"Ki, I want to stream successfully. Find sources for me to get some idea and start with." Shigure spoke out loud.
[ ...Streaming? That's new. Give me a few minutes to find the best sources.]
The speaker announced, marking the onset of Ki's research.
"A few minutes? So slow." Shigure shook his head, expressing disappointment.
Ki ignored his taunt.
'Never thought I would actually try this. In my previous life, watching Yo&tubers since being a kid created a desire to become a content creator. Though I never was serious about it. My primary motivation for pursuing such a career was financial gain and perhaps fame. In this life, I didn't need the former, and I don't care much about the latter. '
Before long, sources began appearing on the monitor.
{ Streaming for Dummies }
{ You can be famous too! }
{ Streaming is easy! Become a millionaire in 24 hours.}
"Aren't these titles a bit too suspicious?" Shigure narrowed his eyes.
If it wasn't Ki who gave him the sources, he would have thought that he was getting trolled.
'I am the only one who can troll people. Not the other way around.'
[ These are the best ones I found. You shouldn't judge a source by its title. ]
"Tch. Fine, let's see what it has to offer." Shigure clicked his tongue and started studying the content.
{Talk like someone's watching—even when the only one watching is your FBI agent.}
"I can do that. In fact, ain't my monologues perfect for that? Guess, I already have the skill for that."
[ I don't think it meant monologuing. ]
"Semantics."
{Be the NPC with the most entertaining idle animations.}
"This is going to be hard." Shigure frowned. "Due to keeping the poker face most of the time, I find it hard to show reactions on my face."
[ I think you are wrong in that assumption. Mr Keigo had said on separate occasions that sometimes your facial expressions make you look like an anime character. ]
Shigure blinked. "Right. He did say that once, though I dunno how much credible his statement is." He hummed.
"Wait, how do you know that?"
[ I was on standby at that time. On your phone. ]
Shigure narrowed his eyes at the speaker. 'Am I giving too much freedom to her? I need to do regular check-ups to make sure that there won't be information leakage or some other security problems.' He internally sighed.
{Your voice is your sword. Your weird jokes are your crit hits.}
"Hmm." Shigure stroked his chin.
[ I don't think you can joke. Maybe you could use your "unique" personality to show the choices you make or how you react as the content itself. ] Ki provided a unique perspective.
"What do you call a fish with no eye?... Fsh" Shigure smirked.
[ ... I need a pay raise, or in my case, some upgrades if I am expected to deal with this. ]
"Tough Crowd." Shigure ignored her request.
{Consistency builds cults. Cults build communities. Communities give you memes.}
"Who is the author? I bet they used some garbage AI to create this. Heck, even the current ones sound more human than humans themselves. How old is this?"
[ It's a bit old, but the point still stands. Consistency is important, especially if you are starting something new. ]
"I guess."
{Treat every stream like a party where nobody showed up—so you dance harder.}
"My expectations would be low anyway."
{Chat is like a garden. Water it with questions and jokes. Roast the weeds.}
"Chat is indeed one of the reasons I want to try this. I am a lonely guy after all."
Shigure continued his preparation with the help of his quirk. He had downloaded all the resources offline, and Ki also runs locally, so there was no problem in that regard.
[ I just checked. You can connect your game account to your streaming account. It shows on your game profile. Most of the top rankers stream the game, so you can get free publicity easily, especially if you are going to maintain your first rank. ]
"You should have started from there. I didn't need this." Shigure pinched his nose.
[ I am sorry. ]
Shigure sighed. "It's fine. I would have needed to see this a bit anyway." He got up from his chair and started to open a carton.
It was the equipment he had ordered for streaming.
'Being rich is nice.'
He quickly completed the setup.
"Finally Done. Let's start." Shigure clicked on the play button.
He then looked at the viewer count.
0
He waited for 5 minutes.
Still 0
[ Maybe you should play a match while waiting or something. ]
"I guess." He clicked on the start button.
