Chapter 23: Harin and Mangming

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Huh.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: This could be a problem…]

[A woman who hates men DD]

[But these days, if you just randomly pick a guy, it usually matches.]

[What matches? You idiot, lol.]

[I see one guy getting flamed in the chat, lol.]

[To begin with, Han-nam has inferior genes.]

You have been forcibly removed!

“Seriously, why would you say something like that in my stream?”

Of course, such ideas are prevalent in the community I enjoy, ‘Red,’ but at least I don’t hold those beliefs.

Even the guys in the Efreet gallery don’t throw around such statements.

That’s why it was a wise choice to kick him out the moment he said something like that.

“I don’t want to deal with unnecessary controversy.”

It would be really unpleasant if people who usually don’t pay attention to me suddenly rushed in to attack me when controversy arises…

If it were someone who had been watching my stream from the beginning, that would be different.

“By the way, why did Harin suddenly say that…?”

Since she immediately mentioned, “Is it another guy?” it seemed like she wasn’t referring to me.

So what was the problem, then?

I was curious, so I checked the stream.

• “It’s so frustrating to have a utility support just staying in the back. Seriously. Of course, there are utility supports that have to play defensively. But why are all the carries just hanging back like that? Ugh.”

As I continued to listen, I started to understand why Harin was so angry.

It seemed that the support on her team played in a way she didn’t like.

“This isn’t uncommon.”

I had never been treated like that.

From the start, my nickname didn’t sound like a “guy’s” name at all.

If anything, it sounded more “female.”

That’s why I understand that getting flamed just for being a guy is a reality.

“But why do guys play support? Top lane is way more fun.”

That was a question I always had.

Whether it’s the women in the original world or the men in this world,

I just can’t wrap my head around it.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: What?]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Maybe they think support is fun?]

[They just want to raise their rank, lol.]

[Hwanhee: I don’t know about anything else,

[Breaking News) Dama has appeared! Breaking News) Dama has appeared! Breaking News) Dama has appeared! Breaking News) Dama has appeared! Breaking News) Dama has appeared!]

[What??? Dama has come???? What??? Dama has come???? What??? Dama has come???? What??? Dama has come????]

[?]

[The chat just went crazy.]

[Harin, you’re in big trouble now, lolololololol. The god of broadcasting, ‘Dama,’ is here! What are you going to do? You better bow down now, lolololololol.]

[Where did these idiots come from?]

“Wait, what are those people? Is this for real?”

I was seriously flustered.

Where did these kinds of people come from?

Isn’t this something the fans of Mangming do?

Why is this happening to me?

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Hmm…]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: It seems like those people from that side are here.]

[Hwanhee: Ah, did I get caught… ]

[Hwanhee: There’s no helping it.]

[This is unavoidable.]

[It’s impossible to escape.]

[Yeah, yeah, it’s real.]

[Kang Hoomin: Looks like they came from that gallery.]

[They really make life tough for themselves, lololol.]

Checking the chat revealed the entire situation.

Someone from the ‘Mangming Gallery’ was watching my stream, and upon finding out that Harin was streaming, they decided to raid it.

The moment I realized that, everything went dark in front of my eyes.

“I can’t see anything right now; this feels like my future…”

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Ah…]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: But it’s kind of funny.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Those guys don’t stick around for long.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: About four days?]

[Four days is pretty long.]

[It seems like I could just do personal streams for four days.]

[Dama isn’t streaming with others or anything.]

[Hwanhee: But they’re actually good kids at heart.]

[Those who are “good at heart” will end up with their necks twisted.]

I thought the Mangming Gallery had fully latched onto me, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

That was a relief.

“Phew.”

For now, that was that.

I needed to resolve the current situation.

The chat in Harin’s stream was flooded with messages related to me.

Although there were many viewers, the number of people chatting was limited, so I couldn’t stop the flood of messages about me.

• What’s up with those guys? Manager, please kick those people out.

Harin said that and returned to the game.

[Are you ignoring Dama right now? Are you ignoring Dama right now? Are you ignoring Dama right now? Are you ignoring Dama right now?]

[This guy is hopeless.. You’re going to keep getting it from now on.]

“Why the hell is the chat like this, lol?”

[This is certainly dedicated.]

[Okay, we’ve caught you in the act. Okay, we’ve caught you in the act. Okay, we’ve caught you in the act. Okay, we’ve caught you in the act.]

The chat was still in chaos.

The reason was simple.

Twitch allowed the creation of alternate accounts continuously.

Unless the streamer set something up, there was no way to stop such harassment from flooding in.

• Ugh, this is so annoying. I’ll put a one-month follow limit. Sorry, new viewers.

Harin, who probably wasn’t new to this experience, immediately set a follow limit and started the stream again.

As a result, the people who were flooding the chat disappeared.

To be precise, it would be more accurate to say they couldn’t chat anymore.

“She’s definitely a pro at streaming.”

Of course, I would have used that method too, but I wouldn’t have responded as quickly as Harin did.

Thinking that she was amazing, I loaded some money onto Twitch.

I knew my fans weren’t the ones flooding the chat, but if I just sat back and did nothing, my reputation would suffer.

It was better to at least address it through a donation.

“I’m not really knowledgeable about streaming, but I thought it would be good to mention this at least.”

[Omniscient Cthulhu: lol]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: We have to talk about this one at least.]

[That’s true, lol.]

[What’s there to talk about, lol? Just ignore it.]

[But why bother? Harin didn’t say anything about it.]

[Hwanhee: You’ve already charged, lol.]

[Kang Hoomin: If you just want to watch a girl stream, then sure.]

[Conspiracy theories are on point, lol.]

While Harin was indeed somewhat pretty, I wasn’t going to donate just for that reason.

I wasn’t some kind of woman-obsessed guy.

[Dugong has donated 10,000 won!]

• I’m the one streaming under the name Dama, and I apologize for the flood of self-proclaimed ‘fans’ earlier…

I wasn’t particularly invested in how well the stream was doing, but it felt uncomfortable to just let someone else suffer because of my presence.

After that donation, a moment later.

• Wait a minute. Dama? I feel like I’ve heard that name before…

Harin fiddled with her golden hair, deep in thought, and then said—

• Oh, right! The person Mangming told me about.

She made a shocking statement.

“Wait, why is Mangming’s name coming up here?”

I was seriously flustered.

Why was Mangming’s name coming up and not some other streamer?

It made me dizzy.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Wow, lol.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: You’ve gained the title of someone Mangming has his eye on. lol]

[This is really enviable.]

[No matter how much you try to draw attention, Mangming usually ignores you, but this… ]

[Hwanhee: Seriously, Mangming’s interest is]

[Hwanhee: Worth a thousand won to get to know him, lol.]

[A thousand won is probably less valuable than my booger.]

[Hey, hey, hey x17]

Mangming and Harin.

What kind of relationship do they have?

From the reactions in Harin’s chat, it seems like her fans don’t know either.

• What’s going on? Why is everyone pretending not to know? I’ve talked a lot with Mangming.

[You’ve never mentioned it on stream.]

[How would we know that?]

[Did you talk about it?]

[I watch all of Harin’s streams, but I don’t remember anything.]

[I’m hearing for the first time that Harin is close with Mangming.]

It seemed that Yeram also didn’t know about this.

If she were close with Mangming, she would have mentioned it beforehand.

Anyway…

“Hmm…”

I had clearly tried to distance the Mangming fans while linking Harin, but it felt like I had made a misstep.

However, I quickly dismissed that thought.

“I don’t know. That’s just how life is.”

Living life as it flows is what it’s all about.