Gender Swap: The Introvert’s Broadcast

After finishing the shower, the next task was simple.
I turned on the broadcast right away.

Anyway, Yeram was going to leave the house soon. The college entrance exam was over, and these days, she was putting all her energy into hanging out with her friends all day long.
‘With the college entrance exam over, it’s normal for her to play all day.’
When my entrance exam was over, I stayed home and gamed non-stop for a week. It felt like a reward for all the hard work I’d put into studying.
So, Yeram leaving wasn’t that strange either. I thought about this as I turned on my computer.

"Oppa, I’m going now. Don’t open the door for strangers."
"There you go again with the weird warnings."
Lately, I hadn’t been keeping her in check, and she’d started saying odd things. I thought I’d need to tighten the reins on her later, but for now, I simply saw her off.
Creeeak.

After hearing the door close, I immediately turned on the broadcast.
[The broadcast has started!]
With the announcement of the broadcast, viewers began pouring in like a flood.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:What is this?]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Why is the broadcast on today?]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Started early]
[What is this?]
[Broadcast started early]
[Why now?]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Broadcast time is messed up, huh?]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Do this from now on, okay?]
[DOG SEX]
Temporary ban issued!
[Hwan-hee:Oh, what’s this?]
[Why is it on this early?]
[What did you do with Harin yesterday? What did you do with Harin yesterday? What did you do with Harin yesterday? What did you do with Harin yesterday? What did you do with Harin yesterday? What did you do with Harin yesterday?]
Temporary ban issued!
"Hey, everyone."
I thought it felt like a while since I turned on the broadcast from home and spent some time waiting for more viewers to join. As I was passing the time, I had a thought.

"By the way, did everyone watch the Reld Cup final yesterday?"
Of course, if they were watching my broadcast, they had probably seen the stream of Harin’s broadcast, but just in case, I asked.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Who watches streams at this time]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:There’s no one who didn’t watch it, lol]
[This guy]
[Stop throwing punches, you bastard]
[Uggghhhhh, the memories of yesterday]
[Please stop... Please stop... Please stop...]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Not me. I was working and wasting my salary lol]
[Humin Lezya.. We saw you on the broadcast, isn’t that a bit too much of a lie?]
[LOL]
[What’s this about now]
[You think that’s going to work?]
[LOL, "DaMaBang", a good friend, talks about going to work LOL]
[Yeah, it won’t work LOL]
[You’re about to die, bastard]
[That being said, yesterday was really fun, lol]
[It was a bit sad that we lost at the end, but it was fun, yeah…]

I agreed. The problem was that we lost at the end yesterday, but the tournament itself was really fun. It was such a huge success. I could say it was a massive hit.
Of course, if we had won, it would have been even more fun.
"It’s a shame that we lost... but we can win next time. I gotta say, Rije (리제) was really good in yesterday's match."

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Yeah, she just kept carrying the game on her own]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:From what I see, Rije will probably escape soon, lol]
[Escaping is probably the best move]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Rije should go to a sure winning team, yeah]
[This is Kang Hu-min:She’s already on a winning team, but her skill doesn’t match the team]
[What are you talking about, we haven’t even had an interview yet]
[Did you contact Rije yet? She seems like she might be having a hard time]
"Yeah, I contacted her. But no reply yet. Seems like she turned off her phone."
It seemed like she had turned her phone off. Otherwise, she would’ve replied by now. Rije wasn’t the type to ignore messages.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:You’ve been blocked, mate]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:I know because I’ve been blocked a lot, lol]
[Ah, this]
[Manager guy keeps thinking he's on the same level as us, wants to beat him, lol]
[This is Kang Hu-min:She’s probably not ignoring you]
[If she is, it’d be funny, lol]
[LOL]
[Please, I hope not]

While chatting with the viewers, a donation came in.
[Mangming donated 10,000 KRW!]
-Why wasn’t I invited for the broadcast yesterday?
Mangming joined the broadcast. He seemed pretty displeased with the situation.

"Ah… but I can’t just invite anyone. Maybe Harin didn’t invite you."
It wasn’t my broadcast; it was Harin’s broadcast. I couldn’t just invite anyone and go on air without her permission.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:That’s true, lol]
[It wasn’t just any broadcast, it was the Reld Cup final, so it seems like they didn’t invite anyone they didn’t know]
[Oh, lol]
[But that’s right]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Mangming, if you knew Rije well, you’d have been invited, right?]
Temporary ban issued!
[Oh, lol]
[Be careful or you’ll get in trouble for defamation, lol]
[Mangming:Stop joking]
[Mangming:Harin wouldn’t do that]

“…I don’t know, but I don’t think Harin would do that.”
As I was thinking about this,
-Oh, is someone else joining now?

I heard a familiar voice on Discord. It was Harin’s voice.
It seemed like she turned on her computer right after seeing me off.
“Harin, hi.”
-Oh, hi.

I greeted her casually on the broadcast, making sure not to be awkward. If I acted weird, strange rumors could start circulating, and I wasn’t fond of those kinds of situations.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Now that Harin’s here]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Let’s ask her, lol, I’m curious]
[But what if we ask jokingly and it’s real?]
[If it’s real, well… it’ll be disappointing]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Go ahead, really]
[Why does this guy always get temporarily banned but come back so quickly?]
[The friendly "DaMaBang" is here, have a drink]
Since the viewers in the chat were also curious, I decided to ask.

[Mangming:Let’s ask, I’m curious]
Mangming also seemed very curious.
So, I asked.
“Harin.”
-Yeah?
“Why didn’t you invite Mangming yesterday?”
-Um…

Harin hesitated, and the answer took a little longer.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Oh]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:Wasn’t that a joke?]
[Wasn’t it like WWE?]
[Why are you taking so long, you crazy girl? lol]
[Answer quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly]
[This is Kang Hu-min:Harin knows, she knows how bad Mangming is at Rije, lol]
It seemed like she was preparing a joke. I was waiting for it, ready to respond properly.

-Sincerely, Rije isn’t that good. Her tier is higher than a normal person’s, but she’s not amazing. So I didn’t invite her. I would’ve invited her if it wasn’t the final.
“Oh…”
I didn’t know how to respond.
It was a very awkward situation.
But then,

-You bastard!!!
Mangming suddenly yelled out loudly in Discord.
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:lol]
[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu:He just yelled it out]
[This is right, lol]
[So funny, lol]
[Shouting is Mangming’s signature, lol]
[This is Kang Hu-min:But it’s true, why is Mangming so mad? Isn’t it true that Rije is bad?]
[If you tell a pig it looks like a fat pig, it’s true, but it’ll upset the person, lol]

The chat was right. It’s normal for someone to get mad if you keep telling them they’re bad at something.
While I was thinking about that,
-…I can’t take it anymore. DaMa, let’s do a collab.

Suddenly, Mangming proposed a collab.
I was taken aback.
I didn’t expect him to be this aggressive in asking.
“Collab? Suddenly?”
I was surprised by the sudden proposal.

-Yeah, you did a collab with Harin, so you should do one with me too.
I couldn’t argue with that logic.
It was too perfect.
And… it didn’t sound bad.
Mangming and I communicated quite a bit in the past.
‘It’s hard to refuse here.’

If I refused here, it would look really bad for Mangming.
I did a collab with Harin but rejected his request. That would create an awkward frame.
So, I answered simply.
“Okay. Let’s set a time and contact me. I’ll make time for it.”
A moment later,

-Oh… you’re accepting it.
I could hear Mangming’s surprised voice.