The house Jae-hyun and Ahn Woo-jin had left.
"Eh? Where did they go?"
"Bathroom? Huh, they're not there."
Lee Ju-yeong and Choi Jae-rim, who had returned a step late carrying black plastic bags in both hands, looked around.
After searching for the two who had disappeared for a while, they soon saw the text Ahn Woo-jin had left and stopped looking.
"They just ditched this and left?"
"Woo-jin definitely didn't tell him."
"Shibal, it was just getting fun."
"Then why did we even buy snacks... My money..."
"We can just eat that later. More importantly, that was surprisingly unexpected."
"What was? Ah, Jae-hyun?"
"Yeah. He was chattering away all excited... I thought I was watching a stream or something."
"Stream?"
When Lee Ju-yeong asked, tilting his head, Choi Jae-rim started explaining as if he had been waiting.
"Internet broadcast."
"Ah, that. I don't watch those so I don't know, is that what it feels like?"
"Similar. One side talks, the rest watch, sometimes chime in, and talk a bit too."
"Oh, do they talk to each other too?"
"Depends on the room. If there are many viewers, conversation is hard. If there are many, like 10,000 people watching, reading all the chat is tough."
At Choi Jae-rim's words, Lee Ju-yeong's eyes widened as he asked back.
"10,000...? That many people watch?"
"Ah, of course, that's for the big corporations... I mean, only the really famous few are like that. Others have fewer than that."
"No, even a thousand people is a lot! Do they earn a lot of money doing that?"
"Those who earn, earn a ton. Since technically they're self-employed."
"Oh... Then if we seriously told him to try streaming..."
"Would he do it?"
"Why, looking at those 1 million sub YouTubers, they earn a huge amount. I heard the number one dream job for elementary schoolers these days is YouTuber."
"Ju-yeong-ah."
"...? What. Why are you putting your hand on my shoul..."
"Jae-hyun's grades this finals... You know them."
"Ah..."
"Would he do it?"
"He wouldn't."
"Right. Let's just order food quickly."
"Should we try finishing this too? Seeing him play earlier, it looked damn fun."
"Come to think of it, wasn't it just that the game was fun?"
The two who started the game like that ended it exactly 13 minutes later and turned on YouTube.
The search term was King the Com Story.
I started streaming.
I didn't expect it to turn out like this, but playing alone just didn't feel right.
I wasn't trying to become particularly famous, so naturally, there's no cam, and since I turned it on because I was bored playing alone, there isn't really any communication either.
Literally, I just turned it on and played the game.
Chat Window [Viewer]: What kind of room is this? [Viewer]: Look at the category
At first, few people came, making it almost meaningless to have turned it on, so I struggled a bit, but that state didn't last long.
Chat Window [Viewer]: Let's communicate [Viewer]: Yep, you can just go there [Viewer]: What is chivalry!!! [Viewer]: Kya, this is it
Like that, three months passed since I started blindly without knowing anything.
Chat Window [Viewer]: Kyakyakyakyakya [Viewer]: Finally saw the True Ending [Viewer]: Finally took that bastard Georges' head [Viewer]: I will stand in the heavens [Viewer]: Avenger is seriously freaking cool
I succeeded in collecting every ending of King the Com.
From the Grunt Ending to the King of Knights Ending, the Tycoon Ending, etc., I tried all sorts of things.
And even the Massacre, Avenger Ending called the True Ending that I just cleared now.
"Yes. Cleared it all. Thanks to you, I enjoyed playing it."
Chat Window [Viewer]: Us too [Viewer]: Someone who plays games with this much intense immersion is rare these days [Viewer]: I mean, 9 hours a day for 3 months is tough yep [Viewer]: Seeing it like this, it's sick [Viewer]: Towards the end, he was seriously William himself [Viewer]: Usually calm but once he immerses, he's a different person lol [Viewer]: Fr lololololol [Viewer]: Fr [Viewer]: Usually I don't eat peppers but this house's peppers are delicious [Slang: Usually I don't watch male streamers but this guy is good] [Viewer]: Wut [Viewer]: No dirty talk
Whether broadcasting is originally like this or it's because of my style, my broadcast took on a form like a movie theater.
There's virtually no communication between us, but we are still connected.
A feeling where everyone just talks comfortably on their own.
Should I call it a collective monologue?
Maybe because of that, the only viewers watching are 70 people in total.
Actually, by my standards, even this is a lot.
Usually, about 50 people watch.
Since it was the finale, a few more people gathered.
I stared blankly at the rolling ending credits and moved my gaze to the chat window.
Originally, I thought about taking a break for a while...
Chat Window [Viewer]: So what's the next game? [Viewer]: Obviously King the Com 2 [Viewer]: Let's refresh for a moment [Viewer]: Or maybe a simulation game lightly? [Viewer]: Nonono, Muk-Gom is perfect for these heavy games
Muk-Gom, that is my broadcast nickname.
It has no special meaning; it was just the result of shortening the temporary nickname assigned when I first entered.
Maybe... was it HoneyEatingBear4526?
Honey seemed a bit gay so I took it out and shortened it.
"Ah... Anyway, today's broadcast ends here."
Chat Window [Viewer]: Where's the review? [Viewer]: Not doing character evals? [Viewer]: Good work [Viewer]: There's a short story after this
"No review, character evals... nothing in particular. Maybe because I saw them too often, I don't really have any special thoughts. I already said everything during the playthroughs anyway. There's more story after this? That's a bit tempting... Anyway, yes. I'll turn on the broadcast next time and think about it."
Chat Window [Viewer]: When are you coming back?
"I don't know."
Chat Window [Viewer]: Seriously doesn't know [Viewer]: Seriously doing the broadcast so half-assedly
"That's correct."
