Chapter 82 Part 3: Cheongha 24 hours

“Waaaah·····.”

As I was shocked by the shocking truth and couldn’t bring myself to speak.

-Diring

Someone connected to the Discord room I had made in advance.

[Cheongha-nni~!]

A delicate voice came through the headset; it was Baekro, whom I had arranged to have for today’s content.

In both my past life and my current one, I haven’t really played gacha games much.

I thought it would be better to have an experienced player rather than just randomly rolling, so I coordinated schedules yesterday and arranged for her in advance.

-Aigo Baekro…

-She came right when you mentioned her lol.

-Run away.

-Press X to pay respects.

Viewers bid farewell to Baekro, who was innocently greeting them, unaware of anything.

My goodness, thank you for paying respects on my behalf.

Now I can shake her down with a clear conscience.

“Right, Baekro.”

[Nye?]

“Well, I heard a rumor.”

Hinting at Baekro like that, Cheongha quickly switched modes.

Alright, right now, I am not a Vtuber.

I am merely a judge, passing judgment on a younger sibling’s overspending.

I quickly drew a judge’s robe on the drawing tablet and overlaid it on the character.

Turning off the Live Stream microphone that was being broadcast was an added bonus.

“You, you spent 80 million won on this game, didn’t you?”

Even if you fully awakened and fully equipped all the characters.

Doesn’t it usually come out to a few million at most?

I could understand that much.

Well, she gets a lot of ads and earns good money, so she can certainly dump an average office worker’s monthly salary into a game.

‘But 80 million is what…’

This isn’t some pet dog’s name.

I wondered what on earth one had to do for money to disappear like that.

That’s 10 times my previous job’s monthly salary.

And it’s not even cumulative; it’s ‘this month.’

Is she really crazy?

[Ah, I didn’t spend that much!]

At my words, Baekro began a desperate explanation(?).

“On your channel’s life?”

[No, well···· If you count all of this company’s games, I’ve spent about 78 million····.]

At Cheongha’s words, Baekro added with a voice that was gradually trailing off.

‘F*ck, then that’s the same thing.’

No, more than that, that company probably doesn’t even have that many games, so what did she do?

Didn’t they only have like 3 gacha games here?

Then that means she spent almost 25 million per game.

It was still a dizzying amount.

And more than anything.

“Um, Baekro.”

“Yes?”

“Well···· I saw your YouTube?”

“Ah.”

At those words, Baekro, Seohyun, on the other side of the computer, her face stiffened.

It was because she could guess what was coming.

“You have money to spend 80 million on games, but you haven’t paid back the 2 million won you borrowed from the CEO?”

A video uploaded to YouTube a while ago flashed through my mind.

Although the video itself was one where they gave Baekro allowance and deliberately teased her, her spending habits were still shockingly unchanged.

“W-well, back then I really didn’t have any money·····.”

Baekro mumbled an excuse at my interrogation.

At that sight, words burst out of my mouth.

“You don’t have money because you spend it like that, you brat—!”

At her younger sibling’s spending, which surpassed imagination, the salaried idol’s anger exploded.

Is she showing off to me right now?

Huh?

“Aaaah! My kids are calling me!!”

Still, I paid this one off with interest before I spent it!

No, if you don’t have money, just pull the base character and use it.

It’s because you’re trying to fully awaken everything that it becomes like that.

Honestly, from my perspective, where collection is purely the goal, I wonder what on earth she’s doing.

No matter how much affection you have for a game, you shouldn’t spend to the point where it interferes with your daily life.

“So, after spending all that, how much did you earn in advertising fees?”

“F-forty million won····.”

Baekro said, cowering at my question.

Well, if you include video views and YouTube ads, she’ll barely break even.

…Still, though.

“Baekro.”

“Yes?”

“People, usually, set aside money for living expenses and loan repayments, and then spend what’s left on in-game purchases.”

“Yes····.”

It’s fortunate she borrowed money from the CEO; what would have happened if she had borrowed from a loan shark?

Perhaps because I know she’s still new to adult society, I’m a bit worried.

“Anyway, that’s that.”

Shall we start?

“Ah, yes!”

Call me when you start pulling later!

Then, Baekro turned off her mic with a bright voice.

This, nagging her, surprisingly has a good impact.

There was a reason other people teased her.

I should get permission later and upload it to YouTube.

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“Yes, hello YouTube viewers—”

After greeting the YouTube viewers with a now somewhat practiced ease, I immediately launched the game.

The tutorial part proceeded in a 4-panel comic format.

A slowly turning page.

A huge flying battleship looming in the sky comes into view.

Next, a white-haired girl trying to get onto that battleship is seen.

The kid looks pretty.

“Ah, it started.”

Using the keyboard and mouse, I began to operate.

As I walked forward, mechanical soldiers started to pop out.

