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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: All Master's Game Broadcast
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Pshhh—
The tightly sealed capsule hissed open, and Mint dashed out, coming to an awkward stop in front of the camera with an equally awkward look on her face.
'...I lost.'
A defeat in a match she'd been absolutely sure she'd win.
Not just any defeat, either—it was a total thrashing.
Even someone as famously thick-skinned as Mint couldn't help but blush at how utterly overwhelming it had been.
So there she stood before the camera, head bowed, her face all teary-eyed.
"...Sorry."
The countless viewers—92% of them—who'd trusted her and bet their points.
Not everyone watching had bet, but still, she'd let down over two thousand people. The thought made Mint apologize from the bottom of her heart.
The tears welling up in her big eyes gave a glimpse of just how deep her sadness ran.
-Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!
-Good fight! Good fight! Good fight!
-Wow, but bro really killed it.
-Fr, even just eating and playing Iron Fist, he'd do better than that.
-Our Mint's innocent! Our Mint's innocent!
"...Minna!"
No one in Mint's stream was rotten enough to tease her after seeing her genuine emotion.
The chat exploded in laughter at "Minna"—a mashup of "everyone watching Mint" and the Japanese word for "everyone."
If you could watch her tear-streaked face saying "Minna" and not laugh, you'd be the weird one.
Not everyone was laughing, though.
[Mission failed!]
[Mission success!]
Those who'd bet on missions hit failed or success accordingly.
Bettors on Mint's win had saved their stakes, while those on Haesung's had lost theirs.
But the Haesung backers could laugh happily instead.
[Eoi Minssi donated 10,000 won]
You gotta settle up!
"Oh, right. Time to settle up, then. To all you foolish viewers who bet on pathetic little me—clear~ed!"
The viewers wailed as Mint, still wearing her teary face but now grinning, clicked away at the mouse to settle the point betting board.
-Aaaaaah!
-You go from crying to laughing, horns grow on your butt!
-Give me my points back! Give me my points back! Give me my points back!!!
-Thought you forgot! Ban the donor!
With 92% of the viewers' bets flowing to the mere 8% minority.
Watching the chat ignite, Mint felt her sadness start to fade.
It was because she could sense how these viewers, going nuts over mere data scraps called points, were acting like total idiots for her sake.
"Ker-hek! Your mission bets are now Mint's dinner money!"
Pushing aside her post-loss gloom, Mint flashed a cheeky grin, patted her flat tummy with a dainty white hand, and let out a fake burp.
Just as Mint and the viewers were laughing together in perfect sync—
[Yakbae Chegoya donated 10,000 won]
Reverse bets... what about 'em?
-Chego's the best! Chego's the best! Chego's the best!
-Yakbae Chegoya... if it's not too much trouble... could you buy me a Melona?
-Regular betters, wake up? Regular betters, wake up? Regular betters, wake up?
"Ah... in the end, the reverse betters won out. Infinite thanks to all of you who believed in me."
Haesung, who'd logged off and returned, gave a sly smile and thanked the final donation.
The chat went wild again as Haesung popped up on cam with a bright grin.
-Give me my points back! Give me my points back! Give me my points back!
-??? : Thanks for the meal~
-Thanks to Haesung, my month of Mint memories is gone....
It was only natural—the guy who'd made every viewer in the chat cry and laugh had shown up.
And on top of that—
"Ugh, Oppa, get out!"
"...You lost 'cause you sucked, so why're you mad at me?"
"Argh! I don't know! Get out!"
"...You all saw that, right? She's got such a filthy temper—gah!"
"Out!"
Unable to contain her rising embarrassment from losing to Haesung, Mint grabbed a Mint-shaped doll from the room and chucked it right into his face.
Haesung, who'd won but taken a hit anyway, picked up the Mint doll she'd thrown and smirked as he headed out of the soundproof booth.
"I'll borrow this."
"...Ah! Give it back! That's my favorite doll!"
"Seal and done?"
Thud!
Mint stared blankly at Haesung's back through the soundproof booth door as he chuckled and shut it behind him. She trudged back to the front of the cam.
"...Everyone. My Mint doll just got kidnapped."
-??? : It got kidnapped (she threw it)
-Lmao, not kidnapped, she basically begged to be kidnapped?
-Fr lmao
"Ah, don't laugh! I'm serious right now! That's a limited-edition Mint doll!
-Mint doll? Wouldn't take it if you paid me!
-Say "Thank you, Oppa~"
-Fr, taking a Mint doll no one wants even if free? That's saintly.
-Saintly kidnapper lol
The viewers teased Mint mercilessly as she flailed in her chair, throwing a tantrum.
