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“I didn’t just go to Haverkan’s lair. I reached Haverkan while doing a hidden quest, and I gained a lot of information in the process. Like what kind of creature Haverkan is, what its characteristics are, and how to catch it.”
“Hearing this, I suddenly remembered what I thought when I first saw Dojin’s video. I think I definitely had this thought back then. Wow, how can that person play with a boss monster that he’s never seen before like that? But now I see there was a reason for it all?”
“How could I have just beaten up a guy of that size right away when I met him? Of course, I could have done that because I had already gathered all the information beforehand.”
Yoo Jeong-hyeon nodded as if he understood.
“That’s why you said that. Even if there had been no Blood Guild, it wouldn’t have been difficult to catch him. That’s what I’m saying.”
“Yes. But if I say this again, there might be people who think, “If you were so confident, why didn’t you just catch it from the beginning after the reset?” So I’ll add that Haverkan becomes uncontrollable the moment it moves to Phase 2.”
“It’s becoming uncontrollable?”
“Right now, Haverkan is just a random boss mob, but in LOST, when it has the words ‘first’ or ‘hidden’ attached to it, there’s something unpredictable hidden inside. In Haverkan’s case, the gimmick was that it would escape its nest and go berserk.”
Dojin held up three fingers.
“I only went to three villages while doing that hidden quest. Even though they were a bit far away, if Haverkan had evolved and recovered, it would have been able to burn down the surrounding villages in an instant. I guessed from the hidden quest content, but in order to stop Haverkan without taking that much damage, you had to kill him the moment he moved on to phase 2.”
It’s a lie, but it’s not a lie.
It is true that Haverkhan was out of control, and it is also true that the three nearest villages, as well as all the villages along the route, were reduced to ruins.
The original way to create a perfect lie was to mix in a core lie among a large number of truths.
With this lie, Dojin gained two justifications: ‘That? Even without them, I would have been enough on my own.’, ‘Steal? If I hadn’t done that, I would have escaped and caused a disaster, so I had no choice.’
“So you’re saying that you had no choice but to intervene to prevent a major disaster that was expected, rather than to steal?”
Yoo Jeong-hyeon also noticed the meaning in Do-jin’s words and pointed out that part.
If you’ve come this far, then you’ve done it.
There will always be people who keep nagging at you, but those people are the type of people who will criticize you no matter what you do.
Dojin knew very well that if he tried to take care of all those areas, the only thing that would be damaged would be his own mentality.
‘You don’t need to be loved by everyone. It’s impossible in the first place. Just attract the people who like you and that’s it.’
The courage to be hated. In my past life, I lived as a loser who hid and played games to avoid being noticed by people, but not this time.
In that sense, it’s not fun to just go on and explain things. Dojin gave a mischievous smile, like a mischievous child himself.
“About halfway?”
“Half means there is another reason?”
“It’s a personal grudge.”
Things were going well, so why is this happening again? Yoo Jeong-hyeon felt like crying, not knowing how to respond.
I’ve been a broadcaster for 5 years now, but this is the first time I’ve had a guest whose direction is so unpredictable.
But unlike Yoo Jeong-hyeon who was crying, Do-jin’s face looked like a boy recalling happy memories.
“Honestly, how can I tolerate someone who has been irritating me while he’s writhing on the floor? I should just rush in and beat up the monster, and show him in real time that I can catch monsters that you guys couldn’t even attack in a group, and then teabagging him right away.”
“Tea, tea bagging?”
“Oh, sorry. This isn’t the right word to use in a setting like this. It’s a bit too much like mockery, and it’s not quite right like teasing… … Um, it’s because my vocabulary is lacking, but would it be possible to edit this part?”
Yoo Jeong-hyeon thought as he watched Do-jin calmly correct his words.
‘You crazy bastard!’
It wasn’t just her. Viewers watching the live stream were also going crazy.
-I admit I can’t stand teabagging. How can I stand it when my enemy is wriggling on the floor? LOL
-This kid is crazy lol. He doesn’t care about image management or anything, so he barged in and swept it all away. He’s going to slam it lol.
-I had the ability, I had a reason, I had a justification. But I just made a choice to give a shit to a shitty guy. Wow… This kid is the ‘real’ one.
-How many people are watching this live broadcast? Please edit it out ㅠㅠㅠ. Seriously, what are we going to do with our Dojin’s charm? Isn’t it cheating if he’s cute too?
