Ch.218213 – Housewarming

# [NoName Minor Gallery]

# [Professor canceled class today for a business trip to Korea University lol]

Let’s binge-watch the Adella Rescue arc now!

## [Comments]

-Before that, search “Bark” on VTube and watch the latest upload. NoName appears in person.

└ Why do we have to watch our NoName on another VTuber channel! Upload some videos, editor!

-Oh, my professor also went on a business trip to Korea University, what a coincidence haha

-What’s with Kariri making a special appearance at the end lmao

The Bark channel, which had been experiencing a slump in views lately, regained its vitality.

The thumbnail was irresistible: an 8-year-old child playing “Caprice No. 24” – a piece even music majors struggle with – on a $700,000 violin, improvising at Korea University.

[Bark (Babo Crescendo) – 1.53M]

[Met the rumored child prodigy ‘NoName’! And she plays Caprice No. 24 on a $700,000 violin?]

[18K views · 2 days ago]

Even those who normally avoided subjects like mathematics or magic studies peeked in out of curiosity.

Any preconceptions about the limits of elementary school students’ abilities were instantly shattered.

That’s how intuitive music was.

The online buzz was evident in the adoring comments.

[Top Comments]

-Mozart composed symphonies at age 8, is this a reincarnation? Absolutely incredible. [Likes: 1.4K]

└ Second playthrough of life, damn

└ I don’t think I could do that even on my second life… must be like her 200th playthrough?

-It felt wrong to listen to such amazing playing for free, so I turned on my data! [Likes: 2.2K]

└ Lmaooo what

└ Data costsss hahaha

└ The world’s gotten so nice, we can watch an 8-year-old play violin from our bedrooms.

-I felt bad watching while lying down so I got on my knees to watch! [Likes: 1.9K]

└ What are you even saying lol

└ Why are you kneeling though hahaha

-(12:41) Isn’t that Kariri’s voice in the preview? Why is she speaking Japanese…? [Likes: 1.1K]

└ It’s Kariri’s cover song!

└ The whole world is Kariri…

└ 100% NoName picked this. That mischievous little brat!

Kariri’s embarrassing past that resurfaces every so often.

This news finally reached Yoon-sul’s ears.

In a dark room without a single ray of sunlight, only the computer screen flickered.

Sitting at her desk, Yoon-sul clenched her fist tightly. Her fingertips trembled.

“You probably can’t even imagine where I am right now, NoName?”

She hurriedly pulled out her phone from her pocket and sent a text.

Her glitter-painted thumbnail occasionally sparkled.

[Seol Yoon-sul: Name, I finally moved! Want to come over for a housewarming party today?]

As Kariri pressed the send button, a smile tinged with madness spread across her face.

* * *

“Min-woo, do you know who your big sister is?”

“Slurp. No? I don’t know?”

“Come on, you should at least know who’s buying you food.”

Min-woo blinked repeatedly at Yoon-sul’s question, pausing from his jajangmyeon.

His expression seemed to ask why she would suddenly ask such a thing while he was enjoying his meal.

Meanwhile, A-rin, with her mouth full of sweet and sour pork, raised her hand enthusiastically.

“I know, I know! Aren’t you that sister from the Miracle Wings commercial on TV? You sang there. ‘Soar high, vermilion bird!’ Like that.”

“That’s not me…?”

“Oh, now that I think about it, you do look a bit similar. Baek A-rin, you have a good eye.”

“I said it’s not me! How do we look alike at all?”

Seol Yoon-sul, Baek Min-woo, and Baek A-rin.

While the three were filming their little skit, I gazed at the scenery outside the window.

40th floor of an apartment building. From this height, the entire Seoul cityscape was visible.

“Name, don’t you want more sweet and sour pork?”

Yoon-sul scooted over next to me, dragging her bottom, and offered me a fork.

I shook my head slightly. I’ve been eating too much from various places lately, so I’m full.

Yoon-sul’s eyes curved into a smile, and suddenly she started performing acrobatics with her fork.

“Wheeeeee! Are you sure you still don’t want it?”

The sweet and sour pork reached just in front of my lips.

