“Humans are always entertaining!”
Aoi Asuka doubled over clutching her stomach as she laughed aloud.
Meanwhile, Pipkin Mami had already resigned herself, “We’re doomed,” she declared defeatistly.
The score standing at an unfavorable 2:1… Yet, there was still a chance to turn things around.
“Too soon to give up!! Come on, first-gen unity!! Show our friendship!!”
“I just joined. Plus, when I suggest going clubbing together to pick up guys and drink, nobody comes.”
“We’re idols!!! And as a VTuber, saying stuff like that is scandalous!!”
“Oh! I don’t really care! I couldn’t care less about the guys who ask about my underwear color every day!”
– Hahahahaha
– Can’t argue with that.
– “I am not your friend.”
– Truly knows the line between public and private.
– Handling VTubers must be hard for extroverts.
– Look at her light up a cigarette amidst this.
“Argentinian Backbreaker!!”
Wakamou slung Mami over his shoulder, bending her like a bow with his grip on her chin and thighs.
As her back arched painfully into the hold, she let out a shriek, “Kiieek!!”
“Boss!! I’m sorry!! Forgive me!! But VTubing just isn’t me!!”
“Want to be a manager?”
“I’ll stick with VTubing; I think that’s my calling.”
– Rumor has it being a manager at Wakamou Corporation drives you mad.
– Someone help our manager who’s raising a panda…..
– Used to seem like an idol with a fan club but then lost her mind.
– You can’t escape overworking, lol.
– There’s no helping it with the chaos Wakamou creates.
As a boss, he didn’t want to be this stern, but sometimes he had to show his authoritarian side. The zero-gen robot senior from Virtual Live used to say, “Want to come back here for a sec?” before dragging the white fox away.
“Mami, come back here after the show.”
“Uh, are you going to stream that too?”
“Your comment is very VTuber-like. Let’s let the fox spirits on the third floor of Wakamou deal with it.”
“Phew.”
– Wakamou Corporation’s termination protocol is ruthless.
– The dark secrets of Wakamou Corporation in Neo Seoul run deeper than reality.
– Namo Amitabha Wakamoto = upper hand!
– It’s a sign of traditional termination!
– Angry fox mobs jump out from Mount Wakamou Tower!
– Another name for a daredevil.
“I wasn’t really planning to stream that last time, you know.”
“Who would’ve known fighting would cause the tower to crumble.”
– Hahahahahaha
– It’s not my fault.
– So it’s China-made, huh….
– Spot on, damn it, lol.
– So who exactly was it who fought until it shattered…
“Alright! Then the next one, the ‘Of Course’ game!! Each step up and smack talk each other!”
– Hahahahahahaha
– They’ve given up even pretending, huh.
– Starting fights for the sake of entertainment…
– Truly a brutal thing!
– What’s that “Of Course” game even?
– If you know, you betray your age!!
– Grandpa… Is this the Tower Park?
– Get out, young punk!
The game was to keep up the banter and agree with “Of course” until one couldn’t answer, or lost their cool. The zero and first-gen began discussing who should represent them.
“Let’s go with Asuka here. She’ll take care of it cleanly.”
“Are we bringing out the granny?”
“You lunatic.”
Unbeatable AI VTuber Asuka stepped forth as the zero-gen representative. Not only was she the strongest in verbal spars at Wakamou Corporation, none among the first-gen could dare to beat Adolf’s mental resilience, leaving Joseph and Pipkin Mami, who made a graceful leap up to the stage, to face her.
Gliding elegantly with her ostentatious powers, not walking!
Exchanging fiery glances full of longing, Mami confidently puffed on a cigarette.
Asuka snapped her fingers, lighting it coolly. Though it seemed they might duel, that wasn’t what this game was about!
The two silent combatants stood grinning, leaving the watchers uneasy.
“Don’t want to be a VTuber, do you?”
A brazen strike that hit right in the gut by Asuka. Without batting an eye, Mami opened her adorable rabbit mouth.
“Of course!! I’d rather be playing tennis than doing a VTuber broadcast!!”
“Wow, she actually said that. Are you nuts, human?”
“You think our boss is an idiot gravel-head?”
“Of course!”
Even with a thumbs up, proclaiming our boss has literally no brains!!
Gambling addiction, no efficient spending, no life plan!! Asuka was overwhelmed with the truth bombs, while Mare Pirate and Hajime Ichigo turned a blind eye to her.
