Initially, I just wanted to see Curry squirm in front of me after failing the eye-tracking challenge.
But when Curry’s gaze actually went to the woman in the video, I felt a strange and complex mix of emotions.
I’d watched Curry express how much he liked her all the time.
Of course, I expected this reaction, but why did I feel this way?
A fact I’d been trying to ignore, hiding behind the excuse of enjoying torment.
When I clearly felt that Curry disliked me, I couldn’t enjoy the situation anymore.
No matter how hard I looked, there was nothing about that woman that made her better than me.
He was so busy avoiding my gaze during our past collaborations, but he couldn’t even resist a brief temptation when his crush appeared.
A silence fell between Curry, who failed the eye-tracking, and me, and during that silence, I realized why I was feeling this way.
It was true that I’d tormented him quite a bit.
But it was also true that I’d taken care of Curry just as much.
No matter how I thought about it, I’d taken care of him much more than I’d tormented him.
It wasn’t like he was doing it when I wasn’t around; he was doing it right next to me, which upset me.
Simply put, my pride was hurt.
Isn’t it normal for him to show some signs of wavering if a woman like me approached him, objectively speaking?
From a man’s perspective, I could understand why the viewers considered Curry to be handicapped.
He was so focused on avoiding my gaze when he was with me.
But the moment his crush struck a pose, he immediately stared at her.
Curry looked pathetic, and I looked pathetic for not enjoying the situation.
“Where are you looking?”
It was true that I’d tormented him quite a bit.
But it was also true that I’d taken care of Curry just as much.
After calming down the turmoil inside me, I asked Curry, who was watching me cautiously.
Perhaps he couldn’t answer my question?
Curry remained silent, without even uttering an excuse.
His behavior was deeply displeasing, so I continued, my voice trembling slightly.
“Did you like her that much?”
“Uh, no…”
“Then why did your gaze go that way?”
“It’s an unavoidable instinct for a man…”
“Yet you won’t even make eye contact with me, your virtual marriage partner.”
“…I was wrong.”
Curry, who had tried to make excuses, eventually apologized.
Seeing Curry’s subdued appearance made me feel a little better, but
It was too disappointing to end the content like this, and above all, the infuriating Curry had to suffer even more.
If Curry’s suffering had been purely for my enjoyment, now it was to clear the karma Curry had built up himself.
“I didn’t expect it to end this quickly. Thanks to someone, of course.”
“I have no excuse…”
“Let’s do three lives.”
“…Do we have to do more?”
“Why? Are you afraid your gaze will wander again?”
I presented a choice that a streamer couldn’t refuse, and as expected, Curry swallowed his tears and nodded in agreement.
“The original success standard for the eye-tracking challenge was 30 minutes… let’s increase it to 1 hour.”
“Even so, 1 hour is too long…”
“Actually, seeing how Curry-nim is doing, I think it’ll be over in less than 10 minutes.”
With merciless fact-bombing, Curry closed his mouth and fixed his gaze straight ahead.
The video donation with suggestive content, which had been paused, started playing again.
This time, it was a dance video of a famous female cam BJ, and of course, there was more exposed than covered.
Several times, his gaze tried to wander, but
Curry, displaying superhuman patience, fixed his gaze back to its original position.
Curry, who endured until the end of the video with the warning “Caution: Rear” in the title, breathed a sigh of relief.
But he had only overcome one of many hurdles.
Curry wore a deathly expression at the continuing barrage of suggestive video donations.
Even so, Curry’s mental fortitude, keeping his gaze away from the suggestive content, was commendable.
How many video donations had he endured like that?
Curry finally succumbed to a video donation titled “G-cup Woman Cleaning Ears ASMR.”
“Isn’t it a bit much when half the screen is that part!?”
“Hmph…”
Curry expressed his frustration, and honestly, I somewhat agreed.
How could there be a video where more than half the screen is filled with breasts, and how could someone think to send that as a donation?
Even I, who has no interest in such things, momentarily glanced at it.
“Well, I’ll let this one slide.”
“Thank you…”
This one was ruled invalid, but that was the only exception.
Curry’s challenge continued, and I was smiling on the screen.
At some point, I started to enjoy the situation itself, erasing the complex emotions I felt earlier, and focused solely on tormenting Curry.
The eye-tracking challenge continued smoothly.
There were many truly intense videos in between, but Curry showed a particularly precarious appearance whenever he saw videos related to that solo singer.
A solo singer named Rine, who was active under the stage name, and who was loved by the public for her good figure and excellent singing skills.
This person kept catching Curry’s eye, and every time, I felt a complex and unsettling feeling, though not as strong as before.
The only things that woman had better than me were her voice and musical talent.
Why was Curry paying more attention to that woman than to me, who was right next to him and even in a virtual marriage with him?
I didn’t want to care, but
I kept caring.
A lot.
The eye-tracking challenge, which was supposed to end smoothly thanks to Curry’s tremendous mental strength,
Curry wavered every time videos related to the famous solo singer “Rine” came up.
As soon as the quick-witted viewers noticed this, they started sending videos related to Rine.
[Curry, why do you like Rine so much?]
[Who knew he liked her this much? Kkk]
[He mentions her a lot, hmm…]
[So, his claim of not being interested in dating was a lie]
[Are you turning your eyes away with Barcode-noona right next to you?]
