Chapter-10 · EP-162

Episode 162: Trash to the End

"It hurts! It hurts so much! Hood! Give me a potion!"

Benji, who was surprisingly energetic for his injuries, demanded a potion from Hood, the cameraman.

Hood, who also acted as the porter, quickly took out a Rank 1 potion and handed it to Benji.

As Benji drank the potion, his wounds visibly closed and the bleeding stopped.

But his torn-off ear didn't regenerate.

"Damn it! My ear! My ear is gone!"

Benji pressed his hand to where his ear had been, shouting in frustration.

Hood went to give potions to Zero and Crow as well.

Murasakimura stood watching them.

But no matter how long he waited, not a single word of thanks came from them.

"Damn it! Hood! How many viewers did we end up with?"

"Um, 12,000… and quite a lot of superchats too…"

"Seriously? Awesome! Isn't that our best ever?"

"Ah…"

Suddenly, Hood froze, staring at his screen.

Benji asked the silent Hood.

"What's wrong, Hood? Superchats? How much?"

"This stream has been terminated for violating community guidelines…"

"Huh?!"

The moment Hood read the words on the screen, Benji's expression changed completely.

"Don't mess with me! Our hard work is ruined!"

"It's probably because Benji bled too much. We got banned…"

"Idiot! Don't film me!"

Benji's anger didn't stop at the fact that their channel had been banned. With the ban, the revenue they would have received was stopped, and the superchats they had earned would also be returned to the users. All their effort up to this point had gone down the drain.

"Ah, damn it! Don't mess with me!"

Just as Benji, having checked their own safety, started worrying about the stream, Murasakimura couldn't hold back and spoke to him.

"Don't you have something to say?"

"Huh?"

Benji looked at Murasakimura with an annoyed expression.

Caught off guard by the unexpected reaction, Murasakimura hesitated.

"What do you want, you bastard? If you're that strong, you should have come to help us sooner. Because you were slow, we got banned, and I lost my ear! Take responsibility!"

Murasakimura was speechless at Benji's words.

Take responsibility for their injuries, instead of being thanked? What he was saying was utterly insane.

Then Sendo and Akaishi, who had been fighting at a distance, arrived after finishing their battle.

Hearing Benji's words, Sendo said.

"That's what you have to say after being saved? Weren't those dangerous goblins a massive outbreak caused by you in the first place? Don't you have any awareness that you put us in danger?"

"Huh? What did we do? That's got nothing to do with us!"

Sendo was also exasperated by that answer.

"Let's go, Kyoya. It's a waste of time to deal with people like this."

"Wait! Our channel got banned because of you bastards! Take responsibility!"

Benji kept making nonsensical accusations. Murasakimura and Sendo were too exasperated to respond.

Just then, Shirou arrived, a bit late.

"I defeated so many that just picking up the gems is a pain. I think I need one of those pickup sticks. What are those called anyway?"

Hood answered Shirou's comment.

"You mean fire tongs."

"Oh, that's it! They're called fire tongs?"

"They're essential for us porters."

"I'm not a porter..."

Seeing the large backpack on Shirou's back, Hood probably mistook him for a fellow porter carrying luggage.

Benji, seeing the carefree Shirou, got angry again.

"Don't try to change the subject! How are you going to take responsibility for my lost ear and our stream getting banned? Compensation! A million won't be enough!"

"What are you talking about?"

Shirou was exasperated by Benji's unreasonable behavior.

"The dungeon recorder is recording everything. I'll submit it to the Guild later."

Hearing Shirou's words, the streamers looked flustered.

"W-wait. You guys didn't get hurt, so you don't need to submit the footage, right?"

"Huh?"

Shirou's face twitched.

"Otherwise, you'll start demanding compensation for some unknown reason, won't you? We need to have the Guild determine who is at fault, don't we?"

"We're sorry! The compensation thing was obviously a joke, right?"

Shirou had nothing more to say to Benji, who had completely changed his attitude from before.

"Let's go, Murasakimura. Wasting time on people like this is pointless."

"Ah, yeah."

Then Murasakimura turned and said to Benji.

"Please be careful on your way back, everyone."

Benji tried to retort to Shirou and the others as they left.

But he couldn't find the words.

Shirou and his companions didn't look back.