The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 104

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 104

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

Right after the long-awaited first episode of <Hunters School Season 3> came to an end.

The self-proclaimed Heroic School fans couldn’t contain their pounding hearts.

Despite all the interest and high expectations… there had been countless controversies and flame wars leading up to the broadcast…

As a result, the first episode of Heroic School Season 3 that aired delivered absolutely overwhelming dopamine to the fans.

As soon as the broadcast ended, various communities and social media were pouring out praise, calling this first episode the ‘greatest masterpiece in series history (GOAT)’.

Siyul Lee’s impression, who had watched the live broadcast while sitting in the living room with his parents, holding his breath, was not much different from the public’s reaction.

‘Honestly… it was absolutely amazing.’

And the fact that his older brother Geon-ryul Lee was at the center of it all was also an undeniable truth, no matter how much he thought about it.

He still couldn’t quite grasp the reality of it all, but… he had to acknowledge what needed to be acknowledged.

He might be an unemployed older brother who becomes one with the sofa and rolls around whenever he comes home… but his older brother’s professional moments confirmed on screen were definitely worthy of respect.

So…

‘Should I… ask him to raise my allowance a little?’

Though he wasn’t sure why his train of thought was going in this direction.

“Hehe.”

Anyway, perhaps because of the intense afterglow of Heroic School’s first broadcast, Siru absolutely couldn’t fall asleep like this.

The clock hands had already passed midnight and were heading toward dawn, but he still felt dopamine flowing through his veins…

It was nearly impossible to close his eyes and try to sleep normally.

[MJ]: Hey, anyone would think you’ve been a Heroic School fan since last season?

So even though the room was shrouded in pitch-black darkness…

Only one thing, the bluish light emanating from the smartphone screen in her hands, was brightly illuminating Siyul Lee’s flushed face.

Siyul Lee, grinning from ear to ear, had already opened the smartphone messenger.

[I Want to Quit (Never Got Hired) ☺5 ‘+999’]

Siru took a deep breath and entered the chat room.

He had to scroll up for quite a while.

The chat room had already been in a frenzy since the broadcast started.

[MJ]: Hey, Siyul Lee, come out!!!! 

(Link shared: Hunters School Episode 1 Highlights – The Appearance of a Game Changer?)

[MJ]: You must have already secured participant Geon-ryul Lee’s autograph, right? Wow, my hands are shaking;;

[Essay Writing]: Huh? Hey, was that person really Siyul Lee’s older brother?

[Essay Writing]: Now that I think about it, the names are kinda similar?

[Graduation Deferral] : Holy shit lololol Are you insane? Hey Siru, why didn’t you say anything??

[Graduation Deferment]: Wow;; But now that I think about it, I’ve met Siyul Lee’s older brother before.

[Essay Writing]: Huh? When?

[Graduation deferral]: From middle school 1st grade vacation lol It’s only been 12 years though ㅇㅇ Said we’re childhood friends so bought me a cinnamon latte lol Unlike some people, truly a saint ㅎ

[MJ] : You’re crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what’s with that memory ㅋ Park Ji-eun ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

…Omitted…

A barrage of question marks pouring down.

The corners of Siru’s mouth were already curling up as he read through the content.

[Writing personal statement] : Oh, I read Yi Siyeol haha

But he had to send his message as casually as possible, as if it was no big deal.

[Me]: That is my older brother. But why is everyone making such a fuss?

[MJ]: Making a fuss my ass;;

[MJ]: How are you holding back from bragging right now;;

[Essay Writing]: Hey, Siyul Lee. You should be loyal to your older brother… No wonder he had an aura when I saw him in front of your convenience store last week?

Siru snorted. His friends’ memory manipulation was at a serious level.

Who knew that image laundering of blood relatives could happen this quickly.

‘Aura my ass. He was super annoyed back then because the trash bag burst.’

Anyway, as he chatted and giggled with his friends, sleep seemed to flee even further as time passed.

So Siru very naturally launched the lounge app.

Ding-

The app opened with the familiar sound effect, and Siru was a bit flustered.

‘What era are we in that there’s loading time?’

Just how many people must have accessed simultaneously for the server to be screaming like this.

After a moment, the spinning loading bar disappeared and the ‘Best Board’ list appeared on the screen.

The board was completely plastered with the three letters [Dave] and [Geon-ryul Lee], but Siru’s fingers moved without hesitation.

‘It’s not like I came here to look for older brother’s face…’

What was important to her right now wasn’t her blood relative’s performance.

Siru touched the search bar with familiar finger movements.

And with reverent hands, she entered three precious letters.

[Search (Title / Content included): Park Jinwoo]

“Hehe, I need to secure our Jinwoo’s share too.”

As soon as she pressed enter, Siru’s eyes became even more sparkling.

Although he might have lost in buzz to the ‘monster rookie’ Dave, Park Jinwoo’s core fanbase firepower was no joke either.

[BEST] Is Park Jinwoo’s beauty today for real? (Releasing real GIFs)

[BEST] Healer wiping sweat… This is the nation…

[BEST] Honestly, wasn’t the real protagonist of today’s broadcast Park Jinwoo’s face? If you disagree, I’m still right.

Siru couldn’t control the smile spreading across her lips as she clicked on the post with the highest views.

-[Author]: Wow, I really thought I’d stop breathing. Everyone’s frowning because monsters popped out, but he’s alone doing a photo shoot;; Look at how sacred he is.

Inside the post was a high-quality GIF of Park Jinwoo running around the battlefield casting divine magic.

White priest robes, long eyelashes that were hard to believe belonged to a man.

And on top of that, like a filter effect, the pure white divine magic effects emanating around him.

