The newly established startup ATX has clearly created a well-made game called World 23.
During weekend afternoons, weekday evenings, and even in the early morning hours, there was always a World broadcast at the top.
No matter how much it’s called a challenge, the broadcasts located at the top are significant enough that they can’t help but pay attention to the viewers watching.
There wouldn’t be a foolish streamer who would continue to play a boring game just for a bit of money.
“This is really a god game!”
However, World has excellently fulfilled its role.
It satisfies the desire of streamers to take on challenges through prizes while also providing viewers with the enjoyment of watching the broadcast.
Already, some communities were making a fuss, claiming this is the game of the year.
It was common knowledge that most were fans of a particular streamer.
“Look how broad World is. They’ve implemented this much.”
The company’s proud declaration of it being an open-world romantic fantasy adventure game was not an exaggeration at all.
As a horse gallops across the vast plains, the end seems forever out of sight.
[So that’s why it has such a large capacity, lol]
[How long did it take to develop this?]
[I can hear the developers crying out everywhere]
[Isn’t this section just copied and pasted?]
[The graphics are insane; my computer specs can’t handle it…]
[Every time a horse passes, the grass is trampled, wow]
[Is this a domestic game?]
A vast world and realistic, outstanding graphics.
This was both an advantage and a disadvantage for streamers proceeding with the challenges.
While it provided a significant amount of fun to the gamers and entertained viewers, at the same time.
“I have to search all of this…?”
To uncover the Easter eggs and hidden routes announced by the game company, one must explore the entire world.
While the main story progresses through quests within the game, it was already cleared by someone on the first open day, concluding with a standard normal ending.
This meant it was impossible to reach the answers to the company’s quiz through the guides within the game.
Today marks the third day since the challenge began.
No one has unearthed the secrets hidden by the game company yet, and people have been wracking their brains trying to come up with new plays.
Not ordinary plays, but innovative actions no one had thought of.
For instance, endlessly talking to NPCs to dig into their private lives, standing still at the starting point for hours, or attempting to hunt the field boss ruling a certain area with bare hands.
That is why the man currently streaming is continuously running across the empty plains.
This is how unconventional antics unfold in the World 23 broadcasts.
One broadcast at the very top of that category is showing a different aspect from others.
“Are my eyebrows too droopy?”
Not having even started the game yet, the broadcast is still in the character creation and customization phase.
Still, it’s the stream of Mollu, who is ranked first in viewer count in the World 23 category.
[Someone serious about character customization…]
[The looks are important for sure, but still]
[Is this enough?]
[I feel like I’m going to lose my mind, I really do]
[It’s still daytime, why does it already feel like early morning?]
[Haha, usually good-looking rice cake tastes better too]
[No matter how much customizing you do, it can’t be prettier than Mollu in real life, right?]
[Mollu declares that she can’t play with an avatar less attractive than herself]
[Wow]
[If you put it that way, how did other games handle it?]
“Hmm… hmm…”
Mollu was humming a tune, genuinely enjoying the game.
[This game is a healing game, indeed]
[That voice, oh wow]
[The humming is crazy]
[The host has been too busy lately; I think I need this time]
[I’m starting to feel drowsy]
[A great broadcast to watch while eating]
[I won’t feel sick at least, right?]
“Done. Complete! What do you think? Pretty, right?”
The character Mollu completed was quite beautiful.
The race was human, and the gender female, with long black hair.
She had an innocent and delicate look, her slightly drooping eyes giving her a gentle impression.
It was a likeness that could be said to be the complete opposite of Mollu, who generally has a relatively cold impression.
[Well, it’s well-made]
[Imposing… mostly from the side]
[That’s some stunning morphing]
[Similar to or better than the host…!]
[Isn’t it amazing that Mollu is more like a game character than the game character itself?]
[For real, lol, is there a person more like a game character than her?]
[Is it a character from somewhere that the host thought of?]
Once Mollu began customization, she allowed no interference.
Politely declining a viewer’s request to make her character an elf with a large donation, she set the appearance as she desired.
Without a moment’s hesitation, the viewers began to ask.
“Did you perhaps think of character customization by watching other broadcasts?”
Mollu replied calmly, as if it was nothing.
“Oh, this is my ideal type.”
[???]
[Mollu likes girls…]
[Mollu’s ideal type… black-haired, innocent, delicate girl memo…]
[Doesn’t that just mean she thinks she’s pretty?]
[Meaning of ideal type: a type of person considered most perfect within conceivable limits]
Realizing her statement could be misinterpreted by some viewers, she waved her hand.
“I don’t mean it that way… I mean the appearance of a girl that I think is beautiful. I like this style more than my own face.”
[Oh, I see]
[What’s the host deceiving about?]
[For real, if the host looks like that, she’s from a higher realm]
[You can’t help the difference in style]
[If the host’s real face was pure, it might have looked better]
[Originally, people tend to envy what they cannot have]
“That could be the case.”
Mollu responded with a smile.
No, that wouldn’t have been the case.
Because this was indeed my ideal type.
The perfect form of the opposite sex that I had mentally constructed since childhood and never changed since solidifying my ideal.
Of course, I’m not sure I could keep this ideal type now that I’ve changed into a woman.
Yet, the image that comes to mind when I hear the word ideal type is still of such a woman.
Someone who could evoke a protective instinct while also having a huge chest, capable of being a maternal position… Let’s stop here before it gets too lewd.
I was shocked even as I said it earlier.
Ideal type, isn’t it a phrase that easily leads to misunderstanding?
The environment was indeed conducive to such misunderstandings, with all my surroundings being women.
Of course, it might be better for viewers who are men to stoke the fire further.
But what about the person involved?
There’s no guarantee that the woman counterpart thinks like I do. I’d be lucky if I didn’t get cut off for feeling disgusted.
‘I’m not even sure about my own feelings.’
They say the mind follows the body. My mind was telling me it was impossible to date a woman after my male identity had disappeared.
I hadn’t felt any lust towards women since then.
That’s why I was troubled. Am I really attracted to women?
However, I never felt my heart race when looking at men, so my romantic orientation wouldn’t change in that direction either.
‘Talking like this makes me feel almost asexual.’
It feels like I have become something that transcends the binary of male and female. Is that too far?
The reason I couldn’t help but laugh off malicious emails asking if I had a boyfriend was also because of that.
Of course, there’s no way I would have that kind of thing.
In this state, dating someone is impossible. Even though I’ve become financially and temporally wealthier, romance feels like a distant topic to me.
I should just play games. For now, that’s the best option.
It’s a tutorial that teaches the basic controls and game functions.
Now that character customization is done, the character I created is moving back and forth according to my commands.
‘She is pretty.’
Watching the movement of the beautiful woman filled me with a strange sense of satisfaction.
It was worth the time spent to make her well.
“The game’s scale is indeed large.”
As I started the game, I took some time to explore various places as I pleased.
Yet, the exploration rate hadn’t even reached 10%.
That means I haven’t even accessed 10% of the available space yet.
It would take ages to thoroughly inspect all of this.
So, what should I do first?
“Shall I try to see the ending first? The story will likely lead to it.”
[Let’s find the hidden piece]
[What kind of horrible story is that?]
[Host, do as you please]
[The ending is probably nothing special]
“It’s not special? Does it take a long time? That would be a bit much.”
Well, what kind of story can there really be that’s special?
It’s probably just a slight variation on a storyline commonly seen in fantasies. Definitely not the most attractive choice.
In that case,
“I’ll also look for hidden routes or Easter eggs. Let’s do that.”
Shall I take a look?
I just hope I don’t discover anything too quickly. I trust the developers to have done their job well.