There are still people who grit their teeth and curse at Dojin, but those chats are quickly buried by positive chats.
At this point, not only the interviewer, Yoo Jeong-hyeon, but also the person in charge of the scene, PD Hwang Woo-young, had become liberated.
[“… Mr. Jeong-Hyeon, if you think it’s too much, we’ll stop filming for a while under the pretense of taking a break, so don’t worry about the rest and ask questions. Let’s start with the personal grudge part first.”]
Yeah, like that kid said, we can just edit out the original broadcast. Let’s just grab the topic, regardless of the excessive controversy or whatever. Hwang Woo-young thought about it and gave instructions.
‘Then I’ll be the one getting cursed at, PD-nim!’
From Yoo Jung-hyun’s perspective, it was like walking down a path filled with broken glass, but what could she do? As someone who eats broadcast food, she couldn’t ignore the PD’s words.
“Well, this might be a bit of a tricky question, but can you tell me what your personal grudge is?”
Yoo Jeong-Hyeon asks very carefully.
In contrast, Dojin answered nonchalantly.
“Personal grudges are personal grudges, you know. There was a fight between me and the Blood King, the Blood Guild Master, before. I don’t think you even remember.”
It’s natural not to remember. Because what the Blood King did wrong happened in the future.
But that’s from the Blood King’s perspective. For Dojin, that future is the past.
Since I’m just complaining about what happened, isn’t this half a lie?
‘It must be unfair. He’s being beaten up for manipulating public opinion, which is his specialty.’
Dojin, who couldn’t help but laugh when he thought about it, spoke with slightly sunken eyes.
“It wasn’t really a big deal. I don’t know why it was so annoying and hard at the time. But there’s nothing I can do, right? When the opportunity comes, I have to get revenge. I’m the type to respond with an awl to an eye and a hammer to a tooth.”
“Hahaha. This part is also an editing point.”
-MC, look at your sister’s release lol
-Even if it were me, if a guest suddenly said they wanted to stick an awl in my eye and smash my teeth with a hammer, I think my brain would bleach out~ lol
-But what did I do wrong that you hate me so much? Why don’t you mention it?
-Ah, I told you to be more mindful ㅋㅋ From what I’m saying, it seems like such a trivial thing, but if you say something like ‘I got beaten up while catching a rabbit when I was a beginner’, you’ll get kicked out ㅋㅋ
The guests, the interviewers who made their own judgments about the editing, the chat window that ran wild. Nothing was going well on set.
* * *
The production team, who noticed that Dojin was a man without brakes, changed direction to create as friendly an atmosphere as possible.
However, it was only the production team that changed the direction. Dojin immediately proved that their hopes were in vain.
“Do you have any other controversies with me?”
It’s a sight where the guest himself asks the interviewer about the controversy that is following him.
Yoo Jeong-hyeon was so embarrassed that she couldn’t help but tilt her head forward and ask, “Huh?”
Then Dojin said with an innocent face that he didn’t know English.
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“Actually, I was only playing the game so I didn’t pay attention to that part. So I’m curious, and if it’s a misunderstanding, I want to clear it up. Well, aside from Haverkan, the Floating Continent and the Hidden Dungeon I cleared this time, at most, there were two acquaintances involved, so I don’t think there’s anything controversial, but you never know.”
Yoo Jeong-hyeon was speechless.
On the surface, it seemed like a really innocent question.
But Dojin’s polite and seemingly innocent words sounded like this to Yoo Jeonghyun.
‘I think the Haverkan thing is over. What’s next? There doesn’t seem to be much to worry about, whether it’s the floating continent or the hidden dungeon, but if you have any complaints, please let me know.’
A man who smiles gently, but somehow gives off the vibe that he might bite you if you provoke him.
I felt like I would keep getting caught up in the questions that were written straight up.
PD Hwang Woo-young must have felt that too, because he gave this instruction.
[“Mr. Jeong-Hyeon, please tell me that you are taking a short break due to poor condition. I will put you on standby for live streaming and then take a break.”]
It was a somewhat forced instruction and method, but Yoo Jung-hyun was happy about it. She opened her mouth as instructed, and filming was paused for a moment.
* * *
Yoo Jeong-hyeon, who took a breath of relief for a moment, tried to say something to Do-jin.
Even if you are an ordinary person who doesn’t know much about broadcasting, it’s like that.
