Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 332

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Chapter 332

What is Seo Jun to Korean gamers?
First and foremost, he’s a streamer who appeared like a comet.
It’s not like some master player or athlete declared they’d conquer a game and showed up—he appeared completely out of nowhere.
You can see it now from Seo Jun’s videos of the Assassination Guild’s Dawn that have racked up millions of views.
He’s a game novice.
Naturally, their detestable room master might have even been acting all along.
But it’s hard to believe that, because the path Seo Jun has shown since then has been consistent.
So he really did start streaming while playing games for the first time—then what’s the probability that such a person would be good at games?
Not just good.
The best.
Not best in the conventional sense, but so skilled that calling him nothing short of the absolute peak wouldn’t be an understatement.
From the moment they heard about it, and ever since, he keeps setting All-Time Legend records—what are the odds of that?

[Obviously zero lol just a GOAT himself and the room master of Trabol itself looking sus?]

So Seo Jun was an impossible existence.
If someone had said before Seo Jun appeared that an insanely amazing streamer like this would show up, they wouldn’t have been cursed out, but when people bet on the content of that post, 100 out of 100 would’ve bet it was nonsense.
His very existence is a mystery.
But he appeared.
The way he shows himself in reality is also strange.
How did such a talented person even come to exist?

[Legends of Seo Jun lolololololol this guy was literally a legend since kindergarten lollll]

-There’s this rumor that at the year-end talent show, the room master did a Windmill in front of all the kids in his class—do you know if that’s true?
└It’s just one of those typical praise posts lol
└But it could actually be true
└Is it actually true?
-When the room master was born, the nurse cried out loudly. This one’s definitely true lol
└Real talk lol
└Ugh, Seo Jun lololololol
-Ryan got grabbed by the hair by the room master. This one’s actually true too lol
└Isn’t Ryan completely bald? How did he grab his hair???
└That’s what makes it Seo Jun lololololololololololololol

As Seo Jun rises, eyewitness accounts pour in increasingly.
The deeper they pour in, the deeper the question people have about Seo Jun becomes.
There’s no way around it, because of what Seo Jun shows himself to be in reality.

[Seriously, I don’t know what’s real and what’s not, but I’m pretty sure the kindergarten talent show Windmill <- that's for real, upvote if you're a viewer who agrees lol]

It's because the line gets blurred.
It got worse when Man vs. Gamer aired.
Before, it was half a joke, but after the broadcast aired, it started feeling like it could actually happen.
That feeling wasn't just the opinion of a small minority.

[He catches saltwater crocodiles whenever he wants, so what's he can't catch high school delinquents as an elementary schooler????lolololol]
[What can a kindergartener not do a Windmill?????]
[Isn't it weirder that the room master can't see the future? Isn't it?!!!]

Most people started thinking "maybe?" and a minority began taking it seriously.
Back to the first question—what is Seo Jun like to Korean chat viewers?
Looking at a post that received over three thousand upvotes.

[Let's list keywords about the room master.]
==
Inexplicable game sense.
But turns out he's also a smart student at a Korean university.
But with physicals so good he doesn't even need smarts.
A king of character who shouldn't have been born.
The worst streamer in history for not streaming despite receiving that level of talent from heaven.
A social evil.
Troll material.
Combine all that and that's the room master lol pretty good summary right?
==

-This is legit lololol
-Social evil's too much lol
└Can you refute it? (post author)
└Absolutely not possible lololl

That's what Seo Jun is, they say.
And after people saw that post, they concluded that Seo Jun couldn't help but be popular.
Because he only has elements that drive everyone crazy.
That's the most important quality of a popular star.
This post received over three thousand upvotes, so it got sympathy from many people.
But there was another post that expressed something similar in a simpler way and got comparable upvotes.

[Isn't the room master just this kind of guy?]
==
On the same team, he's a hypotension cure,
But that goes for the other side too,
And that's why he's more reliable than anyone, and that's why you want to team up with him.
==

-The perfect syllogism
└lol not a syllogism

A post that went up right when Seo Jun said a week ago that he was looking for team members.
That's right.
A chance to become Seo Jun's teammate isn't common.
Winning bus rides are a given.
Victory is a given.
Then isn't getting criticized by their room master also pretty good?
Since the matches don't even start properly, this might be the one and only real chance to experience getting criticized(?) by the room master up close.
Of course, the competition was fierce, and now an unprecedented voting started.

* * *

-So first, no qualifications needed, but did anyone apply?
-Me
-Me
-Me
-Upvote lollll
-You guys are the reason the room master suffers you bastards lololololol

Seo Jun read the chat and let out a small laugh.
"That's right. I clearly said only NEETs should apply. Does it make sense to get this many?"
A lot did come in, way too many.
Even though he would have said to send it if they figured they'd be at least a veteran viewer level.
"Should I just do a full audit?"

