Episode 2
‘I have a bad feeling.’
No matter how handsome the man on the screen is, the scene just now felt a little weird.
If it was a general situation, I would have thought the production was unusual, but I had already finished searching on the Internet.
This broadcast was certainly strange.
No information was posted on the internet, and this type of streaming could not have been possible with the technology now.
Who in the world watches internet broadcasts using their mouse like a game?
The weirdest thing was the behavior of the main character.
The main character responds immediately when I chat.
It felt like I could communicate directly with the game character.
In the end, I had no choice but to stare blankly at what the handsome main character on the screen was doing all day long.
The time on the screen also went very slowly.
In a normal game, of course, time would’ve flown by fast, but strangely, the year in this game was the same as real time.
“Oh, I don’t know. I’ll stop watching.”
I said that, but I couldn’t shake my eyes off the broadcast yesterday.
Maybe it was natural for me to devote my life to this broadcast.
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[Notice]
-The incarnation has destroyed the local boss,
the Little Dragon of Hamerkan!
-Rank SSS (+) achieved!
-Your incarnation has earned a title!
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It has been 4 years since I began watching this show.
There was still only one viewer, and that was me.
It was like a show just for me.
I was fully aware that this was obviously unusual.
It’s a game broadcast that runs the same as in real time.
In addition, the video on the screen was not 3D graphics no matter how you look at it.
After watching him all this time, I knew for sure now.
Anyone can see that it’s real.
-‘The mob behind you.’
Cuckoo!
With the sound of bones breaking, the face of a monkey and the neck of a monster rolled down.
“Hey.”
I barely lifted my head at the familiar voice I heard and looked ahead.
“Can’t you stop playing games?”
And only then was I able to be dragged out into the real world.
Oh, right. I decided to play with Chae-eun today.
“Oh, I’m really sorry. I’m in an important part right now, so it’ll only take an hour.”
I thought I could understand why games and movies were made moderately unrealistic.
I couldn’t turn my eyes away from the world on the screen.
“You… you have been playing that game for almost four years. This game addiction is really serious!”
“Oh, this isn’t just a game. I’ll be done in an hour, no, 30 minutes. What?”
“…Okay, I’ll just see you next time.”
As if Chae-eun was annoyed, she left her seat and got up to leave the cafe. I put my attention back on the screen and looked at the monsters near Choi Jihyuk on the field.
You just caught the boss, so hopefully there’ll be a hidden boss.
“I’m sorry, I’ll buy you a meal next time!”
“Hey, that’s enough.”
I honestly knew what my problem was.
For the first time in my life, I was so absorbed in something that was impossible in real life, and I knew better than anyone that I shouldn’t.
After hearing this broadcast in the beginning, there was a time when I didn’t log in for a week because of such discomfort.
But how did it go?
The man on the screen almost died.
It was only a video, but the man’s condition at the time was so terrible that it troubled my eyes.
When I turned it on after a week, the man was barely breathing with his dead eyes and his heart half pierced.
He was really dying.
It felt so real.
Surely, this can’t be a game broadcast since it seemed like someone’s life happening on the other side of the world.
That day, I almost sponsored every recovery item I saw.
The man barely managed to survive, but he was confined to the hospital with eyes that looked dead as if he had lost hope for a long time.
Since then, it’s been 4 years since I started this game broadcast.
– “I can feel the powerful energy around me. There is definitely a hidden boss.”
-‘Yes… No.’
– “I didn’t mean to ask for your permission.”
I looked at Choi Ji-hyuk, who was always selfish, and shook my head.
I definitely have an appointment today, so I really sincerely asked him to stay quiet and not go to dungeon raids.
Because of this person, it is true that I neglected my daily life with my friends.
No matter how much of a geeky streaming addict I am, I have to have a social life.
I quickly packed up and got up from the cafe table.
Anyways, the appointment was called off, so it seemed like I could just stay home and connect to the computer.
I don’t know how to apologize to Chae-eun…
I’ll think about that later.
-‘Is that what you’re talking about?’
-“If we don’t deal with it now, things will get worse. I’d rather take care of it.”
I couldn’t help but laugh.
It was ridiculous.
-‘Eh? If you’ve thought about that in the first place, bring a colleague or something;;;;;;;’
-‘You are weeeeirddd;;;;;;;’
-‘I’m really curious, do you have any social problems? I’ve been telling you all four years to bring a colleague.’
-‘This is a clear disregard. My words must have sounded like bullshit to you. ^^*’
Maybe he saw my chat, but Choi Ji-hyuk frowned handsomely.
He seemed to know what was wrong too.
I don’t know why, but Choi Ji-hyuk on the screen was a soloist from hell.
Thanks to him, I was doing everything that really needed two or more players to do!
To be exact, Choi Ji-hyuk is not alone, but ‘I’ am!
In the first place, does it make sense to say that he is doing all the deals alone?
If I look back I’ve bought so many deals to save him.
Even the best legendary potion is 1,000 won per piece, but the potion alone costs more than 10,000 won if used per battle.
That means I’m spending from my part-time jobs.
In fact, I didn’t care if I didn’t work part-time, but I started it because of the price of those items.
If my mom finds out that I’m spending money on weird things, I would be dead.
I’m crazy.
“Oh, you’re not listening to me!”
Having been caught in this damn streaming game for about four years now, I was able to get a pretty good look at the world on the screen.
First, the world of Choi Ji-hyuk was on the verge of extinction.
If you don’t destroy the dungeons in the portal that was opened without money in each city, the dungeon will explode in an instant, and the creatures in it will escape while catching and killing humans at random.
Fortunately or unfortunately, as soon as the dungeons opened, supernatural powers will also begin to emerge.
That was called the ‘Awakening’.
Earlier that day, when Ji-hyuk was locked up in a hospital because he almost died, he read novels about the genre of radar movies.
That world had similar worldviews as my world.
-“…Is this because you don’t know what the guilds are like right now?”
-‘No, what the hell does that have to do with guilds?’
-‘Did you leave the healer alone?’
– “Potions are more effective than healers.”
This man…
Just this week alone, the value of the potions went over 1.1 million won.
It seemed as if he had no intention of being considerate of my wallet situation..
-‘Okay, if you go to the hidden boss now, I won’t log in.’
-‘For a week ^^.’
– “Whatever.”
At Choi Ji-hyuk’s cheeky response, I struggled to suppress the anger boiling inside me, and I finally went out and glanced at the traffic light.
There’s a bus station across the street, so I’ll be home in about 15 minutes.
Anyways, Choi Ji-hyuk was not a person who would break his stubbornness, so if he was going to catch the Hidden Boss, it was better to catch him when I’m at home.
Since cell phones were inconvenient in many ways in these situations.
– ‘Is that so?’
– ‘If you want to go, then go, you asshole’
‘A just and fair constellation does not use bad words! (:D)’
‘The language will be replaced automatically.’
‘Alternative word [asshole -> pretty]’
I finally sighed and opened the item window to choose a useful item.
“Let’s see, first a potion… and again… ah, the light turned.”
I immediately regretted it.
“Miss!”
When you cross the crosswalk, you don’t look at your phone.
“Ah.”
I regretted it when I saw the huge truck approaching my way.
I closed my eyes
Oh, it’s really unfortunate to die like this.
“…”
Did I stand there for 10 seconds like that? Strangely, I didn’t feel any pain. Instead, I felt a strange sensation as if something was pulling me.
I squinted my eyes with a certain strange feeling.
“…What the hell.”
And before my eyes…
That damn Choi Ji-hyuk stood there.
“Huh??!!”