A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 96

“Thank you for your hard work, Rene!”

“I-I appreciate it….”

Finally, as the broadcast ended, I felt all the strength drain from my body.

Now I can finally go home.

So many things happened….

It’s exhausting, seriously….

“Honestly, if I had just a little more time, I would’ve loved to teach you the three major lifts, Rene…”

“…Huh?”

“Deadlift, squat, bench press. These three exercises are called the three major lifts. But, you know, today’s content is focused more on basic fitness rather than weight training.”

So Harum said, suggesting we work out together next time if the opportunity arises, and I dodged the subject with a polite smile.

“By the way, today is the day for our channel’s dinner party. How about you join us, Rene?”

“Oh, I… have a schedule after this….”

“Well then, it can’t be helped.”

Because I have a very important agenda of going home, washing up, and slumping onto my bed.

“Well then, I’ll head out now…”

“…Rene!”

“Yes? …Huh?”

Just as I was about to leave, Harum called out to me.

Turning my head, I saw her bowing her head towards me.

“I’m really sorry.”

“…Huh?”

“I kept sending letters until you responded. Using the viewers’ reactions as an excuse for practically forcing you to be our guest. It must have been a burden for you, Rene. I’m truly sorry.”

…I did indeed think it was a burden.

But is it really necessary to apologize this much? I wondered, feeling somewhat ambiguous about it.

After all, I had my own mistakes too.

“I actually intended to talk about this from the beginning… um. I was so surprised when I first saw you that I completely forgot. I’m really sorry.”

…It would’ve been better if she had just not said that.

“If you ever need help again, please don’t hesitate to ask. I will definitely assist you.”

“…Okay.”

I doubt that will ever happen.

Thinking that, I tried to step outside for real.

“Rene!”

Once again, Harum called me.

“You might think it’s absurd for someone I’ve met for just today to say something like this, but… I really hope you gain a little more confidence, Rene.”

“Huh?”

“The world often doesn’t reciprocate, no matter how hard you try. But exercise is different. Efforts in exercising never betray you. If you persist, you will ultimately be rewarded. Anyone who works hard enough to deserve that reward is truly a wonderful person.”

Just a bit.

I lifted my gaze slightly and met Harum’s eyes for a moment.

There was a genuinely earnest aura in her eyes as she said this.

“I don’t know what you’ve been through, Rene. It might be presumptuous of me to say this. But I still wanted to tell you. You are a truly amazing person, and I hope you have confidence.”

As I mentioned earlier, Harum is someone who has caused me quite a bit of trouble.

Of course, it’s not like I have no fault in this from an objective standpoint, but subjectively, she’s the kind of person I didn’t want to be involved with.

…Still.

I started to feel like she wasn’t a bad person at least.

“…Goodbye.”

“Yes! I hope we can meet again next time!”

Well, that’s a bit….

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【Rene Galleryⓜ】

【Title: Help, damn it, you bastards…】

【Written by: ㅇㅇ🔹】

(Harum ‘that posture’.jpg)

I want to see Rene do that posture too!!!

If you have a video from that, even if it was a mistake, I’ll forgive you, so upload it right now!

(Mouse cursor hovering over the subscription button of the Health Project channel.jpg)

Or else I’ll “unsubscribe” from your channel…

【Likes: 41 / Dislikes: 3】

ㅇㅇ: A wrathful unsubscribing ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

└ ㅇㅇ🔹: Damn, show it already!!!

여긴ㅇㅅㅇ없어서좋네: For real, it’s incredibly annoying that they just keep it to themselves.

【Title: But didn’t they just kind of skip over it since they didn’t show their face?】

【Written by: ㅇㅇ】

There’s no way for the viewers to check it, haha.

【Likes: 3 / Dislikes: 5】

Aqua color: Given Harum’s personality, there’s no way that’s true.

ㅇㅇ: Have you even seen that bastard’s video?

【Title: Regardless of anything else, Harum < < < she never lies when it comes to exercise, haha.】



【Written by: Aqua color】



(The Nator video.mp4)



[Um… Are you saying you don’t plan to do what I’m saying?]



[I specifically told you to stretch your arms out.]



[Doing exercise like that has absolutely no value. It’s not helpful.]



[Yuran, if it’s too hard, do you want to just stop? No point in suffering together like this.]



[Ai, if we keep doing this, you’ll feel bad, I’ll feel frustrated. There’s no benefit to it, right?]



[If you had any thoughts, you would’ve done what I said from the start.]



[Quit making excuses and just let’s stop, okay?]



After that, the guest apologized while crying before we could finally proceed again.



The guest openly said it wasn’t scripted.



