Chapter 179

The last viewer, Pyo-ryu, has arrived.

In an unexpectedly peculiar manner.

With Pyo-ryu’s grand entrance, all the viewers’ eyes were drawn to him.

“Wow, I never thought he’d show up like this.”

“Whoa… Descending from a drone with light… Pyo-ryu casually uses technology that defies imagination.”

“It’s Pyo-ryu, after all.”

[Wang-kwak-pwak. He seems like a creature stronger than me.]

Maehwa and Palkgui.

Big Girl and Min Neong expressed their amazement.

“Is that guy Pyo-ryu?”

“His tech skills are no joke. As expected of a digital lifeform… But why does he look familiar?”

“…Pyo-ryu is really pretty. I feel like I shouldn’t stand next to him.”

[Wakya-pya… He looks like Gyesekkihoon…]

Balloon Gum and Min Ji.

Yoho and the maid exclaimed in admiration.

The rest of the viewers also showed similar reactions.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—D-d-d, I’m speechless…

[Semen Thief]—Digital lifeforms are the best!

[Cat-eared Woman]—Since when were they the best…?

[Team Leader Park]—Is that Pyo-ryu? He looks so much like Se-hoon, you’d think they were siblings.

[Semen Thief]—Don’t compare him to Se-hoon oppa. -_-

As everyone’s gaze was fixed on Pyo-ryu, he approached me without a care and greeted me.

“I proudly announce that I have come as a human.”

“…You don’t seem like a human.”

“I insist that I am human. This is a body materialized in human form. I considered uploading my consciousness into an android, but I was worried you might feel a disconnect, so I poured all my energy into materializing. I demand praise immediately.”

Pyo-ryu spoke rapidly, making it hard to catch everything.

I pretended to understand and replied.

“Alright… I don’t get what you’re saying, but thanks for coming.”

“I am pleased.”

Pyo-ryu showed a faint smile, seemingly satisfied with my response.

Afterward, Pyo-ryu slowly moved around, exchanging brief greetings with the other viewers.

“Yoho, I say it’s nice to meet you.”

“Hello. It’s my first time meeting you in person.”

“I encourage you to work hard as the president.”

“Thank you. Since it’s a position you recommended, I’ll work even harder.”

After greeting Yoho.

“Se-hoon Defense Team, I say it’s nice to meet you.”

“Yeah. Nice to meet you.”

After greeting the Defense Team.

“Meng Yao, I say it’s nice to meet you.”

“Hi. By the way, did you materialize your entire body? I heard materialization can’t be maintained for long. If you materialized your entire body, wouldn’t the duration be even shorter?”

“I say it’s different now. I can maintain it until dawn tomorrow.”

“I see. But you kinda look like Se-hoon?”

“I say I modeled this body after Gye Se-hoon’s appearance.”

“It’s not just a reference; it’s a complete copy…”

“I say it’s just your imagination.”

After a slightly longer conversation with Meng Yao, Pyo-ryu greeted all the other viewers, including the yokai.

Unlike when he interacted with me, he remained expressionless.

…

“Gyeongsaeng Guburi, I say I’m not happy to see you.”

“Huh?”

“I say you should get hit.”

Tap tap.

Pyo-ryu lightly tapped Guburi’s cheek with his palm.

After finishing the greetings with the viewers, he walked back to me and stood still.

“I am staring at you.”

Pyo-ryu said as he stared intently at me.

His face filled with anticipation.

He seemed to want something.

“Why? Do you want something?”

“Are you asking if I have nothing to say to you?”

“Anything to say? Not really.”

“Are you asking again if I have nothing to say about my appearance?”

Pyo-ryu glared at me sharply.

Now I understood what he wanted.

He clearly wanted me to compliment his appearance.

“…You want me to compliment your looks, right? Fine, you’re pretty.”

“I boast that this face was crafted with great effort.”

As expected, that was the right answer.

