chapter_0068

68 – Guys, Jiah has something to say!!

68 – Guys, Jiah has something to say!!

:: :: Pino has donated 1,000,000 Clouds! :: :: :: :: 10 :: ::

[Kyaaa!!]

– [Server] Maru says the sky is nice, but he has no wings!

After experiencing free fall ten times, Maru finally managed to land on the ground.

As soon as it started, ten million won was deposited, causing a stir in the server’s chat.

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[Server] Serena: Congrats congrats congrats congrats congrats

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[Server] Kamik: Thank you in advance for Maru’s kiss hehe

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[Server] Merisha: Wow, this is insane

Most messages were business-like congratulations, but some stood out due to personal connections.

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[Server] Movgun: What’s with the Parallel firepower?

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[Server] Ronze: Wait, Maru, what’s today?

Naturally, the chat was in chaos.

— Just a deposit for the special invitation rights, lol

— Teacher, your card isn’t a tool that produces infinite money

— Crazy guy, crazy guy

— Yeah, sometimes someone has to go into debt…

— So are you part of the Bangbangdan from today?

Maru paused the donations for now and turned on the echo to prepare for the donation reaction.

In API-linked collaborations like this, it’s an unspoken rule to push the big donations to just before the end of the stream, especially since it was during Wicker Town Season 1.

However, since Pino was technically an outsider, it felt awkward to delay the reaction.

But soon enough, Pino’s chat came flying in.

— Pino: Quickly do the coin gacha for the special invitation rights.

— Pino: Please double the reaction before the stream ends.

Feeling the firm conviction in that chat, Maru immediately turned off the echo.

[Ah, yes! If that’s okay, I’ll do it that way, Pino. Thank you so, so much for the donation!]

— The great Pino even takes care of the reactions, lol

— Thank you, brother

— From today, I become one with Pino

The viewers didn’t object.

Respecting the unspoken rules of the broadcast and considering the streamer’s enjoyment of the game?

There was no reason to hate him.

Right now, Pino was simply the hero of Maru’s broadcast.

As a starting member, he had to invite other members, and with the anticipation of Majiya’s participation, the burden of the special invitation rights was higher than ever.

If the special invitation rights didn’t come out just from the viewers’ donations, it would have been a headache from that point on.

A very small number of people might contribute even if it meant maxing out their card limits.

The Boss threatened that if I broke my savings, he would break my head, but there were more people like me than I thought.

When someone wanted to invite their Favorite, they wanted to see them play nicely together.

If someone was trying to invite their Favorite, it was only natural to lend a hand and help with the invitation.

… Well, in Pino’s case, the person he wanted to invite wasn’t a Virtual Youtuber, which was the problem.

But since today’s donations were necessary for Maru, let’s not nitpick.

Before long, Maru, who had exchanged all the coins for gacha boxes, spoke in a nervous voice.

[Then let’s roll the coin gacha right away!

— Let’s goooooo

— Please, special invitation rights

With a donation of ten million won, there were a thousand coins and a thousand gacha boxes.

The appearance probability of the special invitation rights was 0.1%.

As everyone tensed up, Maru began to open the boxes in bundles of ten.

Hoping for at least one special invitation right to come out.

200 boxes.

— Already 200 gone?

— Please, please, please

500 boxes.

— Uwaaaaa

— Come outtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

900 boxes.

— No!!!!!!!

— Kyaaaaaaa

And….

Before long, it was down to 970 boxes.

Maru’s voice began to lose strength.

[Wow. This is bad…….

— This must be a dream

— Wow, this is really bad, lol

— The probability is rigged, this is…

However, Maru didn’t give up hope.

[No. It’s not over yet; there are 30 boxes left.]

Pino and the viewers didn’t give up either.

— Pino: If it doesn’t come out this time, I’ll just take on more work, that’s all!

— Teacher, you’ll die at this rate, lol

— There are also delayed donations, so just calm down for now, lol

— No, lololololol

— We also lent a hand!

— Pino-gey…

— Are you really going crazy?

And I didn’t give up either.

My ten million won savings that I broke today were waiting.

