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12 – There’s No Way a Bad Guy Can Be This Cute (3)

12 – There’s No Way a Bad Guy Can Be This Cute (3)

… – Parallel (VTuber) Gallery – – – – – …

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Am I dreaming right now

A few days ago there was a rumor on the Battle Call gallery that Signal Flare was a woman

I was laughing saying “You idiots, it’s obviously going to be a voice changer, can’t believe you fell for it”

But this was real…?

Signal Flare is really a woman?

Her voice is exactly my type though

I’m so mad I met this person as an enemy

If we had met I would’ve gotten my head smashed with a battle axe

(Mattaku con)

[Comments]

— Parallel831: Reward ㄷㄷ

— Parallel091: Oh, you got a reward?

— Parallel425: This guy with the mod badge is working hard

— Parallel152: Wasn’t it just yesterday that the Battle Call gallery had a victim support group atmosphere after getting destroyed by an elementary schooler? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Parallel315: There are hardly any VTuber simps there ㅋㅋ

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Parallel315: They’re all “Find Rain” people who haven’t seen it ㅋㅋㅋ

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Parallel315: If they had seen it they’d be going crazy right now like “Oh shit, it was you?”

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Parallel914: For real, you see as much as you know ㅋㅋ

The chat’s reactions to seeing that Majiya’s nickname was HumanSignalFlareKimFirecracker, as mentioned in the post that just went up on Momo’s gallery, were varied.

First, there was the group of insiders who only hang out in Rain’s streams, the so-called “I only know Rain as a VTuber” group.

These were people who came in when Rain did a featuring on the runner-up’s new song from last season’s Show Me The Rhyme, so their reactions were lukewarm.

— What’s Signal Flare, you weebs

— Here they go again bragging about stuff only they know

— Are they talking about a game?

— There was a Signal Flare in Battle Call too?

Next were the malicious Battle Call teachers who came from Momo’s streams and watch both Momo and Rain. They marvel at Momo’s streams, but facepalm during Rain’s streams.

These people click their tongues at Momo’s trollish gaming skills that are too embarrassing to even call trolling, but can’t forget this crazy shit taste and keep coming back, so they immediately recognized the legendary toxic Signal Flare like the reactions on Momo’s gallery.

— OMG ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Found my final puzzle piece

— No wonder the voice sounded familiar ㅋㅋ

— Wow so Employee D, Momo’s manager, and Signal Flare were all the same person wow

Lastly were the 1st gen fans who came today because of the previous “Find Rain” and the trolls.

Their only interest was Majiya appearing on stream, as if they had formed some Majiya debut promotion committee, blindly repeating delusional fanboying.

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Info) Signal Flare doesn’t stream but has an individual document on Treewiki ::

— Damn I looked but couldn’t find it ㅋㅋㅋ

— Is this real?

— As if ㅋㅋ

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Cute voice, good at impressions, good at rapping, good at games, damn what can’t you do Employee D!!! — This one’s already simping

— Even bone broth does donations these days

Like this, the viewers were moving in separate clumps like oil and water without any unity.

Just then, Rain’s progress was also interrupted, so it essentially became a state of collective monologue.

So this looked like a sound issue or broadcasting accident, and the historians of Treewiki were also preparing to add an “Incident” section to Rain’s document, but.

In reality, this gap was just a short wait for Cheon Do-hee to see Jia’s reaction.

‘… For now you’re trying to gloss over it, huh.’

Even if you’re not a broadcaster, if you have even a little sense you’d know this is the optimal timing to draw attention through self-introduction.

I mean, with the chat and donations all talking about Signal Flare and Employee D, there’s no better time to become famous.

But Jia firmly believes she should exist below Parallel’s VTubers.

Even with countless handshake requests coming in, she doesn’t even think those hands are reaching out because of her.

… Do you know that if you try to ignore it like that, it actually catches fire even more?

Anyway, it was truly a genius-like choice that makes people angry.

Well, since it’s gone as expected so far, Cheon Do-hee spoke up first.

“First. I’m sure you’re all curious about our Employee D’s game nickname. As those who watch my streams know, well, it just ended up that way somehow.”

