The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 85

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 85

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

All the draft schedules had ended.

There was a bit of an unexpected turn(?) in my roommate selection process…

But somehow it wasn’t completely incomprehensible.

└ So the Room Owner… helped with mana backflow during the entrance mission?

└ So she chose the Room Owner as her roommate in case something similar happens again?

That’s probably it, bros.

Actually, if that’s not the reason, there’s no other reason why Chloe Kang would pick me as her roommate…

└ But mana backflow isn’t something that happens that often, is it?

└ Choosing the Room Owner as a roommate because of mana backflow that might happen at some unknown time is a bit…

Well, it’s not like she picked me as her roommate because she likes me, right?

└ Yeah, that’s right.

└ That’s true.

└ Our Room Owner, do you like how your meta-cognition is so clear?

What?

Why does this innocent agreement make my heart feel uneasy…

└ Or maybe it’s scripted? Honestly, didn’t the production team benefit the most from Kang So-hee choosing the room leader?ㅋㅋ

└ Yeah lolllll caster Kim Shinwoo had this huge grin on his face lol

If I still didn’t know Chloe Kang’s true identity(?), I might have really believed it was scripted.

But Chloe Kang is none other than royalty of that Eschool Lab.

For her to make such a choice because of a script, she would have had to make some kind of deal with the production team, but it would be nearly impossible for the Hunschool production team to offer something valuable enough to make a deal with her.

‘Wouldn’t the cure be worse than the disease?’

Anyway, regardless of the Constellations’ various opinions, I still thought mana backflow was the biggest reason she picked me.

Although backflow isn’t a frequent phenomenon, in Chloe Kang’s case, when backflow occurs, it causes much greater catastrophe than with ordinary mages.

Turning that luxurious 【Grand Arcana】 into ruins… even if Chloe Kang is a chaebol, wouldn’t she want to avoid that…?

‘It’ll work out somehow.’

While I was chatting with the Constellations and having these thoughts, the draft was completely finished and dormitory assignments began.

Movement to the dormitories started with the lower-ranked participants first.

“B-rank participants, this way! The shuttle bus is waiting!”

“C-rank and F-rank will move on foot after headcount and packing!”

With the staff’s shouts, the participants gathered in the plaza began to scatter.

The sight of backs dragging luggage bags with drooping shoulders.

It felt like watching raid members being kicked out empty-handed after clearing a high-difficulty raid but having no LP to settle.

Especially seeing the procession of C and F-rank participants trudging toward the unpaved road in the distance, I let out a sigh of relief.

‘That was really close.’

What if I had been mixed in with that group?

I would have had to walk under the blazing sun carrying this heavy luggage.

Moreover, such ‘movement scenes’ obviously wouldn’t get even a second of airtime.

The worst cost-effectiveness of suffering through hardship while getting completely edited out.

Suddenly the golden key in my hand felt even more precious.

This isn’t just a simple accommodation ticket.

It’s like a lifeline that will protect my knee joints and broadcast screen time.

└ lol but honestly, C or F would suit the room leader better.

Huh? Why?

└ You fucking love walking normally anyway lol

└ You’re right lol

└ Wasn’t Dave the one who stubbornly walked around even when told to scroll…

Hmm.

That’s a bit different from this though…

Clatter-!

While having such thoughts, the golf carts heading to Grand Arcana finally arrived at the plaza.

Despite being so close you could reach it if you fell… such sweet service.

Is this the taste of capitalism?

“Come on, A-rank participants, please board the carts here!”

My gaze turned to the side.

Several A-rank participants were already getting into luxury golf carts with the Arcana logo.

Watching them comfortably disappear while cutting through the cool breeze… my feet started moving without me realizing?

“Excuse me, can I also ride that…”

But one PD urgently blocked my way.

“Ah, S-rank participants, please wait a moment!”

What else is left?

“S-rank participants need to get some solo cuts here! We need to include PPL!”

…Hmm.

PPL, huh.

I didn’t expect this at all…

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

When they’re paying such expensive appearance fees and burning astronomical production costs, it wouldn’t be profitable without things like PPL.

So it was natural to give PPL to S-rank participants first, who would have the highest interest and recognition when the first episode airs.

└ That PPL though

└ Dave has made it big

So I stood in position following the production team’s request without much complaint.

On the other side, I could see Seong-hwan Lee and several other S-rank participants already filming.

Next to me were Chloe Kang, Hajun Park… and a participant named Kwon Yuna.

“Here, take one each!”

“You need to react at least a little.”

“Okay… Camera ready! Cue!”

The staff placed gorgeously wrapped boxes in each of our arms.

At the same time, a gimbal camera swooped in front of my face.

I reflexively showed a capitalist smile and opened the box.

And the moment I saw the contents.

[Sponsored by: Vital-X Potion & Sports Towel]

My capitalist smile had no choice but to evolve into a beaming grin.

‘No way, they’re giving me something this valuable?’

The towel was obviously nothing special.

But the reason I became happy was because of that functional potion called Vital-X.

This X potion, used not only by Awakened but also by ordinary people for fatigue recovery, was a new product from Vital Company, famous as Eschool Lab’s competitor.

They say you can get 300,000 won for it even on neighborhood trading apps.

‘Nice, good side income.’

I carefully received the box and gave a thumbs up.

The production team’s request to react was one thing… but this would probably have been a spontaneous thumbs up even without such a request.

Hmm…

But I’m not the only one feeling good right now, am I?