Chat Window [Viewer]: ? [Viewer]: Lolololololololol [Viewer]: Look at the troll getting flustered [Viewer]: For this guy, broadcasting is just a hobby
"That's correct. Then, I'll be going now. Good work."
Ending with those words, I turned off the broadcast and stretched.
The time was 4:50.
Not much time left until school.
I rubbed my eyes a little and lay down on the bed just like that.
Pulling an all-nighter for the broadcast, I realized that no matter how late it is, you have to sleep to survive the next day.
Sleeping even a little is much better than not sleeping at all.
I closed my eyes, trusting the stamina of a young body.
I trusted it too much.
No matter how young you are, what doesn't work, doesn't work.
Come to think of it, if this worked, who would be late and who would be absent?
"Welcome, delinquent."
"Calling me a delinquent for being 5 minutes late is a bit much."
I accepted Choi Jae-rim's greeting and slumped onto my desk.
"Ah, I'm dying."
"But why were you late?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"Because of gaming?"
"Yeah."
"Wow, Ahn Woo-jin, this scary bastard."
"Hmm? Suddenly?"
"Eliminating competitors like this? Is this the intrigue of the top ranks? As expected, Sky Village is based on a true story..."
"First of all, Lee Ju-yeong was the one who made him play."
"Ah right, come to think of it, you didn't make him do it."
"Yeah, you retard."
"But this son of a bitch."
Ignoring the two who started fighting out of nowhere, I looked at Lee Ju-yeong.
Today as well, he is chattering away next to Han Ye-rin.
It was fresh at first, but seeing it for 3 years, I've become desensitized.
I realized the world I was reborn into was a world inside a webtoon, but actually, it didn't have much influence on my life.
To be exact, only my life was like that.
Lee Ju-yeong, like a protagonist, was perhaps special; he carried events around every day.
Others just had differences in degree, but their conditions were similar.
Right now, even Ahn Woo-jin is slowly getting closer to a girl he has something going on with.
Choi Jae-rim is... a bit far off.
Still, he, they, existed always next to events like main characters.
Unlike me, who always coincidentally avoided them, they used to get entangled in something and suffer.
I just came after everything was over and did some cleanup.
Looking at it this way, it's behavior exactly befitting an ambiguous supporting character.
Is there really such a thing as fate?
Anyway, for that reason, I didn't feel anything in this special life.
Because my surroundings are special, not that I am special.
"Ju-yeong is doing that again?"
"Hmm? Ah, hi Shin Yu-ri."
I turned my head at Choi Jae-rim's voice, which had gone up a tone strangely.
Rich brown hair falling below her shoulders and large puppy-like eyes.
"Jae-hyun is limp today too."
Hearing my name coming from a mouth always smiling brightly, I recalled.
"Yeah."
She existed.
The existence that always makes me realize anew that I have fallen into this world, Shin Yu-ri.
"You always answer well."
"I tend to."
Looking at us like that, Choi Jae-rim and Ahn Woo-jin whisper.
"Hey Woo-jin-ah. Is that a battle of nerves? But isn't a battle of nerves supposed to be between girls? Is that... playing hard to get?"
"Probably... neither. I think they're just casually saying whatever they want to say to each other."
To the two chattering as if for us to hear, Shin Yu-ri answers with a smile.
"No! He's answering sincerely."
"As expected of the Class President, great personality."
She is the Class President of Class 1-7, and the owner of a unique history of being the only one in the original protagonist's group to reach a solo ending.
I remembered her because everyone was dating, but she was solo alone.
"But you look exceptionally tired today?"
"Yeah, tired."
Ah, one more thing.
"Hmm, I see."
"Yeah."
She is a character who has a somewhat random setting of doing broadcasts.
"Wow, your hands are really big."
"As always."
"Yeah. Can I measure mine against yours?"
"No."
"Yeah."
"What on earth is that conversation."
"I don't know either, so don't ask."
The reason I attached the evaluation "random" to the setting that she does broadcasts was simple.
Because it's mentioned exactly once and that's it.
There's no separate episode about it, and no personality traits coming from the job of a streamer.
Just the fact that 'she does broadcasts' is everything.
When reading the webtoon, I wondered why they even attached that setting, but now that it's become reality, these days I think it's understandable.
"Ah right, Ju-yeong-ah, Ye-rin just came with me. If you go right now, she'll be in the classroom."
"Ah really?? Thank you!!!"
"Yeah, fighting."
Anyway, in the webtoon, streamer Shin Yu-ri had no role.
Rather than that, Class President Shin Yu-ri, and "Toxic We Got Married Shipper" Shin Yu-ri were mainly active.
The bridge connecting Han Ye-rin's group and Lee Ju-yeong's group.
Put nicely, Cupid; put badly, a delusional shipper.
If she just saw an angle, she would try to link them, and her batting average was extremely high.
So if the love line progress slowed down even a little, readers would all look for Shin Yu-ri.
Because in romance, she was close to a master key.
Despite that, I remember she was nicknamed "Unconquerable" because she remained solo until the end.
"Hmm? Why are you looking at me like that?"
But did she originally act like this?
From before, the sense of distance is a bit strange.
Definitely, she kept some distance from the opposite sex... Well, when did I see it? I'm sure some things are wrong.
Since she maintains an easygoing personality at school, the sense of distance might be somewhat close.
It's a meaningless worry to agonize over now.
I looked at Shin Yu-ri, who was making a flower cup with her hands under her chin, for a moment before turning my eyes away.
Even that seemed a bit insufficient, so I lay face down on the desk.
I should sleep a bit.
"Wow, he ignores this."
"Crazy guy. I acknowledge you. Seriously... a nutjob, this one."
"Wow..."
I roughly ignored the mumblings of the three stooges and closed my eyes.
(Shin Yu-ri first appearance, Summer Uniform Fashion)