Trial

[Wayo hits their fifth jackpot today..]

(Wayo's expression as they look at the jackpot)

Why is this bastard so lucky??

-For real, this is fucking wildㅋㅋ

-How do you hit the jackpot five times?

ㄴ They've spun it a hell of a lot, though..

ㄴ Did their ancestors give them the seed money?

ㄴ They really only bet big when they're on a winning streakㅋㅋ

[I finally figured out Wayo's real job]

(Protagonist of a famous gambling movie)

‘Tazza’ < There's no other way to explain itㅇㅇ..

-For real;; Roulette is seriously impossible

-They disappear at regular intervals.. Make a ton of money.. Don't care if they play games all night..

ㄴ ???

ㄴ No, is this actually true??

[If Wayo's a cardsharp, everything they've done up to now makes sense]

Their long breaks were because they were away gamblingㅇㅇ

-This was it all alongㅋㅋㅋ

-Wayo, you bastard, we've got you now

-No wonder they couldn't say what their job was

ㄴ For real

ㄴ Because they were afraid they'd go to prisonㅋㅋ

[It all fits perfectly though?]

Wayo's strangely tacky way of talking was something they learned in gambling dens tooㅇㅇ

Even calling for the Lord is standard among gamblers

-No wonder the junior is so deferential with a cardsharp for a senior..

ㄴ The puzzle pieces are fitting together like magic ㄷㄷ

-Wayo the Cardsharp theoryㅋㅋ

[But how rich is Wayo compared to everyone else on the server?]

Do they have the most money?

-Even if you combined everyone's money, it would still be less than Wayo's

ㄴ ? For real?

ㄴ They swept up that much from jackpots on the first dayㅋㅋ

ㄴ Everyone probably only has the starting money right now?

-You think a cardsharp is fucking nothing?

ㄴ For real

[This bastard is just the protagonist right nowㅇㅇ]

(A photo of Wayo composited onto a famous cardsharp character)

Nobody's gotten more scenes than them on the first day of the server

-They really take off when they're doing their actual jobㅇㅇ

-In all my life, I never thought I'd see Wayo as the protagonist of a big serverㅋㅋ

[Wayo throwing their weight around at the fishing spot today..]

(Wayo throwing money around at the fishing spot)

You can tell they're a real veteran..

-They really mean they're a veteran

-You can tell they've spent money overseas

ㄴ For real..

ㄴ Have they done some overseas gambling?

[Wayo-hwang<< Still likable because they stay true to their own pace]

Maybe because gambling is their real job,

it's nice that they keep doing their own thing even on a big serverㅇㅇ

-What's so great about that, fuckㅋㅋ They need to see them do nothing but fish to come to their senses

ㄴ For realㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Didn't you see the Fishing Occupation?

-This guy's newㅇㅇ

[Hero<< Am I the only one who likes them?]

It's cute how they toddle after Wayo and keep chiming inㅇㅇ..

If you're a tiny streamer, this is how you do it instead of acting all high and mighty

-That's exactly how a leech should latch onㅇㅇ

-They have a nice voice too, so they'll probably do well later

-What are you talking about? Their average viewership is higher than Wayo's

ㄴ ?

ㄴ ?? For real?

ㄴ You don't know Runway??

[You don't know who the junior following Wayo around is right now?]

(Runway's average viewership)

It's about three times Wayo'sㅋㅋㅋ

-??

-What? Didn't they say they've only been doing this for six months

ㄴ No, you seriously don't know?

ㄴ They used to be a famous voice actorㅋㅋ

-No, that's insanely high for six months;;

[You people may not realize this right now, but]

It's not that the junior's viewership is high,

it's that Wayo's is fucking lowㅋㅋ

Why are you even watching a small streamer with 200 average viewers?

-What the fuck did you just say

-We need to ban this bastardㅇㅇ

-(Are you trying to die? emote)

-For real, is the whole world a hidden-camera prankㅋㅋㅋ

[So what if the stream takes off more?ㅋㅋ]

(A composited image of Wayo as a cardsharp)

Wayo's a cardsharp, though?

They have to follow around a successful voice actor or whoeverㅇㅇ

-For real

-So do voice actors make good money??

-A cardsharp gets a passㅇㅇ

[What?? A cardsharp?]

(Wayo after losing all their money)

Who the hell said that bullshitㅋㅋ

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This is all part of Wayo's actㅇㅇ..

-They even pulled out WWE at the end so their real job wouldn't be exposed, what a meticulous bastard

ㄴ Gasp

ㄴ What

ㄴ Is this for real??

**

Actually, I had a pretty good idea.

That hitting five jackpots had been pure luck, and that I'd merely been possessed by a god that day.

What place is there for statistics in gambling?

If anything, statistics in gambling just mean the house wins, no matter the game.

Baccarat, for example.

Still, though….

I'd multiplied my starting capital several dozen times over.

How could I not get drunk on that?

The jackpots kept hitting whenever I followed my gut, and my money multiplied.

That's why I'd only been drunk for a little while yesterday.

Yes, that was all.

In that sense.

The next day's stream.

“Today, we're going to play a different game.”

I declared that to the viewers so I could distance myself from the server for a while.

-??

-They abandoned the server after losing all their moneyㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This is abandonment, right??

-^Abandonment^ is Wayo's forteㅋㅋ

“I didn't abandon it. I didn't.”

After getting that drunk yesterday,

if I went into the server now, there was no way I could function normally.

You know how the dopamine system works, right?

After spinning roulette and raking in a million or two million won at a time,

it wasn't easy to settle for making five thousand won by selling ten diamonds.

