Chapter 88 :  Kirinuki Kidnapping VTuber

Paddak is a madman, lol.

Paddak enlistment on.

Looking for unpaid slaves @@@@@@.

Declaration of kidnapping the owner of the Yebeso channel, lol.

You, become my companion! 

You, become my companion! 

You, become my companion!

Two months after my debut, I announced that I was officially looking for an editor, and the followers were all excited. 

It seems like they’ve been eagerly waiting for me to open a new channel.

[User ‘OO’ donated 1,000 won.]

But why am I publicly asking for an editor on the broadcast? 

Can’t I just post a notice and find one on my own?

The reason I asked for an editor on the broadcast instead of posting a notice was to kidnap the owner of ‘Lee Jiah’s Yebeso.’

Sure, even if I posted a notice about looking for an editor, the owner of that channel might send me an application.

But non-channel owners and other editor hopefuls would also send me applications.

Since my top priority is the owner of ‘Lee Jiah’s Yebeso,’ there’s no need to waste time and effort. 

I plan to kidnap the owner from the start to avoid unnecessary time investment from editor applicants.

In that sense, I cast the bait.

“Beachy Mutbyeol has received a new revelation! 

The revelation from the great one is to punish the sinner who dares to mock my broadcast without fear! 

As a passionate follower, it was a divine command to deliver God’s hammer to this sinner!”

Here we go again.

Ugh, that divine revelation, lol.

Mutbyeol, it’s you again?

Mutgi defense ON.

Poor Mutbyeol because of Jiah, upvote!

Was such a revelation given?

WWE starting.

It’s not RP~ It’s not RP~ It’s not RP~ It’s not RP~.

So, who is the sinner?

If you know who it is, upvote! Lol.

“The sinner’s name is ‘Lee Jiah’s Yebeso.’ 

They dared to mock me with a video without permission! 

This crime is not light, so… the owner of Lee Jiah’s Yebeso, please raise your hand and reveal your identity immediately. 

I will first punish this person and then look for an editor.”

I knew it, lol.

Suddenly, it’s a confession.

(Interpretation) It just means I want to kidnap the editor.

This person is even turning finding an editor into content, lol.

Yebeso owner, your life is now ruined.

[Lee Jiah’s Yebeso donated 1,000 won.]

Oh?

Is this real?

Owner’s in the chat, lol.

For real, lol?

For real, post it.

What are you going to post, lol?

Is the chat a YouTube comment section or something?

The bait was taken.

Fortunately, it seems they were watching the live broadcast in real-time. 

Since the platform doesn’t allow duplicate nicknames, it seems like the real owner of the Yebeso channel is here.

I asked the owner of Yebeso.

“Will you confess in the chat, or will you do it via voice chat?”

[Lee Jiah’s Yebeso donated 1,000 won.]

Uh, anything works. But what exactly did I do wrong…?

“Shut up, and come to the confession voice chat room.”

Soon, I began a one-on-one voice chat with the owner of Yebeso.

[Ah, hello, Jiah!]

The owner of Yebeso was male.

He sounded quite young, as if he had just become an adult or was still a high school student.

He spoke with an innocent voice.

[Wow… this is really nerve-wracking. The last net-kama person was so good at talking…]

“Gal!!! What is this attitude of a sinner? You are the sinner here!”

I couldn’t lose in a battle of words.

I pointed out his sins.

“You’ve committed two sins. First, you uploaded a video without my permission after taking clips! Second, you made the video disrespectfully, severely damaging my image!”

Isn’t this Kirinuki? 

Lol, does he treat even Kirinuki this strictly?

No misunderstandings, no no no no no, this is RP and WWE.

It’s the kidnapping build-up, shush.

“If you’ve committed a sin… you must be punished, right?”

[…]

“Answer me.”

[I’m really sorry! It’s definitely my fault that I uploaded the video without permission. But the second sin…]

“Quiet.”

[…]

“Fortunately, Beachy Mutbyeol is a merciful god. Even a sinner like you can be forgiven.”

[But… I don’t really think the second sin was wrong…]

“Quiet.”

[…]

“Before I make an official proposal… no! I misspoke. Before I offer forgiveness, I have to ask… are you working at a company or part-time? If you don’t want to answer, you don’t have to.”

[No, I’m not working.]

“Are you doing anything other than Kirinuki activities?”

[No, I’m not. I’m unemployed and actually preparing for a job.]

“Ah, thank you so much for telling me!”

Why did their tone suddenly become so soft?

Master, the RP is broken now?

Sinner?

Sinner (actually not).

That’s right.

The conditions are perfect.

I was a bit worried because many people do Kirinuki as a hobby while working at a company.

But if he’s a job-seeker, there’s no need to worry.

I gave him two choices.

Ahem.

First, I needed to set the tone.

“Now, choose. Either take down all the videos and retire! Or join the family company, the Omnia Archive, and officially become my editor!”

[Hmmm.]

It would be an offer he can’t refuse.

Here it comes, lol.

This is the fap conscription, lol.

Do you want to die, or do you want to be fapped?

Die vs. Be a slave.

Welcome to the terrible company, Omnia Archive.

But he doesn’t seem too interested?

What’s with the owner’s reaction?

It’s over.

Kidnapping failed…?

Wait.

Why such a dry response?

Ah, right.

I haven’t mentioned the exact pay yet.

