A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 44

Title: It’s Dizzying Just to Look at Remagal.

But the surprising fact is that the slave… no, Paddak is doing a pretty good job managing things.

In a gallery with Paddak, such a rapid post regeneration…!

Of course, the Paddak managing things was only three out of the five they had selected, but I didn’t want to blame the two who weren’t around.

In the first place, during yesterday’s broadcast, all the Rebongi except for Lainel were together for the Albion Hunt, and checking the gallery revealed that Lainel was just a visitor.

This means that most of the Paddak were probably party members in yesterday’s Albion Hunt.

In other words, they likely haven’t woken up yet.

On the contrary, the three who were up early to manage the gallery were quite impressive.

The problem is that the number of new posts regenerating is much greater than the three Paddak can delete problematic posts.

“What should I do…?”

Opening the broadcast recklessly doesn’t seem like a good idea.

If I turn on the broadcast now, I’d probably be inundated with viewers at a different level than I’ve faced so far, and there’s no way I can handle that since I’m not good at talking.

Then it’s better to at least leave a post stating that I’ll start the broadcast at six as planned.

Title: I’ll Start the Broadcast at Six

Written by: Rene🔸

Please wait a moment, everyone.

Recommendations: 0 / Disapprovals: 0

After leaving that post, I refreshed the page, and as expected, the views, recommendations, disapprovals, and comments had skyrocketed.

Comments started from telling me to start the broadcast right now, to trolling for being a loser, and even asking if I’m really a guy. Some even suggested I had a connection with the New Dimension company.

It’s confusing.

But this isn’t a problem I can solve alone, so there’s no choice but to seek help.

And the only person I could ask for help in this situation was just one.

I launched Miscode and clicked on the only name in my ‘friends’ tab.

That name, Tuni Summoning Spell…!

[Inquisition Officer: Is Tuni here?]

[Tuni: Ah, yes. I heard a bit about it, Rene.]

[Tuni: You just woke up and are figuring out the situation, right?]

[Inquisition Officer: Yes.]

[Inquisition Officer: I don’t know what to do.]

[Tuni: Of course, I want to help you, but honestly, I’m just a loser too… I’m not sure what to do in this situation.]

[Tuni: I want to ask others for help, but I don’t know any streamers… I’m sorry.]

…I’m doomed?

Even my Internet broadcasting mentor Tuni is in a situation where they can’t help.

That thought suddenly made me want to just run away.

…No.

I shouldn’t have such weak thoughts.

After all, I’ve always wanted viewer numbers to grow.

But thinking of running away instead of seizing this opportunity? That’s just foolish.

[Inquisition Officer: No, it’s not.]

[Inquisition Officer: I feel bad for burdening you, Tuni.]

Right. Almost a month has passed since I started broadcasting, and I shouldn’t just be looking for help without doing anything myself.

It’s time to handle things on my own.

“Phew…”

I steadied my breath, closed my eyes, and recalled past memories.

When I wielded the Warhammer for the first time.

When I ventured out of the cult to redeem heretics.

When I faced off against three heretic dragons alone.

When the king of the Northern Kingdom suddenly became a heretic and went into battle against the knights.

There had been countless hardships, and I had overcome all of them.

So is this situation really harder than those things from the past?

I knew better than anyone that it wasn’t.

★

[Rene]

[Let’s Talk]

[Talk | 536 viewers | 00:00:10]

─You’re starting the broadcast super late, lol.

─Did you really shut down the broadcast there yesterday, you piece of trash?

─Let’s go for a controversy clarification~ Let’s go for a controversy clarification~ Let’s go for a controversy clarification~ Let’s go for a controversy clarification~

─Is it true you have a connection with the company?

─So is this guy really a dude?

─Is it just me or am I watching a guy who uses a “loser” voice? lol Are you guys gay?

─Please all shut up, you crazy people.

Cancel.

This is the biggest and worst crisis of my life.

It hasn’t even been ten seconds since I turned on the broadcast, and over 500 viewers showed up, with all of them spamming chat without a break.

Some are flooding the chat, making it hard to even read anything coming in.

Can I calm these people down and turn them into fixed viewers for my broadcast?

Moreover, the viewer count keeps rising in real-time?

Just imagining it makes my head spin.

