Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 86

Serin hesitated as she wrote on the community about the reason for the broadcast ending and that she had been suspended for not setting the content to 19+.

“But there’s really nowhere else to write this.”

The site she was currently writing on was called Another Level, a site primarily made up of long-time users, but it was also frequently visited by other Another Level users.

And among the Another World communities she knew, it was also the site where discussions about her were most common.

As proof of this, even now, several of the trending posts on Another Level were about her.

So while she was writing about the reason she got suspended on that site, she couldn’t shake the feeling that it might not be the right choice.

However, as far as she knew, there was no proper way to inform anyone about the reason for her suspension and the broadcast ending through another outlet.

She couldn’t even reach out to Sua, the most reliable contact regarding Twitti, right away.

“They say I can’t appear on other streamers’ broadcasts during the suspension period…”

She couldn’t contact Sua immediately due to the Twitti suspension rules.

Upon reviewing the Twitti regulations, she found that any streamer who has been suspended for any reason cannot appear on any other streamer’s broadcast during the suspension period.

If she were to be exposed on another streamer’s broadcast due to deliberate contact during the suspension period, it would also count as grounds for additional disciplinary action.

So even if she wanted to contact her, she had to wait until after Sua’s broadcast ended, which meant at least after midnight, and that felt too late.

As she hesitated, writing “This is streamer Lin…” in the community, her phone suddenly rang.

Along with the default ringtone, a name appeared on her smartphone screen.

—Yoon Sua.

“…I didn’t ask for this this time.”

Even as she mumbled, she welcomed the contact from Sua but felt cautious at the same time.

***

Lin’s broadcast ended abruptly.

Without any premonition, it had suddenly stopped when she started facing the Outlaw.

At first, she thought she’d just wait for the broadcast to restart, but after a few minutes turned into tens of minutes, it still hadn’t come back on.

As the chat window turned gray from the shutdown, the nearly 20,000 viewers who could no longer chat sought answers in other streamers or communities.

……

[Does anyone know why Lin’s broadcast ended?]

[??]

[Why are you looking for that here?]

[It ended suddenly, and the viewers here increased.]

[I also came here because Lin’s broadcast cut off suddenly.]

[Look for it somewhere else, it’s an inconvenience.]

[For real, it’s such an inconvenience.]

—…Hello, viewers? I have no idea about Lin’s broadcast ending either. I’m sorry, but could you focus on me?

While some streamers were confused by the sudden influx of viewers.

……

[Lin’s ending was really strange.]

[For real, the broadcast hasn’t restarted.]

[Plea, do you know anything?]

[???]

[Why are you looking for that here?]

[Plea, you’re pretty close with Lin, right?]

[Maybe something happened during the broadcast?]

[I was watching the Arena, and then this happened, what is going on?]

[Why is the chat like this, for real?]

[Isn’t this Plea’s stream?]

The sudden influx of viewers and a rapidly rising chat created a chaotic atmosphere, but there were even some streamers who were intrigued by Lin.

“Are you saying Lin’s broadcast ending is… strange?”

As Sua saw the chat getting flooded with discussions about Lin, she was more curious about how the broadcast could end in such a way that the chat became chaotic rather than trying to stop it.

—Ding ding!!

She rejected a ranked queue that had just been matched and decided to assess the situation first.

“How did the broadcast end in such a way… everyone, please slow down the chat.”

Even though she tried to check the rapidly rising chat, it was overwhelming.

[Yes, yes.]

[The broadcast ended in a really strange way.]

[Let’s check the replay once.]

[No, LOL.]

[Yeah, even watching the replay, it was really bizarre.]

[Didn’t Plea really hate mentioning Tas?]

[Aren’t Lin and Plea that close?]

[No matter how close you are, spamming chat like this in another broadcast is too much.]

[This is the first time I’ve seen Plea reject a ranked queue.]

[For real, this is really questionable.]

“Everyone, everyone. The chat seems to be getting too heated right now. I’ll check the replay first. It’s not like I don’t have a relationship with Lin. But if it turns out to be nothing substantial and you’ve spammed the chat like this, you might get banned, you know?”

While confirming the chat, Sua’s curiosity only grew.

In fact, she had only watched until the second part of Serin’s broadcast to select an editor, but she hadn’t seen the third part of Another World since it overlapped with Serin’s broadcast.

‘Could something have happened in between?’

So how could the end of the broadcast have caused Serin’s viewers to flood into her chat like this?

She quickly manipulated a hologram to open the Twitti site.

Tap tap.

Accessing the Twitti site, she searched for Lin and entered the highest-ranking broadcast channel, then clicked on the video section to check the most recent broadcast.

She randomly pressed any time in the latter half of the timeline, and by coincidence, it started with Serin pulling out the Dwarf’s Ring with a golden light bursting forth.

That was the same golden light that Sua had experienced earlier.

It was the flashy effect that appeared when obtaining treasures.

As she saw the scene where Serin cutely asked, “Is this good?” while holding the sparkling red ring, Sua couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh in disbelief.

Since it was almost the end, she kept watching the video without skipping or fast-forwarding.

Then, the video continued to unfold.

Serin was unexpectedly ambushed by an Archer that seemed like an Outlaw, and Sua felt once again that it was hard to believe how sharply Serin had reacted purely on instinct.

