episode_0075

The next morning, at a cafe.

A woman particularly stood out as she occupied a corner seat. Though her lower face was hidden by a black mask, her eyes alone conveyed a striking presence.

Of course, her eyes weren’t the only reason she was noticeable.

It was her outfit.

A dress laden with frills and adorned with black ribbons.

Her hair was styled in pigtails, something often referred to as “Menhera” in society. This woman was none other than Go Eunbi.

Sika Rin, a VTuber belonging to NeoLive.

And “Deer” in the group chat.

Go Eunbi was currently rummaging through her phone, about to make a call.

Why? Isn’t it common sense to kill time by calling someone while waiting for someone at a cafe?

So, the person didn’t matter. Anyone who could spend time with Go Eunbi was fine.

Therefore, Go Eunbi chose the easiest target. Someone close, unreserved, and obviously free.

“…?”

But what was this? The other person wasn’t answering the phone.

“…Why aren’t they answering? Are they really a bum?”

Go Eunbi was genuinely speechless.

“Lee Sua, you’re annoying me from the morning…”

In Go Eunbi’s mind, Lee Sua was the epitome of a bum.

But not just any bum, a somewhat useful bum.

Someone who doesn’t contribute to society but will log in anytime Go Eunbi asks to play games.

A doll that’s only helpful to Go Eunbi? Something like that?

“Aish…”

Go Eunbi grumbled for no reason.

Calling Sua is actually pretty fun.

Teasing each other without reservation, sharing honest stories, and all that. But if she doesn’t answer, there’s nothing to be done.

Go Eunbi called someone else.

Sengji. Kim Seonah.

Fortunately, Kim Seonah answered.

“Who is this? Is this Eunbi?”

“Yeah, it’s me.”

“Yeah, yeah. What’s up, Eunbi?”

“No, I’m waiting for someone at a cafe and I’m bored. But why isn’t Sua answering her phone? It’s annoying.”

“Let’s see, isn’t Sua busy these days?”

“What could she be busy with? Did she start something else again? Soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming… She never does anything properly.”

“Maybe? Perhaps she’s started acting?”

“…Acting?”

Go Eunbi furrowed her brows without realizing it.

It was like hearing that the sun rises in the west.

“Acting? Is she becoming an actress or something?”

“She told me she’d even snagged a lead role, but it’s probably a joke. How many times have we joked around? In reality, she’s probably just attending an acting academy.”

Go Eunbi clicked her tongue.

“Does she have money to burn? She lives such an interesting life. Dabbling in every field once, I envy her. I’m busy working…”

“Work? Come to think of it, what kind of work are you doing now, Eunbi?”

“Me?”

Eunbi was momentarily flustered.

“Something extremely difficult, rewarding… and… highly valued by society. I’m Go Eunbi, after all. Anyway, the person I was waiting for is here. I’m hanging up.”

Click.

Eunbi hung up the phone. Acting like this in a typical human relationship would get you dumped a hundred or a thousand times over, but it’s possible only because they’re people from the group chat she’s known for a long time.

Because they’re so unreserved.

And the person she was actually waiting for had arrived.

“Eunbi-yah!”

A woman waving her hand happily as she approached.

She was the oldest of the VTubers belonging to NeoLive. The unnie who had quit acting after suffering damage from Director Kim Junki.

As expected, she looked cheerful today as well. And for good reason. Director Kim Junki had completely fallen to the bottom of the pit.

The two were planning to hang out downtown together today, but since they have the same job, they often talk about work too.

The unnie opened her mouth.

“Oh, right. Eunbi-yah, did you hear about that?”

“What?”

“The short film festival works we’re supposed to promote, the list has been decided. A total of 30 works. They’re the ones that passed the preliminaries.”

“30…?”

Eunbi made a face of disgust.

“Since they’re short films, they’re all super short. Just think of it as watching 30 video donations. Besides, a lot of ad revenue is expected to come in. I heard it’s the highest ever?”

“Really? Then that’s a different story.”

Eunbi’s eyes sparkled. After all, the world revolves around money!

Then, suddenly.

Eunbi thought of Sua.

“But unnie.”

“Yeah?”

“You tried to become an actress, didn’t you?”

“That’s right.”

“So, is becoming an actress really difficult?”

“Why? Are you interested in acting or something?”

“No, I have a somewhat immature friend. She’s suddenly saying she wants to learn acting at this age, does that even make sense? What’s the probability of people like that succeeding in that industry?”

“Hmm…”

Then, the unnie seemed to be seriously considering it.