– Hahahahahahahahaha
– Hahahahahaha
– Bloody hell, nothing but crazies all around!!
– Super social butterfly who can’t understand otakus meets cybernetic android who can’t understand humans.
– It’s a troop of deranged people you can’t find just anywhere.
– The internet is tops, truly. You can be cozy and watch literally anything.
“Can I butt in here?”
“Of course you can’t.”
– A VTuber who wants to quit vs. a girl who wants to annoy her master.
– No future for this broadcast no matter who wins today.
– Is this for real, lol.
Sitting in the commentator’s chair, Wakamou flinched slightly, but Mei intervened to calm him.
Wakamou was pulling off a solo comedy act for the sake of entertainment, as usual.
“So you haven’t dated because you’re socially inept, huh? Like a phony trying to seem popular.”
“Of course!! Isn’t it ideal to have lots of friends for your funeral when you die, Asuka?”
“You seem destined never to marry, ha! Not even to date.”
Screech!
The cans of drinks placed in front of Joseph and Adolf crumpled as they clenched.
Sweaty brows, hard swallows. The two silent first-gen members looked down quietly.
Wakamou, watching, showed a face of unease, as if he didn’t like where this was going.
Caught in desperate provocations, Mami unflappably blinked her pretty eyes while puffing on her upwards-pointing cigarette.
“Honestly, not even smarter than Pirate?”
“Motherf—!!”
– Hahahahahahaha
– Oh, hahaha
– Hey, man hahaha
– How can he not hold it in, lol
– A win for human mind games…!!
– Machines can’t comprehend the gut feeling!!
– Poor, innocent Mare Pirate catching strays.
“Grrr….! I can stand the rest, but being dumber than an alcoholic is unacceptable!!!”
“Mind if I hit her?”
“Go on, I’m not stopping you.”
Leaping off the platform, soaring through the air, Pirate delivered a flying kick to Asuka’s flank, booting her off the stage.
Thus, the score was 2:2!
“Joseph, cover for my slip-up. Should I say my farewells now before I can’t see you anymore tomorrow?”
“I’m sure the boss won’t hit her…. She’d hit Pirate first if she were going to…”
“Kya─♥ How big-hearted our boss is! Mami’s happy being a VTuber~ Ptui”
– Keep that expression in check while spitting out that cigarette…
– Seriously distracting us even while calling us darlings haha
– Are we being looked at like hamsters?
– Maybe like rats.
“Quiet down, darlings. One of you might find a husband, so keep up your image.”
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– Image? Management?
– Sorry, but we’re not into you.
– Westerners with smelly armpits, not a fan.
– Cheese rice balls out of cheese sweat?
– What the hell are you?
– What a colorful mental institution.
“Next player!! Enter!!”
Mei’s call at the table brought Mare Pirate and Joseph to stand face to face. Though their themes seemed similar with silver hair and blue eyes, they were not alike.
One was overflowing with presence and even surpassed the potentials of Wakamou at times, whereas Joseph was always in the background, hardly ever displaying his potential.
In fact, the view count difference between their first singles was astronomical… Despite Wakamou and other affiliated VTubers, even Pirate promoting, Joseph was pitiably below 500,000.
Considering that Wakamou’s subscribers numbered 50 million….
“─Do you think I’m just a glasses-wearing leech with no presence?”
“Of course!”
“Yuup… Eek…”
– Look at him almost cursing in Russian haha
– Why ask that if you want to attack, lol
– Look at Pirate’s pure face.
– When’re you bringing your glasses back, lol
– Left her main body with Mami.
– When you become a great VTuber someday, give them back. Like that, or…?
– Did she ditch the glasses thinking it’s hopeless?
– LOL truly
Sad.
All of zero and first-gen who could see the chat window wore somber expressions.
In the midst of the touching scene, Mami’s wearing glasses without lenses was nodding at Joseph, pondering the burdens he likely faces.
“Working hard wanting to become an idol, but it pisses you off seeing a drunk captain win this easily.”
“Of course”
– Oh damn, that heavy voice.
– Felt like he’d shout an incantation.
– Look at the captain’s face lol
– Why do we feel an aura of danger from beyond the screen lol
– Not a friend, but a rival to surpass…!
– If not for you!!
– Shouldn’t you beat Ichigo before worrying over Pirate lol
“Senior!! You like alcohol more than us, don’t you?!”
“No way. If I had to choose between booze and mates, I’d quit pachinko and choose my mates.”
– Still managing the captain’s image.
