C4 Just Do It

As the chat on the public screen lit up with messages, Outdoor Magnus steeled his resolve. If eating it meant earning ten thousand dollars, then so be it! His family wasn't wealthy, and wasn't the whole point of live streaming to make money?

"Listen up, Finnian and all my viewers, I, Outdoor Magnus, am a man of my word. If Finnian sends a thousand crowns, I'll eat a live toad. I'm going to grab one right now, and that's that!" With that declaration, Outdoor Magnus headed for the shore, where the toad featured on his stream's cover was waiting in a net bag.

Outdoor Magnus had thrown down the gauntlet, and Quinlan wasn't about to be cheap. It wasn't his money, after all, and he had a mission to complete. To speed things up, Quinlan got to work, each graffiti worth a hundred crowns. Amidst the audience's gasps of shock and envy, he quickly finished ten sets of graffiti.

Outdoor Magnus was momentarily lost for words as he stared at the screen. After about thirty seconds of silence, he finally burst out shouting.

"Thank you, my man! Big thanks to Finnian!"

The excitement made him stumble over his words. Having streamed for nearly a year, Outdoor Magnus had never witnessed such a spectacle in his own channel. Excited? That was an understatement. A thousand crowns? He'd be lucky to see ten or twenty in a typical stream.

As Finnian's lavish support continued, more messages began to float across the screen.

"Finnian is the man!"

"Finnian, I want to be your friend..."

"With this kind of generosity, we're witnessing the rise of another streaming legend..."

Quinlan couldn't hide his ecstasy at the sight of those comments. This kind of attention...

At that moment, Quinlan wore a slight smile. He was genuinely curious to see how Outdoor Magnus would manage to eat a live toad.

Outdoor Magnus reached the shore, his friends filming every step. They watched as he pulled the toad from the net.

"Finnian, brothers, here's the toad, take a good look," the streamer announced, zooming in on the toad for all to see.

Indeed, it was a live toad squirming about, its skin still speckled with grains of sand.

Eating this toad alive was no easy feat. To spur on the Outdoor Magnus, Quinlan sketched another crown on the screen.

Upon seeing the gift, Outdoor Magnus beamed. "Thanks, Finnian, thanks a lot, bro..."

Quinlan's drawing truly served as a morale booster.

At that moment, scrolling messages filled the chat in other live streams.

"A legendary tycoon descends! A thousand crowns for Outdoor Magnus eating a live toad. Live Stream ID is 4352678."

...

Curiosity gets the best of people, and with such a spectacle, throngs of viewers swarmed into Outdoor Magnus's live stream.

His channel's viewership had soared to eight thousand, a massive jump from the initial fifteen hundred—a significant breakthrough.

Outdoor Magnus was elated. His trepidation and revulsion toward consuming the toad diminished with each passing moment. He was well aware that without the support of Finnian, the tycoon who had lavished over a thousand crowns, such fame would have been a distant dream. He was profoundly thankful to Finnian for both the financial gain and the surge in popularity.

Gifts in the live stream multiplied.

The audience had come to witness him eat the toad live; he couldn't disappoint them, especially not Finnian.

He was acutely aware that a streamer's success hinged not only on talent but also on the backing of a big spender. Now that he had Finnian's support, he was determined to capitalize on the opportunity.

"Thank you, Finnian, for your support! And thanks to all of you as well! No more chit-chat, let's get to it."

He grabbed a bottle of water, rinsed the sand off the toad, inhaled deeply, and shoved the creature into his mouth. His face contorted as he began to chew, nearly spewing out the first mouthful.

Holy crap! That was beyond revolting! He almost retched...

This kid had guts, and for his sheer tenacity, he deserved a shower of crowns.

In a flash, Quinlan sent crowns cascading across the chat once more, his fingers clicking at a rate of four or five crowns a second—a true mark of a godly tycoon.

Quinlan held out until Outdoor Magnus had finished devouring the toad, managing to gulp it down.

"Thank you, Finnian..."

Outdoor Magnus spoke up first after his toad-eating ordeal. Despite the impact it had on him, the live broadcast showed that it wasn't too severe—he could keep streaming.

Quinlan had seen what he wanted, and his initial thrill had faded. He hadn't rested well in recent days and now felt the tug of sleepiness. Setting his phone aside, he drifted off to sleep, a subtle smile gracing his face.

His Super Ultimate Tycoon System was truly formidable. The feeling of making others look up to him was just so exhilarating—a pure tool for flaunting!

...

In a cozy one-bedroom apartment, the girl who had just ended her live stream in the bedroom exhaled deeply. "That was exhausting, but the payoff was pretty good," she remarked.

Excitement twinkled in her eyes. This girl was none other than Smiling Rachel, the recipient of Quinlan's generous gifts.

"Finnian? What kind of wealthy man is he? Will he ever visit my live stream again? It would be amazing to become friends with Finnian in real life. First, I need to find out what this Finnian looks like."

With that thought, she eagerly grabbed her phone and opened TikTok, the live stream APP, where she had long since followed the tycoon who had lavished her with two hundred crowns. She pulled up Finnian's profile.

It featured a few landscape videos Quinlan had captured and a very brief bio with just one sentence: "Come on!" It also listed his age: 23 years old.

Beyond that, there was nothing more.

A twinge of disappointment hit her as she viewed his profile, but then a thought struck her—the landscapes Finnian had posted seemed very familiar. She revisited Finnian's TikTok page and perused the scenery he had shared.

That was the North University of Technology, right near her place! Finnian, at 23, could very well be a student there. She felt her chances were good, and their ages matched up nicely.

Who says daydreaming is just for men? In truth, both men and women are equally given to fantasy!