[TS] Malicious Sniper

Around three years ago, the Twitch points system was introduced.

At that time, I was already watching curry broadcasts, so naturally, the flower shop owner’s Twitch account had accumulated points.

After checking, I found about 7 million points there, and I wanted to raise this to 10 million points.

It was absolutely not because I wanted to play curry and stick candy games.

I was just curious about how the people around would react if I bought a stick candy game with the flower shop owner’s account.

Seeing the despair-filled reaction of curry in stark contrast to the hot reactions of viewers would truly make me happy.

The problem was that to boost the points, I needed to gamble on curry broadcasts.

As far as I remember, the maximum limit for betting was 250,000 points.

I couldn’t help but think, “When would I be able to collect 10 million points?”

However, I also thought, if I keep increasing the points for about a month, maybe it could be possible someday.

“Sis, I discussed with curry’s managers and decided on the point rewards like this. What do you think?”

Ji-hye placed the laptop down in front of me as I was preparing to go live.

There was a list of rewards for point payments on it, and it looked a bit risky.

Giving out gift cards or gifticons wasn’t a bad idea, but looking closely at it, it was essentially a way to obtain ‘physical goods’ through ‘gambling,’ which was closer to breaking the law.

Noticing a serious issue, I conveyed my thoughts to Ji-hye, who looked surprised as if she hadn’t anticipated that.

“Then what should we do?”

“We don’t need to offer physical goods as rewards, right? Anyway, channel points are useless. We could offer the ability to choose the conversation style when purchasing a talking product with the designated streamer. We could change the fourth reward, ‘using the tone the designated streamer wants’, to something like ‘calling the designated streamer by the desired title’ since it overlaps with the first one…”

“Oh, that method!”

Ji-hye, who exclaimed in small admiration, quickly began revising the reward list.

After finishing the modifications at a rapid pace, Ji-hye showed me the revised reward list again.

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[Barcode Channel Reward List]

50,000 Points / Talk with the designated streamer. (Buyer can specify conversation style, 10 minutes)

250,000 Points / Act cute with the designated streamer. (Buyer can specify cuteness style)

500,000 Points / Collab stream with the designated streamer. (1 hour)

2,500,000 Points / Call the designated streamer by the title they want. (Streamer specifies the title, 30 minutes)

5,000,000 Points / Stick candy game with the designated streamer.

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The controversial parts of the revised reward list were all fixed.

“I’ll go contact them!”

Ji-hye hurriedly grabbed her laptop and left the room.

[Curry is live.]

Not long after, Curry’s broadcast started, and I entered the broadcast settings. Before starting, I clicked on the blank field left for the broadcast title.

“The title of the broadcast…”

In the past, I wouldn’t have cared about something like the broadcast title. However, after being a streamer for a while now, I couldn’t help but be concerned about it.

Even after thinking about it, I couldn’t come up with a good title, so I got lazy and just wrote “Cyber Gambling House,” then went live.

I set the screen to the waiting screen and played some copyright-free music while waiting for viewers to gather.

[Ba Ha]

[Ba Ha]

[What’s the title today?]

[Isn’t this zxcv1234’s broadcast? lol]

[The title’s so basic.]

[Cyber Gambling House, I agree.]

[Ba Ha]

[Are you doing a collab with Curry today? Are you doing a collab with Curry today?]

Once a decent number of viewers gathered, I removed the waiting screen.

The screen being broadcasted now was Curry’s broadcast.

Normally, you needed permission from the streamer to do a watch party, but since Curry and I were in a virtual relationship, and knowing Curry wasn’t the type to nitpick about such things, I openly followed the broadcast.

I enjoyed the song that always played before the opening started while checking the channel reward list.

In the meantime, it seems the modified reward list had been updated.

As the song gradually came to an end, Curry’s broadcast screen switched from a black waiting screen to the familiar background screen.

“Ah, everyone! It’s nice to see you again today.”

Curry, within the broadcast, began the opening.

“The content for today, as written in the title, will be opening a gambling house after a long time.”

“But it’s boring just to bet on points, right? Well, although I didn’t want to, I’m in a virtual relationship with Barcode.”

“During this virtual relationship period, there will always be point gambling, and for detailed reward listings, you can check the channel rewards list below.”

Curry explained the so-called ‘virtual relationship gambling’ content and then fell silent, observing the viewers’ reactions.

“Everyone, you heard Curry’s explanation well, right?”

[LOL]

[Content explanation, stealing, ah lol]

[But it does look fun.]

[Is the price real? Jesus]

[Is the stick candy game really 5 million points? lol]

[Curry’s stick candy game is 10 million points, what?]

[Overall, the prices are different from over there.]

As the conversations about the price differences in different rooms started to arise, I slowly opened my mouth.

“The reason the prices are different is that my broadcasting experience is shorter than Curry’s, right? So I decided to make the reward prices half.”

[Aha]

[That’s true, how long has Curry been streaming anyway?]

[This isn’t a 50% discount, it should be an 80% discount! lol]

[10 minutes of talking in the conversation style set by the viewers? I can’t resist that, lol.]

[So when will this room open?]

[Owner!!! When are you opening the door!!!]

I could already hear the complaints of the viewers.

Usually, League of Legends streamers use the results of solo queue matches for betting topics, but I had no intention of doing solo queue today.

“Wait, what! They are already burning 100,000 points?”

Curry on the broadcast complained as I scrolled up in the chat room.

A viewer had spent 100,000 points to buy the ‘talk with the designated streamer (conversation style designated)’ reward.

[darktree123: Nyan style please.]

“What the hell?”