This… even felt like the surrounding background was being sanctified.

“Ah… my eyes.”

Siru touched the screen for a long time as if enchanted and pressed [Save Image].

“Yes, this is it. This is true healing.”

Her older brother was amazing, but as a younger sister, she couldn’t exactly fangirl over her blood relative, could she?

And compared to her older brother who somehow gave off a bitter feeling… sorry, but ‘Jinwoo’s’ face was more to Siru’s taste.

‘The comments are no joke either.’

-[Not LASIK but Park Jinwoo]: Oppa, where did you leave your wings? Isn’t heaven looking for you?

-[jinwooyanarasewo] : But with a face like that, do you even need to heal? If I were dead, I think I’d spring right back to life just from her fingertips touching me ㄷㄷ

Siru was scrolling down with a happy expression, enjoying the comments.

But at the very bottom of the ‘Park Jinwoo’ search results list, one suspicious post caught her eye.

No matter how she looked at it, it was unrelated to the search term.

It seemed like a post that came up because it contained the words ‘Park Jinwoo’ in the content.

But Siru couldn’t ignore this post and pass by.

“…Ah, this attention seeker is here again.”

[Hot] Honestly, isn’t Dave just hype? Coldly stating only facts. (Comments 999+) Author: Factsfan

[Factsfan]. A notorious troll that Hunters Lounge users would find hard not to know.

The number (Comments 999+) next to the title was ominous.

Moreover, seeing the ‘burning’ emoticon next to the post icon…

It meant this was the hottest potato in the community right now.

“What nonsense did he spout to get a thousand comments?”

Siru swallowed her saliva and clicked on the blazing red post title.

Only blood relatives could trash her older brother.

* * *

Inside a dark room.

Fingers that had been moving frantically slammed down on the ‘Enter’ key as if to break it.

As soon as the popup window reading [Registration Complete] appeared on the monitor screen, Min-cheol Park irritably ran his hand through his hair.

“Ha, seriously… the level of these viewers.”

He let out a bitter sneer while glaring at the 【Hunters School】 replay window displayed on the adjacent monitor.

For frame-by-frame analysis, he was already on his second complete viewing of the replay.

But the comment section on screen was entirely filled with ‘Geon-ryul Lee praise.’

-[Wow, Geon-ryul Lee is insane. Is he really level 35?]

-[Broadcasting station guys, where did you recruit such talent? Praise their scouting skills.]

-[Rewind editing is insane, the goosebumps are real]

Praise, praise, and more praise. Min-cheol Park snorted as he watched those disgusting comments.

“Praise my ass. Pigs who don’t even know they’re being deceived.”

Min-cheol Park pushed aside his half-eaten cup ramen container and replayed the video. His eyes sharpened.

“Those HBC bastards really did their editing cleverly. They put their souls into it, absolutely.”

Ordinary people might have been fooled by the flashy direction and BGM, but his ‘sharp’ analytical eye couldn’t be deceived. Min-cheol Park moved his mouse cursor back to the opening scenes.

[Scene 1: Emergency Treatment at the Convenience Store]

The scene where Geon-ryul Lee ransacked a convenience store to create chemical solutions to suppress Chloe Kang’s mana backflow. The public went wild calling it ‘insane quick thinking’ and ‘genius improvisation,’ but Min-cheol Park thought differently.

“Do you think that makes sense?”

He paused the screen and pointed accusingly at it.

“Geon-ryul Lee ‘happened to’ farm mana coolant pipes, then ‘happened to’ meet the collapsed Chloe Kang… and then ‘happened to’ find all the chemical agents needed to neutralize mana backflow in that convenience store’s display shelves at ‘just the right timing’? And sorted by type too?”

It was probabilistically impossible. This was clearly obvious ‘rigging.’

Meaning it was a fake situation manufactured for broadcast entertainment.

‘The production team planted it there beforehand. He went in knowing those chemicals would be there. It must have been written in the script. Go to display shelf 3 and get the chemicals to mix.’

Min-cheol Park sneered and skipped to the next scene.

It was the highlight scene that had angered him the most and left him most dumbfounded.

[Scene 2: Drake One Tap Kill]

The scene where a massive drake’s wing membrane was torn clean off by a single slash of Geon-ryul Lee’s crescent blade.

Even watching it again in slow motion, he had to acknowledge the visual satisfaction alone.

However.

‘This is the most ridiculous scam of all.’

Min-cheol Park slammed his desk.

‘The production team just rigged it and gave him ridiculously overpowered equipment.’

Could a level 35 hunter normally… even scratch a level 60 epic monster?

Impossible.

And this was even a drake, a semi-dragon clan elite monster.

That drake’s sturdy wing was torn off in one strike?

“There’s only one answer.”

Min-cheol Park’s eyes fixed on the weapon Geon-ryul Lee was holding on screen.

If you give someone a national authority-level weapon like that, even a passing elementary school student could kill a drake.

But people didn’t know that and were praising it as ‘Geon-ryul Lee’s skill.’

“This is why I hate hunter-ignorant people.”

Min-cheol Park placed his trembling hands back on the keyboard.

The rebuttal comments flooding his post in real-time.

Seeing criticisms like [Reeks of inferiority complex] and [Why don’t you try it]… he actually burned with fighting spirit.

“Just wait and see, HBC.”

His eyes gleamed ominously behind his glasses.

“I’ll burst this bubble for you. I’ll definitely find proof that you’re not ‘real.'”

Min-cheol Park pressed the [Refresh] button with a determined expression.

The night was longer than most for the lonely fighter ‘Factsfan,’ guardian of truth(?).

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