Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: Shaking Off Ants
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She searched for "streaming microphone" on the portal site and checked the "over 1 million won" price range on the shopping page that popped up.
💬 Live Chat
<This person's no broadcasting newbie?>
<From headset mic to 1-million-won mic, dramatic evolution lol>
<Was putting together a cost-effective mic recommendation lineup... guess it's scrapped>
<ASMR mic goooo>
<Wouldn't it be better to start with a 100k-won mic?>
<They've got that much money, apparently>
<If there's sunk cost, they won't quit streaming, which is good, right?>
<Gotta stream healthily for a long time~>
<Bet the streamer's headset ain't cheap either?>
Just searched and checked a box—two actions, that's it.
The chat window was going absolutely nuts.
Aggro from the value-for-money crowd.
She was actually going to buy the mic.
"Isn't it better value to buy a good one right away instead of buying something mid-tier twice along the way?"
<Pretty sure you're misunderstanding what 'value for money' means...>
<Jeon Jeonseol-style value>
<Does this person tie a napkin around their neck and eat steak every day?>
<Rich kid flex channels belong on NerTube>
<Minimum: penthouse in prime Seoul real estate, I'd bet>
She flinched.
With so many people, the random throws included hits here and there.
It made her flinch.
"This is just a normal gaming stream. Don't slap weird concepts on it."
<This person took 500k cash from Infinity and now shilling Magical Fight?>
<Girl who's serious about Magical Fight shilling>
<What's wrong with a girl who's serious about magical girl games?>
<Watched cuz it's supposed to be Magical Girls Chronicle healing material, but everyone's dying—protagonist's friends, allies, everyone? Is this right?>
<It was critically harmful, apparently>
<Ah, spoiler ffs>
<How serious do you gotta be about Jeon Jeonseol to watch that lol>
"You watched Magical Girls Chronicle? Who's your favorite?"
<Getting reactions?>
<Success at conquering streamer>
<Venus for me>
<Her voice tone changed lol>
<Excited Jeon Jeonseol is cute af>
<Venus was good for me too>
<Same, same>
No way all these people watched Magical Girls Chronicle.
"Aren't you just saying Venus cuz I said I like her without watching?"
<Ah, busted>
<Not the type to fall for innocent bait—memo'd>
<Visuals-wise Saturn, but story-wise I liked Earth>
This one's for real.
One more person checked out Magical Girls Chronicle thanks to her—total pride swell.
This masterpiece needs to be known far and wide!
Anyone who hasn't seen it is missing out on life!
"Earth's great. Can't say more without spoilers! So you all need to go watch Magical Girls Chronicle right now!"
⭐ Super Chat — Magical Girl Question donated 1,000 won "My heart's more Knox-sized vs Venus-sized." <That's crazy>
<Whoa, sexual harassment much>
<Get out>
<If the streamer's the type yapping about big tits vs small tits, isn't it fair game?>
<You the same as a 2D character?>
<Don't these idiots even realize it's a crime?>
"Boobs? Probably around Z-cup? They drag on the ground, she walks on them."
<That's crazy lol>
<Imagined it, horrifying>
<Stop with the weird questions, you losers>
<Z-cup... this works...>
<Works for what, you psycho?>
It didn't really hurt her feelings, but she'd prefer focus on her actions over her being a girl.
Is it that hard to separate parts of a person?
If she weren't a girl, this many people probably wouldn't even show up.
Viewers had surpassed 800 before she knew it.
And climbing in real time.
Guess revealing she's a girl without fully committing left a ton of curiosity unsatisfied.
<Did Victory and Wild know the streamer was a girl?>
What kinda questions.
"As hard as it might be, I'd love if you saw me as just a streamer, not a female streamer. Gender doesn't matter for gaming, right?"
Think a little.
If she wanted to brag about being a girl and get attention, she'd have streamed with her girl voice from the start.
<Say that in that voice and it falls flat...>
<So innocent lol, buying what guys say about being 'just friends'?>
<Nah? I watch cuz she games well, not cuz she's a girl?>
Won't work. Confiscating girl voice for now.
She blatantly turned on the voice effector for the stream.
<Ah, nooo!>
<Blame the mid-size asker ffs>
<Don't go bald ㅠㅠ>
<Telling Onena not to jerk too>
Too late.
Pitched way down to mid-low tones.
Shifted her vocalization to reduce the weirdness.
"Ah, ah, ah."
<Give us back our streamer! Monster!>
<Kiyaaaaak>
<Pfft lol, useless lol, I already hear it as original voice lol>
<Not useless, it is you bastard>
<Maideng bong, stop pulling aggro, you been streaming a day or two?>
"This mic seems super recommended—should I get this one?"
This seemed researched enough.
She didn't have audio gear expert contacts anyway.
<1.56 mil whoa>
<Gonna voice modulate anyway, why buy fancy mic lol>
<Good mic makes you wanna show voice more cuz you don't wanna waste it>
<This person's price insensitive?>
<Golden spoon confirmed?>
<Takes 10k donations without a thanks lol>
<Already stage 4??>
"What's stage 4?"
