Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast-Chapter 19 : It Wasn't There? It Was. (2)

It Wasn't There? It Was. (2)
Lee Gyeongbok's declaration received immediate support.
–Ah, lol, this is why I can't quit Purple's broadcasts!
–Fr, lol, you can't endure Purple withdrawal!
–His physical skill is insane, but his mind is even better!
–Even smug players showing off their physicals should learn a thing or two...
–Hey! Don't stir the pot.
–Fr, lol, why bring up Taz out of nowhere?
–The trolls are gathering now.
There was a bit of noise mixed in, but everyone welcomed his declaration.
['CapCompany_kor' has donated '50,000' won.]
[Uh, you can't destroy it now. If you release the Overlord's bind, it goes straight to phase 2. You need to farm some equipment before that. Uh, wait.]
A long donation message came in right then.
At the developer employee's words, the chat filled with question marks.
–Huh? It goes to phase 2?
–Why are they only telling us this now;;;
–But I already broke it?
–Lol, the employee's about to file a
–Isn't this a broadcasting accident? lol
–And yet they donated 50,000 won as if nothing happened lol
['CapCompany_kor' has donated '10,000' won.]
[Oh no... too late. Sniff, sorry, team leader.]
Another donation came in immediately after, and the chat turned somber.
–Looks like it really was an accident
–Will the employee not get paid now...
–Eh, it's not like this is doggum or anything.
–Will Purple get any penalty for this?
–Nah, seems like just an employee mistake
–Then press X to express JOY.
–You... seriously...
Meanwhile, just like the donation message said, overlord began to change. Letting out a beastly cry, overlord's body twitched.
Bones burst through its skin, multiplying to form an armored shell to protect its core. On its back, sharp hooked organs sprang out and writhed menacingly.
"Oh, wow..."
Lee Gyeongbok let out an exclamation before he realized it. The aura of danger from Overlord had intensified.
'This... actually feels dangerous.'
As soon as Overlord's mutation ended, Lee regained control. He immediately picked up the shotgun and pulled the trigger.
With a thunderous blast, buckshot flew out. But Overlord easily used one arm to shield its core.
The buckshot penetrated the arm but didn't damage the bony armor.
–How are you supposed to beat this.
–Who was it? Who made the shotgun sound?
–Hurry up, time to farm! Let's go farm!
–We need a rocket launcher, a rocket launcher!!
Viewers instantly caught on to the developer's hint. Every series had different Overlords as final bosses, but almost all ended with a rocket launcher.
–???: No need to run or farm.
–Here come the trolls peeking out again.
–What are you talking about, lol, didn't Purple say that personally?
It was just the right time for certain viewers.
Hidden among the viewers, malicious users slyly began trolling.
–Just ignore them, don't mind
–Fr, lol, not feeding the trolls is the right answer
–Shouldn't you stick to your word?
–It's not even a lie, but what a bunch of sycophants lol
This type just wanted attention, and they knew how to cleverly avoid the moderation bot's censorship.
Sometimes, the viewers who got angry at them would actually get warnings.
"I'm not going to farm."
Lee Gyeongbok confirmed after checking the chat.
Good-natured viewers worried, but trolls seemed to get even more riled up.
–It's the developer's official statement, just go farm?
–Can't you just say sorry? lol
–Lol, going to ruin himself just to look cool.
–He said he'd reset, so what's the problem, lol
It was so obvious they just wanted to shake Lee's mental state. Instead, Lee smiled faintly.
"You'll see soon enough."
Right then, the Overlord—with its newly healed arm—lunged at him. Sharpened arms and hooks flew at him.
Whoosh, whoosh-whoosh—the sound of air being sliced passed right by his ears. Yet Lee dodged every attack with an almost unbelievable margin.
–Insane, just insane...!
–All the trolls instantly silenced, lol
–Hey! This is Purple!
Unfortunately, Lee had no time to check the chat. His concentration grew, and it felt like his world had shrunk down to just him and Overlord.
Only the two of them seemed to remain. All his senses focused on them.
'Now.'
Through the gap of a fast-approaching attack, he saw an opening. Lee seized the opportunity and pulled the trigger.
With a thud, buckshot struck the bony armor.
'Was that not enough?'
Even though it was a point-blank shot, the bony armor just cracked. The crack quickly recovered, pushing out the bullets.
He steadied his breath and widened the distance.
–Did you see that? He actually counterattacked just now?
–How tough is this thing's body?
–So close... but it didn't work.
