Chapter 130
Even though Name streamed on Sunday, the video wasn't uploaded to VTube right away.
That was because, having learned from other VTube channels stealing her content, she had properly disabled redistribution this time.
The lack of a replay on her Twissy channel gave hell to those who had been unable to watch her stream due to unavoidable circumstances.
[Is it really okay that I'm watching my 500th 15-second GIF?;; lol]
The only materials permitted under Twissy's terms of service were video files no longer than 15 seconds with the audio removed, or audio files no longer than 30 seconds with the video removed.
Even so, no one any longer dismissed as mere rumor the claim that she had cleared Part 1's Gene Chronicle, Part 2's Nocturne Nylink, and Part 3's Callistus I.
That was because the twenty thousand viewers who had stayed until just before the stream ended had been too busy loudly discussing what they had seen and heard.
But given the nature of the internet, where everyone said their piece and left, those left pounding their frustrated chests because they couldn't find clearly organized information finally saw a ray of light.
[NoName's VTube channel is up!!!!!]
You said you were going to do VTube, you damn bastard, and you finally opened oneㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(NoName Official)
(8.54K subscribers / 1 video)
Release the scheduled video, you asshole!!!!!
[Comments]
-Scheduled for your very first video? What a total scumbag lol
-What's the title? I'm going to check it right now.
-The wallpaper's vibe is fucking amazing, seriously
└The thumbnail's even more insane. When did they even find an illustrator?
└NoName is secretly pretty meticulous, you know
-There isn't even a video up yet, but she already has ten thousand subscribers. What the hell lol
└Is this the power of the algorithm?
[I just watched the first video... (No spoilers)]
The title is ‘Schrödinger's Cat’.
(A screenshot of NoName petting Adela's hair.jpg)
The thumbnail seems to be from when NoName was doing a viewer mission, and it absolutely reeks of a 1930s Ghibli vibe.
It feels like a scene from a masterpiece, so staring at it leaves you with this strange feeling, but damn, it captures Adela's bashful smile incredibly well.
Saying any more would feel like a spoiler, so I'll just tell you how far the video goes. It ends when Adela defeats Valum Venaons for the first time.
[Comments]
-The vibes are fucking insane
-There was a reason it took so long.
-At least it came outㅠㅠㅠㅠ I'm going to chow down ten times in gratitude
-Is it the full video? It's an hour long?
└(OP) Nope, it's an edited version, but it seems like they preserved as much of the original as possible. The actual stream seems to have lasted two hours.
-Tged Hot Clip, get ready lol
-Give us the next episode!!!!!
As the VTube video went up, those searching for NoName seemed to calm down, if only for a moment, but that didn't last even a day.
<Top Post>
[I figured out who the NoName you're looking for is.][32]
The truth is, there's no one like that here!
(An infuriating Adela emote)
Obviously, there's no way a beautiful high school girl who is a genius at magic, a genius at swordsmanship, and even has a good personality could exist in this world, right?
(An Adela emote with a furrowed brow)
It's just... Adela lied because she wanted to see you guys.
(A dejected Adela emote)
She had to do at least this much for someone to remember her...
(NoName – Adela's final scene.jpg)
[Comments]
-I scrolled down cursing, then ended up bawling...
-Adela, pleaaaseㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Honestly, didn't half of NoName's fans become fans because they like Adela? Let's be honest now.
└Saving Adela was genuinely moving...
-Has Waresoft still not contacted her? She said she'd stream again this weekend if her account came back!
-Why hasn't she posted a single announcementㅠㅠㅠㅠ She could at least write one line.
[NoName showed up on Tged! (Not a lie, for real)]
She's liking people's posts on Tged right now?
[Comments]
-What is this, some legendary Pokxmon?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The viewers are courting the streamer lol
-Just turn on the stream already, you bastard!
└She actually turned it on, holy shit
└A notification sound popped up right after this reply was posted. Chills.
* * *
[NoName]
[Just Chatting – 💓]
[Stream Time - 0:06:34]
[Viewers - 1085]
“Nice to meet you. It's been a while.”
