It’s not that kind of malicious broadcast

Three minutes had passed since Yena’s first donation.

In the chat window of Revan, Shihoon, a major conflagration was spreading rapidly. It was always like this whenever she got involved.

『Invite the tourists~』

『Refugees (not really)』

『Don’t misunderstand~ This isn’t hosting~』

『Throws more broadcasts than weapons, seriously』

『The precious money from the broth people goes straight to Revan as donations 😊』

『What is this? Why is someone talking about licking their tongue? What did they lick?』

『Oh… my horns hurt so much…』

『Blonde (not), tanned (not), excavator (correct)』

The message has been permanently banned and deleted.

The intensity was at least ten times the usual. The viewer count had already more than doubled, increasing rapidly every time the page was refreshed.

It didn’t take Shihoon long to grasp the situation. Just a quick glance at the chat window, and he knew that Yena had started her broadcast and logged into his.

“…… Wait, didn’t GetDevoured clearly say hosting was forbidden? What’s she doing right now?”

“-OneHouseOneRevanPetition has donated 1,000won!-

【But Revan told her with a commanding voice, ‘You’re banned from hosting’… doesn’t that feel a bit… off?】

『Gasp』

『Holding both wrists with one hand and raising them above the head……..』

『Oh my god LOLLOL』

『We need an audio request for this』

『Our Ordinary Club presents only pure ordinaries』

『Also say, ‘You’re banned from donating now’』

『Oh ㅁㅊ pure ㄲ』

In the meantime, as the saying goes, ‘you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.’ Even Revan’s fans’ chats and donations started veering off in weird directions.

Maybe it would have attracted less attention if it was just hosting.

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000won!-

【???: Why are you broadcasting and watching Revan’s broadcast…? some people are saying. Hmm. Should I turn it off and watch instead?】

By this point, imitators transferring Yena’s lines verbatim had emerged.

It was only natural for Shihoon to frown and pick up the phone. Based on recent experiences, directly calling was far more efficient than clumsily responding via chat or message.

“Sigh… Hello.”

《Ah, hello. Umm, I’m sorry but right now—》

“If you’re about to say something like ‘I’m watching a broadcast right now and am a bit busy,’ I’ll really come find you.”

《… That’s scary.》

Surprisingly, the voice on the other end was genuinely flustered. Had Shihoon been too spot-on with his guess? Or was it the prospect of him actually coming over that caused the surprise?

Unintentionally, in the heat of the moment, he might have gone too far.

Meanwhile, the viewers were clinging to the expression “come find you.”

The chat was flooded with comments like “What’s going on?” or “Day n of wishing for RevanxGetDevoured”, indicating an eager expectation for some romantic tension.

However, from Shihoon’s perspective, most of those comments were likely from trolls aiming to stir up both fanbases. He was confident that none of them genuinely wanted a romantic angle.

《Aren’t you practicing? Lately, your character pool seems a bit narrow… the world stage’s challenges are high.》

Had he been lost in his swirling thoughts for too long?

Yena, now recovered, had resumed her probing in a quiet tone.

‘By the way… what does she mean by lately?’

Normally, Revan didn’t stick to just one character in his broadcasts. Recently, he had been focusing on the Warrior solely for tournament practice.

So, her comment likely implied she had been following his broadcasts regularly—most of the time.

Suppressing unnecessary speculative thoughts, Shihoon responded in a nonchalant tone again.

“… I’ve diversified my builds, so it’s fine. And besides, it’s strange for anyone to handle all characters like you do. Even pros use only two mains at most in tournaments.”

《One-on-one tournaments are different. You need to handle at least three to engage in a proper rock-paper-scissors match. Why are you trying to play rock-paper-scissors with just a fist? In my experience, with an attitude like that, you can’t survive in a one-on-one setting.》

But it wasn’t easy to maintain his composure for long.

“… This is your first one-on-one tournament, to begin with. What ‘experience’ are you even talking about?”

《… I don’t have any experience, true. But whether I have experience or not doesn’t matter, does it? You wouldn’t suddenly listen to me if I did have experience and ignore me if I didn’t… unless you’re the type who values experience over the argument’s merit.》

“That, please choose your words more—”

Revan swallowed the words that were about to burst out.

It would only cause more trouble to pick fights unnecessarily.