<Losers push some weird shit>
<Look it up and you'll just get pissed, ignore>
<Teaching crap lol, look at this chat mess>
<Never search 'female streamer stage 4'>
The "streamer stages" meme was a 4-panel comic of a female streamer.
Stage 1: endlessly grateful just for views.
Progresses to treating viewers like trash.
Starts as innocent girl, ends as blonde tanned gal—iconic.
"Hm."
But she felt like stage 5?
'Can't useless ones just leave and only game watchers stay?'
Ideally, ones who ignore she's a girl entirely.
<No handcam today?>
<Turn off voice mod pleeease ㅠㅠ>
......
> Really not easy.
<TeamA invincible max level content shelved?>
"Not shelved. Just... not sure yet."
Wild radio silence—actually, her ignoring messages.
Apologized at least; he'd accept, right? Hm.
Today's Magical Fight stream day, so time to start Magical Fight!
"Mic ordered. Let's kick off the Magical Fight lecture stream!"
<She actually bought it>
<When'd you sneak the payment??>
<Off-screen so no personal info leaks>
<More Magical Fight???>
<Ugh, stinky crapgame smell>
<Everything fine, just kill voice mod>
<Found the Magical Fight lecture stream I was looking for>
<Don't fall for it, it's ant-shaker!>
<Yup, never leaving lololol stay til stream ends lololol>
"Don't need viewers who hate Magical Fight on my stream."
<True lolololol>
<Scary cuz it feels real, not a joke>
<For real?>
Of course real.
Fake? No way.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 📰 Forum Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: Something's really off about Jeon Jeonseol...] Streaming means wanting attention and popularity, right? But not her. Got killer stream skills but doesn't use 'em. TeamA has biggest pie in game streams; female challenger = viewer copy-paste bug. But does some weird crapgame Magical Fight or whatever. Voice is killer but keeps modulating weird. Handcam alone simmers broth nicely, but no. No clue what she wants. — Anonymous Don't fall for it, ant-shaker! Don't fall, ant-shaker! — Anonymous Nope, you don't watch, I'll watch solo. Make her my little Jeon Jeonseol. — Reply ↳ Reply No hope, gay lol. Didn't see 3k viewers today? — Reply ↳ Reply Male voice mod on for Magical Fight lecture? Why 3k+ watch that? — Anonymous Rare, but some streamers shrink after growing too big—overwhelmed. — Anonymous Magical Fight a crapgame??? Won't tolerate insulting our Magical Fight. — Reply ↳ Reply Guardian squad already? — Reply ↳ Reply Magical Fight's graphics suck, controls trash, systems crude and overly complex—won't tolerate this insult. — Reply ↳ Reply No one said that?> — Reply ↳ Reply Pretending to shield then shield-smack lol. 📰 Forum Post [Author: LilyDelusion] [Title: I figured out Jeon Jeonseol's psyche for real lol] Jeon Jeonseol loves magical girl anime and Venus award-level. What're magical girl anime traits? Yuri routes roll hard. Magical Girls Chronicle has 3+ major yuri lines. Thus, Jeon Jeonseol = yuri fan. Hates guys cuz man-hating yuri fan! — Anonymous Nice delusion, heard it. — Anonymous Living up to the nick. — Anonymous How to befriend yuri fan: appeal you're harmless yuri too. Repeat: Yuri forever! No guy intrusions! Heteros drift to death! — Reply ↳ Reply Hetero??? Gay... from that site? — Reply ↳ Reply Word choice sus. — Anonymous Girls usually prefer Boppin anyway. — Reply ↳ Reply No lewd 'Boppin' wording—say yuri pls. 📰 Forum Post [Author: CoolAnalyzer] [Title: Jeon Jeonseol psyche nailed] Streamed male voice til proxy ban. Even modulated consistently 3 yrs ago pre-pro Victory/Wild. This chick just super annoyed by guy simps... Know what attention-whore female streamers have in common? Ugly af, no irl attention. But Jeon Jeonseol hates attention? Means she gets tons irl. Face on par or better than voice—absolute top-tier beauty confirmed. — Anonymous Voice pretty, hands pretty, games well, face pretty too? — Reply ↳ Reply Plus rich spoon, Wild/Victory friends lol. — Reply ↳ Reply Friends? Wild didn't know she was girl lol. — Reply ↳ Reply But perfect Jeon Jeonseol lacks one thing: me, ultimate Choi Sung-jin from Ansan, Gyeonggi. — Reply ↳ Reply Keep her, bro. — Anonymous Ooh... convincing... — Reply ↳ Reply Convincing needs logic ffs. — Reply ↳ Reply This Jeon Jeonseol viral? Paid promo? — Anonymous You calling our ill sis ugly and flipping it on us??? — Reply lol — Anonymous Hates attention, why stream??? — Reply ↳ Reply Wants to show game skill but not girl attention—fits? — Reply ↳ Reply Whoa fml this it??? Explains everything? They say telling someone "don't think of an elephant" makes them think of an elephant.
Jeon Jeonseol's ant-shaking strategy was somehow just backfiring nonstop.