5 Minutes before going live…
It was finally time for him to go online. He had delayed the stream for Clash Online too much, and his chat was getting impatient with his lack of activity.
Angry messages filled his vision as he saw people connecting to his system.
Clash Online had a stream-friendly feature that could be used without connecting with external devices. Since it was Cane's first time using this feature, he took some time to familiarize himself with it.
Once he was sure he was ready, he turned on the camera to record himself and also kept an eye on any messages from Heera.
[Anonymous: Welcome, other chat… We are here for another day of Cane's bullshit.]
[Killer King: Hi chat… bye streamer~]
[HaremKingXXX: Yo, my streamer is online. I thought you finally kicked the bucket.]
[Kuro543: You hit level 10 pretty fast while you streamed other games. Tell us the truth—how long have you been playing this game for?]
People questioned Cane left and right. Everyone was competing to have Cane notice them, but Cane was a professional and knew when to ignore the chat.
Instead, he diverted their attention to something else so they would stop spamming his chat with unimportant messages.
"Everyone, I told you all that this would be a collab stream, right? Then, let me welcome my partner for my first stream back. My partner for today is Miss Lee Heera."
As expected, the chat went wild because Cane introduced a semi-popular person. Many of the people in his chat belonged to the same community as Heera, and their messages popped to the top.
[Heerafan: Lee Heera? THE LEE HEERA? Is this a dream?]
[NoHate: Hey man, when did you meet Lee Heera? Are you trying to piggyback on her popularity?]
[Reasonablefan: Piggyback? Cane has 3 million followers. Lee Heera has 2 million. If there is anyone piggybacking, it's her.]
And just like that, a small war erupted in the chat once more. Before Cane could stop them, Lee Heera arrived.
She had chosen a cute dress today, but unlike before, she seemed to be taking better account of her image.
[Heerafan: Woah-! She's here.]
[HaremKingXXX: Seriously, she agreed to stream with you? How did you bribe her?]
A lot of people had a lot to say about what Cane could or could not do. It was the inevitable fate of anyone in the public eye. But Cane was mentally stable enough not to let this affect him.
Just at that moment, Heera messaged him, and he turned his attention toward that message.
[LeeHeera: I have reached your location. You said that you are going to stream this, right? I will log on to my stream as well.]
It was unfortunate that he could not add her or anyone else as a friend because of his glitchy system, so they had to resort to using outside means to communicate.
She was still greeting her fans when Cane reached her.
"Thank you for helping me out today. But are you sure you want to be associated with me? It might not be the best move for your career."
Cane told her. By now, the news of the confrontation between Cane and the 'hero of justice' Canari had spread across social media. But it had not spread far because no one knew who he was.
After today, that peace would no longer last. He was giving Heera a choice to opt out before that happened.
But she looked unbothered by his warning, though she did mute her chat for a while to talk to Cane. She did not want them to hear the next part.
"Don't worry about me. I am going to use your infamy to become popular myself. Won't a story about a popular streamer being misled by another and end up as a victim… woah-! I am kidding… don't give me that look…"
Cane's blank expression made Heera take her words back and pretend that she was joking around. But she did fully intend to make use of this plan if she needed to.
The only reason she had agreed to Cane's request in the first place was because she felt like she could make use of him. His situation was too unique, and after looking him up, he had even turned out to be a streamer.
'What a turn of events. I did not expect my life to take such a turn. I'm going to take advantage of this as much as I can.'
"Anyway, you want to raid level 50 dungeons at your current level? Isn't that too ambitious? You just hit level 10 not too long ago. You better give me a good reward for helping you out."
Heera half-joked, and she was half-serious. Luckily for her, Cane had a reward too tempting for her to say no to.
"Don't worry. If you help me out, I will give you a sacred elixir as a reward. It dropped when I killed Canari. It will help you out a lot."
Heera's jaw dropped at Cane's words.
"A sacred elixir? Do you even know how much that costs? Why would you give me something this expensive? Just what are you planning to have me do? Listen, I am not going to get in any illegal deals with you."
She warned Cane, but he just smiled patiently at her.
"Don't worry, I am not asking you to participate in anything illegal. I just want to get the elixir out of my hand before it becomes too troublesome for me to keep around. You are level 50 already and also have the protection of your guild. You will be fine if you have this. I, on the other hand, won't be fine."
Cane told her, and Heera accepted his words with a suspicious look on her face. But as much as she wanted to deny that offer, it was too tempting.
"Fine… if you are willing to offer me something this nice, then I guess I will have to accept it. In return, you can count on my help in the future as well."
Heera's smile looked innocent, but it hid her dark desires to use Cane.