Even without explicitly emphasizing it, a considerable number of trolls kept sending messages like “Breaking News{} GetDevoured has no experience”,

“Confirmed virgin”,

“GetDevoured gets upset about being pointed out for no experience…this is good”, and were getting banned for it.

The manager was swiftly blocking them, but some of the messages were too extreme to be taken lightly.

《By the way…aren’t you going to play the game? I want to watch the broadcast now. How about a knight, just for once?》

Nevertheless, Yena continued speaking as if she was unaffected by the chats. Despite being logged into the broadcast, she could clearly see everything.

As always, she was someone who constantly exceeded Shihoon’s expectations, in both good and bad ways.

Mostly in good ways, though.

“Right now, you said– ah, never mind. Anyway, from now on, no more indirect hosting either.”

《… You’re strict. Watching a broadcast should be fine.》

“…Watch it alone, alone. I mean—ha. Manager? Block those weirdly nuanced chats temporarily. Anyway, it’s not that you can’t watch the broadcast—why am I even explaining this?”

《Isn’t it usually more fun to watch together with friends? Like how watching sports in a noisy crowd is more fun. With two chat windows, it feels twice as fun. Revan, if you tried it, you’d understand…oh, speaking of which, shall we go watch Ark’s broadcast together? It’s starting in 10 minutes…it’s a cosplay broadcast today.》

“… Get out.”

《Oh, you don’t like cosplay? Then…what kind of streams do you usually watch? Just curious, to get recommendations.》

Of course, it wasn’t always in a good way.

* * * *

On the first day of the preliminaries, it was surprisingly difficult to find a broadcast to move to after being kicked out by Revan. Almost all the tournament matches had already ended.

I thought I had finished my match fairly quickly, but time had flown by.

Most of the broadcasters I regularly watched had been eliminated early.

Fortunately, Dodat remained in the tournament—he ended his broadcast early to manage his condition for tomorrow’s match, maintaining his serious broadcasting style.

I thought it would be fine to spend some time enjoying the thrill of victory by watching replays. It was a bit disappointing… but it wasn’t something I should do excessively.

Writing a few anonymous cheer-up messages on forums and galleries was the best I could do.

As I was dealing with various tasks, something caught my eye.

『Ahri: Yena-nim😍』

『Ahri: Congrats on winning all matches on the first day of prelims!!!!!!!!!!』

Messages from my student.

While broadcasting, I had only checked them and postponed replying.

『Ahri: Look, I bought this??』

『Ahri: To use on camping trips!』

『Ahri: What do you think??』

『Ahri: (photo)』

Ignoring such a message was impossible. It was a preview with destructive power incomparable to blatant temptations like ‘(Gifticon)’.

What was sent were camping supplies. However, the issue was that most of the items purchased were cute, intricate cooking tools.

『Ahri: They were so cute I bought them instantly🤣』

… Pointing out that complex cooking tools could be a hassle for washing up during camping wouldn’t be a good idea. After all, it was important to nurture and care for this innocent newbie.

It would be better to let her experience it herself. It’s like catching a juvenile fish and releasing it for the future.

In that sense, planning a camping trip soon… and going together would be a lot more fun.

『They look pretty』

『How about going camping together next time?』

『Ahri: I’d love that!!!』

『Ahri: I agreed to this a million years ago』

『Ahri: When should we go??? As soon as we decide, I’ll post an announcement and boast about it』

『Ah』

『Shouldn’t it be okay to broadcast it?』

『My viewers really enjoyed the camping broadcast last time』

When the camping broadcast was cut off halfway last time, there were a lot of complaints. Everyone seemed to enjoy the sense of being in the peaceful nature together.

However… if I watched such videos on G-Tube, I would subtly increase the playback speed.

I thought it would be better to enjoy the nature together with others, talking and sharing stories, rather than alone.

With Ahri, Jinhee, and Revan… a camping broadcast featuring such a lineup surely would be a lot more interesting than me fiddling around by myself.

Except-

『Ahri: Who likes what?』

『Ahri: Oh right』

『Ahri: It’s true that Yena’s appearance is enjoyable』

『Ahri: Please never ever ever ever attempt that rain sound ASMR again even if the world ends ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^』

… That felt a bit sharp.

I hoped it would be alright.