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21 – Mugun is a Famous Momo Anti

21 – Mugun is a Famous Momo Anti

The next morning.

Dohee, who had just woken up, checked her notifications from the night and found a message from someone she was glad to hear from.

[Mugeon] (3)

“… What’s this? What’s going on?”

Mugeon, whose real name is Lee Dong-geon.

Until two years ago, when the Battle Colosseum League was booming, he was a former pro who swept awards at various international competitions and was quite popular among Battle Call users during his active days.

After retiring, he has been active as a Battle Colosseum skill streamer, using his main weapon, the nickname ‘Magnet Aim,’ which he was known by during his pro days.

For reference, he became friends with Dohee after they teamed up in a streamer tournament, and now they exchange playful insults as soon as they meet.

Knowing this much, anyone who has watched a bit of Virtual Youtuber content would naturally think this.

Didn’t the unicorns and Darkened Simps cause a ruckus on the stream when he got involved with a male streamer?

Could it be that they already had a viewer turnover at least once?

In fact, in the beginning, whenever the two played games together, there was significant backlash from the malicious unicorns.

Rumors spread like wildfire, claiming they were secretly meeting, dating every weekend, and planning to get married, among other things.

However, as time passed, one fact emerged that surprised everyone.

That Mugeon was a true game addict who had never even met Momo in person.

Someone looked through Mugeon’s ranked game records after he appeared on Momo’s stream, and aside from the time spent playing with Momo or others, he had been playing ranked games for 16 hours a day.

In fact, his comments when appearing on Momo’s stream were almost fixed.

“I’m craving Battle Colosseum. I need someone to play with. Momo is streaming. Want to join? Let’s play for two hours, good job.”

Then he would coolly exit, making it impossible for even the unicorns to create any drama.

He was even the type to get overly immersed in the game, to the point where his nagging towards Dohee during gameplay could rival that of a mother-in-law.

Saying things like how he couldn’t help but live as a Gold Noob forever.

Or that someone wanting to rank up didn’t have the right attitude.

Dohee’s reactions, whether she got flustered or angry, became a treat for the fans—especially since, in terms of Battle Colosseum, she had such a strong sense of pride that she wouldn’t listen to anyone’s words unless they were from top-tier players like Majiya or Mugeon—naturally leading the viewers to anticipate a collaboration with Mugeon.

However, as mentioned earlier, he usually contacted her only while streaming. And that too only when Dohee was playing Battle Colosseum.

Thus, Dohee couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Not only did he message her late at night when he should be streaming, but he was also using a strange salesman tone instead of his usual casual speech.

[Mugeon: How have you been, Boss?]

[Mugeon: I wanted to ask you something.]

[Mugeon: Is there someone named Signal Flare in your company?]

It was already suspicious that he contacted her out of the blue, and now the reason was Signal Flare?

What on earth could he want with Majiya? Dohee immediately decided to call him.

… However, it was 6 AM.

If he was a streamer, he should have been fast asleep by now.

Just as she thought it would be useless to call, she was about to hang up when she heard.

“Hey, long time no see!”

Was he not asleep? Mugeon’s voice was still clear.

“What’s up? Were you not sleeping?”

“Ah, I just finished streaming and was about to go to bed.”

“So, what’s this about? Why Signal Flare?”

“What? You still don’t know?”

Soon, Dohee’s phone buzzed.

It was a DingTalk message from Mugeon.

After switching her call mode to speakerphone, she checked the message from Mugeon, which was a clip from Dora’s live stream yesterday.

[That was played by one of your staff. Their shooting skills were amazing.]

“…?”

Dohee was taken aback.

What on earth had happened overnight that their staff had made it to the real-time best?

But her worries stemmed from her past experiences with malicious players.

The reality was entirely different.

‘Did Jia play a game on Dora’s stream?’

The person who cooked the final boss of Pandemic Village in under two minutes was undoubtedly Majiya.

Referring to the comments where a debate had erupted, it seemed that Dora had provoked Majiya, and Majiya had responded, leading to the scene.

Majiya accepted a provocation?

‘Going to her house was one thing, but has she really changed her mind about something…?’

By the way, her shooting accuracy was insane.

The boss was jumping around, twitching between the floor and walls, and she managed to hit all twelve shots right into its wobbling eyes.

