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◈ I Stream as a Hobby ◈
Chapter 23: Large Server
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[Haebin: Wayo's a fucking bitch]
Asked her to join the police with me and she said no
-Lmaoooooo
-Empress Hae lmao
-Is this for real??
[Current state of the taxi union...]
(The scene outside the taxi company)
They're on strike and protesting lmao
-Why are they protesting?
ㄴ They want the base fare raised
ㄴ Taxi drivers make the least money on the server right now
ㄴ Oh lmao
[Empress Wayo's foresight is insane lol]
Figured out taxi driving was shit and changed jobs in thirty minutes yep
That's What for you
-fr
-Can't believe she cut her losses like that lmao
-What good does that do, fuck lmao She's holed up all alone
[Number of people Empress Wayo has met in three days]
Just five
-Ah...
-Oh, man...
-Why the hell did this bitch even join a large server??
ㄴ fr;;
[Who the fuck taught Empress Wayo to fish]
She'd have two thousand viewers by now if she'd joined the union
-fr
-She just has no sense for streaming yep
ㄴ That's part of What too;;
[You fucking Wayodogs said Empress Wayo hard carries collab streams]
I've watched all three days and all she fucking does is fish
-Lmaooooooo
-You're still watching that??
-The fishing's surprisingly tasty too
ㄴ Eat it yourself then, fuck you🖕
[But can you really do that on a large server??]
She's just fishing without meeting anyone lol
-It's an RP server, so it doesn't matter
-Her loss, dumb bitch lmao
ㄴ fr
ㄴ She should be meeting people and stealing their viewers lol
[The most pissed-off person right now...]
Haebin <<
Wanted to renew the Peach Garden Oath and talked the other two into joining
But Empress Wayo became a fishing-addicted mutt and Bunny Girl joined a gang...
-By Bunny Girl, you mean Yeon the Traitor?
ㄴ Yep
ㄴ Fucking Bunny Girl lmao
-Bunny Girl in a gang, oh damn
[Empress Wayo's fishing is gourmet content though??]
Just Chatting used to last one hour and now we get five, why the bullshit hate lol
-fr
-There's a reason the Just Chatting strays are sticking around
[Upvote if you're a guard-dog fan who's honestly relieved lol]
Yeah, stay my own little VTuber, you bitch
-Lmaooooooo
-This fucking Wayodog's mask just came off lol
-Holy fuck;;
[So how much is tuna worth]
How expensive is it that she's doing that all day??
-Catch one skipjack tuna and you make a taxi driver's monthly income
ㄴ fr??
ㄴ But you can fish for a month without catching one
ㄴ Oh
ㄴ Lmaooo
ㄴ Why the fuck would there even be tuna there in the first place lmao
* * *
"Ugh, shall we move now?"
-Yep
-This spot's fucking crap
After fishing for a while, I got up.
I'd come because I'd heard sea fishing was good, but it really wasn't.
All I caught all day were sardines.
-So where are we going now?
-I heard there's a fishing crew at the lake beside the city
"A fishing crew? ...Why would you get together to fish?"
-...?
-Because it's a large server, you fuck
-It's just a hobby for them too though
"Aren't there any full-time anglers?"
-You think there would be??
-A hobby should stay a fucking hobby;
That was strange. The money was pretty decent.
I'd even upgraded my equipment with what I'd earned lately.
"Man, this is why you need a big car."
I loaded my equipment into my new vehicle as I spoke.
It was pitch-black like the last one, but this time, it was a large van.
-This thing's a taxi...?
-Wow, she's using a van as a fishing car
-The company doesn't say anything??
"They're all on strike right now, so they've got vehicles to spare."
Apparently, all the taxi drivers had gone on strike, leaving plenty of cars sitting around.
That was how I'd rented a large van for cheap.
-The only fucker still working is off fishing...
-Taxis have basically gone extinct in the city lmao
-You'd have the market to yourself if you took calls now, wanna try??
"Would anyone get in with the car looking like this?"
I pointed inside the van.
It was packed with fishing gear, including an icebox and expensive fishing rods.
Who would want a ride with that fishy smell everywhere?
-So you do know
-Fine, fuck, just be Jiang Ziya then
At this point, I could see the viewers were starting to give up.