– Taking it like this haha
– Look at Joseph’s caught-off guard expression haha
– So who’s the garbage?
– I’ll even love those jealous juniors!!!
– Oh, elder!!!
– Underestimated Japan, huh?
– Won’t call it unfair!
“So, is it true?”
“A man doesn’t take back his words!!”
“Did you tell the boss you’d quit drinking?”
“Don’t take it back by not saying I’ll stop drinking.”
Casually responding while pulling out vodka, Pirate thought, if I smoke a cigarette, why not drink?
Casting defeat unto Russia, now toasting with vodka and celebrating, Joseph looked on with a frustrated glare.
Thus, the score stood 2:3, with the first-gen leading. Hajime Ichigo recognized the necessity of getting serious.
“With that wish ticket, we can take a trip!! Just the two of us!!!”
“We’re a team effort here. Why is it like that, Ichigo?”
“When I’m with the boss, we get a free drinking pass?”
“Time’s come to pay back. Our boss deserves an overseas trip.”
“Bring us souvenirs on your way back.”
– They’re an unbelievably good match haha
– Ichigo’s a lesbian….
– The polar bear can endure!! Don’t stop!! The zoo stands!!!
– Seriously, she’s like a descendant of Cao Cao??
– Hilarious how no one stops them lol
“Now, Same Answer Quiz!! If teammates’ responses are the same, they get points. Only one correct response also scores!”
“Shows just how tight your bonds and friendships are, doesn’t it?”
“Oh shoot. We only have age in common, don’t we?”
“At 26, could you just quiet down!!”
“Order doesn’t determine your turn.”
“Smoking a cigarette before I go, right?”
– Damn haha
– Cute face, rough words.
– Friggin’ gab contrast is wild.
– Look at Joseph’s face craving a cigarette.
– Adolf’s being quiet today.
– Better he stays that way.
– If he reverts to his usual craziness, we’re screwed!!
– But he’s holding a gun, you see LOL
– Hahahahahahaha
Ready to fire at the slightest provocation, Adolf clutched a gun.
Everyone wanted to ask why he was holding it, but with its muzzle aimed at their temples and mouths, Mami and Joseph calmed him.
For his mental solace, Adolf opened a bottle of medicine and poured it into his mouth.
Could it be the anxiety of feeling the need to win?
“Got trauma from live broadcasts… sob…”
“”What’s that supposed to mean?!””
– Days troubled by questioning reporters.
– Truly, nothing sells like a fallen genius’ plummet.
– Hold the phone, are they always pre-recorded?
– Caught anchoring with wild remarks LOL
ㅋ
“Seriously, it’s never a calm day when you gather them all, huh…”
“These are the VTubers you’ve gathered, boss.”
At Mei’s comment, Wakamou shed a single tear without a word.
“Alright, first question!! Who is Wakamou’s favorite VTuber? It’s 6 letters!”
“Oh, that’s easy-peasy.”
“Asuka gives you a hint. They’ve clipped everything and are currently discovering South Korean VTubers but their favorite is from Japan.”
“Huh? Not China?”
-The gen 0 is already broken upㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ichigo’s serious face, what’s thatㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Their hearts are not aligned at all.
-The gen 1 is just writing silentlyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Reveal the answer, please!!”
Ichigo’s answer was [Hajime Ichigo].
As if doubting how they don’t know this common knowledge, Ichigo looked at Asuka and the Mare Pirate with an incredulous face.
Asuka’s answer was [Virtual Live], the Pirate’s answer was [Other World Idol].
Then, when the silent gen 1 revealed their answers, it was unanimously [Virtual Live]!!
“That’s it!! I like many VTubers, but… my favorite is! Indeed, Virtual Live!! The blue ancient shark is the origin of the yard-pound joke.”
“Gen 1 scores one more point!”
A sudden 2:4 score gap!
“Were you cheating with psychic powers?! The boss likes me the most!!”
“Accept reality….”
“Ichigo, you’re a lesbian….”
Absolutely sulking, Ichigo buried her head on the table, then looked up with a pouting face.
Pirate sighed and wiped Ichigo’s tears as she sniffled.
Asuka, watching that, licked it with her tongue and burst into mocking laughter.
“The tears of the defeated are delicious! Shed more, sap. I want to taste that expensive broth. You bought so much Wakamou merch! Disgraceful!”
Bang, bang─!!
“Hmm, didn’t hit, huh?”
“I’m the one who gets hit!!!”
