Chapter 27
Chapter 27
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 27
Chapter Title: In the Palm of Buddha's Hand
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Legender - <If you want to keep being friends with me, you have to promise me two things>
Legender - <First, don't fall for me>
Legender - <Second, even if you do fall for me, don't confess>
'What the hell is she talking about?'
Victory felt utterly baffled as he read Legender's messages.
How overflowing with confidence do you have to be?
Does she have an axe to grind or something?
The world's top pro gamer.
He'd been flirted with by countless beauties.
A salary over ten billion won, handsome looks, immense fame.
All sorts of gold-diggers had swarmed him, some even trying to force a done deal.
Victory was a young man with desires, of course.
But his priorities tilted heavily toward gaming.
Yeah, she's crazy.
Crazy about games.
Someone like that wouldn't let love get in the way of gaming.
'She must've been burned bad.'
With his broad magnanimity, Victory decided to understand her absurd story.
He'd vaguely heard about it before.
Online, sad ghosts who couldn't find partners in real life banded together to hunt for women.
Legender had probably gotten sick of that and hidden her gender.
At this point, Victory had no idea.
He couldn't imagine that Legender was actually that incredible.
How could he picture her as the witch of ruin, who destroyed every gathering or group she joined because all the guys around her fell head over heels the moment she tried building real relationships?
Confessions, enough already!
Victory - <OK>
Victory -
Legender - <Remember Orpheus>
What was that supposed to mean now?
He'd heard the name before, but not enough to recall the myth offhand, so Victory opened a search window.
Orpheus.
He checked the legend.
Orpheus went to the underworld for his dead wife, moved Hades with his lyre, and got permission to bring her back to the surface.
But he ignored the warning 'never look back before reaching the surface,' got careless at the last second thinking 'we must be there by now,' turned around, and lost her forever.
Applying it here, it seemed like a warning not to confess based on delusions like 'this is totally a flirtation, right?' or 'this has to be mutual.'
How damn confident is this girl?
Getting a little pissed now?
At this point, Victory had no idea.
Omitted hereafter.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 'Is it all because I'm too damn pretty?'
No, no way.
Online, all that's shown is my voice and my fingertips—why do these horny mutts come sniffing around me without knowing anything else?
No, 'sniffing around' is too polite a way to put it.
Asking about my panty color is actually kinda cute by comparison.
Send nudes, let's phone sex, wanna get sponsored?
How are these bastards still walking free in society?
Can you function in daily life? No, you really can't.
Then why the fuck are you still out here? Just march yourselves to jail!
Even in the States, guys would suddenly send dick pics asking if it's big or how do you like it.
What do you mean 'how'? How about you face the stern judgment of the law?
I made sure they did, but they all ended up with fines, which was pretty deflating.
Thankfully, I hadn't left emails or anything on my channel.
No easy way to send me images, so I avoided photo terrorism at least.
📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: Jeon Jeonseol's voice that she won't let other guys hear—I wanna hear it all to myself] With that tiny body, if I thrust hard, she'll squeal in a voice different from usual, right? That super slutty voice she won't let other guys hear Slap her ass and she'll go 'ungh... ungh...' not sure if she hates it or wants more Fuck, I love you Jeon Jeonseol — Anonymous Teacher, please do us a favor and kill yourself — Anonymous And Asgard IP again, disgusting — Anonymous Don't leave comments, you idiots—that's why they keep this shit up ↳ Reply But you left one too? Got hooked, huh? I searched 'Legend' in the Teamfight Arena gallery, and this is the crap that comes up.
Ant-trolling seems to boost viewers the more I do it, so I dug online to find the cause and ended up here.
Regular ant-trolling won't cut it, looks like.
Time for drastic measures.
'Come to think of it, I made something for times like this.'
This was before I fully mastered voice modulation.
Back when I only knew how to tweak pitch up and down, before realizing I needed to change my vocalization.
The modulated voice sounded so awkward, so I sought another way.
Using a photo of an extremely ugly woman as my profile pic.
Harsh to say, but ugly women aren't that appealing.
Putting it right out there might cut down on the creeps.
I grabbed it from a Chinese site to avoid blowback even by chance, edited it slightly so it wouldn't show in image searches.