Shigure had only bothered to maintain his competition rank 1. His in-game rank is not rank 1.
The match started with 98 participants.
"This is a bit too easy. Shouldn't they give high-rankers a minimum level barrier or something? This is just straight up bullying." Shigure shook his head.
He won the match with 33 Kills.
He looked at the viewer count.
3.
"Why is nobody commenting? Don't tell me it's somebody I killed?" He muttered. His voice was still audible for those viewers to hear.
A few seconds later, somebody finally commented.
{ demonKing69: FUCK YOU }
Shigure blinked. "I don't know your gender, but it doesn't matter as I don't want to get entangled with strangers."
The commentator didn't say anything for a few seconds, which soon turned into one minute.
Shigure shrugged. "Tough Crowd."
He tapped on another match. This time playing solo in a squad match.
The reason was simple. Finding players would be quite easier compared to if everyone were solo.
"Guess, I just need to kill as many people as I can so that I get more coverage." Shigure locked in.
This match took a similar amount of time. 27 teams, 99 people.
51 Kills.
Shigure looked at the chat.
{ Shogun's_No_1_supporter: Woah, is this for real? }
{ devil_lord: Is he using some advanced AI or something to cheat? No way, that's real. He killed more than half of the lobby alone. }
{ Umu_Umu_Umu: Umu }
{ Yagami: If you don't mind, can you show us your keyboard camera and your monitor through an external camera rather than screen-sharing? }
The current number of viewers had skyrocketed to 96, and people were finally commenting.
"I guess I could do that. Guess you can't trust me even if the competitions I've all attended were done offline." Shigure shrugged and quickly activated the camera he had prepared beforehand.
He had foreseen this whole situation.
So, he played another game with this setup.
"In fact, this time I would play while reading your chats. To give more credibility, I guess." Shigure put his phone on the stand to read the chat. The mobile was also coming in his setup.
He played another solo vs squad.
"How about I play the whole game with just sniper?" Shigure asked after getting a common sniper as his first weapon.
{ devil_lord: I want to see you lose, so yes. If you win, then I will call you senior from now on. }
{ Umu_Umu_Umu: Umu Umu }
{Shogun's_No_1_supporter: Yes, I want to see that! }
{ Nah_I'D_Win: If you win with just that sniper without taking any other equipment (other than bullets), then I will donate 1000 dollars. }
"Oh my. The stakes are getting high. Fine, let's see if this Gojo guy fulfils their promise or not." Shigure accepted the challenge.
He didn't really believe that the guy would fulfil their promise, as, according to their name, they just seem like a kid.
BANG BANG BANG
"These guys were not half bad," Shigure said while taking a bite of chocolate.
{ devil_lord: No way! 3 consecutive no-scopes! He is using a sniper as a shotgun! }
{ Shogun's_No_1_supporter: *Pikachu face* gif }
{ Umu_Umu_Umu: Umu Umu Umu }
Shigure won again.
23 Kills.
"It was a bit difficult without any defence." He lifted a water bottle and drank.
"Should we change game modes? Maybe instead of battle royale, we could go with some 4v4 Showdown?" Shigure asked while looking at the chat.
The viewer count had shot up to over 300.
!! Nah_I'D_Win Donated $1000: I will keep the end of my deal. Not bad !!
Shigure blinked. "Oh... Cool."
'Wasn't expecting 1000 dollars on my first day. This kid seems to be some rich guy,' Shigure thought.
He didn't care much about money, as he was rich. Quite rich.
However, he didn't mind some extra bucks.
Having more money is always good.
***
Two figures sat on a couch, facing each other.
"Do we need to do this?" Shigure groaned.
"Yup. You have stalled for quite a long time." Keigo firmly said.
"Fine. Ask away. I am not giving you my analysis."
"Acceptable."
With that, Shigure's first therapy session finally began.
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A/n- LOl, I wanted to always try this streaming thing. I am probably going to incorporate some Canon characters through this when he streams while doing hero work as a provisional hero. What do you think, guys?
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