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87 – I’m Not That Great of a Person (2)

87 – I’m Not That Great of a Person (2)

In fact, Cheon Do-hee was already somewhat close to the truth.

“…I’m worried someone might suddenly try to scout you for debut.”

She said this to Majiya because she had heard a story.

[Iona: I think our Team Leader made some kind of offer to Jia.]

[Iona: I didn’t think you’d believe me just by talking, so I recorded my conversation with Jia.]

[Iona: I’m still just suspicious, so please listen and judge.]

[Iona: (Voice Recording 202412290001)]

[Iona: I think competing with each other is natural, but I don’t want us to get into fights because of this…]

Majiya denied it, but it seemed like some kind of offer had been made.

After all, Majiya was skilled at attacking her opponent and slipping away when she was cornered.

The fact that she poked at Iona’s weakness to invalidate the conversation itself was clear.

Before arriving at the lobby and meeting Majiya, Kang Ji-ho was contacted and asked, and this answer was heard.

[Yeon Seong-muk, right? I was wondering what he was up to, but he was at Rapitz.]

“Do you know him?”

[Yes. When he was with VIRDESS, he was a well-known casting manager. I heard he was very good at persuading girls with words, so his performance was very good.

But he caused an accident once, and it felt like he was demoted to Rapitz. I think he became the Team Leader because he kept making mistakes outside, so they kept him in an office job.]

Perhaps that accident was something like this?

Not tampering, but a recruitment that could be ethically problematic.

If secrecy is maintained, it could remain a successful case of aggressive recruitment, but the moment it is discovered, the group’s image falls into the abyss together.

However, the strategy itself was very cunning.

How many people would think, “I should record this and use it as evidence” after hearing a sudden debut offer?

Even if you go to the representative of that side and argue, the chances of the fight becoming dirty are high unless there is solid evidence that the two of you had a conversation about debuting.

Kang Ji-ho speculated that it was a demotion, but if it turns out that even the representative of that side is in on it, it’s obvious that it will become a dogfight.

Publicizing it when things don’t go well is forbidden. It is difficult to avoid the backlash of beating Rapitz by attracting public opinion even when it could be handled quietly.

Around that time, Dohee had such thoughts.

Perhaps Jia cut it off on her own to prevent the situation from escalating.

Even though she was a little disappointed that Jia hadn’t told her, even though she said she would discuss everything.

Perhaps, given her personality, she would prefer Rapitz to burn alone rather than Parallel and Rapitz being swept up at the same time?

‘…I’ll have to wait until Yeon Seong-muk contacts me again.’

Even if the representatives of both companies try to resolve it quietly, solid evidence that Yeon Seong-muk offered Majiya a debut is needed.

It seemed like it was time to wait.

If Majiya’s thoughts are the same as Dohee’s, she probably won’t stop Yeon Seong-muk from making additional contact.

Then you can get solid evidence.

Maybe Jia will get the evidence on her own.

Cheon Do-hee believes that Majiya will never leave Parallel.

…However, Dohee is still worried about her mentioning leaving the company before.

[Me: Iona]

[Me: Can you let me know immediately if you hear any additional news related to this?]

She subtly took out insurance.

[Iona: Yes!]

The communication channel with Rapitz was also opened thanks to Majiya.

Core personnel poaching is absolutely not allowed.

* * *

“Um. I blurted out informal speech earlier because I was happy to see you. Is it okay if I speak casually?”

Rupko suddenly stopped and said this while heading to the table where the Makgeolli Crew was after parting with the Boss.

The reason Rupko spoke informally was not because of bad habits, but simply because I looked like a child to anyone.

Even I muttered to myself, “How is this 24 years old?” every time I looked in the mirror while preparing to go to work.

How much more would other people think?

Besides, isn’t the Boss making me look my best right now?

It would be abnormal if I looked 24 years old.

Well, apart from that, Rupko was a year older than me.

I didn’t really care whether he spoke informally or not.

“Yes. Go ahead.”

“Hey, you should speak casually too. It’ll only make me uncomfortable.”

“I’m just naturally polite…. Besides, I’m not even Rupko’s friend, so it’s a bit much for me to start speaking informally.”

“Have you already forgotten the strong friendship we have as debtor and creditor?”

“Was that friendship?”

“Ha, I even got a credit delinquent title to show off our friendship.”

“…In the end, it was just to borrow money you wouldn’t pay back.”

“You little thing, you’re so perceptive.”

For reference, there’s no need to keep this person in check like Mugeon.

From the beginning, he’s a character who attracts a lot of snipers. He knows that if even a malicious turret like me sticks to him, it’ll be a headache, so he takes care of himself.

In fact, whether the Boss swears at him or not, he respectfully calls her “nuna” and respects her for two years.

However, as much as he is polite to his superiors, he is strict about the hierarchy.

“So, how old are you?”

It seemed like he was going to ask my age right away.

“Twenty-four.”