Even if I didn’t get what I wanted from these thousand boxes, I could just put in another thousand boxes.

Come on, special invitation rights!

– [System] Opened 10 Wicker Boxes.

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..

..

..

..

..

[Special Invitation Rights x1 ]

[Special Invitation Rights x1 ]

As soon as Maru saw the last two items on the list, he screamed.

[Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!]

— Ugh, my ears

— Ah

— Wow, two pieces!!!!!!

— Round Faces are exploding

— It’s a bloodbath

— Dopamine is going crazy, lolololol

— Kyaaaaaaa

— Two pieces, lolololol, insane, lololol

I couldn’t even hear what Maru said afterward.

The volume was so loud that I immediately threw off my headset.

*

By the way, at the same time, Dohee was also rolling the coin gacha.

In fact, she had logged in 30 minutes earlier than Maru and was already on her 2000th gacha.

However, the results were shocking enough that Momo, a six-year veteran broadcaster, forgot to fill the audio.

“……….”

No special invitation rights had come out.

She had rolled gacha worth 20 million won.

— Please, Momo

— What kind of cursed hands do you have?

— Our leader can’t gacha for shit ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

— How can you not pull this, lol

Majiya didn’t prepare ten million won for nothing.

Having seen Dohee’s terrible luck for six years, she couldn’t be unaware.

Since cuckooing was prohibited, there were hardly any chats comparing her to Maru.

Anyway, the atmosphere in the room was almost like a funeral.

It was a stark contrast to Maru, who was exploding with excitement.

At that moment, Maru approached the Boss, who was obliviously in the tutorial area.

[Boss! I pulled two pieces!!]

Dohee immediately composed herself, but….

“What? Two pieces? How many coins did you use?”

[A thousand! Isn’t that amazing? And it was from Pino’s donation.]

The moment she heard that brag, her heart sank.

But with her experience, she naturally came up with an ad-lib.

“Damn. My invitation rights went to you.”

— ?

— Is that even logical?

— It’s Maru’s, teacher

— lololol

However, as she reflexively replied, there was something strange about her words.

Pino? Why would that guy donate to Maru’s broadcast?

“But Pino? Did Pino donate?”

[Yes, he gave me a thousand Wicker coins. That’s how I got the two pieces.]

“A thousand?!! Did he not write anything in the message?”

[He just sent it randomly. Told me to hurry up and do the gacha….]

If it was a donation from Maru’s fandom, it would naturally be right to call the first generation members.

However, Pino was a well-known Darkened Simp. He was also the unfortunate icon who had hit Majiya’s coins.

Even if he called the other two members first, he wouldn’t harbor any bad feelings towards the company….

But why would Pino send such a mindless donation?

He had invested generously to create an opportunity for Majiya to descend upon the server.

Most Parallel fans knew of Pino’s madness.

He was the crazy guy who breathed life into Majiya’s Avatar and would donate as soon as Majiya appeared.

So, the thought that inviting Majiya with the special invitation rights that came out thanks to Pino was only natural had spread openly among the viewers.

— Is the agent coming in right away?

— Wow, Majiya, lol

— Pino did it again, lolololol

— Rigging, donate, create special invitation rights, lol

Just looking at the chat in Momo’s room, which was called the Parallel Situation Room, everyone was treating Majiya’s invitation as a given.

Rather, they were pondering who to invite with the remaining one as if Majiya was the default option.

Thanks to that, the burden related to the special invitation rights that Maru had was lifted all at once.

It was just a donation made because he wanted to see Majiya, but regardless of the intention, Pino had saved Maru.

Nice.

Feeling better, Dohee said to Maru.

“Let’s invite Jia with one, and for the other one, let’s ask the kids who can log in right now and invite them.”

[Okay.]

Until that point, Dohee had no particular thoughts.

If anything, she was slightly leaning towards happiness on the scale between happiness and sadness.

After all, Maru had almost tripped himself up due to a leak.

Dohee also wanted to help with that in any way she could.

It was just that the special invitation rights hadn’t come out, which was frustrating.

