Gender Swap: The Introvert’s Broadcast
Chapter 164

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“Hmm? Who could that be?”

At this time of day, no one should be coming to where I am.

Who on earth could it be?

I was wondering when—

• Delivery is here-!!

That came out of nowhere.

“Huh, I didn’t order anything though?”

Lately, my expenses have been slowly increasing, but I haven’t become rich enough to be ordering deliveries all the time.

I’ve been saving up everything, excluding most unnecessary things, to get out of this one-room apartment.

So, the person knocking on the door seemed really suspicious.

“…Who could it be?”

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Don’t open the door, haha.]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Looks dangerous.]

[No way.]

[Hah.]

[Is something dangerous going on?]

[TwiSpook: If you open the door for someone like that...]

[TwiSpook: I’ve seen a lot of guys who got into weird situations.]

[Ah, damn, I have to focus on the lane, but who is that?]

[Who’s that guy?]

“…I’ll just lower my voice and continue the stream.”

If I had a good physique, it might be different, but I’m not that strong.

I’m a little shorter than other people.

So, it seemed better to lower my voice and continue broadcasting.

I didn’t want the person outside to realize there was someone inside and continue knocking.

‘It’s not like I have Lee Ye-ram here.’

If Ye-ram were here, I’d have gone out with her.

I thought about it as I slowly started my laning phase.

There was a lot of money riding on this game.

I couldn’t afford to slack off.

I had to think about how the opponent would use their skills and where they would move.

I had to consider all of that while playing.

‘It’s a lot to think about, but…’

There was a million won on the line, so there was no reason not to do my best.

It wasn’t just some random game.

I thought this while slowly taking control of the laning phase.

The opponent was also a Challenger.

That meant they were familiar with this setup.

So, it was important to slowly grind down the opponent.

“…I’ll use Soul Liberation to create some distance and then attack slowly.”

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Why is he talking so quietly? Haha.]

[It’s like a library in here.]

[Dam’s being so tense, it’s cute if you like that kind of thing, haha.]

[He is cute.]

[TwiSpook: He’s cute.]

[TwiSpook: But seriously, he should be quiet. You never know what someone like him will do.]

[Eh, there’s no way he’d break in, haha.]

[Hwanhee: That would be straight-up horror.]

[He probably just got the wrong address for the delivery.]

I was slowly gaining control of the laning phase when suddenly—

Thud, thud-

I heard someone trying to open the door.

It sounded like they were trying to force the door open.

At this point, I started getting a little scared.

‘...It doesn’t seem like they got the wrong house.’

If they had the wrong address, they would’ve just left the delivery at the door. They wouldn’t try to force the door open.

It was a very suspicious situation.

Despite my growing unease, I kept playing the game.

“…I have to focus on the game.”

The game had to come first.

After all, there was nothing I could do about it right now.

I needed to keep playing and win this game to earn that million won.

Just as I was continuing to gain control of the match—

Thud-!!

Someone knocked on the door loudly enough for it to be heard in the stream.

At that point, I fell silent.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: ???]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Dam, shouldn’t you call the cops or something?]

[This is really dangerous.]

[We should report this, yeah.]

[That guy’s probably a stalker, haha.]

[If he’s not a stalker, why would he be doing this?]

[Stalker, idiot, haha.]

[TwiSpook: But how did he even know your address?]

[TwiSpook: You’ve never mentioned it on stream.]

[Yeah, how did he know?]

[I’ve seen traces before, but I don’t think he could have known from that.]

I wasn’t sure if it was a stalker or not, but someone doing that outside certainly wasn’t normal, so I discreetly took out my phone and reported it.

I made sure the microphone was off, of course.

‘If he figures out I’m reporting him, this could get complicated.’

I wasn’t sure if the person outside intended to harm me or not, but it was better to report it just in case.

With that thought in mind, I made the report.

“There’s a woman outside my door who’s been trying to force it open, can you please handle this?”

