Chapter 40:Money and Talent Pour In

 Chapter 40: The Informant (1)

After the Liar Coin incident, a few people had been keeping an eye on the nickname “Informant.” Song Kang-cheol, who was currently browsing cryptocurrency cafes and forums, was one of them.

“Did he completely leave the coin scene?”

Since that day, the “Informant” had not shown himself anywhere. It was as if he had evaporated, like he had never existed in the first place. Only a few old posts and comments remained, proving that he hadn‘t been a ghost.

[Comments]

Song Kang-cheol: Sigh, is anyone still waiting?

He left a new comment on the post where the Informant had recommended selling Liar Coin.

Ding. Ding.

Replies came in just a few minutes later.

ㄴ CoinSnorer: I‘m still waiting ㅠ

ㄴ AllInMyLife: Me too lol. But it looks like he‘s gone for good?

ㄴ CoinSnorer: Thinking back on that time still gives me chills lol

ㄴ AllInMyLife: You too? Lol

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: We‘re all the same

Just remembering it gave him goosebumps.

He had truly been saved.

If he hadn‘t believed the Informant’s words, he might have jumped into the Han River.

That was probably why.

He desperately wanted the Informant to reappear and shake the coin world once again. But no matter how much he searched, there was no trace of him. Still, he couldn‘t stop looking.

Today was the same. It had become a habit now—searching for any trace of him.

“This person…”

Then, a promotional post by the fairly well-known named user “Chaebol Guy” caught his eye.

*Should I check it out?*

Normally, he would have scrolled past it with high probability. But for some reason today, the post drew his interest. In the end, he couldn‘t resist and clicked the link written below the post.

[We‘ve reached the resistance line. Sold everything and made another profit. Let’s look at the support line again.]

A man wearing a mask was doing day trading with Bitcoin.

His skills were extraordinary.

Before he knew it, Song Kang-cheol had been watching the video for over ten minutes.

“Wow, this is insane.”

Was there a YouTuber like this?

He grew curious.

So he quickly skimmed through the channel‘s past videos.

Mentioning the upper limit in Power Edison.

Predicting an upward trend for a bio company.

And now, this god-like day trading.

Every step of his journey was shockingly impressive.

Does this even make sense?

It didn‘t seem like he had just fallen from the sky one day. The things he had accomplished were far from ordinary.

His identity made him even more curious.

So he watched the video again.

“Huh…?”

Then his eyes stopped on one particular scene. The masked man, who had been chatting while holding Power Edison, suddenly entered the stock discussion room and started posting.

But.

The nickname was strange.

“Informant.”

He wasn‘t that surprised.

There were countless people with the same nickname.

None of them were the real one.

Still, just in case, he went into the cryptocurrency café and clicked on the “Informant” nickname. The English ID he had seen countless times appeared.

This one couldn‘t be duplicated.

That‘s why comparing the English IDs was the most accurate way.

“Probably not, but whatever.”

He went to the Power Edison stock discussion room and searched for the nickname “Informant.”

One post came up.

He clicked on the nickname “Informant” who wrote that post.

“W-wait, what?”

The same English ID from the cryptocurrency café appeared.

“It‘s the same…!”

He couldn‘t believe it, but it was really him.

It was the real “Informant.” The YouTuber doing day trading while wearing a Hahoe mask in that video was the very Informant he had been desperately searching for.

“Crazy, crazy, crazy!”

He hurriedly typed in the chat.

CoinOnlyDoes: Hey! Excuse me! Masked guy, are you the Informant by any chance?

The masked man answered.

[Ah, yes. That‘s right. I use the nickname Informant.]

You shouldn‘t say it that easily!

He quickly typed again.

CoinOnlyDoes: No, I mean! The Informant from the Liar Coin incident?!

This time his message got buried because of the flood of chats.

He hurriedly sent a donation.

[CoinOnlyDoes donated 10,000 won.]

[So you really are the Informant from the Liar Coin incident?]

Only then did the masked man react.

[CoinOnlyDoes, thank you for the donation first. Yes, I am that Informant. I‘m grateful that you still remember me.]

There was no sign of him trying to hide it at all.

“Ha… haha…”

He never imagined the guy was doing stocks.

That‘s why he couldn’t find him.

