Chapter 104
Chapter 104
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 104
Chapter Title: Yeon-hwa's Broadcast Debut
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However, as expected, since they hadn't done any promotion or advertising at all, no one showed up for the stream.
This is normal.
The first barrier people challenging streaming face is having to talk to an empty live broadcast—themselves.
"No one's coming."
"...This is normal. We weren't in an environment exposed to people from the start, and we didn't announce anything. New streamers always see screens like this."
Yeon-hwa unnie said it like she was used to it.
Sure enough... it seemed like unnie had tried to become a streamer at least once.
The fact that she could edit videos and had broadcasting equipment at home... that clearly meant she'd made some attempt.
And I could vaguely tell the results hadn't been great.
She'd said what might have been delivered tremblingly in a normal situation in a highly self-deprecating way.
I was curious about unnie's past... but it didn't seem like the right time to bring it up, so I stayed silent.
"But, well... they'll come soon, right?"
At that moment, Yeon-hwa unnie said it casually.
"You think so?"
"With you turning on the cam like this, how many people who see it wouldn't join? Especially internet broadcast viewers who check communities often... I bet the moment the first viewer pops in, the numbers will skyrocket."
It sounded plausible. No matter how much I denied it, the buzz I carried was enormous.
Just look at how Hee-jin's stream blew up after I appeared last time.
"Hmm... then should we pick a game or something?"
"What are you gonna do?"
"Well... I was originally planning a vlog, but honestly, there's nothing worth vlogging about our workplace here."
"...True. Unless we're mutants putting on some show for you all."
"Then let's start with a game. Oh, but unnie, are you good at games?"
"M-Me?"
"Yeah."
"Ah, no..."
I'd heard that last time, she'd watched our stream and was about the same skill as Hee-jin.
"Really?"
"Yeah... I'm really bad at games."
"Even after mutating?"
"Mutating doesn't make you good at all games, Seo-hyun..."
Unnie said it like it was ridiculous.
"I-Is that so."
"You've got a brain good at understanding games... mine's disastrously bad, so nothing works."
"O. Then how about you take the main role today?"
"M-Me?"
"Yeah. Honestly, if I do it, without Tae-hwa next to me, it might not be that fun? I'm not great at talking either."
"...Seo-hyun."
"Yeah, unnie."
"If I'm less fun than you, that's one thing, but I won't be fun..."
"Ah."
In that instant, silence fell.
Then, Yeon-hwa unnie spoke.
"Ac-Actually, before I mutated, I tried internet broadcasting once? But... viewers were always zero, and even when someone came in, they'd say it was boring and leave..."
"Ah."
Just as I'd expected.
Unnie let out a sigh, still haunted by the memory.
"But you were good on that variety show, right?"
"Th-That's true, but Ha-rin and you helped me then..."
"I remember quite a few saying your parts were the funniest."
"No way..."
"Then, take the lead on today's stream, unnie. I have a feeling it'll be fun."
"M-Me?"
"I'll just help out a little from the side."
"Then, if I mess up the game, could you react like you're frustrated...? Like Tae-hwa did with Yoo Jin last time."
"Ah, like that? Sounds good."
"Yeah. I can't lead the fun myself, so that style might work?"
"Honestly, just you turning on the cam would get constant 'oohs,' though."
"I know, but that's not me purely entertaining people with my skills, right?"
"Why isn't that your skill? You mutated into yourself. Unnie, you lack confidence way too much."
"...You think?"
"So do it without pressure. I'll manager it."
"U-Uh, okay."
About five minutes passed like that.
A viewer appeared in the empty stream.
-??? Is this for real?
"Ah, hello. I'm Ha Yeon-hwa, agent of the Mutant Management Bureau... We're doing a quick test stream for future broadcasts today."
From the moment that one viewer entered, they started multiplying gradually.
I didn't even need to look—it was obvious.
Word must have spread that Yeon-hwa unnie and I had opened a Mutant Management Bureau channel.
Viewer numbers suddenly exploded wildly.
And their reactions were mostly...
-Hnggg
-Eyes...
-Is unnie streaming today?
"Ah, yess... It's a test stream today, so instead of Seo-hyun—er, the Director, I'm doing it. Please take care of me."
-So what kind of stream?
"Um, we were gonna do a vlog or something... but that seems tough, so we're gonna play a game for now."
-Game?
-Any games worth playing here?
"Ah, yeah. The employee lounge has good perks, so we have games and stuff..."
-Wow...
"By the way, the Director got these. Out of pocket."
-Great Director Seo-hyun
-But how'd you end up with game consoles in the lounge?
"Ah, that was... during the Second Mutation, when the Bureau was swamped? Lots of agents couldn't go home, so the Director got them then."
-O;;
-Ideal boss
"Right? Lucky to work with her?"
For a moment, my face flushed. I hadn't done anything grand, or anything boss-worthy.
-So where's the Director now?
"She's right here next to me. She said to let me try today..."
-Gasp
-Everyone, hands off keyboards!
"You all heard that, right? I'm managing chat today, so any sexual harassment chat to Yeon-hwa unnie gets the hammer. Of course, she does have that alluring look, but mind the line."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Huhu
-She's here!
"That's okay. Anything more gets the blade. Oh, and this is a test stream. Public servants are changing how we reach the public now, right? Instead of stiff and rigid, we're planning something smoother and more fun."
-O;;
-Local govs are definitely trying video channels lately lol
"Right. Soon we'll have all kinds of content. Honestly, since I became Director, no major mutant incidents, so your taxes feel wasted—thought we'd give some fun."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But I don't see it as taxes melting lol
-Fr real ㅋㅋ Just think of pre-Bureau days...
-Deterrence matters ㅇㅇ;; Dissolving the Bureau is like saying no army since no war lol
"Glad you see it that way. Anyway, today's host is Yeon-hwa unnie, not me, and she'll plan this content going forward... please take care of her."
-O...
-But what game?
As I stepped back, Yeon-hwa unnie took over the stream properly.
"Ah, it's a game you all know. Journey to the Sky..."
-That one's notoriously tough, right?
-Is she a game whiz too?
"I'm bad at games... but this seemed fun."
And so, Yeon-hwa unnie's stream truly began.
* * *
Journey to the Sky.
Grand name, but basically just climb to the top through the sky.
Controls suck, difficulty's high—infamously brutal...
A nightmare for players.
"Ughhh..."
An hour into Yeon-hwa unnie starting the game.
Unknowingly, grinding teeth sounds escaped my mouth.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Director rage ON
-Wow... way worse than Director's junior last time;;
-This is pure talent, no?
That chat was right. Yeon-hwa unnie had disastrously no talent for games.
No, why jump like that...?
"Unnie... maybe wait a bit before jumping there..."
My low, strained voice slipped out.
"Eh? Y-Yeah? W-Wait, aaah!"
But Yeon-hwa unnie didn't even hear me properly, jumped, and fell back to start.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Welcome to Primordial Village!
The first phrase viewers face in these games.
Primordial Village.
Yeon-hwa unnie had fallen there over a hundred times already.
In that short time.
No talent could explain it otherwise.
A talent for infuriating watchers.
Hee-jin was disastrously bad too, but at least listened somewhat...
Unnie? Nothing. Straight charge.
No timing either.
Didn't even review mistakes.
Peak braindead play.
Watching from the side, my teeth ground inevitably.
"...No wonder Tae-hwa did that to Yoo Jin."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That was legendary...
-But Director didn't react much then ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Now you're fully grinding ㅋㅋ
"Good thing we didn't call Tae-hwa today. She'd have fought."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Tae-hwa's dead serious about games...