“Hey. Even if you’re lying….”

“I’m twenty-four. Should I show you my ID?”

Rupko shook his head briefly.

“Whoa, whoa, calm down. Why are you getting so serious?”

“It’s because you don’t believe me.”

“I was just joking. I was surprised because you look like your Avatar. At first, I thought a jammin was lost and wandering around.”

After that, we passed several tables without saying a word, and Rupko stopped in the middle of the aisle between the tables and said.

“Um. Anyway, since we’re speaking informally, let me ask you for a favor.”

“What is it?”

“I need to make a good impression on KraeMang right now. Can you give me some support?”

I tilted my head for a moment.

Team Leader Yeon Seong-muk from earlier too.

Why is everyone like this?

What am I?

“Why would I give you support…?”

I asked, bewildered, and Rupko was equally bewildered, as if he didn’t understand the intention of my question.

“The Makgeolli hyungs are all very curious about you. Isn’t that because they’re interested?”

Originally, I was going to ask the Boss to meet KraeMang and the Makgeolli Crew.

As soon as I arrived, KraeMang suddenly said he was looking for me, so I had already tilted my head once.

It was absurd to have this conversation while following Rupko to KraeMang.

“Why would KraeMang be interested in a mere employee?”

“It could happen. You were a really terrible Demon King. Have you forgotten? KraeMang’s dark history was also on the 4th floor of the Demon King’s Castle?”

Hearing that, my heart sank.

Was the interest shown to me not positive?

Well, what could someone like KraeMang offer to an ordinary employee like me?

“…Was it?”

“Wow, look at this. Anyway, the perpetrators can’t remember. Just wait.”

Rupko fiddled with his phone and soon showed me a clip of KraeMang.

Only then did I remember.

KraeMang’s video was also in the preset for general streamers.

It was the day I used the Woopa Roopa Avatar, starting with the words “Virtual Youtubers are popular these days?” as an experience.

“Ah. This.”

“How can you not know when you’re the one who put it on display?”

“Well, I was too out of it at the time….”

While playing the Demon King RP, I was practically half-unconscious in order to do my best in the role, so maybe KraeMang was furious about it.

It would be troublesome if he was really angry.

Maybe he thought about it when the Boss contacted him.

What? Majiya is coming too?

You’re in big trouble.

I’ll bombard you with nagging when you come.

Suddenly, my spine tingled.

A situation where a 3 million YouTuber is scolding me….

“It looks like I’m going to get scolded a lot if I go.”

“…Scolded? What are you going to get scolded for?”

Rupko chuckled.

“What are you talking about? If he was angry with you, why would I ask you for support? I’d just put you in your seat and run away.”

…That’s right?

But that means KraeMang has a good impression of me.

Even though I played a dark history video without permission, the image is positive?

How can that be?

However, the concern was not that long.

‘Is it an extension of that thought at that time?’

I was enjoying privileges after becoming Majiya.

Even if I messed with the Boss a lot, it would end with just a flick on the forehead.

Even if I messed with the team members of the Battle Colosseum I met randomly, the other party rarely got genuinely angry.

Based on that experience, I let go of the reins a little.

So, I was able to make bolder choices than before.

Exhibiting the dark history of streamers on the 4th floor of the Demon King’s Castle without fear was also part of that.

‘Could it be that he enjoyed watching it?’

But did that work for KraeMang?

Instead of thinking that the young man is rotten, did he laugh and move on, saying, ‘That’s fun’?

This is a complete boon.

If this is the case, I can throw away most of the early plans I had prepared.

Because they were all topics prepared for icebreaking.

Since the burden on my side has been greatly reduced, helping Rupko is not that difficult.

“So. What can I do to help you?”

“Ah. Baseball Manager 25 will be released soon. I want to do a collaboration stream with hyung at that time.”

Baseball Manager.

It’s famous for its crazy spicy billing, but it’s so addictive that Rupko has been saying he’ll quit for 5 years but hasn’t been able to.

Rupko’s billing amount is famous, and KraeMang is also one of the people who puts a lot of money into this game.

Just this year alone, the two of them advertised Baseball Manager 24 with a few days’ interval.

However, the two people played in different groups even when they played the same game.

KraeMang gives the feeling of floating a boat on a gently flowing river and having a glass of makgeolli, while Rupko gives the feeling of swimming with bare hands in a wave close to a tsunami.

It’s not easy for both sides to join hands.

If you want to make a suggestion, Rupko must do it, but Rupko knows that it is difficult to achieve just by making a suggestion because of the image he has built up as a broadcaster.

“I don’t want anything unreasonable. When I talk later, just say one word next to me, ‘I’m curious about the picture of the two of you together.'”

So, he’s trying to use me as a buffer.

Because KraeMang has a good impression of me.

But if there’s something going, there must be something coming.

It’s okay to not receive the money at Wicker Town, but I can’t stand seeing people running away with money in reality.

