Chapter 71: Fist bump

A few days later.

“I just need to sign here, right?”

“Ah, yes.”

I signed the contract as it was.

I read it over and over again, but there really wasn’t anything to find fault with here.

Hmm, so—

“So, I am now Kim Cheongha, a Vtuber under Dot Entertainment.”

-What, you really joined?

-That was a quick contract signing.

-Did you read the contract carefully?

-Honestly, they do treat you well there.

-Agreed.

-Jisu has a really good personality.

“Yes, I read the contract.”

They were really kind and treated me well.

While saying that, I also added that it was completely different from YouTube.

Thanks to other streamers, the story that he’s a good person has already spread widely, so it might not be much help.

Still, isn’t Jisu-ssi our CEO now?

I felt like I should help add even a few more positive comments.

“Anyway, so today’s broadcast is—”

Just as Cheongha, having finished all the announcements related to the agency, was about to start the broadcast

(Diring-)

“Ah, just a moment.”

My Discord is···.

A message arrived on Discord.

The red number notification above the recent contacts caught her eye.

[Jisu: Cheongha-nim]

The sender was none other than the CEO.

‘What’s going on all of a sudden?’

Did I do something wrong?

[Kim Cheongha: Yes? What is it?]

[Jisu: Please join this Discord room.]
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Soon after, a Discord room address arrived.

[Dot Group Call Room]

‘Ah, right.’

Come to think of it, he said he would introduce me to other streamers today.

I had completely forgotten.

I quickly accessed the room through the link Jisu had provided.

(Diring-)

As soon as I entered, what I saw was a call room filled with all sorts of nicknames.

Looking at it this way, are these people my seniors now?

“Oh, so this is the newcomer, huh~?”

“Ah, hello!”

I’m Kim Cheongha!

At the voice I heard, I greeted them in the brightest tone possible.

-???

-What, why did her voice suddenly become so cheerful?

-Hyung, I’m scared…

-A cheerful Kim Cheongha, what kind of Lostbelt is this?

[[CheonghaIsPathetic] has donated 10,000 won]

[=Who are you, ma’am?]

Cheongha continued speaking, unfazed by the viewers’ barbs.

First impressions are always the most important in these situations.

If I just don’t mess up the first impression, even if I do something stupid later, it can be covered up a few times.

This was also a survival method I learned during my celebrity days.

Whether you’re a celebrity or a streamer.

We’re all the same people anyway, so wouldn’t our thoughts be similar?

“Ah, hello Cheongha-nim~”

“Wow, it’s been a while.”

Seeing you all here?

Although not everyone was gathered due to time constraints.

Glancing around, a few familiar names caught my eye.

Hmm, looking at the profiles, are those Bubugi and Solnamu?

“Ah, hello Solnamu.”

“Wow, how many months has it been, really···.”

Solnamu, in particular, felt strangely nice to see, perhaps because I hadn’t seen him at all lately.

Did he say he gathered people who were free at this time?

Eight people.

Considering the total MCN members are 26, that’s more than I expected.

Was it because so many people who make a living by talking had gathered?

The conversation flowed naturally like water.

“Well, since some of us are meeting for the first time here···.”

For now, just to say hello and warm up, should we play something?

At Jisu’s words, opinions immediately flew in from among the streamers.

“Battle Field, go?”

Battle Field, go?

“Ah, what Battle Field?”

That outdated game.

“You son of a b*tch!!”

“Wow~ Dissing Battle Field in front of Ppanyu?”

“Oof···.”

The feast of profanities flying amidst all sorts of beautiful voices was enough to fluster Cheongha.

Hmm, I didn’t realize it when I watched the broadcast.

Now that I’m seeing it directly with my own two eyes for the first time, this is a bit dizzying.

Eventually, Jisu, unable to watch the scene any longer, stepped in to mediate.

“Hey, you d*mned fools, just fistfight to get closer.”

“···Yes?”

They say children get closer while fighting.

It was a remark that particularly brought that saying to mind.

And it seemed I wasn’t the only one who thought so.

“Ah, that sounds good!”

“Hey, everyone get on <Animal Fight>~!”

“Eh, eh?”

Cheongha was flustered by the game that was decided out of nowhere.

‘I, I don’t have that game···?’

“Ah, what~ Cheongha-nim, what were you doing not preparing in advance~!”

“No, that.”

It was just decided right now, wasn’t it?!

“Wow, this.”

The maknae is already slacking off, slacking off.

The collab members naturally started to steer the conversation.

“No, it’s not like that···.”

It was obvious to anyone that they were deliberately ganging up on her.

But it didn’t feel bad at all.

Rather, laughter escaped me without my realizing it.

This was much better for her than the entertainment industry, which only maintained formalities by needlessly respecting each other.

“What, download it quickly then.”

“Yes, yes, I’m on it.”

Well, that’s that.

Fortunately, that game was free.

So that’s why they suddenly suggested playing it.

After quickly downloading it, I logged into the game.

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The way the game was played was simple.

You controlled animal-shaped characters and assaulted the opponent.

It was a game where you knocked them down.

“Then, let’s form teams first, shall we?”

Since there were eight of us in total.

We formed teams of two, creating a total of four teams.

Among them, my teammate was···.

“Hello, Bubugi?”

“Ah yes, hello.”

It was Bubugi, the streamer I had met and played games with before.

“You really can’t betray me this time.”

“Ahaha···.”

“I’m serious.”

If you really betray me this time, I’m going with you, huh?

I’ll just go full Nongae on you.

-Betrayal Cheongha  (shivers)

-Helped her, she betrays.

Let her go, she betrays.

Saved her, she betrays···

-At this point, isn’t she just a traitor to the country? lol.

What on earth is my image in this person’s head?

I can’t say anything to argue because my track record is already too spectacular.

