Ch.250245 – Unboxing

“The key to Korea belongs to Koreans.”

“Not a single penny of tax money should be spent on immigrants.”

These phrases best represent the Republican Party, which currently holds half the seats in South Korea’s National Assembly.

The extreme tendencies have faded somewhat since a centrist president was elected. Just ten years ago, they would openly call for immediate deportation of stateless people regardless of age.

Despite the global economic crisis, the Republic Party remained in power due to relatively strong economic indicators. But now even that has reached its limit.

A butterfly’s wings somewhere has caused a storm in the National Assembly. After exchanging harsh words and shouting, the representatives decided to take a break.

“Wow, those Republican representatives are intense. Looks like Representative Bae came prepared today?”

A young man approached the gray-haired congressman who had just washed his hands in the bathroom.

Though Representative Bae Seong-jun briefly showed displeasure, he shook his hands dry and responded coldly, “Representative Um Jun-yong? I believe we haven’t formally met.”

Bae, a three-term Democratic Party congressman, was implying that a lucky first-term representative wasn’t worth his time, but Um Jun-yong smoothly ignored the slight.

“Must be frustrating to have your attempt at finding fault backfire on you.”

The hottest issue recently was the “leakage” of innate magic. Though “leakage” wasn’t quite the right term since magic originally had no nationality, but in politics, wording matters more than actual meaning.

After NoName led Japan’s policy of recruiting highly skilled talent became widely known, there was a noticeable increase in Korean talent leaving the country.

The narrative could have been “The Republican Party only demands patriotism without compensation, so this result is inevitable” or “This shows the limits of nationalism. Wasn’t NoName herself stateless until last year because of your bad laws? Would you have deported her like others if she hadn’t been adopted?”

But unfortunately, the catalyst for NoName registering her innate magic in Japan was her meeting with Representative Bae.

“So what do you want to say?” Bae asked.

“I’m just frustrated. Why are all you old folks measuring each other when you could just give the kid what she wants? She even wrote exactly what she wants: punish those responsible for the incident, track Walpurgis’s activities in Korea to discover their purpose. What’s the point of reviving the Special Investigation Committee when everyone’s just watching each other’s reactions with no one to put forward?”

Bae’s gaze changed as he looked at Um Jun-yong.

“You have no intention of returning to being an entertainer after your term ends? The Special Committee was your goal?”

Put me on the Special Investigation Committee.

That was the true intention of Um Jun-yong, who was elected as an independent in Seoul’s “Gangnam-gu Jeong” district.

Bae had considered him just incredibly lucky until now, but his evaluation was rapidly changing.

“Think about it, Representative Bae. The general election is less than a year away. Everyone knows your position in the party is becoming precarious – shouldn’t you prepare?”

The Walpurgis Special Investigation Committee, not belonging to the executive, legislative, or judicial branches, was currently just an empty shell barely revived.

Um Jun-yong’s declaration to resign as a representative and join the committee meant he was willing to stake his political career to confront the political establishment.

Where did this confidence come from?

“What did you say your father does?”

***

The vacation passed by without feeling like I’d done much.

Tomorrow is already the first day of school.

I felt both excitement about seeing friends I hadn’t met during vacation and the dread of sacrificing some of my free time.

School is definitely an institution worth philosophical exploration-

“Hey! Kid! Just a moment!”

“Yes? Me?”

I was on my way home after finishing special training with the academy kids.

The ice cream I hadn’t finished was melting down my hand.

The apartment security guard called out to me loudly and gestured for me to come over.

“All these packages seem to be for you. Can you check?”

Behind the management office, packages were piled like a mountain.

The recipient’s address wasn’t clearly written, but the name “NoName” was written in both Korean and English.

“That’s right? Oh my, it’s been chaos since last week! Returning them would take forever. Since they’re for you anyway, could you take them all later with your father?”

Perhaps people started sending me gifts after the Genius Discovery Team broadcast aired.

They probably sent these with just the apartment complex name since they couldn’t know my exact address.

“Just give me a cart. I’ll take them all at once.”

