Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 69

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[????]

[Is it aggro?]

[Isn’t ACK playoffs coming up soon? Why is the coach looking at Twittee?]

[Proposal for Lin??]

[At the end of the season??]

[Who would propose to go pro through a sponsorship? Haha]

[It could be a scam or just aggro from the start.]

Looking at the chat room reactions, everyone seemed equally confused.

“I’ll keep the whispers open under the nickname you donated with, so if you are indeed a real pro team coach, please leave a message about why you want to talk to me. I will respond after the broadcast today.”

Since he said he was a pro team coach, I guessed his intention to some extent, but for now, I was in the middle of a broadcast.

It was strange to suddenly receive such a donation during a broadcast, and he had clearly written his email under the channel banner, so I wondered why he would make a donation like that.

‘…Email?’

Then I suddenly paused.

Although Sua had helped set things up and written the business email address between the banners, I hadn’t checked that email yet.

After all, it had only been three days since I became a streamer when I started the broadcast. I didn’t expect to receive that kind of email.

Besides, I had just mentioned that there would be content to recruit Newtube channel editors tomorrow, so I figured any emails related to editors would have already been sent by tonight at the latest.

So I was planning to check them all at once after today’s broadcast…

But then I thought about the possibility that it might be an email sent for another purpose, not just for the editor.

Ding!

Soon after, I received a whisper notification.

[Han Si-woo: I sent an email last night to the address written on the banner, but I haven’t received a response since, so I had no choice but to sponsor. I’m truly sorry if I interrupted your personal broadcast. However, it’s a really urgent matter, so I reached out this way. Please check the email titled G1 and contact me at the listed contact information.]

[Lin: Yes. I’ll check the email and respond after the broadcast. I haven’t had the chance to check it yet.]

While responding to the whisper, Serin felt a bit dazed.

It was hard to see this as a scam or aggro. I couldn’t be sure, but it seemed like he was probably a real pro team coach.

‘But would someone really come to such lengths and donate if they didn’t get a reply to their email?’

I wondered when he sent the email to come directly to the broadcast like this, but since that was all there was for now, I slowly opened my mouth.

Nonetheless, my main job was the broadcast.

“For now… I said I would check and respond after the broadcast. I can’t really inform the viewers about anything right now.”

[No way, is it really true???]

[Are you really saying it’s the G1 coach??]

[Wow, what is this? Haha]

[Lin, are you going pro?]

[But who recruits pros at the end of the season? Haha, something seems off.]

[For real, what meaning is there at the very end of the season?]

As I looked at the chaotic chat, I dropped the thought of continuing with the prepared topic.

Right after the broadcast, I’d have to exercise, check the email from the person who just appeared as a coach, and respond. Plus, I had asked Sua for some help regarding the Newtube editor yesterday, so I had to discuss that as well.

An endless cycle of a hectic schedule.

Just a few days ago, it was a drastic change from my daily life of sending without any thoughts.

‘Still… this must be what living is about.’

The sheer act of being busy gave me a sense of gradually adapting to this world.

“I’ll finish checking the community here and move on to the Another World arena right away.”

Right now, the situation had become chaotic due to the donation. I also felt like I had spent too much time on the Great Sword Dancer topic, making it appear I wouldn’t have enough time to play in Another World.

Therefore, I decided to promptly shift my course and log into Another World.

The current viewer count was around 7,000.

Since the explanation regarding the Great Sword Dancer was a bit lengthy, the viewer count had plateaued, maintaining that number.

[Going going going going going going going going]

[I was just waiting for Another World! Haha]

[Radio-like broadcasts are good, but they really come to see Lin’s skills.]

[For real]

[I came to watch Lin Cam because she’s pretty. Haha]

[Are you using the Great Sword today!?]

[I want to see you use the Crescent Moon Blade!!!]

[Great Sword! Great Sword! Great Sword! Great Sword! Great Sword!]

[I came from Newtube, and I want to see you use the Crescent Moon Blade.]

[I came to see Lin use the Great Sword;]

As soon as I mentioned that I would be playing in Another World, the chat room’s reactions changed drastically. It seemed like they had been waiting to see that all along.

“Seems like the viewers really like it?”

Serin smiled and immediately set up the broadcast connection to the Another World capsule.

“Oh, and today, I will be using the Crescent Moon Blade. I’ll bring out the Great Sword again when I feel like it next time.”

With that statement, I logged into Another World.

As my vision faded to black once again, I recalled one thought.

—Joan of Arc.

