[What the hell is this?]
[Author: yaSergei]
How dare that loser think he can collab with our gal, huh?
You bastards! I won’t let this happen before I’m buried six feet under!
Where did that ten-dude slip in from?
ㅇㅇ: Calm down and take a breather.
ㄴyaSergei: Dude, I’m already calm, don’t be a weirdo…
LAmpadu: So Friede is actually collabing with a guy. I should see this before I kick the bucket, ugh.
ㄴㅇㅇ: What’s up? Health issues?
ㄴLAmpadu: Just a little tired from getting burned last night, haha.
ㄴ티끌모아파산: Crazy, lol.
[How dare some dude just waltz in?]
[Author: Sweet Guy ]
Don’t you know that only the harem members can enjoy Friede’s generous assets?
They’ve already added new harem girls in the camping stream, and now you wanna invade the boys’ territory?
That’s just disregarding our rights as brothas!
Quick, withdraw from that collab, you loser!
The only one who’s gonna get close to her is the Lotus!
Sunlight Sword: Welcome, bro.
Zeke Garterbelt: Another dude showing up today, it’s kinda intense.
Midir Who Eats Sisters: This Yu-Soo is uncomfortably obsessed with the collab.
General Toothpick: This is all Friede’s fault for opening Pandora’s box. It wasn’t like this before… *sigh*.
ㄴㅇㅇ: Yeah! Even the crappiest past can turn into nostalgic stories over time.
[So what are you gonna do in that collab?]
[Author: The Dominator]
The gal already declared she wouldn’t be playing Soul Warfare.
She’s already cut ties with that dude, so forcing her back into it doesn’t make sense.
This is an official declaration; you think she’d just flip over a dime?
If that loser ends up strong-arming it, I’m spamming 5,700 hate comments.
ㅇㅇ: That’s how it gets absorbed…
ㄴhope5555: What’s there to absorb? Gundar isn’t even a web novel type!
ㄴ세숫대야: What do you know about that, Dominator?
ㄴSunlight Sword: Dominator, I heard you’ve even published stories, lol!
ㄴ티끌모아파산: Oh really, haha, you can find it on that porn site.
ㄴㅇㅇ: Damn, the genre is 19+ juice extraction, despair, regret, and obsession. Dominator, don’t possess me, lol!
ㄴMidir Who Eats Sisters: Is this the first thing from Friede Literature?
[Gundar’s official statement is out]
[Author: Thin Man (Lie)]
Sorry for the late news.
I got delayed, looking like a perfectly cooked pulled pork while getting treated.
I’ll just cut to the facts.
What you guys are up in arms about isn’t really something noteworthy.
Gundar put all content planning in the hands of Friede as a condition for the collab.
You really think Friede would film a broadcast about experimenting with genetic combinations like that?
And it’s live, so there shouldn’t be any weird situations.
In a virtual reality? Even more so.
Sweet Guy: That’s true, but damn, it’s kinda funny to visualize Friede being harassed by that dude.
ㄴyaSergei: Dude…
ㄴZeke Garterbelt: I’m not interested in your weird sexual preferences.
ㅇㅇ: Getting suspiciously in-depth about Friede, huh?
[Hey! Moron, stay out of this!]
[Author: Dad’s Moans]
Just keep it chill.
Hahaha.
(Imagine a clown meme)
ㅇㅇ: Our dude is hyped.
Kim Kkaedullak: This time it’s seriously a crazy scene.
Sunlight Sword: I have no idea how this will unfold.
hope5555: This is the first time Friede is getting personal with a dude.
Tickle Moa-Fasan: The public opinion wasn’t nice even if he was a Warden, and yet he got linked to Gundar, lol.
The news of the first-ever male streamer collabing shook the entire streamer community, including Friede’s gallery.
It’s true that Friede’s streams had significantly fewer collab contents before.
She was already a corporate-level streamer who had ascended and didn’t need to establish herself through collabs with other streamers.
She was a shooting star from the start, and those who collabed with her include Forming and Lotus.
One had a major controversy over sniping, while the other was tied to the finals of a brawl tournament.
In reality, I had played ranked with members of STK, including Warden, but it was mostly a temporary thing through Lotus.
So everyone thought Friede was completely disconnected from male streamers, especially her loyal viewers who accepted this as an unchangeable truth…until the collab partner turned out to be a dude, a greasy one at that.
Currently, the board for Friede’s channel was filled with chaos while other communities split into factions, battling it out, while one guy, streamer Gundar, wiped the sweat from his brow and took a drag from his cigarette.
“Ha.”
He scratched the back of his head at the fiery, savage reactions. Was this a bad idea?
Sure, I expected some negativity, but this was way beyond my imagination.
Usually, when a girl streams with a guy, it’s natural for overzealous fans to go crazy, but this level of heat felt excessive.
