Chapter 162 : A Whole New World
Chapter 162: A Whole New World
‘Yoojeu-Yoojeu-Wooseung-Giwon’ donated ‘10,000 won’!
[Was today’s collaboration broadcast okay?]
“Ah, Wooseung-Giwon-nim… Thank you so much for the ten thousand won donation…! Today’s collaboration was…”
Yoojeu-Yoojeu, who had been thinking carefully, smiled brightly.
She had started personal broadcasting to overcome her introverted personality, but for her, who was still introverted, today’s collaboration felt quite good.
She had spoken much more than during other collaborations she’d done before, and she’d built friendships with various personal broadcasters.
Moreover, the fact that it proceeded clearly under Team Leader Ledok’s guidance as long as she followed the flow appropriately also played a part.
Like most introverted people, she felt much more comfortable being among others and acting along rather than stepping forward and doing something herself.
She was also very happy that they occasionally checked on her condition and let her speak without completely leaving her out.
“…It was really good. Everyone was kind…”
-She talked more than usualㅋㅋ
-She even said she has a schedule the day after tomorrowㄷㄷ
-Compared to old collaborations when she couldn’t say a word, she’s really grown a lot
-But saying she’s a shrimpㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴ that’s mean
“R-right…! Don’t say mean things…! …But there’s no such chat…?”
‘Meerkat-Neun-Tto’ donated ‘1,000 won’!
[Yoojeu-Yoojeu got fooled again]
-As if there would be?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Hahaha! Yoojeu-Yoojeu! You got fooled again!
-Her reactions are seriously goldenㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Forbes’ selection for most fun broadcaster to tease
Furthermore, the fact that there was Baek Woohyun, the black hole that sucked up all attention during the collaboration, was even a huge advantage for Yoojeu-Yoojeu.
Thanks to him boldly declaring victory, all the intensely pouring attention that would have been burdensome in various ways was solely focused on him.
Actually, if you think about it, the fact that interested people came was a result of that from the start, but anyway.
-Anyway, the team turned out pretty good for real
-The team leader alone was better than expected, like comfort food
-Except for having two Bronze players, it’s perfectㅇㅇ;
-ㄱㅊ There’s Hackphysical too, so they can learn well
‘Yoojeu-Yoojeu-Wooseung-Giwon’ donated ‘10,000 won’!
[Yoojeu-Yoojeu should learn from Hackphysical and go to Master!]
“Can I… learn well from Hackphysical-nim…? What if he gets frustrated…”
-If it’s Hackphysical, no worriesㄴ
-If he gets frustrated, he might just control you like a puppet
-Or he might read your mind like telepathy
-Just what kind of monster is the Hackphysical you guys see?
Some viewers who hadn’t watched Baek Woohyun’s broadcast fell into confusion, but it couldn’t be helped.
Because the other viewers weren’t exactly lying either. Puppet control and telepathy were all skills that Baek Woohyun had demonstrated during his broadcasts.
Setting aside how that was possible, it meant they also only spoke of what they directly saw.
“Controlled like a puppet…? That might be pretty good too… Ehehe.”
-Yoojeu-Yoojeu, what are you saying
-Suddenly a masochistic atmosphereㄷㄷ
-Habit of suddenly saying crazy things ONㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Yoojeu-Yoojeu wants to be controlled like a puppet… memo…
“Ah-no! It’s not like that…!”
Yoojeu-Yoojeu waved her hands in surprise.
Her face turned bright red as she belatedly realized it was a statement that could feel dangerous depending on how you heard it.
She only meant ‘I wish someone would control me from behind like handling a puppet and tell me exactly what to do and what to say!’
-This is dangerous in its own way though??
-It’s like people who want to be controlled by M-companyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-??? : Ah, why won’t you control my body instead!
-The explanation is funnierㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Huh…?”
Feeling like she was falling deeper into the mire the more she explained, Yoojeu-Yoojeu finally closed her mouth. As always.
