Chapter 141: Let's Live Kindly, Please (3)

Everyone entered the capsule room, and the viewers who were not participating moved to the seats that the part-timers had prepared in advance.

It wasn’t going to interfere with business.

After all, I had rented this place for the whole five hours.

Normally, it would require a significant amount of capital, but thanks to the owner’s consideration, I was able to rent it at a reasonable price.

Moreover, although I said five hours, the content wasn’t expected to take that long.

I quickly explained today’s event to the gathered viewers.

“The game we are going to play today is something you all know. We have rented a server in advance and completed the setup.”

The part-timers here probably had quite a hard time.

They had to configure each capsule that the participants would use.

“The event will be held on a private server, and I will now explain the rules.”

Initially, I had conceived the idea of playing a mafia game.

However, I soon abandoned the idea, thinking it wouldn’t flow smoothly.

The mafia game required various devices, including a moderator.

So, I immediately prepared an alternative.

A game that Jin-hyuk, our family’s think tank, and I came up with together.

It was a game with surprisingly simple rules that even beginners could enjoy.

“When the game starts, the guests and I will hide among you. Each guest has a different prize, and if you catch me, you’ll receive a one-year subscription along with a capsule provided by Phoenix.”

“A capsule?”

“Wow!”

“Oh my god! What’s with the scale!”

Since it wasn’t the Phoenix Infinity model, it wasn’t overly burdensome.

Moreover, Phoenix was generous enough to donate one of the capsules they had in stock for the event.

I watched the enthusiastic reactions of the viewers and continued explaining the rules quickly.

“The game time limit is two hours. During that time, you must capture all of us wandering around in the game’s LA. If you manage to capture everyone, each of you will receive a gift certificate worth 50,000 won. Conversely, if you fail to catch us… sorry, but you’ll have to become the sacrificial lambs on MyTube.”

The rules were a mix of hide-and-seek and tag.

Despite how it looked, this content was something Jin-hyuk and I had deliberated over for quite some time.

It’s a game with a high degree of customization freedom.

Therefore, if the guests and I put our minds to it and disguised ourselves, it would be nearly impossible to catch us by face alone.

However, there was one additional rule to balance the game.

“The guests and I must eliminate one participant every 15 minutes. If we fail to do so, our location will be revealed on the citizens’ map.”

Such a penalty was necessary to make it manageable for the other side.

The Evil Gang standing in front of the capsules seemed to not even hear my explanation.

They were already drooling over the prizes at stake for this fan participation content.

Watching them, I smiled with satisfaction.

The prizes were not at all a waste.

If the MyTube footage was good, this level of investment was manageable.

Oh! There was one more rule to convey.

“I’m not doubting you, but to prevent any possible stream sniping, all participants will be broadcasting on Twipod.”

Since the capsules didn’t have professional streamer modules installed, we couldn’t activate various broadcasting functions.

However, it was enough if their play was streamed.

Moreover, if their play was recorded through the capsules, it would become an excellent source for my editor when editing the videos later.

Although the viewers were chatting noisily, most of the reactions were positive.

As expected of attention seekers, they seemed to enjoy the fact that their perspective would be broadcasted.

“If interesting footage is captured, it will be edited and uploaded to my YouTube channel later. Keep that in mind.”

“Woohoo!”

“I just imagined myself being permanently recorded on YouTube. But no way! Edit me out completely!”

“Mom! I think I’m going to become a YouTuber!”

Their reactions were as diverse as their distinct personalities.

The common point was that they were all crazy.

After explaining all the rules to the viewers, I turned my body to look at the guests.

“It would be more fun if we ranked ourselves among the guests, wouldn’t it?”

“What kind of ranking?”

“The last person standing will receive a department store gift certificate worth one million won. This is personally sponsored by CEO Lee Sung-soo of SD Corporation. He wanted the streamers to have fun too.”

“Wow, Sung-soo is really generous.”

“He’s different.”

I had originally intended to invite Sung-soo today as well, but unfortunately, he couldn’t come due to a business trip abroad.

He said he was going to discuss the overseas licensing issue of .

I felt excited as that day seemed to be approaching.

It felt like returning home.

Anyway, I looked at my colleagues and smiled broadly.

“Turn on your broadcasts once you get into the capsules. Special streamer modules have been temporarily installed for the guests…”

“No need.”

“You’re the main character today. Do we really need to do that?”

“We’re just guests, after all.”

They all waved their hands and smiled amiably.

However, I drew a firm line for them.

“Business is business, and personal is personal.”

“What? Are you doubting us? Na-young, look at him! He doesn’t trust his own colleagues!”

“Indeed.”

“He’s always like this, Dong-su. Don’t worry about it. He’s always been a selfish guy.”

