“So what if he’s Rank 1? It’s just one comment. Is it really that big a deal?”
Watching Kim Seonghan’s comment draw the public’s attention, Seo Minjun was slightly puzzled.
Then Seo Jeongin immediately helped him understand.
“You’re an engineering student, but Iron Man came to meet you.”
“Is it really that big a deal?”
“That’s exactly the kind of person Kim Seonghan is.”
And there was one more reason his comment was receiving attention.
“He’s an unidentified figure.”
Until now, no information whatsoever about Kim Seonghan’s identity had been revealed. Nobody even knew if the name Kim Seonghan was real. His face was hidden behind a mask and kept private, and his age, region, hobbies, family relations—everything was a secret.
Offline activities were nonexistent, and in-game as well, he never did things like having a meal with someone somewhere, raiding together with some other ranker, or attending some ranker party. Naturally, he almost never left comments on other people’s broadcasts.
“So of course it’s going to be this noisy.”
“Why would someone like that leave a comment on my video?”
“Who knows……”
They didn’t know the reason, but there was exactly one thing known about Kim Seonghan.
As the captain of the national team, he was obsessed with the World Cup.
Defeating the Starlight Magician Stella’s team and taking the World Champion Cup was Kim Seonghan’s lifelong goal.
“He must have felt that he needs you to achieve that goal.”
“……I see.”
Anyway, thanks to that, more viewers were drawn in, and the view count had already hit nearly 1 million in one day, so it was something to be grateful for. Channel subscribers had also surpassed 30,000 in an instant. Moreover, it was still on the rise. Seo Jeongin planned to ride this favorable wind and release a second video.
***
“Let’s do a live broadcast.”
In the afternoon, Seo Jeongin made a proposal like a nuclear bomb.
“Live……?”
Honestly, Seo Minjun was slightly worried.
Having done nothing but exercise his whole life, he was far removed from broadcasting, variety shows, or the entertainment industry. Although his personality wasn’t timid, he also wasn’t the type to crack jokes or mess around. He couldn’t imagine himself gathering a crowd of strangers online and proceeding while acting as a clown. Besides, the numbers were a problem.
If there were only a few dozen live viewers, he could try it without burden, like an omakase chef treating guests, but NangmanTube’s first video had succeeded too well.
“If I go live now, won’t thousands watch?”
“Thousands? Try a hundred thousand.”
“A hundred thousand!?”
Seo Minjun was startled.
“No way…… Even if it’s become a hot topic, hasn’t this channel only existed for two days?”
“And we’ve only uploaded one video. But because it was so impactful, I think we might reach that level. Still, don’t worry.”
Seo Jeongin had already planned out her strategy completely.
“I’ll debut as a monitor BJ and provide supporting fire!”
In broadcasts of the virtual reality game Stunning Life, there is a position called monitor BJ. Usually it’s the broadcast manager who takes it, but it’s quite an important position.
Why?
Because Stunning Life, by nature of its broadcasts, has times when it becomes dull.
For example, think about how before Seo Minjun performed the Leap of Faith, he had merely trudged through the forest for a whopping five hours. If he had done that as a live broadcast, more than half the viewers would have left. Filling the gaps when the broadcast’s tension dropped with sound and events was precisely the monitor BJ’s role.
Moreover, Seo Jeongin was currently receiving tremendous attention.
-The editor’s voice is so pretty
-Actually, maybe the editor is the true main body
-For real lololol
-Editor, please debut as a monitor BJ
In the previous video, her face hadn’t appeared, but part of her call with Seo Minjun had come out. And frankly, it was something Seo Minjun also acknowledged—her voice tone and manner of speaking were that of a professional. It was definitely because she had BJ experience. She was a hundred times better than her brother, who had asked her to edit out parts where his lines were cringeworthy.
As if that difference had been conveyed intact to the subscribers as well, countless viewers were curious about Seo Jeongin.
-If NangmanTusin won’t reveal his face, at least let the editor come out!
-Please come out as a monitor BJ
Because Seo Minjun was wearing a helmet that covered his face, the curiosity about his identity had extended to Seo Jeongin.
“I’m confident. How about it?”
Seo Jeongin asked.
“Alright…… Then let’s try a live broadcast.”
Trusting the expert(?), Seo Minjun entered the capsule, and Seo Jeongin turned on the monitor camcorder.
