Chapter 60: The Birth of Dodie

While Exitra was playing Molgahub, Dogry wore a solemn expression.

“Haah… Why am I even doing this… What’s the big deal about that guy’s money…”

Blinded by the thought of winning money, he had fallen for a bet he shouldn’t have taken.

To be honest, he had been confident.

Exitra was a complete beginner at the game, while Dogry had played Zombie Survival several times before.

He could easily be called a veteran.

But he lost.

And not just lost—he was utterly crushed.

“Why did you even do it?”

“No, hyung, I was really confident! I didn’t even summon any special units, and I played really well!”

“Well, that’s true.”

Dogry was now at a shop that did eyebrow tattoos.

This was a shop run by an older brother he knew well, and he was planning to shave his eyebrows and have them tattooed.

He intended to broadcast it live outdoors for his viewers.

“But that Exitra… the way they played was insane. I’ve played Zombie Survival, too, but that was crazy.”

“Jungmin hyung thinks so too, right?”

“Of course.”

Exitra’s performance in Zombie Survival was nothing short of tactical genius.

Their vision was incredibly wide, they assessed situations at lightning speed, came up with solutions, and gave precise instructions.

It was something ordinary players couldn’t even attempt.

“That person is definitely crazy. And how they handled the Cyborg… huh…”

“The way they used self-destruction to take down the giant zombies was shocking.”

“I was really surprised too. Later, I realized that the three giant zombies at the end were all defeated using special units’ self-destruction, right?”

“Yeah, I saw that too. The explosions were massive.”

Unlike normal units, the self-destruction of special units was unimaginably powerful.

The giant zombies vanished in an instant.

Thanks to this, Exitra lost all three of their special units but managed to clear Stage 20.

It was a gamble worth taking.

Defeating those three giant zombies guaranteed enough money to summon new special units.

“That guy wasn’t someone to underestimate.”

Jungmin looked at Dogry.

At that moment, Dogry’s physical performance peaked.

Even without special units, he survived Stage 20 for over 40 minutes.

Even if he sacrificed offense and focused entirely on defense, that was no easy feat.

Most others would have fallen within ten minutes.

But Dogry held on.

His skill wasn’t ordinary either.

It’s just that Exitra was overwhelmingly superior.

”That guy may lack physical skill, but his mind is clearly genius.”

He compensated for his physical shortcomings with intelligence.

Dogry couldn’t understand why someone like him was only now gaining recognition, but one thing was certain.

He was destined to rise.

He had the talent for it.

Moreover, watching him play the “Heir of a Fallen House” event, his charisma was undeniable.

The immersion was incredible.

Watching his broadcast made viewers feel as if they were the protagonist themselves, losing track of time.

”The kid’s adorable too.”

“Ah! It’s time!”

The broadcast was about to start.

A camera for streaming was set up in front of him.

Dogry connected it via Bluetooth and prepared for the broadcast.

“Hyung, then I’ll start now.”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

Jungmin nodded.

***

When the broadcast started, Dogry turned on the camera.

“Hello, everyone… this is Dogry.”

— [Doha!]

— [Take a seat!]

— [Hehe~ I’ve been waiting for this day.]

— [Hahaha, today’s pet grooming time is finally here!]

Viewers quickly started flooding in.

Within the first minute, the audience count surpassed 5,000.

Everyone had been waiting for this broadcast.

”Should I be happy about this…? It’s hard to feel purely happy when their intentions aren’t entirely innocent.”

[The Chairman has donated 10,000 won.]

<Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for today?>

“Haah… Thank you for the donation, Chairman. As you know, I’m at a tattoo shop run by a friend of mine.”

“Hello everyone, this is Jungmin, the owner of the tattoo shop. Today, I’ll shave Dogry’s eyebrows and tattoo them as requested by the viewers.”

Jungmin smiled, delivering a pre-prepared greeting.

— [Oh! Please take care of it today.]

— [Hyung, please make the eyebrows high quality~]

— [Hehe, today’s broadcast is going to be fun.]

— [Legends are made~!]

“Alright then…”

Jungmin took out a razor.

Dogry’s expression froze in surprise.

“Hyung! What are you doing?”

“Huh? I’m going to shave your eyebrows.”

“What?! Why a razor? This isn’t the old days!”

“I like this old-school method. It has a certain vibe.”

”Vibe my foot! Just use the machine, it’s simple!”

There are machines nowadays that can shave eyebrows perfectly in 10 seconds without leaving any stray hairs.

‘Why pull out a razor when there’s such a device?’

“Come on, trust my skill. I won’t cut you like a rookie.”

”That’s not the point, hyung. Let’s use the machine, okay?”

“Where’s the fun in that?”

***

Dogry was speechless.

Then he noticed a bandage on Jungmin’s left eyebrow.

Some blood had seeped through—he must have cut himself.

“Hyung, why do you have a bandage on your left eyebrow?”

“Oh, this?”

Jungmin touched the bandage lightly.

“I accidentally nicked it this morning while trimming my eyebrows with a razor. There was a lot of blood. I was really surprised.”