Spitting out unorganized words from her head and belatedly trying to fix it, then even failing at that, was a very common situation on her broadcast.
Since viewers knew this fact well, now they just giggled no matter what she said.
“Hackphysical is indeed Hackphysical! The all-in on points was the best choice!”
“Understood! I’ll work hard to learn from Hackphysical-nim! So I’ll try to become a real All-Master, not a Bronze-style All-Master!”
“I wasn’t wrong! I’ll learn from Hackphysical and prove it properly!”
Team Leader Ledok, Dodo, and Lee Sihoo.
It wasn’t just Yoojeu-Yoojeu’s broadcast discussing the SSR Cup, or more precisely, Baek Woohyun.
Everyone who had even one conversation with Baek Woohyun on today’s broadcast was unanimously steeling their resolve to learn properly from him.
This meant that his teaching skills had become as famous as his insane abilities.
It was like the result of consecutive sub-contents from ‘Superstar N (meaning Nuclear~)’ to ‘Hack Disciple’.
Even the pro scene quickly reacted saying ‘Player-coach 1+1 event?’
‘Compensation and countermeasures for the accident where privacy protection mode was breached by Doppelganger.’
Even at Planet Earth, the development company of ‘Reverse Planet’, though the context was somewhat different from the previous places, Baek Woohyun’s story was coming up.
With Isaac gone, the most important personnel, the Development Team Leader, was reading a monitoring report of Baek Woohyun’s broadcast and her—Jeong Nayeon’s—complaint email.
For reference, the complaint email contained content demanding they take responsibility since privacy protection mode was neutralized by Doppelganger and her face was revealed.
‘I need to process this immediately.’
The Development Team Leader stamped the document she was looking at and pushed it aside. Once this document got approved by higher-ups later, compensation for that part would be provided.
She thought it probably wouldn’t take very long. It was because personal information leakage through ‘Reverse Planet’ had blatantly occurred on the broadcast.
Moreover, it was a major accident where a face hidden by privacy protection mode was revealed, so they needed to quickly compensate and then prepare preventive measures.
Bluntly speaking, since it was a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if Baek Woohyun’s side sued them for violating personal information protection laws, it was better to give lots of compensation before that.
Even if the possibility was somewhat slim, giving massive compensation that could be done to an individual was wiser than potentially paying billions of dollars.
Like the saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine,’ they needed to handle it cleanly now to prevent future complaints.
‘Modify it so privacy protection mode works on Doppelganger too as quickly as possible.’
“…Damn it.”
The Development Team Leader, who had been writing down instructions to deliver to subordinate employees, suddenly spat out profanity. Because thinking carefully, anger welled up from deep in her heart.
Isaac was the one who created the Doppelganger that wasn’t subject to privacy protection mode. That bastard who still only caused accidents and didn’t even appear before her.
Since she had been cleaning up after accidents Isaac caused until now, and another accident caused by Isaac had erupted, her anger was truly justified.
‘If you’re alive, at least show yourself to say you’re alive!’
Gradually, in the Development Team Leader’s heart, emotions regarding Isaac were tilting more toward anger than worry. About 3 to 7 ratio.
He suddenly disappeared so she kept worrying, but the work he did after reappearing was messing with the developers, so it was understandable she’d be angry.
Rather, the fact that she had tolerated it until now and was still worrying about 30 percent showed how excellent her character was.
‘Damn bastard! Drop dead!’
Beep-
[Hologram video call is connecting]
“…?”
A shocking thing happened around the time the Development Team Leader was barely calming her anger while grumbling.
Her smartphone, which she had placed beside her desk, activated on its own and connected a hologram video call with someone unknown.
This happened even though a call should only be possible when the receiver accepts it. It truly couldn’t be anything but surprising.
‘How is a call—’
[Hello, Sophia]
“—You, you! Isaac! You damn bastard!”