I indirectly sold him out from the very first collab.

Hmm, this is why first impressions are important.

It seemed like it would take a long time to shed this image.

And then came the character selection time.

Various animal characters appeared on the screen.

Hmm, what would be good?

It would be nice if there was something cute.

Just as I was moving the mouse to choose a character.

“Ah.”

Cheongha’s mouse stopped at one spot.

-Uh oh.

-Stop it.

-Hyung, please.

-Dinosaurs here too?

“What, why is everyone like that?”

This isn’t a survival game like The Island Survive.

It’s just a dinosaur doll appearance, but their reaction is too much.

“Since there’s no snake, I’m just choosing the most similar thing.”

Huh?

This game doesn’t have my symbol, the snake, and the crocodile is strangely not cute.

So, among the reptiles, the only thing left to choose was a dinosaur!

“Alright, have you all chosen your characters?”

“Yes, this one.”

“Wow, you picked something that really stands out.”

Bubugi, who had chosen a black turtle avatar, admired my character.

As expected, dinosaurs were the truth.

“But can you play this well?”

“Well, don’t worry about that.”

I’ll eat them all for you.

-Oh.

-Noona is cool.

-She suddenly looks sexy like that.

-If she keeps up this mode, even dinosaurs might be pretty good.

-Waaaah-!

As I adopted a voice that sounded like it could come from an animation.

Cheers erupted from the chat window.

[Little Beast of the Korean Peninsula] has donated 1,000 won]

[=Dinosaur Queen Kim Cheongha  (shivers)]

Alright, Cheongha-saurus is coming out.

Tell everyone to get out of the way.

“Then, shall we start the game now?”

“Go go~!”

Soon after, all the other streamers chose their respective characters, and at the same time, the game began.

The first battlefield was a building rooftop.

It was a map where the main tactic was to grab the opponent and cause them to fall to their death.

[3]

[2]

[1]
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As the full-scale countdown began.

[Fight!!]

“Hey hey!”

Hit ’em, hit ’em!!

“Die, you turtle bastard—!”

“Kill hiiiiim~!”

“Why the hell are you picking on me, you sons of b*tches—!”

The streamers instantly rushed at each other.

The full-blown brawl had begun.

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A building rooftop where numerous animals were rampaging.

“Solnamu-ssi, I never thought we’d meet again like this.”

“Ahaha….”

Peok-!!

With the sound of something solid being struck.

Solnamu’s body collapsed onto the cold rooftop floor.

A beautiful voice, like that of a princess, echoed in his ears.

There was no time to admire that voice, which was like that of a veteran voice actor.

“Goodbye, Solnamu-ssi.”

“Cheongha-nim, that’s murderaaaaargh—!”

After quietly dragging Solnamu and dunking him over the railing, Cheongha returned to the center once more.

Well, if he had a problem, he should have picked up an axe first.

Solnamu was dead, but there were still many other people left.

Cheongha slowly approached them, dragging her axe on the ground.

Peok-!

“Kyaaak?!”

“Ah, sh*t, what?!”

Hey!

“The newbie is beating up a senior!!”

Since it was fundamentally a game where they engaged in hand-to-hand combat, it was common sense that having a weapon was advantageous, assuming controls were equal.

And so, she had been wielding her axe on the battlefield for a long time.

“Iyaaat!”

“O-eot?”

Cheongha’s character, hit squarely by a flying kick from a flying hamster, collapsed to the floor.

‘A cheap kick here?’

Losing the axe in her hand due to that was an added bonus.

And the experienced seniors did not miss that opportunity.

“Hey hey hey, get Cheongha-nim first!!”

“Huh?”

Cheongha, who had suddenly become the public enemy, continued in a bewildered tone.

“Aaargh?!”

Cheongha, grabbed by the hair, was dragged towards the cliff.

Since she was stunned, she couldn’t offer much resistance.

“Goodbye, Cheongha-nim!!”

“Noooo—!!”

Damn it, are dinosaurs destined for extinction after all?

Cheongha screamed at the sight of her character falling below the railing.

She was so immersed that, for a moment, she even forgot she was broadcasting.

-Nooooo!

-The streamer got so comfortable in between lol.

-Now she’s really unsealed everything.

-Unsealed Cheong~

“Keuheum····.”

Feeling slightly awkward at the viewers’ reactions.

Cheongha cautiously cleared her throat.

Well, when playing games with so many people like this, wouldn’t it be a bit much to constantly maintain a cool image?

To appear on an entertainment show, you have to raise your energy.

That’s usually how the image you’ve built up crumbles.

Anyway, since her original personality had been gradually mixing in after her conversation with Baekro, she didn’t have much resistance to this kind of thing.

“Waaaaah—!”

After all the fierce battles had ended.

Ultimately, victory went to Solnamu and the female streamer who had teamed up with him.

I didn’t know that person was good because they died so futilely in the first round, but they were surprisingly good at this kind of game too.

It seemed like it would be okay to try and pitch The Island Survive to them later.

Seeing them play CreWar, I have a feeling they’d be surprisingly good at that kind of thing too.

Well, anyway.

“Eum····.”

Seeing the two of them squirming and showing off to the others made me want to hit them.

Unlike the soft graphics, this game was surprisingly immersive.

But why is this free?

“I think this could just be made into a paid game.”

As I quietly uttered the words, an answer came back from someone, as expected.

“Ah, the game company said they’re planning to gradually switch this to a paid game.”

Get your fill before then.

“Aha.”

Thank you, Speedwagon (CEO).

Honestly, the game itself is pretty good, so I think I’ll continue playing it even if it becomes paid.

Of course, it’s no fun playing alone; it’s fun when you play with acquaintances like this.

And so, someone’s initiation ceremony.

For others, the collab that was a friendship test, ended with great success.