Come to think of it, Yeonhee had helped me a lot.
This soundproof booth I’m in now – without Yeonhee’s introduction, it would have been much more expensive and taken longer to set up…
Besides that, she gave me broadcasting advice, and many of these viewers – who are annoying yet endearing – came from watching Yeonhee’s streams.
“Ah, whatever!”
I hadn’t intended to repay everything Yeonhee had done for me with money, but I thought there was no need to be stingy with someone who had helped me so much, so I loaded up 300,000 won.
[Oh lololol he has lost it lololol]
[What kind of reaction will Yeonhee do for this money?]
[Jump off the roof?]
[One thing’s for sure, she’ll be smiling all stream today lololol]
[Well, she made a whole day’s wages, of course she’ll smile lololol]
I couldn’t send it right away.
Since she was in the middle of a ranked game, I decided to watch for a bit to avoid disturbing her.
One of League’s characteristics is that people who play it do so every day, yet they’re always angry for slightly different reasons.
“Aack!”
[lololololol That wasn’t a scream, it was more like a battle cry, right?]
[Thought I was at a Taekwondo dojo for a second]
[Yeonhee’s really bad too, but look at you…]
The game was clearly starting to show signs of defeat.
But Yeonhee didn’t give up.
Adjusting her posture with blazing eyes, Yeonhee said:
“You think I’m gonna lose? Huh?!”
[Uh]
[You already lost though?]
[There’s 4 votes for surrender, right? That means you lost, right?]
“Ah, why did they surrender!”
With a majority vote, the surrender went through, and they lost the game without even putting up a fight.
Yeonhee stared at the defeat screen for a long time with a sad expression.
“Ugh, I’m done.”
After heaving a deep sigh, Yeonhee threw her mouse with a sulky expression.
She couldn’t throw it too hard. It was an expensive mouse after all.
Watching for the right timing, I figured now was good and sent the donation.
Come to think of it, this was my first time sending a donation over 10,000 won, so I was a bit nervous, but I just closed my eyes and sent it.
[Daeju has donated 300,000 won]
– Enjoying the stream!
The first to react were Yeonhee’s viewers.
[Oh?]
[Wow;;; 300,000 won;;;]
[Is this real?]
[When someone donates 300,000 won, it becomes real even if it’s fake lol]
When the fancy fanfare sound played, other viewers started reacting too.
Most were typing in chat, surprised about my identity and the large amount of 300,000 won, and eventually, the discussion turned to why I would donate such an amount.
Seeing everyone in another stream’s chat going crazy over my donation gave me an odd sense of satisfaction.
[Did Yeonhee threaten you?]
[Is this support money because her skills are a disaster?]
[Are they dating?]
[Nope]
[OK]
Yeonhee took out her earphones and had her head down, but after sneaking a glance at the chat’s unusual atmosphere, she clicked something and suddenly stood up.
“Huh? 300,000 won?! Ah~ Daeju-nim 300,000 won!… Daeju-nim?”
Yeonhee gradually transformed her gloomy expression into a smile and read the donation out loud.
Then she read it once more.
“Huh? Daeju-nim? Is it really Daeju-nim?”
And after reading it a third time and clicking something frantically, she seemed to finally realize it was really me.
“Oh, first of all, thank you so much… for such a large amount…”
[Time for reaction]
[Just act like usual lolol Why suddenly pretending to be nice]
[We’ve been watching since you were shouting like a marine]
“No, I am acting like usual… right, reaction… I should do it.”
Yeonhee seemed to contemplate with an awkward expression before picking up a cushion.
She placed the cushion right against the wall and took a strange pose in front of it. It looked somewhat similar to a starting position for running.
“Hup!”
She put her head on the cushion and threw her body forward as if doing a forward roll, her legs hitting the wall with a thud.
The end result was a pose that looked like someone standing upside down, commonly known as a ‘grand bow.'[1]
“Th-thank you!”
Whether it was because blood was rushing to her head or because the position made it hard to pronounce words, her speech was a bit garbled, but she said it properly.
The chat was flooded with laughter, and I applauded in admiration at the unexpected reaction.
And after seeing the reaction, I could somewhat understand why people send donations. There was an inexplicable sense of satisfaction somewhere.
The problem was that due to the nature of the pose, gravity caused her t-shirt to slip slightly, revealing her belly button.
She didn’t seem to notice much because her head hurt, but the chat went wild.
[Disgusting]
[Shit, cover up!]
It wasn’t the reaction I had expected.
I gave a bitter smile at how similar it was to my stream’s atmosphere. Of course, I was embarrassed.
But the reaction wasn’t over yet.
