The unprecedented interest surrounding the joint broadcast of Kayak and Haryeong.
Regular viewers of Kayak’s broadcasts, along with the casual viewers tuning in at the top of the screen, including users from communities that dislike Haryeong.
All sorts of people flocked to Haryeong’s broadcast. As a result, the viewer count skyrocketed, surpassing 20,000.
“And now, ta-da! A red rose at your fingertips. Lift your toes from the rose.”
It had already been three hours since their broadcast began.
Initially, Kayak was teaching Haryeong about Camilla, and now Haryeong was teaching her specialty: dance reactions.
It could be described as a sort of talent donation or a mutual exchange, with the two similar-looking individuals teaching each other their unique skills.
Under Haryeong’s guidance, Kayak swayed her long hair and followed the steps. Even though it was a somewhat challenging sequence, she managed it with ease.
“Wow, that was so good just now!”
“Hehe, was it okay?”
“Definitely! Your long arms and legs make your dance lines so beautiful. You’re picking it up really quickly! I think I’m going to run out of material today!”
Haryeong’s compliment was not empty words. In reality, Kayak absorbed the moves Haryeong taught her like a sponge.
Visually and audibly, there were no shortcomings in the broadcast.
Given the strong male-oriented nature of internet broadcasting, just having two beauties chatting would attract thousands of viewers, and with enough visual appeal, there was no reason not to watch.
The viewers’ reactions were explosive.
[Legendary talent donation Kayak]
[KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK! KAYAK!]
[Mom, I want to be soup when I grow up! Mom, I want to be soup when I grow up! Mom, I want to be soup when I grow up! Mom, I want to be soup when I grow up!]
[Both are so pretty]
[Pretty girl next to pretty girl]
[They could devour any girl group;;]
[Are they not debuting as a duo?]
[Wowkyapya!]
[Please do joint broadcasts more often, I earnestly beg you]
[Today’s broadcast is ridiculously generous lol 1st part in the Abyss with a dance session that she usually doesn’t even do]
“It’s already been over 30 minutes of just dancing, aren’t you tired? Kayak, you must have incredible stamina.”
“Then, let’s move on to the next move—.”
“Haryeong, wait a moment.”
But even while intensely dancing, Kayak didn’t stop.
Even while Kayak was dancing diligently, she didn’t stop.
Was it that she had eyes on the back of her head or just good eyesight? The messages coming in while she was dancing.
She pulled up the chat window to review some of the messages from when she was talking with Haryeong, deleting a portion of them as if it was nothing.
At this point, the viewers couldn’t possibly be oblivious to the situation.
Well, every time Kayak clicked her mouse, a pile of messages got deleted.
[Deleted message]
[Deleted message]
[Heavenly laughter ㅋㅋ]
[Deleted message]
It became quite a scene to see all of the deleted messages filling the space above and below the normal messages.
Haryeong, the subject of the broadcast, said nothing about it. She merely watched silently as Kayak acted.
Naturally, the malicious users of the now-excited community were getting angry.
[Wait, is Kayak banning me?]
[Kayak, what are you doing? A bitter woman rivalry?]
[Kayak <<< Not a slaughterer of Haryeong, but rather a guardian of Haryeong, lol]
[Haryeong brought her older sister to scold the viewers!]
[Isn't messing with someone else's broadcast just too much?]
People started posting proof of their bans by Kayak.
The viewers realized, contrary to expectations, that Kayak wasn’t on their side but was actually hostile towards them, and their anger turned into arrows aimed at her.
Soon, coordinates were tagged to Haryeong’s broadcast, and the malicious viewers from new accounts launched their attacks.
The chat became flooded with spam messages, enough firepower to paralyze the stream!
Yet, even while Kayak was bustling through her content, dancing and learning from Haryeong, she seamlessly defended against the onslaught.
[What on earth is happening?]
[Kayak’s real-time execution show, lol]
[If you don’t want to be banned, just type nicely, lol]
[For someone like Kayak, she’s usually lenient compared to most women, so what kind of messages are you sending?]
[Seriously, she usually tolerates even crude sexual harassment.]
[What even was the message? I couldn’t see it before getting banned, lol;;]
[Did it look like she cursed the host?]
Just how fast was her reaction time and clicking speed, that as soon as the spam messages appeared, heads were rolling.
