Chapter 89.1

Chapter 89 – Rule 29. The Leader Does Not Tolerate Provocation (1)

No matter how important the work, taking breaks is necessary.

Park Minhyuk believed that “good work efficiency comes from good rest.”

[Aah, MH2,000-nim~. Thanks for the donation! You think the new skin is pretty? Ehehe, I’m glad you like it!]

Therefore, it wasn’t unusual for him to sit back and watch ‘virtual streamer’ broadcasts on his laptop.

A virtual streamer is a streamer who uses a character skin to broadcast.

Inside the dark cabinet of the Disciplinary Committee’s office, the voice of the virtual streamer filled Minhyuk’s heart through his earbuds.

“Hehehe…”

Even his laughter was wobbly.

MH2,000 was Minhyuk’s ID.

He couldn’t resist donating. When he donated, the streamer would read his message and react.

In the sea of viewers, it wasn’t easy to catch her attention just by chatting.

So, using donations to communicate with a girl with such a cute voice gave Minhyuk great satisfaction.

Before long, the virtual streamer started playing a game.

‘Gasp…!’

When a game Minhyuk liked appeared, he decided to postpone his work.

At that moment.

Click!

Whoosh!

The cabinet door swung open, letting light flood into the dark space.

“Hiek!”

Minhyuk was startled and hurriedly closed his laptop.

Outside the cabinet door, a girl stood with the light from the ceiling behind her, glaring at Minhyuk with dagger eyes.

It was Ha Yesong.

“Minhyuk, what are you doing here alone in the dark, giggling? Are you watching porn?”

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about…! I was just taking a break….”

“Seize it!”

Whoosh!

Yesong swiftly snatched Minhyuk’s laptop. His earbuds popped out and dangled from the laptop.

“Argh! Hey! What are you doing!?”

Minhyuk jumped out of the cabinet, chasing after Yesong to reclaim his laptop. But there was no way he could beat Yesong.

“In the sacred office, I need to check what you were secretly watching as the morality enforcer!”

“Since when were you so diligent!? Give it back!”

Yesong turned her back to Minhyuk, opened the laptop, and looked at the screen.

Her eyes widened.

“This is…! Leader, look at this!”

“What is it?”

Ahn Woo-jin, working with Oh Baek-seo, looked at Yesong curiously.

Yesong’s eyes sparkled mischievously.

She had found a new toy.

Meanwhile, Minhyuk was sweating profusely. Now that Woo-jin’s interest was piqued, he couldn’t resist any longer.

Yesong placed Minhyuk’s laptop on Woo-jin’s desk and unplugged the earbuds. Woo-jin and Baek-seo peered at the screen.

***

‘What is it?’

On the laptop Yesong placed on my desk, a live broadcast was playing. I watched the screen closely.

[Aaaah! What do I do? What do I do!? What do I do!?]

“…A JTuber?”

‘JTuber’ refers to virtual streamers active on JTube.

“Is it a horror game?”

On the screen, the JTuber was being chased by a grotesque toy in a horror game, screaming believably. The more she screamed, the more sweat trickled down Minhyuk’s face.

“Explain yourself!”

Yesong raised a finger, entering explanation mode.

“That JTuber is ‘Iaring’! She’s super popular right now.”

“How do you know that?”

Minhyuk interjected.

“Nowadays, otakus are all watching that. Given my role, I need to be aware of all trends. With over a million subscribers, how could I not know?”

Minhyuk seemed surprised by Yesong’s extensive otaku knowledge.

“Iaring…. I think I’ve heard of her too.”

“Right? If even the Leader knows, then it’s a big deal.”

Recently, she’s been a rising star on JTube rankings.

Although, calling her a ‘rising’ star might not be accurate since I knew she’d been around for a while.

She must have found her stride after being unnoticed for some time.

[No, no! Aaaah!]

“!”

The JTuber’s character was eventually caught by the toy monster, leading to a game over. The shock made me flinch slightly.

‘Wow, that scared me….’

I almost let out a scream.

That would have been bad.

The chat was flooded with laughter emojis.

“The game looks fun. Should I try it later?”

Baek-seo showed interest.

“Do you like horror games?”

“I don’t particularly like them, but it looks interesting.”

Baek-seo smiled meaningfully, her gaze like that of a predator eyeing its prey.

…Did she notice that I got startled?

‘This girl…. She must be planning to make me play with her….’

She probably wants to see if I can maintain my poker face in a horror game. As if I don’t know her dark intentions.

Tension filled me.

Could I survive this?

“Um, that’s not the reaction I was hoping for?”

Yesong pointed at the JTuber on the screen, seemingly frustrated.

“Park Minhyuk was watching Iaring’s stream alone! While we’re all busy working, unable to go home even for dinner! He was alone, in the dark, chuckling to himself!”

“In the dark…?”

“He was crouched in a dark cabinet, earbuds in, giggling at a JTuber stream. If that’s not creepy, what is?”

“Ugh, I can’t argue with that….”

Minhyuk trembled.

Meanwhile, Yoo Doha, lying on the sofa and skimming through documents, didn’t seem interested enough to join the conversation.

Like Doha, I didn’t want to get involved in such trivial matters either.

Let’s brush this off.

“Minhyuk might have been taking a break to refresh himself. Given all the work, it’s okay to rest a bit. I only care about the results, so you all handle the work as you see fit, but don’t pry into each other’s private lives.”

“Leader…!”

Minhyuk’s eyes shone with gratitude, while Yesong narrowed her eyes, saying, “You’re making sense here….”

The JTuber’s voice still echoed in the room.

“Here.”

“T-Thank you….”

As I handed the laptop back to Minhyuk,

[Phew…, I survived…! That was scary…. Let’s take a break for a moment, haa…. Oh? Oh my~, Galbi-rib-nim! Thank you for the 10,000-won donation!]

The JTuber had reached a safe area and was taking a breather.

Then, unexpectedly, she said,

[Huh? Do I think of anyone when I’m scared like this? Yeah, the Disciplinary Committee Leader from Ahsung High.]

Gasp.