[TS] Starting the Broadcast

Chapter 33 - Who Am I? (2)



The debate grows more intense as it progresses.
Lark provides video evidence, saying he pre-listened to opinions from famous BJs in preparation.
First, Keulmumu appears and shouts for pouring.
After that, BJs known to be in the pouring faction show up and unite in solidarity for pouring.

“How about that? The will of my like-minded colleagues! And our dream!”
“No, that concept is a bit much, I said.”

– A monster consumed by the concept!
-A man serious about pouring ;
-No, be this enthusiastic about something else

Now it’s my turn to counter.
Honestly, Lark’s preparation was so strong that it wasn’t easy to match him.
So I decided to pull out the family card at this point.

“Listening to Lark-nim’s logic so far, you said that people who dip are destroying the environment, disrespecting historical traditions, don’t know taste, will be single for life, and are ugly, right?”
“Uh… I didn’t say those last parts, but the claims before that are correct.”
“Let me just say one thing.”
“What is it?”
“My mother and father dip.”
“…!”

An unstoppable powerful family card.
For a moment, a chilling silence sweeps the surroundings.
Lark’s appearance, unable to easily open his mouth.
I didn’t stop there and pressed even harder.

“You’re not making pa.ren.tal in.sults, are you? I’ll remind you that this is a public place with many viewers watching.”
“Th-that’s…”

-Damn! Isn’t this too strong?
-Lark, stop! You fought well. It’s not shameful to lose to a strong opponent.
-Fire Punch! Fire Punch! Fire Punch!

Lark is on the defensive.
In the end, he pulls out the family card too.
The counter to parents is parents!
He appeals that his parents are also in the pouring faction.

“Okay, I’ll believe you. You wouldn’t lie about your parents’ preferences just to avoid a momentary crisis, right?”
“……”

It’s not quite a KO, but he’s clearly staggering.
I decided to press on.

“Now, it’s my turn. Are you ready?”

-But Mia seems a bit different today.
-Yeah. She used to feel like she was just shouting loudly, but why does she feel so calm today
-For real, Mia is cute because she’s silly.

“Oh my, where did you get that idea? I’ll show you what a truly intellectual feel is like.”
“…Mia, that concept is a bit gross too.”
“Hmph!”

I cut off the sprouting suspicions shown by the viewers.
My throat feels ticklish.
After all, Mia’s voice was a higher pitch than mine.
Forcibly raising the tension and using my voice more intensively, the fatigue accumulates at a different rate.
Since it’s an appropriate timing, I decide to play the video I prepared to buy some rest time.

“Actually, there was no need for this debate. Because Lark… that person was a shameless two-faced man.”
“What? This is slander. How can you say that to someone like me who could live without laws…”
“Shut up, here’s the video evidence.”

The video plays.
It’s a video of Lark, Mia, and Keulmumu eating food after finishing a joint broadcast as an after-party.
Delivery food neatly placed on the table.
Mia moves first, starting to mix her portion of jajangmyeon deliciously.
Then Keulmumu brings the jjamppong forward and takes a big bite with chopsticks.
Lastly, Lark…

“Do you have anything to say?”
“Uh, that… No, that’s…”

A voice clearly trembling comes through the microphone.
That’s right.
Lark in the video… as soon as he unwrapped the sweet and sour pork and sauce’s plastic packaging, he picked up his chopsticks and ‘dipped’ right away. Then he brought it to his mouth firmly and ate it deliciously.

-Two-faced devil Lark must be impeached!
-Lark the dipper disguised as a pourer must commit seppuku!
– Lark who acted like a pourer for the broadcast while being a dipper, a monster who does anything for the broadcast
-Ex
-plain
-yourself

The public opinion in the chat window changes in an instant.
For this moment, it didn’t matter whether it was pouring or dipping.
Everyone united with one heart and mind to strongly pressure Lark.

“That’s not it. I knew Mia and Keulmumu hyung who were eating together were dippers, so I was being considerate. If I had poured the sauce there, those two wouldn’t have felt good, right?”

-To bend your ‘beliefs’ for the sake of dippers. That’s a cowardly excuse!
-Ugh! The one above is a bit gross. Please restrain yourself.
-At times like this, striking first is best. Just pour the sauce all over
-Geez, the pourers’ usual mindset is coming out. You can just scoop out as much as you’ll eat and pour or dip mannerly.

“Okay. I’ll say that’s how it was.”
“…You seem unfamiliar today?”

It’s a slightly puzzled reaction to my appearance that never loses composure.
If it were the usual Mia, she would rush at Lark showing an opening like a mischievous child who likes playing pranks.

‘Well, it would be boring if it’s too easy, so how about a little hint.’

Nevertheless, Lark quickly erased his doubts.
He probably can’t even imagine.
That the person laughing and chatting with him now is not Mia, whom he’s known for nearly 2 years, but someone else.
So I’m more excited for his reaction when the truth is revealed.

“…Therefore, through scientific analysis, pouring’s victory is certain!”
“Okay. I’ll give you that.”
“……”

-What is this . It’s the first time seeing Lark get beaten like this in a Final Debate.
-Mia is somehow different today. Could it be… she ‘awakened’?
-Ugh! Managers, aren’t you managing the gross chats?
-Mature feeling Mia… I like it even more!

