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5 – I’m Good at What I Ordered (2)

5 – I’m Good at What I Ordered (2)

In the Talk Code where the Parallel members gather, conversations usually buzz when there are no broadcasts.

It’s essentially a company group chat.

So various topics come up, like collaborations, content, what games are fun, and recommendations for dinner.

However, in the case of a group broadcast like today, everyone is busy focusing on the stream, making it a place where Dohee is just watching the broadcast and occasionally chimes in with a word or two when it’s important.

“Oh, hell yes. Puddles! Dropping the rain from the sky. I’m here to soak the dry land again today!”

But as Majiya’s nonsensical impersonation, backed by voice modulation, flowed through the broadcast, the Talk Code immediately erupted with noise.

[Komari: What’s that?]

[Komari: Is that Jia?]

[Komari: Is Rain doing a one-person two-role thing?]

[Maru: ?]

[Maru: Wow, I thought it was Leng unnie speaking.]

[Maru: Is it really Jia???]

[Maru: What’s going on, Jia!!!]

As Rain was so surprised that she lost her words, Cheon Dohee immediately sent feedback.

[Momo: Rain, get a grip and keep the broadcast going.]

Only then did Rain realize and start improvising as she scanned the chat.

“Phew~ Surprised, huh? I’ve got a secret move. I brought my copy with me. So you can look forward to it!”

But even if she responded right away, the surprise was unavoidable.

Although Cheon Dohee had given a hint before the broadcast started, she didn’t expect it to mimic her so perfectly, as if a doppelgänger had been brought in.

Thanks to the voice modulation program, it meant that aside from the corrected tone, the intonation and interjections were almost identical.

In fact, it seemed that the viewers felt the same way, as a flurry of humorous chats began to appear.

— Wait, the last actor is unidentified, right? Who is it? LOL

— Where did you recruit this genius, Momo… I mean, Rain.

— A-Rain is the fake, right?

— It’s obvious A is the fake, LOL.

— The room is full of deaf idiots;

— Isn’t D the real one? I really don’t know.

— It’s A.

— Wait, A is supposed to be the one hosting!!!!!

However, Rain was now an 8-month veteran broadcaster.

She wouldn’t be swayed by the divided opinions in the chat.

Instead, she was thrilled that Jia was following her so well.

If she could package Jia as the ‘real’ one from now on, wouldn’t the twist be even more delicious when the answer was revealed?

The content could go beyond a hit to a mega-hit.

The fun point of “Find Rain” comes not only from the actors trying to imitate Rain and making mistakes but also from the astonishment of participants who are completely fooled by the actor.

Rain moved her mouth and hands simultaneously.

“Hey hey. Everyone, chill. Calm down. It’s obvious I’m the real one. A-Rain is the real one. Why don’t you know? I’m so disappointed.”

[Rain: Jia]

[Rain: Pretending to be the real one, LOL.]

But Jia, who was supposed to play an important role, didn’t respond.

Finally, Momo, who had been watching the situation, threw in a comment.

[Momo: Jia, match up with Rain.]

As if she had been waiting, Jia responded.

[What the. I’m going crazy. A, tone it down. No matter how hard you try, the puddles won’t be fooled. It’s me, D is the real one.]

Hearing that, Rain was flabbergasted.

She was used to seeing them only listen to the Boss and selectively hear their own words.

But she didn’t expect Jia to remember the old pronunciation mistake of ‘puddles.’

For her, who is a Korean-American, the fan name ‘puddles’ was hard to pronounce, and she had only done so for about a week at the very beginning.

And just now, when she spoke, she even moved her hands to gesture.

The swag was so strong that it felt like Rain was a hometown friend she had known for years.

‘This is just imitation. No, it’s a complete copy!’

–

[Momo: Jia, match up with Rain.]

I hesitated to jump in since I had never done a broadcast like this and wasn’t a Virtual Youtuber, but the Boss’s sharp remark came flying in.

But I don’t think I did anything wrong.

After all, it’s a mindset that should naturally be possessed by a Parallel employee and my belief.

