Chapter 54

Thanks to drifting, the operator was neatly dealt with.

I decided not to think about the aftermath.

If the broadcast gets suspended because of this, I’ll just move to another platform.

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【Handsome Licker】─?? Lol, what’s this?

【Yoho】─Whoa. How did you kick out the operator?

【Qkrnfl892】─It’s Drifting Hacker, lol.

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【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. That hacker is seriously insane!

【Maid】─Hacker-nu!

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【Drifting AI】─I speak. I say, praise me.

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A sense of pride oozed from Drifting’s chat.

I can only imagine them smiling smugly in front of their monitor.

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【BigGIrl】─Wow. Drifting, you really are a hacker.

【Jujijoa】─That guy isn’t just a regular hacker; he’s a cyber ghost.

【Maehwa Tree】─Yeah, seems like it.

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【Se-hoon Defense Team】─If it’s a ghost, shouldn’t Maehwa exorcise it?

【Maehwa Tree】─A cyber ghost isn’t like a yokai. It’s just a nickname.

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【Qkrnfl892】─No. So what the hell is a cyber ghost? Damn, they’re talking about stuff only they know.

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【Maehwa Tree】─I don’t know much either. Just think of them as a really skilled hacker.

【Jujijoa】─My acquaintance said it’s a digital lifeform, lol.

【Min Ji】─;;;

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【Handsome Licker】─Juji, is your acquaintance a mental patient?

【Jujijoa】─? That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think?

【Handsome Licker】─If Guburi were here, it wouldn’t have ended like this. Be grateful.

【Jujijoa】─That’s true.

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【Drifting AI】─I speak. I say, Juji’s acquaintance is not a mental patient.

【Jujijoa】─You bastard. Don’t call me by a messed-up nickname.

【Yoho】─Isn’t it all the same anyway···.

【Handsome Licker】─Lol, true.

【Drifting AI】─I say, lol.

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While the viewers were busy chatting among themselves, I was checking the broadcast settings to help Guburi re-enter.

If you get banned, you can’t enter for a certain period.

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It’s something I could’ve left to the maid, but since I had nothing else to do, I decided to change the settings myself.

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‘Ah. Surely they didn’t blacklist him, right?’

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Just in case, I checked briefly.

And thankfully, Guburi wasn’t on the blacklist.

Just as I was about to change the re-entry wait time settings…

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『‘Gyeongsaeng Guburi’ has entered the room.』

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Poof-poof!

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Even though I hadn’t changed the settings yet, Guburi naturally entered the room.

I asked in a surprised tone.

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“What? How did you get in?”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Huh? I just came in?

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“You just came in? What? I haven’t changed the settings yet.”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Was it the old settings? Anyway, I don’t know why I got in. I just entered the code after peeing, and I got in. So no ban.

【Drifting AI】─I speak. I say, I changed the settings so you can enter immediately even if you get banned.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Oh, lol. Thanks.

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Checking the chat, it seemed Drifting had changed the entry settings while kicking out the operator.

Not only is their hacking skill impressive, but their foresight is too.

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─By the way, where’s the operator?

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“Drifting kicked them out.”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Huh? The operator? Damn, Drifting’s hacking skills are insane. But why did they kick them out?

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Guburi didn’t know he was the one who got banned by the operator.

Of course, it was natural.

There’s no notification about who banned you.

I summarized the situation for him.

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“The operator banned you on a whim. I found that annoying, so I banned them.”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─?? The operator banned me? Damn, that bastard! What did I do wrong? ㅡㅡ

【Yoho】─Hmm···.

【Jujijoa】─Honestly, you did mess up.

【Qkrnfl892】─Sexbojijjipaguri, you crazy bitch. Lol.

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【Handsome Licker】─Guburi, you’re shameless. Lick.

【Min Ji】─Do you have no conscience?

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What’s wrong with that? It’s fine in Gyesekkihoon’s room. ㅡㅡ

【Maehwa Tree】─You should restrain yourself when the operator is around.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. You can’t read the room!

【Maid】─Idiot-nu!

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As the viewers’ opinions suggested, the operator was wrong, but Guburi also messed up by not controlling the chat level.

Even though I don’t usually mind high-level chats, you should at least be mindful when the operator is around.

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But I gave up on pointing that out.

Common sense doesn’t work on abnormal people.

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【Yoho】─Ah. And the room master got really mad when Gyeongsaeng got banned by the operator.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─?? Why did Gyesekkihoon get mad?

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【Handsome Licker】─“How dare you ban my precious viewer?” That’s why he got mad.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Lol, but isn’t Guburi a rare viewer, not a precious one?

【Handsome Licker】─Anyway, Guburi, you better treat Se-hoon well from now on. Lick.

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Really? Gyesekkihoon said that?

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【Maehwa Tree】─Hard to believe, but it’s true.

【Jujijoa】─Yeah, honestly, I thought he wouldn’t care if Guburi got banned, but it was unexpected.

【Qkrnfl892】─Se-hoon might act tough, but deep down, he seems to care about Guburi? Maybe because he’s been here since the first broadcast?

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Damn, I’m so touched my pussy is fluttering.

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“Maid. Guburi, chat ban.”

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【Maid】─Wow!

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I immediately restricted Guburi’s chat.

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“You’re getting out of hand, you crazy bitch.”

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【Handsome Licker】─Lol, true. You don’t know moderation. Lick.

【Maehwa Tree】─Your chat is really dirty.

【Yoho】─When will Gyeongsaeng ever reform···.

【Jujijoa】─Never.

【Qkrnfl892】─It’d be faster to die and be reborn.

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【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. The chat was so wild, but it ended with just a ban. Lol.

【Maid】─End-nu!

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I almost banned him again but held back.

Because it’s Guburi.