The sweet fans who'd been comforting her teary self moments ago had vanished, replaced by demons crawled up from hell. As Mint and the chat bickered—
[Api Cheongsu donated 1,000 won]
But what was that thing bro said earlier?
"Hm? What Oppa said?"
The sudden donation put their little war on temporary hold.
All eyes turned to the mention of "what Haesung said."
Other viewers, who'd momentarily forgotten, started chiming in agreement.
-Yeah, didn't he say something at the end?
-Something like he invented "If you don't know, you get hit"?
-Nah, that's been around over 10 years.
-Yeah, it's so widespread no one knows the origin, and he claims he made it? No way~
"If you don't know, you get hit."
It was a legendary saying passed down from PC gaming days—not just Iron Fist players, almost no one hadn't heard it.
Especially viewers who frequented internet streams or NewTube.
Even non-gamers knew it as a viral meme. So people dismissed it outright—
"Hm? Yeah, that one's actually something my Oppa made."
-...?
-Bullshit!
-Even if your bro's amazing, that's a huge stretch...
The chat recoiled as Mint casually agreed with Haesung.
"If you don't know, you get hit."
It was too famous—and thus, its origin lost to time.
But Mint herself was surprised.
"...Didn't I mention this before?"
-Nope.
-You've streamed Iron Fist how many times and never said a word.
-Fr
Surprised by the reaction—since she'd assumed she'd dropped it casually at least once—she smacked her forehead.
"Ah... Maybe I skipped it 'cause it's Oppa stuff and I didn't wanna brag. But the first time I heard 'If you don't know, you get hit' was from my Oppa. Think it was... around when I was 6? First time at the arcade..."
-Makes sense, casually dropping missing bro stories is weird anyway.
-But Mint at 6...
-Over 10 years ago.
-...Kinda lines up, maybe.
The viewers had to nod along to Mint's story.
A tale from over 10 years back.
If her memory checked out, they couldn't rule out Haesung as the origin.
But sensing the chat zeroing in on Haesung, Mint deftly changed the subject.
"Stop with the Oppa talk! Honestly, who made that meme doesn't matter, right? Whether it's Oppa or someone else. Let's figure out how to beat Oppa next!"
-True that.
-We use memes 'cause they're fun, not 'cause we track the creator.
-But can we beat Haesung bro?
-Agrees, threw every dirty trick and still lost...
-Lmao desperate Mint
-Mint the Loser
Thanks to Mint's wise pivot, the viewers shifted focus back to her.
But—
["If you don't know, you get hit" originator appears on today's Mint stream]
[Park Haesung! Park Haesung! Park Haesung!]
[How to block White Light Barrage the easy way.gif]
Not every viewer went along.
Iron Fist Gallery—Api Gallery for short—viewers flooded it, posting like mad.
Stories about Mint's brother Haesung showing up on her stream.
Mint's loss to Haesung.
How Haesung fought her.
They dumped everything from the stream into the gallery. The massive influx annoyed users in the already big Api Gallery.
[If Mint Choco Unit spamming grosses you out, upvote~]
Me first~
[So what's Mint to you weebs]
If you're gonna talk your niche shit, GTFO to Trica boards
[Mint? Like likeable streamer Mint?]
What? What happened?
[STOP THE SPAM!!!!]
We're all gonna dieeee!!!
[Mod! Purge 'em all!]
Purge the spammers!
As Mint-related posts piled up, so did the anti-Mint posts. The original Mint fans who'd come to share the news turned dark.
[Came to share good news, but it's full of crazies]
You Api pros wanna fight? Rooftop, let's go!
[Mad? Then you leave~]
Not leaving my house today~
[Purple rank and below, no posting]
Mad? Then come as Purple rank~
They saw themselves as Api users too.
But the gallery's rejection lit a fire under them, rocketing Api Gallery to real-time #1 hot gallery.
[Is this the firewood hotspot?]
Lmao still burning
[??? : Heard there was a fire, went to check it out]
Turns out it's my house. Tears.
~Wow~ Burns~ so~ good~
Winter's gonna be warm this year!
Not in a good way, though.
They'd climbed the ranks by setting the whole gallery ablaze with trolling and firewood posts.
For a mid-sized gallery, that might be a win, but Api was already a major one.
It hit #1 sporadically without needing fuel.
So burning from trolls? Not a good look.
But one post instantly quelled the chaos.
[I think Mint's right, personally]
A short title amid the mess.
Key detail: posted by the gallery mod.
Called "armband" for short.
Not many galleries respected their mods, but Api did.
Why?
[Elbow]
Api Gallery's armband.
He was none other than Iron Fist's undisputed #1—Elbow.
His rare appearance—usually leaving management to sub-mods—plunged the chaotic Api Gallery into total anarchy.
Yet one question lingered for them.
'So who the hell is Mint's brother Park Haesung?'