Twenty packages.

If I stack them well, I could take them all at once.

Two rows with ten layers each.

That would be about 4 meters high, so if I hold the wobbling parts with my aura…

“No, no, no! I’ll call the other security guards to bring them to your door.”

“Thank you.”

“Sure. Oh, your ice cream is dripping! Get home safely!”

A few minutes later, about thirty items including small packages and wrapping paper were neatly stacked in my room.

I need to deal with this before Professor Cheon returns from the grocery store.

I got scolded last time for not cleaning my room.

After pondering solutions, I ran up to the floor above and rang the doorbell.

Ding dong-

Ding dong-

Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong-

“I’m coming, I’m coming!”

Clunk-!

The front door opened forcefully with a hint of emotion.

Yoon-sul, wearing a sleep mask on her forehead, rubbed her eyes as she looked down at me.

“What? Did you just wake up? It’s 3 PM.”

“Name? *yawn*… Why are you here?”

“Can you store some stuff for me? It’s too much for my room. You have lots of empty rooms, right?”

“Huh? Yeah. How much stuff are we talking about?”

“It’s hard to explain.”

Even with my arms stretched as wide as possible, my body is too small to encompass it all.

***

<NoName Minor Gallery>

[Want to see NoName wearing cat pajamas and waving a magical girl wand? Go to ipfs://www.twish.ch/noname right now]

(Broadcast screenshot.jpg)

This isn’t clickbait, it’s real.

[Comments]

-Nice photoshop lolololol

-Upvoting for the effort

-Whaaaaaat lolololol

-I actually turned on the broadcast? Let’s go check~

-??????IsThisReal???

Sunday was when viewers gathered most regardless of broadcast time.

On such a day, NoName’s broadcast, propelled by Kariri’s provocative post, reached 20,000 viewers within 20 minutes of starting – making history.

And the number was still rapidly increasing.

“Please…”

[NoName]

[Just Chatting – Unboxing]

[Broadcast Time – 0:19:01]

[Viewers – 24384]

“Name, try this on too!”

Yoon-sul put rabbit ears on Name’s head and giggled.

-Kyaaaaaaaa

-Now THIS is proper broadcasting lololol

-You’re so cute NoName hehe

-Kariri is killing it today

-I’m clipping this, NoName is a god!!!

When Name glared fiercely at Yoon-sul, she finally read the mood and removed the rabbit ears, placing them back on the desk.

Conversely, the comment section was filled with complaints about why she took them off so soon.

“I’ll go change into regular clothes. I’ve shown enough, right?”

[‘Sereb’ donated 30,000 won!]

-If you wear it a little longer, maybe the child will have more strength for surgery…?

The unboxing broadcast began simply.

One of Name’s viewers wrote a letter thanking her because their young daughter, who had been ill for a long time, seemed to regain her smile after watching Name’s broadcasts.

For the girl facing a major surgery, Name started broadcasting wearing the animal pajamas they had sent.

This story spread instantly across various communities.

To keep Name wearing the animal pajamas for as long as possible, viewers carefully walked the line while continuing to persuade her.

[‘allone’ donated 10,000 won!]

-According to University of Wisconsin research, seeing cute cats increases serotonin production by 18%, helping emotional stability and boosting immunity!

A viewer who completely understood Name presented evidence she couldn’t refuse.

“…Fine. I’ll wear this until the end of the broadcast. Yoon-sul, turn on the air conditioner, I’m hot.”

-OMG lololololol

-Allone the hero, we won’t forget you…!

-I can’t find that research anywhere lolol

-Shhh!

-NamekoNamekoNamekoNameko

-Why did that convince her? lolol

The gifts came from various people, so the types and price ranges varied widely.

Some sent 1,000 won jellies from the convenience store, while others sent luxury children’s watches worth nearly a million won.

The reasons for the gifts were also diverse.

Just being a long-time fan, asking for more frequent broadcasts, belated birthday presents.

Despite what must have been tedious, Name sat neatly in the middle of the room surrounded by wrapping paper and read all the letters.