–Overlord is just too strong, sigh
Viewers reacted with both amazement and disappointment. Lee's expression, however, remained the same.
'If that's the case...'
His gaze landed beyond the Overlord, on the wall behind. From all the shrapnel Overlord had fired, it looked like it could collapse any moment.
And beyond the breach was a room with a similar layout to the one John and Sandra first arrived in.
As Lee thought, overlord finished regenerating and pounced. It was aiming to crush Lee flat.
Swiftly rolling across the floor, Lee pressed his back against the wall and took his stance, firing the shotgun.
–Told you, lol, it doesn't work.
–What happened to its learning ability?
–Getting destroyed in intelligence, lol
Trolls called it his last desperate struggle. Other viewers said whatever they wanted, but the trolls just got more excited.
Overlord, just as before, charged Lee, shielding its core with one arm.
'I can do this.'
Lee didn't back down. Instead, he charged straight at Overlord.
The blade-like arm swung at him, threatening to cut him in half.
He didn't miss the timing and slid underneath. But the danger wasn't over yet.
The hook on its back targeted him, shooting forward. Lee anticipated this—he blocked it with the shotgun.
–Holy, lol, how crazy is his physical skill!
–He's filming a movie, not playing a game, lol
–He actually pulled that off?
While the viewers marveled.
Unable to halt its momentum, overlord collided with the wall, collapsing along with it.
Lee instantly stood, aiming his gun at the ceiling.
"Everyone, do you know where this is?"
He grinned as he asked, not waiting for any answers.
There was no way he'd let the Overlord, which he'd managed to trap, escape. He fired, buckshot ripping through the pipes on the ceiling.
"This is where they dispose of animal corpses."
Just like Jessica said—they used this place to process experimental animals, but there were strangely no extra devices installed.
The reason was simple.
'They just dissolved and dumped everything.'
With his words, transparent liquid poured from the pipes, dousing Overlord.
The liquid touching Overlord's body started to dissolve it.
–Oh, right!
–Damn, incredible judgment!
–Wow, can't believe he used the stage like that.
–He didn't miss any details, lol
–It's not all about physical! What about brains, huh!
The viewers erupted in admiration.
Still, Lee didn't let his guard down.
Overlord's body was melting, but its regeneration was no joke. Even as oxidation and regeneration repeated, it forced itself up.
"Tsk, so unruly."
Lee wasn't the type to just stand and watch. He shot Overlord in the knee as it rose, knocking it down.
–Lmao, unruly
–How dare you lift your head here!
–His bro bows the knee!
–Physical education (literally)
Lee didn't stop there. Since Overlord could attack from a distance, he immediately aimed for its shoulder.
With the next shot, the acid-soaked shoulder tore open.
Lee quickly ejected the shell and reloaded.
"Now the height matches."
The viewers didn't get what he meant, but as Overlord used its hook organ to stand, they understood.
Overlord's core was now at just the right height.
The acidic solution had punctured holes in the bony armor. Lee casually pulled the trigger.
With a crunch, fragments of bone burst apart and the core inside tore, gushing dark blood.
Unable to withstand the shock, overlord toppled. Acid seeped into the torn core, deflating it like a popped balloon.
Overlord melted, unable to regenerate further.
–Again, again, again, legend, lol
–Wow, this is truly all-time
–Keeps setting new records, crazy lol
–Is this not Purple Mooncheol TV at this point?
–Why bring up Cha Mooncheol, lol
–Breaking news: President Joe Bison says "Perfect" actually originated in Korea.
–Perfect punch! Perfect punch! Perfect punch!
The viewers could only cheer. Just like they shouted for Purple, some cheered for other things.
–Where are the trolls who said he couldn't beat it?
–Style? Does this look like style to you?
–Why so quiet now, you trolls?
–Crawling into their holes
–Trolls just like those zombie rats
–You all huddled together, but ran the minute it's over~
–Detachable trolls lol
Once Lee succeeded, all the trolls vanished as if by magic. The remaining viewers teased them to their hearts' content.
'No need for me to say anything.'
There were people angry on his behalf. Choi Byeonghun would edit this part nicely, so there was no reason to speak up and make things harder.
A cutscene began to play.
"Was Regenfarm researching something like this...?"
John looked down at the dead Overlord. But something was off.
–Why is he holding a rocket launcher?
–What? When did he get that?
–How did that happen?
–Who knows
It was because John was holding a rocket launcher.
Lee Gyeongbok was baffled.
"Huh? Is this a bug?"
