Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 365

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Chapter 365

Seo Jun kept searching for a proper way to respond to the endless loner controversy in the chat.
Fabrications are harder to counter than facts?
Doesn’t seem right.
You can ignore slander, but facts…
‘It’s true I don’t have friends.’
Seo Jun shrugged.
But to be clear—Tae-woo was Seo Jun’s only friend.
Of course, he’d treated all his schoolmates from his cafeteria days like subordinates, so in any case, Seo Jun had no friends besides Tae-woo.
It wasn’t really a shame.
The shame was that he couldn’t put down these cocky viewers right now.
Seo Jun thought for a moment, then spoke.
“Should I close the stream?”

-I’m sorry!
-We were wrong!
-But streamer, you’ve got 200,000 friends here right now. What do you mean you have no friends?
-ㅋㅋ Just recruit from the viewers like you usually do

Seo Jun let out a small laugh.
“You were the ones making fun of me for recruiting viewers before. I’m closing the stream.”
It couldn’t be helped.
He nodded.

-Ahhhhh!
-Why just announcements today?
-Over 200,000 people showed up just for announcements too. Legendaryㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Streamer, you’re really one of the all-time greats!
-Yeah, he’s definitely one of the all-timesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Some people dream of viewership like that, but for the streamer it’s just a number where he can close streamㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wait, didn’t you say you were going camping? Is that why?

“Thanks for watching.”
About twenty minutes after explaining about the booth that he’d heard from Yun-ho, Seo Jun ended the broadcast.
Now that his day was done, his body felt refreshed.
Definitely not because the entire day had only taken twenty minutes.
“Streaming might be an easy job?”
Bang.
Tae-woo burst through the door.
“It’s an easy job, you bastard! Honestly, you’d find anything easy! Even delivery work—you’d use Air-walking and Lightness Skill to zip through deliveries and laze around!”
Seo Jun laughed heartily at Tae-woo’s words.
“Hahahaha!”
“Why are you laughing?”
“Well, I thought maybe I’d actually try it?”
“Try what?”
“Learning how to do Lightness Skill and Air-walking?”
“Jun, are you seriously trying to violate the Divine Taboo?! Wait. If it’s you…”
He did know how to do it.
He simply hadn’t bothered looking for how to do it here.
“Jun, are you serious?”
Suddenly Tae-woo’s tone changed, and Seo Jun spun his chair to look up at him.
Tae-woo’s expression held genuine worry, and Seo Jun barely restrained his laughter inside.
“I don’t want to see you get dissected by NASA!”
“Tsk tsk. You’ve really lost it. Do you think it’s possible?”
“If this was before you started playing games, I would’ve said absolutely not, no matter how amazing you were. But after seeing you play, I’ve learned something—absolute impossibility doesn’t seem to exist for you.”
Crazy.
Tae-woo continued, and Seo Jun was flustered.
“Seriously, weren’t you a martial artist in a past life? I’m not even joking. Hey, want to have a real talk? I think I can accept whatever you tell me now, whatever the circumstances.”
He’d changed the subject.
“Forget it. Let’s go. The Camping Site. Jo Am’s probably waiting.”
“Hey. Be honest with me! Your big brother can understand anything, okay? Come on, why won’t you answer? You usually just laugh it off, but now you’re dodging? Are you seriously a reincarnated martial…?!”

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When they arrived at the Camping Site, Seo Jun stepped out of the car and gazed up at the sky for a moment.
“Sigh…”
The entire drive, Tae-woo had pestered him relentlessly.
He couldn’t knock him out while he was driving.
‘Why is he taking it seriously?’
Seo Jun genuinely grew afraid that he could no longer joke freely.
Bang.
Tae-woo closed the door after getting out.
“Man, beautiful weather! What would they call a day like this in the Central Plain?”
“Hmm, well now…”
He could knock him out now.
As Seo Jun rounded the front of the car with no expression and approached Tae-woo, who was stretching, a murderous aura suddenly blossomed.
“I’m sorry! My apologies!”
Tae-woo clasped his hands together.
Tae-woo had impeccable instincts for sensing killing intent, and Seo Jun nodded with satisfaction and slight admiration.
Tae-woo calmed his startled heart, and Seo Jun’s ears caught a woman’s voice calling from a distance.
“Over here!”
“Looks like everyone’s here. Let’s go.”
It was Buja’s voice.
When he turned toward the sound, he saw people gathered near a fence a short distance from the parking area.
The Last Team members, minus Baek Do-yul.
Besides Seo Jun, who was the one who actually went out and about, these team members had essentially camped together in the game every single day.
“Hello everyone. You all look just like your avatars?”
Seo Jun examined them each carefully and realized something.
‘I did modify things a bit, but they’re still all recognizably their real faces.’
The ones he’d modified slightly, by the way, were Jo Am and Lee Moo-ah.
“Wow! Seo Jun, Tae-woo, hello! You brought me out of the game. Hehe,”
That was Buja.
“Boss! Don’t you need me at your booth? I’m pretty handy. I can totally take care of things!”
That was Jo Am.
“Ha, no worries. We’ll be doing Night Broadcasting then, so Jo Am will be needed anyway.”
“Huh? But boss! I want to come see you too!”
“Are cell phones banned from T-Star?”
Everyone around them laughed.
Seo Jun’s words meant Jo Am should just handle manager duties via phone.
“Oh… Yeah, of course I should do that!”
“Jo Am, you hesitated just now.”
They walked toward the entrance.
They had enough money but not enough time.
They’d rented an entire spot at the Glamping Site with all the camping gear set up, where they could play freely.
There was even a large screen set up for camping so they could watch Trabol or relax.
As Seo Jun entered the fence and followed the group toward where the tents were set up, he was already thinking ahead.
His immediate goal was now to rank first in T-Star’s booth.
But broadcasting would be a long-term ongoing effort.
So the most pressing and priority issue right now was the manager problem.
With the scale of operations growing, the existing managers alone were hitting saturation.
In other words, Seo Jun had come here to recruit.
Of course, resting and having fun was also true, but that was the first objective—the second objective was finding managers.
As Seo Jun watched the ones ahead, he was licking his lips, wondering who would be good at the manager job.
“By the way, aren’t you hiring more managers?”
Buja turned back and asked Seo Jun, who lifted the corners of his mouth.
‘Should I just make them all do it?’

