I Became a Malicious Streamer

The newly-established startup, A.T.X, certainly created a well-made game, World 23.

During weekends, weekday evenings, or even at dawn, there was always a World broadcast at the top.

No matter how much it was a challenge, broadcasts that held a top position had to pay attention to the viewers due to their scale.

No streamer would be foolish enough to keep playing a boring game just for a quick buck.

“This game is seriously a god-tier game?”

But World did excellently at its role.

It satisfied streamers’ desires for challenges through prize money while giving viewers a tasty experience of watching broadcasts.

Some communities were already buzzing about declaring this year’s game as decided.

It was common knowledge that most of the fans were from a certain streamer.

“Look how vast World is. They implemented all this.”

The game company’s assertion that it was an open-world romantic fantasy adventure game was not an exaggeration at all.

The endless expansive meadows stretched out, and no end was in sight even as horses galloped.

Laughs

I wonder how long it took to make this?

I can hear the developers grinding away from here.

Isn’t this section a copy-paste?

The graphics are insane; my home computer specs can’t handle it…

Every time a horse passes by, the grass gets brushed aside—wow!

Is this a domestic game?

With its vast world and exceedingly realistic, outstanding graphics.

This posed both an opportunity and a challenge for the streamers undertaking the challenges.

While gamers enjoyed the fun, the viewers were also quite entertained, but at the same time…

“Do I really have to search all this…?”

To find the Easter eggs and hidden routes laid out by the game company, they had to explore the entire world.

The main story offered within the game also existed separately in quest format.

However, it meant that reaching the answer to the quiz laid out by the game company was impossible through internal guidance alone.

Today marked the third day since the challenge began.

No one had yet uncovered the secrets the game company had hidden, and people were wracking their brains trying to come up with new plays.

Not ordinary plays but creative actions no one had thought of.

Such as endlessly talking to NPCs to pry into their lives, standing still at the starting point for hours, or hunting field bosses with bare hands.

This was why the man currently streaming was continually galloping across an empty meadow.

As such bizarre antics continued in World 23 broadcasts.

One broadcast sitting at the very top of that category was showing a different trend from others.

“Are my eyebrows too droopy?”

Still not even having started the game, the customization part of character creation was ongoing in the broadcast.

And yet, it was the broadcast of Mollru that was ranked number one in viewers’ count in the World 23 category.

So serious about character creation…

Looks matter to some extent, I guess.

Is this okay?

I feel like I’m losing my mind, losing my mind, losing my mind…

Why does it already feel like midnight when it’s still daytime?

Ah, well, good-looking rice cakes are more enjoyable to eat too.

No matter how well you customize it, it won’t be prettier than Mollru in real life, what’s the point?

Mollru: I can’t game with an avatar uglier than me!

Gasp!

Then how did other games handle it until now?

“Hmm… hm…”

Mollru hummed a tune, genuinely showing that she was enjoying the game.

This game is a healing game, then?

That voice, wow…

Humming is insane.

The streamer has been busy lately; I think I need this time for myself too.

I’m getting sleepy…

Good to watch while eating.

Shouldn’t be a problem with bloating, right?

“Done. Finished! How is it? Pretty, right?”

The character Mollru completed was strikingly beautiful.

The race was human, and the gender was female. Long black hair.

She embodied a fresh and delicate yet slightly downturned-eyed, gentle-looking woman.

Her appearance was the opposite of Mollru’s relatively cold image, one could say.

Pretty well done!

It’s grand… mostly like a mid…

That’s incredible morphing!

Similar to the streamer or even more!

Isn’t Mollru being way more outstanding than her game character?

For real? Haha, is there anyone more character-like than a game character?

What kind of character is she thinking of?

Mollru didn’t allow any interference after starting her customization.

She politely declined a viewer’s generous donation requesting to change her race to elf, setting her character’s appearance the way she wanted.

There was no hesitation in that, making viewers curious.

Did she perhaps think of character customization from watching other broadcasts beforehand?

Mollru calmly replied, as if it were nothing special.

“Oh, this is my ideal type.”

???

Mollru loves women…

Mollru’s ideal type… black-haired, delicate-looking beautiful girl memo…

Isn’t she just saying this because she thinks she’s pretty?

Definition of ideal type: The most complete type of person deemed perfect within one’s imagination.

Recognizing that her response could lead to misinterpretations among some viewers, she waved her hands.

“It’s not that kind of ideal type… I mean the appearance of the woman I think is pretty. That kind of style. It doesn’t mean that I like women. I just prefer this style over my own face.”

Ah, I see…

Streamer’s deception, what?

For real, if the streamer looked like this, she’d be among the divine!

It can’t be helped due to style differences.

If her own face were pure, she might have looked even better now?

People tend to envy what they don’t have, after all.

“That could be it.”

Mollru replied and smiled subtly.

*

No, that wouldn’t happen.

Because this was indeed my ideal type.

The perfect appearance of the opposite sex I had visualized since my childhood, which had never once changed.

Of course, I wasn’t sure if I could continue having this ideal type now that I had turned into a woman.

But still, the image that pops into my head when I hear the word ideal type was of this kind of woman.

One that stimulates a protective instinct while also possessing a grand chest, capable of a nurturing mom-position… Let’s just stop there before it gets too creepy.

I was shocked even saying that just now.

Ideal type. Isn’t that a phrase ripe for misunderstandings?

It didn’t help that my surroundings were filled with women, making it easy to spark such misunderstandings.

And while it might be good for the viewers who’d ignite the flames even more if I were a man, it didn’t matter what the person entangled with me felt.

There’s no guarantee that the opposite woman would have feelings for someone like me. Hopefully, I wouldn’t be cut off for making things awkward.

‘I don’t even know my own feelings.’

They say the mind follows the body. My consciousness was telling me that for males, it’s biologically unreasonable, so I should go for women.

But since the male identity between my legs had disappeared, I hadn’t felt lust towards women either.

So, I was left wondering. Am I really into girls?

And thinking about it, there had been no heart-thumping moments from seeing a guy, so I doubted that my views on romance would shift in that direction.

‘Saying this makes me feel like I’m turning asexual.’

Becoming something beyond just male or female. It felt like I had crossed a line, though maybe that was too far.

I couldn’t help but laugh when I received a nasty email asking if I had a boyfriend.

As if that were possible, no way.

In this state, dating someone is out of the question. Even with economic and time abundance, romance felt like a distant story to me.

I should just play games. For now, that’s the best option.

It’s a tutorial explaining basic controls and the game’s functions.

Now that the customization is done, the character I had created moves around at my command.

She’s pretty, after all.

As I watched the beautifully crafted woman move, I felt a strange sense of fulfillment.

I’m glad I spent the time to create her diligently.

*

“This game is indeed large in scale.”

As I started the game, I went on a spree of exploring wherever I wanted.

Yet, the exploration rate barely reached 10%.

That means I hadn’t even covered 10% of the available areas yet.

It would take a lifetime to explore all of this.

So, what should I start with?

“Should I check the ending first? If I push through the story, doesn’t that lead to the ending?”

Let’s look for hidden pieces instead.

What a terrible plot!

The streamer can do whatever they want!

The ending’s nothing special.

“Is it not special? Does it take long? That could be an issue.”

Well, when it comes to stories, there’s usually nothing particularly special.

It’s probably just a remix of the common fantasy themes. It definitely seems like an unappealing choice.

In that case,

“I’ll look for hidden routes and Easter eggs then. Let’s go.”

I’ll try to search for them.

Finding them too quickly might be a problem, though. I hope the developers have designed it well enough.

I simply wished that I wouldn’t discover them too quickly.

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