Flipped, tilted a bit, cropped edges, color corrected.
Uploaded it to my fake SNS account under my ID, and used it for online activity.
Sure enough, the shitty sexual harassment dropped off.
Before coming to Korea, I'd set all accounts private.
Why act like a guilty fugitive, hiding everything private?
In the digital age, if you don't, weird traces linger forever.
After my sister and I got gender dysphoria, we did a ton to distance ourselves from the past.
Hid old records, moved to the States, changed names, all that.
I wondered if it was overkill for non-criminals, but looking back, it was the right call.
I won't forgive anyone treating Seol-yoon like a monster.
She's just a pretty girl.
With an amazing figure and super pretty face, meant to be adored by everyone around her.
Anyway, the fake profile on the dummy SNS was post-onset.
Nothing wrong with that, right?
After double-checking, I set the account public.
Then, acting like I just found it, posted from a VPN throwaway.
📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: Isn't this Jeon Jeonseol's account?] (link) ID matches? If it's her, no wonder she keeps it private lololol — Anonymous ?? This chick's ugly as fuck? Don't you remember Jeon Jeonseol's handcam??? ↳ Reply Fat starts from the core outward and leaves from extremities inward. Hands don't fatten easily. ↳ Reply Then what about all those pig feet pics we've seen? ↳ Reply Those are super morbidly obese A woman sitting at a table holding bubble tea.
One hand hidden by the cup, the other under the table, barely visible.
Even comments about how hands are last to gain fat.
This should fool them good.
Truth doesn't matter anyway.
They just need someone to sink their teeth into.
Sure enough, the fire caught quick.
📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: 'That bitch' red pill legend] Aw fuck lol, she's been making that voice with a face like this? — Anonymous Like those pig monsters oinking in PC bangs during FPS games lololol ↳ Reply Comparing her to them is an insult to the pigs, no? — Anonymous Her features are creatively ugly af lololol — Anonymous What confidence to post a face like that on SNS?? 📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog] Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog Legend Dog perishes like a dog 📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: What? Hate the attention cuz she's pretty? That poster's gonna get blanket-kicked hard] 50 years of blanket-kicks incoming lolololol Not just me—viewers of my stream started getting mocked too.
Felt a bit shitty at first, but soon I half-agreed.
'Female ratio's too high anyway.'
People who wouldn't glance if I weren't a girl.
I'd like to weed those out.
I've been thinking that too.
'If I didn't have this body, could I have gone pro?'
The thought hits suddenly.
Even as a guy, with this skill, I'd have fans, right?
Then face off against Victory in the world finals.
Such dreams can never come true now.
'Fan the flames a bit more, then go live?'
Dunno.
Focus on the now.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 💬 Stream Chat <Pigs stream too, oink oink Pigs stream too, oink oink Pigs stream too, oink oink...> <Is this a pig sty? Is this a pig sty?...> <You think you can stream with that face???> <Lol gonna simmer some broth with that voice lol> <Pretty people all look alike, but ugly ones have unique reasons> <Fr, creatively ugly> <Site members, stop the spam pls ㅠㅠ> <Who cares about face when she's gaming?> The evening Jeon Jeonseol's 'red pill' SNS and photo spread.
Her sudden stream drew a whopping 8,000 viewers.
Half were aggro troll shit-stirrers.
The other half were aspiring assholes there for the hilarious funeral procession.
These folks turn demonic at the slightest trigger.
Only a tiny fraction were real viewers for Jeon Jeonseol's stream.
Practically the whole world was her enemy.
"I've never said I'm pretty. I don't need viewers hunting for my face. If that's why you're here, get out."
Right after that line, viewer count plummeted from 8k to 4k in seconds, like clockwork.
The toxic viewers were convinced of their victory.
Her mental would shatter into pieces from this!
📰 Post [Author: Anonymous] [Title: Jeon Jeonseol quitting streaming? ; ;] Told face-hunters to leave and viewers halved instantly from 8k to 4k Even normal-looking people would get PTSD from this With her face, she can't endure—quitting for sure???? — Anonymous Not quitting streaming, quitting life? Note: this comment was also fake concern masking a roast.
And while they 'concern-trolled' her into oblivion...
Jeon Jeonseol smirked and laughed.
Everything going according to plan.