Chapter 26 : Help me. I’m in danger of being killed in an apartment in the middle of Seoul. Please, save me

This is why you should avoid making enemies whenever possible.

The corners of my smiling mouth trembled with fear.

‘What an overwhelming pressure!’

Who would have thought that the person I insulted on the internet was a muscle monster who could literally fold a human in half? Not figuratively, but literally. If those hands grabbed my slender waist, it would probably crumple instantly.

To meet such a person in real life, is this what they used to call a ‘real-life raid’?

Right now, I was like a puppy in front of a tiger, a candle in the wind.

Primal fear was squeezing my heart relentlessly!

But fortunately, instead of folding me in half, Health Boy apologized for something quite unexpected.

“I apologize for banning you back then. It was unavoidable for the smooth progress of the broadcast. It was obvious that it would attract too much attention. After that, I was curious and went to watch your broadcast, and it was so much fun that I kept watching and became a fan. You’re really charming.”

When I realized that the person was a streamer because of the viewers’ chats and went to apologize on his broadcast, I was immediately banned.

But he’s apologizing for that. Honestly, it was justified to ban me. I probably would have banned me too.

‘He’s been watching my broadcast since that day?’

Back then, I hadn’t even turned on the cam yet, no, this person is the one who bought me the cam in the first place.

I can understand the voice, but was he really a fan of me since then?

It’s hard to dislike someone who has consistently watched my broadcasts, so I started to like this man a little.

‘But he’s still scary.’

Why is he so huge! Even though I know he’s not here to hurt me, he’s still scary!

Imagine a friendly grizzly bear standing in front of you. No matter how friendly it is, you’d naturally be anxious because you wouldn’t know when it might suddenly crave human flesh.

No, even if it’s not a man-eating bear, if it just casually hits you while playing around, you could die instantly.

“You said you run a small business, so that business was broadcasting.”

I tried to overcome my inner fear and appealed to the big shot chairman who put up the 15 million won mission, showing that I clearly remembered his existence and chat.

“Yes. Ruffian, your broadcast is really fun, and seeing it grow bigger than mine these days makes me think that fun broadcasts do get popular. It makes me proud of my judgment, you know? But it’s a bit sad that Ruffian, who was once my little secret, has become a public pick! Haha.”

It’s a bit embarrassing to be praised to my face.

Honestly, the recent broadcasts were all explanation broadcasts, so the viewership was artificially inflated by attracting attention. When I turn it back on, probably less than half of that will come, right?

“Controversy, explanation, controversy, explanation, it’s just a bubble from repeating that. I think it’ll shrink back down soon.”

“Even if the bubble bursts, it’ll be much bigger than before. I think you’ll do much better than my broadcast. Haha.”

“O-of…”

Why is he hyping me up so much? It’s making me anxious. It’s like he has some kind of ulterior motive.

“Can I leech off a collab with you? Let’s consider it an apology for ‘that incident’.”

If you don’t agree, I’ll kill you right here. I’ll make you unable to walk ever again.

I felt like I heard such a hallucination. Why is he asking with such a scary face?

No, it just looks like a smiling face, but that smiling face is too scary.

But this is a gym in broad daylight, he wouldn’t tear me to pieces, right? But there are only three people here, me, So-eun, and that man!

I’m so scared!

“Well, you’re a quiet, healing, skilled broadcaster, Health Boy, and I’m a bomb of issues and attention, so I don’t think a collab between us is a good idea.”

I gave up on gaining his favor and desperately recalled information about Health Boy to politely decline.

The fear in my body overcame my desire for money.

I do like that person, but I really don’t want to see him often. I think my body will be tense with fear every time I see him.

Can we just meet on the internet, through the monitor? That’s enough, right? The internet me is the real me! I don’t need reality!

“I’m worried because my viewership seems to be gradually declining these days. After 3 years of broadcasting, everyone who would watch has probably watched, so now I need to think about attracting people who don’t usually watch. So I think a collab with Ruffian would be really great.”

Health Boy logically explained the necessity of a collab to me, but I kept hearing hallucinations.

If you refuse, I’ll kill you.

You’ll have to pay the price for your trolling and swearing, right?

If you understand, just agree.

“I, if you put it that way.”

I lost the courage to refuse any further.

“Then, to plan the collab, can I have your contact information?”

With trembling hands, I typed my phone number into his phone.

For a moment, I thought I could escape by giving him a fake phone number.

But he lives in the same apartment building, in the same block. Who knows when I might run into him by chance and get killed!

With such thoughts, I’m too scared to deceive him!

“Then I’ll contact you sometime today.”

“Yes, yes.”

Health Boy said that, smiled, and left.

My legs gave out, and I sat back down on the mat, letting out a sigh of relief.

“Phew.”

I survived without dying. Somehow.

‘I was scared.’

I should be more careful on the internet from now on. It was a resolution I made about 20,000 times after being fined 1 million won for cyber defamation.

I haven’t kept it yet, though.

[Ruffian is now live!]

[Broadcast Title: The real cheetah is heading to Master. The weak yetis could only tremble in fear!]

After washing up, eating, and getting ready, or rather, being subjected to it, the broadcast started at 4 PM.

-Economics101: RuffRuff!

-JungleIsHell: Hello Ruffian 17th try

-StoleAPamphletFromMuseumRuffian: ᄒᄋ

“RuffRuff! Hello! What do you mean 17th try when I just started! Don’t lie! I’m really going to Master today. Look forward to it.”