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[Announcement: As the broadcast has grown in scale, new managers have been hired.]
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The new manager usernames are as follows:
1. Buja
2. ShutUpAndGame
3. ThisIsntMartialArts
4. LivingOffMartSupplements
5. Kim Tae-woo
That is all
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-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Didn’t you say you were going camping?
└Everyone who went camping became a manager ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is it just me who’s scared by everyone suddenly becoming managers? Or should I say… sword-scared?
-There’s a rumor that anyone who goes camping with the boss comes back with a manager armband. I find that rumor…
-If they were threatened, during manager duties you could dangle a carrot…
-But what about Kim Tae-woo in all thisㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Four days before T-Star began.
Word of what happened at the Camping Site through Tae-woo started spreading.
There was no bloody story.
But some people said that made it even scarier.
Speculation ran rampant about why everyone had become managers when nothing had happened.
And Seo Jun took a Broadcasting Hiatus, and people started taking the bait.

[Crazy ㅋㅋㅋ Paper airplane acrobatics national champion throws down a challenge. Wants to see it once.]
[What’s water-skipping national champion? Just watching the video, they’re amazing. There’s a lake nearby ㅋㅋㅋ]
[Just so you know, there are dedicated staff assigned just for challenge preparations, so it should be fine.]
[But can he really do everything? If it’s sword-related, it seems like he can do everything. But this time I think the craftsmen might actually need several tries to succeed if they bring something like this.]

There were many others who threw challenges his way.
People who had confidence in every physical feat imaginable.
“This is getting annoying.”
And at Point Headquarters, preparations for this were underway.
Sun Team Leader of Point.
He was the person in charge of this entire event for Seo Jun and possessed excellent problem-solving abilities.
“I think it’s best to assume the posts coming up are factual and prepare in advance.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s organize the movement routes, and if we do Night Broadcasting…”
He worked hard as the event’s manager, but there was something lacking.
“Thank you for your work. I’ll go check on a few things real quick.”
His understanding of Seo Jun.
He was a specialist in event comprehension and was recruited by Point for that reason, but he wasn’t particularly a Trabol viewer.
Sun Team Leader, getting into his car at the Underground Parking Lot, muttered to himself.
“Unbelievable. An event like this is actually happening. They keep saying how amazing it is, and it’s strange that athletes like this are coming. What’s he trying to do?”
With a thoughtful expression, Sun Team Leader gripped the steering wheel.
“Maybe I should just handle most challenges by saying they can’t be done? There haven’t been specific instructions about it, though.”
He knew well that hard work wasn’t what mattered, so he even considered neglecting his duties.
But it wasn’t a problem that had an answer.
He’d tried objecting, of course, but it didn’t work, and the organizers said they’d handle the prize money themselves.
There was just worry.
He made a call while driving.
“Yes, Seo Jun. I’m coming now. Yes yes. Are the autographs being prepared well?”
Autographs were something the event couldn’t do without.
T-Star, by its nature, was too busy playing games together to have time for a signing session.
The viewers they met would want to play one more game anyway.
But if they left without getting an autograph, it wouldn’t be a proper fan meeting.
So merchandise like T-shirts and Mouse Pads with autographs were prepared in advance for sale, and Seo Jun had to sign them.
“What a chore. Three days left, and that alone won’t be enough.”
He shook his head.
The reason he was heading to Seo Jun’s place now was to help with that task.
He couldn’t sign the merchandise in his place, but he could provide care and support.
“Since he’s never done an event before, this’ll be his first time with something like this too. Or wait, but actually… Never mind.”
It was tight.
Muttering, Sun Team Leader arrived at Seo Jun’s place, got out of the car, and headed into the Building.
Sun Team Leader stood at the door, cleared his throat briefly, composed himself, then pressed the doorbell.
Beep.
The electronic lock released with a click, the door opened, and Tae-woo came out.
“Hello, Sun Team Leader.”
“Hello.”
“You came to help that martial artist guy sign things, right?”
“Huh? Yes? Ah. Yes, that’s right.”
“That’s not necessary?”
“Sorry?”
“Take a look.”
Tae-woo gestured to the merchandise stacked throughout the house behind him.
“I already called Yun-ho to send more. Sigh. That monster of a guy.”
“Hmm? I’m not sure I follow…”
Afterward.
When Sun Team Leader examined the merchandise that Seo Jun had signed and fingered two T-shirts, his impression was this:
“This… isn’t going to cause controversy?”
“What kind of controversy?”
“Like, you signed these with a machine because you couldn’t be bothered, right? No wait, why are all the autographs identical without a single deviation… What is this… What is this?”
Tae-woo simply closed his eyes and placed a hand on Sun Team Leader’s shoulder.
It meant he deeply sympathized.
The next day.
Three days before T-Star began, Yamada visited Point Headquarters.

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