VTubers are watched by a lot of viewers.
When it comes to clippers who make clips, plenty of people watch them even if they're from different countries.
When a clipper makes clips to introduce an overseas VTuber to domestic viewers, the VTuber sometimes even comes looking for them.
Like the Big Queen who keeps proclaiming that some Märchen Kingdom is even greater, saying that the kingdom's state religion is the Church of Good Sleep as though she remembers what the clipper said.
They just don't say it, but someone is always watching.
What's more, viewers are everywhere. There must be viewers who happen to watch multiple VTubers in common.
Hadn't the clipper called [Duck Meat] eventually been kidnapped and dragged away by Churos, who debuted out of love for an orca?
The clipper known as [Pink Rabbit] used to give overseas VTubers unforgettable nicknames.
The relationship between VTubers and clippers is an inseparable symbiotic one. Sometimes agencies even support clippers.
As a clipper, Wakamo knew that a VTuber's concept mattered too.
Take [Chicken Pizza], a VTuber with a cute avatar and voice who spews vicious insults and filthy curses, yet has every nickname under the sun because there are so many VTubers with similar concepts, like America's Ijjunyang, Pippa Funkalopi, Walmart Pekoyama, Chibikin Chibia, and Chibi Funkindoki.
That was why 『Hajime Ichigo』's debut would probably be a success.
As soon as I contacted her, I thanked the manager, who had mobilized every professional and made a 2D LIVE model for her in a single day. I had wondered whether it might be too much, but she kindly told me that this was the least she should do and that I should feel free to ask for even more.
Maybe I should have asked for an iron ball too.
Anyway, I heard that one of the seized computers used by a streamer who had been sued and forcibly stripped of their property had excellent performance, so I quickly acquired it. As expected, its performance was top-notch, probably because it had belonged to a broadcaster.
Let's leave the red seizure sticker up as a warning to myself that I could be arrested by the government if I wasn't always careful during broadcasts. When I told Yu-ing, she trembled and asked, "The Korean government arrests people too...?"
I quickly edited the video of the Floor 11 strategy I had just completed, cut it down to a reasonable length, and uploaded it.
As soon as the model arrived, I made Yu-ing's VTuber debut video and opened a channel using the identification card I had received. I had all kinds of concerns about what a brand-new VTuber should do, but for now, it was 『variety gaming』.
Playing popular games was one way to attract viewers, but viewers would flow to her through Wakamo, so there was no problem!!
It would be nice if they went to watch the other VTubers on my channel too, but that would be a little greedy.
I bought every popular game I could get my hands on and checked the community.
"Remember this, Yu-ing. The Tower is a very bad guy. It made me cry by refusing to give me even one [Attack Skill]. It's better to be a VTuber than to climb the Tower!"
".....You didn't choose it, Boss. Doesn't that make Boss the bad guy?"
Wakamo turned her head away from Yu-ing's genuinely innocent question as she munched on bread.
"Anyway, Yu-ing. We're secure because the government is supporting us so much, so let's live comfortably! Let's earn a huge amount while we're young and retire!"
"Boss, is this glowing?"
When Yu-ing picked up the ornamental [Imperial Seal of China], dazzling flashes of light began bursting from it. Could it be that the item was choosing its owner?
Good grief, it was pointlessly blinding, so I put it somewhere out of reach.
Seeing how interested Yu-ing was in the VTuber figurines, I felt as scared as I would around a cousin visiting for the holidays.
VTuber Chicken Pizza had said that a VTuber's enemy was another VTuber. Since being a VTuber was a profession tied to money and influence, one person's mistake could cause their agency's reputation to plummet, and while VTubers interacting with each other could help, strange rumors could also spread.
In particular, there were insane unicorns who went berserk just because a female VTuber did a collab with a male VTuber.
The VTuber world was a place filled with invisible minefields..!! Yu-ing was an illegal immigrant(?) and had a lot to learn, so I could understand her to some extent, but she wouldn't be invincible forever.
Because all responsibility fell on the boss!!
"Is the video's response okay??"
