Chapter 56:
The first match ended safely in victory, and the chat scrolled up at a rapid pace.
- Wow, this guy is crazy good?
- Hacking? His aim is insane.
└ It's not hacking. He just started the closed beta.
└ That just means he's this good;;
- Hey, I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before.
└ This guy still saying this.
└ Just watch the game lolol
- Soldier's ultimate has 100% accuracy for sure? That's broken. Needs a nerf.
└ No, that's wrong.
└ Dude, you can dodge with mobility skills.
└ All hero ultimates are broken. In a game where you respawn after dying, what are you talking about.
Seo Juhwan chuckled while reading the viewer chat. Watching people get excited over his gameplay was much more satisfying than he expected. It was like checking comments on a serialized work.
That's when he felt an overwhelming gaze from beside him.
Han Soo-ah was staring at him with her mouth wide open and an intensity in her eyes as if something might burst out.
When their eyes met, she fluttered her hands excitedly and spoke.
"Juhwan oppa, that was amazing! You were so cool!"
"Uh, really?"
"I've never seen anything like this before! The callouts? Everything was so cool!"
"Ahem. I was pretty good, yeah."
Seo Juhwan let out a deliberate cough and tilted his head slightly. Even by his own assessment, he had been incredibly cool just moments ago.
Then a sound effect rang out - ding ding! - and a message appeared on the screen.
[Kim Chun-sam has donated 1,000 won.]
- Wow. I've never seen this either! Opening a broadcast with public dating like this!
[Spring Breeze has donated 1,000 won.]
- This is so weird lolol?
[Taste Test has donated 1,000 won.]
- Ah, unfollowing--
[Shoomai has donated 10,000 won.]
- Those callouts were insane. You're really good at games.
[Help has donated 10,000 won.]
- Your aim was crazy, are you a pro player? You have that FPS vibe.
[Nyaryuring has donated 1,000 won.]
- Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating?
Donations poured in.
However, quite a few people were burning up with content outside the game.
Seo Juhwan panicked and quickly clarified. A female streamer getting caught up in dating rumors from the start of a broadcast wasn't a good flow.
"Thank you for the donations. But dating? That's a misunderstanding. We're not dating."
"Right! I'm not like that with Juhwan oppa!"
"I've known this person for 20 years this year. I've watched her since she was born, and when she was little, I even changed her dirty diapers once..."
"Kyaaaaa! Oppa!"
Han Soo-ah screamed and covered his mouth. He had been too dramatic trying to clear up the misunderstanding. Though changing the diaper part was actually true.
- Dirty diapers lololol
- Is this what 'childhood friends' means?
- Man lolol if you've known her since birth, isn't that just a real sibling lolol
- The childhood friend becomes oppa and she becomes noona.
[Sion has donated 1,000 won.]
- But her reaction looked totally like a girlfriend's reaction?
"Her reactions are always a bit exaggerated. She's naturally bright so it's fun to tease her. Remember when I joked about her height earlier and she reacted well?"
- Ah, that's true lololol
- You joked about her height? How tall is she? She does look small.
└ According to Soo-ah: 150cm. According to Juhwan: 149cm.
└ 150 or 149 lololol
└ That's so cute lololol
└ Easy to carry.
└ For real lol.
└ This is driving me crazy.
└ You guys are crazy.
└ Ah, once the viewers increased, all these weirdos showed up.
Once the height topic came up, the focus shifted. But along with that, toxic chat appeared too.
During the game, word had spread somehow, and the viewers had already exceeded 500. As the numbers grew, the mindless people mixed in as well.
Seo Juhwan quickly covered Han Soo-ah's eyes and said.
"Hey, Weekly! Ban that bastard!"
"Huh? Oppa, why?"
Han Soo-ah asked, confused.
Just then Seo Juhui's chat appeared.
- This message has been deleted by a manager.
- This message has been deleted by a manager.
♣Jomaem: Already banned. But who is Weekly?!
♣Jomaem: Everyone, please keep the chat kind. If you cross the line, I'll ban you without hesitation. Please read the chat rules :)
♣Jomaem: I've permanently banned those two just now.
She had banned before he even said anything. Seo Juhui was unexpectedly doing a thorough job managing. She had been working hard at chat management since earlier.
Seo Juhwan rarely complimented his sister.
"Good work, Weekly. Quick bans are good."
♣Jomaem: Why am I Weekly?!
"Because you're Jomaem, so Weekly."
♣Jomaem: $#%#[email protected]!#[email protected]!
"A manager using profanity? Should I block you? Ah, everyone, my manager is my real sister, so don't misunderstand. We are fighting."
