Chapter 289 – Poop Hunter
“Your expression isn’t very reassuring.”
“Indeed. It’s the first time I’ve been so reluctant to return.”
Traveling down the North American coastline from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.
Unless it was a major city, the main roads in the U.S. were quiet, and the Range Rover carrying the three members of Team Dagger traversed such a road. Grass and grass, mountains and rivers, and the occasional small town slowly moving past were the only indications that they were making any progress.
Once the Final Championship ended, everyone returned to their respective places. The same applied to them. Laurentina, who had taken nearly four weeks of leave, had to return to DEVGRU, and Anthony Owens, affiliated with The Unit, had to do the same. Logan, who was practically unemployed until he received a Delta assignment, was the only one spending his time idly.
Of course, she knew how to use her time and resources more valuably than to spend it bored in her New York penthouse. The result was this trip.
She had gladly offered her Range Rover to take Laurentina and Owens back. Though she was technically just accompanying them, it was essentially the same.
And then, they returned to the beginning.
“Is it because you’ve had a taste of the secular world?”
“Maybe. These past three weeks have been the most stimulating days of my life.”
Their first destination was Norfolk, Laurentina’s destination.
A journey of nearly 600 km. Not only did they have to traverse wide-open roads, but also contend with inevitable time losses while passing through American metropolises. Having departed at 6 AM, they found themselves still only two-thirds of the way by the time they approached 11 AM.
Of course, it wasn’t a big problem. In a world where automated driving was common, there was no need for a person to sit in the driver’s seat and steer. Logan, the owner of the car, had reclined his seat all the way back and was resting.
The conversation continued in that state.
“I don’t know when we’ll be able to come out again. Although, since the new year has begun, there shouldn’t be any major issues with taking future leave….”
“We should save up our leave as much as possible. The youngest won’t come all the way to the U.S. just to play games, so we’ll have to visit him ourselves.”
“It looks like I’ll be spending all the money I’ve saved on plane tickets.”
“Even though he has a company… maybe we should ask him to at least cover the cost of the ticket to Korea.”
“Is there anything more vulgar than that?”
Of course, Logan didn’t mean it seriously.
As they shared a laugh, Laurentina opened her mouth slightly.
“Speaking of the youngest, his stream started a few dozen minutes ago.”
“The youngest?”
“Yeah. It was while everyone was asleep… although the senior officer is still asleep.”
The two began to recall their memories simultaneously.
They weren’t trying to remember anything important. Rather, they were just trying to remember if they had ever watched the youngest’s stream before. There weren’t many times. Maybe a couple at most. Their interest was piqued. Without consulting each other, the two immediately entered the Tricky site.
Normally, it wouldn’t be surprising if they never interacted with a streaming channel site in their lives. Hence, their subscription list had only one person. Even if they hadn’t subscribed, it wouldn’t have mattered much since Yoo Jin’s stream was at the top of the list of ongoing broadcasts and New Year specials.
A live viewer count of 500,000.
The entire population of a decent-sized city was watching Yoo Jin’s broadcast.
“Considering that’s the number of views, it’s quite substantial. There are people making money through Yourspace for a reason. She might be earning nearly three times my monthly salary in a day….”
“Thinking of streaming ourselves?”
“We’re not in a position to stream; we’re the ones who storm broadcast stations occupied by terrorists.”
“Hah.”
A truly brutal joke. But not inaccurate. What special forces did was just that – even more so, since they had once put a neat hole in the foreheads of terrorists who occupied a broadcasting station.
With that somber conversation, the two joined the 500,000 viewers. They were allocated a place in the chat and began to watch in earnest.
A ringing sound was heard. It didn’t come from Logan or Laurentina’s devices, but from Yoo Jin’s live broadcast. Her expression stiffened.
She quickly moved her fingers and sent a message to the Dagger Team’s engram chatroom.
-[Yoo Jin: It’s a game recommended by the viewers]
-[Yoo Jin: Really]
“…Our youngest has a unique taste in games.”