Pyo-ryu raised the corners of his mouth, looking satisfied.

“Well, you are pretty, but you kinda look like me, which is a bit creepy.”

“……”

“Anyway, now that everyone’s here, let’s eat.”

Leaving the shocked Pyo-ryu behind, I approached the table to sit down.

At that moment, I saw Guburi with a sinister smile, handing food separately to Yoho and Min Ji.

“Yoho, here, eat this…”

“Huh? Did you cook this separately for me?”

“Yeah. I cooked yours separately…”

“Min Ji, you too…”

“What’s this? Are you taking care of me too, Guburi? What’s the occasion?”

The other viewers also witnessed this.

“What’s this? Why are Yoho and Min Ji getting special treatment?”

“Guburi, I’m disappointed. Shouldn’t you take care of the magic teacher first?”

Palkgui and the Defense Team looked at Yoho and Min Ji with envy and expressed their disappointment to Guburi.

Regardless, Guburi remained silent, keeping an eye on Yoho and Min Ji.

“Then I’ll eat well. Since you prepared it specially for me.”

“I’ll eat well too, Guburi.”

Guburi’s attitude was clearly suspicious.

There was no way Guburi would be so kind to those two.

But Yoho and Min Ji, without any suspicion, picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

At that moment.

“What is this?! What did you put in the food?! Water!!!”

“Guburi!!! Did you put capsaicin in this?!!”

As expected.

Something was added to the food, and Yoho and Min Ji turned red, gulping down water.

“Gyeongsaeng! Are you trying to kill me?!”

“Didn’t you get enough earlier?!!”

Yoho and Min Ji looked around angrily, searching for Guburi.

But Guburi had already run away.

…

Guburi, who was eventually caught, was severely beaten under the Christmas tree and then tightly tied up with rope.

By the way, I handed the rope to Yoho.

“Can you untie me now…?”

Guburi said with the most pitiful expression.

Yoho and Min Ji sighed and approached the Christmas tree to untie Guburi.

Once freed, Guburi, keeping an eye on them, took out his phone and posted a chat.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—LOL, you bastards. You fell for my pitiful act and untied me right away.

[Cat-eared Woman]—This guy really needs a good beating to come to his senses.

[Team Leader Park]—He seems to still lack maturity.

[Handsome Licker]—But he’s cute. *Lick*

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—When did this bastard join the stream? F***.

Afterward, Guburi joined the table and enjoyed the meal together.

As I ate, I slowly observed the viewers chatting among themselves.

Min Ji, eating politely.

Min Neong sitting on Min Ji’s shoulder, being fed.

[How did you lose your legs?]

“I stepped on a landmine before.”

[Wang-kwak-pwak… Today, I’ll be your legs, Min Ji. If you need to move, just let me know!]

“Thank you.”

The two continued their heartwarming conversation while eating.

Next.

Handsome John and Yoho.

And Kyu Mi-ho singing between them.

“Kyu, kyuu~ I’m a gluttonous fox~ Today, I’ll enjoy the meal prepared by Kyubururu~ *Lick*!!”

“Kyu Mi-ho, you’re good at licking! Let me lick too!”

“Ugh. Handsome John, stop doing gross things. Aren’t you embarrassed? What if the room master sees…?”

Kyu Mi-ho, Handsome John, and Yoho.

Those three seemed to have become close in a short time.

Next.

I looked at Reubangyi and the Mania Mother and Daughter feeding each other.

Reubangyi was sitting on Big Girl’s lap.

[Reubang. Try this, Reubang.]

“Thank you.”

“Reubang, eat a lot too! Here!”

[But when will you do my hair, Reubang?]

“Can I do it tomorrow? Se-hoon said to play and eat to our heart’s content today and then sleep.”

“Right! Today, let’s eat and play! Ah, Big Girl, eat a lot too!”

Do Mi-so filled a plate with food and placed it in front of Big Girl.