[You’re getting too comfortable kkkkk]
Videos of Rine’s Maxim magazine photoshoot.
Videos of Rine’s sexy concert performances.
Videos of Rine’s bikini vacation.
Watching those videos, Curry could acutely feel how a person could go insane.
Not being able to freely watch a celebrity you like as a fan, there was no worse torture.
Curry, who had been walking a tightrope, finally burned through his remaining two lives after 35 minutes into the challenge.
The ones who took Curry’s three lives were, of course, videos related to Rine.
“Curry-nim.”
“…Yes.”
Curry carefully shifted his gaze sideways, unable to turn his head.
Barcode maintained an expressionless face, devoid of any emotion.
The excessively cold, eerie atmosphere emanating from Barcode made Curry unable to even swallow the saliva pooling in his mouth.
In this situation, where a quiet silence like the calm before a storm prevailed, swallowing saliva could make the sound blatantly audible.
“Why did you do a virtual marriage with me?”
Barcode’s question ended the silence that felt like an eternity.
Curry almost blurted out, “You forced me to, you crazy b*tch,” but
He held onto his fleeting sanity, closed his mouth, and mentally repeated the word “calm.”
“Because it was you, Barcode-nim.”
“You’re not thinking inside, ‘It’s annoying to treat her like a chairman,’ are you?”
“…How dare I have such thoughts about the chairman.”
Curry was momentarily flustered by her question, which seemed to see through everything.
But he quickly recovered his outward expression and denied Barcode’s question with a nonchalant voice.
“Hmph… I’ll believe you if you do a punishment.”
“Punishment? We didn’t set any punishment…”
“Everyone? What punishment should we give to the infuriating Curry-nim, who failed the challenge?”
Curry, who was interrupted mid-sentence, quietly watched his punishment being decided.
After a heated discussion between Barcode and the viewers about Curry’s punishment, it was decided that Curry would wear a bunny costume a week later.
The eye-tracking challenge ended like that.
After leaving Barcode’s room and returning to his own, Curry began preparing to start his broadcast.
Even if he couldn’t give an impact greater than the eye-tracking challenge collaboration, he couldn’t skip today’s broadcast entirely.
But Curry, thinking a short break would be okay, went to his inbox first.
Curry’s inbox was filled with various emails, ranging from advertising offers to messages from fans. However, one email with a particularly eye-catching subject caught his attention.
As if drawn in, Curry moved his mouse and checked the contents of the email.
[LoL Academy x Twitch Collaboration Invitation]
The content of the email was simpler than expected.
As the title suggested, it was about a collaboration between LoL Academy and Twitch.
And it was an invitation for Curry to participate as a mentor in this collaboration.
One thing that he couldn’t understand was why he was invited as a mentor.
There were many other streamers who were better and had higher tiers than him, so why him out of all those streamers?
Putting aside the question that came to mind for a moment, Curry checked the rest of the email below. After checking the remaining content, Curry was able to clear his doubts.
In this collaboration, mentees could choose their desired mentor from among the LoL streamers.
As it happened (?), there was a mentee who had chosen Curry as their mentor, which led to the invitation email being sent to him.
It was practically a recruitment rather than an invitation, but there was no particular disadvantage to participating, so Curry thought positively about the collaboration.
The word “mentor” brought back painful memories of that day.
Quickly erasing those memories from his mind, Curry looked over the list of mentees.
Since the streamers were taking on the role of mentors, all the mentees were academy trainees.
Of course, they weren’t just ordinary trainees.
There were names on the list that seemed familiar, that he had heard of before.
After searching, he found out they were all celebrities, and crucially, at the bottom of the list, she was there.
Rine, the famous solo singer who had been recognized by the public since her debut.
In the “Mentor” section next to her name, “Curry” was clearly written.
The filming date was 14 days from today.
Should Curry accept this invitation or not?
He continued to ponder carefully but turned on his stream before reaching a decision.
[Late–]
[You’re 40 minutes late]
[Curry’s lost his初心 (beginner’s mind)]
[Let’s pick out the bunny ears first]
[Oh shit kkkkk just imagining it makes me happy]
Curry, who turned on LoL without any opening song or anything, continued to contemplate while queuing for a match.
The viewers misunderstood Curry’s contemplative demeanor as something else, but Curry didn’t have the mental bandwidth to care about that right now.
He opened a gambling stream, throwing in occasional jokes, but his lowered energy was palpable.
Normally, this would have caused a mass exodus of viewers, but since most of them had watched the eye-tracking challenge collaboration, the dropout rate wasn’t that high.
“Everyone. I’ll end the stream here today.”
[Goodbye Curry]
[Goodbye Curry]
[Looking forward to the bunny costume, Curry]
[You look exhausted, it’s sad]
[I’ll collect points and make Barcode do aegyo]
[Goodbye Curry]
Curry ended the stream, got up from his chair, and dragged his tired body to the bed.
Staring blankly at the ceiling, he continued to think about the dilemma that had been plaguing him throughout the stream.
After comparing the advantages of going to the collaboration versus not going, Curry was finally able to make a decision.
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If he wants to that desperately cut off mc this is the best chance. Then again I doubt his reputation would survive if he did under these circumstances