The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 80

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 80

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

Siyul Lee couldn’t believe it at all.

[MJ : Hey, Siru! How could you not say a single word to me about this?!]

[Me : Huh, what are you talking about?]

[MJ : There’s no point in pretending you don’t know? It’s already spread all over the community!]

About the fact that her older brother, who she thought was just an ordinary day laborer(?), turned out to be a ‘Hunter’.

[Me : No;; So what exactly?]

[MJ : What do you mean what, I’m talking about your older brother.]

[Me : …??]

[MJ : (photo)]

[Me : What is… this…?]

[MJ : (photo)(photo)(photo)]

He wasn’t even just any Hunter either.

The hottest variety show recently, 【Hunters School 3】.

He was such an amazing Hunter that he could appear on it with the grand title of ‘Rookie Hunter’.

[Me : What is this;;;;;;;;; Isn’t this AI deepfake?;;]

[MJ : Wow, look at you pretending not to know until the very end.]

[Me : No, it just doesn’t make sense;;;]

So Siyul Lee could only stare blankly at her friend’s messages in a state of mental shutdown.

[MJ : When might your older brother be home? Siyul…] 

[MJ: No, you’re going to start filming at the training camp now, so you won’t be coming home for a while, right? ㅠㅠㅠ]

[MJ: Please give me an autograph, please ㅠㅠ I’m begging you ㅠㅠㅠ]

Then suddenly, she started looking through the photos Minjeong had sent her one by one again.

“…”

And the faces in those photos were definitely the same face she saw across the breakfast table every morning, no matter how she looked at them.

Unless Minjeong Im had brought cleverly edited composite photos to tease her.

‘So this is… really true?’

And no matter how much she thought about it, there was no reason for Minjeong Im to deceive her with something like this.

If she wanted to play some kind of prank, there would have been much better options available.

So she had no choice but to ask her friend again with a dumbfounded expression.

[Me : Is this… really Hunters School?]

What came back was a barrage of messages from Minjeong like machine gun fire.

[MJ : Of course it is. Can’t you see it’s a direct cam from Sangam Studio?]

[MJ : No… Siru… Don’t tell me you really didn’t know?]

[MJ : How is that even possible;;;]

[Me : I didn’t even know he was a Hunter, let alone Hunters School;]

[MJ : No matter how I look at it, it seems like deception, but I’ll be fooled just once.]

[MJ : Go to Hunters Lounge right now and click on a few posts.]

[MJ : If you just skim through the first page, there’ll probably be four or five posts about Geonyul older brother?]

Siru, who happened to be sitting in front of the computer, immediately opened the browser and accessed the community.

And the moment she entered 【Hunters Lounge】, the official fan community for 【Hunters School】.

[(Verified) Fucking rare Geon-ryul Lee POV observer shot]

[(Question) But is Geon-ryul Lee really 36? Why does he look so young???]

[(Request) Someone who took Geon-ryul Lee boss battle still cuts;;; Just one please;;]

Seeing the word ‘Geon-ryul Lee’ embedded in three consecutive post titles from the very top, her thought processes completely stopped.

[MJ : Hey, are you looking?]

[MJ : Siyul Lee!]

[MJ : OwO!!!]

[MJ : ㅇㅅㅇ where are you going?]

She couldn’t even think to reply to the messages Minjeong was sending.

‘So this isn’t some incredibly entertaining hidden camera prank right now?’

So after spending a long time browsing the 【Hunters School】 community as if possessed by something, Siyul Lee came to her senses and realized what she needed to do right now.

“This isn’t the time for this.”

Such major matters(?) related to family members were naturally something her parents should know about too.

But she couldn’t suddenly run to the master bedroom and shout ‘Mom! Mom, your son became a Hunter!’…

So she started collecting all the direct cam images of ‘Participant Geon-ryul Lee’ that were piling up in the community.

“Wow… these are all photos of Geon-ryul Lee?”

And all these numerous images she collected over a full hour…

She created a new family chat room excluding only Geon-ryul Lee, and bombarded it with them.

[Me : (photo)(photo)(photo)(photo)(photo)…]

Of course, she might face retaliation from her older brother due to this whistleblowing(?), but that couldn’t be helped.

Even without Siru’s report, since he appeared on Hunters School, their parents would find out within a few days anyway.

And the fact that he had been hiding it from the entire family until now was also quite outrageous.