The malicious buyer designated the ‘nyan’ style that required adding ‘nyan’ at the end of every sentence, and as soon as Curry saw that chat, she swore.

After a moment of silence, Curry let out a heavy sigh and then, with a resigned expression, moved her mouse.

“It’s 10 minutes… I’ll really start a timer.”

Before the main content, channel point gambling even began, Curry called me.

I immediately answered the call and remained silent, waiting for Curry to speak first.

“Hello, Barcode… Nyan. Ah, geez… Nyan.”

“Pfft. Curry, it’s kind of cute, isn’t it?”

“…”

“Aren’t you going to answer?”

“It’s not cute, nyan.”

In that instant, I had the urge to burn 5 million points and make Curry call me ‘noona’ immediately, but I barely controlled that desire.

I took a small breath and slowly continued speaking.

“This content is actually something we hadn’t discussed in advance, an improvised content, right?”

“True, nyan…”

“Pfft!”

“…I really want to die.”

In the end, neither I nor Curry could contain our laughter, and it seemed the viewers couldn’t either, with a stream of ‘LOL’ flooding the chat room.

“What if both Curry and I buy the first product?”

“If it overlaps, we’ll add 10 minutes to the talk time, and discussions will run on separate timers, okay, nyan?”

I had some things I wanted to ask Curry once we were connected on the call, but the damn nyan style made me forget everything I wanted to say.

As I was stifling my laughter, trying to remember what I wanted to say, I finally recalled it and spoke up.

“Phew… Curry, since we’re doing ‘virtual relationship gambling,’ how about we keep the broadcast on for 24 hours? We wouldn’t want the viewers without points to feel left out, right?”

“You, who usually know nothing about consideration, nyan. Suddenly show such overflowing consideration now, huh… nyan.”

“Oh, and can I do a watch party of Curry?”

“Sure… go ahead. Nyan… Ah, geez…”

It seemed like the moment of clarity had passed as Curry’s tension started to drop, and for the next 10 minutes, I actively engaged her in conversation, leading her into the nyan style.

Curry’s contrasting expression of confusion, laughing while struggling with self-deprecation, was one I hadn’t seen before.

Having updated another black history to be archived on Mutube, Curry ended the call with a face that was in between crying and laughing.

Perhaps because the first call left such a strong impact, no further purchases were made after that.

After taking a mental hit, Curry hid the screen and began the matchmaking.

“Everyone, it’s realistically impossible to completely avoid sniping, so please bet considering match-fixing as well.”

[Consider match-fixing when betting, lol]

[Are there any betters with the heart of a beast?]

[The person with the heart of a beast must bet against it.]

[Victory is the correct choice, right?]

[No, defeat is the correct choice.]

[Info: During the points gambling period, Curry’s win rate is below 30%.]

[It’s all because of the ‘actors.’]

Finally, the main content, the gambling house opened, and channel points started rapidly accumulating.

The betting during the ban-pick concluded with a victory rate of 31% and a loss rate of 69%.

Naturally, I placed 250,000 points on the correct bet and opened the gambling house as planned.

“So, everyone, do you think I’ll succeed or fail in betting on Curry?”

[LOL]

[What’s double gambling?]

[Let’s go, let’s go!]

[There are no betters without sense here, right?]

[If the reverse bet succeeds, the joy will be double; aren’t you going to do it?]

[Can’t wait to see Barcode trembling in despair.]

[If the reverse bet succeeds and I get scammed, I might get banned.]

With the gambling house now open, Curry’s chances of winning were slim, making the correct bet the right choice.

The game started, and not long after, Curry was dived on and gave the opponent top lane the first blood.

“Hey, our jungle is eating the blue buff; why aren’t they coming!!!”

Despite the allied jungle being nearby, no backup came.

It was a situation that clearly raised suspicions of ‘match-fixing,’ but there was only a hunch of suspicion.

After all, there could easily be users who fell into the top 0.1% of the diamond-master range.

Whether it was someone using a smurf account or someone borrowing an account.

Or perhaps an actor that all-in-ed their bets on the correct selection.

In the end, the game flowed as most viewers had predicted.

Just when the 20-minute mark arrived, four players voted to surrender, and along with Curry’s wails, the camera angle lowered, and the nexus was destroyed.

[Reverse bet, I’m going to eat well, lol, reverse bet, I’m going to eat well, lol, reverse bet, I’m going to eat well, lol, reverse bet, I’m going to eat well, lol.]

[My memories…? Where did they go…? My memories…? Where did they go…? My memories…? Where did they go…? My memories…? Where did they go…?]

[Hello, I’m here for the first time, heh, hello, I’m here for the first time, heh, hello, I’m here for the first time, heh.]

[Oh no… why are my eyes tearing up…? Oh no… why are my eyes tearing up…? Oh no… why are my eyes tearing up…?]

[Ugh! I’ll eat well and leave! Ugh! I’ll eat well and leave! Ugh! I’ll eat well and leave! Ugh! I’ll eat well and leave!]

As I watched the chat room reacting so distinctly, I couldn’t help but smile.

In a matter of seconds, 250,000 points had turned into 330,000 points in a delightful situation, and I purchased one of Curry’s channel products.

[The flower shop owner spent 1,000,000 Points to purchase ‘Collab Stream with the designated streamer!’]

[Flower shop owner: I’m coming right now.]

Even though I had bought the product to comfort Curry, who had game loss right after going live and got her black history archived,

“Hey, Barcode, why are you coming? Ugh…”

Curry scrunched up her face, showing her dissatisfaction, completely unaware of my true feelings.

A tiny bit of mischief started to stir within me as I left the room.

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