Chapter 125: Is This Photo You?
“I wonder which unlucky guy Liu Neng is cursing this time…”
Pu Tong glanced at the profanity-free comeback lines he had sent over and suddenly felt a little sorry for the poor soul getting roasted.
Those were all classic clapbacks summarized by netizens from his previous life. Dumping them all on one person at once was admittedly a bit too devastating.
Still, he knew Liu Neng's character. If the other party hadn't gone too far, Liu Neng would never have taken the initiative to flame someone. Thinking about it that way, the guy probably deserved it.
Pu Tong checked the time and decided to continue studying. There was really no need to dwell on such a trivial matter...
At the end of the game, Bird Bro simply went AFK without saying a word, and the four of them lost amid an oddly tense atmosphere.
Back in the team lobby, Tang Luocheng and Chen Siqing were still at a loss.
Was this really the Pu Tong they knew?
So this guy was even talented at roasting people? That was just ridiculous.
Of course, neither of them thought there was anything wrong with it. That guy's mouth had been way too filthy. There was no need to show courtesy to someone like that. Civilized gaming was for normal players, not rabid dogs that bit everyone.
Qingge: Learned something new today.
Chengche: That roast was so satisfying.
Seeing his teammates say that, Liu Neng felt much less guilty. As expected of Brother Tong—even his insults were on another level.
The three of them played a few more matches before logging off around noon. At the same time, the variety show's filming also paused. After all, the cameramen had to eat too...
After lunch, while taking a break, Pu Tong chatted with the girls about the details of the filming.
Yi Zhi Xuenai: [You guys keep talking. I'm so sleepy I'm dying. I'm going to sleep first.]
She had already been sleepy from getting up early, and staring at the screen drawing all morning had made her eyes even drier. She really couldn't hold on anymore.
Lin Yuxi: [Serves you right for pretending to be hardworking. Can't take it anymore now, huh!]
Normally, when had this Japanese girl ever been so diligent? She mostly drew just to kill time and could barely finish one manga chapter in several days.
Yi Zhi Xuenai: [I was just trying to put on a good show for my fans. Being called a lazy bum all the time doesn't feel great...]
Compared to her, Yu Wanwan and Lin Yuxi were pretty much in their usual state and doing fairly well.
Yu Wanwan: [I'm obviously used to cameras, but having them film me at home still feels weird. Being recorded no matter what I do is kind of uncomfortable.]
Lin Yuxi: [I'm okay. When I'm dancing, I get so absorbed that I forget about everything...]
Yu Wanwan: [Looks like my study mindset still isn't good enough.]
She could tell she hadn't really gotten into study mode. Studying at home and studying at school really were completely different.
Besides, with Pu Tong not beside her, she always felt something was missing.
Whenever she got tired from studying and turned her head to see him there, no matter how many times it happened, it always made her happy.
Yu Wanwan: [@Pu Tong, stop lurking and come chat.]
Pu Tong: [What is there for me to talk about?]
He wasn't participating in the filming, and nothing interesting had happened to him. He really had nothing to say.
Yu Wanwan pouted, feeling a little dissatisfied.
She hadn't actually wanted him to say anything in particular. She simply wanted to see him show up.
With Pu Tong appearing in her life every day, she'd already grown used to that routine. If one day that peaceful life were really broken, she knew she'd have a very hard time accepting it.
It seemed... there really wasn't much time left.
After chatting casually for a bit, everyone returned to what they had been doing before the afternoon filming began. Pu Tong also quietly resumed studying by himself.
Chen Siqing had originally planned to keep playing games with "Pu Tong" during the afternoon shoot. After all, currying favor with him would definitely benefit him.
But when he logged into the game, he discovered that "So What If I'm Arrogant" wasn't online. Instead, Tang Luocheng had already been waiting there for quite a while.
"That's no fun..."
Pu Tong was the interesting one—capable, witty, and pleasant to talk to. Without "Pu Tong," there wasn't much point in this three-man squad anymore. They'd already gotten about as much publicity out of it as they could.
Seeing that the filming crew hadn't arrived yet, Chen Siqing decided to scroll through some short videos to pass the time.
"Low-quality streamer Bird Bro's livestream has been banned. The reason is actually..."
