Chapter 11: “Too embarrassing to reveal”

Finally, some information about Legend came out.

It was about his YouTube channel, which was leaked during Victory’s broadcast.

As expected by Victory, many people visited that channel, and they were shocked.

[Author: ᄋᄋ] [Title: Who are the idiots saying Victory is leeching off Legend?]

[(Screenshot capturing the channel)

The channel is in this state, and they’re talking about leeching?

How are you leeching when you’re not even streaming?]

[Looking at the nickname, are they born in 2000? Victory’s born in 2003, right?]

[If you’re good at the game, storing highlights on YouTube isn’t just me, huh? ᄏᄏ]

[You too?]

When I clicked the link Legend sent, I saw his channel.

The channel name is legender2000.

It was clear from the basic channel settings and unchanged user nickname.

There were five videos uploaded.

All of them were short, under 2 minutes.

The titles were all similar: Highlight 1, Highlight 2, and so on, up to five.

When I clicked on the videos to check, all of them were of Magical Fight gameplay.

“What is this ‘Magical Fight’ nonsense?” I muttered.

Magical Fight was a game with very low recognition.

The reactions of people who saw the game on Legend’s channel for the first time were…

[Author: ᄋᄋ] [Title: What the hell, is this the game Victory and Legend were playing?]

[(Video playing)

I can’t stand the voice of the anime characters.]

-[This is tough.]

-[Did Victory play this game too? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[So Victory is a nerd!?!?!]

[Suddenly, I feel a lot more friendly. ᄏᄏ]

[Gamers are always nerds by default.]

-[Wait, this looks similar to Team A, doesn’t it?]

[Didn’t you know Team A is a patched-up mess of other games?]

[The current game development trend is like that, can’t help it.]

[It’s just that fun is king.]

-[Daimaikai, this is too much ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

─[My mental strength isn’t enough.]

Magical Fight is a fan game based on the anime Magical Girls Chronicle.

All the characters are magical girls, and every time they use a skill, the voice of the magical girl from the anime plays.

Nerds love this kind of fanservice.

—”大満開!”

ᅳ”ᄌᄆᄎ X is P=1!”

A minor issue might be that it’s in Japanese, not Korean-dubbed.

It felt like something that could become a star attraction if you played it loudly in a PC café.

“Wow, does that nerd have no shame?”

But of course, even if it were Korean-dubbed, it would be just as embarrassing.

They’re all magical girls, after all.

[Author: ᄋᄋ] [Title: From now on, Team A Gallery is ruled by people from the Magical Fight fanbase.]

[Did Victory enjoy this fundamental game, not even trying Magical Fight?]

[Have you really tried it?]

[Would I have tried it?]

[ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[With so many people here, no one has played this?]

[Such a minor, failed game ᄏᄏᄏ]

The gallery was filled with laughter at Victory’s unexpected side.

It felt like something out of a dormitory where laughter rings out.

[Author: ᄋᄋ] [Title: Then Victory is…]

[When others are saying, “I saw it! The flaw’s in the skill!” “Thunder strike!” and so on…]

(A meme of combining a magical girl from Magical Girls Chronicle with Victory’s face)

“Star Light, Judge Mentor, Infinity!”

Did he play around like this?

ᄏᄏ ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

-[English voice acting, damn it ᄏᄏ]

─[Never underestimate magical girls again.]

─[I imagined it and burst out laughing.]

─[Fact plate: If you’re handsome, whether you’re a nerd or not, girls will love you. If Victory said he liked magical girls, all the girls would’ve watched that anime and said, “I saw it! It was fun!”]

[Thinking about that, suddenly I feel down…]

-[Judge Mentor? Wow!]

[PPT saved and sent to Ascend Front by email.]

[Author: Victory’s big brother, please watch over me] [Title: Victory… no, right…?]

[Legend is my rival, he’s better at the game, but was he talking about that game?

My idol, my hope, my light and salt, my everything, Victory would never do that.

You must be perfect, you must have no flaws, you must be cool.

I can’t accept this version of you.

Hurry up and say it’s not true!]

-[Are you an idiot?]

[EEEEEEEEEEE]-

[Congrats on your Dome performance!]

-[Gay gay… ]

[Being a nerd gives you so much human charm, why ᄏᄏ]

There were fans having breakdowns, unable to believe that Victory played such a game.

………………It was a game a little embarrassing to show others.

Victory hadn’t exactly hidden the fact that he was a Magical Fight player.