Of course, as a result…

“Geon-ryul Lee, come see Dad for a moment.”

‘Participant Geon-ryul Lee’ who opened the front door and came in had no choice but to be escorted straight to the master bedroom.

‘Farewell, Geon-ryul Lee.’

But that was unavoidable anyway.

* * *

As soon as I came home, I had no choice but to be led by Father’s hand into the master bedroom.

Mother was naturally there too… and somehow, both of them already knew that I had appeared on Hunters School.

“What on earth is this situation, son.”

But to conclude…

I actually felt more at ease.

Until I came home, all sorts of thoughts were tangled up in my head…

But since the conversation started with them already knowing everything, the explanation was much easier.

“So Father, what happened was…”

This wasn’t just because of the eternal law that ‘forgiveness is faster than permission’.

Anyway, the fact that I had been verified as a sufficiently promising ‘rookie’ by 【Hunters School】, a well-known variety show…

Seemed to resonate most strongly with my parents.

Actually, the biggest reason why both of them would panic at even the mention of ‘Ga’ from ‘Gate’ was because of ‘the safety of their son they got back after 10 years’.

My parents still firmly believed that I had gone missing because of a Gate.

‘Depending on perspective, it’s not entirely wrong either…’

Moreover, since there wasn’t a single person in our family involved in Gate-related work, it was natural for them to feel resistance first when thinking about doing anything Gate-related.

But in this situation, if I told them I had awakened?

Nothing could be more anxiety-inducing for them.

It was natural for them to think that I might get into trouble again by hanging around Gates just because I had awakened.

So in fact, appearing on 【Hunters School】 could be said to have resolved many of the fundamental parts of those worries.

Since I appeared on a program that only the most talented Hunters in Korea could appear on, they probably thought that at least I wouldn’t fall into danger while doing something foolish.

So after about an hour of conversation, the situation could be resolved through amicable agreement(?).

“Since it’s come to this, give it your best shot.”

Since Father, who usually showed much stronger rejection, said this much, Mother couldn’t strongly oppose either.

“The most important thing is your safety. You know that, right?”

“Yes, Mother.”

Thanks to that, I could return to my room with a much lighter heart.

And there, the mama’s daughter who was clearly the culprit(?) behind this situation was waiting for me in a very demure posture.

“I greet the Hunters School ranking 1st place…”

Seeing the kid glancing at me while being unnecessarily cautious, a chuckle escaped me first.

That’s why I wanted to start by teasing her.

“Traitor.”

“No, you’re the traitor, Older Brother! How could you hide it from me too?”

“One million won allowance.”

“…!”

“Now, who’s the traitor?”

“Th-that’s…! I pledge my loyalty!”

Actually, I was genuinely grateful to Siru.

“Allowance really works pretty well, doesn’t it?”

“How could there be any doubt, dear brother.”

This playful behavior, no different from usual, made my heart feel more at ease.

“In that spirit, how about we take a family trip with our parents this weekend?”

“But, this humble one… has plans this weekend….”

“AirPods Max.”

“…?!”

“I heard a limited edition came out recently. Don’t you think our Sibling might need them? Maybe it’ll help with studying too. Right?”

“I’ll immediately look into the full course package starting with accommodations.”

“What about your plans?”

“I had some, but it seems they just disappeared.”

“Excellent.”

Of course, even for Siyul Lee, she eventually brought up serious talk at the end.

“But Older Brother.”

“Yeah?”

“You’re really okay, right?”

Though she’d been talking playfully from the start, this kid seemed quite anxious deep down.

Siru’s anxiety was probably… PTSD from the memories of the past 10 years when I had disappeared.

After all, such words even came from Siyul Lee’s mouth.

“You know what, Older Brother?”

“What?”

“After you came back, our family became really happy.”

“….”

“So you can’t disappear again.”

“I understand.”

“Just… promise me that.”

What our family wanted was actually what I wanted most of all.

For my family, it was years of losing just me, but for me, it was years of losing everything.

“I promise.”

So I promised sincerely.

That no matter what happens, I would never again… lose anything.

So after my Sibling, who had been having serious conversation, uncharacteristically sniffled and returned to her room.

Sprawled out on my bed, I steeled my resolve inwardly.

‘Starting tomorrow… I should live a little more earnestly.’

Was it because I’d let go of the worry that concerned me most?

I began looking forward to next week even more.

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