Chapter 101
Chapter 101
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 101
Chapter Title: Escalating Broadcast
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“Asshole? This fucker... Got it, noted. I'm coming to school you in game today. Where you at right now?”
“I'll text you the location, so come if you're coming.”
-Coming.
The moment she finished speaking, the chat exploded with hooks.
Things were scaling up bigger and bigger, huh?
The broadcast had started with just around a hundred viewers when we first tuned in. It climbed to about 150 or 200 when Hee-jin turned on her cam...
And after Ha-rin and I showed up, it skyrocketed into the tens of thousands.
The real-time live stream rankings kept rising, and the viewer count in the tens of thousands was still growing.
Was this thing actually blowing up?
The numbers had way surpassed anything I'd imagined.
-Now Han Tae-hwa's coming too?
-They must be real close friends lol, from the way she talks.
-For real lol.
“Oh, Tae-hwa and me? We got close after starting college, so it was bound to happen. The two guys would meet up to game, watch anime, all that. Now it's two girls, though.”
-Wait, Han Tae-hwa was a guy before mutating too?
“Yeah. I thought that was already out there in interviews and stuff. Isn't it?”
-Yeah lol it's all out.
-But calling her by stage name?
“It's in front of people, for one. In private, we use real names. She prefers it that way too.”
-Makes sense.
“Anyway, looks like she's actually coming? Check this out.”
I held up my smartphone to the camera. There was the KakaoTalk from Tae-hoon.
[Han Tae-hoon: On my way now]
-lololololol
-Wtf is even happening lololol
-We tuned in to see the host's cam, but the scale keeps growing;;
-For real lololol
“Uh, um... I have no idea how it turned out like this. Tae-hwa unnie's coming too?”
“That's what she said?”
“This is getting way too big...”
“Weren't we called here knowing it'd blow up like this?”
Ha-rin teased from the side.
“No, I didn't expect it to be *this* big...”
-lololol Korea U student but such a hothead;;
-She turns hothead mode on for games, is it a concept?
“She's always been a hothead about anything that's not studying. Please be understanding, viewers.”
“Hey, no!”
Hee-jin bristled at Ha-rin's words.
Ha-rin just looked at her pitifully and said,
“Should I spill everything you've done from childhood to now?”
“......”
That sparked my curiosity.
Just what did she do on the regular to deserve the hothead label?
“What happened?”
“Spill or not?”
“S-Sor, sorry...”
Hee-jin bowed her head. There must be some old history between them.
I was curious, but not enough to pry when she was like that.
“If you get it, just accept the hothead label. You *are* one.”
“Ughhh...!”
“Tsk.”
Hee-jin wilted again at the tongue click. I'd ask her about it later.
What on earth had happened?
-What the hell happened...?
-For real lolol
-But yeah, every group of smart students has one or two like that lolol.
“...Ha-rin just ruined my image.”
“What are you talking about? It'll all come out within a month of streaming anyway. Better to air it out upfront.”
-Makes sense.
-True lol.
-Better than half-assed pretending lol.
“R-Really?”
“Yeah.”
As the two bantered, I asked the viewers,
“So, should we just wait for Tae-hwa to show up next? She drives fast, so it'll be quick.”
-Yes yes yes yes
-That sounds more fun.
“Then how about some magic in the meantime? Better than baking... Oh, but this is your stream—won't I be taking over too much?”
Hee-jin answered first, surprisingly.
“Show us some magic!”
“...Huh? You cool with that?”
“Unnie's here anyway, so the stream's basically yours now. And you haven't shown magic since that teleport demo last time.”
“True.”
-Fact check: true.
-lolol once Director shows up, stream might as well be hijacked.
-But she showed magic in front of underclassmen too?
“Yeah. Teleported our luggage during that academic trip.”
“Just snap and done, so I did. But these days, I'm trying not to use it in daily life unless necessary.”
-Why tho?
