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34 – I Trusted You

34 – I Trusted You

[PIN0: Release Employee D nowwwwwwwwww]

For a moment, I was dumbfounded, wondering if this person was also one of the malicious mailers, but Dohee calmly replied.

[Me: Is this really Pino?]

[Me: You weren’t hacked, were you?]

[PIN0: This is my 3rd can of Predator White today I have one project to finish by today one project to finish by this week and three projects to finish by next month Please save me Mimax is trying to kill me]

Judging by how they’re talking, they seem to be in their right mind.

Even if they’re in a broken state from having too much work….

[Me: You have to pay off your debt, don’t you?]

[Me: You have to work hard, what else can you do?]

[PIN0: Kyaaaaaaaaah]

[PIN0: Too muchtoo muchtoo muchtoo muchtoo muchtoo mhcutoo mhcutoo mhcu]

[Me: Please calm down…]

But what’s amazing about Pino is that even in such a mental state, their rigging quality doesn’t falter.

Though there are opinions that rigging becomes mechanical, simple, mindless labor once you reach a certain skill level.

If you really work on it like mindless labor, it’s impossible to add special movements that match the character’s personality and traits.

The avatar of Majiya that Pino sent was perfect for the time invested.

A smirk raising one corner of the mouth, an awkward smile, casting shadows on the face as if seeing something unpleasant, and so on.

It captured her characteristics so well, it’s as if they had seen Majiya in real life.

… Well, Majiya probably won’t use some of the cute expressions even if shown.

[Me: I’ll send you the outsourcing request form first]

[Me: You can take your time with the work]

[PIN0: I’ll finish it within 1 week]

[PIN0: Employee D must come alive and move that is my only life]

Only then did Cheon Do-hee become certain of one thing.

This person made a mistake with coins again.

“They really shouldn’t invest…”

The amount lost from failed stock investments was 45 million won.

The amount lost from failed coin investments was 35 million won.

Fortunately, they somehow managed to borrow from family to cover it, but I heard they still can’t live like a normal person these days trying to pay back those thousands in debt.

And yet, of all things, the coin they’re investing in again is Majiya.

[Me: I’ll send you the outsourcing request form as soon as I get to work tomorrow]

[PIN0: I’ll hold my breath inhale]

Still, apart from being unable to invest, they’re a fairly decent person, and their peculiar tastes are limited to 2D.

If I expand our relationship well this time, we might be able to easily make an outsourcing contract before the 2nd generation debuts.

When we were making Komari’s avatar, our relationship was completely opposite.

It’s truly amazing Majiya magic, isn’t it?

The only worry is the intensified offensive from the malicious Majiya love group that will follow.

Just releasing the avatar brought in a thousand emails.

What will happen on the day we show a living, moving Majiya?

We might have to hire someone separately to organize the mailbox.

“… I guess I should find Jia’s successor quickly first.”

I have many thoughts on how to utilize Jia in the future.

But for now, it was time to hire someone to ease Majiya’s workload as soon as possible.

The big event that many Leaves probably expected, like sharing a bed nicely with Komari, didn’t happen.

Komari really hates having someone fidgeting next to her while sleeping, and I also felt uncomfortable sharing a blanket with someone who’s like a little sister.

Still, she must not have wanted to sleep alone in the bed, as she deliberately laid out a blanket on the floor and lay down together.

And then she started to doze off right after saying she watched a bit of today’s broadcast and that it was amazing, just as I thought she was about to start some girl talk.

I, who usually slept around 4 or 5 AM, also passed out around 3 AM.

I thought Mugeon’s broadcast participation wasn’t a big deal.

Maybe I was more nervous than I thought.

So I woke up around 10 AM and hurriedly returned home, leaving behind Komari who was still asleep.

It was partly to prepare for work and to reheat the live broadcast I couldn’t watch yesterday.

Above all, I wanted to check the gallery situation that I had only glanced at before falling asleep yesterday.

… ─ Employee D Mini Gallery ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

[It was Employee D who sniped Mugeon]

The sniper said they’d reveal themselves 60 hours later.

[I made some guesses] – Source: Mugeon (Internet Broadcaster) Gallery

No matter how you think about it, the only person who can shoot that well in a smokescreen is Signal Flare.

They pulled aggro in advance before revealing the avatar.

Won’t accept rebuttals.

[Comments]

— EmployeeD901: But I don’t think they’ll debut, right?