└ Chloe Kang’s expression next to you looks sour?

I could see Chloe Kang standing next to me looking down at the box with a furrowed brow.

She seemed uncomfortable about something.

“…The ingredient content is insufficient.”

“…!”

The dangerous muttering that flowed from her mouth sent a chill down my spine.

Are you crazy?

The camera is rolling right in front of us!

I quickly turned my head and whispered quietly using ventriloquism.

“Shh! Sohee! The camera’s rolling, the camera!”

But Chloe Kang’s next line was even more shocking.

“But… it’s trash.”

No…

Calling it trash in front of our heavenly sponsor!

└ Ah lol because it’s a competitor’s product lololol

└ Room owner lol Does Kang So-hee really need to worry about what advertisers think? lol

Anyway, when I desperately gave her hints, Chloe Kang forced a smile with a confused expression.

Then Chloe Kang and I loaded our luggage onto the golf cart and climbed on together.

Vroom-

“S-rank participants, we’ll guide you to your accommodations.”

Finally, we were entering 【Grand Arcana】.

Bump-!

“Type A accommodations are this way!”

After finishing the outdoor filming, the lobby of 【Grand Arcana】 we entered was heaven.

High ceilings and gleaming marble floors.

Even the subtle fragrance from the diffusers…

For someone like me who had never been to such a place, it was almost overwhelming.

But just as I was about to relax.

Whirr-

“We will now conduct a security check.”

The instructor’s firm voice hit my ears.

“Please surrender all communication devices in your possession.”

Excuse me?

Is this the military by any chance…?

Why the communication devices…

└ Well, it’s to prevent cheating during missions, obviously ㅇㅇ

└ If all the participants could access the Awakened Wiki and search, wouldn’t it be hard for the production team to create content?

That made sense, but I still couldn’t help feeling nervous.

I had a condition where I got anxious if I couldn’t check the Administration Bureau Trade Exchange app in real time.

Why not hide it in my inventory?

If that worked, there wouldn’t be any reason to confiscate them in the first place.

The only things that can be put in the awakening system’s inventory are items made 100% from components found inside Gates.

That’s why everyone packed bags full of stuff when coming to the camp.

“Next.”

But wait.

It doesn’t end here?

“Please place your bag up here.”

They’re even doing… baggage inspection?

└ What’s the problem

└ As long as there’s no drugs or anything like that ㅇㅇ

No, of course I wouldn’t have anything like that…

Thud-

When I placed my backpack on the inspection table, the instructor unzipped it.

And after a moment.

“…?”

The instructor’s expression twisted strangely as he looked inside the bag. He carefully lifted my ‘valuables’ from inside the bag.

Clatter.

What gleamed brilliantly under the hotel lobby’s chandelier lighting wasn’t a vicious weapon or drugs.

It was just a white plastic basket with holes, bearing a serious serif font logo.

[Ttukseom Sauna]

Inside it were a large commercial-size shampoo bottle half-crushed and about to burst, toothpaste squeezed with a tube squeezer until it was thin as paper, and a tattered green scrub towel with loose threads, all neatly contained.

└ Crazy lol

└ Why the hell did they even bring something like that lololol

Perhaps feeling secondhand embarrassment, one of the nearby participants asked with a slightly reddened face.

He was probably ranked around 17th.

It was a participant named Inwook Jeon, who I had briefly introduced myself to during the waiting time.

“Hyung. Do you like saunas…?”

I do like saunas.

Speaking of Ttukseom Sauna, it’s my favorite place near home that I’ve been going to since college…

“…Geon-ryul Lee participant?”

“Yes.”

“Our accommodation amenities are all stocked with top-brand products.”

At the look questioning why an S-rank Hunter would pack this junk… no, miscellaneous items, I answered confidently.

I’d lose if I got embarrassed here.

“I know. But I prefer things that suit my body…”

└ No matter how much I look at it, it seems like I had no idea lol

└ Room leader. Be honest with us lol You’ve never been to a hotel or anything like that, have you?

I’m starting to get embarrassed too, so could you stop attacking me with facts?

“…Pass.”

Anyway, since there were no particular problems, my belongings safely passed through the inspection.

But to violate my precious bath basket like that…

I won’t forget this grudge.

“Next, Chloe Kang participant.”

This time, Chloe Kang, who was standing behind me, placed her suitcase on the inspection table.

But the moment the bag opened.

Clatter.

This time, in a slightly different sense, the instructor looked flustered.

“…What is this now?”

The instructor’s voice trembled in a different way than before.

What spilled out of Chloe Kang’s bag was a box of white [Sterile Gloves] and [Medical Forceps].

And [Sealed Containers] with bright yellow biohazard (biological danger) marks clearly stamped on the surface.

It seemed like items she brought because of her Venom Blood class characteristics…

But to someone who didn’t know, it looked like she was planning to set up an illegal clinic here.

“Are you perhaps… going to perform surgery here?”

“No.”

Chloe Kang answered with an expressionless face, glancing at me.

“They’re hygiene supplies. I need to prevent contamination and safely store samples.”

“…”

Contamination? Samples?

But why is she looking at me while saying that…?

No, you’re the one who chose me as your roommate…

I did nothing wrong.

└ Kang So-hee also seems to be subtly going crazy too? lol

└ lololol that’s hilarious lolol

└ It’s not easy to be funny with just belongings;;;

Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine.

They wouldn’t think of me as some kind of clinical trial subject… would they?

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