The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 68
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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero
Episode 68
Constellation’s Game [Lyka]
Somehow having become three people, we moved a bit further northwest and continued our search.
And exactly 10 minutes after Phase 2 started, we were able to occupy a ‘Small Brazier’ in a very desirable location.
[You have discovered a ‘Small Brazier’ object.]
[‘Small Brazier’ will be activated for 1 minute.]
In that process, there was no particular friction with other participants.
After all, it would be difficult for any participant to have made it this far at this timing.
‘Unless they know the map inside and out like me… it’s close to impossible.’
And once we arrived at the brazier, there was definitely a sense of security.
[You have occupied the ‘Small Brazier’.]
[Your body temperature will no longer drop.]
It felt like arriving at base camp while exploring Antarctica.
Well… that feeling didn’t last very long though.
[‘The warmth of the brazier’ begins to spread.]
[Monster attacks will begin shortly.]
Chloe Kang and I, who already knew this, weren’t particularly surprised, but Kangmin-woo, seeing this message for the first time, looked quite flustered.
“Ugh… nothing just passes by easily.”
But there was no need for me to accommodate such circumstances.
“Get ready… You haven’t forgotten the terms of our contract, have you?”
“Which…?”
“From now on, among all the loot we can obtain, there’s no share for you.”
“…”
“And.”
Kangmin-woo looked quite displeased with my words, but I didn’t care as usual.
“The moment you do anything foolish, I’ll send you home immediately, so it would be best not to do anything unnecessary.”
After finishing my words, I checked Chloe Kang’s condition once more.
Her already pale skin had become even more pallid, probably because her body temperature had dropped considerably.
But she seemed to be in an even more optimized state for combat.
“It’s cold, but my condition is actually better.”
“Really?”
Chloe Kang, who had been tapping below her left collarbone with her finger, smiled slightly.
“My mana is stable… Compared to this pain, being a little cold is nothing.”
I think that was the first time I’d seen her smile, and I was momentarily flustered.
Was she always this pretty?
I hadn’t noticed when she had that fierce expression…
“That’s fortunate.”
Well, that aside.
The more I experience Chloe Kang’s power, the more regretful I feel.
At first, I only thought she was powerful because of the mana amplification effect from the backflow…
But her talent as a pure mage was also far beyond what I had expected.
Just comparing her to the NPC who had the same ‘Venom Blood’ class as Chloe Kang gives the answer.
That guy was an NPC who grew into a powerful mad archmage comparable to the tower lords.
Even compared to that guy, no… that woman, Chloe Kang’s talent didn’t seem inferior at all.
Her control ability is a bit lacking, but in terms of explosive power alone, she might even be better?
But after this mission ends, Chloe Kang won’t have any particular reason to stay with me either.
Mana backflow won’t occur that frequently.
After the entrance mission, there will definitely be more party missions than solo missions…
If I work hard on building favorability during the remaining time, maybe it’s not completely impossible?
Hmm.
While I was thinking about that…
“What should I do from now on?”
The unlikable gunner guy tactlessly interrupted my thoughts.
Is that annoying way of speaking his natural tone…?
It just won’t get fixed.
“What should you do?”
That said, there was no reason for me to return the same tone to that guy.
Right now, all these scenes could be edited and broadcast in any way at any time.
Taking such an unlikable position himself is close to that fool cutting his own flesh.
So I decided to think of him comfortably as someone I’d just use and throw away anyway.
“First, you probably won’t need to use that gun much… so sling it on your back.”
“…?”
To the confused guy, I delivered a very clear mission.
“Your role has exactly two parts.”
“Two parts?”
“First, mob herding. Second, item looting.”
There was some resistance as soon as he heard it…
“I think there’s some misunderstanding, but I’m a ranged dealer. I’m not a porter, so why should I…”
I had already expected this level of reaction.
I had already figured out his lack of metacognitive ability when I first met him.
“What we need is a porter, not a dealer.”
“That’s completely ridiculous…!”
“And.”
Everything from his firing motion to positioning was incredibly trashy.
How did he even pass 【Hunters School】 with this level of skill?
“With those clumsy hands, trying to help would just be a burden.”
Kangmin-woo looked at Chloe Kang with an incredulous expression, but of course she wouldn’t take his side.
Someone with Chloe Kang’s level of skill…
Just from watching the two battles that occurred on the way to the brazier, she would have already figured out and more how pathetic a dealer Kangmin-woo was.
Of course, even if his skills were good, I would have used him as a porter or errand boy anyway.
“Now then, everyone get ready.”
While briefly talking with my team members, a group of monsters had already appeared in the distance.
“From now on, let’s focus and start farming.”
* * *
【Hunters School 3】 has a large number of mentee participants, totaling 100 people.
So the mentors hadn’t been able to watch all the participants’ gameplay screens yet.
Even showing just 5 minutes each would be a total of 500 minutes…
Since promising participants or particularly interesting scenes are sometimes shown for more than 10 minutes per turn, at this point just 1 hour and 20 minutes in, they hadn’t even seen half of half of them.
Moreover, since the format itself forced them to watch the observer feed provided by the production team, the scenes the mentors could see were even more limited.