”Wait, did I just hear that right? He cut himself and now wants to shave my eyebrows with that same razor?”

“Hyung! This is dangerous! Just use the machine!”

“Come on, why act like an amateur? Let’s ask the viewers.”

Jungmin looked at the camera and asked, “Everyone, should I use a razor, or just use the machine—simple, boring, easy?”

— [Woo~ Obviously the razor~]

— [111111111111111111]

— [11111!!!!!]

— [Absolutely the razor.]

— [Of course! 1111111]

The chat was flooded with ones.

Jinyoung shrugged at the sight.

“Looks like the viewers don’t like you being comfortable.”

“Hyung… this wasn’t in the plan…”

“Come on, you know a manipulated broadcast isn’t fun. How boring would a staged stream be? You know that as well as I do.”

— [Woo~ true~]

— [Staaaged~? Who just said staged?]

— [Who was it? Who said the broadcast was staged!?]

“Still… maybe we should set some boundaries…”

“So? You’re not going to do it?”

***

Dogry realized.

There was no way to escape.

“Accept it.”

He had to accept his fate.

And that day, when he shaved his eyebrows with a razor and drew a new tattoo, Dogry earned a new nickname.

“So this is the birth of Dodie.”

The nickname Dodie, that is.

— [Whoever made it did a good job combining names ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [Dogry + Shardi ㅋㅋㅋㅋ perfect combo.]

Dogry looked at his newly shaped eyebrows in the mirror, now perfectly curled.

Then he asked Jinyoung,

“Hyung… how long will this last?”

“Huh? Oh, I used a good treatment since you made such a big decision. It should easily last two years.”

— [Two years!!!]

— [Wow, that medicine must be expensive??]

“As your hyung, I was moved by your decision, so I used the best grade. That one bottle costs half a million won.”

— [500,000 won, that’s crazy expensive;;]

— [For that, you better kneel, no, full prostration ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [Giving a free 500,000 won treatment, he’s literally an angel~]

“Hahaha, I’m a bit kind, right?”

Dogry shivered.

Look at that fake smile.

Kind? My foot.

If he were really kind, he’d have used a razor, not a razor blade!

That man was no angel.

No, even if he were an angel, it would be a black fallen angel, not a white-winged one.

“And also~”

Jinyoung’s words weren’t finished yet.

“I added a special ingredient to the treatment.”

“W-what ingredient?”

“Wait, can I turn off the lights for a second?”

“W-wait, suddenly?”

Dogry felt a sense of dread.

Something told him that if the lights went off, something that should never happen would happen.

“Watch closely.”

Jinyoung smirked.

The viewers were curious too.

— [What did he add…?]

— [Turn the lights off already!]

— [But if the lights are off, won’t the stream be dark??]

“Haha, don’t worry. Even with the lights off~ ahahaha~ you’ll see it perfectly.”

Jinyoung turned off the lights.

And then, they saw it.

“Whaaaat!!”

— [Aaaaaah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [What is that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

The chat exploded with laughter.

And it made sense…

***

“It’s our store’s special glow-in-the-dark treatment. Safe for the body and lasts for about a week.”

Dogry’s eyebrows were glowing in the dark.

— [Glow-in-the-dark Dodie ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [Ugh, blinding in the morning, dazzling eyebrows at night ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

— [Amazing~!]

“Ah, nooo!!”

Seeing his glowing, curled eyebrows, Dogry screamed.

“Hahaha! The glow worked perfectly!!”

Jinyoung laughed.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers laughed too.

One person’s sacrifice brought happiness and laughter to over 6,000 people, plus one more.

Truly an act of selfless devotion.

***

Exitra chased after the monkey.

The bandits had been left to Alfredo.

‘Leave it to me! So hurry! Catch it!!’ he had said.

The bandits weren’t that strong anyway, so Alfredo alone could handle them.

Thanks to that, Exitra could chase the monkey without hesitation.

But the monkey was faster than expected.

“Wow! So fast!”

— [Real fast.]

— [Is it wearing yellow shoes? So fast;;]

— [Climbing trees like a pro.]

The monkey moved at impressive speed.

If it were on the ground, it might have been caught, but it was moving through the trees.

It was quite a headache.

“No choice…”

Exitra ran while summoning the spirit of a tree.

It wasn’t possible for human hands to catch the monkey.

But he didn’t need to use his hands.

‘I’m a spirit summoner.’

He could use the spirit.

— [Controlling while running?]

— [Wow…]

— [That’s crazy, even walking slowly would be hard, let alone sprinting…]

And the opponent was small and fast.

For an ordinary person, catching it would have been nearly impossible.

But Exitra had the ridiculous skill of multitasking.

And today, his multitasking was working overtime.

“I’ve got it…!”

He moved the spirit while running.

The tree spirit, Wood, immediately obeyed his command.

Crack! Crunch!

-Ugh?!

Suddenly, the tree started moving.

The monkey, climbing along the tree, looked shocked.

In its entire life, it had never seen a tree move.

“Now!!”

Startled by the moving tree, the monkey froze for a moment.

Catching a stationary target was easier than eating porridge.

“Catch it!!”