Max Talent Player

Chapter 63: Five Notes (2)

It looked like a Pause.

Its not that it looks like a Pause, but that

It actually was a Pause.

Even though Im not in a dungeon but in a neutral field

It wasnt common for a Pause to take effect during everyday life. First and foremost, this Pause authority was known to be an extremely expensive authority, one that both Guardians and Streamers couldnt squander. So I was surprised that a Pause state was triggered by using such an authority.

Senia. Whats going on?

When I turned around, Senia was there.

She really would have become a huge success if she was a little more eloquent.

I thought Id become accustomed to her appearance from seeing her so many times, but no. I had never seen anyone as beautiful as Senia. The strange aura and feeling of grace she exuded didnt feel like they were a part of the mortal world. This angel Streamer was a better fit for the word beautiful than any other person Id ever seen.

Well, it has nothing to do with me.

I knew she was pretty, but her beauty didnt have much to do with me. Whether my Streamer was pretty or not was no concern of mine. The reason I made a contract with Senia was because she was easy to manipulate. And of course, Senia had recognized that I was good quality content.

Player Kim Hyukjin.

I already knew what Senia would say. She was going to ask if I had chosen my Guardian.

Her channel is closed right now.

She wasnt streaming me to the Guardians.

Shes scared shitless that I mightve chosen my Guardian already.

I couldnt say for sure, but there was a high chance I was the Player receiving the most attention in the beginner period. Such a Player reached level 30, which meant the time to select a Guardian had come. Of course such an event would inevitably draw a great deal of focus and interest from the Guardians.

Have you selected a Guardian?

Yeah, of course.

Of course I didnt.

Senias wingtips trembled.

Why did you choose your Guardian without the Intermediate Administrator around?

I didnt hear any notices saying the Intermediate Administrator had to be present for me to pick my Guardian.

Senias face reddened a little. She looked a little mad.

I just wanted to see how she would react, but

As expected, my prediction was correct.

Shes mad?

For a Streamer as stoic as her, the fact I could visibly see that she was angry meant she was extremely enraged.

Player Kim Hyukjin is very intelligent. So why did you use a moment while I wasnt streaming to continue Playing? And something as important as the Guardian selection?

I felt pressure from her, a formless energy pressing me down. It felt similar to the fear ability used by boss monsters. Right now, Senia was agitated.

Answer me. Allow me to inform you that I may make an extreme choice depending on your answer.

Technically speaking, Senia had no grounds to be angry. If I had chosen my Guardian at level 30, that was my natural right.

So for her to become that mad despite that

Why was she able to get angry without just cause?

Its because she looks down on me.

I had ten years of experience that others lacked. Right now, those ten years were a valuable wealth of experience you couldnt buy with any amount of money. I knew what a great number of Intermediate Administrators thought of Players and how they treated them.

Well, Senias still on the easygoing side.

It was only because Senia was Senia that she was able to grit out such a polite warning. A nasty-tempered Intermediate Administrator might have threatened me while throwing in f-bombs. There really were a lot of Intermediate Administrators like that.

In any case, its because she sees me as a way to make money.

That was why she reacted like this. I didnt dislike it. To begin with, Senia and I needed each other and were using each other. So I had to make my position more clear and define our relationship in black and white. That was what I, at this point in time, decided was necessary.

I chuckled. It was a very deliberate laugh.

To borrow your words, I am very intelligent.

Up until now, I had resolved many difficult situations. I also brought a conflict with another Intermediate Administrator, Neptune, to a good resolution. Senia had seen all of it from start to finish.

But I really cant figure out what the extreme choice you mention could be.

Player Kim Hyukjin and I have signed an exclusive contract. I have given up on a great deal of profit to exclusively stream you.

Thats because each and every action of mine is profitable for you. Dont try to make it sound like youve sacrificed a lot for my sake.

Senia, you beginner Streamer. Haah. Looking at this pretty woman who was reduced to speechlessness with a few words actually made me feel a little regret. She was such a rookie that it wouldnt be odd for her to be eliminated from the competition between Streamers.

And say things right. Youve given up on a great deal of profit?

I snorted again with an intentional sneer, as if to tell her not to say BS.

You dont remember your channel getting overloaded?

Your personal server wasnt able to handle the sudden influx of Guardians.

Thats

Was it because you were good at talking? Because you made things fun? Because you yourself make good content?

No, that wasnt it at all. The answer was already determined. It was because I was good quality content.

You yourself know thats not the case. Youve experienced a flood of Guardians so intense your personal server couldnt handle it and youre still able to say you gave up on profit? Do you have any conscience?

