Backstage 'Interview' and Livestream Part 1

Daniel was led to the backstage, and to the resting room of Myriad Serenity.

He saw Hyunmi, Jiyeon, Hana, Mary, Rosalie, Kim, Hui Yin, Kyoko, and Diwata. This is the first Korean girl group that has many different nationalities, and has the most variety. Hyunmi, Jiyeon, and Hana as the Koreans, Mary, and Rosalie are Americans, Hui Yin is Chinese, Kyoko is Japanese, and Diwata is, surprisingly, Filipina! This is the first girl group who hired a Filipina to join their group, and that is also why Myriad Serenity is also extremely popular in the Philippines.

And that's also the origin of the name Myriad Serenity, Myriad means 'many' or 'countless' and Serenity means calmness or peace between nations, and peace, Infinite Peace is also another name for Myriad Serenity, for obvious reasons. Its fandom is named

They are the most successful group of Jungmin Lee Enterprise, or JMLEntertainment, which is, of course, owned by Jungmin Lee.

"Hello!" Jiyeon stood up as she saw Daniel entering the backstage. The others also stood up.

Daniel stiffened at the sight of this. Why the hell are these girls so polite?

"Hello." Of course, the stiffening of Daniel's body only lasted for a moment. He immediately loosened up, gave a gentle smile, and greed them back.

Usually, these girls wouldn't act flustered, but when Daniel greeted them with that devilish face, they were actually flustered! It's like he's a K-Pop Idol himself and the best one they saw!

They were star struck.

This was an unexpected moment as, usually, the common people are the ones who are star struck, and not the stars, but the members of Myriad Serenity are actually the one who reddened.

Daniel was surprised to see the faces of Myriad Serenity becoming red. What the hell is this situation!?

Although he was introverted, and didn't know how to express himself much, he still studied the emotions of the human species in order to try improving his social skills.

He is proficient in reading emotions by the face's expression, and knows what to do in many situations, however, he still doesn't have many friends, well, because of his introvert personality. He can't crack up jokes well, and doesn't do well in crowds.

This day was the only exception because he wanted to test his skills again to see if people are good with his singing and dancing skills. And judging from the reaction of the people, they liked it, or were shocked because of Daniel's dancing and singing skills.

Daniel decided to stay quiet instead of saying something.

"So, we haven't got a chance to introduce ourselves properly. You already know all of us, but we don't know anything about you at all. "

"My name is Daniel Rodrigo, nice to meet you guys." Daniel said in Hangul with a gentle smile. He wasn't overflowed by emotions or something, he was just casually smiling as it is the polite thing to do.

The girls then grouped together, and talked with each other, Hyunmi, the one who led Daniel here, also joined them in their discussion.

Daniel couldn't hear them, but he can hear the hushed voices and can make out that they were talking in Hangul.

Daniel, of course, did not pry in their matters, nor planned to. He just stood there, smiling at them. He didn't care if they're talking about him, whether it is something good or bad, it's not like it's gonna affect his daily life.

After about five minutes, Daniel was actually getting pretty impatient. It was already 6:30 PM. If any other fans were to be made waiting like this, they will definitely wait patiently, but Daniel was no regular fan, he was just someone who listens to music.

Heck, he only knew their names because he wanted to know who sang which lines. He did not look at their beauty even once. He knows that their beauty is because of make-up, but he also knew that this may not be true, but still, he wouldn't take any chances, he likes natural beauty rather than artificial beauty, of course, a girl should also have good personality.

"Ummm... Can I go now? I have many things to do?" Daniel finally spoke up.

"Wait, please sit down." Hyunmi said.

Daniel complied and sat down on the table where the members of Myriad Serenity was sitting.

"Why did you guys invite me here?" Daniel asked without showing any actual emotion on his voice, nor expression. Although he was smiling, it looked like it was just a regular smile, he did not even show his teeth.

"We wanted to invite you to our company. Of course, we wouldn't be able to just casually invite you with exceptions, you have to audition, however, our boss, is willing to make an exception for you." This time, it was Mary who spoke up.

"I refuse." Daniel said.

The nine girls were shocked. They were turned down instantly! He did not even think about it, but of course, they couldn't force him.

"Do you have a reason for not becoming a star?" Jiyeon asked.

"I guess you'll see why tomorrow. I do not care about popularity, nor do I care about money, I already have something I focus on, and singing, and dancing are only part of it." Daniel mysteriously smiled, and as usual, did not express himself correctly, thus, accidentally offended the girl group.