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EmployeeD345: Take that back right now

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EmployeeD901: No, think about it

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EmployeeD901: If they were planning to debut them as 1.5th gen, they would’ve prepared a proper presentation for the broadcast

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EmployeeD901: This is really just like handing them an avatar and telling them to go out there

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EmployeeD742: Hmm now that you mention it

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EmployeeD414: I’ve got it figured out

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EmployeeD414: That bitch Momo is watching for now

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EmployeeD414: Everyone who needs to know already knows Employee D’s talents, right? Rap, voice imitation, battle call

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EmployeeD414: But if they just debut them now, there’ll be controversy about favoritism and parachuting.

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EmployeeD414: So they’re just throwing them out there like an underground idol, telling them to grow on their own.

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EmployeeD414: Then when fans start setting fires asking why they’re not debuting and causing trouble everywhere, that’s when they’ll be like “Oh well, I guess we have no choice~” and debut them.

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EmployeeD095: But if that’s the case, why did they tell us not to pressure the kid before?

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EmployeeD414: That’s it, that’s it

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EmployeeD414: If you tell people not to do something, they want to do it more because of reverse psychology. What was it called, the straight effect?

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EmployeeD002: Streisand effect

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EmployeeD735: What is this dignified conversation?

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EmployeeD811: This is not the Momo evaluation I knew

… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

… ─ Employee D Mini Gallery ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

[Wasting energy on useless things again]

[Author: EmployeeD368]

You can tell just by looking at Employee D talking

They’ll definitely not debut

It’ll be faster to wait for 2nd gen than waiting for Employee D to debut

(Likes 0 / Dislikes 34)

[Comments]

— EmployeeD835: You’re Employee D

— EmployeeD921: Employee D who wrote anonymous posts arrested at home ㄷㄷ

— 🟧EmployeeD1: Hmm…

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Somehow, not only did more people start looking for Employee D after the promotional broadcast.

On top of that, I received unnecessary misunderstandings.

There’s no way I would write posts like this.

I’ve written many posts in Momo’s gallery like “Momo shower special”, “Momo says moe moe kyun”, “If there’s no broadcast tomorrow I’m going to set other galleries on fire”, but.

It was all related to the boss.

That’s because you have to keep mentioning it like that for the memes to keep circulating, and in that circulation process, even those who only look at the gallery without watching the broadcasts come back to the broadcasts.

In other words, there’s no point in me adding a line about Employee D now, it would only increase the number of people looking for me, so it’s best to stay quiet.

Don’t forget.

The power of noise marketing— Of course, posting hate comments or shitposts is an exception as you’re likely to get blocked.

… Hmm. But it’s a bit boring to just stay quiet.

Maybe I’ll write a few words.

… ─ Employee D Mini Gallery ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

[Guys, I found out the spell to summon Employee D lol]

[Author: EmployeeD369]

First, turn on any 1st gen broadcast and consistently send

‘Holding my breath until Employee D is called inhale’ with 1000 won punches

If you punch about 1000 times, Employee D will appear

This is for real

[Comments]

— EmployeeD301: Direct evaluation;

— EmployeeD500: No one’s actually doing this, right?

— EmployeeD003: lolol

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It might look like a post with some strange nonsense scribbled down.

But this is so effective in catching malicious friends.

There are always people who come and fall for it when you set a trap.

I’d like to feed them for a whole year if I could.

But since it’s entrapment, I told the managers to only give them a week ban.

A few days later, on the day I went to the PC bang with the boss.

The first fool fell for the trap I set in Employee D’s gallery.

[Komari Chat Manager 1: They sent the same 1000 won punch every 5 seconds 30 times, so I immediately gave them a week ban…]

[Komari Chat Manager 1: But they seem to be a famous person]

[Komari Chat Manager 1: I’ll leave the rest of the handling to you, General Manager]

[Me: Okay]

To send it every 5 seconds, they must be quite malicious.

A famous person?

Even I, who wouldn’t have been interested if it was an ordinary person, became curious since it was a celebrity.

Ppajijik.

Logged in with the General Manager ID.

And as I looked through the ban list…

I could only blink for a long time after confirming the nickname.

[Integrated Ban (7 days) – pin0_live2d] (Click to see co-banned channels)

It could be an impersonation, but people don’t usually imitate rigger IDs.

That’s because they’re less prominent to the public compared to mama (illustrators), and there’s almost no benefit in imitating them.

Wondering if it could really be true, I next entered the “Prison” board of the Parallel integrated fan cafe.

There was one fresh post uploaded early this morning.

The author’s ppajijik ID was pin0_live2d.

The fan cafe ID was also pin0_live2d.

I even checked Z just in case….

PIN0☑ @pin0_live2d – 2 hours ago

The world has stopped

Author’s Note (Author’s Afterword)

(Something about a chick playing the Card Magician recorder at their debut broadcast)