Chapter 11 - Streamer Purple's Debut (4)

Choi Byunghoon's head was tingling.

‘Lee Kyungbok, you really…’

He thought as he watched Lee Kyungbok's ongoing broadcast.

‘You said you’d take it slow, but how can I deal with you dropping legends like this!’

The raised eyebrows showed no sign of coming down. He was monitoring the broadcast, examining the angles with the eye of an editor.

But it turned out there was no need for that.

“Wow… This is going to be a neck-breaker.”

The video was so good that no one would need to edit it.

Lee Kyungbok's performance was like a martial arts movie, but that was minor compared to the main event: Sandra's transformation.

‘Anyone who’s seen a bark can’t miss this video.’

The fierce and tough beauty, commonly known as a ‘tsundere,’ revealed another side. It was a one-of-a-kind video that couldn’t be found anywhere else.

“Damn, but how did he get those pulls…?”

Another highlight was the vending machine pull video.

Before being an editor, Choi Byunghoon was a player of Bio Crisis, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

‘Of course, it’s that, right?’

The only thing he could think of was Lee Kyungbok's ‘that.’ But that didn’t make him dislike his friend.

The problem was something else.

Lee Kyungbok's performance was so outstanding that it felt like his role as an editor was shrinking.

‘But even so, there’s still something I need to do.’

Choi Byunghoon didn’t lose heart. What he needed to do for his friend wasn’t just his role as an editor.

‘We need to set up a QTube channel right away.’

The first thing that came to his mind after watching the broadcast was to create a QTube channel.

Currently, Lee Kyungbok, Purple, is the first in the world to reveal the hidden route of Bio Crisis.

But the problem is that the conditions to unlock the hidden route have already been revealed.

‘In Try, where live streaming is the main focus, Kyungbok is the first, but QTube is different.’

Going through the hidden route is not easy, but in this vast world, someone might manage it.

And if that someone uploads the video to QTube first?

‘Even though the streaming market is big, people watch QTube more, right?’

While live streaming has the charm of real-time interaction, many people are too busy to enjoy that charm.

They prefer edited versions that highlight the fun parts, and even those who can’t watch those often just look at captures, commonly known as ‘clips,’ circulating in communities.

It’s not for nothing that streamers set up QTube channels.

‘We can’t just leave it at that.’

Choi Byunghoon's fingers moved busily, and his eyes moved even faster.

He had to monitor, edit videos, and prepare the QTube channel.

‘At least I’m glad I prepared image examples when naming the channel.’

Fortunately, he had also roughly planned the channel background and icon designs while selecting candidates.

‘But it won’t end here, will it?’

Choi Byunghoon had a hunch while watching Lee Kyungbok's broadcast.

This wasn’t the end of the highlights he could extract from this broadcast. The most talked-about video was happening now.

‘Because it’s a route that hasn’t been revealed yet.’

The true hidden route was just beginning.

* * *

When Lee Kyungbok spoke to Sandra, a cutscene immediately followed.

The two were about to leave the hotel, receiving farewells from the survivors.

“John!”

Then, the child who had given him a coin approached him from among the survivors.

- Jammin is so cute kek

- So cute

- Really a source of energy~

Lee Kyungbok imagined the people on the chat window smiling like fathers.

In the meantime, the child extended a small doll.

“Take this.”

“What is this…?”

“It’s John.”

The child said confidently.

- Is Jammin giving something other than a coin?

- What is it? A hidden item?

- But why John?

- Ah, I get it (I don’t)

- Look at how crude it is kek, Jammin is trolling, right?

Both the viewers and John were confused.

“It’s a doll my mom made. If you have John, the monsters won’t come. It’s hide-and-seek, so hide well…”

But the chat window turned solemn as the child continued.

- Is Talula here?

- Oh… Ah…

- Is the person who called it crude human?

- I’ll bash my head in!

John smiled bitterly at the child’s words and placed the doll back in the child’s arms.

“Thank you, but I’m fine. I’m John.”

“Ah…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll come back safely.”

John said and stood up. Soon, the screen went dark, and the background changed.

“Here.”

Dead bodies and blood-soaked stairs. Sandra and John held flashlights and pistols, cautiously descending.

Intermittently flickering lights, grotesquely exposed wiring sparking, and a broken advertisement board faintly glowing.

The two’s expressions hardened at the eerie and ominous sight of the subway.

- What… The atmosphere is ruined.

- The subway is a place you can’t even go in pre-play.

- It turns out the stage was implemented.

The viewers were also seeing this for the first time. Meanwhile, John and Sandra headed further down to the underground platform.

“This way.”

Sandra checked the direction with her flashlight and stepped onto the tracks. John landed in front of her as she was about to step forward.

“I’ll go first.”

“…Okay.”

Sandra smiled softly at John’s words.

- Is Sandra telling you not to be loud?

- Ah, don’t you know? This is called ‘honeydrea.’

- Ah, now I have to stand at the front.

- Trespasser caught.

While the viewers chatted playfully, Lee Kyungbok felt the control return to him.

Unlike the platform, the tracks had no lighting. The pitch-black darkness seemed to have a presence of its own.

The flashlight’s beam was like a small thorn piercing the dense darkness.

“This is where it starts.”

Lee Kyungbok whispered and took a step forward.

- Haha, he’s fearless.

- Is it okay to just go like that?

- It looks like a sudden appearance.

- Are we all just cowards? (Preparing adult diapers)

Unlike the worried chat, Lee Kyungbok was calm. This was because his sixth sense was not sending any warnings.

“I’ve always had a bit of a bold side.”

He even responded to the chat with ease.

- It’s because of his boldness~ It’s because of his boldness~ Cowards are bold because of their boldness~

- Gah, I’m so frustrated… To be born with a small liver!

- Ah, I would have turned to stone.

As he moved forward, Lee Kyungbok gradually slowed down. He sensed a subtle foreboding from the front.

“What’s there?”

- What’s what?

- Don’t know?

- Is my eyesight failing already…

- Does Purple have a different vision?

- Vision, damn kek

But soon, the viewers also understood what it was. A swollen head was revealed in the dim flashlight beam.

“Pophead…!”

Sandra whispered.

Unlike regular zombies, these zombies with enlarged heads were blocking the tracks.

- Wow, kek

- The difficulty spike is insane.

- Popheads already?

- The devs are over the line again.

Lee Kyungbok glanced at the reactions and tilted his head.

“Are these guys that dangerous?”

He asked the viewers, but Sandra provided the explanation.

“Be careful. When their heads explode, they release toxic gas.”

- ???: Am I your teacher? Idiot!

- We have honeydrea here, teacher.

- Info: The gas attracts other zombies.

- The theory in academia is that aiming for the legs is best.

- Info added.

Lee Kyungbok nodded.

“Then I need to clear the way first.”

“…What?”

“Step back.”

Lee Kyungbok said and pulled the trigger without hesitation. A loud bang echoed as green gas seeped out, and the Popheads turned their eyes.

- No way;;

- Why did you shoot that!?

- What did you do!

The viewers were flabbergasted.

But Lee Kyungbok showed them with action instead of words.

Each Pophead that rushed at him exploded like a lit firecracker with each shot.

However, what surprised him was something else.

“…I don’t want to raise my child without a father.”

“What did you say?”

“It’s a joke.”

Sandra stood beside him, smiling without backing down. Lee Kyungbok couldn’t help but chuckle.

- Oooh

- Sandra, you’re amazing!

- Wow, 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