Chapter 12

Damn. I messed up.

Frozen like a statue, I blankly stared at the camera.

A two-shot of me and Kwaehwal Namsu was being taken.

But I was the only one making a flustered expression.

“Hahaha! It’s hilarious, right? The viewers of my live broadcast have a high chat participation rate!”

As expected of a big YouTuber.

Kwaehwal Namsu naturally responded to my words.

As I mentioned earlier, he didn’t seem to care about swearing.

‘…Is this much okay?’

I guess I overreacted.

Well, it’s not a public broadcast but an internet stream, so using profanity won’t cause a huge uproar.

There are probably male streamers who swear without hesitation like me. Of course, the reception wouldn’t be great, and they’d be in the minority.

Anyway, when I checked the chat, the atmosphere wasn’t making a big deal out of my swearing.

Of course, the chat was moving too fast to check every single message.

─Kwahwa!

─Kwahwa! But who is that person?

─F*ckman lol

─Swearing right at the start of the stream lol Where did you freak out? Can’t show us?

└User ‘Gubulgubul’ has been banned.

─Swearing with style lol

─Wow, who is that? Handsome as hell.

─Is he a celebrity? Actor? Model?

─Lol licking the freak-out! Slurp! Chomp!

└User ‘HandsomeSucker’ has been banned.

Dozens of messages poured in every second.

It really was a stream with high chat participation.

There were hardly any lurkers.

Kwaehwal Namsu skillfully took solo shots of me and continued the broadcast.

“Hahaha! Right? He’s really handsome, isn’t he? In person, it’s no joke! I thought he was a manga character at first and was genuinely shocked! Anyway, this is today’s special guest, Gye Se-hoon! Se-hoon, please say hello!”

“…Hello. I’m Gyesekkihoon, no, Gye Se-hoon. Nice to meet you.”

I slightly bowed my head in greeting.

Then the chat went even crazier.

─What kind of guest-hunting skills are these? Where did you find such a hottie?

─No joke, he’s top-tier handsome in our country.

─Kwaehwal Namsu is a god!

─His name is unique.

─What does he do? Does he have an Instagram?

─Hmm. I think I’m gonna faint…

└User ‘Gubulgubul’ has been banned.

Quite a few people got banned.

I didn’t see what they wrote.

‘Is there a separate manager? They’re really good.’

I was amazed at how they caught those messages so quickly.

The chat was moving too fast to even see.

Maybe there are multiple managers.

─Hurry!!! Who is he!!!

─I asked what he does. 2nd try.

─Is he a male cam model? No way someone with that face is an unknown celebrity.

─I’ve seen almost all male cam models, but this is a new face.

─If he were a cam model, he would’ve been famous long ago. Is he not a civilian?

─Seems like a new male cam model.

─I asked what he does. 3rd try.

─Don’t try to find out, guys. You’ll get hurt.

└User ‘Gobulgobul’ has been banned.

Maybe I was getting used to it.

Now, the chat was slowly becoming visible.

I couldn’t check each one, but I could tell many were asking who I was.

Kwaehwal Namsu subtly made eye contact with me.

It felt like he was silently asking, “Is it okay to reveal that you’re a streamer?”

I shook my head.

‘I said I wouldn’t promote, but there’s no need to hide that I stream.’

It doesn’t matter.

My stream isn’t easy to find anyway.

Even if my name was revealed, I changed my nickname from ‘Gye Se-hoon’ to ‘Hoon World’ before ending the stream earlier.

I didn’t tell my existing viewers either.

They probably have it bookmarked, so it should be fine.

Confirming my positive response, Kwaehwal Namsu turned back to the camera and spoke.

“Haha! Yes! This person also does internet streaming! But unfortunately, I can’t tell you the stream name! He said he doesn’t want any promotion!”

─???

─?????

─Stop messing around and tell us the stream name, you bastard.

└User ‘BastardBomber’ has been banned.

─Why no promotion?

─Can’t you just tell us?

─Give us a hint!

─I was gonna gather the kids and hunt down the newbie lol

└User ‘BbooingBbooing’ has been banned.

By now, I could see the messages of those getting banned.

Hunting down the newbie, huh…

What a bunch of weirdos.

Toxic people exist everywhere, as expected.

I was glad I decided not to promote my stream.

The chat was on fire for a while.

Most messages were urging me to just be honest and reveal my stream name.