“I’m getting dizzy just thinking about it.”
Poop Hunter.
Laurentina and Logan discovered that there was a game featuring a poop killer punishing those who didn’t flush the toilet.
Of course, no one wanted to know that.
“…Now that the discipline session is over, let’s get back to the original story.”
-Discipline session lolololololololol
-Seriously, this is hilarious lol
-So straightforward about disciplining viewers, it’s even more likable www
-Yoo Jin trait) Doesn’t care about viewers’ reactions at all
-I thought something was up with that sudden crappy game lol
Poop Hunter.
Even the name of the game seemed to reek. Ending the game with such a title marked the end of the short discipline session. When you gather hundreds of thousands of people with a common denominator into a chatroom, all sorts of nonsense comes out, especially since I had just arrived in Korea a few hours ago. I was the hottest topic, a blue-chip soaring to the edge of the universe.
As expected, when you let viewers loose, many expect something more. Baby birds, as long as they’re not starving, will chirp for anything the mother bird gives them.
Feeding them, but human greed has no end. Thus, I merely reminded them of the heart of a baby bird.
Moreover, I didn’t recommend the game myself. I picked one of the most recommended extreme trash games from the game recommendation category on my personal Tricky website. Of course, since I didn’t want such a trash game in my game library, I made a separate account.
Yeah. Knowing the context, you’d understand why I suddenly played such a game.
Of course….
‘…I didn’t expect my senior officers to suddenly tune in to the stream without knowing the context…!’
Because of that, I had to explain myself, something I didn’t expect.
Whether they believed me or not was uncertain, but it was better than saying nothing. Without any explanation, I would have been labeled as a weirdo who liked strange games by Logan and Laurentina. Though, it might already be a bit too late for that….
Anyway, after about 30 minutes of playing that trash game, I switched back to AFK mode. My real body started moving normally again. The chair that had transformed into a bed mode for virtual reality reverted back. I saw the leftover box of chocolates.
Popping one into my mouth, I brought up a picture on the stream screen. The grand Terminal 2 of Incheon Airport appeared. While the airport itself wasn’t particularly noteworthy, the first-class services that started appearing, which many viewers likely hadn’t experienced, drew gasps of admiration.
“…This is the first-class check-in counter. The interior looks like this, and the next picture shows the various snacks brought by the staff. Of course, they were delicious.”
-Wowwwww
-Crazy lololololol
-Wow, it looks like a modern palace lololololol
-The fact that there’s no one there is legendary
-I also want first class, dammit!!!!!!
“The next part is the luggage and body check, which I can’t show, so let’s quickly move to the first-class lounge inside the gate.”
Then even more “wow” sounds flowed through the chat. It was only natural. The facilities were impressive. Looking back, the lounge seemed more like a small buffet. That was probably its original purpose.
I showed what I ate there, one by one. A whole abalone in porridge, delicious grilled ribs, fruits and salads, cup noodles and kimchi, poached eggs… I ordered the abalone porridge three times.
When I had three pictures of the porridge taken from different angles, someone commented in disbelief.
<SnakeTailDonationViewer has donated 10,000 won.>
-Teacher, we asked what you did in America, not for endless food pictures lolololololololololololol
“SnakeTailDonationViewer, thank you for the 10,000 won donation. But everyone, what you remember from trips are the meals. I understand it’s a bit much to show food photos at this hour, but please understand.”
-Fact) Even if we don’t understand, he’ll show it anyway
-Why is it all about eating? lolololololololololololololol
-Did you announce that first class doesn’t serve food? Teacher? lololololololololol
-Piggy Bi-yam w w w w
-This is just ridiculous lololololololololololol
These days, it seems like people are amazed even if you eat a lot.
In today’s society, the three basic human needs have already become content. And anyway, regardless of what they say, my food pictures wouldn’t end. After showing the inside of the duty-free shop briefly, I showed photos of the first-class cabin on the way to the U.S.
