Chapter 72: I’m a writer…

I turned on the stream.

It was natural to be nervous since it was my first stream in days, and such a big incident had occurred.

But strangely, I felt like I could somehow do well right now.

[I’m Sorry.]

Unlike usual, it was a concise broadcast title without any embellishments.

Even the thumbnail had the same words as the title written in white Gungseo font on a black background.

(TL Note: Gungseo is a traditional Korean calligraphy font style.)

[Manager: Are you really going to be okay?]

[Manager: We’ve done as much as we can from our end, but…]

[Yuki: It’s fine, it’s fine.]

[Yuki: Thanks to you, I was able to cheer up a bit. Thank you.]

[Manager: ……]

[Manager: Understood.]

[Manager: Still, just in case something happens, I’ll be monitoring the chat window.]

“Really… Manager is so overprotective.”

There’s no need to go this far.

Still, even though she’s always so grumpy, I was really grateful that she worried about me like this at important moments.

[43,000 people watching]

Perhaps because the incident had become quite an issue, the number of viewers waiting for the stream was enormous.

A staggering 40,000 viewers, even though I was streaming alone.

I felt a momentary tension at the overwhelming number, but I took a deep breath and tried to calm my trembling body.

[-Cla-]

[-ri-]

[-fication stream, it’s heeeere!!]

[-Cla-]

[-???]

[-Cla-]

[-It’s heeeeere!!!]

[-Cla-]

[-ri-]

[-Why are you apologizing?]

[-ri-]

The chat window was flooded with viewers demanding a clarification.

They were probably half-joking, but it didn’t matter.

I was planning to give an explanation anyway.

“Just once.”

I just need to say it properly once.

Then, from that point on, I’ll get into the flow, and things will proceed smoothly.

Click!

The microphone turned on with a click of the mouse.

I forced my vocal cords, shrunken from tension, to work, and,

“Hello. I am Yuki, a VTuber who streams on Newtube.”

[-?]

[-What’s this from the start?]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-???]

[-Yukigenyo, where?]

What appeared on the screen was a green chroma key background and my character with a serious expression.

Leaving the bewildered viewers behind, I continued with my apology.

“First, to Yukidan, my viewers, whom I have greatly harmed and disappointed with my words and actions.”

“I am sorry.”

As I bowed my head forward, my avatar bowed its head in the same way.

Although I couldn’t do a full 90-degree bow due to the limitations of face rigging, it was still to a degree where anyone watching would say I had bowed my head.

‘It was said in a very serious tone, but was it just my imagination that I found it hard to hold back a laugh for some reason?’

I struggled to suppress the rising corners of my mouth, barely managing to return to a serious tone and utter one more word.

“However.”

[-?]

[-What is it?]

[-?]

[-?????]

While I was apologizing, the background suddenly changed.

The green chroma key disappeared, and my usual streaming background appeared.

The previously silent audio, devoid of any music, now started playing the music I usually play during my streams.

The atmosphere changed lightly in an instant.

And I instantly changed my sullen expression to one with Sanpaku eyes.

“Yuki-chan isn’t the bad one, right?”

I said.

[-?]

[-Yes, what did you say?]

[-?????]

[-No, what the heck is this lololol?]

[-Cla?rification]

[-You said you were going to clarify!!]

[-This is a clarification?]

“No, think about it. What did Yuki-chan do wrong? You guys just stalked Yuki-chan on your own.”

‘I mean, isn’t that right?’

I was just streaming, but they stalked my past activities on their own and found the red pill.

And because of that, I was the only one suffering unnecessarily.

“Yare yare. This is why I dislike the quick-witted Yukidan…”

[-?]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-No, what is this really?]

[-Info) The VTuber whose red pill just dropped is currently doing an apology stream.]

[-F*ck lololol.]

[-Yare yare…]

[-Edward VTuber, shiver shiver…]

“These stalker b*stards… Yukidan are perverts after all. Having a hobby of spying on people.”

[-Excuse me?]

[-I’m not a pervert!!!]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-Why are you blaming this on us…]

[-No.]

[AmeAmeAmeAme~ has donated 1,000 won!]

–It’s slander!! We didn’t do it!!

“Hmph! I don’t know. Idiot! Sea cucumber! Sea anemone! You’re not even human!!”

I pretended to be sulking, snorted, and turned my head away sharply.

It seemed like I had succeeded in calming public opinion, at least for the first phase.

I also managed to make the atmosphere light, just as I wanted, and people became spectators laughing along rather than interrogators.

[jd has donated 1,000 won!]

–But Yuki, if that’s the case, doesn’t that make you officially a non-virgin?

“Yes? Why is ‘non-virgin’ coming up there?”

Just then, a strange viewer sent me a Super Chat.

Before I could even protest, another Super Chat was sent to me in quick succession.

[jd has donated 1,000 won!]

–No, isn’t that right? It’s strange to think a b*tch who did camgirl streams is a virgin…

The Super Chat disappeared thanks to Manager before the TTS(Text to Speech) could even finish playing.

However, the viewers and I had already read its contents, and the chat window was showing signs of starting to flood.

“But Yuki-chan… is a virgin, right? I don’t even have anyone to meet outside, so what do you mean non-virgin…”

[-Ah… Ahh…]

[-ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[-Ahh…]

[-With that broadcast lewdness level… a virgin?]

[-True lol.]

[-She’s not a virgin, just a lewd girl (chijo).]

[-No way.]

“No, why doesn’t everyone believe me? I can’t exactly show my hymen to the camera…”

[-Woah woah, don’t do that.]

[-Fck lololol.]