She even calmly loaded her bullets right before getting bitten by the boss.

Amazed by her beautiful shooting skills, Dohee was about to watch the video again when Mugeon spoke.

“So, next week, we have a crew internal match scheduled. One person has to drop out due to personal reasons, and I was wondering how to fill that spot when I saw this video. I didn’t know, but I looked it up on TreeWiki, and it seems she’s quite famous?”

“Ah, I see.”

“So, it’s just one day, no, not even a day. Just two games? One for warming up and one for the main match. I was wondering if you could introduce her.”

Even for an internal match, they would stream it.

The crew itself was made up of former pros from Battle Colosseum.

So if she received an invitation, Majiya would inevitably be on stream, whether she wanted to or not.

“Well, I’ll see what I can do.”

However, Dohee could already foresee how Majiya would react to Mugeon’s proposal.

While Majiya liked Battle Colosseum, she wouldn’t want to go out of her way to appear on a stream she didn’t want to be part of.

But there was one thing Dohee overlooked: the existence of the Dark Magia Fanclub, which often belittled Majiya’s skills in the community.

Of course, Majiya had never been directly hurt by their belittling.

But it would be a lie to say she wasn’t scratched by it, and there was a desire to prove herself properly someday.

“Alright. When is it?”

So Majiya gladly accepted Mugeon’s proposal.

After all, the team and opponents were all former pros.

Wasn’t this a chance to properly test her skills among them?

The pros often joke that there’s no tier called ‘Diamond.’

The Master above Diamond and the Challenger above Master are heavenly realms.

It’s not easy to even meet a Master in ranked games.

Would she be able to see what the difference is if she met them directly?

Dohee, surprised by the news of Majiya’s participation in the internal match, asked.

“You know who Mugeon is, right?”

“Yes. He’s a former pro. I watch your streams, so there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

“Right, and that’s going to be streamed. Are you okay with that?”

“It’s not like I’m going to die just because it’s streamed. It’s just two games.”

“… Well, that’s true.”

“And it’s online anyway, right?”

“True.”

“Then just ask him to set the date for next Tuesday.”

Next Tuesday is the day of the first-generation students’ one-year anniversary motion capture.

Since it’s an external schedule and they’ll have to move around a lot, they had already announced that they would take a break together.

In other words, after taking care of the first-generation students at the studio, Jia wouldn’t have anything else to do that night.

It’s the perfect date for something special.

However, if Jia appears on Mugeon’s stream that day, something special is likely to happen.

‘What if…’

Mugeon isn’t the type to announce guests in advance.

He usually invites them to sit down and introduces them through natural conversation, skipping it if the other party doesn’t want to be introduced.

Since the people who are called are all skilled enough to play at a pro level, many come without needing an introduction.

In other words, the news that Majiya participated in Mugeon’s crew’s internal match would only be known after the stream started, and only after Majiya’s nickname and voice were revealed.

A cute and lively voice appearing in a stream usually filled with dull male voices?

Of course, it would attract attention.

Someone who straddles the Battle Colosseum users, Momo’s fans, and Mugeon’s fans would say, “Oh, it’s Signal Flare!”

The news would spread like wildfire among the Parallel Gallery, which is currently most curious about the recent activities of Jikwon D, and related galleries.

Coincidentally, the Parallel fans would likely be feeling somewhat down that day.

After all, the entire first-generation, including Momo, is on break due to filming.

Usually, even if Favorite takes a break, they can become refugees and visit their classmates’ streams, but that day would be a complete blackout for the entire Parallel.

So, the news that Jikwon D is confidently playing her game among the pros would hit them just right—though she wasn’t sure, Dohee respected Majiya’s gaming skills.

At that moment, the fandom would unite and flock to Mugeon’s stream.

Excluding duplicate viewers, the average number of people tied to Momo and Parallel is about 23,000, and at least half of them would go to see Majiya.

‘If you add Mugeon’s viewers to that…’

Mugeon’s Battle Colosseum stream, with 1.8 million subscribers, starts unexpectedly every time, yet easily gathers an average of 10,000 viewers.

In other words, a total of 20,000 people would be watching.

Majiya’s Battle Colosseum skills and her obsessive fixation on Double Barrel.

This is bound to attract attention.

“Are you going to use Double Barrel again?”

Majiya nodded without hesitation.

