NOVEL NEXT Chapter 11
“No response at all…”
Gunhee muttered, sitting in front of his computer while looking at something.
That something was a reply he had just received from Kayak.
Weak Camilla: “You can post it.”
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The brief reply contained nothing of what Gunhee usually expected.
When he revealed that he was a streamer, he thought there would be the typical frantic reactions or someone being mildly embarrassed about seeing themselves in the broadcast.
He thought those kinds of responses were a given.
But it was just so cool. Honestly, Gunhee expected Kayak to be more of a waver, so it threw him off.
“Did they know I’m a streamer?”
Considering they didn’t ask any follow-up questions, it seemed likely they did. No matter how indifferent someone is, if they say they want to upload a scene of themselves to Vtube, they would at least throw in a question.
But if he asked whether Kayak was an actor targeting him, that would probably be a big no.
They probably just liked playing games together. Given Gunhee’s knack for sniffing out all the nicknames and patterns of takers, he didn’t really think Kayak was targeting him.
After all, you can’t help but notice a taker. They basically broadcast their presence.
People who want to appear on broadcasts, those full of ego. That’s the essence of a taker.
“I don’t think they’re targeting me.”
Through years of experience, Gunhee could distinguish takers almost like a ghost.
And on his radar, Kayak barely registered.
One ambiguous thing, though, was that while playing the game, they seemed to be mildly paying attention to him.
“Could they be a fan of mine?”
A subscriber on Vtube, perhaps!
With 700,000 subscribers, Taker had enough potential to be one, but,
“I don’t think that’s it.”
The responses coming back were way too stoic for that.
If they were a fan, if they were a subscriber who regularly followed Vtube, Gunhee thought they would have reacted more than that.
In any case, things worked out well.
It wouldn’t have been strange if he had received a stubborn refusal like, “It’s a bit much to post on Vtube,” but getting such an easy approval was unexpected.
Posting it on Vtube would surely be a big hit.
His conviction wasn’t just a gut feeling, though.
“People are watching more than usual.”
“I saw it more than ever.”
The live broadcast viewers were exceptionally high today.
Just passing the ten thousand mark alone indicated that the content was hugely successful. Typically, the Taker’s live broadcast viewers ranged from four to five thousand, but when it was noted in the title that they were filming, people tended to swarm a bit more.
If you roughly calculate it, that’s about twice the usual viewership.
To be honest, the Taker didn’t really know why the viewers were unusually high today.
It was because the Taker easily won while riding the bus, without being targeted by the snipers.
“Weren’t people enjoying watching me suffer?”
For Gunhee, this was quite unexpected. For once, he finished filming happily today.
Gunhee didn’t look for the success of the broadcast elsewhere.
“It must be because of that person.”
When the content started, the usual number of viewers skyrocketed once the game began.
If you trace that timing, it was clearly when Kayak started performing as an ally. Perhaps it got posted somewhere in a community.
From a broadcasting perspective, it was a rather ordinary plot.
The streamer Taker having their skills carried by an exceptionally high-skilled player they encountered during the content.
The somewhat unique aspect was that this high-skilled player showcased scenes with a hero that no one else was using, something rarely seen in other games.
That alone drew people in more than usual.
It was proof that people came to see the mysterious high-skilled player rather than Gunhee, confirming that his choice to have the high-skilled player on screen throughout the game was not wrong.
Then it happened. While taking a break after the broadcast, lost in thought, a message came from the editor.
T-Tube 1: Boss, how did it go? Did you get permission? Can I start working on it?
Jang Gunhee: Uh, they said it’s fine to post. Go ahead and start working.
T-Tube 1: Yay! I’ll get right on it!
“Why are they so excited?”
Gunhee gazed at his phone with a somewhat puzzled look.
The editor he had known for quite a long time wasn’t particularly diligent. Their work wasn’t very fast either. If they hadn’t been a decent person with good editing sense, he would have cut ties ages ago.
Anyway, it was the first time they had asked for work so eagerly.
Curiosity piqued, Gunhee asked the editor.
Jang Gunhee: Yeah, it’s better when you make it quickly. But why are you taking the initiative to edit? It should be the turn of the third editor, right?
T-Tube 1: Ah, haha; I’m personally a fan of Kayak.
Haha, I’m personally a fan of Kayak!
“Fan?”
Jang Gun-hee: Wait, is that person famous? They have fans?
T-Tube #1: Anyone who’s been around since the Abyss days can’t help but love them. They’re practically legendary.
Jang Gun-hee: Is it really that big?
The editor’s following story was somewhat intriguing.