Actually, Go Eunbi wasn’t expecting a very profound answer, but that was just her unnie’s personality. Because Eunbi was asking, she seemed to want to answer very meticulously.

“Eunbi-yah, is that friend’s face pretty?”

Then, Eunbi pondered for a moment.

After thinking for a long time.

“I hear she’s often told that she’s pretty. But not as pretty as me.”

The oldest unnie nodded. Usually, if someone says it like that, there’s a high probability that they’re prettier than the person saying it.

First, confirmed that she has a face prettier than Go Eunbi.

…But then that means she’s super pretty?

Then, there’s a chance that she might suddenly become a star.

Just like how the start is advantageous for a VTuber with a pretty avatar and voice, actors also have a huge advantage if they have a good mask.

“Okay, then does she have any talent?”

“Nope?”

“Persistence?”

“Doesn’t have that either?”

“….”

However, the following answers were all disappointing to the oldest unnie. If she has no talent or persistence, acting is difficult no matter how pretty she is. Maybe modeling….

“Um, first of all, Eunbi-yah.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m sorry to your precious friend…”

“She’s not precious?”

“Um?”

The oldest unnie thought she misheard and continued speaking.

“Tell her to just do acting as a hobby, and be very careful about the various solicitations that come in.”

“Why?”

“No matter how pretty her face is, if she can’t act, she’ll get a lot of bad offers. Like, they’ll give her a good opportunity if she sleeps with them for one night.”

“Ah?”

“Of course, she won’t actually be given a good opportunity after that. She’ll just end up giving away her virginity.”

Go Eunbi quickly wrote down these parts in her memo app.

Even though she wants to torment her a lot here and there, that’s a privilege that only Go Eunbi can have. She didn’t want her to be subjected to such things.

After finishing the memo, Go Eunbi stretched.

“I have to tell her this for sure. Thanks. Ah, I’m more worried that watching the movie will be too boring. If it were a drama, I could totally immerse myself in it.”

“What? Eunbi, you liked dramas too?”

“To be precise, I like Kim Seonil.”

A dashing piece of garbage, Kim Seonil.

Go Eunbi hadn’t actually known Kim Seonil for very long, but she had accidentally encountered him in a teaser video a while ago, and that fleeting contact was enough to fall in love.

It was like if you molded a crow into a handsome human. An appearance that was overall dark and stimulated hidden desires. It had properly sniped Go Eunbi’s tastes.

As a result, she’s now just waiting for 808 to air.

“Oh? You too? Then Special Mobile Unit 808?”

The two exchanged glances for a moment.

As if they had made a promise, they grabbed each other’s shoulders.

“Unnie, do you want to watch the first broadcast together later?”

“Eunbi-yah, should we watch the first broadcast together?”

◈◈◈◈◈

Meanwhile, Sua had just woken up.

The early bird catches the worm. With that thought in mind, Sua had been getting up early these days, and was now immediately checking the newly received script.

[ Starting Tomorrow, Crescendo ]

▶ Sufficient Implementation Elements

▶ 1.9 Rank

And she was immediately moved.

“Wow, it’s a high rank from the start. Nice?”

When she checked the roles, these had also changed.

001 ─ Kim Sohee

002 ─ Park Minseo

003 ─ Lee Seungmyeong

“Alright, immediately start the experience!”

Sua immediately started the experience.

“…”

Soon, after finishing the experience, she fell into doubt.

“…She wasn’t just a piano prodigy?”

Kim Sohee is a piano prodigy suffering from savant syndrome.

Therefore, Sua couldn’t help but become anxious.

These days, she is improving.

She is gradually internalizing higher-dimensional ways of thinking through Kim Yuhan, and recently, she has been diligently cultivating the “Musician” talent by experiencing various roles.

But suddenly, savant syndrome here?

What if similar symptoms suddenly appear one day?

‘…That’s really a bit worrying, isn’t it?’

Become stupid again? She really hates that.

But that was then.

[ Current Status of Trait Holder ]

[ Feeble-mindedness ]

[ No Disadvantages Exist. ]

“…What?”

What did you say?

“No, hey.”

Just as Sua was feeling unfairly wronged.

Ting- ting-

The phone started ringing like crazy.

It wasn’t that she was getting calls from multiple people. Only one person was frantically sending messages.

It was Director Park Jun of ‘The Sword’.

Sua soon understood the reason why the messages were flooding in.

[ Sender: Park Jun ]

▷ Sua-ssi!

▷ We did it! We did it!

▷ ‘The Sword’! We passed!

▷ We made it through the preliminaries!

Because truly insane good news was waiting.