I didnt think I would already be carrying out the Intermediate Administrator Domestication that was still a good five years in the making. Several Rankers said that this process was absolutely necessary. If you didnt make the hierarchy between you and your Intermediate Administrator black and white, many cases of getting dragged along at the Intermediate Administrators behest would occur later down the line.

There were a lot of cases of that, yeah.

An Intermediate Administrator had one goal. Coins. That was their first and last goal. They werent all that interested in something as insignificant as a Players wellbeing. Their eyes were fixed only on whether a Player could make money or not. The more time went on, the more intense the streaming war between the Intermediate Administrators became, the more apparent that fact would become.

You and I have an exclusive contract, and were in a business relationship. You recognize that, yes?

Yes.

Senia was still kind and pure for a Streamer. After all, there were a lot of Streamers who stubbornly shouted, Sue me! and refused to listen. At the very least, it was possible to talk to Senia.

But in such a situation, you spoke like you were threatening me.

Up until now, most beginner Players were scared of Intermediate Administrators. That was because most Intermediate Administrators were far more powerful than Players. Because Players didnt fully understand this System, they couldnt make real complaints to their Intermediate Administrators.

But not me.

I continued with a serious expression.

If you use coercive force on me or vent your unjustified rage on me one more time

I gave it right back to her.

Keep in mind that Im the one who might make an extreme choice.

I put the final nail in the coffin.

There are no Players to replace me, but there are many Intermediate Administrators who can replace you. Intermediate Administrators who would pay the huge contract violation fee for me.

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[Channel #19207 has been opened.]

Channel #19207 was the channel run by the angel Intermediate Administrator Senia, a Streamer who was focusing her attention on a single Player.

Senia spoke.

A Pause is currently in effect. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the certain Guardian who gave me the Pause authority.

She didnt reveal who that certain Guardian was.

Player Kim Hyukjin will now begin his Guardian selection.

Guardian selection, and the 1st advancement that would come alongside it. This was the turning point for a Player that occurred when they reached level 30.

I heard a stream of notices.

[Level increased.]

[Current level: 30]

They were all notices I knew about.

[The number of direct messages you can receive from Guardians is limited to five.]

[Choosing the Guardians that can send you a direct message.]

Its taking a while.

It was just a guess, but the Guardians were probably fighting tooth and nail right now in order to secure the right to send me a direct message. Basically, in order to contact me.

[A note has arrived.]

[A note has arrived.]

[A note has arrived.]

[A note has arrived.]

[A note has arrived.]

Hyukjin trembled unconsciously. 

I immediately got five notes.

Could this really be called luck?

No. This is absolutely not luck.

Luck alone could not produce such a result. It was hard work in addition to luck, with a heaping spoonful of talent on top. By now, I was sure of it. I had enough talent to make the average genius look like an ordinary Joe. I just didnt know how long this talent would last, or what my limit of growth was.

Five.

The past me wouldnt have even imagined this would happen.

There are plenty of Players who cant even get contacted by one Guardian.

But I received a whopping five messages.

From what I know

I combed through my memories. It wasnt a topic my civil service studying had covered thoroughly. You couldnt know how many contacts a Player received unless they revealed it themselves, so it was hard to tell exactly.

But from what is known, four was the highest.

There hadnt been any Playersat least from what I knewwho had received notes from five Guardians. 

Check the notes.

I checked the names of the Guardians who won the battle and were able to send notes to me.

[A note from the True Master of the Heavenly Demonic Mountain has arrived.]

[A note from the Herdsman of Las Vegas has arrived.]

[A note from the Lady of the Scales has arrived.]

[A note from the Whispering Devil has arrived.]

[A note from the Merchant of Venice has arrived.]

Two Guardians who were very famous in the Korean server, one who was extremely famous in the Italian server, and one who was immensely famous in the US server. And then, there was one Guardian even I didnt know that much about.

Five?

But it was a little unexpected.

Its a little weird.

The Guardian I had been expecting didnt send a message.

This choice wasnt in the picture I was drawing.

I didnt think that Guardian would be eliminated from the competition. The Guardian I was thinking about was none other than the Nameless Observer.

Did the Nameless Observer not choose me?

That could be the case. Because if the Nameless Observer didnt choose me, I wouldnt be able to hear the notice about it.

For now lets check the messages one by one.

They were all famous Guardians. I was confident that no matter who I chose, I had a promising future ahead of me.

As long as Im not an early bloomer.

It all hinged on me being a true genius with no early growth limit. After reading the notes, I thought long and hard. I thought over and over about which of the five Guardians who had sent messages to me I would choose.

After a long period of time, Senia asked, Which Guardian will you set as your contracted Guardian?