It was later revealed that the guest had a tearful experience while streaming due to that Nator incident, haha.



So, Harum’s compliment to the gallery master earlier can be considered almost 100% true.



【Likes: 53 / Dislikes: 1】



Cream-colored soda: The backstory is even funnier, haha.



└ Cream-colored soda: After that, Yuran became friends with Harum but still, out of fear, always avoided talking about exercise, haha.



ㅇㅇ: After all, if you had to pick between exercise and streaming, you’d definitely go with exercising;



└ Gambler: Really?



└ ㅇㅇ: Yeah, in the Q&A for reaching 500k subscribers, they said that, haha.



ㅇㅇ🔹: I mean, I believe it, but since I believe it, could you also show us a little, damn it!



└ Aqua color: I’m crying while giving this a thumbs up…

└ ㅇㅇ: For real, I get how awesome it is, so show it already, you bastards!

【Title: Gallery Master’s summary of the day】

【Written by: ㅇㅇ】

A guest who received Pilates lessons (rare) on the Nator that could be counted on one hand thus far.

Even managed to succeed in all the movements they learned with perfect form.

The guest was not even tired after the workout.

Harum made them do a posture that’s usually hard for even the members of the Health Project to do, which the guest accomplished on the first try.

Acquired the title of the first streamer with nothing to teach.

According to Harum) Women would be jealous of Rene.

Today’s the day my curiosity about Rene’s real appearance heightens…

【Likes: 33 / Dislikes: 2】

ㅇㅇ: There’s no way our homebody loser would be like that, damn it.

└ Written by ㅇㅇ: Honestly, I don’t believe it either.

└ ㅇㅇ: Now that I’ve organized it this way, the gallery master seems so far away all of a sudden…

Kankobo: It was so funny to see all the naysayers from today’s stream become quiet, haha.

└ Written by ㅇㅇ: For real, haha.

└ Double latte: It’s so satisfying to see those who called her a fat pig swear off camera go down in flames.

ㅇㅇ: But the fact that Harum would go that far means she really is impressive.

【Title: If you’re not confident you can win against the gallery master, thumbs up!】

【Written by: Fowler】

One solid kick from the gallery master would probably break my leg, haha.

【Likes: 33 / Dislikes: 2】

ㅇㅇ: Harum says) Only people who regularly exercise can obtain that physique, nothing to teach.

└ ㅇㅇ: Ga-eun says) Just watching her move makes you 100% aware that she’s trained.

└ ㅇㅇ: Not exaggerating, I really think I’d lose, haha.

ㅇㅇ: Thumbs up go up without a word.

【Title: It shows a little bit, but…】

【Written by: ㅇㅇ】

(Harum’s eyes zoomed in.webp)

It’s so blurry that you can’t really see it clearly…

(Outline.webp)

Even if I outline it, it looks somewhat like this, but sadly, I can’t tell for sure, haha.

【Likes: 29 / Dislikes: 16】

ㅇㅇ: This is a bit much;

ㅇㅇ🔹: Hey,

Ailus🔹: This is really inappropriate;

Nedanyuk: Rene, I’m truly sorry for what the male fans have done…

【Title: I drew Rene】

【Written by: Crazy Picture Maker】

(This is VTuber Rene in that posture.webp)

Is this the fan community of that VTuber Rene???

Came across this posture in a different streamer’s broadcast, but it looked hilarious, haha.

【Likes: 71 / Dislikes: 0】

ㅇㅇ: This is the domestic VTuber Rene gallery.

ㅇㅇ🔹: (VTuber Rene, yes that’s right)

ㅇㅇ: Wow, it looks unbelievably hilarious, teacher.

Drawing Fan: (VTuber Rene, yum)

ㅇㅇ: Hey, can someone link me the Nator?

└ Crazy Picture Maker: Not doing Nator right now.

└ ㅇㅇ: Then at least make one and bring it.

Aqua color: Streamer Rene is active over at that place called Nator, for sure.

└ Crazy Picture Maker: I kind of thought so.

Nore Rene No Life🔹: Wow, she’s really an absolute pro.

ㅇㅇ: Hahaha.

ㅇㅇ: Wow, it’s mortifying, damn it.

└ Crazy Picture Maker: (VTuber Rene, thumbs up)

└ ㅇㅇ: I really want to squeeze and make her cry till she begs.

I’m gonna grow big!

ㅇㅇ: If I die strangled between those thighs, that would be a glorious death…

└ Crazy Picture Maker: The ultimate knowledge of the depths.

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‘I don’t know what you’ve been through, Rene. It might be presumptuous of me to say this. But I still wanted to tell you. You are a truly amazing person, and I hope you have confidence.’

Confidence.

What is confidence?