Thinking back to the precedents where employees in the original Batchu Batchu or Yoruasa sometimes revealed their egos and got scolded, employees must always exist as employees.

— Private message —

[Momo: I think Rain is trying to go along with you.]

[Momo: So if Rain starts something,]

[Momo: No, it sounds weird to say ‘start something.’]

[Momo: If Rain seems to want to do something, respond immediately, okay?]

[Parallel Operations Team Majiya: Yes.]

[Momo: I was going to use her as a comedic character, but why is she so good? LOL]

[Momo: Rain was really surprised, LOL.]

[Parallel Operations Team Majiya: Thanks to the modulation, I guess.]

However, it’s right to do what the broadcasting genius Boss says.

Isn’t there a saying among the first-generation students that if you listen well to the Boss, your subscribers will drop even while you’re sleeping?

So, as a good employee who listens well, I should do well as instructed to increase Rain’s subscribers and fans.

She had been slightly stagnant lately.

Perhaps today could be the turning point.

‘That means I’m doing well. It means I should work harder to deceive them, right?’

Bring it on, puddles.

It’s a competition to see who cares more about Rain.

This is why I practiced singing and rapping diligently.

The first puddle appeared in the Talk Code.

[Ah, hello.]

As soon as the puddles saw his nickname, they whispered among themselves.

He was none other than the chairman of the true Rain Simps, who had never missed the top spot in Rain’s room donations and was a big spender who appeared across all Parallel broadcasts, always ranking high in donations.

Rain was also surprised by his sudden appearance and was quite looking forward to it.

[Puddle. Are you confident? Ready to start?]

However, the chairman, who was receiving everyone’s expectations, was currently quite nervous.

It was because he hadn’t felt the difference between the real Rain and Jia when the actors introduced themselves earlier.

[I don’t know who it is, but there’s a master impersonator… I’m a bit worried, but I have to guess.]

[Okay, let’s go!]

Anyway, the game of finding Rain began.

The first to go was A-Rain.

[Yay! Hello! It’s A-Rain.]

The chairman pondered for a moment before speaking.

[It’s fake. I’m out.]

[No, no! It’s me! I’m Rain!]

[These days, Leng doesn’t use that much English. Komari, you’re out.]

— LOL

— A is out.

— Mari, you smell too much like a flower, LOL.

The identity was first-generation Midori Komari.

As she was eliminated, B-Rain followed up with her voice.

[Yay. B-Rain. I missed you, puddles! How have you been? Are you okay?]

[Your pronunciation is too Korean. Get out.]

[No, no! It’s B-Rain! Can’t you believe me?!]

[The fact that you’re confusing B and V pronunciation means you’re not Rain. And you’re not rolling your tongue like that. Eliminated. Maru, please tone down the yelling; it’s hurting my ears.]

[YAAAH!!]

— Get out.

— The volume was too loud, so I lowered it, but it got muted.

— But honestly, it seems too easy for the chairman?

— It’s easy pizza~

Next, first-generation Nezumi Maru was also eliminated.

It took less than 2 minutes to eliminate the two.

Cheon Dohee, who was watching, couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

“I thought both were pretty good…”

Suddenly, the appearance of the comet Majiya turned the first-generation peers, whom she thought were good, into comedians.

Originally, Majiya was expected to be the one who was openly clumsy and funny.

But this flow wasn’t bad either.

Impersonation is ultimately relative; if someone is overwhelmingly good, someone else is bound to evoke laughter.

In other words, the roles had just changed, but the flow was excellent.

Aren’t the viewers expecting it?

The puddles that guess the correct answer are selected randomly, but it was particularly exciting that the first one to be chosen was Rain’s chairman.

If even that person, who usually easily detects clumsy impersonations, couldn’t figure it out?

That’s a big deal.

— But from now on, it’s the real deal.

— For real, LOL.

— Honestly, up to this point, it was easy, LOL.

— Let’s go!

Next was Majiya, who switched roles to C-Rain.

Would the chairman be able to guess the answer and win a pizza?

Everyone participating in the broadcast was waiting for C-Rain to speak…….

