The debut of the first generation VTubers of “Wamushibiro,” meaning “flowers do not remain for ten days,” came to a smooth curtain close.
Although the red pill was exposed, the dragon remained unscathed, and the broadcast flopped, but it was forgiven because it was cute.
And in between them, just an ordinary German artist!!
The fans ominously wondered if it was okay to use the name “Wamushibiro,” which signifies that no matter how beautiful a flower is, it doesn’t last more than ten days.
There was an interpretation that it expressed gracefully that a VTuber is not eternal, or that it was because the transient VTuber Wakamou wished for wouldn’t last even ten days.
In the case of the latter, Adolf and Mei had already gone for a spectacular smash, and stories circulated that Wakamou was crying today as well.
At a point where the 0th gen members were continuing their broadcasts with virtually no changes.
The first-generation team was residing on [Wakamou First Floor].
The residents lived in peace, protected and prohibited from entering certain areas. They idly speculated on building new homes or adding things once Jackson returned.
Of course, it was peaceful but not quiet.
Despite Wakamou’s warning, “You will be expelled if you enter unauthorized areas,” seven residents today tried to sneak into the first-gen’s house.
There was an incident where expelled individuals protested, saying, why wasn’t even one mistake overlooked when they entered legally? Wasn’t the treatment too harsh?
Initially, subscribing to the Wakamou channel was a minimum requirement.
The rules for VTubers of Wakamou Corporation, even if not from Wakamou himself, were similar and lenient as long as common sense was adhered to.
People who acted like fans without reading the rules were moving in, causing incidents daily.
There were those with malice, seeking revenge, making threats or curses, leading to a lot of worrying days.
It’s only natural for a VTuber to have anti-fans.
Some disliked them just because they were VTubers, but Wakamou was a bit different.
Like Superman has a bald guy who dislikes him no matter how many people he saves! The problem is always with humans!
As they became increasingly popular, there were many more things to worry about than imagined.
Without a moment to fully concentrate on VTuber Broadcasting, as the company president, Manager Wanda Haye must handle various tasks.
As Wakamou needed to review the content that VTubers wanted to do, even if there were three bodies, he was particularly busy.
Jiang Yeoul worked as the company president, and Wakamou was busy broadcasting, watching broadcasts, and taking care of the 0th gen members.
──So naturally, Mei was also taking care of the first-gen members.
“Eeeek… This sprite!! It tastes weird!!!!”
Adelheid took a big sip from the refrigerator without a second thought.
Mei, who was cleaning, had it splendidly spilled on her.
Olga Romanova, in the kitchen preparing breakfast, stretched her body from the kitchen and asked Adelheid, just in case.
“Adelheid. Did you drink the sprite from the fridge? That’s cucumber flavor”
“Why is this here…?”
“It’s popular in Russia…? I bought it because I like it”
Adelheid shook in disbelief, unable to understand the Russian taste, downing an energy drink in one go. Claiming she stayed up all night due to art with pronounced dark circles, she nodded off at the breakfast table.
Mei pulled Adelheid upright from collapsing onto the table with a magnetic pull.
In front of Adelheid was placed a bowl of glowing red soup.
Next, well-grilled lamb skewers and warm tea appeared on the table.
“It’s borscht made with sausage, beef, and red beets, with sour cream called smetana, and these are lamb skewers called shashlik”
“It tastes like radish soup…?”
The Russian soup with smetana, a kind of sour cream, tasted somewhat like that. Along with lamb skewers, bread and jam were on the table.
“Isn’t it too greasy for breakfast…”
“This is how we eat in Russia”
“When Mei made some food last time, it was too spicy…as expected with Chinese cuisine..!! A hearty breakfast would be coffee with bread, like brötchen, well-grilled sausages like bratwurst, and liver sausage like leberwurst to spread on bread… that’s hearty….!”
“Olga likes greasy, Adelheid likes salty, I like spicy. Our breakfasts are nothing short of a battlefield every day”
Unintentionally, Wakamou Corporation held an international presence.
Should it be described as a bizarre structure with one person from each country?