The nickname of the person who suddenly made a high donation of 2 million won.

The more I thought about it, the rarer the nickname seemed.

That was all Serin could think about regarding the nickname Joan of Arc.

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ACK Pro Team G1.

Currently, the third-ranked team in the ACK league, this pro team was riding high on a six-game winning streak.

The pro league ACK in Another World is now in its third year and is heading towards its end. However, only two teams remain from the early days of the league.

TSJ.

G1.

The reason only two teams remained was not due to the league’s poor performance, leading participants to withdraw, but rather because of the explosive growth of the ACK league, causing the teams that joined in the early days to be naturally pushed out.

The teams from smaller brands that were eclipsed by the large companies’ participation in the ACK pro league had either been swallowed up by those large enterprises or had to disband due to the rising athlete maintenance costs and league upkeep.

As a result, the two teams TSJ and G1 that existed in the early days of the ACK league had a much longer history and a massive fanbase compared to other teams.

The crucial players had not transferred, and each had remained as the team’s symbols, which amplified their value.

In terms of league standings, they ranked first and third respectively.

And now.

In G1’s dormitory, a debate was occurring.

“Hyuk, seriously… you want me to schedule a scrim?”

Coach Han Si-woo sighed deeply while looking at Kang Hyuk, who had been discussing strategy and scheduling scrims.

The league was nearing its conclusion, and the ACK summer season would wrap up this week.

Moreover, this year marked the first international competition, making it an especially significant time.

One of the team’s key players, “Kang Hyuk,” had suddenly started saying strange things.

“No, just for one day. Just one day is enough. If you face Lin, you’ll learn way more than after a few scrims!”

While managing the team’s condition with a break before the season’s end, Kang Hyuk suddenly started talking about some random user.

—Lin.

Aside from the name Lin, there wasn’t much information to go on.

The only information available was ‘female user’ and that she was quite skilled.

Even Han Si-woo, who had been aware of Lin’s name for quite some time, acknowledged that she would certainly be a hot topic.

—Ranked 8th, Plea, having defeated the 39th-ranked Gosu.

Comparatively, everyone was well-known users in Another World, and even Si-woo, who had been G1’s coach for a year, was familiar with their names.

Given that Kang Hyuk was an early adopter using the Great Sword, he hadn’t considered Gosu, but he had proposed to Plea several times to join the pro team.

“Don’t you get a feeling right away when you watch the videos of Plea playing?”

Kang Hyuk responded while pulling up a Newtube video on his monitor.

“…Yeah, I know.”

Si-woo himself had gone through a few videos before, having been particularly interested in the user Plea rather than Lin. In fact, Si-woo had watched the videos before Kang Hyuk did.

Si-woo himself still had some lingering desires to scout Plea, and thought she would be a strategic asset purely from watching her matches.

In Another World, the nickname Plea, whose real name is Yoon Sua, is a 23-year-old on a break from university.

Now widely known as a streamer and Newtuber, she had charisma all on her own. Her skills, too, hovered in the challenger range, making her a solid contender.

While there are female pros in the ACK league, it was rare to find someone like Yoon Sua, who possessed both looks and excellent skills.

Thus, practically every team aside from Han Si-woo had tried to reach out to her.

However, Yoon Sua had no intention of going pro, leaving her existing merely as a renowned user.

Han Si-woo had also halfway given up, recognizing that she was already making millions per month as a Newtuber or streamer, so there was no reason for her to go pro.

“Alright, I get it. I’ll make contact, but if it doesn’t work out, I’ll schedule other scrims that day too, so at least keep that in mind.”

Unable to get a firm assurance, he had to take out some insurance for the team.

“Just like you, Si-woo. You make things happen, huh? And I’m well aware that we’re nearing the end of the league and that you don’t plan to rest.”

The unreasonable request of directly contacting the user Lin to schedule a scrim was something Si-woo reluctantly agreed to.

Si-woo was also aware of Lin’s outstanding skills.

However, the ACK league was by no means a ‘personal league.’

To differentiate, it was closer to a ‘team league.’

If broken down accurately, 20% of the matches were individual, while 80% were based on team results.

“…”

There was no one among the coaches or players in G1 who could stop Kang Hyuk, the team captains and atmosphere developers.

Even the other members tended to follow Kang Hyuk, so it was reasonable to listen to him.

‘Well, Hyuk isn’t totally out of ideas, so there must be something worth discussing.’

While thinking so, Si-woo also felt overwhelmed by how to contact the user Lin.