Chapter 57: The Real Ones Appeared (2)

The official fan meeting schedule began.

Today’s fan meeting wasn’t broadcast live; it was decided that it would be uploaded to Actube later after editing.

The main reason for not broadcasting the fan meeting live was-.

“Hey, bro! What color are your panties today?”

“Bro, we don’t need any thank-you speeches, just curse! We need that analog vibe!”

“Curse! Curse!”

“Curse!”

It was because I couldn’t easily handle the variables these crazy guys would bring about.

The inside of the fan meeting venue had long since been drenched in madness.

It felt like the atmosphere of a cult gathering I saw in a documentary long ago.

If religious people cried out for their gods, the Evil Gang cried out for curses and panties, running wild.

I thought they’d at least pretend to be normal in reality. I had expected a few wouldn’t come and had secured enough backup participants.

However, this morning, when the employees of Chicken Box called to confirm, all 50 said they would definitely attend.

The result was this chaotic mess.

Aside from Mr. Lee, who cooperated with the capsule room, the remaining 49 legends were pushing me hard with their respective madness.

Some even said to me while looking at me.

“Bro! I skipped work without permission today just to see you!”

“Me too!”

“Me toooo!”

Skipping work without permission, huh.

Do they even have jobs?

The common point among the three was that they were all huge.

I approached them and subtly asked.

“Did you really have to come, skipping work? There should be other backup participants… to make a living…”

“What are you talking about, bro? I’m a public servant, haha.”

“Huh? Me too.”

“Huh? You too?”

…The Three Public Servants.

I could roughly guess why they were public servants. There was no way they could have been in active duty with those builds.

The Three Public Servants, who instantly left a strong impression on my mind, looked at me with sparkling eyes.

“Bro, the buffet is free today, right?”

“Could you please stop calling me ‘bro’? You guys look older than me…”

“If it’s for our brother, then he’s definitely our hyung! I came here without even eating lunch because I heard dinner was free.”

“Me too.”

“Haha… my stomach is already complaining of hunger.”

Looking at the three of them, I could only smile helplessly.

They were the real deal.

Really, these guys were the real deal.

But there was one fortunate point.

These friends would thoroughly enjoy the buffet.

I was worried about the expensive buffet price under this convention hall, but seeing these three made me happy, as it seemed they’d more than get their money’s worth.

I smiled at the Three Public Servants as much as I could and said.

“Enjoy to your heart’s content today, Public Men.”

“Curse. Just one curse before you go.”

“Haha…”

You guys really test my patience to the limit.

Fine, since you want a curse, I’ll give you one.

Facing them, who were full of anticipation, I cursed as cheerfully as possible.

“If you guys can’t eat more than ten servings, you’re all dead, you fatty bastards. Got it?”

“Haha.”

“Just thought about leaving leftovers on my plate.”

“Too full, leaving food behind, and incurring environmental charges. But? Not a chance! Shove it all down your stomach!”

One thing for sure was, these guys weren’t just playing a part, they were real.

How could they use that kind of language naturally?

And they seemed to get along well even though they seemed to have just met.

They were already putting their arms around each other’s shoulders and smiling satisfactorily.

Damn it.

If I stayed here any longer, I might get mentally ill too.

Let’s get out of here for now.

“We’ll start the official schedule now. Streamer Sha? Please come up on stage.”

Leaving the Three Public Servants behind, I stepped onto the stage.

Phew.

Thank goodness.

If I had stayed any longer among those crazies, my mind might have turned white too.

But there was one thing I overlooked.

The crazies gathered here were not just the Three Public Servants.

“Wowwwww!”

“Industry poserrrrrr!”

“Love you, bro! Looking forward to the auction of cherished items today!”

A wild party with 49 legends.

Even Mr. Lee, the capsule room owner I secretly picked, was overwhelmed by their madness.

“Wowwwww!”

When he, who had the look of a gangster, shouted, the crowd fell silent for a moment.

Even madness loses its power in the face of overwhelming fear.

As Mr. Lee cleared his throat awkwardly and looked around, I gave him a thumbs-up and said.

“Today’s fan meeting schedule will follow a viewer Q&A, then proceed to the auction of cherished items. I carefully selected the cherished items, so please show interest. By the way, all proceeds from today’s cherished item auction will be donated in the name of the Evil Gang.”

Technically, this was my first historic fan meeting.

So, I wanted to do something meaningful.

Hence, the addition of the cherished item auction.

I put a lot of thought into selecting the cherished items, so I hoped it would be a good memory for the Evil Gang.

As the viewer Q&A time began, I pointed to a masked girl standing at the front.

According to prior confirmation, there were a total of 15 female Evil Gang members participating in this fan meeting.

I was worried there wouldn’t be any, so I was relieved, to some extent.

…No, wait.

Even if they are female, they are still members of the Evil Gang.

Based on past experiences, I should never let my guard down.

“Hello, oppa. Thank you so much for letting me participate in the fan meeting!”

The masked girl greeted me in a shy voice.

I took the microphone with a heart full of warmth.

Compared to the Three Public Servants, what a beautiful scene this was!

Still… was it fortunate to have at least one normal person?

“Ah, yes. What is your question? I will answer as sincerely as possible.”

“What kind of relationship do you have with Streamer Kan?”

“…Pardon?”

