2. Star Wars (1)
"...This makes no sense."
To be honest, I thought there was no possibility of my body being treated.
After all, I was diagnosed as 'incurable' even with modern scientific technology, and even she, who possessed the most powerful healing abilities among Hunters, bowed her head to me saying she was sorry.
That's why I had been living day by day without holding even a shred of hope—
"My body has been treated... albeit just a tiny bit."
The terrible pain that tormented me every morning had disappeared, and some nerves and muscles had recovered, making it easier to move my body than before.
And decisively.
"Mana... has returned...."
Mana was residing in my dantian, the place about which I was told, 'Even if other things are possible, this place can absolutely never be recovered.'
Of course, compared to when I was active as a Hunter, it was an extremely small amount, truly less than a rat's tail.
But even so, I was happy.
Because if the healing continues like this, I could harbor hope that one day, the day might come when I can return as a Hunter again.
'No, rather than that, just how on earth did this happen? Surely... they said treatment was impossible....'
After pondering for quite a while, I could roughly guess why this had happened.
'Sponsored Mana.'
System Notification
[Mana received through broadcast: 36,000]
[Received Mana can be accumulated as points in the shop, or it is possible to absorb it into the body.]
[Will you absorb it?]
The text in the message window I saw before turning off the broadcast last night.
Since I saw it in such a half-asleep state, I just let it slide roughly back then.
But no matter how much I think about it, the cause of this situation must be that message window... no, the suspicious platform called 'Trans-Dimensional Streaming.'
Otherwise, the probability of such an unrealistic event happening to me was zero.
'Don't tell me, did absorbing mana into the body mean this?'
To be honest, it was something I couldn't understand at all with the common sense I possessed.
According to the chat the viewers posted last night, 'Mana' is a kind of proprietary currency usable only within the platform.
But that currency is not just usable within the platform, but it's possible to affect my body existing in reality?
'The site called Trans-Dimensional Streaming... just what is its identity?'
No matter how much I think about it, it doesn't seem like a normal internet broadcasting platform....
'No, wait a minute.'
If the platform called 'Trans-Dimensional Streaming' was really not an ordinary site.
Does that mean the viewers who laughed and chatted with me last night were also not ordinary people?
'Crazy.... Then was all that real?'
The comments in the chat window claiming they are Elves from another dimension, Wizards, or Martial Artists.
The viewers who pretended to know nothing about cup noodles, which any Korean would naturally have tried, and made a fuss about its taste.
Watching such a chat window, I had laughed it off thinking people were really committed to the concept.
But what if that wasn't the case?
What if they really knew nothing about cup noodles... that is, about Earth culture?
What if they weren't Koreans keeping a concept but really people from another dimension?
"....."
Come to think of it, the sentences in the message window I saw last night weren't all of it.
System Notification
[You have made a tiny minority of residents of other dimensions aware of the existence of the planet 'Earth'.]
[A tiny minority of residents of other dimensions feel intense curiosity about the planet 'Earth'.]
['Beginner Privilege' is given as a reward for the first contact with residents of other dimensions.]
[As a Beginner Privilege, the dimensional rift phenomenon of planet 'Earth' is stabilized for 48 hours.]
'Stabilization of the dimensional rift phenomenon.'
I might not know other things, but I can roughly guess what this means.
The current Earth was in a state where monsters would pop out from places like 'Towers' or 'Gates' at the drop of a hat.
Fortunately, there hasn't been massive damage because those called Hunters go around hunting monsters.
Even so, Towers and Gates were becoming a huge threat to humanity.
But if the content of the message window I saw before falling asleep is really true, it's bound to show in some way.
I hurriedly picked up the remote control and turned on the news channel.
And.
NEWS REPORT
[...Next news. Last night, an event occurred where the entrances temporarily disappeared from three Gates existing in Korea. Due to this, Hunters are unable to enter the Gates.]
[A mysterious phenomenon occurred with unknown cause or reason. Not only that, testimonies are following that monsters appearing from the Towers also seemed reluctant to attack Hunters first for some reason.]
[Experts are carefully speculating whether this phenomenon might be a sign that the dimensional phenomenon, which has been endlessly threatening humanity for the past 10 years, is stabilizing—]
[Meanwhile, overseas scholars have expressed strong curiosity about this event that occurred last night and revealed their feelings that they want to research it—]
"...Crazy."
For a moment, I tasted a feeling like goosebumps rising on my spine.
'It's real.'
I had my doubts, but all of this was real?
But with perfect evidence thrust in front of my eyes, I can't deny reality either.
Then I think I should slowly admit it around here.
'Trans-Dimensional Streaming' is actually a platform that enables internet broadcasting targeting other species in other dimensions.
Although the principle is unknown, if I use the power of that platform, it's a fact that I can not only treat my broken body but even prevent the dimensional erosion phenomenon currently occurring all over Earth.
And the prerequisite to cause such miraculous events is none other than—
'Viewers' mana sponsorship, and....'
System Notification
[You have made a tiny minority of residents of other dimensions aware of the existence of the planet 'Earth'.]
[A tiny minority of residents of other dimensions feel intense curiosity about the planet 'Earth'.]
Interest and curiosity about Earth.
For a moment, I instinctively realized.
The fact that this condition is absolutely not as easy as I thought.
'Sponsorship for me aside, how am I supposed to draw out interest and curiosity about Earth?'
To be honest, it's not that difficult for an individual like me to receive sponsorship from viewers.
To put it bluntly, if I broadcast like crazy without giving up, the moment when viewers sponsor me will come someday.
But even if someone like me broadcasts, would viewers existing in other dimensions really take an interest in Earth?
No matter how much I think about it, I think that's nothing more or less than excessive self-consciousness.
"Umm... isn't there any good way?"
Thinking about it carefully, surprisingly, the answer was close by.
Without needing to go far, I just had to recall the memory of the first broadcast I did last night.
"Cup noodles."
It was so.
At the time I broadcasted yesterday, viewers from other dimensions showed great interest in cup noodles.
Didn't even the Elf woman make a shocking declaration that she would quit being a vegetarian after feeling the taste of cup noodles through 'Sense of Taste Sharing'?
Then if... I bring out content from Earth's culture that viewers from other dimensions can't help but find interesting?
And if viewers start going wild for that content?
Wouldn't that be the fastest way to make people feel fond of Earth itself?
"Then... what content would be best to show the viewers?"
Probably, my viewers are not just humans.
Judging by the content of the comments, it was clear that there were various species like Elves, Dwarves, and others I don't know about.
Something where species other than humans also show sufficient performance in the work.
And something that even if a non-human species watches, they can't help but feel the fun.
Just what content is there that anyone belonging to any dimension would eventually have to nod their head at?
After agonizing for a long time like that, I was finally able to find the answer.
A movie produced by one of the greatest geniuses in human history.
A great work that brought immense shock to people of that era and brought huge inspiration to countless industry insiders over a period of at least 50 years.
Even if it's someone who hasn't seen that movie, a masterpiece of the ages where anyone has to nod their head just hearing the keyword 'Lightsaber'!
「Star Wars」!
"Hehehehe."
My mouth is watering.
If I drop a dopamine lump called a movie in a dimension where there isn't much entertainment.
Furthermore, if the movie they watch for the first time in their life happens to be a masterpiece called 「Star Wars」!
Just what reaction would they show?
I don't know for sure, but if they become fans of that movie, they won't be able to help but feel love for the planet called Earth, right?
Thus.
The super-large cultural antimatter bomb called 「Star Wars」.
Preparation for drop.
Complete.