Don’t you think that’s disrespectful to the person you’re broadcasting with?
“Excuse me, even though this is my first time on a broadcast like this-”
But her words were cut off by Hwang Woo-young, who approached her with brisk strides.
“What do you want to do now?”
Yoo Jeong-hyeon kept her mouth shut and moved to her seat at the sight of Hwang Woo-young’s anger seething from the anger she couldn’t suppress.
Dojin, who was sitting and looking up at Hwang Woo-young, asked as if he didn’t know what was going on.
“What about me?”
Hwang Woo-young’s face became increasingly red.
“Who does interviews like that? Even if you didn’t plan it out in advance, there’s a flow to it. If you follow the flow of the interviewer, it’ll go smoothly. No, but where’s the manager that came with you? I’ve been looking for him for a while, but I can’t find him.”
Manager? Oh, Jihyun’s older sister? Of course I cleaned it up. If there’s a problem, they’ll try to find the break first, but I can’t let them wander around. Dojin thought to himself and said.
“I left first because I had something to do.”
“… Does that make sense? The manager left the celebrity behind on set?”
“A celebrity? Who?”
Dojin pointed at himself with his finger.
“No way, me? You’re overreacting. I’m just a regular guy who plays games. I don’t even know how to do interviews properly. So I thought I could just exchange the questions on the questionnaire and play tiki-taka. Maybe it was a mistake?”
Hwang Woo-young’s face distorted. But he couldn’t scream.
Because messing up this thing would be a disaster for him.
A situation where filming must resume by somehow appeasing the cast member who is on this wrong track.
“Whew… Mr. Dojin, I’m sorry if this is because the additional questionnaire was delivered late. I’m sorry if the content of the questions made you uncomfortable. But still. If there’s something you don’t like or find unpleasant, shouldn’t you have told me in advance, or simply expressed your intention to decline? If you leave it like this without saying anything, what will become of the people who make this show?”
Hwang Woo-young, who had spoken up to that point, lowered his tone even further and persuaded Do-jin.
“But fortunately, things have been going smoothly so far. Let’s just be careful from now on. From here on out, let’s not cause any problems for each other and just go smoothly. We won’t ask any questions that might bother Dojin either, so let’s just go that way. Okay?”
Dojin smiled awkwardly.
“I think there’s been a bit of a misunderstanding. Do I look like someone who would cause trouble while other people are watching in real time?”
Oh, he seemed like that kind of guy, Inma. The words were rising to the tip of Hwang Woo-young’s tongue, but he couldn’t bring himself to say them.
Even now, I could see a dangerous madness flashing in one corner of Dojin’s eyes.
Because he felt like things would continue to go wrong if he touched it wrong, Hwang Woo-young decided to wave the white flag.
“Huh, what do you want? If there’s anything I can do on the spot, I’ll try to accommodate you as much as I can, so just tell me. But I won’t go out of my way to do anything other than what the interviewer asks.”
Only then did something flicker in Dojin’s eyes disappear.
“Since you say that, I have a favor to ask.”
Hwang Woo-young’s expression distorted after hearing Do-jin’s request.
It wasn’t that he was angry. It was just an expression he made because he had a hard time understanding Dojin’s intentions.
“… What is your intention? To push the questions about negative issues to the forefront.”
Dojin asked that all questions that would go into his controversial tab be pushed to the front.
I wonder if he’s still ready to leave, but I don’t think that’s the case.
To this, Dojin replied as if it were something obvious.
“If I go out and explain a controversy that isn’t even controversial and go on and on about it, it would be embarrassing, but I think I can just let it go naturally in a place like this.”
No, then why didn’t you say that from the beginning? Then they would have gotten along well. Hwang Woo-young looked at him with a resentful look, but changed his mind when he saw Do-jin’s eyes.
‘What a rebellious kid to the core.’
In Dojin’s eyes, he saw something written: ‘You can ask me to do it, but you can’t do it on your own.’
“… Okay. Then let’s go like that. Let’s check in with Jeong-Hyeon for a bit and then go back to filming right away.”
Feeling a nagging headache, Hwang Woo-young made a pledge.
‘Does the average person stutter when rehearsals and scripts are involved? Is natural atmosphere and reality the key? f*ck that. From now on, we’re going to make scripts and make you memorize them.’
It was the moment when PD Hwang Woo-young’s broadcasting philosophy, who had been in the industry for 15 years, changed due to Do-jin.