Had they all expected a lot? Well, um, sorry about that.
But wouldn't it be awkward to suddenly start hanging out with complete strangers?
Besides, a big reason I'd joined was that this was an RP server where I could do things like this.
It was a server where you could do whatever you wanted, right? That was why I'd felt comfortable joining.
Not that I'd planned to become an angler.
"All right, off we go~"
Anyway, I'd loaded up my equipment and was about to start the van when a donation came in.
[Anon, thank you for donating 1,000 won!]
Wayo, please, can't you go into the city?? Things are heading toward war
One viewer must have finally run out of patience, because they sent me a donation about the situation inside the city.
Of course, that was against the rules.
"Oh, saying stuff like that gets you banned."
-We won't forget your sacrifice, martyr, RIP...
-Because you won't watch the fucking news
-A righteous young soul.
-Can't you at least listen to the radio while you do this??
"Oh, should I? I'd forgotten about that."
Come to think of it, I'd bought a radio the last time I'd gone shopping for equipment.
I reached into the back seat and tuned the radio to a station.
[... Yes, next, there have been voices of discontent within the city...]
-Oh, that voice
-Damn lmao
-Who is that??
A clear, polished announcer's voice came through.
That person was probably a streamer too, right? Announcer had been on the job list.
[Some have expressed concerns that this may be the spark that starts a war...]
And the announcer happened to be talking about war.
From the sound of it, a war really might be about to break out in the city.
Well, there were gangs operating out in the open.
Whether they fought each other or the police, there was bound to be a fight.
-Let's go watch too??
-Even taxi drivers have to do their part
-Please, let's go shoot some guns
"Are you people crazy...? If there's a war, we should stay here. Why would we crawl into it?"
-She's lost her fucking mind
-Go report from the scene and die yep
-Fuck, is she right...?
"War is all pointless."
My mentor, Han Seonghwa, had always spoken out against war too.
What was it she'd said? People were what mattered in the end, but war left no people behind, making it the most pointless thing of all.
"Got it?"
Anyway, I passed those words on to the viewers and arrived at a spot I'd marked earlier.
-This bitch just casually came to another fishing spot
-How cowardly, using facts;;
-Her mentor << What the hell does this person do??
-I don't care, let's go shoot people lmao
"Besides, the server's only just started. There's no need to rush."
It was a massive server, so it was running for a long time too. Why were they all in such a hurry?
"I'm not fishing for fish. I'm fishing for the right moment."
I sat down and cast my rod as I spoke.
Maybe because it was an expensive rod I'd paid good money for, it traced a smooth curve and sent the float far out over the water.
-Who are you, Jiang Ziya??
-She's seriously lost it
-You're fishing to make money, you fuck lmao
"For now, let's just focus on skipjack tuna."
-Fucking fishing-addicted mutt
-Oh, sure~ Go fish for the rest of your life
-Let's just have an anime fandom war here
"It's not a fandom war. It's a healthy discussion."
Anyway, enough about war.
I was just about to resume our earlier Mihawk versus Shanks debate.
Rustle, rustle.
-??
-Someone's here?
This was a completely remote part of the server.
Yet I could hear someone moving behind me.
"Who...?"
"Huh? Didn't expect to find anyone out here."
I turned my head, and a man emerged from the bushes behind me.
"Who are you?"
-??
-No, who is that
-Wow, uh
Seriously, someone had actually come all the way out here.
As I stared at him in surprise, the man chuckled and spoke.
"I'm Gang Cheolton from Busan. What are you doing out here?"
"It's a skipjack tuna spot..."
"Sorry?"
-Wait, they actually spawn here??
-FYI) This really is a skipjack tuna spot
-This crazy fucking fishing-addicted mutt...
"Uh, um... Have you seen anyone around here? Kind of skinny, wears glasses."
"I haven't seen anyone like that."
"Ah, shit... Must've come to the wrong place. What's your name?"
The man had a slightly rough voice and seemed somewhat older.
Definitely not in his twenties. Maybe his mid-to-late thirties?
"I'm Wayong."
"Oh, Waryong? We've got the Chancellor here."
"Ah, yes."