Sometimes there were awkward gifts.

-Gasp…!

-lololololol

-Protect Name!

-Yikes, this is…

-No! Hide it!

-These people are really shameless;;

-Maximum audacity

It was a bright red hat too large for Name to wear.

If it was just the color, they could have laughed it off as tacky, but the number on the front was the problem.

[Candidate #1 Lee Jo-won]

A Republican Party item popped out of the random box.

[‘Kentrum’ donated 1,000 won!]

-Name, that’s political! Political! Throw it away quickly!

The two things Twissy streamers react most sensitively to are adult content and political statements.

There was a strong perception that these two elements should absolutely be avoided, so viewers often teased streamers by targeting these areas.

But Name is only eight years old.

Viewers were naturally horrified, and while Yoon-sul was about to quickly remove the hat, Name boldly put it on her head first.

-Emergency!!!!!

-Patriotic conservative NoName lololol

-Candidate #1 NoName lololol

-Send NoName to the National Assembly!

-So funny lolol

-The hat is so big it covers her eyes lol so cute

-The cutest election hat look ever lol

-Are you going for a VTube angle with this?

-No, my precious NoName…!

Name rummaged through the bottom drawer of her desk.

She neutralized the controversy by wrapping around her neck the blue scarf she had received from Democratic Party Representative Bae Seong-jun during the Genius Discovery Team filming.

-What kind of terrible hybrid is this? lololol

-Red~ Blue~

-Together they make purple

-Purple flavor!

-Look at her confidence lololol this is what kids are like

-Left-right coalition success!

-NoName! NoName! NoName! NoName! NoName!

“What are you doing, Name?”

Yoon-sul asked in shock.

“This way, less of the cat pajamas are visible.”

“Ah…”

This was her special measure since she couldn’t change clothes for the viewers’ sake.

-You can change now if you want lololol

-Name is really kind to keep wearing it until the end

-The spam of 1 and 2 in chat is making me dizzy;;

-Manager in tears

-Even with 5x chat speed, the regeneration is too fast to see

-30,000 viewers wow, this is historic, the broadcast might crash

One last gift remained.

Unlike the other gifts beautifully wrapped in colorful paper, this one was different.

Wrapped in dozens of layers of bubble wrap, it turned out to be a music box.

“Wow, a music box? It’s pretty!”

“I can feel a small amount of mana inside.”

“Yeah, modern music boxes work automatically with just a bit of mana. They probably pre-recorded a few songs.”

“Really? I didn’t know that.”

-Aren’t those expensive music boxes?

-No, this looks like a cheap toy lol

-If it plays some weeb song I’m going to lose it

-Name is a child… it should play children’s songs…

-Children’s songs lololol

Click-

When Name turned the music box gear halfway, her body suddenly stiffened and she bit her lip hard.

Moreover, Name, famous for her unchanging facial expressions, frowned more intensely than ever before and widened her eyes.

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem? If it’s not turning well, I can help-“

“Yoon-sul, get out now.”

“Huh?”

“Get out now! Get out of the room! Right now!”

Name shouted with raised voice.

It wasn’t her usual deliberately lowered voice.

Name’s natural high-pitched voice came out, even cracking slightly at the end.

Yoon-sul backed out of the room.

“Close the door.”

After confirming Yoon-sul had closed the door, Name looked at the music box in her right hand with disgusted eyes.

“They really go too far.”

A deep golden aura covered her body.

As her aura blazed like rising flames, the chat expressed shock.

But Name had no time to pay attention to that now.

Name hurriedly drew a magic circle on the floor with her left hand.

[3rd Circle Counter-spell: Release Inscription]

Three magic circles shot out from the music box and broke one by one from left to right.

But one cracked and then continued to emit a brilliant light.

‘This isn’t a music box.’

Disguised as a music box.

‘These crazy people even considered counter-spells.’

It was an improvised bomb.

BOOM-!

Acrid black smoke instantly filled the room.

Simultaneously, the broadcast was cut off, creating 30,000 lost viewers on Twissy.