Chapter 68:Guys, Jia has something to say!! Part 1

:: :: PIN0 has donated 1,000,000 Clouds! :: ::  

:: :: 10 :: ::  

[Kyaaaaah!!]  

– [Server] Maru likes the sky, but has no wings!  

Maru experienced free fall ten times before finally landing safely on the ground.  

The moment the stream started, a whopping ten million won was donated, sending the server chat into chaos.  

– [Server] Serena: 大大大大大大大 大 大 大 大 大 大 大 大 大  

– [Server] Kamik: Maru, thanks in advance for the kickback LOLOL  

– [Server] Merisha: Wow, that’s insane.  

Most of the reactions were business-like congratulations, but some stood out due to personal connections.  

– [Server] Movgun: What’s with this parallel firepower?  

– [Server] Ronze: Maru, is today some special occasion?  

Of course, the chat was in an uproar.  

“Just a straight-up special invite deposit LOLOL”  

– “Sir, a credit card is not an infinite money machine.”  

– “This guy’s nuts, absolutely nuts.”  

– “Well, someone’s gotta take on debt sometimes…”  

– “So, are you officially part of the Big Spender Squad now?”  

Maru paused the donations for now and turned on the echo effect to prepare for a reaction.  

In API-linked collab streams like this, especially since Wicker Town Season 1, it was an unspoken rule to save big donation reactions for the end of the stream.  

However, PIN0 was technically an outsider, so it felt awkward to delay the reaction until later.  

But soon enough, PIN0 sent a message in the chat.  

– PIN0: Hurry up and do a coin gacha for the special invite ticket ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  

– PIN0: Double the reaction before you end the stream, please.  

That unwavering conviction in PIN0’s messages made Maru immediately turn off the echo effect.  

[Ah, okay! If you’re fine with that, I’ll do it that way, PIN0. Thank you so, so much for the donation!]  

– “Big PIN0, making sure we get the reaction ㅋㅋㅋ”  

– “Thank you, boss.”  

– “From today on, I am one with PIN0.”  

The viewers didn’t object at all.  

A donor who respects the unspoken rules of streaming and ensures the streamer can enjoy the game?  

There was no reason to dislike them.  

Right now, PIN0 was simply the hero of Maru’s stream.  

Since they were already one of the starting members, they needed to invite others, and on top of that, there were high expectations for the Magia event.  

The pressure of securing a special invite ticket was higher than ever.  

If the viewers’ donation power alone wasn’t enough to get the ticket, it would’ve been a headache.  

In extreme cases, a small handful of people might have maxed out their credit limits just to contribute.  

The boss threatened to “break my head” when I said I’d break my savings, but honestly, there were more people like me than you’d think.  

When an oshi wants to invite someone, fans step in to help make it happen, so they can see their oshi happily playing with a friend.  

And when someone wants to invite their oshi, fans step in to make sure the invitation succeeds.  

That’s just what being a fan is.  

…Well, in PIN0’s case, the person they were inviting wasn’t a VTuber, so that was a bit of a problem.  

But today, it was a necessary donation for Maru, so there was no need to overthink it.  

Not long after, Maru had converted all the coins into gacha boxes and spoke with a nervous voice.  

[Alright, let’s spin the coin gacha right away!]  

– LOLOLOLOLOL  

– LET’S GOOOOOO!

– Please, special invite ticket…  

Since a ten-million-won donation had come in, that meant 1,000 coins and 1,000 gacha boxes.  

The probability of getting a special invite ticket was 0.1%.  

With everyone on edge, Maru started opening the boxes in batches of ten, desperately hoping for at least one special invite ticket.  

200 boxes.  

– “Already 200 gone?”  

– “Please, please, please…”  

500 boxes.  

– “Uaaaagh!”  

– “Come on, show up already!!”  

900 boxes.  

– “NO!!!!!!!!!!”  

– “Kraaaahhh!”  

And then…  

Before anyone realized it, 970 boxes had been opened.  

Maru’s voice was starting to lose its energy.  