[-Shameless btch.]

[-At this rate, it’s not just a flame war, it’s hellfire.]

[-Red?Pill]

[-Yep~ Ban confirmed.]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

‘No, I’m serious.’

‘In the first place, I’m too scared to do anything like penetration.’

‘Someone somewhere apparently showed their stomach endoscopy photos on stream, so it’s not like I can’t show my vaginal endoscopy photos…’

[BlueEyesWhiteUnicorn has donated 10,000 won!]

–Hah!!!! In the mind-body-spirit virginity theory, the ‘spirit’ is already non-virgin!!!!!!

Just then, a Super Chat arrived from a serious virgin-obsessed Yukidan.

Seeing it, I sighed and began to speak in a melancholic voice.

“I wish that were true too. Then all the Yukidan who’ve jerked off could lose their virginity.”

[-Uh oh…?]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-You son of a btch.]

[-Splash damage, fck lol…]

[-She’s doing AoE damage with this;;]

[-My bones hurt…]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

‘Oh dear, did I unknowingly hit the Yukidan’s bones too hard?’

‘I tried to take down one virgin-obsessed guy and ended up unleashing AoE splash damage like a siege tank.’

While feeling a bit sorry in a corner of my heart, I continued the broadcast.

“Anyway, I’d appreciate it if you don’t talk about the red pill after this broadcast.”

[-Okay.]

[-Yep.]

[-Yes.]

[-Yukidan aren’t that clueless either.]

[-Yes.]

[-Yes.]

[-Okay okay okay okay okay.]

“From now on, if you talk about 3D matters on stream, I’ll ban you without mercy, so behave yourselves, okay?”

No matter how well the red pill incident had seemingly concluded, as long as I was a VTuber, it was better to keep the red pill covered up.

‘In the first place, a VTuber’s value is established only when they exist as a ‘character’.’

‘People like the character, not the person inside it.’

“Ah, and I saw a lot of people saying they’d oshihen to Akari-sunbae because of this incident…”

[-?]

[-Uhm…]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-Well, it’s not me.]

[-Etto…]

[-Oshihen? Baby, I don’t know such things…]

“I’ll be monitoring Akari-sunbae’s broadcasts, so I’ll memorize all your nicknames.”

[-Shudder shudder shudder shudder.]

[-Obsessive VTuber;;]

[-She learned yandere traits from Miho.]

[-Shiver shiver…]

[-S-sorryyy…]

“Behave yourselves.”

Last time, I saw many people in community posts saying they’d oshihen to Akari-sunbae.

Honestly, this went beyond hurting my pride; it was incomprehensible.

Liking a VTuber was possible, but liking air was a preference close to a paraphilia.

‘…Of course, that’s a joke.’

‘I love you, Akari-sunbae!’

“Anyway, now that the clarification is mostly over, I should end the stream.”

[-?]

[-No way.]

[-Totally no way.]

[-You’re ending the stream like this?]

[-No way.]

[-Dismissed with three ‘no ways’.]

[Yuki’sFootWiper has donated 50,000 won!]

–Yuki-chan. Honestly, taking a 3-day break and then doing this isn’t right, is it…?

“…Eh?”

‘Wait, was that true?’

Come to think of it, I did take a rather long break from streaming.

I had received that much mental shock, and if it hadn’t been for Rin, it would have taken me longer to turn on the stream.

[-Na-]

[-Rak]

[-Rak]

[-To the abyss… you must go, right…?]

[-Na-]

[-Narak]

[-Rak]

[-Na-]

[-Rak]

[-Na-]

[-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[-Rak]

[-Rak]

“No, w-wait a minute! Even if you suddenly say that…”

Public opinion plummeted to the abyss in an instant.

Of course, it wasn’t ‘hell’ in the literal sense, but it was still so sudden that I was flustered.

[Wolhee has donated 30,000 won!]

–Honestly, we need to open a negotiation table for this.

(TL Note: 협테 (Hyeopte) – Negotiation Table, where viewers decide a punishment/challenge for the streamer.)

“N-Negotiation table? What are you trying to make Yuki-chan do..!!”

[HypnoUncle has donated 50,000 won!]

–Don’t worry. I won’t make you do anything too harsh… Fu, uhit.

“I don’t believe you at all!! First, go change that weird nickname!!!”

[-lololol]

[-This is hilarious.]

[-It’s time to punish the cheeky Yuki.]

[-True lol.]

[-Punish Yuki with a bat.]

[-lololololol]

[-True education for the cheeky ero-gaki… This is a classic cliché.]

(TL Note: Ero-gaki means lewd brat.)

[-Let’s go for true education!!!]

“St-st-st… Stop iiiit!!!!!!!!”

[PinkPanties has donated 10,000 won!]

–My my… A firetruck doesn’t stop at a red light? BOY~♂

“Ah, nooooo~!!!!!”

That day, I was thoroughly scolded by Yukidan at the negotiation table.

What was decided at the negotiation table was a horror game kyeonwang.

(TL Note: Kyeonwang means to clear a game in one sitting, usually on stream.)

I had to clear a horror game, which I already disliked, from start to finish on stream.

It truly couldn’t be anything but a f*cking terrible situation.

“Ah, nooo… F-for that long… it’s impossible…”

[-lololololol]

[-Heu-eung…]

[-Yukidan demanding the impossible and Yuki reluctantly complying…]

[-F*ck lol.]

[-That’s hot.]

[-(Yuki Heu-eung meme)]

[-Ooh la la…]

[-(Yuki Heu-eung meme)]

Well, anyway.

And so, the broadcast returned to normal.