However, the emotion Development Team Leader Sophia felt didn’t last very long. Because the person who appeared in the hologram video call was none other than Isaac.
For that crazy genius, hacking a smartphone and connecting a hologram video call probably wasn’t that difficult.
So rather than question how he did it, she first stood up abruptly and burst out with unorganized anger toward Isaac.
[Now, now, calm down, Sophia]
“Do I look like I can calm down right now?! You bastard, where are you now?! Tell me right now!”
[What will you do if I tell you?]
“What will I do! I’ll immediately go find you and kick your ass!”
[Haha! Sophia, you’re still the same. Unfortunately, I’m quite far away. Even if I tell you, you won’t be able to come find me]
Isaac said with a bright smile, but that only further provoked Sophia’s anger.
For her, who didn’t know his circumstances of having lost his physical body and living in a virtual world, she naturally had to be angry.
“Whether I can find you or not is for me to decide! So you just tell me where you are right now!”
[Sorry]
For an instant, a faint bitter smile flashed across Isaac’s face beyond the hologram video.
It was so brief that it was hard to see properly, but—
[I can’t tell you, Sophia. I’m sorry]
“……”
—Sophia, who was his old friend and lover, caught Isaac’s bitter smile in an instant. That’s why she didn’t spit out the profanity that had risen to her throat.
Because she felt intense self-mockery, sadness, regret, and other emotions from his expression. It surely meant something had gone wrong for him too.
She also guessed that there must be circumstances he had to hide, he who had never kept any secrets from her except in matters of development.
“Let me ask just one thing.”
[Yeah]
“Are you healthy? You’re not sick anywhere, right?”
[I’m healthy. Couldn’t be better. I’m probably as healthy as I was in my twenties!]
“Okay… Then that’s fine.”
Sophia, who let out a sigh, plopped down in her chair.
It was an expression of will that she wouldn’t get angry anymore.
“So what’s the reason you contacted me now after all this time with no contact?”
[I finally got some free time. Update preparations are done, and reactions from that side have calmed down too]
“Reactions from that side aside, update?”
[You know, Sophia]
Isaac in the hologram video grinned.
It was an enthusiastic, boyish smile that once made Sophia fall for him.
Now it only felt like a mischievous kid’s expression before a prank he thought was fun, but well, that couldn’t be helped.
[A Whole New World]
“…Damn it.”
Even though she had guessed it, Sophia couldn’t help but curse at the fact that the worst situation had finally arrived.
That was because Planet Earth’s development team hadn’t even checked the black-boxed data yet, but Isaac was already saying he’d finished preparing the update.
She didn’t even bother to object to the fact that he knew she’d checked that, since that was natural for Isaac.
“What on earth are you trying to do?”
[Why ask such a thing now? I’ve always moved looking at just one goal]
Hologram Isaac shrugged his shoulders.
[What I desire is—]
“The creation of a new world! I know! I’m sick of hearing it now! If I hear it one more time, it’ll be exactly the millionth time!”
[Hahaha!]
Isaac laughed brightly at Sophia, who shuddered.
It was an extremely human smile he hadn’t shown when dealing with Baek Woohyun.
A twisted-nowhere, pure person’s smile.
“What exactly is A Whole New World?”
[Literally a completely new world. It’s also a large piece that will complete the world I created]
“…Don’t tell me.”
Sophia, who had been silent for a moment, widened her eyes.
Perhaps because she was facing Isaac, part of what he had said before suddenly came to mind.
He had excitedly chattered that the current ‘Reverse Planet’ only had half its wings, and the other wing hadn’t been created yet.
The other wing he claimed at that time was.
“The Otherworld.”
[That’s right, Sophia]
The Otherworld.
The world ruled by seven Otherworld Lords.
Isaac was saying he had finally created that place that only existed in the setting.
Even though virtual Earth alone was already getting enormous praise!
[Soon ‘Reverse Planet’ will have the Otherworld. It’ll finally achieve basic completion]