It’s not that kind of malicious broadcast

What are human rights?

Clearly, it’s the rights inherently given to everyone just because they are human, or so we were taught in school. But looking back… school back then was more a place to learn about the limitations of human rights rather than their utility.

Some teachers, if you got more than half the problems wrong, would treat you as if you lost your qualifications as a human being and would start communicating not with words but with a stick… anyway.

In short, school was a place that prepared you in advance for instances where your dignity as a human might be easily trampled on. Contrary to what was written in textbooks, it was a lesson that in the real world, human rights aren’t always upheld.

Yet, even in the endlessly cruel school environment, there were miraculous times when everyone presented a peaceful and beautiful facade – when outsiders, such as family members, visited the school.

Be it for open classes or parent-teacher conferences. According to our beautiful Confucian culture, family is off-limits.

In that sense, such… such heinous acts are unimaginable in this country – even for the most heinous of criminals, it seems overly excessive.

“And… oh! Here’s a video where GetDevoured shone in the tournament. It was no joke. She blew a pro gamer’s mind!”

“… Please stop….”

“Everyone kept talking about manners or whatever… but there’s no such thing in war. Just cut the head off and toss it into the enemy camp – oh, it’s here. Look at their expressions. No joke, right?”

“The editing is well done. Aren’t you still a high school student?”

“Exactly. Honestly, it’s better than the editing we had early on in ArkTube, honestly. It’s really well done.”

“Hehe, thank you! I’ve always aimed to be a video editor, and I’m a huge fan of GetDevoured. Oh, here! Look at this stance with a great sword, striking a pose perfect for a thumbnail on the FanTube. Ah… it’s the very essence of a knight’s romance.”

… My human rights are in tatters.

How in the world did this atrocious and inhumane screening come to be? It was torture I could hardly bear with a sane mind. And yet, it had already been 20 minutes.

I wanted to leap up and run away immediately or at least chug down a bottle of a Shame Reduction Potion… but whenever Lee Yeri, with her unreadable expressions, glanced between the screen and me, I froze in place.

No, someone should step in and stop this. At least on humanitarian grounds.

I shot a fierce glare at Revan, who was casually sitting across from me, commenting, “Ah, those days. The community was all about GetDevoured then.”

Please, stop your sister for once. Do something.

-Tap Tap

I discreetly tapped the table again to catch his attention, but my desperate cries for help were continuously ignored, as naturally as ever. At this point, it might as well be deliberate.

I guess my wish-granting power was all used up.

That’s why you should never use nuclear weapons lightly. The moment I lost my means of leverage, they abandoned me in this dire situation.

Let’s see how far he can ignore me.

I quietly took off my boots. It wasn’t a difficult task. Everyone was so focused… you know.

I extended my foot long under the table-

-Thump thump!

As if nothing had happened, I knocked strongly on the logger’s shin, who was busy watching a video, completely ignoring me.

If one time wasn’t enough, then once more-

-Thump thump!

I barely put any emotion into it. Barely.

Finally, for the first time, he reacted by shrugging his shoulders with an utterly shameless expression as if he didn’t know what I meant… I should’ve just kicked him without taking my boots off.

He was obviously trying to hold back a smile. I could see the corners of his mouth twitching.

However, scolding him in a fit of rage wasn’t an option now because of the surrounding members I noticed—now was not the time. A single misstep, and this torturous time would’ve been extended.

I reached out, stuffed a piece of sashimi into my mouth, and chewed it along with my frustration—engraving Revan’s name at the very top of my personal “amnesty list”.

… I would get my revenge.

Whether he was aware of his fate or not, Revan was nonchalantly focusing on the screen again. The screen was showing the video history of my broadcasts.

His sister was providing overly enthusiastic commentary, doubling my suffering.

… Lee Yuna, that’s her name.

With sparkling eyes, she showed those videos to Lee Yeri, the very root of all evil. But in front of the person in question, I couldn’t say anything.

Despite being told to monetize the channel, she ran the FanTube without a single ad, always cheering for me, “GetDevoured”… Not to mention, she was the one who suffered considerably from the prank by “Law Firm Log”.

It was an incident that made me feel sinful just thinking about it.

Even so, even so.

“Ah, should I show you the edited video of the 1st place run? This one is really awesome. The footage was so good that there wasn’t much to edit, honestly. Especially in the end-”

Displaying someone’s embarrassing past achievements to their family – and a family member who is an ordinary person unaware of gaming, at that – was a bit…a bit excessive as revenge, wasn’t it?

It was more painful because the revenge lacked malice.