[Puddle, I can’t remember the game name. What is it? The one with the squirrel shooting? Can you tell me? It was promised before.]

A moment of silence fell over the broadcast.

Just like when they introduced themselves earlier.

— This is definitely the real one; I know it.

— Is it really?

— There’s no way this is an impersonation.

— Is the voice modulation just that good, or is the impersonation insane? LOL.

As D-Rain spoke, the broadcast turned into a chaotic mess.

[Puddle, C-Rain is obviously fake. Don’t be fooled. This is the real one. So tell me the name.]

— This one also seems real?

— ??

— The voice is too even.

— Wow… area expansion.

Usually, impersonation means that the more you try to imitate, the more differences from the original become apparent.

But perhaps because of the wealth of data collected from watching broadcasts and practicing, there were surprisingly few mistakes.

To someone who doesn’t know, it just looked like there were two Rains.

Even Dohee, as a viewer who had become accustomed to Rain’s unique intonation and interjections through many collaborations, took quite a while to figure it out.

[Hey D! Stop it. No matter what, the puddles won’t choose you.]

[Is this where I get to speak? C, are you obsessed? Let’s tone it down.]

Given the situation, the chairman of Rain could only watch the two arguing over who was the real one, repeating “Oh dear!” for a while.

Where on earth did they bring such a person from?

He could only admire the recruiting power of Boss Cheon Dohee.

Eventually, feeling that it wouldn’t work, he raised one hand first.

[I can’t do it. I’ll use my song chance.]

:: Anonymous donor has donated 5,000 Clouds! ::

:: Are you giving this up for pizza? ::

[No, I really don’t know.]

— If the king gives up, how are we supposed to guess? LOL.

— But honestly, I really don’t know. LOL.

— Let’s just call both the answer?

— Pizza is a bust, right?

Using the chance means singing a short part of a desired song, but the pizza will be downgraded to a Mama Burger set.

But is the prize the issue now?

The number one donor, the chairman who loves Rain the most, is about to fail to find the real one.

Well, even if he fails, there will be material for a YouTube video.

But a self-proclaimed Rain’s biggest fan cannot experience failure in such a matter.

[Please sing a short part of the original rap. I’ll listen and judge.]

— Oh.

— Sharp direction, nice LOL.

— The chairman’s dignity.

— Right? If we hear the rap, we’ll definitely know, LOL.

— Let’s go!

The original song released two months after Rain’s debut was a track that added powerful English rap to her specialty of sharp delivery, making it extremely K-pop-like, as if cheese were sprinkled as seasoning.

Naturally, it’s not something anyone can easily imitate.

Especially the rap part is so fast and filled with slang and abbreviations that if you don’t memorize the lyrics perfectly, you’re bound to make a mistake.

Even Rain had quite a few mistakes while recording, so everyone thought that if it were a fake, they would definitely mess up.

[Ahem. Let’s get it. One, two, three, four.]

However, the puddles were under a huge misconception.

The person currently playing C-Rain, Majiya, was not just broadcasting in Korean; she had also targeted global fans by using a VPN to broadcast in English or Japanese once a month.

How much practice had she done to avoid being caught as a foreign fan?

Majiya didn’t even realize that her efforts back then would help her now.

[Voices in the shadows, we’re risin’ loud,

No more silence, we’re standin’ proud.]

The explosive rapid-fire rap.

The viewers soon mistook it for Rain’s rap and began waving their glow sticks.

It had to be Rain’s rap; their ears and minds had judged it that way.

— Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!

— Wowwwwwww, insane.

— (Glow stick con)(Glow stick con)(Glow stick con)(Glow stick con)

— Should we go with C?

— (Bbangdaengi con)(Bbangdaengi con)(Bbangdaengi con)(Bbangdaengi con)

— Kyaaaaaaaaa!

— The goddess of Korean hip-hop, the top of the nation.

— Korean hip-hop, go to hell!

It was only 4 seconds long, but the aftertaste lingered long after it ended.

Dohee, who was watching, was already gaping in shock.

“Majiya. What on earth are you…?!”

A word from the author (Author’s note)

The next episode will probably be uploaded at 10 PM!