I am Smart

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After the cactus, who had been feeling down, returned from the bathroom, the game went on for the second round.

Once again, Moon Si-hyun led the game all by herself.

Her activity level was off the charts. She narrowly won a battle that had been unfavorable due to the cactus’s numerous blunders, and collected all the objects.

– Nice~ Nice~!

The cactus, from behind, kept chanting “Nice” while giving buffs to Moon Si-hyun. The brightness of his cheerful smile revealed his perfect teeth.

As the previously low tension quickly rose with the sign of victory, the cactus seemed utterly infatuated with Fiore. In the face of victory, it felt as if he could forget any other emotion.

…… It certainly seemed that way.

As the game neared its final moments.

“……”

The atmosphere of the cactus’s broadcast grew increasingly strange. The cactus, who had been grinning, suddenly fell silent. The chat barely mentioned the game anymore.

It was a rare collaboration on the cactus’s stream with a female broadcaster, and on top of that, almost everyone had a basic fondness for Moon Si-hyun.

Thus, even the relatively rougher viewers of the cactus’s stream tried to maintain some level of decorum.

However, as the game progressed, the sounds of Moon Si-hyun’s panting grew more pronounced.

[Focus, huff. Please. This is the most critical moment right now.]

“……”

[Triple Kill!]

[Huff, haah…… huff. You did well.]

“……”

―――

This guy’s expression ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

No way, it’s hard to ignore this

Seriously fucking good though ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Even if I wanted to ignore it, I couldn’t

Cactus, I have to admit this one

No way sound ㅆㅂ;

Just take off your pants right now

Si-hyun, this is the first time I’m seeing you, but I’ll handle it well

Are you by any chance making a baby?

This is the kind of advice from an experienced one

Chatting department;

―――

The cactus gritted his teeth and pretended not to see it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ[4]

Isn’t the stimulation too strong for Si-hyun, who’s never had a boyfriend?…[6]

That’s the sound that kills sympathy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ[6]

Wow, I really can’t stand this[6]

Is this guy doing it on purpose???[5]

What the hell is wrong with that girl[5]

The cactus was on the verge of ‘plummeting’ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ[19]

Random plummeting defense ㅋㅋㅋ[5]

Is his health not looking good?[5]

Moon Si-hyun begins her second massacre against the cactus ㅋㅋㅋ[12]

―――

Now, both the cactus and the viewers couldn’t help but be conscious of it.

The sultry breathing sounds didn’t cease.

But every time a large battle occurred, they resurfaced, torturing the cactus every time he tried to forget.

The cactus closed his eyes tightly for a moment, tilting his head back.

If he didn’t…… it really felt like something major would happen.

―――

– Damn, someone tell Moon Si-hyun to stop making those sounds

Si-hyun is so precious

– Right now, Moon Si-hyun is playing the game of her life and is super focused, so she isn’t even looking at the chat…

– This game’s tempo is really tight ㅅㅂ

– Si-hyun’s chat is a complete mess right now ㅋㅋㅋ Compared to the cactus’s stream, it’s tame

―――

The chat, which had been beating around the bush with things like ‘Hmm, um, ㅗㅜㅑ, those sounds’ gradually became more direct.

At this point, the cactus had to control the chat. That was the responsibility of a broadcaster.

…… But he really couldn’t help it. Just controlling ‘other things’ was already exhausting.

Fiore is a full-body VR game. And the cactus is a broadcaster who turns on his camera.

Naturally, as a Fiore broadcaster, it’s a full-body cam.

Therefore, the cactus had to desperately control his emotions to the best of his ability.

He absolutely couldn’t look down. He mustn’t bend his waist. He couldn’t make any peculiar expressions.

And most importantly, he must not ‘rise’ even a little.

The cactus couldn’t help but painfully regret wearing skinny jeans today.

He mobilized every effort to calm these feelings.

Thinking of sad things, mentally singing the national anthem, recalling the day he caught a whale.

…… But it really didn’t help much. In fact, it made him feel worse.

‘Is this person doing this on purpose? Trying to send me to hell?’

…… Eventually, the cactus found himself thinking somewhat similarly to what he had thought before.

“…… Um, Si-hyun.”

[Huh, yes?]

“…… Never mind……”

Then it shut down. His voice sounded way too pure compared to the suspicion.

He couldn’t think of any roundabout way to stop it. That was how it went.

“Are you doing this on purpose?”

‘Why are you making those moaning sounds?’

‘Si-hyun, I’m sorry, but could you reduce those sounds a bit?’

‘Sorry, but are you doing something else right now?’

‘I’ll step out for a moment.’

‘You seem to be really struggling.’

…… No matter what he wanted to say, it would come off as really strange.