The Geneva Convention…or whatever convention it was, surely there must’ve been something… Anything would have forbidden this.

This couldn’t be allowed.

“I don’t really know much about KoK, but those opponents were all professional gamers, right?”

“Yes! Honestly, people say that pros don’t take solo rank seriously or whatever, right? But absolutely no-no, especially not on that day. Anyone could tell they were serious. And then our GetDevoured just shattered them all – it was seriously goosebumps! Here, let me show you this part at 0.5x speed. Here, can you see this? This is really-”

The goosebumps were rising on my skin.

Please, stop.

I had tried to ask for help from Jinhee, who sat next to me, but Jinhee had long been in a “I won’t say anything” state.

Ahri…

“This day was really incredible. Oh, seriously—I skipped all other broadcasts to watch this from the beginning. It was the most valuable day off in my broadcasting history.”

“Huh? You were there, unni? I don’t think you showed up on my plugin. Did you not chat?”

“Oh, I was watching with a secondary account! I had to argue with some idiots in the chat.”

For some reason, they had been excited together. The atmosphere felt like they were long-lost sisters who had finally reunited.

“Oh! I know, I know. Really, CravingWarmAmericano’s broadcast is perfect in every way! But if there’s one single flaw, it’s the chat. It really needs to be managed better. There are too many people who should be reported. Honestly, I thought about sending an email offering to write a lawsuit for free at least a hundred times, but I barely held back because I thought CravingWarmAmericano would think I was a bother.”

Yoon Ahri, who was saying this, was there with an attorney Lee Yeri introduced as her junior. The three of them were acting like they were about to form some kind of trio.

“That’s right… I cut out the bad parts from the videos, but it’s really terrible. Ah. The original video-”

What kind of original video was she talking about? Too many scenes sprang into her mind, and she didn’t want to know. Truly.

“Yuna… It’s not too late now. I’ll overlook the tier impersonation.”

“Uh.”

There was a brief silence in the spacious room, amidst the breaks between the videos.

It seemed like she could be persuaded.

The impact of the unwelcome words spoken thoughtlessly seemed bigger than expected. The torture specialist, who had been displaying the video so boldly, hesitated and began fidgeting with the laptop.

Well, wasn’t she a friend who had been watching my broadcast for quite some time? She knew well how serious a crime impersonating a tier was.

Imagining what would happen after leaving this room—now was the timing.

“So. Then—”

“Hmm. It’s okay, Yuna. The tier impersonation… well, Yena tends to discriminate a lot based on game skills, so you borrowed your brother’s ID because you couldn’t even talk to her, right?”

“Huh? Ah, yes… No, that’s my fault. Discriminating based on tier is only natural…”

“Really? Yena, is that so?”

… The flow, wasn’t it strange?

-Ding Dong

Instead of answering, Yena shook her head quietly and pressed the calling bell.

“… Do you have the original… with the red cap? Just one bottle, please.”

“Uh, it’s still daytime! The sun is shining brightly outside!”

“… But my heart is in the night.”

I simply couldn’t stay sober any longer.

『Author: Anonymous』

『Title: Shocking Truth About Our Idol』

『Turns out, our idol is as beautiful as a celebrity

And her sister is actually an attorney.

On top of that, the chocolates the idol handed out at today’s fan meeting were actually homemade.』

– ?? Please stop this nonsense.

– ?? If point 2 is true, it’s better for some to just end it now. Thumbs up.

– Response: Got it, no worries.

– Response: Got it, no worries.

– Response: Honestly, point 3 is even harder to believe.

– Response: But it’s actually true. There’s proof. (link)

– Response: Third prize was homemade chocolates while fourth was red ginseng? That’s too much…

– Do you have a picture of the sister?

– Response: I do, but I’m scared to post it.

– How do you know this? Are you a stalker?

– Response: The sister came to the end of today’s fan meeting.

– Response: Did she come with “Attorney” written on her forehead?

– Response: No, but someone who came with her called her an attorney.

– Response: How do you know it’s her sister?

– Response: She said so while talking with Ark.

– Response: Lies.

– Response: I was close because I was managing things. Why would I lie? Do you have any hidden agendas?

『Author: Anonymous』

『Title: Where to Find a Cleaner』

『Urgent

Need to delete many posts』

– LOLOLOL LOLOLOL LOLOLOL LOLOLOL LOLOLOL LOL Idiot.

– Are they posts insulting our Queen GetDevoured? Even if you delete them, we already have the PDFs~~~ So it’s useless~~~~

– What’s the fuss? Did GetDevoured announce a lawsuit?

– Response: No, but it doesn’t seem like she needs to personally announce it?