Chapter 109: Removing the logout button is a crime

Recently, on the ‘Pasta’ streaming platform, RP server-centric content for streamers has been trending.

Using sandbox games like ‘Blockcraft’ or ‘Adventurer’s Forest’ as a stage, the key trend was for each streamer to play a role they set for themselves and create unique stories.

However.

“But whenever I watch content like that, something always feels 2 percent off.”

Rosy tapped the brim of her witch hat with her fingertips and spoke in a disappointed voice.

“Well, it is true that it’s hard to get immersed.”

Still, VTubers, whose very existence is role-playing, were somewhat decent at acting.

But general streamers, far from acting, often couldn’t even properly grasp their own roles.

“I don’t think this is the streamers’ problem.”

It’s sudden, but streamers are not professional actors.

It was only natural that perfect acting couldn’t realistically be expected.

In the end, to improve acting skills, it was necessary to provide motivation from external factors.

In other words, they had to be made to over-immerse.

“I think the problem is that the ‘servers’ released so far are too crude, so streamers can’t properly immerse themselves. If the stage were a ‘world’ as real as reality, wouldn’t the immersion naturally increase?”

Therefore, it’s not an RP server, but an RP world, she said.

Rosy raised her voice considerably.

This woman was no ordinary level of excited.

“Look at Summer-nim right now! Isn’t her broadcast so much fun? She completely dived into her role and showed proper method acting!”

“…Isn’t that because Summer-nim is a master of over-immersion?”

“W-well, Summer is certainly on another level, but… A-anyway!”

At Jina’s sharp point, Rosy, feeling unnecessarily awkward, cleared her throat kheum-.

“Anyway, if the world is decorated more realistically, I think anyone can easily immerse themselves. You agree with this, right, Jina-nim?!”

Rosy’s words had a point.

Even if not specifically to increase streamers’ immersion.

To make viewers feel attracted, decorating the world in more detail is not an option but a necessity.

“Well… I don’t know about other things, but it looks fun. Making a world.”

Jina looked up and spoke, gazing at the giant tower located in the center of the village.

“Thinking about NPCs naturally roaming around here, and streamers getting overly immersed and enjoying it, I guess I won’t have to worry about drifting due to lack of broadcasts to watch for a while.”

“For a while? Just gathering the key clips will be enough for the whole year!”

“…Just how large are you thinking of making the world?”

“Hmm~ About 200 streamers, enough for them to enjoy for about a month?”

Upon hearing Rosy’s words, Jina frowned and asked back.

“That, won’t it be tough?”

Then Rosy waved her arms around and said confidently.

“Actually, I’ve been preparing this for a really long time! Jina and Summer awakened the little child inside me, and since then, I’ve been clinging to it, even cutting down on sleep!”

“Um… Did you give up on the official release of Raising Yoo Da-hee?”

“…Ah, Aaaaat!!”

“You forgot. I’ll be sure to deliver this news to Summer.”

“I-I didn’t forget! It’s just that it got pushed back a bit in priority, or maybe Summer-nim will understand when she sees this world…”

Rosy stammered out excuses, then managed to steer the conversation back to the original topic.

“Anyway! This world, I’m really preparing it properly! I’ve already received huge investments from streamer MCNs and various AI research companies, and Pasta is also providing a lot of support!”

“Then if I participate in the project, the money falling to me would also be substantial.”

At Jina’s playful words, Rosy giggled and gave a thumbs up.

“Of course! Our kkanbu (partner), want to see the proposal?”

The scroll pressure was so immense that Jina momentarily flinched.

“…Do I have to read all of this?”

“Take your time~ I’ll wait.”

‘This… Do I really have to read all of it?’

Jina unknowingly let out a low sigh.

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Jina, with her usual languid expression, quickly skimmed through the proposal.

“…Oh?”

At first, she intended to just look at the key points moderately.

But as she scrolled down, Jina’s gaze changed.

Her expression, which was initially just slightly interested, gradually became serious.

By the time she had skimmed through more than half of the content, Jina’s eyes began to gleam.

This proposal, the content is more meticulous than expected.

Starting from clear goal setting, to perfect level design.

The words that it had been prepared over several months now truly resonated.

Especially, in the part where she mentioned designing a new dialogue AI model for NPCs while proceeding with this project, she even felt a kind of awe.

“You said you were busy, but you seem to have had time to write a paper and upload it to arXiv.”

“Well, just roughly organizing experiment results, that’s a paper. Didn’t Jina write the paper submitted to SIGGRAPH this time like that too?”

“…That’s true.”

Jina scratched her head and said.

Rosy or Jina, they are natural-born researchers, can’t help it.