“Yes. I’m curious if it will work on a pro.”

Majiya.

If you do that and don’t debut, people will go crazy.

Like a valley stream swelling after rain, the world will push you to the forefront.

… However, Dohee couldn’t openly warn Majiya.

That warning could also sound to Jia like, ‘Given the current trends, shouldn’t you debut?’

But it would be awkward to stop Jia, who wanted to be included in Mugeon’s crew’s internal match.

If left alone, people would definitely go crazy.

While the managers can handle the streams, the junior managers of each stream might confront Jia.

They might just ask her to debut.

Saying it’s too hard to manage the chat.

That would also put pressure on Jia and become a factor forcing her to debut.

‘That can’t happen.’

In the end, wanting to respect Majiya’s opinion, Dohee had to think of a way to disperse the attention of the 20,000 viewers.

A way, a way…

“Boss.”

At that moment, Majiya spoke.

As if she knew exactly what Dohee was contemplating.

“But, don’t you think a lot of people will gather since all the kids are on break that day? Mugeon’s viewers are usually quite a lot too.”

While Dohee blinked in surprise, Majiya continued.

“So, if I could get permission to use a little bit of the one-year anniversary song sample and make a teaser video, could we show it that day? The 3D is almost done, so I think a silhouette would be fine…”

Majiya isn’t usually the type to take initiative or lead.

However, there are moments when she can’t hold back, and sometimes she steps up like this.

Having watched so many streams, there were times when her thoughts were faster than Dohee’s, and this was one of those moments.

What does this mean?

It means that Majiya is now ready to step beyond being just an office worker and actively participate in streaming.

D-Rain, the Battle Colosseum collaboration, and now standing out on Dora’s stream.

If it’s a task given to her, she excels at it, and her resistance to streaming has vanished.

She’s always shown results beyond expectations.

But without Dohee noticing, she has suddenly grown.

“Okay, I’ll check it out. I’ll take care of that side, so think about how you’ll show it during the internal match.”

So, Dohee entrusted Jia with full authority for the presentation on the day.

Originally, she would have to consult the promotion team, but she was a bit curious about what Majiya would do.

“Is there anything else you want me to do?”

“Yeah. That’s all. Once the promotion is over, just relax.”

“Okay.”

And since she asked her to do a special task she usually wouldn’t do, there should be a reward following it.

“And, do you have time on the weekend of the week of the internal match? Want to go play some games together?”

Majiya blinked as if she were stunned.

“Uh, um. Why? Do you not want to?”

“No, I just didn’t expect you to bring it up first.”

“….”

“I mean, you always make excuses about being busy. If I didn’t suggest it, you would never have brought it up.”

“Alright, alright. Let’s forget it. I shouldn’t have mentioned it.”

“Huh? Then I won’t promote it either.”

“You really.”

Majiya giggled in a playful voice and dashed out of the office.

“I almost said it~.”

Mugeon gladly accepted Cheon Do-hee’s request.

[Do as you like. You can also post the link in the chat announcement.]

He wasn’t the type to discourage people from promoting when they were invited to his stream.

It’s just that because Mugeon’s name carries so much weight, smaller streamers tend to hesitate and miss their chance to appeal.

As long as it doesn’t bring down the mood with a boring introduction lasting over ten minutes, Mugeon was someone who could spare time for them.

[But if that’s the case, it would be better to change your nickname?]

“… Oh. Is that so?”

[Right? Every time I read your nickname while playing, it’s a promotion. There have been people who jumped from 10,000 to 50,000 subscribers just by doing that.]

“Uh. Well, I’ll think about it.”

The expert on this side was actually Majiya rather than Dohee.

Just looking at the nicknames she had created so far, her insane sense of humor had made many people laugh.

[Me: Jia.]

[Me: They say you can use your nickname for promotion.]

[Me: I’ll give you a nickname change fee, so can you think of what you want to change it to?]

Majiya’s response was sharp.

[Jia Manager: Gwanro-dong Sashimi Master Let’s Go.]

[Me: Don’t joke around.]

[Me: I’ll die.]

Majiya needed about two minutes to become serious.

What was the answer that came back?

[Jia Manager: Mu-gun is a Famous Momo Anti.]

[Me: Hey.]

A word from the author (Author’s Note)

Gwanro-dong Sashimi Master Let’s Go!!!!