“No, I don’t want it.”

“Well, can’t be helped.”

She tossed the fork back onto the sweet and sour pork plate.

Then Min-woo and A-rin started fighting over the last piece of meat.

After watching them fondly for a moment, I looked around the living room and snapped at Yoon-sul.

“What is this all about?”

“Whaaaat?”

“You know exactly what I’m talking about.”

“Kariri has no idea what Name is talking about?”

The girl, who had suddenly switched to her Kariri character, whistled and pretended not to know.

Just a few hours ago, I had received a text saying that Kariri’s main character, Seol Yoon-sul, had moved and was wondering what housewarming gift I should bring.

She said I didn’t need to bring anything since we were close, which confused me.

“Why did you move to the floor above our apartment?”

“Hehe.”

Yoon-sul made a V-sign with her fingers, wearing an innocent expression.

This place is Parthenon Apartments, Building 102, Unit 4003.

It’s only 3 meters away in a straight line from where Professor Cheon and I live. Just 21 steps up the stairs.

I felt quite burdened by the sudden change in our relationship from acquaintances to neighbors.

“Come on, don’t feel too pressured.”

“You say that after what you said earlier?”

“Why? We can just drop by occasionally for dinner together, I can give you morning wake-up calls, we can go to VR amusement parks, VR zoos, VR aquariums… wouldn’t that be nice?”

“Why is everything virtual reality? We could do that even if we weren’t neighbors.”

“If you say you don’t want to, there’s nothing I can do. But now I can directly invade your space!”

She’s clearly holding a grudge about me exposing her embarrassing past at Korea University.

See, she didn’t even deny it.

“It’s too unfair if I’m the only one suffering. I want to leech off Name too.”

“…I still can’t collab too often. I’m getting busy again.”

“You’re playing hard to get when you’re going to agree anyway, our Name. Alright, so our negotiation is settled? In that spirit, want to use big sister’s lap as a pillow?”

“Ugh, why again.”

While the hungry children were inhaling their jajangmyeon, the news was broadcasting on the television.

As I lay down using Yoon-sul’s leg as a pillow, my eyes kept closing from food coma. Her fanning was especially excellent.

[Next news. It was belatedly revealed that Mr. A, who was indicted for breaking into an apartment in Dogok-dong last month, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the first trial for attempted murder and arson. Upon further investigation, we found that the apartment residents’ association representative deliberately concealed the incident to prevent property value decline. Reporter Lee Hyung-guk has the exclusive coverage.]

Dogok-dong apartment?

The blurred screen was definitely Kariri’s previous home.

When I straightened up and stared at Yoon-sul, she gave an awkward smile.

“Is that why you moved?”

“Haha… Anyway, rich people are even worse! They kept trying to make me sign some kind of confidentiality agreement, which annoyed me, so I just left. I know better than anyone that carelessly signing such things can really get you in trouble.”

“What jerks.”

“Hey, NoName, use nice words!”

“That was already the toned-down version?”

So Yoon-sul had her own struggles too.

Despite appearances, she had a mature side, probably because she was a working adult earning her own money.

Sometimes I forgot that she was still a minor.

I patted her head in admiration.

“Name, aren’t you streaming much these days? I noticed you’re still playing World of Arsheria regularly.”

“When I stream, I keep ranking up playing duos with Adella because of stream snipers. But the Mephisto spawn rate is so low that I’m wondering if it’s even right. I haven’t seen one yet.”

“Mephistopheles? Oh, are you title farming?”

“Something like that.”

Getting Mephisto, who only appears as a neutral objective in high-tier ranked games, had to be relegated to a long-term plan.

Yoon-sul bit her lower lip slightly, thought deeply about something, then whispered in my ear.

“If you’re uncomfortable streaming with your real face, have you considered becoming a VTuber?”

“No thanks.”

“Ack, isn’t that too blunt…?”

“Who would do that VTuber stuff? Oh, you do.”

“You… you’re doing this on purpose! If you keep talking like that, Kariri will get hurt…?”

“But why suddenly bring this up?”

“Heheh. Curious? Are you that curious? If you’re so curious, I guess this big sister has no choice but to tell you.”

