Chapter 100

After entering the house and moving to the living room.

I sat on the sofa and carefully opened the birthday gift from Drifting.

‘…What are these?’

Six small, round pink plastic containers.

Something that looks like wireless earbuds.

And a ring, bracelet, and necklace.

None of these items had anything to do with broadcasting equipment.

‘Well, maybe the earbuds are slightly related?’

I placed all the contents on the table.

Then, I pointed the camera at them and asked Drifting.

“Is this broadcasting equipment?”

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. It is as I say.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What kind of special broadcasting equipment is that, you bastard?

【Meng Yao】─The one in the middle looks like earbuds.

【Yoho】─We can tell that much.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Sending stuff you picked up from a street market and acting like you invented it, huh?

【Min Ji】─Se-hoon, is it your birthday today?

【Maehwa Tree】─What? Why didn’t you say anything?

【Handsome Licker】─These guys are sneaking in like ninjas. *Lick*.

【Qkrnfl892】─LOL, Se-hoon looks disappointed.

【DriftingAI】─There should be a user manual inside the package.

After reading Drifting’s chat.

I flipped the package upside down, and a white piece of paper fluttered out.

This must be the user manual.

I picked up the manual and slowly read through it.

《AR Lens》

┗Equipment connected to the bracelet.

┗When worn, you can check the chat window in real-time.

《Wireless Earbuds》

┗Equipment connected to the bracelet.

┗Battery life: 50 years.

《Ring》

┗Just wear it.

《Bracelet》

┗Core equipment.

┗Displays a hologram, allowing access to the internet.

┗Connect to the platform, log in, and broadcast.

┗Operate broadcast settings.

┗Check viewer list.

┗Ban or restrict chats.

┗Change settings to use AR lens instead of hologram.

《Necklace》

┗Equipment linked to the bracelet.

┗Special camera.

┗When worn and the on button is pressed, the wearer’s image is broadcasted in real-time.

┗Can switch between first-person and third-person views.

Did I read that correctly?

I rubbed my eyes and checked the manual again.

‘…I read it right.’

On the surface, they looked like ordinary items.

But after reading the manual, they were all high-tech equipment.

Hard to believe, though.

‘Come to think of it, Drifting said they’re a digital lifeform…’

That statement is becoming more credible.

No ordinary human could make something like this.

‘But if they can make this, aren’t they just an alien?’

All the items were fascinating.

But the necklace’s function was the most surprising.

Just by wearing it, the necklace acts as a camera?

What’s the principle behind that?

I can’t grasp it.

There’s no lens pointing at me, so how can it broadcast me?

“Drifting, is this manual for real? How did you make this?”

I pointed the manual at the camera.

The viewers reacted just like me, finding it absurd.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Drifting, you bastard LOL, you’re delusional.

【Min Ji】─This is fun. Hehe.

【Qkrnfl892】─Idiot. LOL.

【Meng Yao】─Oh…

【Maehwa Tree】─Hmm.

【Handsome Licker】─Is Drifting a psycho too? Or is this a prank on Se-hoon? *Lick*.

【BigGirl】─Hello.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─I just joined, what’s that manual about?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Looks like a birthday gift user manual.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Is it Se-hoon’s birthday?

【BigGirl】─Is it Se-hoon’s birthday?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─I just joined, so I don’t know.

【Yoho】─Wow. How did they make that necklace camera? We don’t have that kind of technology…

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Acting like an inventor!

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. It’s not exactly an invention, but the manual isn’t lying.

“Well, I guess I’ll find out if I use it.”

I decided to try it on.

To check the equipment’s performance.

***

I put the ring on my right index finger.

I hung the necklace around my neck and put the bracelet on my arm.

Finally, I put the earbuds in my ears.

Everything except the lens was fully equipped.

‘Let’s check the bracelet first.’

With that thought.

As soon as I operated the bracelet, a square hologram popped up.

【Handsome Licker】─What the hell?