The head mod, who had abandoned the cafe-exploration stream she had originally planned and gone into hiding, had suddenly brought a new VTuber from who-knows-where and debuted her. Hoping desperately that this wouldn't cause a scandal, Wakamo began the ego-search she wanted to avoid most.
Being noticed by VTubers she adored—enough to crack her mentally if the Queen merely said, "Ahh~ You mean that friend!"—was burdensome, but...
Now that I was a VTuber, I had to look myself up!! (No, I don't.)
"Becoming a VTuber really makes the pressure hit all at once... I guess this is what happens because I'm lucky."
You don't need to determine your worth by how a broadcast proceeds.
You determine your worth by how your fans are doing.
But at the same time, the best thing is not to worry about the viewers.
No matter how hard the VTuber herself works, there will always be viewers who only drop into a stream occasionally, type in chat, and leave.
Sometimes you can last longer if you broadcast while thinking of your fans not as people to cherish, but as people to manage.
But the most important thing is thinking about how to make the viewers who came to watch stay here for a long time!!
In a place overflowing with countless VTubers, Wakamo would tightly establish the RP of Wakamo Inarizushi and draw viewers in with its appeal.
To be honest, I'm popular because I'm something violent in the VTuber world. People come to watch me because I monopolize my content.
That's why I'm testing it with 『Hajime Ichigo』. Of course, she was popular partly because of the spillover effect from me.....
[Author : Nong Nong Nong Farmer]
[Title : I'm a Fox God Believer. My Life Is Set]
There's a government program called the Young Successor Farmer Agricultural Settlement Support Project.
As you know, monsters have been popping up and ruining fields lately.
There are also lots of thieves who raid other people's fields and run away....
I heard the government had introduced a new support program, so I applied, got selected, and came to Incheon.
Gasp! VTuber bros... I suddenly became a landowner, hwaaah....
I think it was run by the Climber Association.... Yeah. Be jealous, believers.
I am renting it, but it's so cheap that it's practically mine.
I'm a tenant farmer of this era, but I'm so happy!!
Who am I?
『Wakamo Inarizushi Floor 1』 resident.
Anyway, the place is fucking huge. It's incredibly mysterious too...
The monster zones are separated from the residential areas, so there's no chance of getting attacked.
The Climbers were busy swarming around and hunting from the start.
Meat prices are going up too, but if people hunt here, they'll probably come down soon.
I don't know how it works, but night falls here too, and it seems to rain here when it rains outside.
I played in the clean water for the first time in ages.
-Is the head mod really keeping us fed?
-What are you doing? We need to build the head mod a shrine right now. Have some mannersㅡㅡ
-But what are the requirements to move in?
ㄴYou have to be subscribed to a VTuber for at least one month.
ㄴNo, fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seriously??
ㄴ(Proof photo)
ㄴWhy is it actually true, fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ"I refuse to grant citizenship to anyone who doesn't watch VTubers."
ㄴPhew, I'm saved... Everyone here is subscribed to the head mod's oshi, right?
-I'm a guild Climber too, and it's great here. I can hunt comfortably and even raise monstersㅇㅇ.
-If you're there, you can't be targeted by terrorists, so isn't it actually safe..??
ㄴㅇㅇ, so applications to move in are insane right now....
ㄴBut you're saying everyone gets rejected?
ㄴㅇㅇ, the low-HP losers are getting rejected for not being subscribed to a VTuber for one month.
ㄴAhㅋㅋㅋ This is the new age of real estateㅋㅋㅋ
[Author : Good-Hunta]
[Title : "This Body Knows Sorcery Too"]
Is the sorcery the Fox God uses like the ninjutsu from Naruto?
I thought she'd be able to use Fire Style and things like that.....
(GIF of the Fox God breathing flames from her mouth)
Hwaaah... I-I kinda peed myself a little.....
The lung capacity coming from those gigantic breasts is comparable to a dragon's.....
This is sorcery...? What on earth did humanity lose in exchange for the advancement of civilization?
Anyway, I followed the head mod, subscribed, and came here to hunt monsters too.