No one had heard of or asked about such an unknown game, so he never bothered to bring it up.

Even if he had been the best in that game, no one outside of a small group would have known.

Then, breaking news posted in the gallery.

[Author: ᄋᄋ] [Title: Legend started a stream.]

[(Link) ᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀ ᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀᄀ]

The person everyone had been talking about had finally started streaming.

‘This guy is really funny.’

If it’s a live stream, then just say it’s a live stream.

Why hide something like that?

‘I get it.’

I kind of understood the feeling.

It’s like showing someone your diary, right?

Victory for the stream and the real Victory must be a little different.

If a friend visited me at work and saw the streaming version of Victory, I’d be embarrassed.

Since I’m a considerate person, I decided not to visit Victory’s stream for a while.

Hmm. Maybe after I hit Rank 1, I’ll check it out.

I’m looking forward to it.

I wonder what his reaction will be.

‘By the way, if you’re Rank 1, it makes sense you’d be streaming.’

I’ve heard of it.

Teamfight Arena is a pretty popular game.

If you rank first in such a game, you’d definitely attract a lot of viewers.

When I found the old Magical Fight highlights I posted a while back, I thought about the job of being a ‘YouTuber.’

I had considered many creative careers—novelists, manga artists, musicians, and of course, YouTubers.

I’ve even seen that ‘YouTuber’ is one of the top dreams for elementary school students.

So when I checked my YouTube channel, I saw the old Magical Fight videos I enjoyed back then.

I thought, “If I show this to Victory, he’d probably like it?” So, I sent him a whisper.

But to think it was during a live stream.

I never thought of that.

‘Live stream, live stream…’

A job where you can work from home, have no need to interact with others, and use your gaming talent.

There’s a profession called an internet broadcaster.

Magical Fight was such a niche game, and there wasn’t anyone streaming it, so I had hardly ever watched internet streams.

I hadn’t even considered it, but now it made sense.

“Mm.”

Victory.

He was playing games on a weekday morning because his job was being a broadcaster.

It seemed like he was doing it full-time, and it probably paid pretty well.

Being an internet broadcaster isn’t as rare anymore, and it’s quite a respectable job, right?

‘Though, I don’t think Seol-yun would be thrilled about it.’

Unemployed, hikikomori, couch potato, quitters.

Compared to those four titles, “aspiring internet broadcaster” seems a bit better.

So, should I try it?

If I decide to do it, there’s no need to hesitate.

One of the advantages of internet broadcasting is that anyone can start right away.

A decent computer? OK. Audio equipment? OK. A headset? Done. And I’m definitely not turning on a camera.

Can a faceless broadcast really succeed that easily?

But honestly, I don’t care if it doesn’t succeed.

In fact, I’d rather it didn’t.

I’m not looking to make money from streaming, and I don’t want to succeed as a professional.

I just want to be able to say to Seol-yun, “I’ve been streaming lately, and if it goes well, I’ll tell you.”

It’s not a lie, more of an excuse. But still, I want to have that card to play.

I just want to take off the labels of unemployed, hikikomori, couch potato, and quitters.

‘Mm. I’d prefer if no one watches for as long as possible.’

I searched online for how to set up a broadcast and followed the instructions.

I know how to handle a computer decently.

I’m not an expert, but as a gamer, I know the basics.

It wasn’t hard at all.

The broadcast setup was complete.

I heard that Tryit TV was a good place for game streaming, so I decided to start broadcasting there.

It felt impulsive, but was there really a need to research it for so long?

I wasn’t planning to get big with the broadcast.

I wasn’t intending to work hard at it.

So, I started the stream and began queuing up for a match in Teamfight Arena.

<ᄒᄋ>

<Is this really Legend? Is it really Legend? Is it really Legend? Is it really Legend?>

<If you have eyes, look at the screen, Legend is queuing up>

<ᄒᄋ 2nd try>

I thought one viewer had entered, but the number started climbing rapidly.

10, 40, 90, 150.

………..Is this how easy streaming is?

Just kidding.

I was just a bit surprised.

I’m not an idiot, I know.

These people must be viewers who came over from Victory’s stream.

I don’t know how they found my stream so quickly, but…

“Ah, can you hear me?”

After double-checking my mic settings, I spoke.

Since I wasn’t feeling any pressure to perform well, I wasn’t nervous at all.

<What’s with the voice?>

Alright, the broadcast begins.