Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 59

“I’m completely lost on what they’re saying.”

It was a scene where the user known as Gosu and Sua were discussing various matters about the pro league in the Another World Colosseum, but Serin had a hard time understanding most of their conversation despite watching the broadcast.

‘Are they a famous team?’

They seemed to be talking about a professional team, but since she never watched the ACK pro league, she couldn’t make sense of it.

Naturally, her interest in the broadcast began to wane.

Slluurp.

While sipping cola through a straw, she moved the mouse and opened a new tab while leaving the broadcast window as it was.

She first searched for ACK, and there, below the lion logo, were ten variously colored logos of different teams.

“Recently, G1 has been on a six-game winning streak. What do you think, Gosu? Do you think G1 will keep this momentum going?”

And among the ten teams she could hear, the most frequently mentioned team name was G1.

Currently, the ACK league rank was third.

“I think the momentum will continue, but we’ll have to wait and see. We’re nearing the end of the first round.”

She gathered some rough understanding of the discussions that followed through browsing a wiki, but it didn’t resonate much with her.

She had never seen how well professional teams or players really performed, so she simply listened to the back-and-forth as if it were a radio show.

“The SS team has a record of three wins and seven losses…”

Sua’s voice gently echoed in her ears, but she focused on her most accessed community site.

She entered Another Level to check out the trending posts.

[Created a highlight reel of Great Sword Dancer Lin in Arena]

[Analysis on G1’s six-game winning streak]

[Not even a streaming community, but someone flooding the thread with Lin is seriously annoying, lol]

[If you like talking about Lin, thumbs up, lol]

[How likely do you think the ACK championship team starting this year will be?]

[I tried my best to recreate Lin’s character creation, what do you think?]

Seeing many posts related to her among the trending articles, Serin was curious about the reactions to her but hesitated to click on the posts.

“…Should I consider this a good thing?”

There were plenty of posts, both praising and criticizing, about her. Some seemed to want to keep mentioning her, while others showed disdain.

Honestly, she wasn’t sure if she was worthy of such attention, yet it didn’t seem too bad that many people were interested in her.

Having received attention like this made her realize it wasn’t as unpleasant as she had thought.

She found some enjoyment in broadcasting lately, and the continuous interaction with others felt like a new stimulus for her.

Then, she clicked on a post that caught her eye. It was a post where someone attempted to recreate her character.

Curiosity piqued about whether someone could replicate her real-life appearance.

“—[I tried to recreate Lin’s character, what do you think?]”

Author: ㅇㅇ

(Another World character screenshots, 6 images)

– I think I made it look quite like Lin, don’t you? Honestly, it looks super pretty again, lol

“I’ll choose a few people who want this character model and share it with them.”

“…?”

Even while looking at the screenshots from Another World, she just… really just couldn’t believe it.

No words came to her.

A grotesque character with completely ruined body proportions.

With an exaggeratedly large chest and ridiculously wide hips, she almost disregarded the character creation.

But more than anything, the face was so grotesque that it was genuinely… unpleasant to look at.

It was almost mesmerizing how someone could create something that looked so terrible.

Yet, if she were to find a common feature, it would be the silver hair. Aside from that, there was nothing about the character that resembled her.

“Seriously… they made it look like trash.”

As she scrolled down to view more character screenshots, she couldn’t help but let out some curses.

‘Did you really think this looked like me?’

At this point, she wondered if it was just a concept meant to look this way, but it left her feeling quite disgusted.

As her curiosity turned to what others were saying, she quickly scrolled down, revealing hundreds of comments on the trending post.

[ㄴㅇㅁ]

[What a cursed image]

[Why is this even a fan post, lol]

[Seriously, can only I see this? Is that why it received so many votes?]

[Gosu has been linking this all day begging for votes, does he really have a mental illness??]

[Seeing the reactions of the LeGal users going wild is hilarious, lol]

[There must be a reason for this, right…]

[I want to show this to Lin and see her reaction, lol]

[The moment she sees it, she’ll probably get IP banned, lol]

[Seeing multiple screenshots of this, does this person think it’s genuinely good?]

