The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15
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On my way home after thoroughly pummeling those thugs.
‘That was exhilarating.’
For the first time in ages, I’d exerted real power in reality rather than the Game World, and my shoulders felt wonderfully loose and limber.
Despite the leg debuff, this level of output was impressive.
‘My skills haven’t dulled.’
I got beaten up plenty, but I won—that’s what mattered.
My wounds remained, but thanks to the fatigue recovery potion, I felt no pain.
‘This actually works.’
I’d known the Coin Market was real, but escaping danger through items left me exhilarated and giddy, though slightly dazed.
In my euphoria, I’d forgotten to extract the glasses payment.
In truth, my glasses had no prescription.
My natural vision was 1.2 in both eyes, so I didn’t need corrective lenses—these were cheap blue-light-blocking glasses I’d purchased online, purely to ensure no one would recognize my face.
The thought of someone from my past identifying me sent shivers down my spine.
I arrived home still wearing the hood pulled over my head.
Beep beep beep beep beep beep,
Beeeep—
The moment I stepped through the Front Door, I removed the hood and collapsed into a chair.
“Hah.”
Those thugs made excellent punching bags.
Because they didn’t flee and actively cooperated, I’d been able to thoroughly test my strength.
“Coin Market.”
When I opened the Coin Market, I saw the strength enhancement item displayed on the main page.
Strength Enhancement Level 2 (500C)
Since I’d purchased Level 1 this time, the item had upgraded to Level 2, and the price had risen from 300 to 500.
Yet the cost didn’t feel expensive.
Moving this heavy body had become significantly faster, and I could now grab adult men by both arms and lift them effortlessly.
‘If Level 1 does this much, what about the next tier?’
At some point, I might be able to shatter Building walls with my bare fists.
After using it once, I saw the Coin Market in a new light.
I scrolled through the recommendation list.
Hunter Awakening (20,000C)
One Billion Won in Cash (5,000C)
Universal Pass (3,000C)
Strength Enhancement Level 2 (500C)
Ideal Body Shape Level 1 (300C)
Beautiful Face Level 1 (300C)
Clear and Radiant Skin Level 1 (200C)
Height Growth 1cm (200C)
Weight Loss 1kg (100C)
Fatigue Gone (50C)
….
My eyes were drawn to the items in the ‘1st Tier’ category.
Apart from strength enhancement, they were all appearance-related, but having experienced them once, the value-for-money of 1st Tier items felt surprisingly appealing.
‘At this weight, I don’t need body-shaping items. Let me just use a skin item to clear up acne.’
Once I’d decided that, I regretted having spent 200 coins twice on weight loss earlier.
I should have used that money to fix my acne instead.
‘Next time coins come in, I’ll definitely go straight for Strength Enhancement Tier 2, then buy a Skin Tier 1 item….’
As I was thinking that, my most pressing goal suddenly came to mind.
My legs.
‘…But if I keep spending everything like this, when will I ever save up 50,000 coins?’
The Panacea costs 50,000 coins.
It was too large a sum right now, so if I wanted to fix my legs even slightly sooner, I had to save as much as possible without spending.
“Sigh.”
My situation overlapped with that sigh.
Before Dad suddenly took the deposit money and left, I had to save quickly, but money was trickling away on food, living expenses, and gaming equipment.
It costs money to maintain a life.
That’s why saving money while living alone is truly difficult.
To escape this wretched poverty, there’s no way around it—I have to earn as much money as possible.
I walked toward the gaming equipment.
“Sigh. I’ll stream the game, attract sponsors, and earn coins.”
Even crossing that short distance, I continue to limp with these frustrating legs, and I want to fix them soon.
To earn enough coins to buy the Panacea that can heal my legs, I need to participate in tournaments, and to win those tournaments, I need skill.
I put on the equipment.
[Loading….]
[Welcome to God of Fighters. Please verify that your device is properly equipped.]
[Player recognized]
[Beginning access countdown.]
[10]
[9]
[8]
….
As I immerse myself, I think.
What would a life be like where my legs were fine, where I was thin, where I had no acne, where I had a home I wouldn’t be evicted from, where I could eat good food freely and pursue my dreams?
I long for the things I once took for granted.
‘What was my original dream again….’
Even if I never achieved that dream, having had it was a moment of happiness and gratitude.
I know that now.
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Kkolkkalpi appeared the moment I logged in, as if he’d been waiting for nothing else.
【You’re here.】
“You didn’t deduct 100 coins from yesterday’s settlement. Since I’ve spent it all, take it next time.”
The moment I connected, I opened the chat window.
To be honest, I had absolutely no intention of meeting a sponsor just for a few million won and hotel meals.
Besides, there was a high chance my sponsorship would dry up the moment they saw my face anyway.
I sent a message to White Eyes.
[Me: I’m sorry, but I’m still worried about meeting in person…haha]
[Me: If you’d like, I can refund the sponsorship after deducting a 50% fee once the cash enters my account.]
Since I’d only just started, it was still a long way off before revenue approval.
They said they couldn’t give it until then.
Kkolkkalpi, who’d moved beside me, spoke.