A sense of emptiness washed over him, but it only lasted a moment.

Soon, intense desire surged within him.

The great Informant was casually communicating with such small-time viewers.

This couldn‘t be allowed to continue.

He immediately went into the cryptocurrency café and started writing a post.

Song Kang-cheol was a definite named user.

Thanks to his long period of activity, he had quite a few followers.

The firepower would be considerable.

Even so, he felt it still wasn’t enough.

He needed something more stimulating!

He had to draw even stronger aggro.

His fingers flew across the keyboard.

Tap, tap-tap-tap-tap.

A post was created at incredible speed.

And this was only the beginning.

*

The named user ‘Song Kang-cheol’ uploaded a new post.

**Title:** Guys, do you know the Informant?

**Content:** You probably all remember Liar Coin, right? That incident was seriously no joke. Later we found out it was a real planned operation where the forces teamed up to fleece the retail investors. Whew, just thinking about it gives me chills ㄷㄷ I was one of the people saved back then, so I remember it clearly! But… is it okay to say this? That person is currently…

The post ended right there.

[Comments]

2nd Year: Fuck, so what?! You can’t just stop there!

1st Year: Kang-cheol bro ㅠㅠ Why are you doing this?

Balloon: You never do this normally! Hurry up! More! We need more bait!

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: Just pulling some aggro lol

ㄴ 2nd Year: Why suddenly? lol

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: Because it’s seriously huge information lol

ㄴ 2nd Year: We waiting?

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: Yep, next post in 5 minutes!

Post Addict: You know what I hate the most? First, when someone cuts off mid-story. Second is…

ㄴ Gazua: You know it’s annoying but still do it lol

Massive firepower poured in.

Hundreds of comments flooded in instantly, and the view count skyrocketed.

Exactly five minutes later.

Song Kang-cheol posted the next article.

**Title:** So the Informant is currently!

**Content:** Doing day trading! Do you know how crazy this is? I accidentally found this YouTuber today. He wears a mask so people call him Masked Man? Turns out that guy is the Informant! Damn, he barely even streams normally. Anyway! Everyone who received his grace, go watch right now! That’s it! Check the link and comments below!

[Comments]

2nd Year: What were those people doing that they didn’t spread this?

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: He wasn’t on YouTube when he was doing coins!

ㄴ 2nd Year: Ah? Then the viewers there probably don’t know lol

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: Exactly!

ㄴ Wolf: Wait, Masked Man is really the Informant? For real?

ㄴ Song Kang-cheol: Yep

ㄴ Wolf: This is crazy?

ㄴ Ice: Wasn’t he the main character of one of the biggest incidents in the coin scene? Wow, I wondered what happened to him after that… so he was doing stocks? ㄷㄷ

Angry: The Informant was famous lol

After that, similar posts poured in one after another.

Of course, the content was slightly different.

They weren’t surprised because Masked Man was the Informant, but because of his insane day trading skills.

**Title:** The Informant is possessed by the god of day trading!

**Content:** I went because a named user told me to, and it wasn’t exaggerated at all. I’m watching him do Bitcoin day trading right now and… it’s kind of insane! I can only call it divine! He’s seriously the top day trader I’ve ever seen! Just go in and copy him! You’ll make money!

Even so, some people were still skeptical.

[Comments]

Run: You’re overhyping it lol

Long-term 1 Year: Does that even make sense?

Face-freeze: God of day trading my ass lol

But as similar posts kept appearing, even those who weren’t interested started to get curious.

**Title:** I thought it was overhyped but it’s real

**Content:** Sorry for cursing earlier, but after watching Masked Man—no, the Informant live, his class is on another level. I copied exactly what he did and made profit immediately ㄷㄷ I’m still copying him now and his buy/sell timing accuracy seems over 90%? He’s just raking in money lol

[Comments]

Don’t Lie: Is it really that good?

1 Billion: Yep, for real. Prepare an extra pair of panties

ㄴ CoinOnlyDoes: Why panties?

ㄴ 1 Billion: You might piss yourself

ㄴ CoinOnlyDoes: Stop exaggerating lol I’m actually going to watch?

ㄴ 1 Billion: Just come watch, you idiot!

ㄴ CoinOnlyDoes: What if it’s not?