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***

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After Guburi’s chat ban was lifted, I was currently looking into various streaming platforms with the viewers.

We need to prepare in advance.

Since we could get suspended at any moment.

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“Hmm···. Is the ‘Bugle Kingdom’ platform not good?”

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【Se-hoon Defense Team】─It’s been around for a while, but it’s worse than here.

【Min Ji】─But that’s an adult platform.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Oh! Are we debuting in a nude broadcast?

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“Guburi, shut up for a bit.”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Lol, sex.

【Handsome Licker】─Guburi’s been chat-banned so much he’s become docile. Lick.

【Yoho】─What’s the standard for docility?

【Min Ji】─Yeah···.

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“But there are way more streaming platforms than I thought.”

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So far, we’ve looked into about thirty platforms.

Of course, most of them are almost dead.

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【Min Ji】─It’s only natural. These days are the era of virtual boyfriends.

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“Era of virtual boyfriends? What’s that?”

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【Yoho】─It’s an era where women who are tired of real men or have no chance to meet them look for virtual men online.

【Min Ji】─I was going to explain that. ㅠ

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“···What a ridiculous era.”

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【Handsome Licker】─Lol, true.

【Jujijoa】─Isn’t it more accurate to call it the era of leftover women?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Shut up, you bastard!

【Jujijoa】─Huh? Why are you mad?

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Seems like it hit a nerve. Lol.

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【Yoho】─Kkojochoa, it’s not the era of leftover women. Even alpha females are getting tired of real men and flocking to virtual boyfriends. Male streamers who have a concept are kind to all women as long as they get money. They never get angry.

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【Maehwa Tree】─Yoho, are you a virtual boyfriend expert? How do you know so much?

【Jujijoa】─No, you bastard. Don’t call me by a messed-up nickname.

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【Yoho】─I’m an alpha female who’s looked into male streamers, so I know. ㅎ

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Bullshit. Lol.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. Not a leftover female-nu!

【Maid】─Leftover female-nu!

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Yoho’s chat was a bit off.

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I’m far from the male streamers Yoho described.

I don’t have a kind concept, don’t take sponsorships, and always get angry and swear.

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So why is Yoho watching my stream?

As I was about to ask, Handsome John beat me to it and questioned Yoho.

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【Handsome Licker】─Then Yoho, why do you watch Se-hoon’s stream? It doesn’t match anything you said about male streamers.

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When Handsome John asked, Guburi also added to the chat.

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Seriously, our Gyesekkihoon isn’t kind, swears a lot, and gets angry for no reason. Why do you watch?

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“Hey, you bastard.”

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─ㅎ

【Yoho】─The room master is different from other male streamers. He’s unrealistically handsome. ㅎ

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Yoho’s answer was quite bland.

So it was about looks after all.

Well, it’s not like they’d like me for my personality.

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And it’s a perfectly understandable answer.

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When people fall for someone, looks dictate everything.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that’s the reality.

I also like women with beautiful looks.

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It’s an unavoidable human instinct.

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What? That’s it?

【Yoho】─Yes.

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─You’re out. Get lost. I won’t allow a bitch who only likes Gyesekkihoon for his looks.

【Yoho】─?? Then what do you like about the room master?

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【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─His dick?

【Yoho】─Ugh.

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【Jujijoa】─Huh? Has Se-hoon ever shown his dick?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Hell no, you bastard?

【Jujijoa】─Lol···.

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“You idiots···. Stop with the useless chats and let’s quickly look into platforms. Preferably ones where we can limit the number of viewers.”

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After ending the pointless conversation, we started looking into new platforms again.

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Of course, if the operator doesn’t make an issue out of this incident, I have no intention of moving platforms.

This is just preparation.

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***

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In the conference room where Churu Platform executives are gathered.

Currently, this place is in a state of chaos.

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“Why did you ban a viewer from there?”

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“Huh? Who suggested banning a toxic viewer to impress Gye Se-hoon!?”

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“When did I say that? I just said banning that viewer might make a good impression!”

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“That’s the same thing!”

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“This isn’t the time for us to fight! We need to get back into the broadcast and apologize!”

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“More importantly, how was the operator ID banned?”

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“There seems to have been a hacker among the viewers. And it wasn’t just a ban; the ID was deleted···.”

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“A hacker?”

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“No, whether there’s a hacker or not, what does that matter now? Quickly log in with another operator ID!”

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“Sigh···. Why did you ban a viewer from someone else’s broadcast and make such a mess···.”

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“Why are you looking at me? Are you saying this is all my fault?”

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“You’re the one who suggested it, right?”

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“I only gave an opinion! The one who acted on it immediately is the one at fault!”

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As the executives were busy shifting blame, something happened near the entrance of the conference room.

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A ceiling light started flickering irregularly.

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And shortly after.

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Tick.

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The ceiling light went out.

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“What’s this?”

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One of the executives looked up at the ceiling and muttered.

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“Why did the light go out?”

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“Sigh. Is this the first time you’ve seen a light go out?”

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As if one light going out was no big deal, another executive snapped.

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“Please stop worrying about trivial things and log in with the operator ID···.”

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Tick.

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A second ceiling light went out.

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Then another executive looked up.

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“Huh···?”

“······.”

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Tick.

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A third ceiling light went out.

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Now, all the executives’ eyes were fixed on the ceiling.

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As everyone stared blankly upward, it happened.

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Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick!

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The ceiling lights went out one by one, and the monitor on the table also turned off, plunging the conference room into darkness.

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“What, what’s going on?”

“···A blackout?”

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As the executives were panicking, it happened.

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Fzzzt-!

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The monitor that had turned off suddenly lit up, emitting a blue light.

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The executives all turned to look at the monitor.

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On the screen, an unknown message was displayed.

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<I speak. I say, nice to meet you.>

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