Just in case, he paused the cutscene. Normally, he'd carry on, but the developers were watching.
Sure enough, a donation came in with an explanation.
['CapCompany_kor' has donated '50,000' won.]
[The cutscene error was our fault. We didn't consider the case of releasing the binds without the rocket launcher. This will be patched in a future update. Sorry for the confusion.]
The donation was long and the tone changed.
–No way, a clear we never imagined!
–The devs are in shock!
–This is the real thing, lol
–That cutscene was so definitive they even pre-rendered it lol
–There was no rocket launcher?
–There was.
–Purple is a legend, really...
–That doggum giving Purple homework—truly inspired, lol
–For real, if it weren't Purple, people would be yelling it's a bug
–But is it even possible to beat Overlord if it's not Purple?
–Hey! Know your place!
–Are staff supposed to get written up now? lol
The viewers were in full-on festival mode. Lee Gyeongbok let out a small laugh.
"Ah, well... I just thought, maybe it'd work with a pistol. Guess I should've looked for the rocket launcher, huh."
–He's rubbing it in, lol
–There it is again, that killer smile.
–He's killing people for real, lol
–Another apology letter added!
–Honestly, this one's on Purple, lol
–Come on, who clears that with a pistol?
–You're worse than the viewers!
–Trolls, now you're trying to deflect, eh?
–Lol, look at him
The mood changed again with Lee's words. It sounded like he was blaming himself, but Lee knew this was just how people enjoyed his broadcasts.
After all, the real troublemakers were already gone.
"All right, before the feeling dies, let's keep going."
As Lee spoke, the viewers shouted "Sit down!" and focused once more on the cutscene.
Rocket launcher in hand, John turned to the ruined stairwell. He fired, blasting apart the debris blocking the entrance.
John immediately started down the stairs, shouting.
"Sandra! Jessica!? Are you all right?!"
His voice echoed as he descended, but no answer came.
"Did they go further in?"
Maybe they were already somewhere safe and couldn't hear him. With a complicated expression, John continued down.
The scene zoomed out, bird's-eye-view, following John spiraling down the stairs.
Bit by bit, the scene shrank until the screen faded to black.
[Chapter 4. 'Elixir' End]
With that, the chapter-ending text appeared. The preview cutscene for chapter 5 began.
Reaching the bottom of the stairwell, John burst through a door.
"Sandra?"
The laboratory was huge.
It looked like a whole floor had been devoted with not a single dividing wall. All sorts of experimental equipment filled the space.
–Wow... there was a place like this
–You never go underground on the normal route
–A lab... feels ominous
The viewers were as impressed as he was. John quickly turned his head.
"Sandra?"
But it was Jessica who appeared. She looked a little nervous, then ran to John when she spotted him.
"John! Thank goodness you're safe!"
"Jessica? What about Sandra...?"
"She went up, saying she wanted to help you. Didn't you meet her?"
"Help me? But..."
"Maybe you missed each other. Weren't these stairs blocked off?"
At Jessica's words, John frowned. As he started to move, jessica grabbed his hand.
"The vaccine first, John."
"No. I need to find Sandra first."
John firmly refused and turned away.
–Wow... that's cool.
–This is true romance.
–So juicy.
–Look at the viewers who talked about polygamy backtracking, lol
–Shh! Don't you see the mood right now?
At that moment, jessica hugged him tightly from behind.
"John, you're different."
"Jessica?"
"I won't let you go now."
John frowned even more. As he shook off her hand and turned around—
A low rumble, and the laboratory wall began to open. The scene closed in on John's face.
What did he see?
John's face filled with confusion.
"What on earth..."
With a pop, the teaser ended.
–What did you do?
–How can you end it here?
–Did it just get insane? IS IT INSANE!?
–Ah, dizzying, right?
–Where did our queen Sandra go?
–No way...
–Give us the next episode! No, give us all of it!
–Wow... Isn't Jessica obviously a villain now?
–Damn... got betrayed hard
–Today, the Jessica Squad is disbanded
–Scenario writer, open up! We just want to talk!
A totally different development from the normal route.
Naturally, the viewers' reactions bubbled with excitement.
–Let's go! Let's go! LET'S GO!
–Wait for me, sandra! I'll save you!
–Hyung? Aren't you starting already?
–It looks like an ending! Let's go!!!
Some wanted to keep watching, but those numbers were few.
–Poor viewers, your dreams are crushed...
–Lol, there are lots of newbies who don't know about forced ends.
–You wanna taste the cut ending?
