Chapter 106: Scary Person

ASMR, huh.

Are they talking about that thing?

The one where you get close to the microphone and make all kinds of different sounds.

I’ve seen it a few times on VTube.

There was a time when it was all the rage, and ASMR took over the algorithm.

Even people who weren’t ASMR VTubers would upload a video about it at least once.

Even people doing mukbangs would deliberately eat with their mouths close to the microphone.

I did think that you could hear more realistic sounds, but my personal impression was that I felt more strongly that I just didn’t get why people liked it.

I guess I just didn’t see a reason to go out of your way to listen to videos like this.

That was still true now.

My thoughts on it hadn’t really changed from the past.

However, the viewers’ reaction was quite passionate.

Or maybe they were just saying yes to anything to stop me from ending the stream.

[The Chinese Tycoon appears.]

[So Kayak is now accepting China money…]

[A big shot from the mainland;;]

[Chairman-nim ㄷㄷㄷ]

[The streamer’s voice is good though.]

[FR, her voice is similar to Camilla’s too.]

“ASMR…? I’ve never done that before.”

I hinted at a subtle refusal, but the viewers said it was fine.

Even though I said I’d never done it, it wasn’t like I couldn’t do it.

What couldn’t I do if I put my mind to it?

It felt a bit wrong to accept such a large sum of money and then back out.

It was just that I didn’t understand why people listened to this stuff.

If you don’t know the reason, you just have to find out.

First, I decided to find out what exactly ASMR was.

“ASMR… autonomous sensory, seems to be some kind of English acronym.”

“The meaning is… Autonomous Sensory Pleasure Response…? The meaning is a little lewd.”

[Ooh…]

[That’s… something else….]

[You’re the one who’s lewd, ma’am….]

[Wh-wh-wh-wh-what?]

[Pleasure ㄷㄷ]

[First time I learned the Korean meaning.]

[What’s wrong with pleasure? lol]

[This is totally a Kayak stream.]

[I wasn’t thinking much of it, but your reaction makes it seem more lewd.]

[No lewd stuff….]

[Kayak, who induces a pleasure response in her viewers – This message has been deleted.]

Watching a viewer who crossed the line get banned in real-time, I continued my research.

“Hmm, it includes tactile and visual senses, but it’s a sense of psychological stability or pleasure that appears mainly in response to auditory stimuli.”

I see.

It was quite interesting, like learning about a new field, but there were also viewers who found this process itself annoying.

[ㅇㅇ has donated 1000 won!]

–Why are you looking up the meaning, just do it.

“I’m looking it up so I can do it properly for you.”

“I am going to do it, so don’t rush me and just wait.”

After that, I used VTube to see how famous ASMR VTubers filmed their videos.

[Oh….]

[The sound quality is insane.]

[Noonaaaaa]

[Ma’am, please do that one, that one.]

[Isn’t she gonna get banned from Twish?]

[Wow, holy sh*t;; that’s amazing.]

[Her outfit is something else.]

[They say visual stimulation is also part of ASMR~]

The video the viewers were cheering for was simple.

It was a video of a woman, whose face wasn’t shown but who had a magnificent bust, wearing a low-cut top and whispering into the microphone.

She would bring her tongue to the microphone and lick it, or bring a brush from somewhere and rub it, or tap her fingers on it and then rub it.

Whether she was deliberately breathing heavily or not, humming, breathy sounds were transmitted straight through the video.

This… even to me, a novice in ASMR, the intention was quite blatant.

I was also surprised that this wasn’t rated 19+.

Looking at other videos, there were quite a lot of suggestive ones.

Some wore clothes with very little fabric and licked their tongues, another video required age verification, and some were outright demonetized.

From what people were saying, it was a business that deliberately targeted a specific demographic.

For some reason, I felt my face flush.

[1MillionVTuberKayak has donated 10000 won!]

–Ah lol it’d be great if Kayak debuted as an ASMR VTuber.

“I’m not going to do stuff like that.”

“You guys are really perverted….”

Was this what the Chinese Tycoon who donated a million won to me wanted as well?

There was no way I, who could see through men’s psychology and desires, wouldn’t know their thoughts.

Well, this was so blatant that you wouldn’t even need to have been a man to figure it out.

To borrow an expression from the Gallery, there was no way they could restrain themselves after seeing Camilla, who was walking s*x itself.

Even I used to have all sorts of fantasies about Camilla in my prime.

Anyway, by watching this video, my research was complete.

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“It seems like everyone has really good microphones.”

