Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 14

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[Hana, you’re so pitiful…]

[Is that Lin girl dancing while moving like that? Is that a skill too?]

[For real, Lin! The character is so pretty!! Please share your character customization.]

[Isn’t that a sociopath? She was smiling while dancing;]

[Hana, can we really leave her like that? She looks uneasy.]

Checking the chat, the controversy over hacking had disappeared more than Han Serin had anticipated.

The main content of the chats was mostly concerned about Hana’s state, and the next most common was curiosity about themselves.

‘I definitely… didn’t type this much in chat.’

The chats were coming in so quickly that it was hard to verify the content properly.

Checking the chat window for a moment, it was clear that there were still occasional chats calling her a hacker, but at this point, it seemed like just that—casual speculation.

They had already branded her as a hacker in their hearts. No matter how much she spoke or demonstrated her skills, they wouldn’t believe her.

There’s a saying that people only see what they want to see. And she was no exception.

When someone holds a fixed thought, you have to present solid evidence to change their mind.

At that moment, Han Serin wondered if she should contact the game company to get a response that she wasn’t hacking.

“Ugh… g-get away!!”

Still sitting down and looking frightened, Hana spoke with a glance, as if she was scared, causing a sigh to involuntarily escape Han Serin.

The twin swords she held were scattered on the ground, and she was shivering, wrapped in her own body; there was no hint of the will to continue the duel.

It was hardly even recognizable as a normal state.

‘…Was it too much?’

And in this sight of the streamer, Han Serin realized again that this was not the world of Black Ark.

This place was not within the realm of Black Ark, where her life was at stake as she slaughtered monsters.

The mercenaries with fierce gazes, strolling through the city in such a rugged environment, were no longer a part of this world.

Even the faint power flowing through her body felt far too weak compared to the infinite sense of omnipotence she had felt before.

Yeah, this was a game.

As thoughts continued, a hollow laughter escaped from her.

‘What am I even doing, seriously.’

In the end, she was no different from the ruthless acts performed against ordinary people.

It was an act resembling how those “wolves” classified in that world had toyed with the powerless.

She had done such a thing.

Even now, the frightened expression on Hana’s face that came into view.

Her trembling hands.

Like a puppet moving because of others, even if it was just a game, it wouldn’t have felt good.

Right. The Hana right in front of her was ultimately just another user enjoying the game.

Not someone of the same ‘kind’ who had felt danger among monsters every day in the Black Ark world, swinging a sword.

She was merely an ‘ordinary person’ enjoying a game.

Thus, she slowly unequipped her Crescent Moon Blade from her inventory and cautiously opened her mouth towards Hana.

“Hana…? I didn’t do it on purpose. If you feel seriously hurt… I truly apologize. I was only trying to show my skills to prove I’m not a hacker, but… you felt… really bad, didn’t you?”

“…Ah, um… y-yes?”

At Han Serin’s sudden attitude, Hana, still somewhat dazed and with a confused expression, looked at Han Serin while stuttering.

The sensation of her body being moved by someone else felt foreign to her.

The moment she was conscious of her body moving in an unimaginable way, Hana, without realizing it, screamed in endless fear and could finally gather her wits.

‘What is the real self?’

The existence of the silver-haired woman who had danced with a cold smile as if playing with her was no more.

The sight of the silver-haired woman sincerely apologizing to her felt almost like facing a different person.

Hana stopped her trembling arms with her other hand, as if to gather herself.

“Ah, no… Lin, you were amazing with your skills!”

Yet even with that, Hana’s voice trembled, something she couldn’t control.

“If it’s uncomfortable for you, Hana, I’ll just stop here. Also, a late apology, but for the chats I typed during the broadcast… I’m sorry for being too intense.”

“Yes. Yes! Then… please go inside.”

With that short conversation, the character named Lin turned into a flurry of light and left the Colosseum.

“……”

Like a person rummaging through the ruins after a storm had passed. Hana, with a blank expression, picked up her twin swords and stored them in her inventory.

‘Ah.’

Then suddenly, she remembered that she was still live streaming.

“Ah, sh*t.”

While recognizing the swear words that slipped out instinctively, Hana hurriedly checked the chat window.

[Hahaha]

[They’re gonna immortalize this for life]

[I don’t know if she’s a hacker, but that blank expression of Hana’s, though]

[Hey, but still, that Lin girl really doesn’t seem like a hacker]

[You could feel her sincerity when she apologized just now]

[Even knowing she’s a virtual character, her gentle demeanor was almost heartwarming]

[Well, the moment you typed that chat, you were already… doomed.]

