Chapter 54: Stand up, you too

The situation of pulling a 0-tier, 1-tier, and another 1-tier character made rerolling feel too forced.

This was the problem with live broadcasts—there was a script, but no way to fake the results.

Because of this absurd luck, following the script as planned was just impossible!

“Project Savior allows infinite free rerolling! After finishing the tutorial just once, you can keep rerolling 20 pulls endlessly! This means you can guarantee getting the character you want!”

< Isn’t that too much of getting exactly what you want? >

< Teacher, you didn’t reroll even once. >

< Wow, it’s your first time playing, but you know so much. Suspicious. >

< Why do I keep rerolling and still get nothing? Why do I keep rerolling and still get nothing? Why do I keep rerolling and still get nothing? >

< Don’t be fooled, if you want to pull 3 SSRs, you have to reroll for at least 3 days. >

< Even a week might not be enough. LOL >

< Your luck is insane. >

< If you have both gaming skills and gacha luck, what are the rest of us supposed to do?! >

< Watching the streamer succumb to capitalism is kinda cute. >

Hmm.

This sponsored stream was contracted to be edited and uploaded to YouTube later.

I’ll have to tell the editor to hide the chat when posting the video.

“Now, let’s take a look at the shop.”

< You already pulled everything you need, though? >

< You basically high-passed the entire story mode. >

< Uh… you don’t need to spend, you know? >

Maybe that’s true.

But the sponsor gave me a promotional budget—an additional 800,000 KRW (about $600) specifically meant for in-game purchases.

I have to spend this money right now. If I don’t, it’s a contract violation.

So this is what people mean when they talk about the “circumstances of adults” in the gacha community.

Does this mean I’m an adult now?

Looking at the shop packages… hmm, unless you’re well-off, they might be a bit pricey.

Now I get why they set the budget at exactly 800,000 KRW—because buying all the packs and first-time bonuses costs exactly that amount.

Man, how many full-priced games could I buy with this?

But just because it looks expensive doesn’t mean I can say it’s expensive.

Have you heard of the sorrow of young Pinocchio?

“This is actually cheap!”

< Is it… really? >

< Reminder: This streamer is a rich kid. >

< Seems like capitalist propaganda to me. >

< Hmm… is it really that cheap? >

“Anyway, let’s go ahead and make the payment. Please wait a moment.”

After spending the 800,000 KRW, I ended up with a ton of growth materials and 370 pulls.

Since I already pulled the limited SSR Kanna right at the start, there’s no real reason to keep rolling.

…Screw it.

There’s no way to make this ad look “natural” anyway!

“Alright! Time for the ultimate pulling show!”

< What are you aiming for? >

< Let’s go for Kanna 6-star breakthrough! >

< Damn, you’re going all-in. >

< With 370 pulls, is full limit-break possible? >

Like most gacha games, Project Savior had a limit-break system—every duplicate pull of a character increased their power.

For this game, you needed seven copies of the same character to fully max them out.

Since things turned out this way, might as well go all-in for Kanna 6-star breakthrough!

…Yeah, not happening.

< LOOOOOOOL >

< Is this streamer a spy from a rival company? >

< Ah! I must never, ever spend money on this game! >

< Ah! I must never, ever spend money on this game! >

< Ah! I must never, ever spend money on this game! >

< How did you spend 800,000 KRW and still end up a free-to-play player? >

< So “mean reversion” is actually a real thing, huh? >

SSR pull rate: 1%.

Chance of getting the featured character: 0.5%.

Mathematically, I should have gotten at least one every 200 pulls.

But for the unfortunate ones, there was a pity system—after 200 pulls, you’d get the featured character guaranteed.

And in my 370 pulls, I only got ONE SSR in total.

Meaning?

Not a single SSR dropped naturally.

< The gacha is brutal! The gacha is brutal! The gacha is brutal! The gacha is brutal! >

< But isn’t this actually… a really generous system? >

< Breaking news: Pity does NOT carry over. LOL >

< No way, no game is this bad. LOL >

< SR units are still good! SR units are still good! SR units are still good! >

< 370 pulls for only one Kanna… >

< Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! Scam! >

< Fun fact: The chance of getting zero SSRs in 370 pulls is 2.4267% >

< Wow! You’re so lucky to be in the top 2%! >

< LMAOOOO >

< Time for a refund reroll >

< This is looking like a clean refund-run. >

< If you say your little cousin made the purchase, they’ll refund within 24 hours. >

Wait.

Everyone was hyping me up when I was rerolling SSRs.

But the moment I actually spent money, they all turned against me?!

This doesn’t make sense!

Is this a hacking attack from a rival company?!