Since he usually maintained an esports persona, his feed was full of gaming-related short videos. He didn't really follow streamers, though, so he hadn't expected this recommendation today.
Chen Siqing had intended to swipe past it, but then he spotted a familiar ID: "So What If I'm Arrogant."
"What's going on here?"
After watching carefully, he finally understood what had happened. The foul-mouthed streamer in question was none other than Bird Bro, whom they'd been matched with that morning.
The short video was a clipped replay from Bird Bro's morning livestream. It clearly explained the whole story: a low-quality streamer trying to attract attention with negative publicity started randomly insulting his teammates, only for one brave player to roast him into a complete mental breakdown without using a single swear word.
"We ran into a streamer?" Chen Siqing was surprised. Although Bird Bro relied on controversy, his popularity was undeniably high. He had countless haters.
That brave player was "So What If I'm Arrogant." After enduring enough, he finally fought back. From beginning to end, he never used a single curse word. His insults were creative yet cutting, delivering righteous justice.
Chen Siqing looked up Bird Bro's history and found that the guy insulted practically everyone just for attention. Other streamers and even professional players had all been targets.
Someone universally hated across the gaming community like him had always been everyone's enemy. Before, there simply hadn't been a reason to ban his stream. This time, after losing his temper and hurling abuse, if public opinion became strong enough, he'd probably be permanently banned.
"This is terrifying..." After watching several videos, Chen Siqing realized just how explosive the topic had become. Nearly the entire gaming community was discussing things like "Bird Bro finally hit a wall and got tilted" and "So What If I'm Arrogant's roast quotes." Related topics had even climbed onto the short-video trending list.
The internet's ability to dig things up was frightening. In just one afternoon, people had found the account and its match history.
The account had several recent matches, and the last match from a few months ago happened to feature a very familiar pentakill...
As a result, everyone who had seen Pu Tong's screenshot immediately suspected him. Combined with the fact that no player named "A Certain Ordinary User" could be found, it only seemed to confirm the theory.
For a while, opinions flew everywhere, with countless people tagging Pu Tong's short-video account asking for confirmation.
There was no response.
Of course Pu Tong had absolutely no idea any of this was happening, because he'd uninstalled the short-video app long ago...
...
After finishing dinner, Pu Tong had to admit that his mom's braised pork was truly awful.
You did a great job. Please don't do it again!
He had planned to rest for a while before continuing to study, but the moment he returned to his room, his phone was flooded with notification sounds.
Normally, not many people contacted him. If he was getting this many messages, something had definitely happened...
Pu Tong quickly unlocked his phone and discovered that a whole bunch of people had messaged him, including Liu Neng, Xie Mu, Yu Wanwan, and even Chen Siqing, whom he wasn't particularly close to.
"What the heck is going on?"
Without hesitation, he opened his chat with Yu Wanwan first.
Pu Tong: [?]
Yu Wanwan: [Unfortunately, you've gone viral again.]
She knew how Pu Tong felt about such things, which was why she deliberately used the word "unfortunately."
Gone viral again?
Pu Tong was completely baffled. He hadn't even left the house all day. How could he possibly have gone viral? He hadn't done anything.
Yu Wanwan sent him a video and some screenshots, telling him to see for himself.
Pu Tong quickly watched the video and was stunned.
Liu Neng had happened to run into a toxic streamer while using his account, then used the comeback lines Pu Tong had sent him to roast the guy into a breakdown?
Something like that could actually happen?
The screenshots were all speculation from netizens about whether "So What If I'm Arrogant" was really Pu Tong. There were countless related posts.
Pu Tong: [It's not me! It really wasn't me!]
He hadn't played the game, and he hadn't roasted anyone. He truly hadn't been involved.
Yu Wanwan: [Is that account yours?]
Pu Tong: [Yeah.]
He hadn't hidden his match history, so there was no way to keep this secret...
Yu Wanwan: [Did you say those lines?]
Pu Tong: [Yeah.]
Even though Liu Neng had been the one doing the roasting, those words really had come from him...
Yu Wanwan: [Then isn't that that? I thought you'd been honestly studying, but it turns out you were secretly playing games.]
Pu Tong: [But I wasn't the one playing!]
(End of Chapter)
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