Strike while the iron is hot.
[Connecting to Stunning Life.]
***
[NangmanTUBE: Clearing the Adventurer’s Guild Quest with NangmanTusin (Live)]
-Current Viewers: 82
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-Current Viewers: 309
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-Current Viewers: 2,716
As soon as the broadcast began, viewers poured in. As it was currently the hottest issue in the beginner village, links were being shared up and down various communities without separate advertisement, drawing in traffic.
-They’re here!
-Live?!?!
-I’ve been waiting
-lolol
And the people who entered the broadcast all lost their minds because of Seo Jeongin.
-Wow, what
-Manager-nim is gorgeous;;
-Isn’t she a real celebrity?
-Shaking
In the previous recorded video, it had all been edited out, but this time, since the monitor camcorder was on, Seo Jeongin’s face appeared small in the bottom right corner of the broadcast screen.
-Manager-nim is so pretty
-Why is she so pretty, really
-If she’s NangmanTusin’s girlfriend, I’ll start PKing him across the whole game from today
└lolololololol
└lolol
└I’m going too, f*ck, I’m grabbing a bamboo spear
└Recruit a raid party for NangmanTusin lolol
-You guys can’t even beat him in a raid lolol
-There’s no one in Hander Village at Lv. 15 who can take NangmanTusin down;;
“Hahaha.”
Seo Jeongin waved her hands dismissively.
“No. I’m NangmanTusin’s younger sister. I’m NangmanTube’s editor, monitor BJ, and chat manager, everyone! Nice to meet you!”
-Nice to meet you too
-Phew, thank god
-Nangha (It means NangmanTube Hi)
-Nangha~
-So pretty
-If you’re NangmanTusin’s younger sister, don’t tell me you also get up from your chair and are like 185 cm tall?
“No! It’s just that my brother weirdly keeps growing. I’m 163 cm.”
-lololololol
-“My brother weirdly keeps growing” < lololololololol
-It really is weird lolol, for real I thought he wasn’t even Korean
-They dissed him 10 seconds after the broadcast started, definitely siblings lolol
“Haha……”
She played it cool with a composed expression, but actually Seo Jeongin was slightly flustered.
‘There are more than I expected……?’
[NangmanTUBE: Clearing the Adventurer’s Guild Quest with NangmanTusin (Live)]
-Current Viewers: 210,886
In just a short time, the viewer count had already hit 210,000.
***
Damn. You, Seo Jeongin.
You said a hundred thousand…….
“Hoo.”
Seo Minjun adjusted his helmet and greeted the camcorder.
“Ahem. Nice to meet you, everyone. I’m NangmanTusin.”
The viewers excitedly went wild.
-Nangha~~~
-Missed you
-I’m a NangmanTusin fan
-He’s nervous lolololol
-Cute lolololol
-He seems human when he’s nervous
-He’s more attractive when he’s nervous!
-Reversal charm from the start lolol
Amidst the commotion even from just his appearance, one viewer asked:
-Nangtu-nim, what’s the owl’s name??
Because all the bait regarding Athena, the owl, etc., had been edited out in the first recorded video, people didn’t know that this owl was a 50,000-point reward. So they were even under the mistaken impression that it was a horned owl, but.
“This isn’t a horned owl. It’s an owl, and its name is Dumbbell.”
Seo Minjun took this opportunity to correct Dumbbell’s identity.
-?
-The pet’s name is Dumbbell lol
-lolololol f*ck
The chat window exploded.
-Hyung, how is an owl’s name Dumbbell
-lololololololol
-Dumbbell lololol
-Ah, I let my guard down and really burst out laughing
-If you buy one more, it’ll be ‘Kettlebell’
└lolololol
-The third one is ‘Barbell’
└Ah stop it, you crazy bastards lol
└So funny, really
└Gymrat pet naming method lololol
-???: Dumbbell, you have to grow up healthy! The curl stimulus isn’t coming!
└lololol
-The standard for choosing a pet is ‘weight’
-???: Spread your wings, I need to load the plates
└lololololol
└Are they crazy, really lol
-Hyung-nim, was this a prepared gag? lololol
‘What?’
Seo Jeongin was dumbfounded. Perhaps support fire wasn’t even needed.