“Then Rupko, please help me too.”

“What? Just say it.”

“You’re not going to be a credit delinquent this time, are you?”

“Hey, that’s broadcasting. I don’t actually do that. Why? Should I write a video pledge? I, Rupko, Oh Seung-jong, promise to help Majiya if I receive help from her, like this?”

“That’s enough.”

“So, what is it? Tell me.”

What else could it be?

Parallel World Cup.

Since Mugeon held the Parallel World Cup, the number of people boarding the Parallel coin, led by small-time streamers, has increased considerably.

It’s a proper declaration of war on the atmosphere where Batchu Batchu KR or Rapitz World Cup were the majority.

However, it’s a bit difficult for Rupko to do this alone.

If possible, it would be nice to do it when Rupko and the Mad Dogs are together.

It’s more effective for a total of 40,000 viewers to watch at once than for each person to do it several times.

Of course, I know it too.

Compared to what Rupko asked me, the request I’m about to make is unbelievably burdensome.

However, you won’t know unless you try.

You can see it when you look at Rupko urging me.

That I may be enjoying considerable privileges.

Rupko is also one of the people who suffered from the dark history video I exhibited on the 4th floor, but he is very friendly now.

“…What, hurry up and tell me. I might not listen?”

The slightly raised corners of his mouth, which had been slightly raised from the beginning, are the proof.

Apart from being toxic, Rupko has a very good impression of me right now.

I had expected that today would be a strange day since Yeon Seong-muk came and talked about debuting.

If Rupko grants my request, then I might have to admit it.

That the more I appear as a guest somewhere and mess around, the more it helps Parallel.

I took a small breath and conveyed my request.

“Please hold a Parallel World Cup with the Mad Dogs.”

Rupko immediately tilted his eyebrows.

Below the asymmetrical eyebrows, his face is very grumpy.

“Hmm. That’s going to be difficult.”

“…I see.”

Unfortunately, a firm answer came back.

I guess this is not possible.

I was thinking it was an unreasonable request.

…However, Rupko didn’t just refuse and end it.

“Of course, it’s difficult, you idiot. The price doesn’t match, the price.”

He added additional conditions, revealing that he was still willing to trade.

“Wait a minute. Let me do some calculations.”

After that, Rupko turned on his phone and tapped.

He accessed a certain site, searched for “Hit Me Contest”….

He also exchanged messages with someone and said this.

“You know the Hit Me Contest.”

“Ah. Yes. It’s being held in mid-January. Was the event Battle Call?”

“That’s a rumor. The January contest is not Battle Call but Combative.”

.

A very heavy military FPS game that can knock down an enemy with one headshot, but at the same time, it lowers the barrier to entry by introducing a skill system like Battle Colosseum.

It is one of the two major FPS games that hold leagues, shoulder to shoulder with Battle Colosseum.

Until last year, Battle Call was the main event of the Ppajijik streamer contest , but it seems that they decided to hold the Combative contest, which has recently risen in popularity in the last few years for viewership, twice a year.

“You should participate then. The organizers keep asking if there’s anyone good because the mid-tier player pool is ambiguous. Serena from Rapitz, who’s close to you, should also participate.”

Anyway, Rupko seemed to want me to participate in this Hit Me Contest.

I’m not confident because Battle Call is my main event.

But it’s still an FPS and there’s obviously a shotgun.

I didn’t feel like there was any reason to back out.

However, I need to check what I’m curious about.

I don’t want someone’s opportunity to be deprived due to my participation, since there are only 20 seats in the contest.

“But, there are a lot of people who can do it besides me, right? Why me?”

“Everyone’s flocking to the Naore Dog Mo Contest right after the Hit Me Contest. It takes a long time to practice for that, so you can’t participate in both at the same time.

And you can’t help but think about the balance of the contest participants, and there’s no middle bridge like you right now.”

“I haven’t done Combative much to be in the middle.”

“You’re pretty good at FPS, right? You proved it with Battle Call. Originally, they want a new face with talent who doesn’t have much game experience, a talent who can build a narrative in a short period of time. Whether it’s the organizers or the viewers.”

Rupko said that and pointed to the name tag on my chest.

“You weren’t a pure streamer. So, I wasn’t thinking about it at all? But you put on that name tag? Ppajijik recognized you as a streamer. So, I’m telling you. How about it. Will you take it or not?”

He’s saying something similar to what the Boss said.

…The moment I received the invitation, I was already a streamer.

However, there are not no people who broadcast like me in the world.

For example, there are the Wicker crew who are mainly in charge of managing the 64 Cubics large server.

They work in the shadows for the streamers and have personal channels, but they never say they are ‘streamers’.

They say ‘staff’.

So, I have no intention of giving up my stubbornness.

I received the invitation, but as I told the Boss earlier, the staff only move when the Boss orders them to.

“I’ll ask the Boss and let you know.”

Author’s Note

Surprise continuous chapter!