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Was the rumor that Signal Flare became Momo’s manager true? D D ::

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Was it true that you were locked up in some basement and couldn’t snipe? ㅋㅋ ::

“I didn’t lock her up. I made her a manager, and since she did a good job, I’m using her as an employee now.”

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! :: Free Employee Daaaa ::

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Huuuㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Employee D princess is trapped in Parallel ㅠㅠㅠ ::

“Geez, I said I didn’t lock her up?”

But no matter how much Momo tries to cover, it’s also a problem if Jia doesn’t say anything at all.

What do you think the 15,000 people gathered here today are expecting?

They came here out of curiosity and anticipation for Employee D, that is, Majiya.

If it doesn’t meet expectations, that turns into disappointment.

Just like this.

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: But can’t Employee D speak for herself? ::

— For real

— She just greeted and hasn’t said anything, puddle seo-u-nae

— Leaves will rot~

— Circles will become squares~

— Cheuling will shoot Breath~

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! :: Hey guys, read the room, the boss told her to keep her mouth shut ::

— Gasp

—

— Black

— Poor Employee D

— Free Employee D from dictator Momo

But even with such public outcry, Majiya will never communicate directly with viewers.

This is Rain’s stream, and even her oshi Dohee is here.

So will Majiya end up disappointing viewers by remaining detached throughout the stream and then leaving?

Not so.

Cheon Do-hee joined the collab stream to prevent that while also protecting her.

“Employee D. People are saying you should speak for yourself. What do you think?”

[About what?]

“People want you to explain about being Signal Flare.”

[Do I need to explain? I haven’t done anything wrong to the viewers.]

“Ah, but you’ve done plenty wrong to me?”

[Yes. Um. But I reflected a lot while being your manager.]

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: I keep flinching when I hear your voice, you really are Signal Flare huh? ㅋㅋㅋ ::

— At least she knows she did wrong ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— She’s right that she didn’t do anything wrong to us~

— For real ㅋㅋ

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Remember extreme rage Momo ::

— Ahem, it’s extreme Momo

— Ahem

— Goodbye ㅋㅋ

Viewers might get angry at Jia for only responding to boss Momo’s words, but the ordinary person shield is still working perfectly.

In other words, viewers will soon realize that Do-hee guiding the conversation is the only way to talk to Majiya.

Still, ordinary people are ordinary people.

An atmosphere of “Let’s restrain ourselves a bit, we’ll have the opposite effect if we push too hard” will emerge.

Above all, the extreme cuteness of Jia’s voice.

That makes viewers feel like they can’t do anything bad.

Though she’s speaking calmly, it’s a voice with a childlike innocence that seems like it might cry if pushed too hard.

Although Momo’s violent woman slander from the past is resurfacing because of Majiya’s cuteness.

But that’s fine. It was proof that people see Jia as someone who needs to be protected.

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Employee D, you’re not getting hit at work or anything, right? ::

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: If she’s the Gwanro-dong sashimi master, she wouldn’t be scared… I would’ve peed myself the moment I saw her face ::

By the way, how many years has it been since that slander about her parents running a sushi restaurant from mentioning it once?

Do-hee replied in an annoyed voice.

“What’s with that donation just now. Want to get permabanned from Parallel?”

— Scratch?

— Got scratched?

— Violent evil dictator Momo ㄷㄷ

Of course, Do-hee was a professional broadcaster who knew how to sublimate even that into an element of the broadcast, while also using it to achieve her goals.

“You’re not saying anything so everyone’s misunderstanding, Employee D. Please explain.”

[The boss got hit more. I kept hitting her with my alt accounts.]

“Hey.”

— This toxic person

— Look how proud she is ㅋㅋㅋ

— How did you put up with her all this time ㅋㅋ

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: How many sniping accounts do you have? ::

“They’re asking how many sniping accounts you have?”

[That’s a trade secret so I can’t disclose it.]

— Trade secret lol ㅋㅋ

— Oh are you a 3-star Mochelin?

— She must have at least 10 ㅋㅋ

As they conversed back and forth through Cheon Do-hee like that, at some point lightbulbs started going off in viewers’ heads.

Oh, this person’s occasional quips are pretty good.

If she’s from a toxic background, maybe she roasts the boss well too? That curiosity blossomed.