Kwaehwal Namsu was also a bit flustered.

He probably didn’t expect viewers to dig this much into my stream.

“Haha… Sorry, really. The guest doesn’t want to, so I can’t tell you the stream name. Can’t even give a hint. Please understand.”

Some viewers started cursing at the innocent Kwaehwal Namsu.

He’s suffering because of me.

I felt a bit sorry.

So I decided to take the heat myself.

“F*cking bastards. If you want to see, find it yourselves. How much do I have to spoon-feed you?”

I decided to just swear.

I already messed up earlier, and it didn’t seem like they were too harsh on profanity.

They’d probably let ‘f*ck’ slide.

─?? Lol

─Treasure hunt begins.

─Stop swearing. Your mouth is disgusting.

└User ‘PettyIronMan’ has been banned.

─Is it One Piece? Talking nonsense lol

─The era of great pirates has arrived…

─Yeah lol I’ll find it myself.

─I’ll definitely find it today lol

─All the unemployed troublemakers are probably mobilizing lol

As I drew aggro, the chat criticizing Kwaehwal Namsu noticeably decreased.

The chat atmosphere started to calm down.

This wasn’t because of me but thanks to the manager.

They were really thorough with moderation.

Now, I thought we could proceed with the stream smoothly.

『User ‘Kwaehwal Minji’ has donated 10,000 won.』

└Just tell us~ lol I’m curious~

A viewer appeared, asking about my stream even through donations.

This is troublesome.

I couldn’t ignore a donation.

It wasn’t on my stream but on Kwaehwal Namsu’s.

In this awkward situation, a savior appeared.

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 100,000 won.』

└You don’t have to tell us. Just continue the stream. ^^

It was definitely Yoho, a viewer from my stream.

It couldn’t be a coincidence with the same nickname.

Seeing how they defended me, it had to be them.

Yoho tried to suppress Kwaehwal Minji’s request with a donation ten times larger.

But Kwaehwal Minji didn’t back down easily.

『User ‘Kwaehwal Minji’ has donated 100,000 won.』

└Tell us. lol

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 200,000 won.』

└He doesn’t want to say. Just continue the stream. ^^

『User ‘Kwaehwal Minji’ has donated 200,000 won.』

└Tell us. lololol

Suddenly, a donation battle began.

But it ended quickly due to Yoho’s rampage.

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 1,000,000 won.』

└Just continue the stream. ^^

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 2,000,000 won.』

└Just continue the stream. ^^

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 3,000,000 won.』

└Just continue the stream. ^^

Wait, how much are you throwing?

The donation amounts kept increasing.

I felt it before, but they must really have a lot of money.

Kwaehwal Namsu was sweating bullets and kept bowing.

“Uh… Th-thank you, Yoho, for the 1,000,000 won donation!”

“Th-thank you for the 2,000,000 won donation!”

“Th-thank you for the 3,000,000 won donation…! Hold on! I’ll prepare the donation reaction!”

『User ‘Yoho’ has donated 5,000,000 won.』

└No need for reactions. Just continue the stream. ^^

“…Yes, yes! Got it! Hahaha…”

Kwaehwal Namsu awkwardly laughed and cautiously spoke to the camera.

“So… Minji noona, sorry. We’ve received this much in donations, can you just let it slide?”

『User ‘Kwaehwal Minji’ has donated 10,000 won.』

└Okay…

Kwaehwal Minji agreed without a word.

I guess she felt the difference.

Understandable.

Even I wouldn’t have engaged in a donation battle with someone like that.

‘It’s beyond overspending; it’s like throwing money on the ground…’

Still, I’m grateful to Yoho.

They suppressed a viewer trying to control the stream with donations by overpowering them with even bigger donations.

Thanks to that, the number of viewers digging into my personal info significantly decreased.

The incident was resolved like this.

Afterwards.

Kwaehwal Namsu explained today’s schedule step by step.

To summarize briefly.

Introduction to the smart cart.

Mukbang at the Hanwoo tasting corner.

Shopping for cheap groceries and daily necessities.

Introduction to the search function on each display.

It was a schedule carefully planned to showcase the charm of this mart.

After the explanation.

“Alright! Let’s start with the Hanwoo tasting corner…”

Kwaehwal Namsu, hyped up, was about to continue the broadcast when…

“Nam Hyun-soo!!!”

A tall woman in the distance started shouting and running towards us.

---