-???
-Look… no matter how many come in, most of them are probably NEETs anyway lol
-lolol what'd you expect from chat viewers lolol

He doubted they'd actually all be NEETs, but there could be quite a few.
"Oh really?"
Seo Jun wasn't the one filtering out the fakes.
The MCN helped with it. They said manpower was always in surplus.
This was how they hired staff to help streamers, and streamers join to get that help.
What Seo Jun received help with was statistics on Seo Jun's streaming metrics from the people who applied.
Starting with watch time, access counts, comment counts, subscription length, and so on.
Seo Jun had announced in advance that he'd check those beforehand, so likely only people who were confident applied.
The number of people who came forward was thirty thousand.
Hmm.
'They really did work hard.'
Anyway.
"You know, looking at the metrics, people who aren't NEETs naturally filter themselves out pretty well. You viewers are quite impressive."
Seo Jun gave them a thumbs up.
Maybe he had underestimated the viewers himself.

-lololol
-Room master, but don't you think there might be salaried workers?
-That's creepy right?

Agreed.
"If a salaried worker showed metrics like this… No matter how much of a Last-farming NEET they are, they might be worth picking anyway. Wouldn't they log in even after coming to work?"
There's a possibility.
Already showing metrics like this means they don't work even when they go to work, so they'd figure out how to access pretty skillfully.
Of course, since they logged in mostly after work hours, it might not be true, but even so, a salaried worker couldn't match the real hardcore NEETs.
"So now we'll start picking and confirming."
Seo Jun opened the file with the organized metrics.
The viewers started continuously asking him what the criteria were.
"My preference, what else? Like I said."

-Yeah room master's preference
-What are you gonna do if the room master does it his way

With so many people, he couldn't give everyone a fair chance.
He couldn't just give anyone a chance.
This was important content.
So normally he'd ask for application videos.
To upload to a café or something.
'Filtering by café rank or something would actually be convenient.'
You could tell a lot about someone from their activity.
Seo Jun announced the need to create a café.
"First, my future teammate is…."
Seo Jun's team would be composed of eight people, different from other teams.
Since Seo Jun and Baek Do-yul were already locked in, he just needed to pick six.
Baek Do-yul entrusted everything to Seo Jun.
"We decided to pick one from among our managers. But unfortunately, both Great Defender and White Bullet Dash said they were working."
Unexpected.
"So please give a round of applause for the manager who was selected!"

-Is it Jo Am?
-lololol Jo Am's gonna be on broadcast now
-Jo Am forced NEET coming out in the process lololololol
-Wow! Clap clap clap!

The first teammate was me, Jo Am, the assassin of this realm.
Seo Jun had just finished calling him.
"He said he's currently training hard on Last. Jo Am, Trabol's richest assassin, is now about as famous as your average streamer."

-He's also a fundamental viewer
-Real deal fundamental
-Isn't he a day-one viewer????
-Yep

Jo Am was unusually quiet.
Curious why, Seo Jun checked the access logs and found Jo Am wasn't even connected to the broadcast.
So he casually checked Jo Am's account through the Capsule App and could tell that Jo Am was in the middle of training Last.
"So now we'll pick the second team member out of the six. This time I didn't ask beforehand, but since they applied, I'll assume they can make the schedule and move quickly."
Seo Jun sorted the open file by comment order.
A new username appeared at the top, and Seo Jun moved the screen to check the comment count.
"Here's the person. The one who's posted the most comments in my channel among everyone who applied!"
The total number of comments posted so far was.

[112,347]

Extraordinary.
"Wow…."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
It makes sense.
Second place is about forty thousand.
But this person?

-I know that username lol every time you watch you keep seeing it in the chat box on the side lololol
-I built up parasocial intimacy with them and I lost it lololololol
-No wonder they stand out so much
-lolol 100k comments lololol
-They were even commenting a moment ago but the second the room master mentioned the comment count they went silent lol
-Is today the day you're gonna publicly shame and execute them?
-Second place, now's your chance! Type 70k comments quickly and reverse it!

"Yeah, I keep seeing them too. Come on out. Keep Mouth Shut and Game."

-How is the username of someone with 112k comments "Keep Mouth Shut and Game" lolololololololololololol

Right.
"If you don't accept my personal message, you can't participate. With an achievement like that, it'd be a shame if we couldn't do this together."
An answer came along with chats saying "that's an achievement alright."

-Hello

"Hello. You're really a NEET right? If you're lying, I'll consider it streaming interference and give you a permanent ban. You won't be able to keep up that achievement."

-Yes ㅠㅠㅠ I'm really a NEET ㅠㅠㅠ
-Stop mentioning achievement, you're breaking my spirit lol
-They wouldn't not be a NEET right lol

"Understood. Keep Mouth Shut and Game, I'll contact you again after the broadcast ends. Alright, so let's pick the third member. This time, the person who donated the most to me! Let's invite them."

-Ugh… lol
-You're crazy lololol
-He's merciless, absolutely merciless

All the conditions Seo Jun mentioned were reasonable ones that wouldn't create any complaints.
Donations, comments, and access time, and so on.
It seemed ridiculous, but reactions came saying if it's one person with that level, it's convincing. Just as Seo Jun intended.
That's right.
But here's the thing.

-Room master??? Why do I feel like only absolute problems keep gathering? lololol
-Against Special Forces lololololol, literal internet ghosts lololol
-Bear and Ryan are grinning widely lol
-Special Forces VS Home Protector my heart swells
-Ugh lolol why does this broadcast always go smoothly then break down like this lol

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