I PICKED UP A CHILD IN A DUMPSTER-Chapter 92: R## S#### (I)

The stream chat above him continued scrolling like absolute madness.

Blue windows stacked on top of one another, messages racing upward faster than Si Hon could properly read them.

The glowing text flickered across his face while the room around him buzzed with the chaotic chanting of the Munches praising their king.

Si Hon slowly leaned his head back against the pillow.

"Yeah."

He stared up at the stone ceiling.

"Fuck..."

For a while, the monsters continued their endless praising.

"King! King! King!"

Their distorted voices echoed against the walls as they jumped around the room in excitement, waving their long arms and claws wildly like overgrown children celebrating a victory.

Then one of the Munches suddenly stopped.

Its glowing eyes slowly shifted across the room before locking onto the bed.

On Si Hon.

The human lying there with his arms tied behind his back.

The creature tilted its head slightly, staring at him with strange curiosity, as if it had just noticed a new toy sitting in the corner.

"King... beat human?!"

The shout immediately caught everyone’s attention.

All the other Munches froze mid-chant. One by one, their heads turned in the same direction, dozens of glowing eyes moving together until they landed on the massive King standing proudly near the door.

A moment of silence passed.

Then one of them suddenly jumped up excitedly.

"King strong!!"

Another pointed directly at Si Hon lying helplessly on the bed.

"King beat HUMAN!!!"

That was all it took.

The entire group erupted again, their voices filling the chamber as they began chanting even louder than before.

"King! King! King!"

Their claws clattered against the floor as they jumped and shouted, completely thrilled by the idea that their king had defeated a human.

Meanwhile—

On the bed, Si Hon looked completely gone.

Not physically.

Mentally.

His brain had clearly stopped functioning several minutes ago.

While the monsters screamed and celebrated around him, his eyes slowly drifted upward toward the floating chat windows hovering above his face.

"Damn..."

He swallowed slowly.

"Yo... guys..."

The messages continued scrolling.

Si Hon stared at them with the tired expression of someone who had mentally clocked out of reality.

"So like..." he muttered weakly. "I’ve been thinking..."

His eyes narrowed slightly as a certain memory returned.

"Earlier... remember?"

He shifted slightly on the pillow.

"I put my hand on her mouth..."

He grimaced immediately after saying it.

"ACCIDENTALY... OF COURSE... Y’all feel me?"

There was a short pause as he stared at the chat.

Then he asked the question with the most defeated tone imaginable.

"...Does that count as touching... touching stuff?"

The stream chat exploded instantly.

New messages began flooding the air above Si Hon’s head so quick that the windows began stacking over each other like a chaotic waterfall of glowing text.

「Yeah bro... good luck.」

「Acardthatwasmaxxedoutwithcash: I mean... sure I guess...?」

「Woah... MaxedOutCard didn’t send a Super Chat to send a message this time... probably broke now. Lmao」

「Tsk, tsk... they aren’t answering your question.」

Another message slid into view beneath the others, slower this time, almost like someone was deliberately making sure he read it.

「Well anyway... I guess it counts? Remember the story I told you? When some random guy bumped into her? She genuinely ground him into bits.」

Si Hon’s eyes widened.

"...OH F—"

Panic was just beginning to rise in his chest when the chanting in the room suddenly stopped.

Not gradually.

Not slowly.

All at once.

The Munches then suddenly fell silent.

The sudden quiet was so abrupt that it almost felt unnatural.

Si Hon blinked, confused, then slowly turned his head toward the door.

The King had raised her hand.

Every creature in the room froze immediately, like puppets whose strings had been pulled tight.

The giant mascot head slowly turned.

Its button-like eyes stared directly toward the bed.

Toward Si Hon.

Then the King spoke in the rough, broken language the monsters used.

"Stop."

She paused briefly, as if carefully choosing the words.

"Me will... punish human."

Her arm lifted slightly as she gestured toward the door.

"So you all go."

The reaction was immediate.

The Munches erupted into cheers once again.

"King punish!!!"

"King strong!!!"

"King smart!!!"

They shouted excitedly, clapping their claws together and jumping around like overexcited children celebrating a show they were about to watch.

But Si Hon barely paid attention to them anymore.

His focus had already drifted back toward the floating chat windows above him.

"So..."

He squinted slightly.

"How do you guys know about that girl anyway?"

Another pause followed as more messages appeared.

"And why does it feel like... you all already know some of the future?"

For a moment, the chat slowed.

Not completely.

But noticeably.

Then the responses began appearing again.

「Sorry to say... but there’s this thing called R####」

「Dude... it’s definitely censored for him.」

「Let me explain... so like... whenever someone d— never mind, I can’t explain it properly lol」

Another message appeared, more careful than the others.

「Honestly... I think you shouldn’t know this information yet, Si Hon.」

Then suddenly—

A rainbow-colored window appeared again.

The border shimmered brightly, instantly drawing his attention.

A Super Chat.

「Acardthatwasmaxxedoutwithcash has sent a Super Chat:

So... my dear it’s like: when someone ##s, then we’re given a choice to read another ch###el... or we can r#### #######... or sw###h into another ####... and the syst#m chooses who gets the System... but luckily for you, you got it from a goddess. Vesper was it? Yeah she’s my favorite character lol. She’s OP. But yea... This is probably censored for you right now."」

Si Hon stared at the message.

For a few seconds, he didn’t move.

Then slowly... his expression began to change.

"So if I di—"

Si Hon’s realization never finished forming.

Because one of the Munches suddenly stepped forward.

The movement snapped his attention back to the room immediately. His head turned toward the Munches just in time to see it standing there, staring directly at him.

Drool slowly dripped from the its open mouth as its glowing eyes fixed on the helpless human lying on the bed with his arms tied behind his back.

The creature licked its lips.

"No..."

It tilted its head slightly, watching him like a curious predator examining its prey.

"Me wanna watch King punish human."

The room went completely silent.

The other Munches turned toward the one who spoke, confused murmurs rippling through the group. Then, slowly, their heads shifted again.

This time toward their King.

For a brief moment, nothing happened.

Then the King began to move.

Her massive mascot body stepped forward, the heavy footsteps echoing softly across the stone floor as she approached the disobedient creature.

Step.

Step.

Step.

Each step felt strangely calm compared to the chaotic energy that had filled the room earlier.

She stopped directly in front of it.

The Munches didn’t move.

Instead, it grinned wider.

The King slowly lifted her massive clawed hand, and gently placed it on top of the creature’s head.

"You no obey," she said calmly.

The Munch’s grin widened even further.

"Yes."

It leaned forward slightly, almost proudly.

"Me no obe—"

CRACK.