Chapter 23: Apology Letter

[Apology Letter]

On January 13th, Friday, at around 3 PM, Infinity Games temporarily suspended the account of internet streamer Jeon**.

The GM team’s monitoring identified behavior that violated the terms of service, assuming account transfer and proxy play, resulting in a 90-day suspension.

However, further investigation revealed that the suspended account indeed belonged to Jeon**, and the supposed account transfer was a misunderstanding by the GM team.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and discomfort caused by our mishandling of the situation.

Moving forward, the GM team will conduct thorough verifications to prevent such incidents from recurring.

We ask for your understanding, and to compensate Jeon** for the inconvenience caused, we have provided 500,000 in-game cash.

Once again, we offer our deepest apologies.

January 13, 2023,
Infinity Games

The apology letter from Infinity Games, posted just hours after the incident, created a buzz among gamers due to its unusually swift response.

Of course, even without the letter, the news about Jeon Jeonseol had already spread across every community.

It was like adding fuel to a fire.

[Post by: **]
[Title: Why is Infinity apologizing, LOL]

“Didn’t Jeon Jeonseol just outright scam people? Is being fooled also their fault?”

“It’s always the side with regrets that apologizes.”

“Why would Infinity have regrets over a random streamer?”

“A random streamer? (Victory’s recognized rival, currently undefeated, a girl with a pretty voice.)”

“If this is true, the streaming world is about to explode, LOL.”

“If she does content with Victory, the universe is doomed.”

“Jealous, jealous, jealous!”

“…We’re jealous of Victory, right? You’re gay, aren’t you…”

“How does someone like that even exist?”

“If Victory’s worried that Jeon Jeonseol might steal their fame, upvote LOL.”

“Comparing someone with no championship to Victory? Seriously?”

“She’s a girl.”

“A girl who’s ‘actually’ good at games? Ever seen one?”

“She never said she’d go pro, but the delusion is strong here.”

[Post by: **]
[Title: Jeon Jeonseol’s Identity Reveal Mad Movie – Watch This, LOL]

(A YouTube video of her explanation stream.)

“What’s with her voice…?”

“The part where she tweaks the voice modifier gave me chills, LOL.”

“I wasn’t using a proxy; actually, I’m a girl. (For real.)”

“Why is that ‘for real,’ though, LOL.”

“A beautiful gamer girl who’s skilled at games—wow.”

“Did she reveal her face, too?”

“Her hands alone scream goddess tier.”

“Her voice makes it impossible for her not to be gorgeous!”

“Hands, voice, and face are separate things, but look at these delusional simp comments.”

“Why is this person so angry, though…?”

“Could it be… that gender, angry because they lost all attention?”

[Post by: **]
[Title: If her hand is 13 cm, is it shorter than my thing???]

“Wow, she can’t even grab it with her whole hand—this is crazy.”

“What?”

“Not afraid of being reported? Crazy person.”

“I just said her hand is shorter than my hand; how’s that reportable?”

“Do you think the judge will take your side? Reported, you’re done for.”

“Ugh, stuff like this makes hiding your gender understandable.”

“Disgusting sexual harassment.”

“Die.”

“What’s even the point of grabbing in that direction? She’d wrap it sideways anyway.”

“You die, too.”

[Post by: **]
[Title: LOL, Wild didn’t even know his friend was a girl.]

“Did Victory know??? No reaction so far?”

[Would you think someone who plays games like that could be a girl?]

[This is why online friendships are risky.]

– [That guy I raid with every week… Could he be one, too?]

[Wake up, man. That guy’s a dude with hairy legs.]

[Totally like a light novel protagonist, LOL.]

[Did you really think the one who sounds like a guy in online games wasn’t a girl?]

**[Post by: **]
[Title: But Jeon Jeonseol is really good at male voice acting.]

[It’s not just about using a voice modifier.
For a guy to sound like a girl, they need to change their vocal technique, and usually, it’s obvious, and people catch on.
Didn’t three catfish streamers get exposed last year?
How did she fool so many people?
Didn’t anyone suspect until she admitted it herself?]

– [Why do you know about vocal techniques, man?]

– [Ugh, reeks of gross catfish vibes.]

[The double standard is wild when genders are swapped, LOL.]

[Jeonseol only pretended to be a guy to avoid creepy buffalo fans.
Catfishers just want to scam for loot and money.
How could the reactions be the same?]

[Why is this person so mad… Bad experiences with catfish?]

[Were you a water buffalo tricked by a stud bull? LOL.]

[For the love of everything, stop looking for girls on the internet.]

[Want to meet a girl? Step outside your room.]

[Truth.]

[Post by: Jeon Jeonseol Fan]
[Title: Jeonseol Nuna, when are you coming back? ]

[Stream now, stream now, stream now, stream now, stream now, stream now!]