-If this isn't abandoning it, what is??

-It totally is ^aband^ㅋㅋㅋ

-I knew this would happen

“Tsk, I told you, I didn't abandon it.”

And how could I live doing only the big server?

As a variety-game VTuber, I have to play other games too.

-Only a variety-game VTuber at times like thisㅋㅋ

-You were so excited you even did an opening-day run

-Are you abandoning your junior??

“How is this abandoning my junior? We parted just fine yesterday.”

-??

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Did you really part just fine??

…What, didn't we part on good terms?

I think we said goodbye with smiles.

In the end, I blew through the 50,000 won I had and even borrowed more from them, promising to pay it back later.

-Wayo living off their junior's moneyㅋㅋ

-Tsk tsk, you want to live with debts hanging over you?

“Most of it was money I gave them.”

The 50,000 won was originally my money, and although I borrowed a little extra, it wasn't much.

About ten thousand won?

That's nothing; our friendship can cover a loan that size.

-Look at this bastard's mentalityㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That fucking trash mentality bb

-Please don't live like this

“I'll pay it back someday.”

Not today, unfortunately, but I can pay them back when I log into the server.

What's money, anyway? Is it really such a big deal?

I can just do a little mining and spin the roulette, easy.

-?

-??

-Where do you report a gambling addict??

-This person seriously needs treatment, don't they?

“Yes, understood.”

If I need treatment, then.

I might as well go get some.

-??

-For real?

-Are they actually going??

“I happen to know a lawyer very well.”

Attorney Han, that is.

There's a lawyer who's frighteningly good at his job.

I might as well go to him for legal advice about gambling first.

-Attorney Han? Ah, fuck

-Do you really want to die?

-You fucking bastardㅋㅋㅋ

For reference, the name of the Turnabout Trial character is always fixed as Han Seongwon.

“Since a lot of people came back to streaming yesterday, shall we start a new series?”

For reference, after I joined the big server yesterday, the walkaway hounds returned as if by magic.

Welcome back to my stream, recruit.

Let's play a fun story game.

**

“Isn't it so moving?”

-ㅠㅜㅜㅠ

-ㅠㅜㅠㅜㅠ

-For real..

I'm a remarkably emotionless psychopath, but….

Seeing our lawyer's tearjerking story made even my eyes grow moist.

This is why I play Turnabout Trial.

Clearing the names of the wrongfully accused.

How meaningful and moving is that?

“Shall we play the next series now?”

And the more I played Turnabout Trial,

the more I felt that the game's depth was truly extraordinary with each new installment.

As expected, there had to be a reason these games were masterpieces.

Well, there were occasionally elements that divided opinion. But they had their own flavor too….

-?

-??

-What?

-Attorney Han.

“Yes?”

No, why? We were having such a good time until just now.

We even made a sea of tears together, so why are you all acting like this?

-Maybe don't do the next one;;

-Do you realize we've been playing Turnabout Trial for three straight days?

-When are you going back to the server???

“Ah, that's right.”

The server—right, there was a big server.

I'd forgotten all about it while playing Turnabout Trial.

“Well, shall we log in?”

After spending about three days as a lawyer, I could feel the fog returning to my head.

Gambling? Why would anyone do that?

As Attorney Han, who graduated top of his class from law school and became a public defender for the sake of the wrongfully accused, I couldn't understand such behavior.

-Let's go go go

-The server's fun right nowㅋㅋㅋ

“Oh, really?”

Had anything new been added?

Well, since I'd only joined on the first day, maybe there would be something new?

Come to think of it, seeing all those young people taking a break gathered around to fish,

the admins must have added something or other.

“I'll log in now.”

-Let's goㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-All right, let's get in~~

More importantly, I wonder if our landmine-type junior is doing well.

We'd gotten fairly close on the first day, after all.

I felt a little bad for putting things off for three straight days while playing Turnabout Trial.

Thinking that I'd pay them back first thing when I logged in, I connected to the server.

“It doesn't look much different?”

That was the server I'd entered.

Maybe because it had only been a few days?

The town didn't look very different.

The town hall was still there, and the casino in the distance was still there too.

If there was anything different… hmm.

“What's that?”

I saw a blue building beside the town hall.

What was that? It looked like it had been newly built.

-That…(abridged)

-Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Go check it outㅇㅇ It's fun there

“Really?”

Fun? Was it some newly added entertainment venue?

Ha~ Good grief, I'd decided to quit that sort of thing now.

“I'll just take a look.”

I approached the building intending only to take a quick look before going mining again.

The blue building had white markings on it.

When I got closer, I immediately knew what kind of building it was.

“It's a police station?”

I hadn't recognized it at first because of the Minecraft-style graphics.

Why was there a police station on a server like this?

“Good grief, did someone commit a crime or something?”

Crime on a peaceful server.

Whoever it was, honestly.

It was just like Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden.

-For realㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Whoever it was, honestlyㅋㅋ

Whoever it was, honestly… yes… hmm.

“Shall we go mining?”

For some reason, I suddenly wanted to get to the mine as quickly as possible.

I should go there and just sit tight for ten years.

The statute of limitations will be up by then, right?

“Then….”

And so, just as I turned around to leave.

[Arrest!]

[You're under arrest for being caught in the act!]

A server message appeared before my eyes.

“Huh, wha—?”

Before I had time to panic.

Clank!

In an instant, my body was teleported to the jail.

“What is this….”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Serves you rightㅋㅋㅋ

Holy shit, I knew it, I knew it….

“C-call a lawyer!”

I know a lawyer named Attorney Han, okay?

Call them right now!