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30 – Second Broadcast, Aftermath (5)

A cafe located in Yeouido.

There, a woman in a neat suit was sipping her coffee with a nervous expression on her face.

Her identity was no different, she was an employee of the Korean branch of Powell Software.

‘The real tension is driving me crazy.’

She was really happy even when she first heard that she was going to be dispatched to the contract position she had today.

Because the subject of today’s contract was Somajwa, which can be said to be the main character of the topic on the Internet recently.

She also watched Eugene’s broadcast, and she knew it well because she had a part in the production of ‘Nightfall’.

The fact that you can show off that kind of movement and physicality in Nightfall is, in itself, something nonsensical.

So, as soon as she saw the broadcast, she immediately became a fan of Eugene.

So today, I was really happy to be able to see Eugene in real life.

… Until you check the contents of the contract to familiarize yourself with it in advance.

‘Sure, I never thought the company would present a contract like this to capture Soma… ‘

Judging from the contents of the contract, Powell Software seemed to want to hold on to Eugene no matter what.

But, if she makes any mistakes, on the day Eugene declares that she will not sign the contract-

‘… It won’t end at the level where I become unemployed.’

But who to blame? It was his own fault for accepting the branch manager’s offer, saying that he could see the real thing of Somajwa.

Just then, her heart was beating so fast that she couldn’t tell if she was drinking her coffee through her mouth or through her nose.

“… Uh?”

The door of the cafe opens, and a pair of men and women come inside.

And the moment the two entered, everyone’s eyes in the cafe were focused on the two.

The reason was simple.

Because those two were nice men and women who were hard to find even if they were walking around the streets all day long.

‘Are they celebrities?’

The female employee exclaimed inwardly at the gorgeous face reminiscent of her model and the beautiful woman with long straight hair hanging down her back.

The female side was also a great beauty, but the male side was never inferior to it.

A handsome man is also handsome, but a man who draws the attention of others even when he is just standing still.

It’s a bit funny to say such a thing in modern society, but I feel a sense of dignity in that man, as if he were standing above others and looking down on them.

Just when the female employee was stunned and secretly spying on the two, that pair of men and women start striding towards them.

‘What, what is it?’

Just at that moment when she wondered if there was something wrong on her side, and for some reason she was holding her heart.

“Are you a Powell Software employee?”

“Yes?”

“I came here because of a contract with Powell Software.”

With those words, she was able to guess the true identity of the man.

“…Could it be, Mr. Soma?”

“I can’t get used to that nickname no matter how many times I hear it. Nice to meet you, my name is Yujin Han.”

Saying that, Eugene bowed her head toward her.

“And this woman is Streamer Ecclesia, who came to help me today.”

“Nice to meet you. Streamer Ekklesia, I’m Isia.”

“Eh, Ekklesia-sama?”

The female employee blinked her eyes at the appearance of a person she could not have imagined.

I didn’t understand. As far as she knows, Soma has nothing to do with Ekklesia, so why did she accompany her today?

“That’s because… I’m quite ignorant of contract-related fields. So I contacted Ekklesia and asked for help, and she accompanied me.”

In fact, Eugene was trying to ask her to refer her to a lawyer who could give her advice on matters related to her contract.

She really couldn’t have imagined that Ekklesia herself would come to this place.

Of course, the female employee, who had no way of knowing the circumstances behind her, put on a blank expression for a moment, but it was not the time for her to pay attention to such things.

“Well then, let me show you the contract first.”

The female employee took out several documents from her briefcase and handed them to Eugene and Ekklesia.

“Hmm.”

Eugene The moment she accepted the contract, she realized one thing.

Ah, this is not the kind of thing I can understand!

I also got rid of the reference books related to Guk Yeong-soo in the middle because my head hurts, but there was no way I could understand the contents of the contract, which was covered with jargon.

‘… Well, Ekklesia will take care of everything.’

From Eugene’s point of view, Ekklesia was absolutely not the kind of person who would betray him in a situation like this.

Wasn’t she brought here in the first place in order to take on all of her hairdos?

So what, she has no choice but to trust her completely and trust her now.

“Hmm… I think this is the final unit price we can offer as a price for utilizing Soma-sama’s battle data.”

“There are too many fees to get out of the middle. Soma-sama is signing a contract directly without going through the MCN, so I think this is a bit unfair.”

Yujin just stared blankly at the scene where the female employee and Ekklesia were arguing for a long time.

How much time had passed like that?

The female employee nods as if she has obtained a satisfactory result, and smiles awkwardly while looking at Yujin.

“Then, I will tell Soma about the final decision. First of all, this is the explanation about the Mutube channel that Winter mentioned in the last joint broadcast.”

“Hmm.”

“Winter-nim and Soma-nim said they would upload a video about how to enter the hidden route that Ekklesia-nim discovered on the soon-to-be-launched MuTube channel, right?”

“Yes, what.”

“If the video is uploaded… I would like you to prioritize our Powell Software ads for that video.”