My first-class seat, with my name on it, had a tail storage space unlike other seats. After explaining that, I quickly scanned the chat. This time, people were flooding the chat, wanting to bash their heads, calling it a toilet seat. In response, I did a mass 10-minute ban to thank them for their kindness.
They were truly a bunch of misfits.
“Everyone, this is not a daily occurrence. If you all cause such a fuss, there’s nothing I can do. So please stay quiet for 10 minutes.”
-Wow, look at people getting deleted in an instant lololololololololol
-7,000 people getting banned for 10 minutes at once is terrifying ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-Whew, I held back from making that joke lololololol
-Won by default because I was watching the stream half asleep ww
-Reward (Idle play)
As always, the chat quickly quieted down. Of course, it didn’t mean it was actually quiet, just that the frequency of nonsense decreased.
Meanwhile, the screen was showing a plane taking off. With a roar, the plane soared, and the ground rapidly receded. When the plane reached an altitude where the entire city of Seoul could be seen, it turned towards the East Sea. Within minutes, the plane entered the sky above the East Sea, beginning the long journey to the U.S.
Of course, the next thing I showed were pictures of the in-flight meals. They weren’t the typical in-flight meals but were served like a course meal. While viewers understood that much, they just chuckled when I mentioned eating ramen four times during the 16-hour flight.
<ThisIsNotAGame has donated 5,000 won.>
-At this rate, other first-class passengers probably couldn’t get ramen if they asked for it lolololololololol
“Thank you for the donation. I did ask just in case, and they said they take off with about 30 packs of ramen. So, there probably wasn’t an issue.”
-It sounds like a lot when you say 30 packs, but not so much when you consider Bi-yam is on board lolololololol
-Fact) Eating four times is actually not much
-Considering what Yoo Jin eats, that’s not a lot lolololololol
-The times on the photos are different, so it looks like he really did eat a lot lol
-But they do look delicious
As we chatted away, it was already nearing 3 AM.
Someone complained, asking what I did in the U.S., so I kindly added more.
“We’ll get to the U.S. story in a few hours at this pace, but it might take up to three days to talk about the soloing in the Final Championship.”
-?????????????
-Oh, so you want us to keep watching wwwww
-Are you not going to tell us right away? Was this a daily story broadcast? lolololololololololololol
-Seriously lol
-Yoo Jin, at this rate, people will faint in the chat!!!!
Of course, they didn’t buy it.
There’s a natural order and sequence in everything. If there’s a cause, there’s an effect. The story broadcast doesn’t stop, but I never said I’d tell everything today – although the viewers might go crazy, it’s not me who’s going crazy.
Meanwhile, a message came through engram.
-[Laurentina: The youngest becomes quite malicious during streams.]
…Why is that malicious?
Anyway, if you’re really curious, you could ask Harmony during her broadcast later. She might tell you, unlike me. Though I didn’t say this out loud.
While calculating in my head when I’d have to start Incursion missions with Logan and Laurentina again, my mouth described the arrival of the Korean team at JFK Airport in New York.
It was late, though. That was it. Today’s broadcast was just a service, so it wouldn’t be good to delay bedtime any further.
“After arriving at the airport and moving to the accommodation, I’ll tell you about the location and internal facilities during tomorrow’s part 1 of the story broadcast. I’m feeling sleepy after eating quite a bit of chocolate.”
Simultaneously, I waggled my tail at the drone cam.
“Goodnight, everyone.”
The camera turned off.
And-
-Madness, malicious Yoo Jin lololololololololololololol
-This person is seriously crazy!!!!
-No, teacher, if you treat viewers like this, we’ll break our bones lolololololololololol
-It feels like the table was cleared suddenly while I was eating lololololololololol
-Bi-yam unni, my head is spinning and my heart is pounding!!!!
Goodnight, my foot.
The 500,000 viewers were abruptly cast out from Bi-yam’s embrace.
It was the usual routine.