How exactly did Daniel offend them? Because he said that he does not care about popularity, nor money, they misinterpreted that line, and thought that he was implying that they care so much about popularity and money!

The girls' face suddenly changed. The atmosphere suddenly became dark.

Daniel instantly caught up and observed the faces of the girls, and understood what he had just done.

Daniel face slapped himself, "No, no, no, I know what you're thinking. You may think that I'm implying that you guys care so much about popularity, and money, in other words, worldly things. But please don't misinterpret, I do not, I just want to say that I really don't care about these things because, I just don't. Dancing and singing is not my passion after all. And if that was not the things you were thinking, I'm sorry for any other offense I may have unknowingly incurred." Daniel spoke up politely.

He really did not mean anything like that, nor meant to offend them. He just wanted to reject them.

"If you say so." Jiyeon said. At least the girls understood and their complexions returned to normal.

"Sigh, I guess you'll see tomorrow why." Daniel said with a sigh, before standing up.

"Wait, wait, wait, we would still like to interview you." Mary said.

"Oh." Daniel sat down. "What would you like to ask."

The girls felt this situation very peculiar, they should be the one being interviewed, but why are they the ones interviewing people?

"Puro ka bang Pilipino? (Are you a pure Filipino?)" Diwata asked.

"Oo, nakalimutan ko Pilipino ka nga pala, no? (Of course, I forgot that you were a Filipino yourself, right?)" Daniel said, still maintaining that smile.

Diwata nodded. She then whispered to the others, and the others whispered what Diwata said to the others as well.

Daniel, of course, noticed this, but wasn't bothered by it.

"Are you an apprentice of any company, or an artist here in the Philippines?" Hana was the one who asked now.

"No, but I think you'll see tomorrow what my passion is." Daniel smiled mysteriously at Hana.

Hana did not feel any 'creeps' or 'threatening' feeling from Daniel, but this smile seems so mysterious and overlooking the world, like a smile from a God.

"What is your job?" Rosalie asked.

"Can't tell you that, but you can say I'm a pretty popular guy." Daniel's smile seemed so mysterious again. Of course, he didn't lie, he was pretty popular.

What the hell is up with this guy? Although the girls were not arrogant, they were still pretty depressed that this guy is not the least bit attracted to any of them. If any other fans were asked by the members of Myriad Serenity this question, they would answer honestly, and not smile at them mysteriously.

"Popular? Are you a WatchTuber, or an Internet Celebrity, or a streamer?" Kyoko asked, but this time in Nihongo. Of course, she didn't get her hopes up that Daniel would understand this, but she was probing the talents of the enigma in front of them.

Daniel continued to smile, and said calmly in Nihongo, "Who knows. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not." Daniel was foreshadowing things, he'll reveal himself tomorrow anyways, just you guys be patient.

Kyoko and the others were extremely surprised by the answer of Daniel. This guy can actually speak three, no, four languages at once!? Just what is the job of this guy? They were dying to know, but, of course, they wouldn't force Daniel to tell what his job is.

"How many languages can you speak?" Hui Yin asked.

"One, two, three, four... Eight, wait, the dialects... About thirteen I guess? I'm currently learning Spanish as well." Daniel said.

"Can you speak Mandarin?" Hui Yin asked in Mandarin.

"What do you think?" Daniel spoke Mandarin as she returned the question to Hui Yin.

What the hell!? Is this guy some kind of national interpreter, or national writer!? Just what in the world is this guy?

"What are the languages you can speak?" Hui Yin asked.

"English, Filipino, Hangul, Nihongo, Mandarin, French, German, Russian, and about five Philippine dialects, the Bikol, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Cebuano. Oh yeah, include Spanish there as I'm already pretty proficient with it."

The girls' thoughts were running rampant. They were speechless, what education did this guy take!? Well, I guess there are all kinds of people in the world, and you'll definitely meet a freak like this one.

The interview lasted for about 10 minutes, and Daniel gave them his number and fake e-mail so that they can contact him, well, they did ask for it politely after all.

Daniel was finally let go.

Daniel went back to his house on his car, and cooked dinner for himself. He then washed up, and downloaded Lightning Track on his computer on the bedroom. After that, he then played a couple games, before seeing a mail from Inferno Entertainment.

It was a link for the Universal Guardians experimental game.