The fucking amazing thing is that you can watch broadcasts from anywhere here.
This Climber waifu♥ is so happy.
What's even funnier is that only the head mod's channel works—but what a place this is.
-Is this that broadcast-control thing or whatever?
-Fox God!! If you're only going to do your own broadcast, you need to turn it on!!!
-No, more importantly, who is the new VTuber???
ㄴDunno? She's incredibly cute, so I like her.
ㄴWhy is it so cute when she follows around saying "Boss, boss"?
ㄴI genuinely can't understand a single thing she's saying.
-She just looks funnyㅋㅋㅋ Like a chick diligently following its mother hen.
-Wakamo can walk, but Ichigo has to runㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Author : Mint-Flavored Latte]
[Title : Let's Learn About the New Nong-Nong VTuber 『Hajime Ichigo』]
Greetings, you unemployed bastards. We've entered an era where watching broadcasts is a job too.
I'm starting my part-time job today. I think I've found my oshi.
The proper title: "Apocalypse Survival Expert Alchemist VTuber."
I don't know where the head mod picked her up from.
She looks fucking fierce and haughty, but the way she talks is all "ooddya-ddya..."
Why is the gap between her appearance and the way she talks so fucking insane!!!
And on top of that, the head mod is holding her like a mother and pushing her behind her to protect her.
She keeps hopping around... Haaah.... I'm going crazy... Is it a crime to find this hot?
When she said, "Hewwo," I wondered if this was what natural cuteness was.
-A 3D-model debut faster than a 2D-model debut.
-Boss Wakamo treats her on a whole different level from the big agencies...
-Boss told Ichigo to do it, so Ichigo works hard.
-Ah, it's "VTuber Substitute" Hajime Ichigo.
ㄴYou're slow. You haven't even appeared in the algorithm yet.
-But I heard she's an illegal immigrant. Is that really okay?
ㄴHow dare the government mess with my VTuber?
ㄴWhen did you start thinking she was an illegal immigrant?
-Her reputation changes just by climbing one floor... That is Wakamo's power...
-Just understand it. Questions aren't necessary.
-Look closely. Doesn't she look like a VTuber who takes in Climbers?
ㄴWelcome to my VTuber clip channel...
ㄴIf you have business with the Tower, I'll shoot you down..
-I knew these bastards would act like thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴOh? I guess that's how Ichigo appeared to you?
Whether it was fortunate amid misfortune... the community's reaction wasn't bad.
To be honest, constantly climbing the Tower every day while being chased like someone with only one day left to live had been burdensome in many ways.
Fortunately, I could choose a Skill as a reward for clearing Floor 11.... Unlike me, Yu-ing received materials from the Tower. Does it differ according to one's performance..?
I wanted to receive an [Attack Skill], but what I got was [Worshiped God].
This Skill, which had the effect of "increasing mana recovery speed in proportion to the number of believers," was astonishingly powerful. It restored mana so quickly that Wakamo no longer had a problem even if she didn't climb the Tower anymore!!
Thanks to that, I consulted with the manager about the government's various policies, exchanged opinions about what to do, and completely neglected streaming for quite a while.
Of course, the viewers were understanding too─as they watched me frantically making a broadcast channel and rules, they laughed it off as if to say, Our head mod really debuted in a hurry and is so busy. For now, anyway....
I also held a fan-art contest and kept busy with various things involving our Yu-ing's identity and legal status.
I bought her clothes! Fed her delicious food! Bought books so she could study Korean!!
Honestly, with mana to spare, I planned to climb the Tower more slowly and do all kinds of content like a proper VTuber.
I forgot that using my mana for electricity and water, watching several VTuber broadcasts, and everything else all consumed my mana─then I spent a lot of mana practicing games with Skills, and in the middle of that, I thought, Couldn't I just use [Mana Manipulation] to make only my fingertips thinner? So I did, and that consumed even more mana....
I was running low on mana.
After a few days, things were getting precarious.