The debate reached its final stages.
Lark tried to make a reversal, but the video evidence I presented of him dipping sweet and sour pork was too powerful.

Viewers not responding properly, treating Lark as a traitor despite his passionate speech.
That atmosphere didn’t change until the end.

“Kuk! For me to suffer such humiliation…”
“Don’t be too heartbroken. Your opponent was me after all.”

-ㅋ To hear such humiliating words.
-For real, did you perhaps feel ‘the wall’?
-Even so, 12% : 88% is crossing the line

It was the final vote result.
A shocking result that had never come out in any Final Debate held so far!
Lark was dumbfounded and viewers were simply enjoying it, but I wasn’t finished yet.

“Oppa.”
“Uh, huh? Yeah. What?”
I whisper in a sweet tone different from usual Mia to Lark, who’s still dazed and can’t come to his senses after the overwhelming numerical defeat.

“I actually have something to tell you.”
“Huh? Ahaha, what kind of prank are you trying to pull, setting the mood weirdly.”
“I’m not joking.”
“……”

-What’s this?
-It can’t be what I’m thinking, right? It can’t be.
-Crazy ㅋ Is something big coming?
-If this is real, today’s broadcast is legendary. I’ll quickly post on the gallery and come back!

The chat window explodes.
Whatever they imagined, I can hear Lark swallowing dryly through Discord.
Actually, I’m nervous too.
Of course, it’s a different kind of nervousness from Lark’s.
I imagine Mia watching this scene and rolling around holding her stomach, and try hard to shake it off.
Then I opened my mouth again.

“Oppa, it might be sudden, but I’ll sing one song. Listen to it.”
“Uh… okay.”

-Crazy . At first I thought it was scripted, but what’s with Lark’s reaction? This is a real situation.
-Confessing on broadcast? This doesn’t seem right;;

Thanks to my perfect acting, not only Lark but even viewers are falling for it and running their mouths.
I take a deep breath and play the song I prepared in advance.
A song I love so much.
It was the OST of Non Stop 4 sung by Han Ae-seul.

“Incomparable love… Incomparable excitement. That’s what you are to me.”

I could read Lark’s reaction, stiffening even more at the word love coming out from the first line.
The chat window growing more confused.
In a situation where everyone’s attention was focused, I had to sing flawlessly in Mia’s voice.
Due to the high difficulty, my voice trembles slightly and the pitch becomes a bit unstable.

-Crazy. It seems to be a real confession. The slightly trembling voice is full of emotion.
-Ah… I think even I’m getting excited. It reminds me of when I received a confession before.
-Yeah. That’s a dream. Want to have that good dream again?
– I don’t know the song, but it’s good.

As they say the interpretation is better than the dream, even though I made a mistake of mixing in my original voice slightly, viewers cover for me on their own.
Having come this far, I couldn’t ruin the situation, so I sang my best.

“You’re so different. More than any gaze I’ve seen… You make me anticipate. Someday I feel like you’ll move me so much… Like there will be a confession. I’ve been waiting since some time.”

Suddenly, memories of my first love come to mind.
She who loved red so much.
On our first date, she came out wearing a red dress and red shoes, and I remember smiling as soon as I saw her figure from afar.
I didn’t let go of that emotion and put it into the song.
And I focused.
Lark’s reaction and viewers’ chats fade away in my mind.
Recalling only the lyrics one by one and the memories of my first love that were so longing and pure, I told everyone.
That we had a heart-fluttering love.

“……”

The song ended.
I’m tired.
It feels like I poured out everything.
I really don’t know what I’m doing, I overacted too much and it became a bit different from the original plan.

[No. It was truly excellent. The best…]

‘Eh, what’s with the sudden praise? It doesn’t suit you.’

I said, but it wasn’t like that at all.
The chat window was paralyzed.
It stutters as if lagging.
The number of viewers that increased without me knowing.
It’s over ten thousand, a number I haven’t seen since the Miracle joint broadcast.
And water balloons burst.
100 or so was trivial.
500, 1000 burst easily.

“Uh, huh? Why is everyone like this. Everyone, did something happen?”

-Mia, I love you! Don’t confess to someone like Lark, date me!
-It’s been a long time since I almost cried listening to a song. Is this what a song with ‘sincerity’ is like? My heart felt heavy and excited.
-Today’s broadcast is really legendary. To think I watched this live.

It wasn’t the usual reaction of viewers laughing and joking around.
Such serious attitudes and impressions.
And it was the same for Lark.

“Mia, you said you had something to say?”
“Huh? Ah, yeah.”
“I think I can listen now. Tell me.”

I couldn’t help but be flustered by Lark’s attitude, which seemed to have made some kind of resolution.
No, this isn’t the atmosphere I was thinking of.
But I couldn’t run away now.
I carefully turned on the cam to show myself on screen and shouted in a bright voice to reverse the mood.

“Ta-da! Surprise! The identity of ‘Mia’ who conducted today’s Final Debate was me, Hani! Ta-da!”
“……”

-Huh?
-What?
-What is this?
-???
-I think there’s something wrong with my ears? No, my eyes are strange too.
-What?

I had just filmed a legendary scene that will be talked about for a long time within New Continent TV.


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