After eating, Olga munched on cucumbers for palate cleansing, while Adelheid fetched sausages to munch, unsatisfied.
By the way, speaking of which—thanks to diligently climbing the tower, Olga learned the skill to revert to being human.
Since there was an item to help gain the skill to return to being human, the issue was swiftly resolved.
Of course, even if she shrank from 4 meters, her original height was a towering 190 cm.
“Well, then. Mei? I’d like to discuss future VTuber plans….”
“Oh~ sure…we said we’d do that, right? But why with me? Couldn’t you discuss it with Wakamou?”
“Approaching the boss directly might seem presumptuous for a newcomer who hasn’t been here long…. There are ranks in the military, after all?”
While that makes sense… one couldn’t fathom how high Olga’s rank was compared to Wakamou’s just by rank.
Trying her best to avoid unconsciously slipping into the “danaka” speech style, Mei suppressed it with all her might.
Although speaking gently and kindly, any Korean instinctively sensed the formidable military experience embedded within her.
“First, shall we have tea?”
Olga meticulously put down a porcelain teacup adorned with blue stripes and golden lines, known as Lomonosov porcelain, one of the most famous in Russia.
And she brought out the samovar, a Russian kettle with impressive floral designs, showing evident signs of long use and time etched into it.
“By the way, Olga, don’t you drink vodka? There’s no alcohol in the fridge”
“Ah, I don’t like alcohol. It’s not that I dislike the stereotype of Russians liking vodka. I just prefer tea. Russia has many teahouses. If we ever tour Moscow together, I’ll guide you”
“Sounds like Adelheid would complain about the greasy food”
“Hmm….”
Olga, deciding between Lipton and Ahmad Tea, soon brewed a radiant tea and poured it into Mei’s cup.
Olga, starting with bread spread with a cherry jam known as varenye, was eating cookies and biscuits placed on the table…. And was even having leftover borscht from the morning.
“Preparing ample biscuits is a hospitable gesture in Russian culture. It’s said that conversing over tea reveals a person’s true self. Russian tea culture is special. Here, tea”
Realizing why Russian tea was famous, Mei sipped the tea, not particularly concerned with formal tea-drinking etiquette.
Since she couldn’t appreciate the taste of tea properly, she sniffed and licked it, trying to savor it while Olga initiated a discussion.
“When enduring tough times… and unable to go out, VTubers were easily accessible. I started around 20..? Something like that. As you see, I’m quite tall… and thought I might be too old to do celebrity-like things. But VTubers aren’t constrained by such things. Rather than becoming an idol…. I aim to be a VTuber that serves as a source of strength for others, like those I admired”
“Stop, saying anything more might bring about ‘juhaipma’ and kill me. If the passion and effort to genuinely become a VTuber touch me deeply, I might explode”
“Er… how do you explode…?”
“First, I’d explode from not being able to bear living under the same roof as a VTuber”
“…Explode?”
“The complicated feelings about VTubers…! In the love that resonates so much, can I even be in the same lane as these shining individuals as a VTuber? The guilt would burst”
“…Mei”
“Yes”
“Having almost worked as a VTuber for a year now, it’s not right to doubt whether you deserve to be one. You need to cherish and love yourself more as a VTuber. This is probably how President Wakamou feels, right? Yes…”
Though she’s as pure as a child, she was clearly an adult. One among the most senior.
Living through the military, having learned various things, taught by colleagues — she had much from Russian literature to draw on, and delved back into thought to speak again.
“While being a VTuber, if you belittle yourself as inferior to others… it insults other hardworking VTubers!! Upholding your position!! I’ve worked hard too, and I am one VTuber! Without that mindset, Mei!! …hold your head up more confidently. Walk around proclaiming proudly that you are a respectable VTuber”
“….Yes…”
“Don’t get discouraged by singing poorly, keep practicing… is that why you rarely release your own merch? President Wakamou too? But it’s disrespectful to truly loving fans. Fans want to hold onto any memory…. Like this plushie I have. So make more merchandise, host fan meetings more frequently. Even if concerts are tough, Mei is good at playing instruments, so you should perform often”
Every word was accurate, leaving Mei speechless….