- We are fighting lololol
- Manager nickname confirmed as Weekly lololol
- Ah, this guy is hilarious lol just make a separate account and broadcast lol
└ For real lol
- Real siblings lolololol
The chat filled with laughter again. The tense atmosphere from the toxic chat had been turned around.
Seo Juhwan took this opportunity to quickly queue for the next match.
Fortunately, since the beta testers were constantly queuing, the matchmaking came through quickly.
"Okay. Let's go to the next match right away! What should we play?"
- gggggggg
- Do Shadow Maker too! Love the sniper shots!
- I want to see Tara too. Firing cannons from the air sounds like amazing damage lolol
- Show us a healer too, please.
- I want to see a tank.
"Then let's try them all. The last match was too intense, so this time let's just have fun and use every character."
- okokok
- That's awesome
- Ah, show us quick and pass it to Soo-ah. I want to see her get destroyed and cry lololol
└ Her crying would be cute too lololol
└ For real lol
The viewers seemed to think Han Soo-ah would be really bad at the game.
'Well...?'
Seo Juhwan tilted his head sideways.
Normally, he would have thought similarly to the viewers. Statistically, female users were worse at games compared to male users. Plus, Han Soo-ah had never played online games before - she was a blank slate.
But he knew Han Soo-ah's talent.
Possessed Talent: Gaming (D+/S), Sleep (B/A+), Ming Chi (B/A), Singing (C/B)
Her gaming talent with S-rank potential had already increased by one level just from watching.
*
After that, Seo Juhwan played two more matches, using all the characters.
Unlike the first match, he played these two matches more casually, explaining character traits and skills to the viewers and Han Soo-ah. Somehow, word spread in the closed beta community about this being a "Psychic Watch lecture" and the viewers had exceeded 1,000.
- Is this game still in 2nd beta? There's no OBT yet, but why is he so knowledgeable?
- For real, his game understanding is insane?
- No lololol my problem is his aim is unreasonable? Does he have magnets? If it wasn't closed beta, I'd suspect hacking.
└ For real lol
- Hacking is too much. All FPS rankers are at least that level.
└ That's bs, FPS aim is good but Psychic Watch feels a bit different from regular FPS.
└ How do you know? Are you a closed beta user?
└ Yeah
└ Sh*t, only I don't have a closed beta pass.
Seo Juhwan, who had regressed from the future, had the highest level of understanding about Psychic Watch at this point in time. What was obvious knowledge from his perspective became invaluable tips to the viewers.
While the broadcast was going on, there was a brief commotion.
- Oh man! I kept saying I've seen this guy before and I finally remembered!
└ He's still saying this?
└ No, this guy is seriously impressive? Even pro players lol.
[Nietzsche Sio has donated 10,000 won.]
- This is Juhwan, right?
Along with the donation sound effect, a small video appeared on one side of the screen. In the video, Seo Juhwan was in military uniform.
'We are the Republic of Korea Army that devotes ourselves to loyalty to the nation and its people. This is the most basic ideology we pledge before reciting the Army Service Creed. And I am a soldier.'
'As a soldier, I cannot turn away from victims when faced with a murderer. Even if it wasn't me, any other soldier or anyone who served in the military would have acted the same way.'
The person in the video was smiling artificially and saying clichéd lines that the Ministry of Defense would love. It was an interview filmed when he went to Army Headquarters.
The chat naturally erupted into flames.
- Oh man. So this person caught that murderer?
- I heard the murderer had a knife or a saw. How did you catch him??
- I was annoyed that the broadcast host kept playing games instead of managing, but now I like this guy for real
- You don't look that big. Did you learn martial arts or something?
- He's really good at Soldier lol so it was because he played Soldier lololol
After seeing the chat, Seo Juhwan panicked and quickly blocked the video donation. He couldn't do anything about the ones already received, but he couldn't have more video donations.
He should have blocked it in advance when starting the game, but it was his first broadcast so he had forgotten.
'Ah, of all times.'
It was Han Soo-ah's turn to play the game next, but of all times, attention was now being drawn to him.
Before starting the broadcast, he had thought it would be good if someone recognized him and drew attention. That's why he didn't wear a mask even though Han Soo-ah suggested one.
But the situation was different now.
Thanks to the advantage of being a Psychic Watch beta tester, the viewers were already excessively numerous for a first broadcast. Because of this, Seo Juhui alone was struggling to manage the chat. Drawing more attention now would be counterproductive.
Seo Juhwan sneaked a glance at Han Soo-ah while answering viewer questions.
'This is crazy. Can Soo-ah handle this?'
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