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What the hell? Is Drifting a scientist, not a hacker?

【Meng Yao】─It’s a cyber ghost.

“This is really amazing.”

After that.

I accessed the platform through the hologram and logged in.

After connecting the broadcast.

I took the lens out of the pink container and put it in my eye.

And at that moment.

【Handsome Licker】─Churrup! *Lick*!

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Sex sex~

The chat window floated in front of my eyes.

Just as the manual said.

‘…This really works.’

I waved my hand through the chat window.

As expected, I couldn’t touch it.

‘It’s really augmented reality.’

What convenient equipment.

I could check the chat window in real-time without having to awkwardly look at my phone.

I didn’t have to worry about it obstructing my view.

I could adjust the brightness, so it wasn’t too distracting.

‘Then next…’

I disconnected the camera and pressed the on button on the necklace.

The view I was seeing was now being broadcasted.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─What the hell?

【Handsome Licker】─This is insane.

【Qkrnfl892】─Is this for real?

【Meng Yao】─Oh. LOL.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! A new world!

【Min Ji】─Wow. First-person view is amazing! It feels like I’ve become Se-hoon.

【Yoho】─Third-person is better. You can touch the screen to see the Room Master from different angles.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─How do you see in third-person?

【Maehwa Tree】─Doesn’t Se-hoon have to switch it?

“Third-person requires me to operate the necklace, right?”

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Then how did Yoho see it?

【Yoho】─I double-clicked the screen, and it switched to third-person. The Room Master doesn’t have to do it themselves.

【BigGirl】─It really works.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─This is insane. ㄷㄷ

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Did Drifting hack the platform?

【Handsome Licker】─Now I can lick from multiple angles. *Lick*.

【Min Ji】─Drifting, you’re the best!

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Best my ass. Wanna fight?

“Ah, you can change it yourselves? Then why does the necklace have a switch function? Is it just to set the initial broadcast view when you first join?”

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. And, you can lock the viewers from changing the view.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─But how did Gyesekkihoon read our chat just now?

【Min Ji】─Right? He’s just staring into space right now.

“I’m wearing the AR lens. The chat window appears in augmented reality, so I can see everything.”

【Yoho】─Ohh.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─I’m watching in first-person, why can’t I see the chat?

【Handsome Licker】─You didn’t put on the lens. *Lick*.

【Maehwa Tree】─Seems like only Se-hoon can see it.

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. If you change the settings, viewers can also see the augmented reality chat window in first-person.

I decided to leave the settings as they were.

The viewers don’t need an augmented reality chat window.

Anyway.

All the important equipment was working perfectly.

Now, only two items remained.

The earbuds and the ring.

‘The earbuds are probably just earbuds.’

I decided to skip the earbuds.

No need to check them.

Then, only one item remained.

The ring, which didn’t have a proper explanation.

“Drifting, there’s no explanation for the ring. What does it do?”

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. Just wear it.

Seems like they don’t want to explain.

Or maybe it’s just a normal ring with no function.

Since they wouldn’t send me something harmful, I decided to wear it as Drifting suggested.

Like a talisman.

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. Don’t wear it on your right index finger, wear it on your left ring finger.

After moving the ring as Drifting said.

I expressed my gratitude again.

“…Well, thanks anyway. Now I don’t have to carry a camera around for late-night broadcasts.”

【DriftingAI】─I will speak. Praise me.

【Yoho】─Left ring finger…

【Handsome Licker】─Is it a couple ring? *Lick*.

【Maehwa Tree】─If it’s a couple ring, she’s insane.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow. Super suspicious!

【Qkrnfl892】─Surely she’s not that creepy. LOL.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─LOL for real.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Gyesekkihoon, so is the maid fired now?

“Huh? The maid is fired? Suddenly?”

As soon as I read Guburi’s chat.

A trembling voice was heard nearby.

[F-fired?]

I turned my head toward the voice.

The maid was looking up at me with a face full of anxiety.