Daniel downloaded it, and left his computer on.

He then played Tetris Effect, this time, he can get decahexatrises under five minutes, and every five minutes, he can get decahexatrises!

If any other Tetris player were to see this, they would definitely be surprised by Daniel's skillful gameplay.

After getting about a million points he yawned, and exited the game.

"Well, that got boring real fast." If other players of Tetris Effect were to hear Daniel's comment, they would definitely beat the crap out of him. You just got so much Decahexatrises, and you say that it's boring? Who the hell are you to say that!? We can't even guarantee a single Decahexatris in every single game we play, yet you, who got Decahexatrises so much, would say that this game is boring!?

Of course, those will be only thoughts, because if one really did think about it logically, Daniel made the game look so easy, so maybe it really was too easy for him. Heck, even at over Level 16, he didn't flinch, and continued to play while drinking tea and yawning!

He is, after all, the Phantom God.

Daniel got ready for bed, and slept.

...

Daniel got up at 6:00 in the morning. He then brushed his teeth, washed his face, got down to his kitchen, and cooked breakfast.

He cooked a luxurious, baking croissants for himself, and muffins. He also cooked some soft scrambled eggs. If you ask how does he know baking, then he just learned it other than his cooking, so yeah, he can even bake a cake if he wanted to. He also brewed a cup of fresh Black Ivory Coffee (1) and created a cup of coffee using his own mixture.

He then prepared himself for a pretty scrumptious breakfast. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and he has a very long day ahead today.

He opened the television on his dining room and put it to Gaming Channel, which was created. "So the creation of the Gaming Channel is because of the Era of Gaming, huh?"

He watched the news about the gaming world while eating.

Then, he saw and heard something. "Phantom God to stream? Is he finally going to reveal himself? What game is he going to play?"

"Another breaking news! All streamers, except for a few brave ones, has decided to stop their plans to stream today. Visitors at the Phantom God page of Spasm is already being watched in this early morning by people all around the world."

Daniel didn't care all about these but ate peacefully.

After eating, he then took a bath in his bathtub while reading a book. After bathing, he then changed clothes. He now wore regular shorts, a regular t-shirt, black socks, and a black hoodie.

Daniel was a simple man, and didn't like buying expensive designer clothes, however, he does know when to dress lavishly and regularly.

He then started preparing for his stream. He didn't designate a time on his chirp, and just said look out for spasm tomorrow.

He prepared arduously, and prepared for a whole hour just to ensure that everything is right.

He then took a deep breath, before starting his stream.

...

In a certain house.

"Hey bro, are you not going to watch Phantom God?" A little girl asked his bro.

"Of course I'm going to, it's just that he hasn't started streaming yet." The brother said.

"But there's already a black screen." The girl said.

"Wait, really!?" The brother said surprised, and ran towards the computer where the girl was sitting.

"It's starting..." The brother said as he took a chair and sat.

Many scenes similar to this played out on every houses, excitement rose up in the whole world as they anticipated Phantom God's stream. Even those that were at the opposite side of the world is watching Phantom God's stream, even if they lose sleep.

Blackness... It was just a black screen. The black screen started to fade, as a man in white mask can be seen.

"Hello." The man in white mask said. "My name is Phantom God. Should I reveal myself?"

The chat started being active as over a hundred thousand comments poured in a second.

But the general gist of it, is yes.

"As you wish." Daniel easily granted them their wish, as this was, after all, what he planned. He then took out his mask, slowly.

The chat was dying of the tense moment of the revelation of the man behind Phantom God. Only Phantom God was the mystery in the 13 Gaming Divinities. Thunderbird, Sunlight, Hundred Kills, Mister Enigma, Mischievous Loki, A Random Guy, Jukester, Hothlete, Fox Girl, Azazel, Mythicality, Amajargon are all known streamers (2).

Phantom God was the only true mystery, although Mister Enigma was named as such, he remained a mystery for only a year, before being found out by the paparazzi. However, Phantom God was a mystery for over a decade already, and nobody knows his real age.

Some speculates that Phantom God is a middle-aged man, some thinks that he's an old guy, some thinks he's an ugly guy, some thinks he's a girl, and many more speculations and rumors roaming around in the internet.

But of course, none of these rumors were confirmed at all.

At this time, Daniel already revealed his mask. He even played some epic music in the background to aid him in revealing his identity.

When Daniel revealed his naturally handsome and devilish face, he then smiled.