[Oh, crap. We’re screwed…]  

– “This is just a dream…”  

– “Wow, we’re actually doomed ㅋㅋㅋㅋ”  

– “This probability is rigged, I swear!”  

But Maru refused to give up.  

[No, not yet. We still have 30 left.]  

Neither PIN0 nor the viewers gave up either.  

– PIN0: If we don’t get it this time, I’ll just take on more work! AAAAAAAA  

– “Sir, you’re gonna die at this rate LOLOL”  

– “Calm down, there are still pending donations to go through LMAOO”  

– “No way lmao”  

– “LOLOLOLOLOL”  

– “We all pitched in too!”  

– “PIN0… bro…”  

– “Are you actually insane?”  

And I didn’t give up either.  

My one million won in savings was still on standby.  

If this batch of 1,000 boxes didn’t give us what we needed, I’d just buy another 1,000.  

Come on, special invite ticket!  

– [System] You have opened 10 Wicker Boxes.  

..

..

..

..

..

..

[Special Invite Ticket x1]  

[Special Invite Ticket x1]  

The moment Maru saw the last two items on the list, they screamed at the top of their lungs.  

[KYAAAAAAAHHH!!]  

– “Aaaagh, my ears!”  

– “Ack!”  

– “HOLY SH— TWO TICKETS!!!!”  

– “My eardrums just exploded.”  

– “It’s a bloodbath in here.”  

– “Dopamine levels through the roof LOLOLOL”  

– “KYAAAACK!!!”  

– “TWO TICKETS WTF LMAOOO”  

I didn’t even catch what Maru said next.  

The volume was so deafening that I ripped my headset off on reflex.

*

For reference, at the same time, Dohee was also rolling the coin gacha.  

In fact, she had logged in 30 minutes earlier than Maru and had already reached her 2,000th roll.  

However, the results were so shocking that even Momo, a six-year veteran streamer, forgot to fill the audio.  

“…..”  

The special invitation ticket didn’t appear.  

She had spent a whopping 20 million won worth of sponsored gacha rolls.  

– Please, Momo  

– What’s wrong with your hands? Are they cursed or something?  

– Our streamer is unbelievably bad at gacha ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ  

– Wow, how can you not pull it?LOLOL  

There was a reason Magia had prepared a million won separately.  

Having watched Dohee’s terrible luck for six years, how could she not know?  

Since cuckooing was banned, there weren’t many direct comparisons to Maru in the chat. 

Still, the atmosphere in the chat was practically a funeral.  

It was a stark contrast to Maru’s stream, where excitement was at its peak, and the sound levels were through the roof.  

At that moment, Maru, oblivious to the mood, approached the NPC shopkeeper in the tutorial area.  

[Boss! I pulled two tickets!!]  

Dohee quickly composed herself, but…  

“What? Two? How many coins did you use?”  

[One thousand! Isn’t it crazy? And it was all thanks to PIN0’s donation!]  

Hearing the bragging instantly soured her mood.  

Still, with her experience, she naturally threw in some banter.  

“Ha, damn. My invitation must’ve gone to you.”  

– ?  

– That doesn’t even make sense  

– It’s Maru’s, fair and square, ma’am  

– LOLOLOL  

But after saying it reflexively, something odd stood out.  

PIN0? Why was that guy donating to Maru’s stream?  

“Wait, PIN0? PIN0 donated?”  

[Yeah! He sent 1,000 Wicker Coins. That’s how I got two tickets.]  

“1,000?!! Did he leave any message with it?”  

[Nope. Just told me to hurry up and roll…]  

If it were a donation from Dongle-i, Maru’s fanbase, they would have obviously called for the first-generation members first.  

But PIN0 was infamous as the Darkened Broth, a notorious bad-luck icon who had once burned through Magia Coins.  

Even if Maru pulled in another two members first, it wasn’t like PIN0 would suddenly hold a grudge against the company…  

But why would PIN0 make such a reckless donation?  

Because now, there was a chance for Magia to descend onto the server.  

And PIN0 was willing to spare no expense to make that opportunity happen.