Gender Swap: The Introvert’s Broadcast
Chapter 166

[EDITED]

Honestly, there’s no need to add anything more; just one word is enough to explain it.

Who could the new person I met in Minecraft be?

It’s none other than—

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Wait, really?]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: You’re doing a collab with Ibaek???]

[Why does the manager never know, haha.]

[It’s a rule that managers never know, haha.]

[Ibaek, huh...]

[Big Ibaek.]

[What the hell are you two even doing collabing for?]

[Wasn’t it just a random encounter where she helped you out? Haha.]

[Ibaek, this is a bit much, haha.]

[If this is real, I’m a bit disappointed in Ibaek.]

It was Ibaek.

The same person who protected me in Minecraft before.

‘I never thought I’d be doing a collab with her…’

Of course, it wasn’t a real-life collab.

We weren’t that close to each other, after all.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: But how did you two get close?]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: That’s what I’m really curious about, haha.]

[Did you contact each other privately or something?]

[Ah, damn, Ibaek makes me nervous.]

[Dam, don’t tell me you have feelings for her?]

[The chat’s going wild, haha.]

[Why is this “wild” chat stuff happening? It’s just that I don’t want to see her with another girl, lol.]

[It’s not about “wild chat” – it’s just that I don’t want to see her with another girl, haha.]

[Whoa, calm down, everyone.]

[Hwanhee: By the way, what’s the collab about?]

[Hwanhee: Is there something to collab on?]

Since this collab was happening on both of our streams, we were thinking of playing games that would be fun for both of us.

For example—

“Ibaek suggested we play ‘It Takes Two,’”

A game like It Takes Two.

It’s a good game to play when things are awkward.

So, I agreed to it.

Thinking about that, I checked the chat—

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Oh, that sounds fun.]

[Ibaek, the queen of trials, Ibaek the queen of trials...]

[Stop spamming, really.]

[Ibaek, go away. Go away, go away, go away.]

[This is just too much.]

[TwiSpook: Chat’s being so intense, I just want to turn them into jerky.]

[TwiSpook: Just kidding, haha.]

[Why are they so worked up over one game? Haha.]

The chat was on fire.

I was confused.

It wasn’t like we were meeting for dinner, but the chat was burning like this.

I was thinking about how ridiculous this was when—

[Ibaek gave 10,000 KRW as a donation!]

• Dam, are you ready?

Ibaek entered my stream.

“Ah, hold on. If you give me three minutes, I’ll be right in.”

[Ibaek: Ah, okay.]

[Ibaek: Got it.]

[Why’s your voice tone different? Why’s your voice tone different? Why’s your voice tone different?]

[Your tone seems a bit off.]

[Dam gets a different tone when meeting an alpha female, huh.]

[My life is so fucked.]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: What the hell is this over-investment?]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Calm down.]

[How do I not over-invest, haha.]

[TwiSpook: Why are you getting so angry? You’re not even competing.]

[TwiSpook: Haha.]

[Ban this guy.]

The chat was still on fire.

I had no idea why this was happening.

When I collab with close friends, people just stay quiet, but now it’s burning up like this?

‘What the hell.’

They wouldn’t be thinking I’m some idol fan, would they?

What could possibly have caused this?

I thought it was ridiculous and logged into the game.

Ding-.

I had already installed the game, so there was no need to set it up.

As soon as I logged in—

Ding-!

Ibaek immediately invited me.

I could tell from the nickname.

[2100 invited you.]

Her nickname was so transparent.

I accepted the invite—

“Oh, you’re here?”

Ibaek’s voice came through.

Every time I hear her voice, I’m struck by how nice it sounds.

It’s like she’s never inhaled any fine dust at all.

I thought this and greeted her lightly.

“Hello.”

I thought it wouldn’t be awkward since we had introduced ourselves before, but after a bit of time had passed, it felt a little awkward.

We were talking, but it didn’t flow smoothly.

• Shall we start now...?

  “Ah, sure.”

We started the collab, albeit a little awkwardly.

“Ah, you shouldn’t jump from there. It’s structurally impossible, and I’ll end up losing.”

• Oh, sorry about that.

  “No, no, I wasn’t trying to make you apologize, I was just saying it because it was a bit frustrating.”

• Ah... Okay.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: What the hell, haha.]

[Why are you scolding her?]

[This is hilarious.]

[Stop scolding her.]

[Ibaek, stop scolding her, haha.]

[Why are there so many lesbians in the chat?]

[Ibaek’s probably one of them now, haha.]

[TwiSpook: This is fun, let’s keep going.]

[What do you mean, ‘keep going’? Haha.]

Contrary to what I had thought about being awkward with Ibaek, as we played the game, I found myself talking naturally.

Maybe I just really suck at this game.

‘No, she’s actually good at Minecraft.’

I thought she’d be decent at other games, but I didn’t expect her to be this bad.

It was almost comical how bad it was.

“Let’s... try harder.”

Still, I couldn’t give up.

It was a collab after all.

I had to give it my all.

• Yes... Let’s try harder.

So, Ibaek and I kept trying, slowly getting better together.

She was terrible, but as long as I moved one step slower, we could somehow pass through.

How long did it take?

“Phew... Should we take a break?”

• Ah, yeah.

I could feel all the energy leaving my body.

I had expended more energy than I was supposed to.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Come on, hang in there...]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: How can she be so bad, haha.]

[This is just beyond human level.]

[At this point, it’s like she’s deliberately messing up.]

[Honestly, it might be on purpose.]

[TwiSpook: You should try harder yourself, haha.]

[TwiSpook: If you just blame her, nothing’s going to change.]

[No more blaming, haha.]

[You’re just bad yourself, haha.]

[Stop blaming others, it’s pathetic.]

The chat started criticizing me.

Normally, I would just ignore it, but—

“Hey, calm down. Don’t cross the line, or you won’t be able to join my stream again. Just stop.”

I yelled without thinking.

I shouldn’t have lost my temper on stream.

‘Ugh, I should’ve held back.’

Getting angry on stream is one of the dumbest things you can do.

It always creates an embarrassing situation when the anger fades away.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Huh.]

[Huh.]

[Huh.]

[What the hell.]

[Hiii.]

[It’s scary, haha.]

[TwiSpook: Sorry.]

‘Why is she apologizing, unlike usual?’

She never apologizes like that.

I was trying to let it slide as a joke, but that failed too.

“…Alright, forget it. Just don’t do that again.”

I hastily tried to smooth things over.

[Mangming: If Dam’s thinking ‘Why did I yell?’ then it’s an upvote, haha.]

Mangming showed up in the chat.

His comment seemed to read my thoughts.

So, I quickly responded—

“…No, not really.”

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Hmm?]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Haha.]

[It’s so obvious you’re flustered, haha.]

[Was that for real? Haha.]

[Is Dam really mad? Haha.]

[Dam is so cute, haha.]

[Hahaha.]

The viewers had already noticed.

It was a really embarrassing situation.

So—

“Ibaek!! Let’s get started right away!”

• Ah, okay.

I had no choice but to start the game.

I didn’t want to look at the chat anymore.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Hahaha.]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Everyone, Dam’s embarrassed, so let’s stop.]

[If Dam says stop, then we stop, haha.]

[Everyone, ‘don’t go too far.’]

[‘Don’t go too far’ in force, haha.]

[These guys are too much, haha.]

[TwiSpook: I get it, Dam, haha.]

[TwiSpook: Don’t say anything bad to Dam.]

And so, my collab with Ibaek began in earnest.

…Though there was a bit of awkwardness.

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