-Fr, I'd find magic super convenient.
“Living without putting in any effort at all feels empty. Even that much is basically a snap away... Boredom is seriously dangerous.”
-???
-Wtf that come from?
“Why's boredom dangerous?”
“Think about it, Yoo-jin. If I ever get so bored I go nuts, what happens?”
“Ah.”
-Gasp
-.........
“So I keep that sensation on purpose. My life is already way easier than most people's, and piling on magic would dull the thrill entirely. Honestly, doing all sorts of stuff lately has been a blast. Like coming on streams like this to chat with you all—it's fun.”
-Fr we love seeing Director in places like this.
-Will you guest again later?
“Who knows. But I'm thinking of starting an official Management Bureau channel eventually. Not sure if it's because of me, but mutant incidents have been zero lately. So yeah... your taxes are kinda going to waste. Might as well make some fun content to give back.”
-Wow
-Fr?
-This real?
“Just came up with it, so no solid plans... Gotta talk to Deputy Director first, but probably fine.”
The reaction was pretty good.
-Now taking over idol broadcasts too?
-Fr invasive species just dropped into idol stream ecosystem lololol.
“Anyway, we'll think about it slowly, but take it positively for now. Alright, magic time. Hmm... this work?”
I snapped my fingers as I said it.
In that instant, Hee-jin's room transformed.
-Wow fkn lolololol
-Is this Sin Executioner background?
“Yeah. Figured game vibes over something bright.”
“Wh-What is this!?”
Ha-rin and Hee-jin jumped.
No wonder—the room now looked exactly like the world from Sin Executioner, the game we were playing.
A lone computer on the barren wasteland felt oddly out of place.
“Y-You can do stuff like this?”
“Yep.”
-Fkn lol scale's on another level.
-How tf does this even work...?
“Well, I overlaid the scenery I see onto Yoo-jin's room.”
-????
-How far can magic go?
“Dunno. No real limits that I know of. And like, media talks about Dragon Tongue stuff? I can do that too.”
-Whoa
-Gasp
-So like, if you say 'die!' does it kill?
How'd they guess?
“Yeah. Took down a lich that way last time with the undead horde. Wouldn't die to breath, that lich. Magic just hit me then too.”
The chat went berserk.
Not many knew about my Dragon Tongue.
Just friends, Ha-rin, Yeon-hwa unnie, Deputy Director...
Magic was already public—why hide Dragon Tongue?
Everyone knew from my feats so far that I didn't even need it.
“...You sure it's okay to say that?”
Ha-rin whispered beside me.
“What's it matter? Magic's already out there—what's Dragon Tongue?”
-Could totally conquer the world fr.
“Uh... maybe?”
-Wtf why hasn't Director conquered the world?
“A world where everything goes my way sounds boring. Imagine cheat-keying a civ sim game. Fun?”
-Ah.
“Fun at first. Then boring quick. Exactly that.”
-Makes sense lololol.
-Yeah cheats kill the fun fr.
“Even as a dragon, I don't wanna just rampage. Even total assholes need some restraint.”
-Scale's too big for 'total asshole' lol;;
-I kneel;;
“Well, that too, but don't worry. Mutating... mellowed my personality a ton? Like brakes called 'personality' got installed. And if I wanted world conquest, I'd have done it already.”
-Makes sense lol.
-Could've anytime lol.
“Anyway, she should've been here by now... not coming?”
-But Tae-hwa really into games?
“Tae-hwa dragging herself here all pissed? There's reason—she's got massive gamer pride. Ego probably scratched.”
Right then, a doorbell rang, totally clashing with the gloomy scenery.
“Speak of the devil.”
“...But unnie.”
“Yeah?”
“Where's the door? Gotta let Tae-hwa unnie in.”
“Oh, one sec.”
I just reverted Yoo-jin's room to normal.
...Forgot to make an entrance.
Oh well, showed 'em what I wanted.