10 Reinforcing and expanding (2/2)

-It's still great quality work. He might get some job offers with this.-

-Righttt, but he will fail the interview.-

-BANNED FROM THE INTERVIEW!!-

There were just so many responses to the video. He couldn't read each and every one so he started reading the most recent ones.

”It's… not a dream right?”

The counter and replies increased each time Joonbum refreshed the page. Just two days ago, it was only five thousand. But now it was five hundred thousand, skyrocketing towards six hundred thousand. His shaking hand dropped the phone and he leaned against the truck, lighting up a cigarette.

”Five hundred thousand…”

He puffed big white smoke to the sky. His heart pounded with excitement and he felt sluggish because of it. He let out a big breath to relax.

'It was overflowing with responses too,' thought Joonbum. His video started gaining some interest solely because he looked funny. There were some initial requests for joint broadcasts, but it ended there. He had no talent and no sense of humor to compete in such a competitive scene. He had no merit for other fellow streamers to work with him any longer.

'Well, it was obvious.'

Joonbum understood their reasoning but the comments they made afterwards angered him.

'They mocked me in their videos for the sake of their content.'

Some even went too far to gain their viewers' interest. As result, Joonbum was labeled as a pervert.

'I know how I look. I should've recorded them. Damn it!'

He was deep in thought, angered by the memory.

”If you think there's going to be another chance, not so fast!” he shouted, shaking off all memories that were angering him.

”Let's get back to work!”

He slapped both his cheeks and installed the camera. First, he started preparing the wolf's meal.

”Galfus, it's meal time!”

Joonbum pulled the chain that was tied to the side. The wheel turned, pulling the chain wrapped around the wolf's head and neck. The wolf, named Galfus by Joonbum, seemed annoyed, but it wasn't as aggressive as before.

'She seems to recognize the name now.'

It was weird to call it 'wolf' every time, so he named it. He couldn't think of one easily, so he remembered a wolf character he knew from a computer game and named the wolf after it. After Joonbum started calling it Galfus multiple times, it started slowly started to respond to it.

'At least it doesn't bark anymore.'

When its movement was bound by the taut chain, Joonbum walked closer to check on the casts and the wounds. There was one more thing he had to do.

”Ugh, awful.”

He brought a shovel and walked towards the buttocks where an awful stench was permeating the area. It was time to clean up an enormous amount of feces.

It had hardened a bit and he could feel it transferring to his hand through the shovel. After he threw the huge pile of feces away, he dug up some dirt and put it on top, covering the area where the pile originally was.

”There's no poop pad that's your size, so this is only way Galfus.”

Galfus growled slightly. Joonbum smiled at the softened response. When he first closed in, the wolf barked as if it was going crazy, trying to scare him away but as time went on, it seemed to realize Joonbum was not a threat.

”You're a smart boy, right Galfus? Time for some play time!”

Galfus growled, showing her teeth, but she but didn't do anything else. Joonbum quickly moved his hand with a brush. It flinched at the sudden touch but seemed to ease its aggression as Joonbum continued combing.

”Heh, feels good, right?”

Joonbum smiled and continued to comb. It sure was getting used to being combed.

”I know you like it best when I scratch the skin inside the fur! Don't try to hide. I just know it!”

As he said, wolf let out a growl when Joonbum started to scratch the skin. This was Joonbum's greatest achievement in the past few days.

”Here? Here?”

The wolf was enjoying so much that if Joonbum stopped combing, it seemed to growl in anger. It almost felt like it was begging for more. Joonbum stepped away after the combing was done. The wolf seemed ever so relaxed, with little sign of aggression or hostility.

Joonbum felt so satisfied with his achievement that he smiled. He filled the basin full of water and brought out tens of chickens in another basin.

”Time for a meal! Hah, this is costs too much for me. At least I'm getting these from a wholesaler…”

He shook in disbelief. After he prepared the food and water, he loosened the chain.

”Hey Galfus, how did you manage with so little at first?”

Galfus was wolfing down three chickens at once when Joonbum shouted. It turned to glance at him for a moment, then went back to its meal.

”You know it cost me a fortune to prepare that entire meal, right?”

After watching it eat for a while, Joonbum came back to his truck so that he could also prepare a food for himself. He prepared a pan on a stove and made five fried eggs. With dried seaweed, instant white rice, kimchi, and fried eggs, he consumed his meal. He kept on looking at the wolf with every single spoon, smiling.

'I'll make it big this time.”

He was looking forward to the response on the new video he uploaded.

After finishing his meal by gulping down some water, he let out a big burp. It was already nighttime. His eyes were shining with thoughts as he gazed into the stars above the sky.

”I uploaded treating the wolf, so what's next? Expanding? Or exploring the area?”

Satisfied with the meal, he shot one last look at Galfus and hopped on the truck.

'I will reinforce the campsite first and start exploring the area. I will need more materials.'

He started planning his next step.