What, is this finally a world line where AI has rebelled against humanity?

-Netrix ㄷㄷ (shivers)

-The end of the human era has arrived.

-??? : Die, you f*cking humans.

Still, fortunately, perhaps because it was a tutorial, the combat difficulty wasn’t that high.

About the level where they explode on their own after a few skill scratches?

However…

「Nyan Nyan Punch!」

“Why are the lines like this again, seriously.”

And it’s not just the lines; cat paws actually pop out of thin air, making me wonder what on earth this is.

「Hello, Kiara.」

「Kaa! Rei unnie!!」

Soon after, after joining up with similarly basic-issue character companions, the protagonist entered the ship’s interior with their help.

“I like that friend named Rei.”

She resembles me, her color scheme is purple, and she carries a sword.

As I quietly uttered the words, the reactions of the Ttwaridan in the chat window returned, as always.

-Yes?

You like a traitor?

-Yes?

You like an old lady?

-In Part 2, she’s a chicken coop…

-??? : Resembles me (traitor, chicken coop)

-Huk, is that why she told Rupyung she was old last time?

-ㄷㄷ… (shivers)

-Kim Cheongha / Controversy / Age fraud…

“Sigh, don’t put strange filters on me.”

The traitor thing can be considered a meme, but chicken coop was really too much.

That’s a very sensitive issue for a woman.

I’m not an old maid yet.

“I’m still young.”

In the end, I decided to boldly retract the statement I made during the Inri stream.

Alright, my eyesight is good, and my fingers move well too.

To prove that fact, I quickly smashed the mechanical devices and headed to the central control room.

「This place is…?」

What was there was a stone monument inscribed in a completely unintelligible language.

The tutorial ended with the image of the protagonist gazing at that monument.

Alright, then the main content will start now.

-lol Gacha, let’s go!

-Alright, explosion, go!

-Please explode, please explode, please explode…

Along with the cheering reactions from the viewers, I once again summoned Baekro via Discord.

“Baekro?”

Snap out of it.

“Eueh?”

Yes!

As Cheongha turned on her Discord mic and spoke, Baekro, who was in the middle of watching another stream, snapped to her senses and answered.

…It was due to the gacha trauma flaring up.

“By the way, unnie, are you good at gacha?”

“…Well.”

Hmm, gacha.

I don’t know if I should say I’m good at this or what.

Well, I’m good at pulling things like event prizes at supermarkets or amusement parks, but when it comes to things like New Year’s fortune draws, I’ve pulled a great misfortune almost every time, you know?

I’d have to wait and see which of the two this would fall into.

When I pressed the character gacha button, a large banner unfolded, and the character currently on rate-up came into view.

[Seeker of the End]

“This one is definitely pretty.”

This, they say it’s the protagonist’s final form in the story lore, but I like it because the appearance is beautifully drawn.

Her eyes are like jewels, and her dress is pretty too.

If I play the game with this, it will definitely be worth watching.

Not as much as me, but an appearance that would surely delight the eyes.

“Then, should I try rolling once with the basic currency?”

“Yes, if you’re short on money, let me know.”

I’ll charge it for you.

Character gacha, this time the sponsor was Baekro.

Since she was the one who pitched it to me, did she say she’d help until the end?

As expected of a big-shot streamer, her sense of responsibility is extraordinary.

Additionally, her financial power too.

That’s why she survived even after spending 80 million on gacha.

“Then, I’m really rolling now?”

“Yes!”

Strike while the iron is hot, as they say; Cheongha quickly pressed the 10-pull button.

Kwang-!

Then, a supply crate fell from the sky.

After clicking the screen a few times, the lid of the crate opened, and colorful cards poured out.

“Ah, there are no 5-stars.”

Unfortunately, the protagonist’s final evolution form shown on the banner didn’t appear.

Sigh, what a shame.

I wanted it because it was pretty.

-Yeah, they don’t usually give that out at first.

-Anyway, the End Mackerel will probably be useless because of the lack of nurturing materials, right?

-End Mackerel, my ass lol.

Hmm… Is that so?

Certainly, late-game characters will have some degree of nurturing difficulty.

Right now, a decent 4-star character might be better than the strongest character in the world view who is unlocked in the late game.

‘Is bullsh*t.’

Nurturing difficulty?

What’s that.

Anyway, in this world, if you’re pretty, everything is forgiven.

“I, I absolutely have to pull that today.”

This is a limited-time pickup, so it’ll be gone tomorrow.

These folks run a good business.

I felt like I could understand a little why Baekro had poured so much money into it.

‘This, should I try cosplaying it later?’

The more I look at it, the more I like the appearance and coordination.

If it’s such a pretty character, I welcome it too.

“Anyway, I’ll keep trying.”

With those words, Ren rolled the gacha once more.