But now that two had come out for Maru, how could she not feel good?

Of course, that happiness didn’t last long….

— But doesn’t this mean Maru becomes Jia’s mom?

— Oh, that’s true

— Uh-oh

— Employee theft, lol

— Lmao

— ???: Boss? You?

In a server operated by invitation, the person invited usually regards the inviter as a parent and tends to role-play that way.

In other words, the situation was that Majiya, who had always followed Dohee absolutely, would now chirp like a baby bird and follow Maru for the first time instead of Dohee.

“Stealing? What are you stealing? It’s just temporarily borrowing from the server.”

— Honestly, after being exploited by the leader all the time, if Maru genuinely takes care of you, you won’t be able to think straight, lol

— For real, lol

— I’d probably call Maru my daughter, lol

— Momo is cold…

Oh, trying to pull a trick?

Momo frowned and shouted.

“What are you saying?! Can’t you be quiet? Isn’t it because you didn’t pray when you donated that the special invitation rights didn’t come out?!”

— ??

— Are you blaming us for this?

— Hey hey hey

It was the usual WWE, starting.

* * *

The invitation rights created by the combination of Pino’s donation and Maru’s good fortune.

Since I had been preparing to log in for a while, I was able to join the Wicker Server less than ten minutes after the invitation rights appeared.

Simultaneously, the broadcast began.

[ (🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Situation Room Day 1 ] 👪2,110

#64Cubics #Parallel

— I can watch Majiya’s broadcast for two weeks

— Wow, the Situation Room is truly a divine move, lol

— Paelfriend looks pretty for the first time in three years…

— Jaha!!!!

— Jaha~

In fact, even though I was just going to do manual labor and promotion, I wondered if it was right to stream this on the official channel.

But since the Boss had given a special mission, I did it without complaint.

The purpose was as stated in the broadcast title: the Situation Room.

During Season 1, the members had been staying up late, constantly turning off the broadcast to do back cubics, which led to the Boss having to catch them one by one and force them to sleep.

Even if the first generation members turned off the broadcast, I would stay awake as usual during that time, monitoring whether the members were sleeping or not.

It seemed difficult, but once you logged into the server, you could check the number of people logged in in real-time.

After the members went to sleep, I would stay in the server for a few hours, monitoring them, which was quite a simple task.

At the same time, I would keep the bored Parallel fans waiting on the official channel and distribute them when the members logged in.

I also had to keep playing on the server.

So, do I have to make an effort to socialize with the viewers?

「Don’t feel pressured to play with the viewers. Just do your job. After all, that’s what the Situation Room is for.」

That’s not true.

Since there was a directive from the Boss, I could calmly do my job without being conscious of it, whether it was manual labor or promotion.

Anyway, entering the tutorial zone.

As I looked around to find Maru, who had invited me, someone next to me spoke to me.

[Majiya, hello!]

With a distinctive disco ball above his head and a white title indicating he was an operator, it was Wik-eo.

I quickly adjusted the microphone settings and spoke to Wik-eo.

“Oh, can you hear me?”

[Wow. You’ve already set up the sound? There are many people here struggling with it, so I’ve been helping the operators directly.]

“Oh, yes. If the members are having trouble, I’m the one who helps.”

Even right after gathering the members in the now-forgotten Parallel 64 Cubics server, I had adjusted all the sound settings for the kids.

I won’t say who it was, but I even went to someone’s house to set it up for them because they couldn’t understand the explanation.

— It’s clear that you have manager experience, so you’re fast, lol

— Thinking about how the kids always fumble around here makes me feel so relieved

— Comfortable~

So even if the viewers and Wik-eo were surprised, I just took it in stride.

… Meanwhile, there were those who openly compared the kids to me.

I immediately warned Seungyeon by giving her a ten-minute ban as a warning.

After that, I temporarily opened the donations on the official channel that I had blocked.

Official channel broadcasts usually proceed with a formal feel, so they are generally blocked to avoid interrupting the flow of the broadcast.

However, donations coming in during the Situation Room couldn’t be ignored. The Boss had temporarily lifted the block because those donations could be used for more gacha.