But there’s no way I can just turn off the broadcast and run away now.

What do I do, seriously?

If the chat could at least calm down a bit…

“…Ah.”

─Ah, stop it.

─If you’re going to start the broadcast, talk already.

─Let’s go down this path~ down this path~ down this path~ down this path~

Thinking about it, there was indeed a feature like that.

Recalling one fact, I immediately dove into the broadcast settings and activated that feature.

〔Followers Only Chat has been activated.〕

〔Only users who have followed the channel can participate.〕

The Followers Only Chat feature.

Simply put, unless you follow my broadcast channel, you can’t chat.

And the minimum follow duration required to chat is one week.

Most of the nearly 1,000 viewers bustling in now probably came from yesterday’s Albion Hunt.

So even if they pressed follow quickly, it means they haven’t followed for longer than a day.

─Now it’s a bit better, damn.

─So my stream, which was a loser until yesterday, is now a big company?

─Can you manage the gallery a bit besides the broadcast?

─Seeing the spammers unable to even talk just makes me feel fantastic, lol.

And as expected, once the Followers Only Chat was enabled, the chat window quickly cleared up.

Seeing only familiar names again felt so comfortable.

“Uh, um… Hello, everyone. I know you all have a lot of questions, and I understand that, but it’s just that we can’t continue like this, okay? So please calm down a little…”

In the first place, this is strange.

This is my broadcast channel. In other words, I can think of it as my home.

And they came barging into my house and started messing things up, so why should I be the one to feel like I have to run away?

I should just kick them out.

=‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 1,000 won.

I came to increase your viewership, and you’re kicking me out right away, lol. Don’t you want to escape being a loser?

But mocking my thoughts, donations started pouring in.

The loophole that allows spammers to comment even if they don’t follow if they donate…

Wait, is this even a loophole?

After all, I’m making money, so isn’t that a gain?

=‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 1,000 won.

Your voice turns me on, lol.

=‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 1,000 won.

If I feel annoyed seeing a guy pretending to be expensive who’s a loser, then that’s a bit annoying, lol.

=‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 1,000 won.

Damn it, tell me the Albion pattern.

Hmm. I might be thinking poorly again.

If this kind of donation keeps coming, I might end up not being able to do anything.

…Then again, there’s always another way.

I immediately went into the broadcast settings and raised the minimum donation amount to 10,000 won.

As a result, the donations came to an immediate halt.

After all, 1,000 won is an easy amount to spend, but 10,000 won isn’t.

While I’m not without regret, I’ll leave it like this for now.

“Everyone, I know you’re all full of questions right now, and I understand that, but we really can’t proceed like this… Could you calm down a bit…?”

And the viewer count had surpassed 1,000.

Thanks to the precautions I set up in advance, no further issues arose, but ultimately, being here doesn’t mean the problem is resolved…

So I wrote a phrase in the bottom corner of the broadcast screen.

[0 / 1,000,000]

“Everyone, do you see the numbers I wrote down…? From now on, if you donate and ask me something you’re curious about, I’ll answer! You have up to 100 chances to ask your questions…”

─Is this a donation gathering that looks like this? lol

─??? : You’re broadcasting to make money, give me my money back (actual quote)

“Of course, if you cross the line, I’ll ban you immediately, and the amounts donated will be used to resolve my own matters…. Well then, here we go!”

And with my declaration, the donation notifications didn’t ring out.

…Did I miscalculate?

Suddenly that thought came to mind.

=‘What Albion drop items come out?’ donated 10,000 won.

What Albion drop items come out?

[10,000 / 1,000,000]

“Uh…. After the raid ended, I was so tired that I didn’t check and just went to sleep, so I still don’t know.”

With one person’s question as a start.

=‘Tell me the Albion pattern, you bastard’ donated 10,000 won.

Hurry, I’m in a rush.

[20,000 / 1,000,000]

“I’ll tell you that in a little bit. It would take too long to explain one by one…”

The donations started pouring in.

This is really working.

=‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 10,000 won.

Why did you set up such a concept?

[30,000 / 1,000,000]

“…What concept?”

─Is this guy seriously asking this because he doesn’t know?

─If Rene really doesn’t know what she’s asking, that’s just funny, lol.

─It’s not a concept, it’s ‘really’ an Inquisition Officer, though.