“Fap, normally an unpaid slave is the industry standard, but this time, due to the mercy of Beachy Mutbyeol, a divine revelation has come to treat you at the highest level in the industry! 

A perfect opportunity to have your sins forgiven and a job created for you! Welcome to the family-like company, Omnia Archive…”

[Yes, I’ve decided. I’ll take down all the videos and retire, right?]

“…Huh?”

[Thank you very much for the formal editor offer. But… I don’t think Jiah and I would be a good match in terms of editing direction. Yep. I’ll end the call now and take down the videos immediately.]

“Wait, hold on, stop!”

This…Was not what I expected at all.

***

The owners of Kirinuki channels don’t just edit VTuber clips for profit.

They often do it for fun.

In a way, it’s like a hobby.

If you think about it, clipping interesting parts of your favorite VTuber and posting them is something that community users often do.

However, what sets Kirinuki channels apart is the scale and dedication they put into it, but it’s still within the realm of a hobby, not work.

Of course, there might be some people who make money from Kirinuki.

But at least the owner of Jiah’s Yebeso, Ahn Do-hoon, didn’t make any profit from it.

The Kirinuki channel name: Ji-ah’s Yebeso.

Owner: Ahn Dohoon.

He’s just an ordinary young man in his early 20s from South Korea.

There were two main reasons Ahn Dohoon stopped the channel from generating profit.

First,He posted videos with clips of Ji-ah purely as a fan hobby, not to make money.

Second,Even if he activated monetization,it wouldn’t generate any revenue due to the “No Dot” (a type of restriction).

A “No Dot” is a kind of mark that is placed on videos deemed inappropriate for advertisements, such as due to explicit content or other reasons.

YouTube’s main source of income is the advertising revenue generated per view, but once a “No Dot” is placed, this revenue is completely blocked.

The channel “Jiah’s Yebeso”already had more than half of its videos marked with the “No Dot.”

Just looking at the thumbnails of the videos, they all obviously highlight specific body parts, so it was expected that they’d get marked with the “No Dot.”

In a way, the channel might have gained its large popularity precisely because the owner didn’t care about ad revenue and simply edited videos and chose thumbnails based on what he liked.

He gave up revenue and gained popularity in return.

But it didn’t matter.

As mentioned, the channel owner, Ahn Dohoon, was simply engaging in Kirinuki activities as a hobby.

However,even he recently started to face a practical concern.

It was about his job.

He had no interest in studying, and there wasn’t anything he particularly wanted to do, so he didn’t go to university.

At the age of 21,it was now time for him to engage in something more productive.

Kirinuki activity was the exact opposite of “productive activity.”

Of course, he had been a devout follower of Jiah’s streams since her debut, so clipping videos was fun for him, but Kirinuki activities were, quite literally, a time-consuming hobby.

To make interesting clips, he had to watch Jiah’s entire broadcast from beginning to end every day.

Editing also took at least 3 hours for a 2-3 minute video.

The reason it took so long was that Ahn Dohoon was very meticulous about the quality of the videos.

Indeed, the video quality of the “Jiah’s Yebeso” channel was exceptional, far beyond what one might expect from a mere hobby.

Jiah didn’t just want to kidnap the owner of Yebeso for no reason.

In conclusion, Ahn Dohoon had to dedicate over 8 hours a day to Kirinuki activities.

If he was to start worrying about his livelihood, sooner or later, he would have to stop the Kirinuki activities.

So, Ahn Dohoon was in the midst of deciding whether to completely quit Kirinuki activities or find a new second owner and hand over the entire channel.

Then, an opportunity to die honorably came his way.

Jiah said,either quit Kirinuki activities or become her official editor.

Choose one.

Surprisingly, Ahn Dohoon chose the former.

Why?

Was it simply because he didn’t want to become Jiah’s official editor?

That was absolutely not the case.

Ahn Dohoon was an unemployed man desperate for productive work, and since he loved editing and had the talent for it, becoming Jiah’s official editor would have been the perfect opportunity for him.

Of course, editing clip videos and editing long videos are completely different areas, but he was someone who was confident in editing long videos as well.

However, the reason he chose the former was because of his feelings for Jiah, in other words, his fan sentiment.

When he listened to what Ji-ah was saying, it seemed that the editing direction she pursued was completely different from the direction Ahn Dohoon wanted to take.

Ahn Dohoon was the type of person who made very provocative videos to suit the needs of YouTube viewers.

Jiah, on the other hand, considered this to be a “sin.”

Perhaps,Ji-ah wanted videos that were not “spicy” but “mild.”

Ahn Dohoon didn’t have the confidence to edit Jiah’s videos in a mild style.

Ahn Dohoon thought.

If there’s a difference in perspective between the editor and the streamer, the video will never turn out well.

For the sake of Jiah’s YouTube channel in the future,he wasn’t the right person to be her editor.

‘…But if I make the video mild, the YouTube channel is going to flop.’

No, in the first place,if you wanted a mild broadcast, why would you watch Jiah’s? 

You’d watch Ayase’s channel instead, which is a perfect upgrade.

He briefly considered offering some advice to Jiah as a devout follower, but then thought it would be overstepping, so Ahn Dohoon decided to speak again.

“Thank you for the offer, but I must politely decline! I sincerely wish you find a great editor and that your YouTube channel becomes a huge success…”

That’s when it happened.

[Ah, please!]

Jiah.

[Please be my editor, please! My YouTube will fail without you!]

She started begging him.