Top-tier ranker. A village head who worked hard to save a crumbling village. A popular player from the Abyss Gallery. A sunflower-like guy who obsessively digs into one hero… and so on.
T-Tube #1: They even streamed trying to save the game, and at one point, the viewership dropped to 2,000 before the shutdown notice came out… they’re kind of a symbolic figure for the old users, you know? Reminds me of those terrible times in the game.
Jang Gun-hee: Oh…
After hearing the editor’s explanation, today’s events didn’t seem so strange after all.
Kayak, that mystery user, turns out to be quite a celebrity.
“I wouldn’t mind collaborating later….”
Or maybe have a special guest segment.
Various possibilities flashed through Gun-hee’s mind.
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[Taker's VTuber video with Kayak just dropped haha]
The editing is clean and sharp.
It’s getting boosted by the algorithm now, racking up views.
How about the bored gallery folks go drop a like or something?
– It’s only been a short time since I started playing, and it’s already out haha.
– 700,000 VTuber editor, whoa, that’s A-tier.
– “Why am I…”
– “The user caught alongside the snipers turns out to be a reclusive high-skilled player?” What a title haha.
– Ah haha, you gotta use titles like that to draw attention.
– I preferred the times when they were simply doing Taker’s filming parts 1 and 2…
– I left a like and a comment, our Kayak isn’t dead yet, yay!
– This is basically a Kayak mad movie lol.
– The music during the battles is insane!
– Kayak! Kayak! Kayak! Kayak! Kayak!
– Watching a live broadcast and still enjoying it, it’s just delicious.
– Honestly, even Kayak herself probably watched it and left a reply, right?
– So dirty;;
– Our Kayak doesn’t know about that…
– As if she doesn’t, that 20-something man with hairy legs adores her, right?
[Unusually well-matched with Abyss streamers...]
Kayak, you do realize your sniping skills are amazing, right?
– Wasn’t it just luck?
– Why would Kayak bother with sniping?
– Who knows, she might have wanted to “shoot” with Taker.
– Wasn’t it two days ago that she matched with Nicang in a row? Haha, she reached diamond rank in no time.
– Legendary record with those win rates!
The win rate for Dene is like this.
Recently, he hasn’t even shown up at all.
So, Kataesh is back…
After completing her build research, Kayak? I can’t stop this…
Hurry up and hit Challenger!
Nah, even if I get to Grandmaster, it’ll just be blocked.
It’s not like the old days in the countryside; there are so few users, getting just to Grandmaster seems like it’d be blocked.
[I need to say something I've been holding in]
I prefer talking more about streams than games—it fits because it’s related to the Abyss streamer.
But seriously, why are we talking about Kayak, a regular person who doesn’t even stream? Just rolling around with pointless drama, and why isn’t anyone blocking those who bring up Kayak?
– It is a bit excessive.
– Well, they’ve been messing around together since before, starting with Wanjang and Kayak.
– I’ve been to saunas and played games with your Wanjang since we were kids!
– Kayak is a regular person…? Hmm…
– If it weren’t for Kayak, this gallery wouldn’t exist, lol.
– This is practically insulting to the ancestors.
– This is an outrageous post, wow! Should we block this person?
– Honestly, they deserve to be treated like a gallery leader, lol.
– If you don’t like the temple, the monk leaves…
– Yeah, you should leave if you hate it; this is already the Kayak gallery~
– Old folks reminiscing about their old times is really annoying.
– For real, there are only a few new ones.
– These kids these days… Don’t even recognize the roots… The fact that this kind of post is getting likes is just the end times, truly the end times…
[The only solution to all these disputes]
Kayak just needs to start streaming, yeah.
She should stream and prove that she’s a user from the legendary Season 0 and still a ranker who can hit Challengers!
– Can she even do that? Lol, she hasn’t played in years.
– It’s all been exposed that the old-timer rankers were overrated, haha.
– For real, lol, new players coming in from different games took the ranker spots instantly.
– Kayak, please start streaming! Stream and push away these haters!
– The only way to save the gallery… If Kayak, who loved the Abyss gallery more than anyone, shows up, I believe she’ll start streaming.
Meanwhile, there was a woman watching all this drama with her phone in hand.
“A gallery itself…”
She had never thought of it that way, but it didn’t seem wrong.
Wanting to show these clueless kids a lesson made her feel that way.
Maybe it’s the right expression.
They are precious newcomers, but that’s why it’s even more necessary to reinforce discipline.
Recognizing the fact that an old-timer resides within her gallery, the girl chuckled softly.