But during that period, I taught Yu-ing enough about being a broadcaster─a profession called 『VTuber』. I told her again and again that I would give her bonuses for working hard and treat her better than any other industry. I was incredibly busy finding workers to make her 3D model and buying VTuber broadcasting equipment from overseas!!
No, seriously, counting from when I awakened as a Climber, this entire year had been busy!!
"Beyond dimensions! The otherworldly Tower-climbing VTuber, Wakamo Inarizushi!"
-The Ice Age is over...?
-Waaah... Head mod... Where have you been...?
-Ooddy-ddya... Warm....
-I watched all 2,500 broadcasts.
-Is that even possibleㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Huh? But you're using a model today?
-What's wrong with a VTuber using a model?
-For realㅋㅋㅋ She's saying she'll take it easy today.
-You should be grateful she turned on the broadcast!!
"Today, I'm planning to do a collab with a cute new VTuber I've brought along. Why? Because Wakbaehyung is apparently holding a [PUBG : Player's Battleground] duo tournament soon....."
-Wait, are you saying you debuted a VTuber just so you could do a collab?
-What we imagined -> Let's raise and develop a VTuber!!
-Realityㅋㅋㅋ She just needed another body for a VTuber collabㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But she came from across the sea, right? The way she talks too... Is she really an illegal immigrant?
-Ahem, "formerly an illegal immigrant." When the head mod says something, she can even gain human rights she never hadㅋㅋㅋ
-Just accept itㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-She suddenly debuted, and now she kidnapped someone from somewhere and made her a VTuberㅋㅋㅋ
"Enough! It's noisy! So what if she's a foreign worker and an illegal immigrant!! I'm raising her with love!!"
-Raise us with love too!! Hug us with your breasts!!!
-Ooddy, ooddy-ddya!! Ooddy!!!!
-Could our Fox God be married?
-Rather than being married, isn't she a descendant of the tribe she served...?
-That face is so similar... She's their descendant... Wow, that's a whole story arc right there.
-The Arctic is melting again today....
-So are you doing the Battlegrounds today? There'll be a ton of snipers.
-Why not just explore the cafe?
"Anyway, I'm calling her in. Don't say anything strange!! She learns quickly!"
-Yes, I absolutely will not talk about breasts.
-I will not call her a nong-nong.
-I will not ask you to insult me with those eyes.
-I won't ask whether you've bathed with the head mod.
-Can I ask for the third time whether the head mod is a furry?
-I'm asking for the seventh time what she's eating right now.
Ding─
As always, I made small talk with the freewheeling believers about what they had been doing, while they only said whatever they wanted to say.
Fortunately, it was already common knowledge that I was busy with the government and the Climber Association, so no believers kept pestering me about it for long.
Climbing was always directly connected to one's life, so the most anyone did was tactlessly ask when I was going to climb. No one urged me to climb the Tower.
Amid that flow, a notification appeared in the room, and a VTuber character with sharp eyes, red irises, and an especially impressive sinister smile appeared beside Wakamo.
"Hewwo, Boss. I'm your obedient Apocawypse Survivaw Expert VTuber, Hajime Ichigo."
"Pwease take care of me!!"
Perhaps she was still inexperienced with the controls, because her arm appeared and waved around wildly, causing a massive broadcast accident right from the start.
Well, it was cute enough at this level.
"Uee, Boss, my arm is weally weird."
"Wait a second.... Done!"
-Is she really an apocalypse survival expert?
-I wasn't looking at the screen and rushed over thinking a seven-year-old had started a broadcast. You ruined it...
-...? What do you mean, ruined it? What's gotten into you, VTuber bro??
-You're so blue that you don't even know what the red pill is!!
-Ahㅋㅋㅋ Pretend you don't knowㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-So you've decided to broadcast with your daughter?
-No, more importantly, why is her expression so much like a mastermind while her voice is this candy-sweetㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-VTuber bro, I can't understand a single thing she's saying.....
-She's a Climber, but her vocabulary is this bad... She's definitely a foreign worker.
-Does she need a 3D modelㅋㅋ
Maybe because she was so nervous, her already difficult pronunciation felt even more tangled... but Wakamo could understand her.