–Too bad, but it can't be helped...
–Haaa, how are we supposed to wait until tomorrow...
*sobs*... I miss this already... (crying emote)
Long-time viewers had experienced it—no matter what Lee Gyeongbok said, when he said the broadcast was ending, it would end.
['CapCompany_kor' has donated '50,000' won.]
[Thank you to everyone who watched the broadcast so late! Please continue to support Cap Company and Purple's broadcasts!]
And another donation from the developers.
The viewers finally relaxed.
–Lol, looks like they just finished writing the apology letter.
–We'd welcome more "homework" like this!
–Bet they'll get more serious after getting destroyed, lol
–Feel the difference in "physical"!
–Thanks to the employee too!
They wrapped things up on a warm note.
'Hmm... should I end the stream?'
Yet Lee Gyeongbok was having different thoughts than usual. He glanced at the time and the viewer count.
It was almost midnight, but there were still about 2,800 viewers.
'Normally, I'd be off to bed by now...'
With his stream time changed and his routine broken, he felt open to new excitement.
Lee felt something squirming in his chest—a strong urge he'd never felt before.
'I want to see the ending.'
He wanted to see the game to the end. But that was just a means to an end.
'Together with the viewers.'
He wanted to share this joy.
That was the real reason.
He didn't want to disappoint those who stayed with him so late.
He wanted everyone to part from him happy, and then meet again with that same feeling.
It wasn't about "Lee Gyeongbok" anymore, but the desire of "Purple," the streamer.
'That would be more fun.'
Lee smiled.
–Tr-bye! Tr-bye!
–Q-bye~
–But why isn't Purple saying anything?
–HOXY...?
–Stop with the hope torture!
–Lol, the killer smile just appeared, right?
As Lee lingered, his viewers started getting hopeful.
It was about then that Lee made up his mind.
[Broadcast title has changed.]
[Starting full clear of Bark's hidden route]
The new broadcast title went up.
–What the?!
–Full clear! He's going for a full clear!
–Our Purple has changed!
–Lol, good thing I waited, right?
–A tragic loss for those who left early
–Nah, I was about to check other channels but saw the new broadcast and came right back
The chat exploded.
Seeing their reaction, Lee felt a deep satisfaction rise within.
"I mean, it's just my own theory, but the next chapter might be the last. I figured it'd be better to finish cleanly instead of dragging it out."
–That's it! That's the Purple I know!
–THIS is "Perfect"!
–Thank you...! So much gratitude...!
–〈Message deleted by moderation bot (Warning 1)〉
–Hey, lol, I cursed because I was happy!
The chat was full of cheers.
And then.
['Jumooo!' has donated '10,000' won.]
[Close the bar! I'm not going home tonight!]
['SponsorshipOpen!' has donated '30,000' won.]
[Lol, better make sure you get your overtime pay!]
['IthinkIgetPurple' has donated '5,000' won.]
[Purple = Bora (Purple), so it means "keep watching the broadcast," lol]
Suddenly, personal donations opened up.
Lee was slightly flustered but immediately figured out what happened.
'Byeonghun opened them.'
Since he didn't have an official manager, Choi Byeonghun also doubled as his editor.
And while he focused on editing for quick Q-tube uploads, he monitored the broadcast when he could.
'You can't deny an editor's instincts.'
He must've realized it was the perfect chance for donations and changed the settings.
With the "floodgate" open, donations poured in. Lee gratefully thanked everyone.
['CapCompany_kor' has donated '10,000' won.]
[Oh! You're even doing a full clear! I'll stay for the live broadcast till the end, too! Thank you, Purple! Salute! ^^7]
Among them was a donation from the developers.
–Lol, more mystery overtime for them
–Damn, now he's making both his editor and advertisers work
–Black company Purple... is this for real?
–Why am I laughing and crying at the same time?
–Lol, good luck leaving if you can
–Protecting the live broadcast (by force)
The viewers started to tease the developers. Lee joined in, laughing and clapping softly.
"All right, let's organize things before we lose momentum. Thanks so much to everyone who donated!"
–Sit down! The show's about to start!
–Ordered snacks for this extended stream~
–Ah, where's my chicken?
–Lol, even my frozen dumplings are gone.
–Purple's broadcast with fried chicken and beer? This is heaven, lol
–You're just overeating, teacher.
–Student, stay sharp^^
–Hey, keep it down! Order!
The chat was full of joy.
Lee loved the atmosphere.
"Well then, let's start chapter 5."
He began with a heartfelt smile.