It was like the magical equipment of a legendary player was manifesting. Messages were being deleted in real-time, showcasing the ruthless nature of a pro streamer.
It was a scene. The ruthless display of a pro streamer as chat messages were being wiped out in real-time.
You could say that the malicious users who boldly initiated the attack were defeated and returned to a handful of sand.
*
“Did you enjoy today’s broadcast?”
In Haryeong’s studio, Kayak’s presence was suddenly nowhere to be found.
The collaboration was already over, and Kayak had left. To prove that, the roaming viewers had all vanished, leaving only about 6,000 viewers in Haryeong’s broadcast.
After seeing Kayak off, Haryeong was in the midst of a sort of post-broadcast reflection.
[It was so much fun!]
[It’d be great if you collaborated with Kayak more often, haha, you two have good chemistry!]
[I saw that person was a real hardcore fan too.]
[Seems like a lot of broadcast hosts have fans among the female streamers, for real.]
The chat was remarkably clean. It must be because Kayak had been dancing with the knife during the broadcast.
Haryeong attentively observed the chat, which was filled with pure impressions about today’s broadcast without any criticisms or mocking directed at her.
She had a lot on her mind. It was impossible for Haryeong not to think about today’s broadcast, especially about how Kayak had taken the lead and banned those malicious viewers.
“Kayak knew everything…”
Kayak approached, declaring herself Haryeong’s fan. It was likely that she had been watching Haryeong’s recent broadcasts as well.
As a fan of Haryeong and a streamer in her own right, Kayak couldn’t have been blind to the issues present in Haryeong’s broadcast.
Perhaps she noticed those issues and approached Haryeong first. No, that felt more plausible. Haryeong sensed that Kayak’s contact had a somewhat contrived feel to it.
The pieces of the puzzle began to fit together in Haryeong’s mind, and she finally realized the whole story behind everything.
Kayak had proposed the collaboration to solve the problems in her broadcast and had taken on the role of the villain to shoulder the burden.
Instead of being able to show her fans a cool side as a senior in the broadcasting world, she had only embarrassed herself.
The bitter truth was that she had rather been indebted to Kayak.
[ShyBear donated 1000 won!]
“Gomdol just donated 1000 won!”
“Haryeong, if you’re not busy, could you do an autopsy for me?”
“An autopsy, huh?”
A request for an autopsy came from a viewer.
Asking for an autopsy meant they wanted a review of their chat history, implying they felt unfairly treated.
It was like complaining about being banned when they hadn’t even typed anything controversial; something that happened often in Haryeong’s stream.
However, Haryeong’s reaction was different today. She had a rough idea of what was going on.
“Guess it’s someone who got banned today.”
It had to be someone who got banned while Kayak was busy dancing with her sword. Though there was a chance it could be collateral damage from a misunderstanding, that possibility was slim.
Kayak had a knack for selectively banning only those who dissed Haryeong. Although she didn’t show it, Haryeong couldn’t help but admire the process from the sidelines.
Anyway, this person sending a donation to lift their ban was surely one of the banned viewers. Their nickname still lingered in Haryeong’s memory, a regular who would constantly poke at her during her streams.
“I can’t keep being soft like before.”
“Shimshimhan Gomdol, I checked your chats, but I can’t lift your ban.”
No more being swayed by viewers or fearing them.
She couldn’t let that happen; after all, she had to maintain her dignity in front of Kayak. If she didn’t, the courageous actions Kayak had shown for her would lose their meaning.
“After outright insulting me while comparing me to Kayak, you want me to lift your ban? Talk about shameless. Tic-tac-toe? What kind of tic-tac-toe is this? Just mindlessly trash-talking the streamer isn’t tic-tac-toe. It just feels bad!”
Haryeong’s cold eyes opened as if she was delivering a judgment.
“Bring a million won as bail. Until then, your ban stays.”
Of course, there was no way he’d actually show up with a million won. If he had such affection for Haryeong, he wouldn’t have gotten banned in the first place.
If he did bring the money… he might as well sponsor Kayak’s stream instead.
After all, once a banned viewer, always a banned viewer; they’d surely be back with more bad chat.
Countless autopsy requests came in afterward, but Haryeong’s response was always the same.
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