Big Girl nodded silently and continued eating.

[Cat-eared Woman]—It seems like the yokai are sticking to viewers with similar personalities.

[Semen Thief]—Is that so? I’m not sure.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—It’s true.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—Min Neong, who uses Yongyong, and Min Ji.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—Yoho and Kyu Mi-ho, who have similar names, and Handsome John and Kyu Mi-ho, who like licking.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—Reubangyi and Mania, who are deep into stone carving. Reubangyi and Big Girl, who are quiet and serious.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—The maid and Balloon Gum, who use weird words like ‘Wakya-pya.’ The maid and Guburi, who are always fooling around.

[Semen Thief]—D-d, looking at your summary, it does seem similar.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—Of course, ‘Wakya-pya’ is something the maid copied from Balloon Gum. LOL. Guburi doesn’t fool around much in real life, but in the chat, he’s worse than the maid, so I grouped them together.

[Team Leader Park]—Hyeon Ji, you’re not a fixed viewer, but you know a lot about the other viewers.

[Cheerful Hyeon Ji]—I’m text friends with Se-hoon. LOL.

Hyeon Ji’s summary made some sense.

From what I saw, the yokai were sticking to viewers with similar personalities.

They must have felt an unconscious sense of familiarity.

The maid also seemed particularly fond of Balloon Gum and Guburi, clinging to them since earlier.

[Wakya-pya! This is mine!!]

“Give me some too!!! Ugh, I’ll just eat Guburi’s!”

“Ah…! Why are you taking from my plate…? Then I’ll take from the maid’s plate…”

Unlike the other viewers who were getting along, these three were stealing food from each other.

And there were six viewers not with yokai.

The Defense Team.

Maehwa.

Juji.

Meng Yao.

Those four were sitting together, having a strange conversation.

“When I was in the other world…”

“That yokai I met before…”

“Back when I assassinated the president…”

“Recently, I went to a hacker gathering…”

Each was saying their own thing, making the conversation feel disjointed.

Finally.

Pyo-ryu and Palkgui were sitting right next to me.

Seeing Pyo-ryu naturally take the seat next to me, the other viewers initially protested, causing a scene as they tried to sit next to me.

But the commotion quickly died down.

When Pyo-ryu said he’d give up the seat if anyone could beat him in a fight, everyone immediately gave up.

Some viewers said they could win if they tried, but they didn’t want to ruin the fun atmosphere by starting a fight, so they backed off.

They were scared but pretended not to be.

It was clearly a way to save face, but I pretended not to notice.

No need to poke at someone’s pride.

So, Pyo-ryu sat on my left.

The right seat was left open for viewers to take turns sitting.

Currently, Palkgui was sitting there.

Pyo-ryu and Palkgui were clinging to me, fighting over who would feed me.

“Se-hoon. Here, say ah~”

“Step back. I say I will feed Gye Se-hoon.”

“Enough. You two eat a lot. Pyo-ryu, didn’t you say you wanted to try Guburi’s food?”

“I say I’ve eaten enough. I say you should eat what I give you right now.”

“Get lost.”

It was a fun but burdensome Christmas party.

…

After almost finishing the food.

We decided to grill the meat bought from the mart and bring out all the alcohol in the house for a second round of partying with the viewers.

“…I’ll just drink cola.”

Mania said as she poured cola into a cup and gulped it down.

It’s not because she’s a minor.

It’s not a problem to drink with her parents.

So I poured her a glass of alcohol, but after one sip, she made a face and rinsed her mouth with water.

Since then, she’s been drinking only cola.

Oh, and.

All the viewers gathered today decided to stay overnight at my house.

There might be viewers who get too drunk to function.

We planned to drink a lot today.

Just as we were about to start the drinking party.

[Wakya-pya! Everyone, take one of these before you get drunk!!]

The maid, holding a bunch of new socks, waddled over and shouted.

…

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