‘They’re all excited even though he’s not saying much?’
It was similar to how women would burst out laughing when a handsome man just said “It’s delicious” while eating. The extreme character brought joy by his mere existence, even if it wasn’t intended by the man himself.
This would work.
This broadcast would succeed even if oppa just breathed.
***
‘90% of Stunning Life’s quests are at the Adventurer’s Guild. The ones not there are hidden quests.’
Seo Jeongin had explained that to him earlier.
‘And since we caught the Elder Goblin and received adventurer certification, we can now proceed with normal quests there.’
In other words, since there was no main scenario to proceed with immediately anyway, the point was to receive normal quests at the Adventurer’s Guild and do a live broadcast.
And so Seo Minjun headed toward Hander Village’s Adventurer’s Guild.
“Welcome! Adventurer!”
Clorence greeted him with a bright smile.
“I missed you! Have you come to clear a quest?”
-Why is Clorence so kind now lolol
-“I missed you” << f*ck lol
-This is ridiculous, really
-She knows how to say something other than “Go catch five goblins”
└For real lolololol
└She was so rude to us
-Her expression is different from the start lol
-For real, this is too much lolol
-Just because we caught the Elder Goblin for her, ah lol
“Here is the quest catalog. Please take a look.”
Clorence handed over an old book. Inside the booklet, which updated its contents in real-time through magic, were nearly all of Hander Village’s normal quests.
“Please choose carefully while looking at the difficulty written beside each one.”
[Difficulty is determined based on the player’s status window.]
[Please refer to the difficulty displayed next to each quest item as follows.]
① S: Requires player-level play
② A: Very Difficult
③ B: Difficult
④ C: Normal
⑤ D: Easy
⑥ E: Simple
⑦ F: Errand
Seo Minjun, having flipped through the catalog’s table of contents, discovered something and was startled.
“What is this?”
[Hander Village Festival Chef Recruitment]
▶Difficulty: Unknown
▶Quest Client: Hander City Hall
▶Quest Reward: 700 Gold (Exchange fee reduction)
▶Quest Duration: March 27, 16:00–19:00 (Korean Server Time)
▶Recruits: 8/00
※This quest’s difficulty cannot be determined by the status window and may vary depending on the player’s cooking skill and actual cooking ability.
[Hander Village Festival Staff Recruitment]
▶Difficulty: F
▶Quest Client: Hander City Hall
▶Quest Reward: 600 Gold (Exchange fee reduction)
▶Quest Duration: March 27, 17:00–20:00 (Korean Server Time)
▶Recruits: 12/00
-This is the ball Hyung-nim started rolling
-lol I got the cooking quest too, to earn pocket money
-If it’s 600 gold, that’s almost 80,000 won for a 3-hour part-time job, really easy money!
-For real lol, plus the fee reduction is easy money
-Going to earn pocket money thanks to Nangtu-nim lol
-Nangtu-nim, is there a menu request? I’ll make whatever you want :)
-See you at the festival lol
-Bring it on, festival
Stunning Life’s headquarters directly exchanges 10 gold for 1 dollar. Actual commercial banks have also entered the game, and the US Federal Reserve and a Super AI control in-game interest rates and currency value. The in-game economy is connected to the world economy. And the reason they’re injecting this much money into the festival is to use that cash as bait to make it a festival that many players participate in. This kind of thing is common in Stunning Life. That’s why this game feels less like a game separated from reality and more like another world located on an extension of reality. It essentially functions as a kind of world-integrated business platform.
-Show us Transcendence casting at the festival
-lol show us the somersault jump
└The best fan service
└lol who does the long jump as fan service
Indeed, Seo Minjun was looking forward to it too. To what kind of event that festival would become. But that wasn’t an immediate concern.
“I’ll look for something doable among the high-difficulty quests.”
Seo Minjun turned the catalog pages. Generally, people who do physical broadcasts challenge A-Rank or S-Rank quests. Seo Minjun had planned to do the same, but.
Ding! Ding-a-ling!
A message popped up on the magic tablet screen with an alarm.
[‘NangtuStockLongTerm’ has registered a new mission. “If you take the signboard quest now, prize money.” (Prize: 500 Gold) Accept/Decline]
“What is this? Signboard quest?”
-No!
A scream exploded through Seo Jeongin’s in-ear monitor.