Gender Swap: The Introvert's Broadcast

Chapter 68

Sarok couldn’t be blamed for not knowing.

After all, this was something that happened between just me and Hoomin when no one else was around.

“...Not really?”

There was no reason to explain it to Sarok. If I did, then everyone watching Sarok’s stream would eventually find out about what had happened between Hoomin and me.

Oh... I just heard rumors and was curious when I saw you for the first time.

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: Watching them both hesitate is so funny, haha]

[Isn’t it better for one of them to apologize?]

[The awkward part is that if one of them apologizes, it looks even worse...]

[Yeah, honestly, it’s a little awkward to apologize.]

[Neither of us is fully at fault, though.]

[환희: How about Damashii with his wide heart? Just apologize.]

[But damn, it’s those fanboys who made a fuss about this.]

[They’re also Damashii’s viewers.]

Well then, you two should get along. Just be friends from now on.

“Hmm...”

Honestly, I wasn’t that fond of women like Hoomin.

I wasn’t talking about her looks, of course.

It was more based on what I had seen from her streams.

Um... Hello?

“Hello.”

I decided to greet her at least. Since Sarok had introduced us, it would have been rude not to.

And then, the awkward silence followed.@@@@

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: Why isn’t anyone saying anything?]

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: Is something wrong with the stream settings?]

[It’s surprisingly silent because neither of them is talking...]

[Please, just say something, please say something, please say something]

[환희: I’m embarrassed for you.]

[What’s Sarok thinking, creating this kind of situation?]

[This is Sarok’s fault.]

[강후민입니다: Hoomin, speak up!]

I wasn’t too surprised by my own silence, but I didn’t expect Hoomin to be this bad at talking to others.

When I briefly watched her live stream before, she seemed like a beast, full of energy.

But now, in this awkward silence—

Let’s forget the bad memories and get along.

Hoomin extended the olive branch.

Honestly, I hadn’t been entirely blameless, so I grabbed her hand without hesitation.

“Yeah.”

And just like that, we made up.

After saying goodbye to Hoomin, we parted ways in a hurry.

“Phew... I thought I was going to suffocate.”

It couldn’t be helped.

I wasn’t exactly the type to enjoy constant conversation with others.

In fact, I didn’t like it much.

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: But hey, at least you and Hoomin]

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: Made up, haha.]

[Actually, no need to make up, right...?]

[True, haha. We’d barely ever see each other, so just ignore each other.]

[But you couldn’t, right?]

[환희: I also can’t refuse people handing out flyers on the street, haha.]

[Refusing flyers is tough.]

[강후민입니다: Watching them throw away a flyer right in front of you is hilarious.]

Stop fishing, you bastard. I’d rather you just play ranked, haha.

[Haha, yeah.]

[Honestly, it’s a little boring.]

[You should go meet other people.]

[Let’s just play ranked.]

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: Seems like you’ve caught everything you could.]

[강후민입니다: By the way, when did your tier rise so much?]

[강후민입니다: I didn’t realize how high your tier was, I was just watching you play.]

[Didn’t realize you were doing well, honestly.]

“Back then, playing while streaming was fun, but now it’s more fun to play alone while streaming. Eventually, it’ll be even more fun to stream while playing.”

Things always go in circles like this.

I didn’t mind if the viewers commented whatever.

But what mattered right now wasn’t that.

“By the way, my tier...”

I checked again, and my current tier was Master 54LP.

I had slowly but steadily raised my tier.

It felt like it was just yesterday when I was asking how to play Leore, and now here I was at Master rank.

“Wow, I really climbed a lot. But, seriously, is everyone calling this game a ‘disease game’? I don’t get it.”

Looking at posts in the Ifrit gallery, there were so many people stuck in Diamond.

I didn’t understand it.

I started Leore without knowing anything about it, and even I reached Master in about a month. How bad must they be to still be stuck in Diamond?

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: What’s this guy saying?]

[Diamond isn’t a crime...]

[Being stuck in Diamond is a crime.]

[It’s not just any tier, stuck in Diamond is a crime.]

[강후민입니다: These guys are too much, haha.]

We continued chatting as I started the game.

A week passed, and I was doing something I hadn’t expected.

“Why am I still fishing?”

I was fishing like some old fisherman.

Originally, this should have been the time for solo ranked.

[????️전지좆능한크툴루: What the hell are you doing, haha.]

[Why did you become a fishing dog?]

[Even Minecraft is fun, but damn, fishing for two hours straight is ridiculous.]

[The real fact is that the viewer count is steadily rising...]

[망밍: You’re still fishing, huh?]

[You’re going to go fishing in real life soon, huh? Haha.]

[Can’t even go fishing in real life with no money...]

“Ah, but it’s relaxing. I don’t have to see my teammates’ weird comments.”

There was a reason I was fishing so peacefully.

I was exhausted from solo ranked.

If my teammates all followed my orders, it would be fine, but with my tier rising, they all had their own egos, and I couldn’t lead them.

Some teammates even cursed.

So, I was spending my time fishing for now.

And then—

Damashii~~

I heard a familiar voice.