The subsequent actions and movements.

Even her tone seemed charming all the way through.

And whether intentional or not, even in those actions, there was a subtly different charm.

What was visible on the screen was clearly a character, but it was surprising that her actual appearance matched Serin’s real-life appearance perfectly.

It felt similar to how the famous pro-gamer Joan of Arc used a character model that looked just like her.

‘And I wonder if her skill is similar too…?’

While watching the video, Sua couldn’t help but admire how incredibly beautiful she was.

As she checked the video, she casually commented.

“Viewers, isn’t Lin seriously beautiful even upon rewatching?”

[LOL, what’s with Plea’s face?]

[For real, she’s amazing even on another watch.]

[Did she really get the Dwarf’s Ring? LOL.]

[I thought no one succeeded among streamers who challenged to get that item except for Plea.]

[Lin got it in less than an hour.]

[She didn’t even intend to challenge, just asked where to go, got votes, and hunted to get it. LOL.]

[Is it good? Asking that is just ridiculous. LOL.]

[For real, so beautiful.]

[Lin, that fox-like demeanor…]

[The way she speaks flirtatiously is just pure fox-like charm.]

[We decided to call that feminine charm.]

[LOL.]

The news that she had obtained the Dwarf’s Ring caused an uproar in the chat, so Sua also knew about it. Instead of feeling envious, she thought, ‘Serin is destined to make it.’

Treasure items were definitely not easy to obtain.

Sua herself had spent about five months hunting only dwarves in the Dwarf’s cave, so she knew how tough it was.

Grinding for treasure was genuinely a garbage-like endeavor.

At least she felt fortunate to obtain a treasure, while there were many who were still in reality unable to get their hands on one.

As the video continued, she wondered how precisely the broadcast had ended. As the video timeline gradually approached the end, that was the only question that arose.

An Outlaw couldn’t possibly deal damage to Serin.

It likely ended in a lukewarm manner.

“Hmm?”

Just as Serin extended the Crescent Moon Blade in the midst of the white smoke.

The video suddenly cut off.

The broadcast ended without any signs whatsoever.

From the sight of it, it was clear that it wasn’t an intentional broadcast termination.

‘It is definitely strange…’

If she had resumed the broadcast afterward, there would have been no problem.

But…

“Lin didn’t… surely not resume the broadcast afterward?”

She asked in disbelief.

[Nope, she didn’t.]

[There was no announcement or anything.]

[No blackout or anything?]

[LOL, what age are we living in that it’s a blackout?]

[Originally, Another World capsules have reserve power, so they don’t cut off suddenly. PCs these days all support that; if the stream cuts off in the middle of a ranked match, that’s a big loss.]

[And Lin always announces when she ends her stream, but she never just cut off like this.]

[The key point is saying, ‘I’ll conclude here for today,’ in a reluctant voice; this is just strange.]

[Isn’t Lin still a newbie? So she could have just ended it.]

[There are a lot of new streamers who recklessly make mistakes, LOL.]

[Lin prepares a lot, unlike them, what are you talking about?]

[For real, it’s those who don’t watch Lin’s streams who say that.]

[She came super prepared even for picking editors today. There’s no way she would end the broadcast without any strategy or vanish without a word.]

The more she looked at the chat, the thicker Serin’s viewer base appeared to be. Sua felt this way.

There were chats typical of enthusiastic viewers. The ratio of those who typed chats with that nuance seemed really high at a glance.

And while she certainly found the end of the broadcast strange… Sua felt that the situation was a bit peculiar.

Having a broadcast cut off suddenly like that was rare.

‘Such an ending would more likely happen if one was suspended.’

But in the broadcast she had just checked, she didn’t see any reason she could get suspended or any of her sister’s actions that went against the guidelines.

“Viewers, just a moment. I’m going to try to call Lin.”

……

‘Sure… just in case.’

Since there might be an actual intruder or some risky situation at play.

It was an unlikely probability, but she needed to confirm her sister’s condition.

Thus, she exited Another World and returned to reality, where Sua rose from her capsule and moved her mouse to access the broadcast settings first.

Just in case. She made sure to mute the broadcast microphone and picked up her phone.

Calling Serin with the contact information exchanged while helping each other set up broadcasts a few days ago.

After a moment of ringing that felt endlessly tedious.

Thud.

—Hello?

Her sister’s soft voice came through.

“Ah, it’s Sua, Serin.”

—Oh, is it Sua? Are you currently live?

Sua felt a bit startled as her sister immediately asked if she was live.

Of course, considering the time, she would be live, but she found it odd that she would ask.

“I am live, but I’ve turned off the mic to ensure you can’t hear our conversation.”

—Ah, I see? That’s a relief. So, what’s with the sudden contact?

Hearing her sister’s calm voice made her feel that there was no problem for the moment, but she also wondered what was going on with her sister.

‘She seems fine, but…’

Then why hadn’t she resumed her broadcast?

“I have a different reason for calling… it’s about your broadcast today. You ended it suddenly, and I was wondering what happened.”

—Oh, I got suspended on Twitti.

Hearing such a calm voice, as if she were simply saying, ‘I went outside to eat,’ Sua was momentarily confused.

Staring blankly, she asked again.

“…Suspended?”