"D*mn!"
The chubby kid with a nerdy look slammed the arcade with irritation.
Without caring about other's eyes, he stood up and left the place while muttering.
But at this time, no one paid attention to him.
Because the next player already sat down beside the player wearing a hoodie.
Starting a new game, both sides picked their characters.
Soon, another round of battle ensued.
Jay stood on the back of the two players, watching the battle on the screen intently.
At the same time, the camera of his phone is also directed to the game, showing it to the viewers.
Because of that, they got attracted to the operations of the one wearing a hoodie.
[D*mn, look at that hand speed! Those fingers look like they are flying all over the keys!]
[Hahaha, that fat kid got beaten to a pulp without even having the chance to fight back.]
[Well, I can pretty much say that if I play against that person, the result would probably be the same.]
[No doubt, brother. That person looks like a master, after all.]
[Do you guys think that person is a professional player or something?]
…
The discussion in the livestream room is at an all time high.
Because most of those who hang around the internet are young adults, they are familiar with the game 'Tekken'.
Inevitably, they also get excited watching the battle being broadcasted by Jay.
Seeing all the viewers being lively in the chat, Jay remembered something.
'Didn't I get that 'popularity card' as a reward earlier?'
'Why don't I try using it?'
With the idea in place, Jay couldn't get rid of it anymore.
So, after some thought, Jay decided to go with it.
With a movement in his mind, the 'popularity card' that was stored within the Cube was used.
Jay didn't feel anything happening and turned his eyes back to the livestream room.
But after looking at it for a while, Jay noticed an anomaly.
In the upper right corner of his livestream room, the number of viewers was increasing at a fast rate!
At first I didn't pay attention to it, thinking that it was just a normal increase.
But not even a minute passed, the viewers already went from 1,500 to 2,300!
An increase of a full 800 viewers in less than 1 minute.
And this is still continuing!
Jay's eyes were already wide from surprise at this time.
All he could think of was,
'The popularity card is overpowered!'
Jay didn't have to guess the reason for this.
No doubt, it was the popularity card!
With a bright look in his eyes, Jay observed the newcomers in the livestream room.
After looking for a while, Jay found that most of those who are coming are gamers.
While some others are females with face control.
As Jay's eyes were still fixed on the livestream room, the battle on the arcade went on for a few rounds already.
In a short span of time, the unknown man in a hoodie defeated 3 players.
This caused a lot of discussion among the people watching.
"That guy, he got really fast hands!"
"Yeah, it's almost unbelievable, honestly."
"He must be a pro, right?"
"Do you guys still plan to play?"
As the question was asked, the mouth of the few immediately went shut.
They all looked at the guy in a hoodie and hesitation appeared in their eyes.
In the end, a lot of them decided to pick up the coin they placed on the screen and back out.
This is for no other reason, they are just afraid to lose face in public.
Of course, not everyone backed out.
Some still remain and Jay is one of them.
"Guys, as you can see, the person over here is really quite formidable."
"Since some people have already left the queue, it will soon be my turn."
In order to not make the livestream too boring, Jay continued talking to them.
Time passed, the number of viewers on Jay's livestream continued to increase.
At this time, it already reached 16,500!
It was already a lot higher than the maximum viewers that he got early this morning!
You have to know, Jay hasn't even done anything other than playing the basketball mini game at the start.
After that, all his time was spent watching others play Tekken.
So, for his viewers to reach such a number, it's nothing but an abnormality!
…
At the BaBa Livestream Headquarters.
In the Content Regulation Department area.
The person assigned to inspect the data of all the livestream noticed something wrong.
"What is wrong with this livestream? How come a sudden influx of people appeared in it?"
Leon is one of the technical staff here in BaBa Livestream Headquarters.
What he does is to make sure that all data coming in from the livestream rooms are correct.
Today should have been just any normal day.
A leisurely day with no problems among the livestream rooms under him.
But just a second ago, an abnormality came to his attention.
In the livestream room of the small livestreamer named 'Jay', thousands of people started coming in.
It was so sudden and abnormal which made Leon frown.
"Is it someone cheating the data using bots?"
Feeling suspicious, Leon immediately called the technicians to check it.
But after 5 minutes, Leon received an unexpected response.
"The livestream room has been checked. The data is all real. There's no cheating happening."
"Are you sure?"
"The technicians already did multiple checks and the livestream room came out clean."
"Okay, I got it."
Listening to the answer from the technical department, Leon ended the conversation.
Next, he looked at the screen of his computer with curiosity.
"Interesting. It was all real people who's in his livestream room, huh…"
At this time, Jay didn't have a clue that someone from the headquarters was already paying attention to him.
…
After waiting for a short minute, Jay's turn to play finally came.
"Alright, everyone. Since I already showed you how good I am with basketball, this time I will show you my gaming skills!"