That’s when I should have never asked that question.

Because I was held captive for a full three hours, listening to her explanation until my ears bled.

“I’m planning to create a VTuber company! It’s called ‘Safari Dream’!”

Safari what?

* * *

There was once a 14-year-old girl whose life was ruined.

Chewing on tear-soaked bread and seeing nothing but a dark future ahead, the girl recklessly jumped into a red ocean.

In a world of 8 billion people, blue oceans don’t exist.

Even if you pioneer a blue ocean market, if it’s profitable, large corporations will rush in within a month and turn the surroundings into a bloodbath.

The VTuber market was also an ecosystem where the law of survival of the fittest applied perfectly, and the ultimate victor could gain enormous wealth and fame.

“I don’t think VTubers get much fame…”

“Shh! Keep listening!”

Having streamed without missing a single day for the past four years, Kariri had been burned out for a long time.

Her passion for streaming remained the same, but she complained of severe mental fatigue.

Even when I occasionally advised her to take a break on difficult days, her only concern was her fans.

Was it because she was too immersed in roleplaying, or was that just Yoon-sul’s personality?

Whichever it was, Yoon-sul had found a new goal since the day she moved into my home.

She now had a path she wanted to illuminate, though it was still dark.

“I had many difficult times alone. I got scammed a lot, received a lot of hate, and made too many mistakes during collabs because I didn’t know much about streaming. There are probably still streamers who dislike me.”

“What did you do to make them dislike you?”

“Someone got suspended from Twissy for two weeks because of me.”

“Hmm… I see.”

New games and content continue to be released, but we only have one body.

This is where Kariri got her idea.

What if she had VTubers who could work with her?

“I would share my know-how with them, and the VTubers would enjoy collaborating with each other…! Creating our own aquarium!”

Then there would be no need to struggle scheduling collabs with others.

I responded to Kariri’s grand plan with indifference.

“Then can’t you just recruit people? You already have name recognition.”

“The second generation is okay… but not the first generation…!”

“Why?”

“The first generation must succeed no matter what.”

It’s already a field with a high probability of business failure.

After analyzing diligently for the past month, she said that the rise and fall of VTuber companies depends on their first generation.

“I need to pick perfect pearls that would succeed no matter who was in my position. That’s why I thought you would be perfect, Name…!”

“I’ll pass.”

“Ugh, isn’t that too decisive…?”

“Who would do that VTuber thing? Oh, you would.”

“If you keep talking like that, Kariri will get hurt…?”

“But why suddenly?”

“Heheh. Curious? Are you that curious? If you’re so curious, I guess this big sister has no choice but to tell you.”

Yoon-sul’s momentum deflated a bit.

I was mindlessly watching various VTube videos on my phone when I discovered a new video uploaded by ‘Bark’.

“Oh, this just came up?”

“Yeah. He said he’d upload two parts, so this must be the sequel.”

“Name, you chose ‘Renai Circulation’! Do you have any idea how much viewers teased about that?”

“Ah, but what should I do…”

“Why…?”

I skimmed through the beginning of the video.

It showed Professor Pi Su-jeong finishing her performance and then my turn coming up.

“I didn’t just play ‘Renai Circulation’.”

“What!”

[Bark (Babo Crescendo) – 1.53M]

[‘Maestro’ NoName descends on Korea University! Japanese song medley echoing through the campus?!]

[2.4K views · 30 minutes ago]

[Top Comments]

-Turning Korea University into Imperial Keijo University with that honey badger class! [Likes: 258]

-Kariri medley collection for the honeybees (10:41) (11:42) (12:32) (13:04) (13:29) [Likes: 315]

└ ‘Renai Circulation, Tenshou no Yowasa, Melt, Torikatsusetsumei, Yume wo Kakeru’ The songs are good but why are they all Kariri covers lol

└ NoName steadfastly playing those weeb songs is legendary hahaha

-The future of Korea University’s music department looks bright ^^

“You… you…!”

Yoon-sul raised her voice.

“What? It’s fun.”

“You MUST find me first generation members! Otherwise, I’ll be sulking forever!”