While the API integration work was being done on the game server side, Wik-eo sent me a transparent background image via DM.

[This is a table showing what effects you can get in addition to coins based on the donation amount. You can display it on the broadcast screen. You can customize it as long as the content matches.]

In simple terms, it’s a system where the server provides corresponding gifts based on the amount donated.

The special invitation rights that the Boss and Maru had longed for were also obtained through this system with Wicker coins.

10,000 won gets you ten Wicker breads, which are server-exclusive food, and 1 coin.

20,000 won fully recovers hunger and thirst and gives you 2 coins, while 30,000 won fully recovers health and gives you 3 coins.

50,000 won gives you various random buffs and 5 coins.

100,000 won and 500,000 won summon a group of monsters that drop valuable items when defeated, along with the corresponding coins….

And finally, 1,000,000 won.

As Maru had just seen, the donation fact is announced to the entire server, and you die from falling damage as it shoots into the sky.

Unless you obtained an inventory protection right from the gacha.

If not, you just drop all your items and die.

However, because it’s announced in the server, it’s one of the few chances for small broadcasters to make a name for themselves, often used by mid-sized broadcasters with around 500 average viewers.

Is Oshi suddenly showing presence among other streamers?

Then, you just donate 1,000,000 won to announce it to the entire server.

Please look at our streamer!

[Once the integration is complete, I’ll whisper to you, so please check the tutorial and enjoy the server! Thank you for coming, Majiya!]

“No, thank you for welcoming me. I appreciate it. See you again.”

— Wiba~

— Wiba

After parting with Wik-eo and going down the stairs a bit, I saw large billboards set up on both sides of the long road.

It was the server tutorial.

What jobs there are, how to earn money, how to level up.

It was like a proposal to choose what you want to do in this server that runs for two weeks.

As I read through them one by one, there were many difficult concepts.

Having learned about attributes, I guess I’m suited to be a miner.

After passing a few billboards, Maru, who spotted me, ran over and started circling around me, jumping up and down.

[Wowwwww, it’s Jia!!! Majiya! Majiya! Majiya!]

“It’s a bit chaotic.”

[Hehe, sorry.]

Many people were still waiting in the tutorial zone for their acquaintances to log in.

Thanks to Maru expressing his happiness in an excited voice, a few people began to approach me slowly.

They were all familiar faces.

Mugeon was the first to speak.

[Hello, Manager. It’s been a while.]

“Oh, yes. It’s been a while, Mugeon.”

[So, when will you reach Master Tier? ]

“I’m slowly leveling up, but there are too many crazy people. I still have two tiers to go.”

Next was Ronje.

[Jia! I really enjoyed the travel teaser video. When will the main episode come out?]

“Hello, Ronje. Usually, teasers are released 1-2 weeks in advance, so if I had to guess, it would be sometime next week or on the weekend. I haven’t received a definite date yet.”

And finally, Serena was approaching me cautiously, trying to talk to me…

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[Whisper] Wik-eo: Majiya, API integration complete!

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[Whisper] Wik-eo: Have fun on the server~ ^^b

Wik-eo was whispering to me even faster.

No sooner had I finished reading the whisper than the sound of fireworks exploded and my body soared high into the sky.

– [Server] Majiya has ascended after receiving 1 million Clouds!

I soared through the Clouds, then as I fell, I wondered which crazy bastard had donated a million won to the official channel.

:: :: Pino has sponsored 1,000,000 Clouds! :: ::

:: :: I’ve been waiting for this day, Majiya :: ::

It’s you again?

Author’s Note

The finals of the contest are over today!

When I started this project, I was worried that I wouldn’t get any attention because I joined late…

But I was able to finish safely with more attention than I deserved!!

It was my first time seriously challenging a contest in my life, so it was a very nerve-wracking month and a half!!

Thank you for being with me all this time… Now let’s wait patiently for the results!

I’m preparing for a mass release… I’m preparing… I’ll prepare it, ahh, please stop hitting me, ack. Ack ㅠ

Sob sob, I love you all, minna majafahit~