“Being a VTuber, there might be people who want to become one after seeing Mei and President Wakamou! Mei! Just because the debut stream failed, you shouldn’t give up on it!!”
“Don’t just give up because you failed once!!”
To be precise, it was Wakamou and Mei acting as the same person with a similar livestream vibe that bombed.
Let’s just let the misunderstanding slide… Sometimes, someone needs to harshly advise the things Wakamou tries to ignore.
“If you like VTubers so much, let’s go see a festival in Japan. I’ve… never been, so could you guide me?”
“Where to? To a wedding hall…? Huh?! I’ve been to Japanese concerts often! Let’s hit up America too!!”
Having a VTuber fan involved was just too good to be true.
Now, you don’t have to sneak around alone all the time!!
Crunch crunch─
Mei’s eyes trembled as she laughed at the sight of someone dipping cucumber into shower cream, not gochujang.
Gochujang… Go… chu… jang…
In the midst of that, seeing Adelheid enjoying her “salad” by dipping boiled white asparagus in various sauces, Mei felt a bit dizzy.
Jackson… Jackson is needed…
Jackson, who lives life on the edge starting with hamburgers, cola, and fries in the morning, is needed…
“I can only sing military songs, so I’m worried… Same goes for dancing… I should practice consistently, right? I’m looking for ideas for today’s stream, Mei.”
“So, uh, what then…”
While appreciating the etiquette of refilling her tea, Mei thought that if it were something a VTuber could do, it would probably be an FPS game…. Olga had only ever watched others play games in her life.
Wakamou’s server is currently being fixed because of Asuka, so she felt a bit iffy about jumping in, despite wanting to do something like [Build Craft].
While planning a collaboration where Mei would play music and Olga would sing on stream, they squeezed out ideas to become their ideal VTubers.
Meanwhile, Adelheid finished her breakfast by downing 5 sausages and a bottle of beer.
“Dancing and singing─with an artist’s sensibility, couldn’t it somehow work out? I’m a genius, after all.”
“Darn it, you’re so annoying, but you’re right, I can’t argue with that.”
“So you’re saying that Adelheid can do well on her own?”
“Hehe… Sister Olga, come on. Why say something so cold…. Let Adelheid join too!! We’re comrades, aren’t we?! Just because it’s non-combat, right?! If you go by that, then Mei’s non-combat too, so we’re a team!! Do… do… you think you can push out the entrenched rock by a rolling stone! No way! I’m already on the 50th floor!!”
“….What? Really?”
“I’m telling you!! It’s no lie!! Adelheid’s regained her genius glory thanks to the blessings of the great leader Wakamou and transformed from an incompetent climber to spread her wings and become a butterfly──”
“Is she like this, always? She seems worse off than me, and I was subjected to human experimentation.”
“The cruel society is harsher… Humans are the most terrifying and awful.”
“Speaking of Tower climbing broadcasts… couldn’t I do a Tower climbing stream too?”
“Mm?”
“Adelheid told us, right? That President Wakamou could see Adelheid in the Tower… Then conversely, couldn’t we film it too?”
Wondering what she was talking about… she thought maybe it could be so.
While the camera wouldn’t follow them if they moved to the next floor, one could just reenter the next floor after leaving it.
There might be problems with needing to film climbers continuously… but could it be a unique trait of Wakamou Corporation?
Asserting she’s already on the 9th floor, Olga Romanova stood confidently, promising to submit an application immediately and pouring Adelheid another cup of tea before heading out.
“So…uh… please…”
‘Why are you so sheepish in front of me…?’
While being poised and graceful in front of Adelheid and Mei as the senior, Olga acted timidly in front of Wakamou like a puppy facing a lion.
Maybe it was the towering height difference that even 190cm tall Olga had to look up at?
Or maybe it was the natural hierarchy established due to Wakamou’s overwhelming aura upon first meeting?
Hopefully, it’s the latter.
Being forced into a soldierly life and undergoing human experimentation, the thought of instinctively adhering to a superior’s orders and being afraid to go against Wakamou, the superior, is truly the worst!!
