Chapter 17 - Stream Chat
Hayate was climbing the Grade 3 Spring Dungeon. And as expected, his progress was being streamed to the entire world.
Since this was already the third time, many of the viewers had grown accustomed to him unilaterally trampling the monsters and weren't making as much of a fuss. Instead, a debate about the company backing Hayate was heating up in the comment section.
This debate gave rise to an unforeseen misunderstanding.
An opinion emerged that Hayate might be conspiring with the Goddess to lure people into the dungeons.
Hayate was simply too strong.
Because of that, the theory that Hayate was on the management's side spread further and further.
Long-time Hayate fans desperately defended him.
However, there were not a few people who believed that popular figures should accept such criticism, that they should endure whatever was said to them as the price of fame.
It was clearly on the verge of turning into a flame war.
However, Hayate continued his dungeon clear without a care. Modern communication devices were unusable inside the dungeon, so Hayate had no way of confirming whether he was being streamed or not. He had no way of knowing that the comment section was about to erupt in flames, and thus couldn't do anything to put out the fire.
After that, aggressive comments from those jealous of Hayate's popularity continued to be posted.
In the end, of the people subscribed to Hayate's Booth, approximately 50,000 Japanese viewers who believed this theory unsubscribed.
However, the total number of subscribers had actually increased.
Even if this was something Hayate was doing in league with the being who made the dungeons appear in this world, the footage of him clearing the dungeons was valuable information for many people.
It had been discovered that special minerals, plants, and other things that could not be collected on Earth could be obtained from dungeons. These had the potential to greatly change human life. For that reason, America and other countries wanted to find a way to clear the dungeons in their own countries.
Not just countries, but also former FWO players were watching Hayate's stream to gauge the danger level. Furthermore, ordinary people who were about to challenge the dungeons were also studying his movements.
In this reality where getting injured meant you would bleed normally, Hayate perfectly evaded or blocked the monsters' attacks. Incidentally, when he attacked a monster, no blood came out, just a shower of faint red light. This hadn't changed from when it was a game. Even children could watch his streams without worry.
A reasonably good-looking young man, all by himself, mowing down hordes of giant monsters with flashy action moves.
Hayate's dungeon clear was perfect as a piece of entertainment.
Due to the Staged Suspicion, he lost 50,000 Japanese viewers, but gained several hundred thousand new subscribers. Furthermore, his global subscriber count had surpassed 50 million.
The whole world was paying attention to Hayate.
Even among the people who had unsubscribed, many of those who watched his past stream videos re-subscribed.
It seemed the posts from those who were jealous of his popularity didn't have much of an effect.
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