Chapter 80: The Butterfly Effect of a Single Click

The Wizard No Longer Hides His Power

Chapter 80

As soon as he pressed the live broadcast button, the system asked Revan for his confirmation once more.

There was no reason to hesitate.

Revan removed his mask and cheerfully hit the Yes button.

“Of course.”

[Starting live broadcast.]

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

It happened the moment Revan pressed the live broadcast button.

A series of ringing notifications echoed, and a new alert window popped up before everyone’s eyes.

[The ‘Introduction to Physics’ channel has started a live broadcast.]

Naturally, the alert was about Revan’s live broadcast.

People hurriedly clicked the watch button in response to the sudden live announcement.

[Current viewers / 251]

“Wow.”

A short exclamation.

It was Revan’s.

He quietly marveled at the fact that, even though the broadcast hadn’t been up for a minute, there were already over two hundred viewers.

-Got a live out of nowhere?

-You’re starting a broadcast all of a sudden?

-Did something happen?

-Where is this?

-Huh? Isn’t this the Tower of Infinity?

-Oh shit, don’t tell me you’re going for the second floor?

-I’m at the Tower of Infinity right now.

The chat window began to flood at a breakneck pace.

Watching the swelling viewer count, Revan muttered,

“Is this how you’re supposed to do it?”

-That’s right. That’s how it’s done.

-lol look at him acting all new to streaming.

-Now that I think about it, this guy’s got tons of subscribers but he’s basically a damn newbie.

-The noob is noob-ing and crying.

-Hey, Revan, why is your channel called Introduction to Physics?

-So what color are your boxers today?

In the blink of an eye, the viewer count broke a thousand.

Revan, on his first live broadcast, fiddled with various windows and settings to make streaming easier.

“I think that’s good enough.”

-Good enough?

-Wow, just because he’s got some subscribers, he thinks that’s enough.

-Annoying.

-Who said the most harmful pest in the world is ‘good enough’?

-Revan who half-asses, apologize!

Every word from Revan was met with a barrage of playful comments.

With over a thousand viewers, the comments scrolled by pretty fast, but they were still manageable.

Watching the comments pile up, Revan couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter.

“Hello, subscribers. I’m Revan from the channel Introduction to Physics, wo-ha!”

-Wo-ha!

-Wo-ha! (Means Wotube Hi!)

-Oh, I get it.

-Wo-ha~!

‘Wo-ha’ was the standard greeting among all Wotubers, a shortened form of ‘Wotube Hi’.

A similar greeting was ‘Mul-ha’, which meant ‘Introduction to Physics Hi’.

Finishing his greeting, Revan continued,

“The reason I suddenly started this broadcast is nothing special. As I announced earlier, I’m going to challenge the second floor of the Tower of Infinity.”

-!!!!!

-All of a sudden, the second floor?

-But you haven’t even uploaded the fourth part of the first floor guide yet!

-5252! I knew you’d pull through!

“Huh?”

In the middle of explaining why he started the broadcast, Revan noticed a comment saying that the fourth part of the first floor guide still hadn’t been uploaded.

He froze for a moment.

-Huh?

-I hear rocks cracking somewhere.

-Didn’t even talk to the company, just went live, huh?

-Revan’s gonna get chewed out now.

-Nah, someone at Revan’s level won’t get chewed out.

-Is that so?

-But do you even need company permission to go live?

‘Come to think of it, the fourth video isn’t up yet.’

He’d started the live stream a bit too rashly.

But thinking about it again, it didn’t really matter.

After all, the fourth video was just a review of the rewards he got for clearing the first floor.

Shrugging, Revan said,

“Now that I think about it, there’s no reason to be surprised. The fourth video is just a review of the rewards I got after clearing the first floor.”

-Swish swoosh! A streamer spoiling his own content?

-What kind of situation is this?

-lololol hilarious.

-Was this part discussed with the company too?

“You’re all making a fuss. What did I spoil? I just mentioned what the content was. You’re all going to watch it anyway, curious about what rewards I got, right?”

-True.

-To be honest, that’s right.

-Agreed.

-Look at the channel owner acting all gutsy;

“Anyway, the point is, the reason I started the stream is that I’m about to take on the second floor of the Tower of Infinity, but things didn’t go as I planned. So I figured I’d just try the second floor raid while streaming.”

-Wow!

-What if you fail?

-Well, then you’ll be embarrassed, that’s what.

-But what if you succeed?

-Then you hit the jackpot, that’s what.

-lololol fuck.

-This is gonna be hilarious!

-But seriously, what color are your boxers today!

Explosive reactions.

It was just like that.

After all, if he couldn’t get as much content as he wanted by being at the mercy of the floor boss, he might as well turn the broadcast on.

‘If I fail, I have another ticket, so I can just try again.’

There didn’t seem to be any problems.

Besides, the viewer count had already soared past three thousand.

Not even five minutes had passed since he started the stream, but the explosive enthusiasm made Revan think he’d made the right choice.

“Well then, shall we head to the second floor?”

With those words, Revan walked over to Dekarn.

Just as he was about to speak to Dekarn, a system notification appeared in front of his eyes.

[You have a call.]

