Streaming Life After Paying Off Debt - Chapter 88

When I heard her voice, I was taken aback by how much it resembled mine, leaving me no time to think of anything else. However, as time passed and the initial feeling of embarrassment calmed down, my thoughts began to wander.

‘If this goes well, I could use it for a broadcast.’

Her voice, boasting a sync rate that confused even me, triggered various content ideas in my mind. From familiar contents like “Hidden Singer” and “I Can Hear Your Voice” to somewhat unique concepts like left and right surround sound and twin concepts.

I even had a NewTube title I had thought of in advance.

“I collaborated with my doppelgänger. What do you think?!”

And then I would insert two of my cam screens, mirrored for the thumbnail.

I imagined the scene where my video appeared as a recommended video on NewTube.

As I looked at the view count displayed in the imagined video, my mouth watered unknowingly. Moreover, her merit didn’t end there.

‘With her, I could pursue the content I had previously given up on.’

Memories of content I hesitated to touch in the past came flooding back. Aegyo, ASMR, and so on…

There was considerable demand from viewers, and there had been several missions tied to such content, but I had turned them down with tears in my eyes to preserve my dignity.

‘But with her, things would be different. Aegyo could be outsourced completely.’

She was already a seasoned creator with experience in making ASMR videos. The fact that she seemed to be struggling financially was yet another plus factor.

‘Anyway, the viewers probably prefer her voice over mine, right? Then everyone wins, doesn’t it?’

I would earn mission money, the viewers would get their desired aegyo, and she would earn money too.

It was the birth of a paradise where everyone became a winner!

The thought of raking in the viewers’ money began to ignite a fire in my eyes. Then I made a proposal that would mark the starting point of my great plan.

“Today, let’s play a game as an apology from me.”

Backroom.

It’s a horror story that has recently gained popularity. Generally, it refers to supernatural phenomena like being trapped in an endless space you can’t escape from…

“It’s called Backroom, but it’s just SCP with a different name, isn’t it?”

I recalled the memory of watching a video of a YouTuber who played this game. Endless stairs, ghostly traces appearing here and there, and delicious scream sounds.

“That was really fun.”

I find videos of others in agony to be the most entertaining.

Anyway, after SCP changed to Backroom, it gained considerable popularity, leading to the creation of several related games. Among these were some shoddily made games, but there were also those created with excellent quality that could be considered masterpieces.

However, the reason I hadn’t played these games on my broadcast was one: I already knew all the content inside the games.

“Oh? Someone is approaching over there.”

Luna, who had agreed to collaborate with me (I heard her nickname when installing the game), pointed in one direction. There, a character dressed similarly to us was slowly approaching.

“It looks like another player! Let’s join!”

As I watched Luna slowly approach the other character, I suddenly recalled something.

“Oh? This is not a multiplayer game?”

Before I could finish my sentence, the character approaching us began to twitch. Soon, arms hidden under its clothes revealed themselves.

“Whoa!”

The person who had been slowly approaching transformed into a monster. It was clearly a jump scare and a situation that should have startled me, but I felt no particular excitement.

‘Ah, so these are the monsters in this chapter.’

For someone like me, who had already accumulated a wealth of knowledge through NewTube, such monsters were just a pile of data.

‘This is why I didn’t play it; it’s not fun.’

In truth, the fun of broadcasting horror games often relies on the broadcaster’s reactions, which account for 90%.

A broadcaster who screams, cries, and experiences various kinds of anguish, while viewers find joy in watching them. This is the basic structure of horror game broadcasting.

‘For now, I’ll see if I can find the video of the person who screams the most deliciously.’

In that sense, I was about the worst streamer for horror game broadcasts.

I had a naturally fearless personality, not to mention I had already seen everything about the game through other videos. I was in an environment where I couldn’t even scream if I wanted to.

‘If I force a scream, they would just say I’m acting anyway.’

I could vividly imagine the viewers flooding the chat with comments saying my acting lacked sincerity.

Ultimately, the only choice left for me was not to play the game at all. Hidden beneath my firm refusals, despite countless viewer recommendations, lay this circumstance.

‘It’s not that I don’t want to do it!’

I was interested enough to seek out related videos, yet it was a content I gave up for the sake of broadcasting fun.

However, despite the various issues mentioned earlier, today’s broadcast was progressing smoothly as if carried by a favorable wind. Because,

“Kiyaaaaaah!!!!!!!”

There was someone to scream in my place.

As the character approaching her transformed into a monster, Luna started to scream and run away. When I saw her vanish in an instant, an admiration slipped out of my mouth.

“Wow~ she runs well, right?”

– hahahaha

– Her scream sounds delicious too hahaha

– This is why we watch Backroom hahaha

– But, aren’t you going to run? hahaha

“Me? Why?”

Due to the nature of the low AI, it would probably chase the first target mercilessly. Since I knew the pattern, there was no rush for me at all.

– Do you even know the pattern? wow

– You’re a heavy character…

– So you knew that was a mob then?

“Right?”

– So you were just keeping quiet about it? hahaha

– Crazy scammer hahaha

– Miju is an individualist~

The viewers began to hurl criticism at me for my reply. However, there was laughter they could not hide on their faces.

“But it’s fun, right?”

– Totally agree hahaha

– So much fun! So much fun!

– The broadcasting vibe is crazy hahaha

– Pure fun is my jam!

While I was buying time looking at the viewers praising me, I slowly moved my character and said to the viewers.

“Now, shall we go fetch her?”

I searched for our friend who had become a lost child far away. Thanks to the crying echoing everywhere in the game, finding Luna was quite simple.

“Uuuh… Mom… I’m scared…”

I approached her, who was crying like a child, and spoke.

“Luna? Are you okay?”

At the sight of my character appearing, she took a stance to run away, but perhaps reassured by my voice, she sat down on the floor and began to cry again.

“Sniff…! I’m, not okay…”

Seeing her pitiful state, I called the viewers over.

“Really? Everyone~ Luna says she can’t play the game anymore!”

At my statement, the viewers responded with actions instead of words.

– Duntang has donated 10,000 won.

[We gotta go! We gotta go! We must go…]

– Miju♥Jihun has donated 100,000 won.

[Additional mission money for Kenwang~]

– ㅇㅇ has donated 10,000 won.

[If you refused the money, think about whether you’re short on cash.]

In an instant, donations poured in. It didn’t take long for the mission money to exceed one million won.

“Luna, Luna. If you clear this game, the prize is a whopping one million won!”

At the mention of one million won, the character that had been sitting down began to twitch. As I watched, I added one more benefit to stimulate her.

“And as a special event, all the mission money received today will belong to Luna!”

I would bear the donation fee, giving her the opportunity to earn 20 crisp bills of Shin Saimdang in just one day!

As soon as I finished speaking, her character, which had been sitting down, stood up. Then she began to lead me.

“(Sniff) Then let’s go quickly…!”

Her puffy face while sniffling drew laughter from the viewers.

– Hahaha can’t resist one million won hahaha

– Why does she look so cute while sniffling? hahaha

– I bet she’s only thinking about waking up quickly and winning the prize right now hahaha

Smiling at the overwhelmingly positive reaction from the viewers, I turned to the character who was urging me from the side.

“Take it slow~ This is the first chapter, and there are still 8 more chapters to go~”

Thud,

I turned my head at the sound from beside me.

Then, once again, Luna’s character that had sat down appeared on the screen.

“E-eight… we have to do this eight more times…”

Luna, quietly sitting and repeating her own words. It took about 5 minutes for her to get moving again.