Chapter 146:  Games Are Harder the Second Time Around!

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[Domestic VTuber Gallery]

• Lulu is seriously living her best life lol
• She’s just a streaming genius lmaoooo
• Lulu… T_T
• Ahh… she’s gone now…

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Title: Lulu is lowkey a collab monster lololol

Author: YukikoisanIceQueen

I could tell from the last collab, but she acts so boldly even when it’s her first time meeting someone. Like when Ladder brought up her dark history and she instantly shut him down, or today when she abandoned Nyangtamon and went back to loot gear when it was time to die. And when Gig pissed her off, she immediately “educated” him—so freaking funny lololol.

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• Normally, she’s a clumsy, lovable axolotl dork, but during collabs, a whole other persona comes out lol.
  • Tbh, she’s not that different solo, but collabs just bring it out lol.
    • Every time Blue LUV does an external collab, Lulu carries hard lol.
• She just gets how to make streams entertaining. If Yukiko is the seasoned pro, Lulu’s just naturally gifted lol.
  • Fr tho, Yukiko smoothly guides conversations in collabs, but Lulu just brute-forces her way through with sheer physicality lol.
    • By “brute-force,” you mean her fists, right? lol.
      • Well, as long as something gets brute-forced, it’s fine, right?
• I lost it when she met Gig lol. I thought she was a psycho when she shot the air right after leaving the factory lolol.
  • The way she pretended it was an accident was next-level lol.
    • Deadass lol. She was so careful not to break windows because of the noise, and then suddenly she’s shooting randomly? Make it make sense lol.
• CEO Kang’s reaction during the last collab was gold lol.
  • What’d she say?
    • When Lulu said she blew Ladder’s head off, CEO Kang thought the chat was trolling and refused to believe it lol.
      • “Our sweet Lulu would never do that” lol.

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Title: Typical apocalypse trope but it slapped lol

Author: GarlicSquadGeneral1

Starts off as your usual edgy psycho villain who doesn’t care about people dying. Then, when someone pisses her off, she uses zombies to intimidate them, laughs while treating people like tools, and chain-smokes like a boss. Finally, she redeems herself and sacrifices her life to save the people she wronged. Damn, I just watched a whole apocalypse movie in one go.

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• But the only person she wronged was Gig lololol.
  • Lulu: “Gig, could you please drive better? I’m trying to smoke here, and the bumps are annoying.”
    • Gig, Gig…
      • First, he suffered under CEO Kang, and now he’s suffering under her successor… T_T.
        • At least Gig was sad when Lulu died…
• Her final death scene was peak cinema, though. So extra lol.
  • Lulu’s surprisingly well-versed in subculture memes. She uses them well.
    • She’s seen more anime than she hasn’t seen.
      • Unexpected. Lulu doesn’t strike me as the anime type.
• She chose to die as a human, not a zombie, and left with honor…
  • Lulu’s hardcore as hell.
    • Her decision-making was legendary lol.
      • Fr, the moment she checked her status and saw she was bitten, she chugged bleach. Applause-worthy.
        • Lulu: “There’s no place for me in this new world! Begone!”

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Even though I died and came back to life, my heart wasn’t that heavy.

Because I died saving Ra-hee unnie.

I have zero regrets.

Plus, I feel kinda bad for being mean to Gig, but I think I’ve paid my dues.

[User ‘Garzzag’ donated 2,000 KRW for snacks!]

• “Ah, to pass away at such a young age…”
• “Four years old is pretty young lol.”
• “Gone too soon… T_T.”
• “At least she came back strong. That’s a relief.”
• “Wait, isn’t Lulu five now?”

“Yep! I’m five now. Hehe…”

I was four before, but since it’s a new year, I’m five now.

Some VTubers don’t age as part of their lore, but I decided to age normally.

It’d be sad if the cherries aged and I didn’t.

“Anyway, what now? The loot’s been bad, so I need to find a proper farming spot…”

• “At least get a car…”
• “You’re gonna get wrecked like this.”
• “Let’s grab some food first, then go.”
• “Can’t we just wait for the queen to show up?”

Hmm… should we?

But Ra-hee unnie wouldn’t even know where I am.