[OpenWorld - Deputy Manager Bae Hyun-woo]

“Huh……?”

Why was Deputy Manager Bae Hyun-woo calling all of a sudden?

Revan had linked his phone notifications to his capsule, so he could receive calls and texts even in-game.

But ever since he started playing in earnest after taking a leave of absence, hardly anyone contacted him, so this was pretty rare.

Staring at the incoming call with a stiff expression, Revan watched as the chat exploded once again.

-Call from the company lololol.

-And it’s the deputy manager lololol.

-No wonder you suddenly started the stream lololol

-Freaking out, Revan? Frozen in place? Can’t do anything?

-Oh no, is the raid canceled now?

-Hey! Ignore it! If you ignore the call, I’ll donate!

-‘MyWay’ has donated 5,000 won!

[Who cares about life! You’re the boss in the contract! Just go for it!!]

-‘UngOjjoraGo’ has donated 10,000 won!

[If you ignore the call and head straight to the second floor now, I’ll donate 100,000. For real.]

It wasn’t just the chat that was exploding.

Now donations started pouring in as well.

Revan began to waver under the flood of donations.

‘What should I do?’

Usually, streamers in this situation just say ‘whatever’ and go along with what the viewers want.

But those streamers are usually amateurs or independent.

‘But I’m a big-name streamer with an agency.’

In other words, he absolutely couldn’t do something only an amateur would.

Having made up his mind, Revan forced a smile and said,

“Ah, that’s a shame. If the call had come just a few seconds later, I’d have gone for it…… But what can I do? I already saw the call from the company. I just signed the contract a few days ago, you know. So cut me some slack, everyone.”

Revan chose reality.

He apologized to the viewers and hurriedly ended the broadcast less than ten minutes after starting.

“I’ll take this urgent call first. Everyone, keep your necks stretched waiting. Bye bye.”

[You have ended the live broadcast.]

Waving at the air, Revan ended the broadcast with a farewell. Then—

“Why’d you turn off the stream!!”

“Why are you quitting! Just do the raid!”

“Don’t you have any guts, man!!”

Suddenly, jeers like thunder erupted all around him.

People he’d never seen before.

Their identities were none other than viewers who’d been watching Revan’s broadcast up close.

Startled at first, Revan quickly adapted and waved at the viewers in front of him.

“Sorry, everyone. I’ll take the call and be right back with the stream. See you soon!”

“Hey!!”

[Exiting the game.]

Revan exited the game as if running away.

“You gotta be kidding me……”

The one cursing was Bae Hyun-woo.

As soon as he heard that Han Seong-woo had started a live broadcast, Bae Hyun-woo immediately opened Wotube.

He saw Revan awkwardly fiddling with the screen in front of the Tower of Infinity and put a hand to his forehead again.

‘I completely forgot to mention the conditions for live streaming.’

When the contract was made, things were so hectic that he’d neglected to mention the clauses about live broadcasts.

It was a rookie mistake.

Regardless, with the sudden news of Seong-woo’s stream, everyone in the planning and editing departments focused on the broadcast.

And with the unexpected news of Seong-woo’s attempt at the second floor of the Tower of Infinity, an emergency alert was called.

“Call him! We need to call right now!!”

Watching Seong-woo getting ready to enter the tower, Bae Hyun-woo hurriedly dialed his number.

Because if Seong-woo attempted the second floor before the fourth video of the first floor guide was uploaded, it would severely affect the view count for part four.

Fortunately, Seong-woo chose to answer Bae Hyun-woo’s call.

And soon, after Seong-woo exited the game, his call came in, and Bae Hyun-woo answered faster than anyone else.

“Hello!!”

As soon as he picked up, Bae Hyun-woo’s voice thundered out in his hurry.

The planning department staff started glancing around nervously.

Hearing Bae Hyun-woo’s booming voice, Seong-woo immediately straightened his posture.

“Ahahaha…… Hello, Deputy Manager?”

“Seong-woo! What are you doing, starting a live raid on the Tower of Infinity without permission?!”

“S-sorry……”

“Still, I’m relieved. At least you stopped before entering the tower. Whew…… By the way, do you have time now? I need to tell you about the live broadcast clauses.”

“Of course! I’m free!”

Actually, there weren’t many clauses about live streams.

After all, needing company permission every time you went live was pretty ridiculous.

But precious content like the Tower of Infinity was a very sensitive matter for the company managing the channel.

So, they had no choice but to step in.

Bae Hyun-woo asked,

“By the way, can I ask why you suddenly started streaming?”

“Oh, that…… Actually, Dekarn said something unexpected.”

“Something unexpected?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm…… It’d probably be better to talk about this in person rather than over the phone. Are you free now, Seong-woo?”

“I’m fine.”

“I’ll head to Sinchon right now. Let’s discuss the details when we meet.”

“Understood.”

The call ended.

After hanging up, Bae Hyun-woo let out a sigh and grabbed his car keys.

“Everyone, stay ready. We'll have a meeting as soon as I get back from the talk.”

“What?!”

An impromptu late-night session for the planning team.

This was the butterfly effect.

And it all started with Revan’s surprise live stream.

(The End)