[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want-":3,"chapter-my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-7":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Streaming Life With SSS-Rank Girls With Want My Kids",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1457627,1905,"Chapter 7: A New Rank Is Unnecessary","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>The Valdris guildmaster sent the note the next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It said: \"I need to speak with you about the Sector 7 report. This morning, if possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai read it while eating breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going?\" asked Serah from across the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After I eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guildmaster’s office was a small room on the second floor of the guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a window facing the training yard and enough space for a desk, two chairs, and a bookshelf full of folders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The official Sector 7 report arrived last night,\" said Aldric, opening a folder on his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our scouts did a full area inspection early this morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The zone is clean.\" Aldric looked at him. \"Not just the A-rank beast. All the corruption in the area. Four square kilometers of affected zone, completely neutralized.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You knew?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what the other guild masters mentioned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aldric closed the folder. Opened it again. Closed it once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The guild doesn’t have a protocol for this,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neutralizing a corrupted beast alone is already an S-rank quest. Neutralizing the entire surrounding area...\" He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t have a classification for that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are two things I need to tell you,\" said Aldric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first is that the payment has been tripled. The original quest was for the beast alone. What happened with the full area has a separate fee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The second is that the Regional Guild Council is going to want to classify you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Classify me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You. Your rank. The F classification is...\" Aldric chose his words carefully. \"Administratively inconvenient given what happened in Sector 7.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: ’administratively inconvenient’ — that’s the most diplomatic thing anyone has said about Kai after he dropped an A-rank in three hits]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: the guildmaster opened and closed the folder TWICE]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: viewers: 135,000. People know something important is happening when Kai’s in an office.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We want to offer you an administrative promotion to S-rank,\" said Aldric. \"No additional evaluation. Directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aldric blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Reno, an S-rank would give you access to better quests, better base pay, guild facilities —\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With F-rank, I have access to the quests no one wants,\" said Kai. \"With S-rank, I’ll be competing for quests that other streamers are already doing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aldric looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The quests no one wants are the most dangerous ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s... deliberate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aldric processed this in silence for several seconds. Then he took the folder off the desk and placed it on the shelf with the precise movement of someone archiving a problem he didn’t know how to solve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright,\" he said. \"F-rank it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One last thing.\" Aldric pulled out a separate sheet. \"Your stream system recorded an unusual transaction yesterday. Did you see it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai had seen it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x500 — User: unknown]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Origin: untraceable. Fifth identification attempt: failed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw it,\" said Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Guild Council saw it too. Someone with access to 500 interdimensional gold coins in a single gift isn’t a casual viewer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know who it is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, and honestly, I don’t really care.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aldric nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful,\" he said, with a worried tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah was waiting at the guild door when Kai came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you rank up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah’s silver markings glowed faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: HE TURNED DOWN AN S-RANK PROMOTION. I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT FROM THE START.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: ’with F-rank I have access to the quests no one wants’ — SSS-level strategy with an F-rank]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: Serah said ’good’ and her markings glowed. She’s happy he’s still technically a nobody. MAXIMUM PROTECTION.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were walking back to the inn when the system sent the notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gift received: Interdimensional Gold Coin x500 — User: Unknown]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked at the notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that?\" asked Serah, who had learned to tell when the system sent him something by how his gaze briefly shifted direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the unknown viewer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"500 coins again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah said nothing for three steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know who it is,\" she finally said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah didn’t answer immediately. She looked north — the same direction she’d been looking every time the system notified about the incoming SSS entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone who’s been watching you longer than you think,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is she dangerous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serah considered the question more carefully than usual, with a hint of jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For me... yes. For you...\" She paused. \"It depends on your definition of dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: THE UNKNOWN USER IS SOMEONE SERAH KNOWS]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: ’been watching you longer than you think’ — BRO HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN IN THE STREAM?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: Serah said ’it depends on your definition of dangerous’ — that’s very unsettling]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New viewers: +18,000 in 2 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current viewers: 153,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon, the system sent the distance update.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ALERT — update]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Additional SSS entity — current distance: 28 km]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Speed: unchanged. Constant.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The system has stopped recommending actions regarding this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The system merely reports.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai read the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-eight kilometers. Yesterday it was thirty-eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ten kilometers in one day. At that rate, three days.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He processed it as data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he opened the quest board they’d given him as part of the payment — an expanded list of unstable zones in the northern sector, all marked in red, all with the note: \"Minimum recommended rank: S or above. No hunters available in this area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He counted the quests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Good.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal_Night99: HE COUNTED THE QUESTS WITH A SATISFIED FACE]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GarcíaFTW: there are 8 impossible quests and Kai sees them as his weekly schedule]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[StreamerHunter: the SSS entity is 28km away. Kai is planning his week. Priorities correct.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current balance: 2,140 Interdimensional Gold Coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The system notes that the user has enough capital to equip himself with A-rank armor, a legendary sword, or three months of premium lodging.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The system also notes that the user is not going to do any of those things.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The system says... are you stupid or what?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meh... kind of, honestly. After all, I died from slipping in a martial arts match.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-06T02:17:06.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","807270e3691a3e90e4c4ea0532401d1b35d327a1927d6a1a5a54a525eaffea56","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-8","my-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--chapter-6",110,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-streaming-life-with-sss-rank-girls-with-want--cover.jpg"]