After getting up, this time she did a normal bow as if it were New Year’s, swaying slightly.
A normal bow, not an upside-down one.
[Whoa, why’s this girl trying to bow twice?]
[lololololol She’s paying back the favor twofold]
[Making the donator a ghost with this reaction ;;]
“Ah, this isn’t right. S-sorry, too much blood rushed to my head so I’m dizzy”
Thankfully, she didn’t do a second bow.
“Please forgive the rest of the reaction…”
[Daeju: Oh of course! Thanks for the great stream!]
Yeonhee seemed dizzy, and seeing how she kept covering her stomach area with her hand, it looked like she had noticed that her belly was exposed.
Already satisfied, I left with a refreshed feeling.
“That reaction was no joke…”
[You try doing half of that and donations will pour in every day]
[Speaking of which, aren’t most donations here insults, s*xual harassment, or bail money?]
[Using facts to counter, how underhanded]
[For real, who uses facts these days?]
[??? Is this the 5th Earth?[2] Getting mad even when speaking facts]
“When I start a company, I should poach Yeonhee first”
[Poach? Whoa, trying to recruit a big streamer by offering your body… you thirsty bastard]
[Recommend an anime with this plot]
[Find it yourself]
[Someone like Yeonhee would probably fall for it if Daeju just dropped some hints]
“That’s not how I meant to poach…”
I immediately moved on to my next target.
I was actually a bit worried.
Although this was talent I had discovered, they were doing completely different broadcasts from the previous world.
No, their League skills were the same, but the person was different.
Maybe being harassed by women had a big impact.
I searched for and entered Vine’s broadcast.
500 viewers. The viewership had increased again compared to yesterday.
Vine had his hand cam on, a privilege of skilled gamers.
As if good-looking people have good-looking hands too, he had hands so fair they looked photoshopped, and those hands were moving brilliantly.
You could see his Challenger prowess.
“500 people watching? Are you all unemployed with nothing better to do…?”
Even while insulting them, the viewership kept increasing.
From my position of getting viewers while being insulted, I somewhat regretted not doing the same thing earlier, but looking at the chat, I felt I made the right choice not doing it.
Half the chat was praising Vine, and half was begging to be insulted.
[That place is really dizzying]
[Praise? I get it, the people insulting a League Challenger are the weird ones lolol But those begging to be insulted should hold their breath for an hour]
[Ugh… seeing that makes me mad. Daeju you fu*king b*stard! Okay I feel better now]
[lololol Why are you taking it out on Daeju lololol]
Vine was leisurely harassing the opposing laner while simultaneously teasing the viewers.
“If you want to hear it, give me money~ I’d feel guilty insulting broke people~”
As if by magic, donations started pouring in.
The general content was asking them to marry them and insult them every day.
“No way~ If I married you, I’d be the only one losing out~♥”
His donation reaction included some kind of sweet, nasally voice that gave me goosebumps by my standards.
While it gave me goosebumps, seeing the chat’s positive reaction meant Vine was doing well with his broadcast. But it didn’t seem like something I wanted to watch.
[The people in that room like that? I don’t get it but where did my 10,000 won go, I need to reload]
[lololololol Considering the view count, donations pop off way too often there, he’s a fucking pro at collecting money]
[When he first appeared in Daeju’s room he was just a pitiful kid, what the hell happened?]
[Dunno lololol He cursed at some nasty chat messages once, and when donations started coming in and people liked it, he changed]
[Daeju has unleashed a monster on Twitch…]
“Guys… I probably shouldn’t donate too much here”
[lololol Why, afraid he’ll curse at you? lololol]
[He wouldn’t curse at his boss though]
[If he curses at everyone regardless of gender or position, isn’t he just a cursing grandpa?]
[True ‘gender equality’ Vine ;;]
Honestly, I was scared.
But thinking about the YouTube angle, I donated about 150,000 won.
Actually, I was going to donate less, but after some deliberation, I settled on this amount because I had said with my own mouth that I would support his broadcast.
“Huh? Daeju-nim?!”
Suddenly his hands disappeared from view, followed by the sound of wheels rolling.
Seemed like he stood up.
“Oh my, Daeju-nim thank you! You didn’t have to do this… I’ll definitely pay you back double later!”
The cursing Vine was nowhere to be seen, and a polite feeling could be heard in his voice.
At first I wondered if it was just towards me, but
“Thank you for the support, Daeju-dan everyone~”
It seemed he only cursed at his own viewers.
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T/N:
- “Grand bow” (그랜절) – This is a Korean internet slang term for an extreme form of bowing where someone does a handstand against a wall, essentially making an upside-down bow.
- “5th Earth” – Parallel world maybe ?