It’d be hard for her to find me.

I did say that line in the heat of the moment, but I don’t actually expect her to come looking for me.

If she got hurt because of me, that’d be the worst.

For now, I’ll follow the cherries’ advice and gather some food.

Once things are stable, I’ll move slowly.

It’s night, so ambushes are more likely.

Even if I can’t get food, I at least want a decent weapon.

I can fight bare-handed, but this is just…

[Groooaaan…]

“NYAAAH?! Wh-when did you get in here?!”

I was searching the house for loot when a zombie suddenly appeared from the right room, making grotesque noises.

The BGM turned eerie, and I jumped in fright.

Wh-when did it get in?!

The window was fine earlier!

Did I miss the sound because I was talking to the cherries?!

Wham! Crunch!

I managed to shove the zombie down and stomp its head, but the problem is—there’s never just one.

“Ugh, this is bad… I should run.”

• GTG.
• You probably agro’d them while talking lol.
• You already looted everything here, so it’s fine.
• Hope you can regroup with others.

“Yeah… Being alone is kinda scary.”

It’s not like Outlast where things jump-scare you, but zombies are just so grotesque that I still get startled when they pop up.

Ugh, it’d be less scary if someone was with me.

But no matter how much I look, there’s no one around.

If I die alone again, it’ll be so sad…

Shoulders slumped, I run toward the nearest house.

Luckily, my high stamina means the zombies won’t catch me.

Please let there be something useful here…

“Whoa! There’s so much food here! I’ll loot this place, then go find people!”

“…Huh?”

Mid-sprint, a voice suddenly reaches my ears, and my eyes sparkle.

A lively, bouncy voice with a unique tone— no matter how soft, I’d recognize it anywhere.

No way… I’m meeting her here?!

“Yukiko! Can you hear me?! Yukiko!”

“Huh? Is that… Lulu?!”

• Long-lost reunion?!
• They finally met!
• Her voice was so quiet, but she recognized it lol.
• The way they both brightened up the second they heard each other lol.

Of course I’d brighten up!

I was already sad about losing Ra-hee unnie, and now I run into Yuna?!

“Lulu, did you die? You look rough.”

“Yeah… I died saving Lucretia unnie and the others…”

“See, this is why you’re too nice.”

• Fr lol.
• Before, it was yikes…
• Don’t tell Yukiko the truth.
• Btw, Yukiko’s in full military gear?!

Huh, you’re right.

Yukiko, you’ve already finished looting?

Now that I think about it, you did say you only needed food earlier.

“Lulu, if you don’t have gear, wanna hit the military base for loot?”

“R-really? That’d be great, but…”

“Yeah, let’s go. I got a car too.”

• Nice.
• So reliable.
• Seeing Lulu, who died protecting her unnie, now being protected by Yukiko… hits different.
• Lulu has to be happy this time around T_T.

Calling it “this time around” makes me feel like a regression protagonist.

But it’s technically true, so my feelings are all mixed up.

Vroom!

After quickly looting the house for food, Yuna turns the car toward the military base where she got her gear.

On the way, she casually asks:

“Lulu, where are you headed after looting? I’m thinking of making a base.”

“A base?”

“Yeah. Wanna live together?”

“Hehe, of course!”

• Gasp.
• Wait.
• Is this a proposal?!
• OMG?!

I answered without hesitation, but the chat’s reaction is weird.

You dumb cherries, always jumping to conclusions!

“If we make a base, we can bring all the unnies!”

While scolding the chat inwardly,

I couldn’t help but grin at the thought of all the members living together.

“…Unnies?”

Suddenly, Yuna’s voice felt icy.

“Huh? I mean our members. Wouldn’t it be fun to all live together…?”

“Hmm… So Lulu wants to live with everyone?”

“W-Well… yeah?”

Why does that sound loaded…?

And why “Lulu wants”?

It almost sounds like she doesn’t want that.

“Oh, we’re here. Lulu, let’s get out.”

“O-Okay.”

• ?
• Huh?
• This isn’t the military base?
• It’s just a civilian house
• Did Yukiko take a wrong turn?

Feeling uneasy, I followed Yuna inside—

Only for the chat to flood with question marks.

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