[Seriously, the people obsessed with virtual reality characters should just go d*e]

[But Lin isn’t red-haired]

[Looking at a dullard while not even turning on a cam, what the hell?]

[But that voice is really incredible; if that voice isn’t pretty, it must be a weird voice, right?]

[During tomorrow’s broadcast, I should donate 100,000 won and make her see this, lol]

[Seeing Lin today, her reaction to donations was such a mess that she didn’t even react at all, do you really think she’d watch this for money? lol]

“Dizzy. Really.”

Muttering in a blank state, she closed the character post.

The longer she looked, the more nauseated she felt.

Plus, it felt odd to comment and tell others to delete something like that, so she felt it would be better to just ignore it. Everyone’s reactions were already shocked, so it didn’t seem necessary to dwell on it.

‘There are a lot of strange people in the world. Right.’

Just when she was about to let that thought pass.

“Let’s wrap up our talk about the first round of the ACK here for now; Gosu, shall we move on to our private chat?”

“Private chat? I didn’t hear anything about that.”

It seemed like they were concluding the discussion about the pro league. Honestly, there was nothing more boring than a topic she didn’t know about, so she hoped they would talk about something she might or might not understand this time.

Turning her attention back to Sua’s broadcast.

“It’s been a hot topic lately, hasn’t it? I’d like to have a chat with Gosu about the ultra-popular new streamer, Lin!”

And there was Sua, clapping her hands and raising her energy level.

“…No.”

Wait, why me all of a sudden?

“People are saying Lin, and I kind of thought it was about someone else. Oh, Another World Lin?”

“Of course, it’s that person. Where else would you find another Lin?”

“Well, setting that aside, Flay, didn’t you get destroyed by that Lin the other day?”

The emphasis on the name Lin felt slightly off-putting.

On the surface, she appeared as a masculine-looking character, but her actions seemed rather unbecoming.

“Yes, Lin performed so well… I ended up losing, 2:0, to someone even the ‘Gosu’ couldn’t defeat.”

Sua smiled sweetly as if completely unfazed, which made Serin involuntarily chuckle.

It seemed they were friendly enough to tease each other back and forth without any discomfort.

“She really has a character that doesn’t get provoked easily.”

Plus, since ‘Gosu’ was a nickname, she thought he might be a high-ranked user, but judging by what Sua just said, it seemed like Sua was better.

Well, the fact that Sua maintained her ranking as the 8th challenger tier user told her that there were only seven users in total who ranked higher than her.

Objectively, Sua was clearly a top-tier ranked user to anyone.

“I never got destroyed.”

“Everyone watching the 40,000 viewers knows that your arena win-loss record is 55:53 against me. There’s no point in denying it.”

At Suas’ mention of 40,000 viewers, Serin instinctively checked the viewer count.

42,175 members.

Now that she was a streamer, her eye was occasionally drawn to the viewer count, unlike a few days ago when she was just watching broadcasts.

While the viewer count had climbed rapidly, she wondered when it reached 40,000.

“Seriously, winning only 2 matches and you call that getting destroyed nowadays?”

“If losing 0:2 to Lin means I got destroyed, then the fact that I beat you twice in a row means the same for you, right? So I did destroy you.”

Gosu, trembling his fists in frustration, glared at Sua, but she remained utterly relaxed throughout.

It seemed that Sua was just as competitive in nature as she didn’t hesitate to push back against Gosu.

“Oh, and I heard you dropped in rank again today, Gosu. You’re now 39th. How many users have you lost to already?”

She prodded him like a relentless fighter, making it clear she had no issue teasing Gosu. It was as if she had set her sights on him to provoke him.

The lively interaction from Sua had the chat rising rapidly, filled with excitement.

[Hahaha]

[Why is Gosu getting teased?]

[Is he really that clueless?]

[Flay! Flay! Flay! Flay!]

[Gosu getting frustrated and suddenly speaking informally is hilarious, lol]

[Who doesn’t know Flay is the highest-ranked user? Haha]

[Looks like Flay might throw in that nickname now, lol]

[Gosu is obviously on edge, lol]

At this point, it seemed enough for Sua, who looked playfully at the shaking Gosu.

“Well then, did you see Lin wielding the Great Sword today?”