【I deliberately didn’t deduct the 100 coins. How am I supposed to take 100 from 450? I’d sooner extract a flea’s liver.】
“…Really?”
It was an unexpected statement.
Thanks to that, I’d managed to shed just 1kg, improving my mobility even slightly.
Even knowing I’d have to pay it back later, I felt grateful, but what actually came out of my mouth was something entirely different.
“So Constellations do have brains.”
【What?! Is there anyone else besides you who disrespects me like this, you crazy bastard?!】
I scratched my ear with my pinky finger and logged into my account on the God Opal Broadcast System.
I know.
Despite that dog-like personality of his, every Constellation that appears subtly acknowledges him.
So I have no idea how great of a figure he actually is.
In fact, despite complaining like this all the time, it was clear that Kkolkkalpi didn’t dislike strong players capable of crushing him.
‘If he really hated my tone, he would’ve bounced out long ago.’
So this is what it means for both of us to have become kinder.
When I entered my broadcast account, a single video appeared.
Since I didn’t know how to edit videos, I’d just uploaded the raw livestream footage from yesterday without subtitles or anything.
But then.
“…Huh?”
Something seemed to be wrong.
【But where did you spend all the coins? Is there even anything worth buying with just 450? Now that I think about it, the main recommended items seemed to be on constant discount?】
I refreshed multiple times.
Still, my channel’s subscriber count and the view count of my first video remained the same.
“…?”
This couldn’t be right.
I couldn’t understand how a channel I’d created yesterday could reach nearly 80,000 subscribers in just one day.
Moreover, the view count of my first video had far surpassed a million.
‘Nearly two million in just one day…’
This had to be an error.
【Why? Is there a problem?】
“Why did my subscriber count jump like this? Should I send an inquiry email to headquarters?”
Kkolkkalpi shrugged his shoulders.
【Ah, well, that’s certainly possible. Your match yesterday was selected as the first Beta Test broadcast, after all. Of course, a clash between rankers wasn’t chosen by accident.】
“…What does that have to do with anything?”
【What do you mean, what does it have to do with it? Your match was broadcast all over the world, so people are naturally curious about you.】
“What?”
I was hearing this for the first time.
I couldn’t comprehend how my match yesterday had been broadcast to the entire world.
Looking at the chat window, there was a reply waiting.
[White Eyes: As expected, you’ve become famous quickly]
[White Eyes: The refund has been processed]
What a stroke of luck.
[White Eyes: I realize now that asking for a real-world meeting was too much of a request between people who just met. I suppose a few hundred is too little]
This person really knows how to conduct themselves.
My favorability, which had taken a downward turn after that unreasonable request for a real-world meeting, began climbing upward again.
[White Eyes: How about we revisit this once we’ve gotten to know each other better?]
Honestly, I had no intention of meeting them even later, but considering the sponsorship that would continue because of this, nothing could be better.
[Me: Understood]
I sent a brief reply and then tapped on the Game World video I’d uploaded yesterday.
1.8k comments
—This is a Chicken Seat fan video. I will never stop being a fan. Any attack on Chicken Seat is an attack on me, and I will support them with my whole heart from start to finish.
Zing.
Emotion bloomed softly within me.
‘Oh. I’ve got allies.’
It felt slightly embarrassing, yet incredibly good.
‘Heh. Starting the broadcast was the right call.’
I read through the featured passionate support and some of the comments below before backing out and searching for GOF in the search bar.
A recent video with views approaching tens of millions appeared.
It was a foreign video.
【Why are you searching so complicatedly? You could just go to the Official Website.】
Ignoring him, I tapped the video, and my battle with Dark Choco from yesterday played back with a completely different feel.
Boom—!
The combat scene zoomed in close.
Unlike my footage, which was shot roughly with an automatic recording system, the composition was pure artistry.
Countless overseas display boards showing that footage flashed past, but I only recognized New York Times Square and Korea’s COEX.
【Yesterday, the Official Website also experimented with live viewing at the match venue, and we did a real-time broadcast on YouTube.】
“And on top of that, you’re running full-world billboard advertisements?”
【Of course it’s an investment. We’re giving a taste in this Beta Test, then planning to sell virtual viewing tickets for the main tournament matches. The operators have so much money they don’t know what to do with it.】
Man, that’s enviable.
Of course, the promotional effect for the Game itself would be tremendous as well.
The scale was far beyond imagination.
It’s common knowledge worldwide that Star Oracle, the production company behind GOF, has been raking in enormous profits.
But this is almost….
“It feels like the World Cup? Or the Olympics.”
【Of course they modeled it after your world’s most representative sporting events. Anyway, the company will handle setting up the stage and bringing in the money, so you just focus on having fun.】
“….”
Thump, thump, thump.
My heart was racing.
This feeling was both unfamiliar in its familiarity—as if I’d stepped back into the past.
‘…What was my dream again?’
The old dream I thought had completely vanished stirred, lifting its head.
Winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
Hearing the roaring cheers of the crowd echoing through the stadium.
In the radiance of glorious success, my parents’ relationship would mend, and the four of us would live together in happiness.
That was my dream.

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