After all, I might be a third-rate VTuber, but I'm a first-rate clipper! I've even added full subtitles to the broadcasts of the songstress called Bancho from across the sea, the Magma Miko, and Princess Ngya, so there was no problem!!
[Denmark Map Noob donated 1,000 won]
-What is Ichigo's relationship with the head mod?
-Can you donate?
-ㅇㅇ, it looks like you can donate to Ichigo's broadcast?
-I heard the head mod is giving Ichigo 100% of the revenue.
-She really is raising her with love.
-Isn't she just raising a VTuber she wants to clip herself?
-Bro... Do you not have any friends, by any chance...?
-It's polite to pretend you don't know....
"Boss teaches Ichigo letters, buys me delicious food, and, um... she got me a job!"
With a grin, she answered kindly, but the words sounded so much like a worker that Wakamo slapped her forehead.
Seeing Wakamo tilt her head in confusion, the viewers realized they had found something entertaining. They swarmed over to Hajime's broadcast, where donations were enabled, and began firing off bullets.
-She sounds like such a gentle, nice kid.
-You didn't pick up some friend with a low IQ from somewhere, did you....?
-Well... she looks healthy, so that's good....
-Understand it, believer. Questions are unnecessary.
-Where did you pick up such a delightful friend...
-This is the first time I've seen a Climber unable to communicate.
[Turn On the Stream, Boss donated 1,000 won]
-Why is her pronunciation so fucked? She says she's an Alchemist. Did she take the wrong drug?
"Huh? Ichigo, are you always like this? Sowwy, I can't understand you."
"Uu, that was harsh."
-Commit seppuku, you piece of trash.
-Are you bullying our child when she's working so hard right now?
-She's trying so hard!!!
-No, why did I suddenly become a VTuber momㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-If this girl turns on her broadcast, we can hear news about the head mod, ㅇㅇ.
-Oh, really? Then go die, you fucking bastard!!!
-You went too far, buddy.....
"Now, believers, donate as much pocket money to our Ichigo as you want. And I've already queued us up! Haha! You got distracted!!"
-It's not that we got distracted. This side is so overwhelming that the head mod is getting buried.
-Head mod, it looks like your donations are getting pushed back hard. Should we raise the donation amounts?
-These bastards have no brakes even though the head mod has the government backing herㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What do you think will happen if you snipe the head mod and get reportedㅋㅋㅋ
-That's trueㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-If you snipe her, you'll really get sniped. She might play real-life FPS.
-Fuck, I turned off my game after hearing that.
-Bro...
While Ichigo was having a cozy conversation(?) with the believers, the duo game began.
To briefly explain the game they were playing, [PUBG : Player's Battleground]....
The participants ride a plane to a field, gather guns scattered everywhere, and fight until one team or one person survives. It was arguably the most popular game in Korea, and few viewers didn't know it, but...
"I'm going to get good at this!! Then I'll join more VTuber collabs!!!"
"Yes! Boss! Ichigo works hard!!"
Leaving the thronging players behind, Wakamo and Ichigo opened their parachutes and landed side by side near the school, where the most people tended to gather.
Maybe because she had already received an explanation of the game and completed the tutorial, Ichigo handled things decently on her own without needing much explanation.
"Bawss, two enemies are on the w-roof, s-so I-I'll w-wait for them!!"
"Got it!"
-What did she say?
-What did she just say?
-Something like meow-nya-nya nyanyanya-meow, I guess.
-So she's saying it's like a cat!
-Is this some kind of anti-snipe code?
-What's with the head mod understanding her in the middle of all that?
-Didn't you know? The head mod is a first-rate codebreaker.
-She can even read the messy handwriting of an orca....
-Why does she even do VTubingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Wakamo precisely caught Ichigo's call that two enemies were coming up to the roof and waited. The moment the enemies appeared, she aimed her gun and emptied her magazine into them.
"Double kill coming up!!"
And she missed every single shot.
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-Didn't she shoot from point-blank range?
-Sweating like dalgona, ㅇㅇ.