Are they manipulating my gacha results?!

I swear, this gacha is about to give me paranoia.

“Alright! Let’s continue the story!”

I hid the chat—because if left unchecked, this ad might have the opposite effect—and proceeded with the campaign.

But… I had spent too much.

Because I got so many growth materials, my characters were now too strong.

What was supposed to be a strategic battle turned into a brainless auto-clear session.

Honestly, this wasn’t fun.

A game that’s too easy isn’t fun.

“Behold! The blade of the pay-to-win warrior!”

< Wow, how satisfying. >

“Wow, this looks really fun.”

“Fake enthusiasm detected. LMAO.”

“At least try to act better, damn it.”

“Just make a guild already. It’s been 13 tries.”

Oh, right. Guild creation.

That was also part of the script.

Make a guild to encourage viewer participation.

“Alright, let’s make a guild. But what should we name it?”

“Veronica’s Secret Confessional.”

“Milk Distribution Center?”

“Thicc & Juicy Squad.”

“Let’s keep it simple—Legendary Playground.”

Should I go for an old-school feel and name it Clan Legendary?

Ah, character limit.

“By the way, aren’t you going to create an official fan name?”

“You’re not even a VTuber, why would you need that?”

“Uh, but isn’t she technically a VTuber?”

“(Jellyfish emoji)”

“You’re professional enough now to have a fanbase name.”

“You should make one before trolls come up with some horrible nickname.”

“Since you’re a jellyfish, how about ‘Tentacle Squad’?”

“Jellyfish eat plankton, so why not ‘Plankton’?”

“Wait, let’s focus on the game first. We can decide on that later. We can’t spend too long on just the guild name.”

I mean, this is a sponsored stream. I can’t get sidetracked.

“Guild name will be Clan Legendary.”

“That was a fast decision.”

“By the way, what’s the meaning behind your streamer name?”

“Yeah, why ‘Legend of Legends’ (전전설)?”

“Because everything she does is legendary, duh.”

“Wait, is your last name ‘Jeon’?”

Too sharp.

I should only read out safe questions.

“It’s just because my skills are legendary. ‘I Am Legend.’ But the name was taken, so I added an extra ‘Jeon’ in front.”

“Justified confidence. LOL.”

“That’s actually kinda cool.”

“Jeon Jeon Seol! Jeon Jeon Seol! Jeon Jeon Seol!”

“Too bad you’re advertising a trash game right now.”

“Oh… then what about naming the fandom ‘Scribes’—the ones who record legends?”

The Legend, and the Scribes who record it?

Oh… that’s actually kinda cool.

“If the fans are ‘Scribes,’ does that make the streamer the ‘Secretary-General’?”

“Secretary-General? Ugh! My head…!”

“Uh-oh, why is he turning red?”

“Comrade, rise!

“Raise the flag of revolution!”

“Wait, where did that come from?”

“You don’t know about the Secretary-General?”

“Are you a STEM major or something? LMAO.”

“This is basic knowledge… right?”

“High school dropout behavior detected.”

“Our poor sickly and fragile streamer couldn’t go to school due to illness… such tragedy…”

“That sounded straight out of a depressing novel. LMAO.”

“Since when did humanities students start making fun of STEM majors?”

“Hey! No unnecessary fighting! No humanities vs. STEM division either!”

Okay, fine, I am a high school dropout, so that did sting a little.

Stop hitting an already struggling dropout.

Quickly Googling on my sub-monitor…

Turns out Secretary-General refers to the leader of the Communist Party.

Soviet Secretary-General? Oh, I have heard of that before.

…Maybe.

…Probably?

Can’t really remember.

“While you were all debating, the guild already filled up with 30 members. Let’s check out the guild lobby.”

• The guild lobby had a futuristic aesthetic.

Looked like it was designed based on a battleship.

Guild members could gather here and use their characters as avatars.

A virtual showroom for cyber figurines, huh?

I set Veronica as my main character.

A thicc thighs, big-breasted goddess of maternal energy.

“Boing.”

As I admired Veronica’s in-game model, the entire guild suddenly transformed.

Now, everyone in the lobby was Veronica.

“Is this some kind of busty utopia?”

“This is a chicken coop!”

“Stop slandering busty characters with ‘chicken coop’ jokes!”

“The flat-chested squad has officially lost!”

“This is Busty Nation! Begone, heretics!”

“But… the streamer is flat, right?”

“LMAO, your streamer has 13cm hands.”

“So… how tall are you?”

“LMAO, imagine her proportions.”

“No more personal questions.”

To set an example, I executed the viewer who asked about my height.

10-minute timeout.

Go stand in the corner.