Especially since the cactus usually talked lewdly on his completely male-oriented stream.

Of all times, it was a game that was very tense. The game time had entered 35 minutes.

―――

Wow, and I’m enduring this ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Is this the burden of a broadcaster??

―――

Still, the cactus was desperately holding out against a massive broadcasting disaster right in front of him. He was truly a professional.

“I’ll step in smoothly now, so just walk straight.”

[Okay.]

Now, it seemed he was somewhat adapting enough to talk again.

So in the extreme final moments, a lategame fight was reaching its climax. A massive brawl of 6 against 6 broke out.

The sounds of weapons, projectiles, and bodies colliding drowned out any voices on Discord.

Leading the charge was a fighter sparkling under the sunlight as she rose up to the Sky Realm.

With some meticulous distance control, she picked off the two damage dealers while excluding the tank, obliterated them, and emerged solo.

For a fighter to take down two full-condition damage dealers at such a late stage wasn’t an easy feat. However, she was able to win because she had the priest’s resurrection skill beforehand.

The previously unfavorable situation flipped in an instant.

The fighter charged forward, eliminated everyone, and then landed a punch on the last remaining opponent.

[Quadra Kill!]

[Finishing.]

And thus, all the defenders were wiped out, and tranquility returned to the once chaotic blood-soaked battlefield.

[Huff, huff……! Haah…… Great job! Hehe……!]

Then came that last sultry laughter accompanied by much rougher and gasping breaths than before.

That voice was truly the innocent and pure voice of a woman.

The cactus had managed to hold on till now.

…… But the moment he heard that last laughter.

– Zing.

Somewhere in the cactus’s body, an unusual and ominous signal rang.

His pupils expanded.

“Ah!!!!!”

– Slap!!!

The cactus let out a scream and slapped his cheeks on both sides.

―――

What the fuck, that surprised me ㅅㅂ

Ah damn, that startled me

―――

He slowly raised his previously bent head.

Both his cheeks had swollen bright red in the exact shape of his hands.

[Why, why are you doing that?]

“Nothing’s wrong……”

The host of the event himself was unaware of the cactus’s defense against his downfall.

He had barely succeeded in defending his life.

After the game ended, the results screen appeared.

[You did really well at the end. If you had been just a bit slower with that timing, it would have ended badly.]

“Smoothly…… Ahh~ Haha. Thank you.”

As Moon Si-hyun’s breathing settled down, the cactus’s condition greatly improved.

Regaining his composure, the cactus found all the overly chatty messages in the chat and swiftly banned them, taking the time to reminisce and exchange pleasantries with Moon Si-hyun about the game.

“The team fight in the mid-game was amazing. You intentionally went in to draw aggro looking for buffs, right?”

[That time was Un- …… Yes. That was all part of the plan.]

Although there had been various events, aside from that, this game turned out to be quite a classic match. Clips of the various engagements had already been made and spread all over the place.

…… Of course, including the clips of Moon Si-hyun’s suggestive sounds.

As a moment of silence fell over the audio, while the cactus reflected on that time.

―――

ㅇㅇ donated 1000 won.

So why was he struggling so much?

―――

“Ah.”

It was something he had been curious about for a while, but hadn’t mustered the courage to ask then.

Now that the cactus had his wits about him, he realized it was indeed quite strange.

Unless Moon Si-hyun had lost her mind, the sounds she made were probably just those of exhaustion.

Yet that was the odd part.

Fiore is a full-body moving game, but it isn’t a game that causes you to lose your breath.

That’s because it’s a virtual reality game. If you run out of breath after playing a few rounds, Fiore wouldn’t be nearly as popular as it is now.

“Um…… Ah?”

At that moment, a certain possibility flashed through the cactus’s mind.

A setting that wouldn’t naturally go down unless touched upon deeply.

And there had been a long-standing speculation in the Fiore minor gallery since she started using a 3D VTuber model.

Recalling that, the cactus cautiously opened his mouth.

“Um, Si-hyun. By any chance, how much motion correction do you use?”

[…… Motion correction?]

“Yes.”

[……]

“Hello?”

[……]

However, there was no response for a while.

This silence was somewhat familiar to the cactus and viewers who usually watched her streams.

But this time, it was truly hard to believe. The cactus spoke again.

“…… Si-hyun. You don’t seriously not know what correction is, right……?”

[Ah, no. I do know…… I do know…… Um…… Ah. You mean camera correction? I don’t use that.]

―――

She doesn’t know

Doesn’t know

?????????

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Wait, seriously, you’re not even using correction???

Ah, that explains it

ㅁㅊ

Wait, does she have a death wish if she admits she doesn’t know something?

C’mon, Si-hyun, you can just say you don’t know

Is it really possible for that to happen?