ㄴ 1 Billion: Come first, dumbass!

ㄴ CoinOnlyDoes: Okay lol

The content was impossible to ignore.

Just copy what he does and you make money?

Who wouldn’t be interested?

**Title:** 5% profit in 20 minutes ^^

**Title:** Was the Informant this good? ㄷㄷ

**Title:** Making money today yaaaaa!

Thanks to all this, an enormous amount of traffic poured in.

*

The number of viewers exploded, surpassing 1,000.

He never expected it to rise this much.

He couldn’t even begin to guess how many points he would get from the limited quest.

It might even approach 20 points.

While drinking kimchi soup in excitement, he scanned the chat.

MakeMoney: Wow, shit. Give us another entry point! Quick!

Junior Investor 1: Wow, goosebumps…!

Beef Horn: Again, again! Hurry! Quick!

HoneyBurp: Thank you^^

BecomeRich: I made profit ㅠㅠ How long has it been ㅠㅠ

DonationComplete: Wow, I can’t just sit here. I’m jumping in too!

PairFoot: I’ve been copying since earlier lol

ExcitedMan: Let’s eat beef today!

Naturally, he had reached the point where he couldn’t reply to everyone individually anymore, but it didn’t really matter. What they wanted more than answers was for him to focus on the day trading. That was also the best way to maximize the limited quest rewards.

Even so.

He was genuinely curious about the cause of this massive influx.

“Why are viewers suddenly increasing so much? Does anyone know why?”

Then someone sent a donation along with a voice message.

[‘CoinOnlyDoes’ has donated 100,000 won.]

[“I wrote a post on the coin forums and cafes saying that Masked Man is the Informant. That’s why it blew up lol. People who trade coins should at least come watch out of loyalty after what happened back then!”]

“Ah, I see. Wow, that’s really kind of you. I wasn’t planning to mention it since it happened before I started streaming, but I’m truly grateful that you recognized me. Anyway, thank you so much for the donation. I’ll make sure to use it meaningfully.”

In truth, when he first started broadcasting, he had briefly considered promoting on coin cafes and forums.

But since he didn’t stream often and figured it would come out naturally with time, he never brought it up. Thanks to that decision, this current situation had unfolded.

Viewers kept pouring in.

Subscribers kept increasing.

It felt like his long patience was finally being rewarded.

[‘RealStory’ has donated 5,000 won.]

[“But is he really the real Informant? Hard to tell. It’d be nice if you could show some proof.”]

Of course, there were still doubters.

“Proof, huh…”

It was best to clear up doubts like this immediately.

It wasn’t difficult.

He just needed to show them.

“Would this be enough?”

Ryu Seong immediately accessed the Bitcoin cafe and opened his old activity history. The post he had written back then appeared on screen—the very post everyone had seen. Undeniable, clear evidence filled the entire screen.

“Confirmed? Just in case, I’ll show you the ID as well.”

He finished by displaying his English username. Instantly, donations exploded.

[‘CoinLife’ has donated 100,000 won.]

[“It really is you, *sob* ㅠ I missed you, Informant hyung ㅠㅠ”]

[‘AllInner’ has donated 70,000 won.]

[“Thanks to you I survived. I’m finally able to say hello properly lol”]

[‘BicoGodGod’ has donated 50,000 won.]

[“Thank you so much ㅠㅠ! That was money I earned with blood and sweat. I’m only doing very small amounts safely now! Still, I had no way to express my gratitude, so here’s my first-ever donation in life. Going all out!”]

[‘American’ has donated 90,000 won.]

[“I was really grateful back then lol”]

More than the money, their sincere greetings made Ryu Seong smile.

“CoinLife-nim, AllInner-nim, BicoGodGod-nim, American-nim. Thank you so much, all four of you. I didn’t realize you were this grateful. It makes me think back to that time too.”

BicoGodGod: Still get chills. You were a true legend!

AllInner: Absolute legend!

DanceDance: You were basically a god lol

“Since you’re all here, let’s do some trading. They call it money copying, right? Don’t hesitate—just follow me, and I’ll make that money copying possible for you.”

He took a moment to steady his mind.

Then, using his talent ‘Chartist’s Eye,’ he began analyzing the flow of the stock price.

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