She began by casually breaking the ice.
The chat window shot upward the moment it emerged from below, as though gravity were working in reverse, and she quickly skimmed through it.
“Oh, the song choice? Listening to the same song every day gets boring, doesn't it? Shall we hear it one more time?”
[I Want to Be Cute (Cover/Korean – Kariri)]
-630K views · 1 year ago
-Nooooooooo
-Please stop, sir
-Stop the oppression!
-Just like the song title, today's stream title is cute too!
-Stop being cute, NoName!
-Wow, I really can't get used to that voice lol
-Does the room seem a little echoey?
-Where are you? The sound is echoing like crazy.
I was taking a bath.
If I had to pick my favorite invention created by twenty-first-century society, it would be this hologram transmitter.
It was simply amazing that I could control the screen and type in the chat with nothing but my will, even with soaking-wet hands.
I split the chat window into two sections so I could read it all at a glance, then lounged in the bathtub and enjoyed the stream.
As expected, the public's main concern was WoA.
I'd ended the last stream so abruptly, and I had planned to post an announcement as soon as Waresoft unlocked my account, but unexpectedly, the world didn't always go as I wished.
After holding out and holding out, I ended up hearing about Waresoft's situation from the news before I heard from them by email, and that was what prompted me to start streaming now.
“Did everyone watch the VTube video? I hear yesterday's video went up.”
-Yes
-The thumbnail quality was insane, wow
-Please upload the other videos tooㅠㅠㅠ No, the full stream as well
-Did you hire a separate editor?
“An editor. Yes, I hired one personally. To be honest, they didn't seem very trustworthy when I first saw them, but you can say I hired them through a friend's connections. Are they not very good? If you don't like them, let me know and I'll fire them right now.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I'm so jealous that NoName has a friend
-Isn't it a little too obvious to say your editor is a friend-of-a-friend nepotism hire?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The video was well made without feeling awkward. Are they majoring in that?
-It was well madeㅎㅎ
Still, the reaction wasn't bad.
If 95 percent of the comments praised how well it was made, the remaining 5 percent pointed out areas for improvement. Surprisingly, among all those blocks of text, it was hard to find a comment saying it was bad.
As expected, Seomaru. They worked all night making it, so I'm glad the response was good.
[‘Save the Grad Student’ donated 1,000 won!]
-Haven't you heard from Waresoft?
Her manager kindly asked on her behalf about what she was just about to bring up.
The moisture on my shoulders evaporated on contact with the air, taking away my body's warmth.
A slight chill came over me, so I sank deeper into the tub and decided to calmly explain what had happened over the past five days.
“My account was unlocked on Tuesday, just like everyone else's. But as you all said, the existing save files were wiped clean. I've submitted a restoration request, but I still haven't received any meaningful response.”
-🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
-How the hell does that make any sense, you pieces of shit!!!
-We'll never see our Adela again...?
-They still haven't come to their senses even after their stock price was cut in half
└I shorted my entire fortune, so I almost wish it would fall even further lol
-Did you not contact customer service?
└The phone lines are so overloaded you can't even get through lol
[‘Meowster Call’ donated 10,000 won!]
-NoName, I'll give you the Waresoft head of business division's contact information. Would you like to try calling them? It seems they're looking for you over there too.
Meowster Call gave me the phone number via private chat.
Is this what the importance of connections looks like? If I'd known this would happen, I found myself thinking I should have started streaming a little earlier.
-Wait, you've been contacting customer service all this time, but why?
-Customer service is Waresoft Korea; the person you're looking for is at Waresoft headquarters.
└What a fucking companyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└This is legendaryㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Well, publishing is handled separately in each country, so I guess that could happen
└What do you mean, “well”? You're saying they don't even have a hotline between them. Does that make any sense?
-They must want to find her right away after losing 60 trillion won in market cap lol
└The headquarters that caused the mess and Waresoft Korea for not forwarding the contact, both of themㅋㅋㅋㅋ
For now, I called the number they gave me.