The advertisement that Powell Software wanted to put up was none other than an advertisement related to the upcoming Nightfall DLC.

Because it would be more effective to advertise to viewers who came to Eugene’s channel to get information about the hidden route than to spend a lot of money on TV commercials.

“Originally, the unit price for advertising is measured by reflecting the average number of views or the number of current subscribers, but since Soma has not yet opened a Mutube account, we decided to randomly measure and pay the unit price.”

“Really? To what extent?”

“We measured the unit price, assuming that Soma could reach the minimum silver button and even the gold button in the near future if we consider the potential. So about… You will be treated like a channel with 500,000 subscribers.”

Considering the fact that there are less than 1,000 mu-tubers in the world who have reached the gold button, the treatment itself is very unconventional!

However, even after hearing that, Eugene’s expression remained calm.

‘Silver? Gold? Is it like a tier in some online game?’

I only knew about the existence of Mu-Tube, but I had no idea what a silver button was and what a gold button was, so there was no way my expression would change.

‘Surely… The rumor that Soma Jwa regards his money as less than a piece of toilet paper is indeed true.’

Of course, the female employee who did not know that fact only burst into admiration inwardly.

“Also, with Soma-sama’s battle data, I’m thinking of making the DLC boss and the final boss of the next game. Of course, a separate down payment will be paid in relation to that.”

“… The final boss of the next game?”

At the words of the female employee, Yujin tilted her head.

“I remember that story wasn’t in the e-mail you sent me?”

No matter how much Eugene says he is ignorant of the virtual reality game industry, I do know that the level of proportion between the DLC boss and the next game’s final boss is quite different.

In the first place, this side didn’t say that they wanted something like that, so why the hell did they do something they weren’t told to do?

“From Powell Software, our sincerity to Soma. We want to maintain our friendship with Soma for as long as possible.”

“… You want to stay friends with me?”

Eugene felt something strange about the female employee’s explanation, but she soon nodded her head.

There’s no reason for her to express her disapproval when it’s not even a condition that harms her.

The female employee, who explained the other conditions that were infinitely advantageous to Eugene and seemed to be losing something on the Powell Software side, as if something was missing, let out a sigh of relief as if she had finally put it down.

“With this, I have explained all of the rough conditions. And… What we are talking about here is not a formal contract, but rather a kind of invitation from us to Soma.”

The female employee continued her explanation with a slightly awkward smile.

“Soma was the first in the world to enter the hidden route by catching Ariandel in the tutorial. However, do you know that the way Soma-sama entered the Hidden Route is not the way we assumed?”

Yes, of course it is a fact that I know.

Not only was it something the general director directly mentioned in the interview, but also because there was no way anyone could defeat a boss with such an insane level of difficulty except for Eugene in the first place.

“The way to enter the hidden route that our development team has conceived… When entering the 2nd play after clearing at least the 1st playthrough, it was to kill Ariandel after persuading the puppet without going through any level up in ‘Paradise’.”

The production team decided that players who had cleared at least one round would be able to capture Ariandel sufficiently if they used several ending-level items such as the magic bullet while receiving body correction by the holy sword.

Of course, I never imagined that there would be a human who could catch Ariandel in the tutorial with only one straight sword.

“Also, it was the same when Soma-nim caught ‘the one who gazes at the stars’. Originally, as advised by Yuria, after retreating from paradise, weakening the ruler’s power and finding weaknesses, we should have gone through several processes, and then hunted the ruler in a raid format with other hunters.”

However, Eugene completely ignored all the hard work the production crew had made and captured the ruler with only his own power.

“Of course… I thought that there might be a player who skips all of those steps and hunts the ruler on his own. Therefore… That might be possible for users who have raised their stats by clearing Nightfall at least 5 times.”

I never thought that a human who had just started playing virtual reality games would accomplish such a feat.

“Until now, Soma-nim has shown an unconventional way of playing that exceeded our production team’s expectations. That is why… There is something we would like to ask of Soma.”

“Do you have a favor from the production team?”

Yujin blinked her eyes.

“Are you saying that you want to play Hidden Route the way the production team assumed in the future?”

“No, just the opposite.”

At Eugene’s words, the female employee shook her head left and right.

“Our production team hopes that Soma-nim will continue to do the hidden route in such an unconventional way.”

“Yes?”

“Such unconventional progress is not only the way viewers want it to unfold, but in fact, our production team also wants to see it. I wonder how far Soma-sama can go beyond our expectations.”

If Eugene was an ordinary streamer, Powell Software would never have made such a request.

No matter how hidden the route is, if a mere streamer keeps trying to deviate from the ‘path’ set in advance by the production team, there will be more harm than good.

However, if the target is Eugene, the story is different.

If it’s Eugene, who has the capacity to be recognized as a ‘partner’ by Powell Software.

If it was Eugene who achieved feats that no one had ever accomplished with only one sword.

I had more than enough qualifications to hear these words from them.

“So please prove it to everyone. That you are a unique being, irreplaceable to anyone in the world.”