Ichigo, frustrated by Asuka’s teasing, loaded a rubber bullet and fired, but Asuka skillfully dodged.
Thanks to this, only Joseph, who was quietly watching, was hit by the bullet and began to cry.
“Now, calm down…. Next quiz!! When is Wakamou Inarizushi’s birthday~”
Twitch.
-…
-….
-…
-No, why suddenly the quietness. It’s scary…
-No way, they don’t know?
-(Actually don’t know)ㅋㅋ
-No way~ (Leader didn’t tell us)
Five VTubers rolling their eyes looking at each other. Even Asuka was sweating nervously.
All the fighting seemed like a lie as they wiped sweat with handkerchiefs and sneaked glances at each other’s answers, hesitating to write them down easily.
The heavy silence was stifling. Pirate drank heavily, unable to endure it.
Joseph shook as she spilled her entire cup of tea, trying desperately to calm down.
Adolf quietly put the gun in his mouth, only to be stopped.
“Alright! Everyone! Reveal your answers, please!”
“Sorry, my friends!!”
“Ta~dadadada~”
Pirate raised the answer card saying [Sorry, my friends], and Asuka played a tune matching the timing.
A desperate attempt to defuse the atmosphere.
“Pipkin Mami got it right!”
“”””?””””
“Huh? What’s this. Don’t you know the boss’s birthday?”
-How do you know, you witch?
-OMGㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I mean, you did the most half-hearted streaming?
-Socialite Mami, as expectedㅋㅋㅋ
-Ahㅋㅋㅋrightㅋㅋㅋ
-Knows the boss’s profile like a super insider.
Technically speaking, it was information she gained when glancing into Jiang Yeoul’s mind.
Wakamou looked surprised, not expecting anyone to actually guess it.
He had erased all personal information, and he was the type who didn’t even speak about his birthday.
The other five gazed at her, surpassing shock to bewilderment, wondering how she possibly knew.
“Was I the only one who gave a gift this year?”
Pipkin Mami, astonished, leaned arrogantly on the table, looking at her colleagues who all slammed their heads on the table.
Now, the score was a burdensome 2:5.
With no visible chance of victory and being less knowledgeable about Wakamou than Pipkin Mami, the entirety of gen 0 had lost all fighting spirit.
“Now, now! It’s not over!! Just using your brain? No way! Use your body too!!”
“Jackson prepared it for us~”
The scene swiftly changed to a set where something was hidden behind the curtains and a massive tank filled with icy water stood.
Pirate watched with a hopeful heart, thinking, “It’s not Japanese variety, right?”
“We’re doing this, then playing human bowling.”
“Damn it.”
She should have known when he started liking Japanese VTubers!! Clenching her fists in regret, Pirate was pushed by her comrades to stand first on the line.
“Whatever!!! Bring it on!!!”
Foosh!!
With steam billowing and the curtains lifting, a massive wall appeared.
Q. 2+2X2
A 6 8
With a problem written alongside two possible answers appearing below.
Judging by the two thin walls available for passage, Pirate instinctively knew she had to choose the right option to go through.
“You can do it, Captain!!”
“Alcoholic, please!!”
“Brain, full throttle!!!”
With eyes gleaming, Pirate rolled her body and chose the 8 answer.
And then her head struck the wall, sliding backward right into the water with a splash.
Watching from the sidelines, Ichigo and Asuka remained still, gazing with apathetic eyes.
“Joseph! It’s your chance!!”
“I can do it!”
“─Hey, isn’t Adolf just doing nothing today?! Still, I’ll give it my all!!”
Honestly, Joseph Khan wouldn’t often get a spotlight like this.
Confident in her ability to face any problem that came her way, she took her stance before an enormous O.
Looking at the hole she had to jump through in the center of the wall, she confidently lowered her body.
“I’m different from you, Senior Pirate!!!”
With confidence, she leaped forward, soon followed by a weak pop! sound.
Her horn stuck in the wall, she didn’t just fail to pass but was dragged back with the wall into the darkness.
Watching this scene caused Asuka to hold her stomach, crying out in laughter.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is insane, honestlyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Today is Joseph’s big dayㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is she exiting like that???
“Ichigo, the water’s cold….”
“I don’t care!!”
Nearing tears, Pirate retorted, brushing off Ichigo with disdain.
She then warmly greeted Ichigo with a T-shaped hole.
Effortlessly, Ichigo split her legs, bending and twisting them perfectly to pass through the hole without a hitch.
