The Villain is Too Good at Broadcasting

Chapter 2: Hyung, you said you gamed a little in the past? (2)

Its impossible to describe how desperate I was back then.

CW: reference to suicidal thoughts

Kim Jinhyuk.

He was 21 this year.

He was taking time off from school.

My dongsaeng gave me the rundown of his profile.

He was a streamer with about 500 followers on Twipod.

While listening to my dongsaengs nonsense, I asked:

When did you start broadcasting?

He glanced at me quickly and said, Since I started my sick leave, Hyung?

500 followers, thats pretty good?

Yes. You know, Hyung is pretty handsome, right? There are many people who would watch a broadcast silently just to look at someones face.

I know the capsules have A/C, so how did the heat still get to you?

Haaaa, the returned soldier no longer understands common speech.

After saying that, this punk started explaining how hed started broadcasting.

It was a pretty long story, so to cut it short, heres how it went.

There was some fighting game released about six months ago that Id never heard about, and my dongsaeng had won the first place prize there.

It was an open world fighting game, with all sorts of people dying everywhere.

Even when <Gaia Online> had dominated the world, there were plenty of maniacs who only played fighting games.

Anyway, my dongsaeng said that hed won the competition on his first try, and since then hed been streaming under the username Naturally Gifted.

Well, I got the picture.

I took a sip from my iced coffee and inclined my head slightly.

It runs in the family.

Huh?

The fact that youre good at gaming; it runs in the family.

Right. Hyung said he would crush people in <Gaia Online> a long time ago. You used to tell me when I was staying in the hospital.

I did?

Yeah.

Three years ago, when Jinhyukie was 18, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

It was stage 4 stomach cancer. The stage right by deaths door.

However, cancer was no longer a threat to human life.

No, to be more precise, to the life of a human with money.

Although the recovery rate for those who received treatment was close to 100%, we had no money.

Its impossible to describe how desperate I was back then.

My parents died when I was 13 years old, and we had no relatives.

To be honest, I had made the decision to commit suicide.

I had a hard time getting a job, so I only played games day and night.

Then, at that time.

I somehow started making money through <Gaia Online>.

All I had at that time was one game ID.

Well, if I were to speak plainly, I was pretty well known in game.

My playstyle surpassed some of the best pro gamers, and I was able to appear on the broadcasts of famous streamers a few times. So, thats how my relationship with Kan, the top streamer at that time, began.

Having gained that kind of popularity, I earned money by accepting various requests.

Requests such as assassinating NPCs that I would receive from the guild leaders of famous guilds.

It would be appropriate to say that I was a Dark Gamer.

Thats how I made money, and somehow I earned enough to pay for my brothers hospital bills.

If that damned <Gaia Online> only allowed current transactions, I wonder if I would have reached that point.

.. Anyways, it was then.

In the midst of all of that, I suddenly had the opportunity to pay off all of my dongsaengs hospital fees and for him to have surgery, so I took it.

Even now, I dont regret it.

Because of the choice I made at that time, my brother was still alive, and there was a place I could call home.

Hyung.

Right, where were we?

Are you still out of it because youre dehydrated? President Kim Chansik, you have returned to society.

To me, not that long ago, he was still struggling to live in that hospital.

Yes, broadcast whatever.

It was only admirable that you did it while I was gone on military duty.

I smiled while watching Jinhyukie.

Then, can I sell this capsule?

No?

Hyung isnt playing anymore. I dont care if youre broadcasting, but I need to get a job.

500 viewers wasnt a small amount, I knew that. I wasnt a total stranger to internet broadcasting; at one point, I was close with streamers who were under large companies.

Back then, I would stream frequently, so I didnt have any objections to my dongsaeng broadcasting.

Jinhyukie listened to me and frowned slightly. Afterwards, he looked at me and said:

No.

What do you mean, no?

Hyung has to play too.

You keep insisting on this when I already said no, youre driving me nuts.

I mean, I had a bunch of requests. I told my viewers that Hyung was discharged, and I got a mission in advance for you to do a broadcast.

Are you really insane?

I stared at Jinhyuk, gritting my teeth at what hed suddenly said.

I. Will. Never. Do. It.

What Hyung, really, listen to what Im saying.

If its something along the lines of playing, I will never

But I was abruptly cut short as Jinhyukie shoved a thin smartphone in front of my eyes.

You want to brag about having the latest smartphone? I really envy you.

Look at whats on the screen.

I was reluctant to read the contents but I slowly looked at it.

<Mission List>

1. When you win Excalibur while partnered with your hyung: <500 thousand won>.
2. With your hyung <500 thousand won>.
3. Hyung..

There were various missions and amounts.

Obviously, the reward for each mission would be the written amount, right?

I sighed as I looked at the endless list of missions.

Are we broke? If its money..

Then Jinhyukie nodded confidently.

Yeah.

What?

After paying off the loan, there wasnt anything left over. I think its been about a year since you last gave me money.

. Was 10 billion that little money?

My brother continued to speak while looking at me, who was left speechless.

So, its like I said before.

Why didnt you tell me?

How could I say something to a soldier? I saw how hard you worked to try to save me.

I couldnt say anything.

<Gaia Online>, my only source of income, was forced to shut down.

There were many reasons for this, but it meant I could no longer make money from it.

The only thing I knew was gaming.

My current status was unemployed.

This lump without a decent source of income was right.

Hyung, you cant even be recognised anymore. Just stream with me once, huh? I mean, its just an easy game. Hyung, Im supposed to play a game after this.

Coward.

Thats how youre going to end this conversation?

While I was briefly considering it, Jinhyukie said the one thing he shouldnt have.

Wow, Hyung, are you scared you dont know how to play anymore?

.. Hooooo.

Youre saying something one man should never say to another.

I couldnt stand it.

Youre going to die.

He was really fucking going to die.

500 thousand won roughly $430 USD

Ten billion won roughly 8.5 million USD