Hana grabbed her head.

Her long black hair was disheveled, blurring her vision, but more than that, she was filled with deep self-loathing.

“Ahhhhh! I don’t know, I don’t know! Really, if anyone uploads this to NewTube, I’ll seriously k*ll them. I really said don’t upload it!? I told you, really!? I really said it!!”

While continuing to speak, Hana herself knew that her words held no power or meaning.

However, keeping quiet felt too hard to bear in the face of her self-loathing.

The duel that just happened, no, it wasn’t even a duel—just her being manipulated—would probably spread on NewTube within half an hour.

Even if she tried to fix her expression afterward, everything was already over, making it a futile effort.

[Hahaha, it’s already up on NewTube]

[Hana nearly screaming in tears, probably going to immortalize this, lmao]

[Ugh, get away! Get away!]

[Those malicious bastards, haha]

[Were those really the same people who said they were concerned just moments ago?]

[It was funny, though, her saying get away while trembling, that’s a true classic scene, haha]

“…Ah, I don’t know, seriously.”

The image of her screaming in terror. Responding with a foolish expression. Well, if she had been able to counterattack, or if she had lost in a duel, it wouldn’t be so bad.

Thinking that all her disgraceful behavior would rapidly spread on NewTube made her let out a hollow laugh.

All the efforts she had put into maintaining her image, being a skilled female streamer, everything had been ruined.

Then, suddenly, she noticed the number of viewers next to the chat window.

—64,142 people.

‘…Insane, this is unbelievable.’

Was the rumor about that user Lin already widespread? That was an unimaginable number of viewers.

No, 60,000? That’s even more than that “crazy woman” from Twittity could achieve.

As soon as she checked the viewer count, Hana, who had been blankly grinning as if her mind was gone, suddenly started pulling out various items from her inventory and throwing them towards the Colosseum.

Thud. Ding. Crash. Ching.

As various items struck the interior of the Colosseum, echoes filled the air simultaneously with Hana’s sharp voice ringing loudly once again.

“Ah, I don’t care anymore! All you dumb viewers can just d*e!!”

Screaming in a maddened voice, continuing to throw items while flailing her body, Hana only amused the viewers watching the stream.

[Hahahaha]

[Ugh! Get away!]

[If you’re angry, then be a viewer~ Who told you to be a streamer? Haha]

[For real, lol]

[All dumb viewers can just d*e~~]

With the chat rising endlessly and Hana throwing items as if she had lost her mind.

Eventually, after a short while, she seemed to gather herself, muttering in a hoarse voice.

“…If any editors are watching NewTube, please edit this quickly and upload it. Don’t make it a good time for others.”

Others profiting from her videos on NewTube? There was no way she would tolerate that.

While she couldn’t stop the videos from being uploaded, the thought of others profiting from her disgrace made her teeth clench.

No, she would make sure to find every one of those videos and directly report them, ensuring they wouldn’t be able to dream about monetizing at all.

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Familiar sensations wrapped around her again, and her vision blacked out once more.

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“…I’m tired.”

As she rose from the Another World capsule, Han Serin frowned, feeling her body heavy.

After playing for about five hours, watching a stream, and then playing the game again, there hadn’t been much moving around, but the psychological burden she felt was significant.

Now, revealing her body in front of basically 20,000 viewers as just a single woman.

Speaking while being conscious of them consumed more mental energy than she had imagined.

Dazed, she tied back her silver hair, which she had left near the PC, into a large ponytail.

Seeing her reflection in the mirror, Han Serin let out a hollow laugh for a moment.

The silver-haired woman’s image reflected in the mirror seemed strangely unfamiliar to her.

How could she express this feeling that was so familiar yet unfamiliar?

Unlike her former self who lived adorned with various equipment in the Black Ark world, now wearing just a plain white t-shirt felt so vulnerable.

“…I should’ve made the character a guy.”

If she knew she would be living as a character in this game, she would have made a truly handsome male character.

Then, even if she fell into this inexplicable world, she might complain a bit less.

“Eh, what’s the use in thinking about it now?”

Hana mumbled softly and threw her body onto the big bed.

Plop.

The soft sensation that enveloped her so snugly.

As she sank her body into the bed while slowly grasping the blanket, Han Serin smiled faintly, thinking that the feeling of this moment wasn’t bad at all, and fell into a deep sleep.