While sneaking glances at the chat, facts that kept fanning my anger continued pouring out, but for now I decided to compose myself and calmly wait until the ringing stopped.
[Good afternoon. Intelliance Waresoft. This is Michelle Badiou speaking.]
The gentle voice of a middle-aged woman made me turn on the automatic translator I'd forgotten about.
There was a slight delay, but it shouldn't significantly interfere with communication.
I switched to speakerphone so the viewers could listen along.
“Is this the number for the head of Waresoft's business division?”
[Yes, you've reached the right person.]
“I'm NoName, a World of Arseria user. My identification code is 3947292. Could you check it for me?”
[Oh, um... Please hold for a moment. Is this number your own phone number?]
“Yes.”
[Understood. To indicate that you agree to our personal information collection policy, please press 1 on your dial pad, and I'll check it right away.]
The call temporarily switched to an inactive state while they searched the customer list.
-By the way, what's that splashing water sound we've been hearing?
-Maybe she's taking a call next to a stream.
-The echo makes it sound like she's indoors.
-The weather's gotten really hot, so I could go for a stream.
-Are you outside right now?
“Me? I'm taking a bath right now.”
-?
-?
-?
-What?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I never even imagined a bathing streamㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The world's first person to broadcast a call with Waresoft's head of business division while taking a bathㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└It would be even weirder if it weren't the firstㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is seriously dizzying.
It wasn't even being broadcast on video; they could only hear the sound, so I didn't understand what all the fuss was about.
I still had a long way to go before I could fully understand Twissy culture.
I wrung the water from my hair, which had turned into something like seaweed, and droplets fell onto the surface with soft plops.
I really liked that this house had a feature that heated the bathwater, so it didn't grow cold even as time passed.
Once I submerged my entire body up to my neck in the warm water again, I closed my eyes and patiently waited for Waresoft's response.
“Hnnngh...”
-Gasp...!
-Clank clank
└Isn't that splash splash?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Keep it PG, NoName!
-Don't make noises like that with such a voiceㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It was nice that they obligingly assumed my voice was distorted, but wasn't there any need to go that far?
In the midst of that, Ms. Michelle Badiou asked me to wait two more minutes and apologized for the inconvenience.
I must have gotten tired of idly blowing bubbles with my mouth beneath the water, so I casually spoke to the viewers who had come to see me.
“Would you like me to sing the children's song I sang last week? ‘Captain of the Utopia.’”
Still, wasn't a children's song best sung in a child's voice?
I might as well make use of the advantages of being young at times like this.
“The ship that sailed into the open sea in search of a continent.
It set out carrying the dreams of 32 passengers.”
Unlike children's songs that generally convey a hopeful message, “Captain of the Utopia” held a somewhat eerie ending.
Even so, perhaps the reason this song could become popular among children in my previous life was that it reflected the spirit of that era better than anything else.
Adults did not wish for children to grow up upright, kind, and just.
They believed that only by worrying about their own safety and living selfishly could they make their way through a harsh world.
As a result, the cycle of evil repeated endlessly throughout society.
And quite a few people set sail in sailing ships to search for new continents as the land grew increasingly desolate.
But contrary to their expectations, Earth in my previous life had only one continent. Consequently, there was no unified name for the continent from region to region, so almost everyone understood it no matter what they chose to call it.
It was surrounded on all sides by sea, with a continent the size of Eurasia at its center, so it was self-evident that sailing continuously west would eventually bring you to the eastern end of the continent.
So the cannibals mentioned at the end of the children's song probably referred to demons, too.
“The ship never rose again,
and now no one was left.”
-Kyaaa
-Kiya
-Thank you thank you thank you thank you
-I worship you, GOAT
-I found my childhood! I found my childhood! I found my childhood! I found my childhood!
-All you kids' channels, move aside! NoName is coming through!
-Let's Go NoName
[Sorry to have kept you waiting. This is Michelle Badiou again. There are a few things I'd like to ask you about your World of Arseria account.]