So it was completely natural that ‘participant Geon-ryul Lee’s’ screen, which had low priority, hadn’t been shown to the mentors yet.
And the point that general PD Jang Seyeon was currently pondering… could be said to be right here.
‘Geon-ryul Lee… This is obviously a hidden card.’
PD Jang Seyeon’s concerns were quite complex, but to conclude, they could be summarized in just one line.
‘What’s the most efficient way to use this?’
In the first episode of 【Hunters School 3】, where the mentors’ evaluations of the mentees would be the basic format, she hadn’t yet clearly decided how to use the hidden card called Geon-ryul Lee.
‘I’ll have to show him somehow.’
She had no intention of saving the card called Geon-ryul Lee.
Jang Seyeon knew well that when a card that seemed interesting surfaced, it had to be used right then and there.
‘Even in Season 2, there were many participants who only shined briefly at the beginning and were quickly buried.’
So Jang Seyeon’s current dilemma could be said to be about the ‘exposure method’ for participant Geon-ryul Lee.
Right now, she had two options.
First, to display him on the mentors’ screens right now and make him receive immediate attention.
Second, to intentionally not display him on the mentors’ screens and edit only the footage separately… making only his raw appearance be inserted into the first episode broadcast.
Each of the two options had clear advantages and disadvantages.
The first had the advantage of being able to imprint an underdog position participant in viewers’ minds in a standard way.
But if the mentors’ reactions turned out lukewarm, they would regrettably waste the broadcasting resource they thought was a hidden card.
The second had the advantage of being able to induce curiosity in viewers and secure retention…
But they wouldn’t be able to use the resources of participants Sohee Kang and Kangmin-woo who were with Geon-ryul in the first episode.
‘This isn’t an easy decision to make.’
So Seyeon Kang couldn’t easily make a decision right now.
Even though she should preferably finish deciding before the combat phase of ‘Seong-hwan Lee’, who was currently being broadcast the longest among all cast members, ended.
[As expected, participant Seong-hwan Lee has solid fundamentals from the basics.]
[Whether it’s DPS or tanking in the party. He’s handling almost both positions by himself.]
[Though there is the aspect that the other two party members are a healer and buffer.]
[Still, not just anyone can show that kind of performance. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a textbook excellent shield warrior.]
But while Jang Seyeon was having such worries, Kim Yerim approached hesitantly from the side and spoke up.
“Um… but PD-nim.”
“Ah, please go ahead, writer-nim.”
Jang Seyeon’s expression as she looked at Kim Yerim was very gentle.
After all, if it hadn’t been for this youngest writer’s report, she still wouldn’t have known about participant Geon-ryul Lee’s potential.
“I personally want to push participant Geon-ryul Lee somehow?”
“Is that so?”
“So among the plans you mentioned, PD-nim, I think the second plan seems better!”
“The reason?”
Jang Seyeon became interested.
This was the second project she was working on with Kim Yerim, the youngest writer, but she had never seen her appeal her own opinion so clearly before.
“First, if we go with the first option, it’ll be difficult to utilize the narrative or relationship with participant Sohee Kang.”
“Hmm…”
“Once the mentors’ evaluations are exposed to viewers… given our program’s characteristics, it won’t be easy for a frame that’s been established once to change.”
At this very sharp observation, Jang Seyeon nodded, and Kim Yerim, gaining a bit more confidence, continued speaking.
“So rather, PD-nim. How about we broadcast participant Sohee Kang’s perspective once more in the first episode, showing participant Geon-ryul Lee’s play only indirectly?”
“Indirectly?”
“Yes! Since participant Sohee Kang’s screen time was too brief in the beginning… looking at the current progress and performance, it’s worth showing once more.”
“That’s not a bad idea.”
“Then if participant Geon-ryul Lee has another impactful performance scene, we could work on that from participant Geon-ryul Lee’s perspective and use it as the episode 1 ending.”
Watching Kim Yerim excitedly chattering as if she had some picture in mind, Jang Seyeon felt her mind gradually solidifying.
‘It’s a sufficiently reasonable argument.’
But apart from that, Kim Yerim’s last comment did feel somewhat negative, to be honest.
“Do you think such a good performance scene will come out?”
The episode 1 ending scene was an important part that could have a tremendous impact on the success of 【Hunters School 3】…
She couldn’t really imagine Geon-ryul performing well enough to push out Seong-hwan Lee or Hajun Park from that spot.
“Well… if it doesn’t come out, there’s nothing we can do…”
Seeing Kim Yerim shrinking at her one counter-question, Jang Seyeon let out a chuckle.
“Alright. Still, let’s try setting the direction as you suggested, writer-nim.”
“Yes!”
“For that, you’ll need to watch carefully, writer-nim. You know that, right?”
“Yes yes! PD-nim!”
But even at this moment, Jang Seyeon couldn’t even imagine that she would actually use participant Geon-ryul Lee for the episode 1 ending scene.
And that scene…
“Well then, I’ll go for now, writer-nim.”
“Yes!”
She couldn’t imagine even more that it would come out right after she left Kim Yerim’s monitoring room.
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