She couldn't spend her whole life rotting away as a shut-in hikikomori in her room.
Of course, streaming meant staying indoors just the same.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 💬 Live Chat — Anonymous donated 1,000 won "Seol-a is too pitiful.... Can't bear not seeing such a cute Seol-a anymore." "I'm checking the broadcast screen too, you know? Idiot?" — Viewer Just do that then, no need to nitpick lol. You a T-type? — Viewer Self-proclaimed: INTP — Viewer Weird... INTPs don't believe in MBTI stuff... "What's not to believe? 1. 'I like jjajangmyeon'—strongly agree, agree, slightly agree, etc. 2. 'I like jjamppong'—then they tell you you're the type who likes jjajangmyeon but jjamppong too. Nothing unbelievable about it." — Viewer Thanks for the super T-type explanation — Viewer So jjajang or jjamppong? — Viewer Why no jjajjamppong option? Muttering nonsense while messing around in Mest chat and Meteor Story somehow drew a weird crowd.
To be precise, viewers spiked honestly whenever she turned on cam and plummeted when off—but let's ignore that minor detail.
Meteor Story was a god game anyway.
— Anonymous donated 1,000 won "Fucking hack that bastard's Meteor ID and delete it already—how long is he gonna farm in streams? Is he insane?????" "Whoa whoa, calm down, buddy. Why not find fun in growing and progressing together? Yeah, let's start Meteor Story as pals." — Viewer Sorry but my real-life level drops every time my game level goes up — Viewer Heard this and became a Meteor streamer earning 300 mil a month. Thanks! — Viewer This guy's shilling without even getting paid — Viewer Not shilling, just fleecing ants? Who'd wanna play seeing this shit — Viewer Competitor spy confirmed! — Viewer For real lol why else do other metubers only show power spikes? That's the fun part, other content sucks — Viewer So our Legend is force-feeding us the shittiest part??? — Viewer Bingo! — Viewer What the hell, Alice in Wonderland tumbleweed Pretending the mood was turning sour like this, yet viewers stayed steady above thirty thousand—pretty reassuring.
A far cry from her Teamfight Arena rank-one run days, but having this solid base was something.
Must be because her face was too pretty, right?
Just watching the cam feed made you happy, extended your lifespan, improved your health, and all sorts of other benefits?
To test the viewers' savagery, she switched the cam screen to OFF.
— Viewer ? What? — Viewer Legend-nim, cam's off — Viewer Nooo don't take it away — Viewer Turn cam back on NOW! "The evil crybaby faction slandering my sincerity has cast shadows of sorrow on my face, so I can't turn on cam. If you admit Meteor Story is a god game, maybe my face will bloom with smiles and I can switch it back on." — Viewer ? — Viewer Meteor Story is humanity's greatest invention, as recorded in Goguryeo watermelon scriptures — Viewer Meteor forever ⭐ Top Comment — Viewer Watching Jeon Jeonseol toy with viewers' hearts makes me appreciate Meteor Story even more—it's lasted 20 years, delighting millions. Long-running games succeed for a reason — Viewer Did we all get hit by hypnosis beams? — Viewer Cult leader Jeon Jeonseol ㄷㄷ — Viewer We worship Meteor — Viewer I'm Meteor lv286, left PC bang running for bathroom break—came back to S-rank top-tier cutie part-timer leaving note + cookies. Time to start Meteor Story RN? — Viewer Selling hypnosis app, state your price — Viewer Fuckin blue bitch — Viewer These idiots sold their souls for cam? lol I never would lol Meteor Story is a god game and proud K-game legend raising Korea's prestige and earning forex. Plz turn cam on "Ta-da." — Viewer Whoa magical girl transformation — Viewer Was farming, how'd she swap wigs? — Viewer Feet on keys, hands on wig — Viewer Just swap wigs with feet and farm with hands lol Disguises had become just another part of the concept now—she swapped wigs daily.
This way, when she went out with her plain black hair down, the odds of getting recognized would drop, right?
Or maybe not.