– [Turn on your stream, Jeonseol!]

– [Are you going to keep streaming Team A to max level?]

[What are you talking about? She’s doing hawk content, LOL.]

[Jeonseol, you fit hawk content better than Team A.]

[Do whatever, just stream!!!!!]

**[Post by: **]
[Title: Practicing Hawk content for Jeonseol’s next stream.]

[She’ll praise me if I get one kill, right? Wait for me, I’m coming!]

[Crazy, that trash game.]

– [This is love.]

– [No matter how much you practice, you won’t beat her, though.]

[LOL.]

– [Sharp truth: A bronze player can’t beat a challenger just by practicing.]

[One kill should be possible, though?]

[NOPE.]

She had a dream.

An unattainable one.

All she wanted was to just be another gamer online.

She admitted her complacency.

Maybe she could’ve been more meticulous.

But listen, it was only the second day of streaming.

How was she supposed to know her channel would grow so fast that even the game company would monitor her?

It’s all Wild and Victory’s fault for not mentioning they were pros.

They’re incredible players—streaming to thousands, filling entire venues for fan meetings—and yet, they hid it.

Why?

“Ha.”

She let out a sigh.

“Am I a hypocrite?”

She didn’t tell them she was a woman, either.

But back then, in front of them, she was a guy.

Even now, as she’s become this version of herself, she just wanted to be seen as an equal gamer.

That’s impossible now.

If they found out she was a girl.

They’d all fall for her again.

That would be troublesome.

“Is something bothering you?”

“Please don’t talk to me.”

She had to get out of the house. Staying home meant she’d drink until her stomach churned, unable to control herself.

But even stepping out turned out like this.

Leave me alone.

“Did things not go well with your boyfriend?”

“Please leave if you’re going to speak like that.”

Even after I completely shut him down twice, some crazy guy sat next to me at my café table.

A leech like this is rare.

“I’m in middle school. You don’t want me to report you, do you?”

Defense Technique #3: Pretending to be a minor.

A deadly trick I can use since I still look young.

If I were a high school student, maybe it would’ve been different.

It’s not common for someone to hit on a middle schooler.

“I’m in high school! That means I can speak casually, right?”

Nope, didn’t work.

“Let’s not make things awkward between neighbors. Do you want to move because of embarrassing things?”

Right now, I’m in a café at the apartment’s sky lounge.

It’s a place where only residents can enter.

I came here just to have a lemonade, and this weird guy keeps bothering me.

“You don’t sound like a middle schooler. Are you more grown-up than I thought?”

‘You don’t look like a high schooler either.’

A guy with earrings and makeup.

His orange hair is flashy.

Do kids these days really go to school looking like that?

Tsk. The end times, I swear.

“Actually, I’m a lesbian. Please leave, I’m not interested in guys.”

“How about I introduce you to a pretty girl? I know a lot of really pretty ones. How about a girl group member? Interested?”

He broke through Defense Technique #4?

Not your average leech.

“But don’t you know who I am? I’m kind of famous.”

“I’m not interested.”

Suddenly, he starts showing off.

Looking at his face, he does look like an idol type.

He even mentioned girl group members.

It’s obvious he’s a male idol.

Maybe if he were a pro gamer, it’d be different.

But I don’t care about any celebrities.

“Don’t you know 12z? We’ve been on Billboard before.”

“I’m deaf, I don’t listen to music.”

“Then it’s a miracle you can hear my voice! This must be fate!”

Smiling.

I don’t feel like smiling, so don’t smile, you jerk.

A typical case of overconfidence.

That’s the kind of move someone makes when they’re sure their face alone can make a woman happy just by looking at it.

Even a girl like me, who’s pushing him away, will eventually smile and open up if he keeps talking.

Too bad, I’m not one of those girls.

I really want to splash the lemonade on his face right now.

‘If I splash lemonade, he’ll probably start whining about cleaning fees and keep bothering me.’

I’ve already reached my limit.

I have no choice but to use a forceful method now.

I walked up to the counter and asked the staff for help.

“There’s a stalker bothering me. Could you please contact the security office?”

The guy who had followed me there suddenly pretended to be shocked and yelled.

“What! Isn’t this too much?”

He was still acting casual and shameless.

Does it look like I’m joking?

I’m really going to call for help.

“I’m Leo from 12z! We’ll probably run into each other again since we live in the same apartment. See you next time.”

He barely understood that I was really going to call someone.

The overly confident leech finally ran away.

Normally, when you put up a decent wall, people leave. But he was such a persistent jerk, it almost made my head spin.

But is he an idiot?

Who reveals their identity and leaves?

I need to file a complaint with the management office.

I’ll do it right away since I remembered.