“Some people even have dedicated mics.”

“It should be fine if I just do it, right?”

“My mic isn’t that bad either… I’ll give it a try.”

Why was I getting nervous over this?

Maybe because I’d spent about an hour researching, I had developed a desire to do it well.

I had deliberately turned off the camera.

There was considerable protest from the viewers, but when I kept emphasizing it was for immersion, they reluctantly accepted.

Actually, immersion was just an excuse; I turned off the camera because it was awkward.

Now I had to make all sorts of sounds into the microphone like I’d seen in the videos, and the thought of showing that whole process to the viewers felt a little ridiculous and embarrassing.

With the cam off for the first time in a while, the pressure seemed to have lessened a bit.

“I’m starting…?”

[Yep yep]

[I’m excited.]

[Turning off the cam really does help with immersion.]

[Ah lol we all know there’s a super beautiful woman who looks like Camilla behind the camera, who cares if the cam is on or off.]

[I need to see her embarrassed face with the cam on.]

[I turned off all my lights and am lying down with my earphones in to get immersed.]

[ChineseTycoon has donated 100,000 won!]

–I’m looking forward to it ㅎㅎ

Seeing the viewers unable to hide their anticipation seemed to make me even more nervous.

“I’m starting…?”

Perhaps because I kept hesitating, people were urging me to hurry up.

Following what I had learned earlier, I first tried tapping the microphone with my finger.

[Kuaaack]

[My ears are about to explode, ma’am.]

[Oh, oh, oh….]

[The streamer is terrorizing my eardrums;]

[There’s a wiretap in my ear!]

[Good thing I wasn’t wearing earphones lololol]

[Assassinating 6,000 people listening live ㄷㄷㄷ]

“Ah, was it too loud?”

“Sorry, I’m sorry.”

I didn’t know for sure, but it seemed I had messed something up.

Maybe I was a bit too unhesitant with my touch on the microphone.

This time, I touched the microphone more carefully and gently than before.

Learning from my previous mistake, I gently scratched the tip of the microphone with my fingertip.

[Oh, ooh, oh….]

[It feels like my mom cleaning my ears.]

[Is this that tingle thing or whatever?]

[Ma’am, my hands and feet are shaking and tears are streaming down my face.]

[It just tickles my ear and that’s it.]

[It’s so ticklish lol]

[Feels like something’s about to happen but isn’t quite there.]

It seemed it wasn’t bad this time.

I wasn’t sure if this was the right way, but the viewers’ reactions were decent, so I gained a bit of confidence.

After that, I made clicking sounds with my mouth and played around making “erellelle” sounds.

However, I quickly stopped making sounds with my mouth and blowing air, as the viewers seemed to be taking it in a lewd way.

I had learned from my prior research that ASMR VTubers didn’t just use their hands or mouths.

People who made ASMR their dedicated content even had special tools just for making sounds.

Since this was content I had thrown together on the spot today, I hadn’t prepared anything.

But that didn’t mean I had nothing to work with.

Rustle, swish, rustle–

The viewers reacted sensitively to the sound of fabric rustling.

[Oh, oooooh….]

[What’s this?]

[Is it a handkerchief?]

[It’s fun guessing what it is since the cam is off.]

[Unni, I love this so much ㅠㅠ]

“The correct answer was a tissue…”

“Everyone has tissues next to their computer, right?”

“Thought it was panties but too bad… you, get out….”

Since it was an ASMR stream, I was deliberately whispering.

Doing this with full immersion had its own kind of fun.

And whatever I did, the viewers’ reactions came back instantly.

Bubble, bubble.

I was now blowing air into the water I was drinking with a straw, making a sound.

[What’s this now?]

[Water torture;;]

[Say you like Camilla!]

[There’s a lot of water sounds.]

[Save me.]

“…You, are you subscribed to Kayak’s VTube?”

“What…? You’re not?”

Bubble, bubble again.

I made sounds as if I were dunking a person in water and pulling them out.

As if acting out a skit, I deliberately created a situation, and the viewers were loving it to death.

[I’ll subscribe, please, just stop!]

[Her torture skills are top-notch.]

[Kayak/Controversy/Viewer Abuse]

[It’s funnier that the subscriber count is going up in real-time lolol]

[UhmUhmYeahYeah has donated 1000 won!]

–That’s right, that’s right, Noona can dunk people in water and beat them like a sandbag.

“That’s right…”

“Noona is a very scary person…”

“Behave from now on, understand…?”

Like that, I continued the ASMR, whispering into the microphone.