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Honestly, you think the boss is really bad at games, right? ::

“Hey. I’m not that bad! I at least hit gold before each season ends, right?”

[That’s true. But it’s a fact that you’re terribly bad at adapting to the meta at the start of seasons.]

“What do you mean terribly?”

[You’re doggedly bad. But I’ll say you’re better than Rain at least.]

[What the. Why are you suddenly dragging me into this?]

“Rain. You be quiet. You really are bad. I’m more upset about being compared to you.”

[Nooooo.]

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: A gold noob talking about being upset? ::

— For real ㅋㅋ

— If she’s really Signal Flare she’d be diamond ㅋㅋㅋ

— The cognitive dissonance of imagining that cute voice wielding a battle axe is intense ㅋㅋㅋ

— Cuteness (physical)

Do-hee, who was very serious when it came to Battle Colosseum, was genuinely scratched just now.

“So do you think you can carry us by the collar today, Employee D Signal Flare?”

The sincerity was of course conveyed to the next batter Majiya, so Jia also received it sincerely.

[It’ll be hard with two deadweights. But I’ll try.]

“It should be one deadweight, not two, Employee D.”

[It’s two.]

[Am I a fixed deadweight?]

[Rain is about 10 times heavier than the boss. Um. I don’t mean in terms of body weight though.]

The slip of the tongue in the middle, wondering if she misspoke, ignited the viewers’ playfulness.

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: ??? : Rain actually weighs 0.5 tons ::

— Not even 500 kg for 3 lifts, but 500 kg alone wow wow wow

— Even gym bros would be impressed by Dynamax Rain wow wow

Boom!

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:: :: Anonymous donor donated 100,000 Clouds! :: ::

:: :: Noona wasn’t a goddess but an excavator… No wonder she breaks keyboards so well :: ::

— Excavator is too much ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— OMG ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Haha I laughed, my pride is hurt…

— ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Ahh ㅋㅋㅋ I spat out my drink ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Like that, it was a bit emotional but.

The structure of viewers leading, Do-hee or Rain tossing, and Jia spiking was firmly established.

The flying ball always hit Do-hee or Rain, but this was also good news for Do-hee.

It was her belief that a broadcaster should beat viewers well, but also get hit tastefully.

… – Parallel (VTuber) Gallery – – – – – …

[Is this… an employee?]

(ReflectedALot.clip)

(I’m_the_one_hitting.clip)

(TradeSecret♡.clip)

(Excavator.clip)

At first when she wasn’t talking much

I thought maybe it’s hard since she’s an ordinary person ㅋㅋ

But as expected of a toxic person, once Momo opened the floodgates

Every word she says is just hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Why only make an employee like this work?

Honestly, Momo seems outclassed, upvote if you agree

(Upvotes 351)(Downvotes 1)

[Comments]

— Parallel155: I thought her voice was really cute at first, but after finding out she’s Signal Flare she’s just a comedian ㅋㅋㅋ

— Parallel561: So this is the kind of person who’s toxic ㅋㅋ

— Parallel415: Ugh we only get to see this today?

– Parallel816: Aaahhh free Employee Daaaa

— Parallel683: Suddenly feeling spiteful and want to go burn down Momo’s stream, upvote if you agree

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Parallel861: Upvote

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Parallel251: (Agree con)

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Parallel901: Upvote 200,000 times

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Parallel009: If she only appears today Momo really needs to quit streaming
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… – Parallel (VTuber) Gallery – – – – – …

[To Momo who is currently streaming]

Free the hostage Employee D

If you don’t free her, I will spray poop images every hour on Momo gallery, Dora gallery, Komari gallery, Maru gallery, and Rain gallery after the stream ends

Be prepared

I emphasize once again

This is an ultimatum

[Comments]

— Parallel716: Momo is taking hostages but why are the fans suffering

– Parallel536: Will only the fans suffer?

— Parallel325: This gallery is nice because there’s no 　　　

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Parallel536: Wait for it

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Parallel771: Mod catch this bastaaaard

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Parallel124: Guess I shouldn’t look at the gallery for a few days

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Author’s Note (Afterword)

Our dear readers are nice so they won’t float poop balloons