If the only person likely to go with me to a virtual live concert feared me, I might just cry!!
Liu Ying doesn’t even try VTubing because I like VTubers, when I ask if she watches any, she says no.
Well, Sadako at least started watching some VTubers saying it’s to see how pitiful her brother lives, though now she finds it entertaining.
Adelheid feels competitive with a Japanese museum-specializing VTuber, which makes me a bit worried.
Why feel rivalrous…? I mean, they are rivals, but museums and art galleries are different fields, aren’t they..?
“By the way, doesn’t it feel a bit lacking if it’s the 10th floor with [Waran]?”
“Well… it’s supposed to… be a dragon… kind of… concept with red medicine… Isn’t it thoughtless not to show it….?”
That’s painfully true.
Does this child know no other way than to hit with facts?
It’s too painful… Being beaten by Mei, now by Wakamou, it’s even more excruciating.
“The stream… will be with Russian games the Korean audience won’t know… Since I can read Russian…. It’ll be with a storyline, talking a lot… in FPS style…. If those Russian games are kinda… then I’ll do ones with Korean subtitles….”
She stammered, but she has a clear plan on how to proceed with her first broadcast.
Of course, before playing the game, she plans on discussing topics viewers love like [Wakamou 1F] or [First Gen’s Breakfast], and Wakamou couldn’t help but be impressed, thinking she’s an unteachable genius!
Finally, a proper VTuber is here, nothing but impressed.
I mean, typically such people would come in if recruiting newbies, but this company has to be weird…
“Hasn’t it got more flair when a dragon pops out while we’re fighting in the tower?”
Sadako, silently listening, tossed in a remark.
“Liu Ying is 50 floors now too, we could all climb the 50th floor together with Adelheid sis, and then call sister Olga?”
“Yeah, totally”
It looked like Liu Ying had been nodding along, having been listening.
There was a clear sense of competition, wary of one-on-one attention from Wakamou.
Were they wary because, up until now, there were only climbers in VTuber guise, but now a genuine VTuber has arrived..?
Does having everyone get along, like in virtual lives, still remain a challenge…!!
“That’s… fine too….”
Olga seemed like she had much to say, but nodded, saying she would follow the seniors’ lead.
Would Yu Ying and Sadako feel it’s time to firmly assert their presence (?), urging Wakamou to go climb the Tower.
From always asking if Wakamou would climb to being the one dragged along…
Can this be considered a sign of bonding?
“President Wakamou….”
“Hm…?”
“Sure…surely, I am a VTuber with less experience than the seniors… Yes…”
“Right?”
“But I am confident I can kill better. Boss.”
Olga’s personality seemed to change as her eyes flashed fiercely like a dragon, igniting her resolve.
….My delicate VTuber…!!! But, thinking about it, Olga Romanova was right.
I completely forgot, but this girl! Was a Russian special forces operative sent to kill Wakamou!!
“That’s why I’m laying low.”
No wonder Asuka had been keeping quiet… This cunning fellow…!!
Manager Wanda Haye knew this too and kept her distance.
Usually gentle and polite, but turning into a ruthless soldier in combat.
“I’ll send all the monsters to God…!”
“Do you go to church?”
“……Uh…. Should I change… religions…?”
“That’s up to you….”
The Russian Orthodox adherent took reassurance, while the artist who failed art school patted gently, urging onward.
Will our VTuber company be alright?
…….It’ll be alright!!
“Even though I look it… before I lost my climbing qualification and my powers, I was 5th in Russia…..”
“Let’s show those the likes of Japan, Germany, and Russia don’t stand a chance against us!”
“….Oh, right, I’m here too”
Mei smacked her forehead realising.
Couldn’t just sit back and watch… And Wakamou too!!
Constantly getting tangled in accruing escapades was the norm.
“A battle between the first and second gen… It’s China and Japan, Germany and Russia, going head-to-head!”
“Bad enough already, don’t add more chaos Asuka…”
And today too, the president sheds tears.
Being a president is tough, indeed..!!
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