"Hi guys, how are you doing? I'm Phantom God." Daniel smiled at the camera.

The watchers, which has a number over a billion, which almost made the servers of Spasm crash, but luckily, they prepared for this onslaught, was stunned for a moment. The chat, which has a rate of over 100,000 comments being released a moment quietened.

The whole world was stunned by this revelation! Isn't he too young? Isn't he too handsome?

After a second of being stunned, a stream of continuous GGs can be seen in the chat. The chat was spamming GG.

"What do you want me to play?" Daniel then asked the crucial question. "I can play any game you want me to play, League of Legends? DoTA 2? How about Fortnite?"

The comments were divided between League of Legends, DoTA 2, Fortnite, Lightning Track, and countless of other games.

But then, the crowd was once again stunned by a sudden question of Daniel.

"Or do you want me to play Just Dance, or Tone Recognition? Or Upbeat, or Guitar Heroes, or Piano Champions?" Daniel smiled.

"GG." The crowd spammed GG once again.

"Or maybe..." Daniel thought for a good while. "This is going to be interesting... Just Dance, at the same time Tone Recognition?"

Daniel wanted to play Just Dance and Tone Recognition at the same time!? The crowd was once again shocked to silence, and another stream of ggs and agreements flashed on the comments section.

The other members of the 13 Gaming Divinities were stunned by this challenge of Daniel. Isn't this guy too crazy, actually proposing playing Just Dance, and Tone Recognition at the same time.

Just then, Daniel's phone rang.

"Hey, bro, are you crazy!?" It was Kyle.

"Oh, hey guys, Hundred Kills is calling me!" Daniel laughed. Kyle was stunned by this action of Daniel.

"What the heck, man, why are you doing this to me!?" Kyle asked hysterically. He was just concerned with Daniel, but then he tells the whole world that he's calling.

But then, an idea occurred to Kyle. Maybe this was part of Daniel's plan!

"I'll put it on loud speaker." Daniel said before putting it on loud speaker.

"Are you really going to try playing Tone Recognition and Just Dance at the same time!?"

"Yeah sure, why not!? It's not like we haven't done it before?" Daniel asked.

"We have, but not on stream, and not a long time ago! That was two years ago!"

"I've practiced." Daniel smiled mysteriously.

"Suit yourself. Oh, yeah, those who can hear this around the world, have a good day watching this crazy idea of my friend!"

Kyle then hung up.

The chat sent another stream of GG and were surprised that Hundred Kills was a friend of Phantom God.

"Wait, let me set it up." Daniel set his office and recording studio up for about five minutes while commentating.

"I don't have any editors and staff, so there's definitely no one to leak my identity of Phantom God. I also didn't tell anyone, not even Hundred Kills, my best friend." Daniel said to the stream while setting his office up.

"As for how the companies didn't find me, and the paparazzi? Well, that's a secret." Daniel looked at the camera, and winked.

This caused the hearts of many women to flutter, and almost caused a heart attack to many women.

...

At a certain hotel in the Philippines.

"Hey, sister, Phantom God started streaming about five minutes ago." Hyunmi said.

"Who cares about Phantom God, he's a forerunner of the gaming world, he's one of the people who's destroying our careers." Jiyeon said. Many celebrities are also angered by Phantom God, the 13 Gaming Divinities, and other gamers. Because of the Era of Gaming, the Era of Music and Entertainment is being slowly destroyed!

Hyunmi then didn't tell anything to Jiyeon before clicking on the stream. She then saw a familiar face, and a familiar voice. It was Daniel!

"This is going to be interesting... Just Dance, at the same time Tone Recognition?" Daniel's voice sounded out.

"Wait, sis..." Hyunmi was shocked as she called out to Jiyeon.

"What?" Jiyeon responded.

"Come here..."

Jiyeon came and looked at the tablet that Hyunmi was holding. It was Daniel! The guy they met yesterday!

"It's that guy..." Jiyeon and Hyunmi then thought of what Daniel said of having another passion.

It was gaming! Is that really fate?

What they didn't know is that in the near future, Daniel is the one who is going to save the entertainment industry.

...

1) Black Ivory Coffee - One of the most expensive coffee in the world, 1,100 US dollars per kilogram.

2) The rankings of the 13 Gaming Divinities are sorted out in here respectively, Phantom God being the highest, Thunderbird being the second, Sunlight being third, and Amajargon being last.