• What’s the location?

  “Here’s the address—”

I quickly finished the report, and with that, I started feeling a little more at ease as I continued the game.

I’d done everything I could.

Now, I just had to focus on what I was doing.

And then, a little later—

[Victory!]

“I won.”

I won easily.

It was a relief.

If I had failed the early trades in the laning phase, that would’ve immediately turned into a loss.

So, I was thankful.

Just as I was thinking about that—

Knock, knock-

Someone knocked on the door again.

• It’s the police.

It seemed like the police had arrived, the ones I had called earlier.

“Wait a second, the police came, I’ll step out and talk to them.”

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: ??]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: When did you call the cops? Haha.]

[You really went ahead and called them.]

[But what if he’s not a stalker?]

[If he’s not a stalker, it’s all good.]

[TwiSpook: If he’s not a stalker, that’s good, but if he is, they’ll catch him right away.]

[TwiSpook: It’s a win-win situation.]

[Don’t go easy on him, yeah.]

I was grateful that the viewers cared for me as I opened the door, and the police were waiting outside.

‘Glad I turned off the mic.’

I felt relieved, and as I quickly glanced around—

“Ugh…”

A woman was standing there, looking around awkwardly.

Her eyes were unfocused.

It seemed like she was the one who had been knocking on the door.

“Are you the one who called in earlier?”

“Ah, yes.”

“She was continuously knocking on your door, so we made this arrangement. Do you know her?”

“Wait a moment.”

I stared at the woman intensely.

Did I know her from somewhere?

I kept staring, trying to figure it out—

“Ah.”

I think I recognized her.

It was surprising.

“I don’t know her name, but she was a regular at the café where I worked part-time.”

“I see…”

The officer quickly jotted something down in a notebook and whispered something to the woman, who was still looking around in a daze.

Then, a moment later—

“…I’m sorry.”

The woman apologized to me.

It was embarrassing.

To suddenly get an apology like that.

Of course, I was happy to accept it, but it was just such a sudden apology that it caught me off guard.

‘What on earth did the police say to her?’

Did they threaten her with something like “If you don’t apologize, we’ll arrest you”?

I thought that useless thought while the woman in front of me kept apologizing.

Her face was pale.

“Ah, it’s okay…”

With the way money was coming together, I thought I’d be able to move out in two months.

I could take out a loan for any remaining money.

‘I can’t keep living in a place like this.’

I had grown attached to this place, but a one-room apartment is still a one-room apartment.

There’s so much that’s lacking.

In winter, the hot water doesn’t come out properly, and in summer, the air conditioning doesn’t work well.

That’s why I was planning to move.

I finished up the situation while thinking about all that.

‘...She won’t come back after apologizing like that.’

If she does, there’s nothing I can do about it.

That’s why I’m trying to settle this as peacefully as possible.

After we exchanged a few more words—

“Alright, it’s settled then. You two won’t meet again.”

That was the conclusion.

We decided never to meet again.

As I thought that, I was about to close the door when—

“…I’m a fan.”

The officer said that and then calmly left.

Creek-

As the door closed, many thoughts crossed my mind.

‘...A fan?’

I couldn’t imagine a police officer watching my stream.

I thought it was strange and sat back down at my desk to continue the broadcast.

“Ugh… I’m tired.”

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: What’s going on?]

[What did you talk about?]

[The police came, what happened?]

[Was it a stalker?]

[TwiSpook: I think it was a stalker.]

[TwiSpook: What he was doing is exactly what a stalker would do.]

The chat was still filled with messages from viewers expressing concern for me.

It seemed like many viewers were worried.

Anyway.

Something was decided for sure after the earlier events.

So, I announced it to the viewers right away.

“From now on, I’m going to stream for ten hours a day.”

I needed to stream as much as possible to leave this place.

I had been thinking about leaving for a while, but after today’s events, that thought became even more solid.

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