“Not fun.”
“Such words make it cling!!”
“I’m sorry….”
Sniffing, Ichigo vented on Asuka and Pipkin Mami marched out for her turn.
So, where the heck did Joseph Khan go, she wondered scratching her head, putting out her cigarette.
“I’m ready~” she called.
Upon her entrance came a μ-shaped hole. It seemed nearly impossible to pass without significant flexibility, but Pipkin Mami remained confident.
“I may look like this, but I’m elite! I even did ballet in America!”
Showing off her flexibility, attaching her thighs to her head, she elegantly adopted a ballerina-like stance.
She approached the fast-approaching wall with abundant ease, yet Adolf, being the artist, seemed to catch on and sighed “Ah.”
“Ugh.”
The excessive bust got caught, bouncing back with her chest stuck, going down into the tank with the wall.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is unbeatable….
-It’s Ichigo’s victory!!!
-Defeat, no?
-It hangs thereㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Asuka’s confident!!”
Mami, soaked to the core, mocked as Asuka energetically dashed out to be greeted by a “solid wall.”
No visible hole at all, the wall’s appearance left Asuka pointing back at Wakamou.
“This is a bit unfair─ Gah”
Smacked by the wall, she dived into the water gracefully and surfaced floating.
Following that, human bowling, water balloon fights commenced.
A mishmash of Korean and Japanese variety shows involving all sorts of physical activities unfolded.
After a fierce battle, gen 1 narrowly won with a 4:58 score.
“Ugh…I almost had it!”
“Too bad~ We almost won!”
“No, we got destroyed….”
Tattered, Pirate just sat with an “I’ve lived it all” expression, staring up at the team’s two trawlers.
Next to exhausted Pirate, who couldn’t even wiggle a finger, were Adolf and Joseph, unconscious with rolling eyes.
Standing firm on two legs was only Mami who had recently worked hard as the only one left!
“There was no incident at all!”
Though covered in red tomato sauce from head to toe.
Even as her face was dusted with flour and milk.
Even after eating too much spicy food, so her insides felt jumbled.
They won!!
“Don’t underestimate an adult!!”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-True cooperation from veterans shows a difference.
-Adolf…You did your best…
“Boss!! We get a wish ticket, right?!”
“Yes!! Where do you want to use it, Mami?”
Grabbing the prize they fought so hard to win, Wakamou handed it over.
Mami clutched it like a trophy, proudly raising it high.
Everyone wondered what kind of wish she would make.
Vacation? Or maybe allow dating? Or even VTuber graduation?
“Show the boss’s Clipper debut stream please.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Look at the savage resentful eyes ㅋㅋㅋ
-Got hit hard Wakamou!!
-The boss’s expression not wanting to air it is priceless?
-And look at the life returning to Ichigo’s eyesㅋㅋㅋ
A victor’s wish must be fulfilled.
Wakamou, surrendering to it all, played a recording of his debut Clipper broadcast from years ago.
He regretted keeping it archived all along… but he was curious how it went.
The screen opened to a Wakamou-like character conducting the broadcast:
“[Made it to try and piggyback on collabs with fans! Huh? You think I’m a girl? Listen to my voice, aren’t it obvious? I’m a dude]”
“[The bigger the chest, the better. Guys like big ones, you know?]”
“[Kya, haha!! I popped a tower, did you see that? Guys, this is it, this is Yas. Xesss!!]”
“[Stocks and coin bull markets, just do as I say. I say I have divine powers! I can see the future! This is going up! ]”
“[What am I eating? Spicy pork. Thanks for the donation. What am I going to use it for? Ask for panty color at the Matsuri…?]”
“[The reason I got hooked on VTuber broadcasts is our shrine maiden. A part comedian even covering up exposure of armpit and side bosom.]”
“[Ah~ Thanks for subscribing. The first subscription? Do you like it? I’m not a VTuber, I’m a clipper~ I’m not debuting as a VTuber~ I’d have to cut it off.]”
“[Think it’ll hit, so you’re making a fan club? [I_Like_Bear_Breast_Hair] do as you wish. You have eyes for show!!]”
“Kill me!!!!”
The joint broadcast of the worn-out VTubers concluded with Wakamou screaming in agony and shame.
Among the viewers and VTubers, those who knew exactly who the last username belonged to, chose not to speak.
When did our manager…actually become the boss’s fan…
Turns out, a much more sincere and genuine fan than expected.
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