Hoo-soo took the opportunity to start bad-mouthing me again.

I smiled as kindly as possible at my whispering colleagues.

And I repeated once more.

“Understood?”

“Hey, I’m tired…”

“Well, you don’t have to stream, but in that case, the department store gift certificate will be withdrawn…”

“I was almost tired, but I’ll stream. I’m Kan! The passionate streamer!”

Starting with Dong-su, the rest of my colleagues also smiled and nodded.

Good.

Shall we start the game now?

“Let’s start the content.”

With those words, I accessed the capsule and activated the streamer module.

[Saved platform: ]

[Checking the information of !]

[The broadcast will begin in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1!]

[The broadcast starts now.]

-Shaha

-I heard today’s stream is going to be legendary!

-Haha GTB Online!

-Wow! You know GTB!

-I’m getting dizzy, start the game already!

Numerous chats were scrolling down.

Amidst them, a donation popped up.

‘Homebody is Crying’ donated 10,000 won!

[How is this fan meeting compared to the last one?]

I let out a light breath and answered.

“As always, it’s crazy. The final crazy content for today, GTB. Also known as ‘Catch Shia and Shia’s Minions!’. Let’s start now.”

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-What if they stream snipe?

-LOL, that’s why they’re all streaming.

-True, I searched it, and they’re all under the category.

-Wow, thorough.

-Still, it feels a bit wrong… Why don’t you trust us… We’re good people…

“I’d rather bite my tongue and die than trust you guys.”

The ones you should never trust in this world are the Evil Gang.

The Evil Gang, who always cheered for me, were the kind who would stab me in the back the first chance they got.

I quickly finished customizing.

To win the bet with the viewers, I had to survive until the end.

I had to avoid the terrifying guys drooling and hunting for me, and quietly take them down one by one without getting caught.

“Phew.”

Today’s customization was a very ordinary-looking white man with glasses.

A common white man you might see in American dramas.

And the dress code was…

– Suddenly craving apples so badly

– Um… well…

– I miss you…

– All the AppBug guys are crying

– LOL

It resembled the dress code of a legend who had marked an era.

A black turtleneck and jeans.

I completed the customization with a concept that anyone could easily recognize.

With this, it would be hard to distinguish me if I blended in with the NPCs.

I checked the customization with satisfaction and grinned.

And after a moment…

[ warmly welcomes you!]

[A place where freedom and romance live! Only you can decide what to do here.]

[User mode is activated.]

[Time left until your location is revealed: 14 minutes 52 seconds.]

As soon as I entered, the game started.

Honk! Honk!

Car horns blared everywhere, and NPCs were chatting.

It was a perfectly implemented virtual reality, almost indistinguishable from reality.

Last time, it was just a simple mode, so I hadn’t noticed this aspect of .

The reason for its popularity was that, unlike other games, the NPCs had distinct personalities.

However, there were some issues in the Korean version.

“Hey, bitch! What the hell are you doing!”

“Hey~ man, wanna smoke a joint with me? What? What’s a joint? Holy shit! I’m talking about marijuana!”

It wasn’t a complete translation; some parts used the original English words.

Whoever the translator was, they were definitely out of their mind.

– Ah, the American mainland vibe

– Ah, is this the land of hamburgers?

– LOL I hope an incident happens soon

– They said today’s fan meeting is legendary

– Really, LOL I wanted to go today, too, but it’s a shame

Photos and posts about the fan meeting were already up on the community.

Well, that’s good.

Thanks to that, the number of viewers was rapidly increasing.

I nodded lightly as I slowly looked around.

Specially provided to me and the guests were pistols with silencers.

I had to use these to quickly reduce the number of participants.

But there was a problem here.

Just as the guests and I were disguised as citizens, so were the participants.

If I shot at an innocent NPC, the police would immediately be dispatched, and I might get caught while running away.

It was definitely a disadvantageous rule for us.

But overcoming disadvantages was always thrilling.

Alright, shall we start moving?

“In 15 minutes…”

At that moment.

A loud noise was coming from the intersection ahead.

Something seemed to be happening.

I slowly approached the area, and I was at a loss for words at the sight before me.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Oh! Sir, your customization is really on point! The details seem quite alive.”

“What color underwear are you wearing?”

“I’m wearing the black underwear our evil wore during his first broadcast.”

“Oh! I wore the striped underwear from our evil’s comeback broadcast. Want to see?”

“Ha ha ha, guys, look at my underwear.”

“Wow!”

“I tried customizing today’s underwear like our evil’s.”

A nonsensical conversation from another world.

And the most shocking thing was,

“…Tha

There were seven showing off their underwear and giggling.

These guys were completely crazy…!