To be honest, I was scared it might land me in hot water.
“So scared?”
The teasing voice of the editor whispered in his ear, stoking the fire within.
Had he been here, he would have gotten a good headbutt.
“That bastard. The employer is so scared he’s shaking.”
“What are you so tense about? You’re acting just not like yourself. You and Friede are already acquainted, right? What’s so scary then?”
Yeah, I was somewhat familiar with Friede.
I was humiliated like a dog in the brawl tournament and teamed up with her during the event against STK.
The fact I made a bold move to propose a collab with a streamer who had reached cosmic levels was because of this story.
If there had been no connection, I wouldn’t have dared to try.
“Seriously, I’m just scared of getting sliced up by a rabid Friede fan on the street. Look at these reactions.”
The editor nodded at the screen Gundar showed.
Well, with such a bad public opinion, I was definitely allowed to feel nervous, right?
“Let’s think about it the other way. As long as the streamer isn’t doing horrible, this kind of attention can be a boon. Why get scared? You’ve been handling yourself well.”
Hearing it dressed up like that did sound plausible.
Yeah, the die was cast, I just had to deal with it now.
‘Luckily, I dumped all my content on her…’
I could only pray she would carry me through like during that event.
* * *
Gundar’s MS room was pretty ordinary.
A moderately spacious room, unexpectedly decorated neatly.
Compared to the old MS room of Dayoung, who used to stream in the pitiful mode, it felt much more human.
As I accepted the invite to the MS room, Gundar stood straight and formally.
“Hello. Long time no see.”
“Yeah. Thanks for agreeing to the collab.”
A 90-degree bow? Isn’t that a bit overdoing it?
Since it was such a spontaneous collab request, the streamer before me seemed a bit anxious from the get-go.
What’s up with him?
‘Is the atmosphere bad?’
In this collab, I would take charge of all content while the broadcast would only be on Gundar’s channel.
So, I couldn’t tell the vibe in the room right now.
Well, I could always just run the app separately and check Gundar’s live stream, but doing that in front of him felt a bit awkward.
“Oh, I’ll be streaming as well, so please invite me to the party.”
“Yes, absolutely!”
An invite came immediately, and I accepted.
Finally, the status of Gundar’s chat window appeared before my eyes.
And it was….
[Broken club loser intruder!]
[Nuna! Please turn that loser into a broken club right now!]
[???? Is this real?]
[I’m unsubbing from that channel now!]
[From now on Friede is no longer a virgin! She’s a worn-out hole!]
[Fuck, I loved you so much Friede, you bastard!]
[Yeah, you losers are all Sweet Guys.]
[Gundar, you piece of crap, Friede, Forming, and Lotus could have all been in real-time, so how do you just squeeze in here!]
[Seriously disrespectful to crash into the party with the main event!]
[LOL, unicorn brothas, you just got hit hard in the back with your obsession with Friede, huh? Must feel good!]
[Son, Mom believes in you. You’re studying now, right? Mom’s working hard for you today again.]
[Don’t drop nasty comments like that. Keep your distance.]
Wow~.
“The atmosphere is amazing, huh?”
“Y-yeah. Haha! They’re just jealous.”
「Kim Kkaedullak donated 10,000 won!
–What a load of crap, damn! That’s why people get mad!」
「Zeke Garterbelt donated 5,000 won!
–Is Friede about to retire from streaming?」
「Dad’s Moans donated 20,000 won!
–Ah! Is AV debut coming?!」
“…….”
“…….”
Now I understood why Gundar was anxious from the start.
If only the chat were making noise, I could find a way to shift the topic, but with continuous voice donations drowning out the conversation, I lost any chance to speak up.
“Amazing, huh?”
“Ah, y-yeah? But we expect great things from Friede.”
Great things, huh?
Seeing these reactions made me think I prepared the right game for this occasion.
Well, I guess words were unnecessary.
“Shall we start?”
“What? R-Really already?”
The look in his eyes that questioned why it was so fast had me nodding confidently.
“I told you. I’m in charge of today’s content. We’ve gotta start right away for it to be fun, you know.”
At my words, Gundar nodded.
Could this be what it feels like to follow a friend into something new? He followed without a hint of suspicion, like a puppy, which struck me as pretty funny.
Having launched the game in the MS room, I entered the game lobby and invited Gundar.
And then….
[?? What is this?]
[What the hell is this?]
[If you wanna repent, go play Soul Warfare! Have Friede stream that! Damn!]
[Seriously going full wacko, huh!]
Before me was a wooden board, 42cm by 45cm, lined with a grid of 19 rows and columns, alongside two bowls containing black and white stones.
This was a game that screamed Confucian elegance and was very much like a dragon.
One could say…
“Let’s play Go.”
Today was all about seeking a calm broadcast.
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