“No, it’s just that you two seem very close… Hehe, actually, I’m writing fanfiction? Could you read it sometime?”

“Fanfic? Fanfiction?”

“Yes! Kan and you are the main characters… It’s quite popular on the novel site. I’d love it if you could read it sometime. The title is ‘The Secret Affairs of Those Men’? It’s in the top rankings there…”

The thread of my sanity, which I had tried to console with the presence of a female member of the Evil Gang, snapped at that moment.

What was more shocking was that some of the Evil Gang members were nodding and saying.

“Oh, so she was the author of that work?”

“Impressive.”

“Wow, I donated a lot to that work.”

I sighed as I looked at these end-of-the-world scenes.

Perhaps my wish to have a normal person here was my own greed.

The initial resolve to firmly withstand the Evil Gang collapsed from the first question, and I weakly pointed to the next viewer and asked.

“Next… question.”

I didn’t even have the energy to be polite anymore.

The man with glasses, who I had pointed to, stood up and, with a sinister expression, adjusted his glasses and asked gloomily.

“Is there a pair of panties you wore in today’s cherished item list?”

“Haha.”

Hearing that question, I called out to Sung-jae, who was standing behind me.

I quietly whispered in his ear.

“Please call the police.”

Sung-jae, however, shook his head with a bright smile.

“Why? You’re the one who made them like this, Chan-sik. You must have expected it.”

Right, even this person isn’t on my side at this moment.

Abandoning the idea of quickly calling the police, I took a deep breath and nodded.

It’s said that when a person faces great stress, they attain enlightenment.

My current state was exactly like that.

I originally wanted to live like a normal person when the broadcast was off, but that was just my greed.

After taking another deep breath, I looked at the questioner and said.

“Once.”

“Pardon?”

“I’ll tolerate bullshit coming out of your mouth once. If you spout such shit again, I’ll rip up the floor tiles here and bury you in them. Got it?”

The man shivered, then nodded with a blissful expression.

Now I realized my true identity.

“Alright, next question.”

The one who gathered these crazy people was none other than me.

To handle such crazy people, it wasn’t ‘Kim Chan-sik’ that was needed.

It was ‘Streamer Sha.’

I ground my teeth, then looked at the Evil Gang with the brightest smile possible.

“Bring it on.”

It seemed that editing and uploading this fan meeting video would require a lot of censorship.

However, today I decided not to worry about that.

To deal with crazies, I had to become one.

Let’s do this.

You perverted bastards!

4.

The time of the hellish fan meeting passed very quickly.

It wasn’t that it was hellish because it was hard for me.

It was literally hell.

A fan meeting filled only with demons, running wild.

Even the originally quiet people, amid the atmosphere where the ‘real’ ones were going crazy, threw off their masks and all became the same.

It was a place more than suitable as a social experiment, no further explanation needed.

After the cherished item auction ended, the viewers moved to the buffet.

“At least you won’t regret the money spent.”

Sung-jae, who had left his subordinates to guide the viewers, spoke to me, sprawled out in a chair in the waiting room.

“Pardon?”

“The viewers seemed to have good appetites? Didn’t you hear what they were saying as they left?”

Most of them were saying things like, ‘The buffet food is dead today.’

I wasn’t the only one who had become a monster consumed by the concept.

I nodded with a hollow laugh at Sung-jae’s words.

“They aren’t viewers.”

“Then what?”

“They’re demon bastards, sigh…”

The lingering impact was too intense.

And I had to proceed with the World of Overwatch event with these demons?

…Should I just run away?

“Sung-jae.”

“Yes.”

“Do you know why Itachi from Naruto is strong?”

“…Because he deserted?”

“Correct. Thank you for your hard work toda…”

As I made up my mind to choose desertion, a man entered the waiting room.

It was none other than Kim Hae-chul, whom I had greeted earlier.

As soon as he entered the waiting room, Kim Hae-chul looked at me with a sympathetic expression and said.

“You’ve worked hard. Oh, this is my first time at such a fan meeting. Thanks to Sha, I had a valuable experience. Such a world…”

“Mr. Hae-chul?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you bid on that?”

“Hahaha! Isn’t it cool? I’m a military enthusiast, so it was an item I really wanted.”

The item Kim Hae-chul bid on at the cherished item auction was the digital-pattern short-sleeved shirt I used in the military.

I had put it up to fill the numbers due to a lack of cherished items, but funnily enough, it was bid at the highest amount of 700,000 won.

The successful bidder was none other than Kim Hae-chul.

He might be putting on a cheerful celebrity act, but he was undoubtedly a deep-rooted pervert.

I managed a smile towards Kim Hae-chul, who was smiling broadly.

“Aren’t you going to eat?”

Then Kim Hae-chul nodded with his characteristic good-natured smile.

“I have to manage my diet as I’m shooting a movie these days.”

“You should have some high-protein foods. You might lose muscle.”

“Oh, other people will eat my share. By the way, I have something to tell you… Do you have time?”

Sung-jae quickly got the hint and excused himself, saying he was going to smoke.

As Sung-jae disappeared from the waiting room, Kim Hae-chul’s words made my eyes widen in surprise.

“…Me?”

“Yes, Dong-su strongly recommended you. I was going to see you separately because of that… Anyway, what do you think?”

“Hmm.”

I could only express amazement at the shocking proposal Kim Hae-chul had brought up.