Since the broadcast time has been reduced, I won’t be able to play League of Legends as much, and the remaining time for the Master mission is decreasing in real-time. Being busy, I skipped the initial chatting and immediately turned on League of Legends.

I queued up with mid as my first choice and jungle as my second choice, and of course, I got jungle again.

“This f*cking trash role. Have I ever gotten mid when I queue with these two?”

Should I change my second choice to top? But I couldn’t bring myself to not do my best because 15 million won was too much money.

[Pandaria donated a whopping 5,000 won!]

-Mom! I can’t see you, mom! Show yourself quickly, mom!

I remember that nickname. The crazy boob fanatic who claims that anyone with big boobs is his mom.

-KimHash: Streamer!!!! Turn on the cam!!!!

-AdBlockAmbassadorKimJeongYeol: baby noises Mom! I cried because I couldn’t see you!!!

-hippopo: You have to turn on the cam for solo queue, what if there are boosting accusations again? ᄅᄋ ᄏᄏ

“Boosting accusations, my *ss. If you want to see my boobs, just say you want to see my boobs! Don’t beat around the bush like a coward! Say you want to see my boobs, Robin!”

-Ruffian’sReconSoldier: I want to see them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Popcornist: This streamer is too spicy;

-Economics101: Speak your truth!!!!

-SquidTakoYaki: Sexy noona who’s good at dirty jokes ooh ooh

I shouted, imitating a certain pirate captain, and the chat went wild.

I feel a little proud that it seems to be a joke that resonates with many people. I feel a bit like an insider.

[MacaroniGratin donated a whopping 5,000 won!]

-I miss them… I can’t stand how much I miss your baby milk jugs!

These horny dog-like bastards. But I forgive you. 99% of men are bound to like breasts. The other 1% are impotent.

I turned on the cam that I had already set up.

-MorningRiceCakes: What’s with the outfit ᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃ

-GangdongRomanticist: Is this really the same Ruffian who was the epitome of dirt spoon? My heart is pounding

-ChickenIsChicken: What’s pounding is Ruffian’s chest

“So, Casill’s house has good air conditioning. Now that I’m free from the sweltering old room, I have a bit more freedom in choosing outfits.”

I corrected myself, calling So-eun Casill instead of her name, and briefly explained the background of why I could wear such clothes.

In the hellish previous place without even a fan, I had no choice but to be practically naked.

The fact that I was only active from evening to dawn was also partly because the daytime was too hot.

But here, the air conditioning is great. It’s so peaceful and calming.

Last night, since I didn’t have my own bed yet, I went up to So-eun’s bed and slept together. I indulged in the luxury of turning on the air conditioner and covering myself with a blanket.

It was so luxurious that I was afraid of whether I could really live like this.

So, what am I wearing now? The base is a sleeveless tank top, similar to before.

But this time, the straps were transparent, and to celebrate being freed from the sweltering heat, I wore a see-through cardigan over it.

I intentionally didn’t wear the cardigan neatly, letting it hang down a bit, exposing my collarbone and shoulders in an off-shoulder style.

“How is it, does this look okay?”

After putting in effort to dress up, I felt shy waiting for an evaluation.

I felt a little worried that they might not like it, but I also felt anticipation, wondering if they would like it.

-Economics101: Girlfriend look ᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃᄃ

-NursingHomeVolunteerEscapedRuffian: Thank you thank you thank you thank you

-JungleIsHell: Ahem! Pull up your cardigan properly to your shoulders! Fix your ‘clothes’!

-Yang’s11: Don’t act like a sweet boyfriend ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

-AppleCream: More like a simp than a boyfriend ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

If the viewers like the outfit, So-eun, who acted as my coordinator, will be happy too.

I thought So-eun might stop me or at least scold me when she saw me doing a half-cam showing my baby milk jugs and listening to a parade of lewd compliments, but surprisingly, she seemed to be lenient in that regard, even helping me to look prettier.

I don’t know what her true intentions are, but it’s all good. If she approved it, then it’s okay.

[GyeonggiGwangmyeongParkHeeCheol donated a whopping 5,000 won!]

-You, streamer Ruffian, I, Park Hee-cheol of Gyeonggi-do, Gwangmyeong, acknowledge you as a ‘girlfriend candidate’ suitable for me.

“Ugh.”

The simp concept donation was a comedy when I watched it from the side, but being the target of it was quite disgusting.

Still, 5,000 won is 5,000 won. It’s money I could earn by sitting in a factory for over half an hour.

It was a good idea to increase the minimum donation amount from 1,000 won to 5,000 won.

“I don’t feel very grateful for the 5,000 won donation. Could you make the comment a little less disgusting, sir? I’m starting to feel a bit dizzy.”

-JungleIsHell: You’re too honest, you b*tch ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

-AppleCream: Just endure it if you want the money ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ

-KimHash: I wouldn’t be grateful either ᄏᄏᄏᄏ I ’empathize’

“W-well then! I’ll try my best to endure it. Now, next donation, please!”

[chap030405 donated a whopping ???? won!]

-F*cking disgusting bastards fawning over a tit cam I’ve been watching since she only had a mic I’ve been watching since she was a complete nobody I was the only one who recognized her charm early on I’m special

“Ugh.”

I feel dizzy.

At least it seems to be a concept, so that’s a relief. Seeing that the nickname is completely unfamiliar, it seems like a new viewer is roleplaying as a blackened simp.

…What if it’s not a concept but someone’s alternate account?