-I think he misunderstood something;;
-This asshole's the Chancellor...?
He seemed to have misheard my name, but... I didn't bother correcting him.
Waryong didn't sound too bad either.
"Anyway, are you an angler?"
"No, I just do it as a hobby."
"Looks pretty serious for a hobby."
Cheolton gestured around us.
My fishing gear was scattered nearby, including an icebox and spare rods.
"Oh, this stuff."
Hmm. I'd bought things a little at a time, and they'd really piled up.
"Should I neglect it just because it's a hobby? You can keep a light heart and still take what you do seriously."
I'd said that while remembering how my viewer count had dropped to 150.
At the time, it had felt like my blood was draining away.
But once I'd stayed put and kept fishing, they'd all gathered again.
"Ah...! Just what I'd expect from Master Waryong..."
The man sounded impressed for a moment, then pointed to the spot beside me.
"Is fishing fun?"
"It's not bad."
"Well, since fate brought us together, mind lending me a spare rod?"
"I suppose there's no reason not to..."
Oof, these things weren't exactly cheap.
I eyed him doubtfully before reluctantly handing one over.
* * *
"Man, this is pretty fun."
After fishing together for a while, I could tell that Gang Cheolton, sitting beside me, was somewhat older, just as I'd expected.
Late thirties, maybe?
Sure, he might have been deliberately talking like an older guy for the RP, but he was probably around that age.
"Fun, right?"
"I can see why people do it."
-Fuck, no
-One more fishing-addicted mutt lmao
-Is it really fun??
-No way, she's actually fishing with that guy;
"It's so hard to make a living these days. Why's the economy so bad?"
We chatted about all sorts of things as we fished.
From what he was saying, he ran a business, and it wasn't going well.
Well, he was probably a gangster, right? There weren't any business owners on this server.
"Making a living's rough~ There's no work these days either."
-???
-You're the one who wouldn't take calls, you bitch lmao
-FYI) She's neglecting her job to fish
For the record, Cheolton and I really clicked.
Maybe it was because our mental ages matched?
Our characters were oddly similar too, so we made pretty good conversation partners on an RP server.
"Lately, I've been wondering what the hell I'm doing. How long am I going to keep this up?"
Most of our conversations involved Cheolton complaining and me listening.
The more I heard, the more it sounded like work had been exhausting him lately. Yes, that thing people called burnout.
"Is work hard?"
"That too, but I'm just worn out."
-Father Ton...
-He really does seem tired
-Why's his acting so good lmao
"Really?"
I glanced at Cheolton.
Chat said he was acting, but... I wasn't so sure.
I'd spent seventeen years working in this life alone. Or was it eighteen now?
With that much experience under my belt, it seemed to me that he'd started out complaining in character, then let some genuine feelings slip in.
Why would playing a gangster in a game give you burnout?
Maybe fishing had helped him relax enough to show how he really felt.
Or maybe he was just really committed to his character.
"I know how to fix that."
Either way, I knew what I was going to say.
"Hmm? How?"
Squeak, creak.
I spoke as I put bait on my hook.
"Try getting up at six in the morning."
"Oh, a regular sleep schedule? Well..."
"No. Then put on some sneakers you don't wear and clothes you don't mind getting dirty."
"What?"
"And head to a day labor agency."
-Lmaoooo
-Lmaooooooo
-For real, that is the answer yep
Work was hard? You were getting burned out?
Know what goes through your head while carrying bricks under the blazing sun?
Oh, so rock bottom has a basement.
Right, I'm running away today and never coming back.
How many newbies had I sent off like that?
I was a real expert on burnout.
* * *
After that day...
"Just what I'd expect from Master Waryong... You're practically Zhuge Angler."
-Zhuge Angler lmao
I ended up with a strange new nickname.
Footnotes:
Waryong, meaning “Sleeping Dragon,” is a sobriquet of Zhuge Liang, the strategist and chancellor from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Cheolton mishears Wayong's name as Waryong, leading to “Chancellor,” “Master Waryong,” and finally the fishing nickname “Zhuge Angler.”
Jiang Ziya was a legendary strategist famous for fishing while awaiting the right ruler to serve. Wayo's claim to be fishing for “the right moment” echoes that story.
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