“Oh! I saw your presentation. And congratulations on the Best Paper Award too. I saw the paper posted on the conference’s official homepage and thought it was a definite.”

“Haha. Thank you. I’ll congratulate you in advance on your paper acceptance too, solely.”

“Kyaaaak! Aaaak! Don’t call me by my last name!”

‘To think Rosy was her real name.’ She was quite surprised seeing the author’s name on the paper uploaded to arXiv.

After lightly teasing Rosy once, Jina examined the proposal again.

The world Rosy had sketched out began to rapidly take concrete form in Jina’s mind.

The image of NPCs she created living and breathing in a beautiful medieval-style village comes to mind first.

Imagining avatars of various kinds, decorated with the 3D asset bundles she provided, freely roaming that world, her heart swelled for no reason.

“Everything is fine, but…”

Jina, having checked the proposal to the end, slowly opened her mouth.

“Shall we change the reference? Instead of ‘Sword Master Online’, something else.”

“Eek?! B-but SomaOn (Sword Master Online) is romantic…”

“Let’s compromise a little. We’re not going to remove the logout button and trap streamers in the world, are we?”

“…”

“…Don’t tell me you were thinking of trapping them like in the original work?”

“Sharp…”

“…Are you insane?”

“O-of course not! W-well, it’s not like I didn’t think about it at all… I have common sense too, you know?!”

“That’s a relief. I won’t be seeing Rosy-nim on the 8 o’clock news for some unfortunate incident.”

“…Hiing.”

“Anyway, unless there’s a really important reason, the reference is SomaOn’s sequel, ‘Elf Fairy Online’. How about it?”

Jina, with a slightly apologetic expression, suggested appeasingly.

Rosy, after long deliberation, reluctantly nodded her head.

“Hmm… If it’s Elf Fairy Online… it’s worth compromising. But why? Is it because just using melee cold weapons is a bit plain?”

“Magic is magic, but I want to give more immersion to the method of movement within the world.”

Jina shrugged and continued.

“We’ve bothered to enter a highly immersive virtual reality, but just sitting still while only the character walks around, isn’t that a bit lame?”

“That’s true… Then are there other means of transportation?”

To Rosy’s question, Jina replied with a meaningful smile.

“Fairy wings, we have to attach them.”

“…?”

“Not for fashion, but real wings.”

“…!!!”

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[Jina, I heard. You’re participating in the streamer RP world project Rosy is preparing, right?]

“…Wow, news travels fast. It hasn’t even been a few days since I finished talking with Rosy. Where did you hear it?”

[I heard it directly from Rosy. That she seduced Jina, the supernova of the 3D generation research field.]

Jina momentarily burst out laughing, “Puhat-“.

This Rosy person has a knack for making people feel embarrassed.

[While saying that, she threatened me to invest more since she has to pay Jina a lot.]

“Wow, she’s no different from a robber. So? Did you get extorted?”

[Of course, I got extorted. She threatened me invoking Jina’s name, which is scarier than a gun, how could I not pay?]

Jina smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of her head.

A hint of sincerity was felt behind Youngjun’s playful tone, making her forehead feel hot for no reason.

[For reference, we’re not the only ones who paid more. Other MCNs all pitched in too. Not only that, even places that initially hesitated to invest immediately changed their stance upon hearing Jina joined.]

Nise Live is a prime example.

The lofty emperor of the VTuber industry, who usually didn’t even glance at ordinary collabs or projects, immediately had their eyes turn upon hearing Jina was participating in the project.

“This, I need to work even harder.”

[No! You’re already doing so well, if you work even harder there, what are other people supposed to do?]

“It’s just a matter of mindset, well. Haha.”

As Jina added with a laugh, Youngjun let out a dry sigh.

[Anyway, this is unusual. Jina contacting us first.]

“Actually, I wanted to propose some content to Cosmo Live. To be precise… a kind of technology test, perhaps?”

[Just say whatever you need. If it’s Jina’s content, we have to make time even if there isn’t any.]

Even though Jina hadn’t even brought up the details yet, Youngjun blurted out an okay first.

Until now, the relationship between Jina and Cosmo Live was mostly Cosmo Live being the one to ask for favors first.

But Jina not only called first but is even asking for something?

For Cosmo Live, which wants to create a stronger bond with Jina, it was one of the few opportunities.

“Actually, I wanted to test one of the functions that will go into the streamer RP world through Cosmo Live’s members. And also promote the world a bit while I’m at it. Would that be okay?”

[Of course. If you’re okay with it, could you send over a brief proposal? I’ll review it quickly and provide support.]

“Yes, I’ll send it right away.”

After a brief silence.

A trembling voice flowed from Jina’s smartphone.

[This… Is this really possible? I, really… can fly?!]