-Damn, head mod, turn off the aimbot;;
-How did she shoot between two people when they were right there??
"Guek."
Even though Wakamo had waited in advance, ambushed them, and fired first, she was hunted down pointlessly and flopped onto the floor. The believers could neither laugh nor criticize her ridiculous skill, so they simply offered their condolences and sympathy.
Thanks to having an incompetent(?) boss, Ichigo was left alone but didn't panic at all. Instead, she quietly listened to the sounds as if she were a master of the game.
Rat-a-tat-tat─!!
Ichigo leaped out of the classroom, knocked two players over in an instant, then headshotted the player who tried to throw a grenade into the classroom behind them.
She instantly switched to a pistol to shoot down an incoming grenade, even though she had said her eyesight was bad.
Bang!
She hit it, sent it flying backward, and blew up the remaining player hiding behind the alley.
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- "Survival expert"
-Can you shoot a grenade with a gun??
-The fact that grenades bounce when they hit each other means there is some physics at work, ㅇㅇ..
-Now that I look again, she seems like a fucking saint!!!
-Ichigo awakened by her comrade's death....
-I can't even imagine Boss Wakamo losing.
-The boss's presence disappeared...?
-Dying one minute into the game is a little rough.
"She said she'd buy Boss chik'n if she won!"
"No, I said the game gives you chicken if you win..."
-She wants to eat it, so why don't you buy her some?
-I went and paid for the chicken.
-The mercenary from overseas really does work well, ㅇㅇ.
-But if the skill gap is that big, won't you end up meeting as enemies?
-Then you should say, Oh no, our boss is too good. I can't beat her...
-As expected, power is everything in real life...
Ichigo seemed to think she had to win to eat chicken. As she single-handedly wiped out the sixteen players who entered the school─or rather, eight teams─then drove down the road and sniped two players riding motorcycles, the believers simply settled in to watch.
Some believers criticized the boss for turning on video editing because she had nothing else to do, but Wakamo made the excuse that she had ordered chicken.
"Oh, right. Everyone, tomorrow I'll be doing the [Profile Introduction] for our Hajime Ichigo, so please come watch her debut broadcast?"
-? What is this supposed to mean now?
-3D debut -> gaming broadcast -> profile introduction.
-She really does whatever the fuck she wants with VTuber broadcasts...
-Are you making her greeting and listener name next time too??
-Just watch Ichigo-chan struggle to get her chicken!!
"Ah!! I ordered chicken!!!"
"Wow! Chik'n!"
-Ichigo, who has a useless mother, is having such a hard time....
-Our Fox God is a little immature....
-How did she end up getting caught by such a useless boss?
-Did she really kidnap her?
"I did kidnap her."
-Why is this actually true, fuck.
-The fox next door kidnaps people into the Backrooms. Is kidnapping a fox's specialty???
-So Korea has a culture of kidnapping foreign workers and making them VTubers.
-Noㅋㅋㅋ Once you debut her, you should help with her broadcast. Why is the head mod turning on her own broadcast to edit!!!
-Is it really right to put Ichigo's broadcast in the middle while running another VTuber's broadcast and an editing program?
-A beast as consistent as ever, even after taking a few days off....
"Uh... keep the broadcast going for a while, Ichigo."
"Yesh."
-No, was she seriously a VTuber substitute after all?
-VTuber substituteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is this really what a broadcast is supposed to be?
-I feel sorry for Ichigo, who has a useless mother.....
-You're raising your child like a wild animal.
-Ooddy-ddya, ooddy-ddya. She looks happy, so I guess it's fine....
I did have quite a few worries.
But Wakamo went to pick up the chicken, relieved that the debut broadcast seemed to have gone well(?).
As an afterword, the VTuber gaming tournament collab she had wanted so badly...
Wakamo was unable even to participate because her skill was insufficient, and she was crushed.
"Boss. This is how you click...."
"Mm...."
"All done! Boss! You did great! You have talent!"
In the end, it was filled in by Wakamo's game-teaching broadcast.
The viewers liked this even more.