I'll post an extra chapter every 300 Power Stones. Good luck with that!
Goal for the next extra chapter: 66/300
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So, I downloaded a game called "Combat Strike." It was a game identical to Counter-Strike, a game that even has a highly competitive world championship. It's just like my old world. That's interesting.
After downloading the game on Steam, I joined a call with Eiri.
"Can you hear me clearly?" I asked.
"Yes, I can hear you just fine. Did you download the game already?"
"I did. It says here that I'm Silver. Is that some kind of ranking? I've never really understood these kinds of games."
"Yes, that's right. My rank is Global Elite, the highest rank. I'll have to log into a smurf account so we can play together since your rank is too low."
"I see... Then I'll wait."
A few minutes later, Eiri finally logged into her other account and invited me to a lobby. Within seconds, we were already in a match. I didn't know the rules of the game, so I played however I thought was best.
Eiri started giving me advice to help me, but I couldn't understand the terms she was using.
The only thing I did was grab my weapon and go after the players on the other team to kill them. Because of that stupidity, we ended up losing a few rounds after I let the bomb explode once it had been planted.
But after I learned how the game worked, I started improving rapidly.
From the very beginning, my aim was already pretty good, but it kept getting even better over time. Every shot I fired landed from the chest up, and I was getting a lot of headshots, which made me excited.
People started calling me a hacker in the game chat, while Eiri laughed and also began doubting me. She asked several times if I had downloaded some suspicious program to impress her.
So I replied, "Why would I do that to impress you?"
It was a rather cold response.
Eiri then let out an awkward, nervous laugh and said, "It was just a joke~~"
After a match that lasted longer than expected, we ended up winning 13-3. It was a complete massacre.
'I'm actually really good at this, aren't I?'
If I keep playing, I'll improve very quickly.
'But I need to be careful not to spend too much time playing. Games are dangerous. You stop noticing the passage of time.'
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POV: Third Person
While Kyo was playing and displaying frighteningly good skills for a beginner, Eiri sat in her room completely stunned.
But she wasn't the only one watching all of this.
Besides her, another 800 people were watching.
That was the number of viewers on her stream at that moment.
It was far more than she was used to. Normally, her streams would have at most 400 viewers.
Since she had put Kyo's name and also "Aoi Haruki" in the stream title, it had attracted a lot of attention.
The chat was going crazy.
Whenever she wanted to talk to the chat, Eiri muted her microphone.
[How is he this good if it's his first time playing? LOL]
[This is insane! Every shot is a headshot! Is he really just Silver 1? Has he really never played before?]
[THIS IS TERRIFYING!]
[Crazy... My God.]
[Is that really the author Aoi Haruki? Is it really him?????]
Eiri read the messages and began responding.
"It really is his first time playing. He didn't even know how to play a few minutes ago! Hahaha." She laughed.
"And yes, it really is Aoi Haruki. I'm filming a movie with him. Didn't I tell you guys I'm acting in Teenage Love with him? Didn't you see the cast list?"
[I'm new here. I didn't even know you were an actress LOL]
[Me too! I'm a fan of the author and saw his name in the stream title LOL. I thought it was a joke, but that's actually his voice.]
"I'm happy to see so many new viewers here." Eiri smiled as she watched her follower count increase significantly.
She was also receiving a lot of donations.
All of them were from people wanting to talk to the author Aoi Haruki.
Every donation contained a question for him.
Questions like:
[When is the second volume of Tensura coming out?]
[Will there be a special Overlord volume? I want to read more!]
[What did you think about the Overlord anime adaptation? Do you like it?]
[When is the first season of Oregairu coming out????]
However, Eiri simply ignored those questions because she didn't want Kyo to find out she was streaming without his consent.
He might get angry.
'I should have told him from the beginning...'
But it didn't take long for Kyo to discover that she was streaming.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me you were live?"
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POV: Kyo
Just as we had started a new match, my phone suddenly vibrated.
I saw that it was a message from Rina.
The moment I read it, I was startled.
[You should have told me you were going to be on a stream. Be careful about what you say, okay? Enjoy the game.]
I was confused at first, but I quickly understood what was happening.
Eiri had told me that she streamed.
She was definitely streaming this.
'She should have told me she was doing it. I wouldn't have minded.'
So I spoke up.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me you were live?"
"What?" Eiri sounded surprised.
"You're streaming, right? My manager just sent me a message about it. She told me to be careful and not say anything unnecessary. She worries a lot about these kinds of things." I laughed.
"That's..."
Then I opened Twitch to take a look.
I searched for Eiri's name and found her stream.
There were almost two thousand people watching, even though she only had thirty thousand followers.
That's a very good viewer count.
Probably because I'm here...
The chat was filled with laughter.
"You aren't angry?" Eiri asked.
"Why would I be? I just opened your stream. Hello, chat. How are you all doing?" I said, trying to be friendly.
The chat went completely wild.
After that, the stream flowed very smoothly.
I started interacting with the chat, and the viewer count increased significantly.
Without meaning to, I ended up helping Eiri become more famous.
I have a feeling that's exactly what she wanted.
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