Chapter 2: Chapter 1 - First live/Spider man
The small room was silent as Ethan tried to process everything.
"I need to look again."
It was real; everything had disappeared: the YouTubers he knew, the music, the books, the fanfics, the games, and the famous streamers.
And there were heroes everywhere! All the news was about heroes saving someone, doing some interviews, or attending a party somewhere. But Ethan noticed something: the heroes were more like influencers than actual heroes.
The number of interviews, followers, and how much they cared about their image. Everything in this world revolved around fame and a good image.
Sure, in his old world, this was common, but here it was much more "hardcore." Almost everyone in the world has a social media account.
"There are famous people I've never seen before."
Ethan opened Twitch and YouTube, which still exist. The top streamers and YouTubers were all heroes or people he had never heard of before.
"Okay, my channel still exists with the same name. My bank account also exists and has the same amount of money... The balance is negative. At least erase my debts..."
Ethan looked at the OBS on his computer, wondering what he should do now.
"Speaking of which, didn't I hear something strange? Popularity System or something like that."
VUOSH!
In a second, a screen appeared in front of Ethan's eyes—a translucent screen in a golden color. The words on that screen caught Ethan's attention.
[ Popularity System ]
[ Convert popularity points into stats. ]
[ Currently connected channel - Zakqking9779 ]
"That's the name of my YouTube and Twitch channel. Now that I reread it... It's quite an embarrassing name. Wait, is this the time to think about that?"
Ethan was incredulous; he thought he was going crazy.
"Popularity system... and my channel name is here. You want me to stream, right?"
Ttilin!
A sound played, and a new window opened.
[ Zakqking9779 ]
[ Number of Subscribers - 29 ]
[ Number of accumulated views - 3,414 ]
[ Conversion initiated! ]
[ 3,414 views have been converted into popularity points! ]
[ 34 popularity points acquired! ]
[ Number of Subscribers has been converted into popularity points! ]
[ 0 popularity points acquired! ]
"This is scary; all these notifications sound in my head. Okay, what do I do with these points?"
As if listening to Ethan, the system opened a new window.
Appearance - 1.84
Physical - 0.62
Charisma - 0.71
Intelligence - 1.07
==//==
Tech Skills - 0.61
Gaming Skills - 0.92
Art - 0.46
Editing - 0.78
Writing - 0.05
Acting - 0.26
Singing - 0.03
Sports - 0.26
"These are my stats... Aren't they really low? 0.71 in charisma? I knew I wasn't charismatic, but isn't this too much?"
Ethan put his hand on his chin and thought.
"Put all the popularity points into charisma."
[ Charisma is now 1.05! ]
"Oh, it worked. Am I more charismatic now?"
Ethan touched his body and looked at himself in the small mirror. The old mirror reflected his messy black hair and light blue eyes. Despite his blue eyes, his appearance was average.
Chapped lips, blemished skin, and an extremely poor physique.
"This didn't change anything."
Ethan sighed and returned to his laptop.
"But this is interesting. It's like one of those superstar stories. I can even increase my writing, singing, and acting skills. Isn't this amazing?"
Ethan smiled and licked his lips.
"Alright, first, let's change the channel name!"
Ethan immediately changed his channel name on YouTube. He also made all the videos he had made before private so no one could ever watch them. If he somehow became famous, that would be embarrassing.
"The editing quality was crap. Luckily, I can increase that too. All I need to do is get views, right? I think it works for both live viewers and video views."
Ethan needed to start a live stream to test this.
He created a simple layout for his live stream and even made a drawing to place below his webcam in the corner of the screen. It wasn't a high-quality drawing, but at least he tried.
"I also need to improve my drawing skills."
Finishing the new layout, Ethan was finally ready to start his first live stream. But before that, he drank a glass of cold water and took a deep breath. Even though he wasn't sure if anyone would watch his stream, he was still anxious.
And then.
[ Start Live Stream ]
Two hours later...
Results of the first live stream:
Peak Viewers - 2
Average Viewers - 1
Number of Likes - 1
Chat Interactions - 4
Highlighted Message - "What crap quality is this? Are you streaming from a microwave? I can't even understand what you're saying."
Ethan's first livestream was a complete failure.
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After the first failure, Ethan was disheartened.
He opened a live stream.
He noticed the streamer was swinging wildly between buildings. And then, suddenly, the camera angle changed.
As if holding a phone to take a selfie, Spider-Man looked directly into the camera.
He spoke cheerfully with his viewers, who filled the chat with messages.
"How many viewers are there? WHAT?!"
[ Number of viewers - 657,134 ]
"600K? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THIS LEVEL!"
Ethan knew he had received a unique ability, but seeing the numbers on the [ Spider-Man Official Channel ] channel's live made him lose all desire to continue streaming.
The number of donations was astonishing.
[ FoxNed5 - I dare you to jump from there and scare that old lady. ]
Someone had spent 500 dollars to send this message.
"Thanks for the superchat, FoxNed5! Wait a second, are you who I think you are?" Spider-Man tilted his head, confused. "Ah, who cares." Then he shrugged and jumped backward, diving headfirst toward the ground.
The camera switched to a first-person view again.
"Wooo!" Then, falling to the ground, a strange scream escaped his mouth.
The old lady about to enter a donut shop turned around, startled. "AAAAAAHHH!!" Her purse flew toward Spider-Man's face, and Ethan laughed awkwardly while watching it all.
"Spider-Man became an IRL streamer that does challenges and pranks?"
Ethan didn't even know what to say.
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I forgot to add the comedy tag. I'll try to make some funny interactions in the future, but the focus at the moment is on the protagonist's career as a streamer.
Of course, the heroes will pay a lot of attention to him.
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