After Accidentally Helping a Famous Streamer Who Forgot to Turn Off Her Dungeon Stream, I Began to Go Viral as a Legendary Explorer ～ The Introverted Me Accidentally Dominating with My Mysterious Skill 'Ignore Rules' - Chapter 40: Karma - Goyama's Remorse

Chapter 40: Karma – Goyama’s Remorse

“You can’t be serious. You were bullying someone that terribly behind the scenes? I’m sorry, but please consider our partnership as if it never existed.”

“W-wait, please! I’m begging you!”

That same night, Kento Goyama was desperately trying to stop Puprock— a famous streamer with whom he had once collaborated— from ending their friendship over a call.

“If our partnership ends, that’s it for me. Please, I’m begging you!”

“Don’t you get it? If I keep associating with you, I’ll get dragged down and burn too. My reputation has already plummeted. What are you going to do about it?”

“Uh…”

“Think of it as kindness that I’m not charging you a nuisance fee. Goodbye.”

“W-wait, please! Don’t leave me!”

Click.

Despite Goyama’s pleas, the call was unilaterally disconnected.

“D-damn it!”

On the screen of the now-silent smartphone, three new messages appeared.

— Seems like you got suspended, lol. Your life is over!

— How does it feel to be retaliated against by Kirishima, the kid you bullied so much? Tell me.

— You can’t collaborate with famous people anymore, can you? Your life is over, LOL.

“Guhhhhhhhh!”

Goyama collapsed on the spot, shedding torrents of tears.

And yet— that wasn’t all.

The severing of ties wasn’t limited to just Puprock because of this scandal.

“That bullying was really too much. Sorry, but don’t contact me anymore.”

“And honestly, you’re just creepy. You act all high and mighty but you’re a mama’s boy with no opinions of your own.”

Following the recent scandal, friends and acquaintances who once had a connection with Goyama had all distanced themselves. Among them were streamers he had planned to collaborate with, and now all those plans had fallen through.

Thanks to this, Goyama could barely manage to live a normal life.

Even a simple trip to the local convenience store made him paranoid. He wondered if the customers and employees knew who he was, if someone was secretly filming him, or if people were following him to identify his home. His mind was stuck in an endless loop of negative thoughts, making it impossible to think clearly.

Even his mother, his last ray of hope, seemed to be out of sorts, as if she’d done something herself. The Goyama household was now engulfed in an unprecedented darkness.

“ …What am I supposed to do now?”

He had blindly trusted his mother throughout his life.

Since elementary school, he had continuously bullied Tsukushi Kirishima and had been lavishly praised by his mother for it. Even when he received warnings from school teachers, his mother always told him not to worry.

By continuing such violent behavior, everyone started to praise Goyama.

No one defied him; it was as if they were yes-men who followed him unconditionally.

So he’d come to think that bullying Tsukushi Kirishima was simply “the norm.”

There was just one occasion when his mother and teacher had a conference, and ever since then, the teacher hadn’t admonished him much. He didn’t know what had transpired, but he assumed his mother had secured a comfortable school life for him.

However—

—Hey, you’ve been bullying all this time, and now you’re silent because you’re getting flamed? What a loser, lol.

—Say something, lol. Or are you mentally broken now? Hmm~?

Being on the “receiving end” now, he began to realize various things.

In his case, it was just online harassment. But Kirishima had been subject to daily physical violence as well.

Still, Kirishima hadn’t given up. He had continued to go to school every day, even when he received scornful glances from other students.

Yet here he was—just from this public flaming, his mental fortitude was already crumbling.

“That guy… he was actually strong, wasn’t he?”

It was too late for regrets now. As his smartphone continued to buzz with incoming messages, Goyama remained wrapped in a blanket, paralyzed.

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