Chapter 11
[Wayo, you crazy bastard…]
(Favorite-bet confirmed)
Did this bastard do his Kumon homework?? Looks like I'm about to lose all my points;
- What does “did his Kumon” mean?
ㄴ I'm saying he secretly studied ahead, you idiot
ㄴ Why are you swearing, fuck;
- For real, why is he so good? This game is hard
[The Wayo favorite bettors are making a huge fuss, fuck;;;]
I bet on the favorite because they said it was hard, but this game is fucking easy
- My points, fuck;;
- It is a hard game, you idiot
ㄴ It looks fucking easyㅋㅋ The enemies attack so slowly
ㄴ For real, these Wayo favorite bettors are fucking annoying
[The forum is creepy today]
Are these bastards actually watching Wayo's stream??
I thought they were just treating them as a meme
- For real;;;
- VTuber otaku bastardsㅋㅋ
- Is this bastard not watching Wayo's stream?? Then what does he watch?
ㄴ He doesn't watch the stream itself, just hangs out on the community, you idiot
ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ This bastard needs a permanent ban??
[Wayo only looks good at games when they aren't playing Rift]
They throw nonstop whenever they play Rift
- Ahem, risk-taking play
- Wayo just has no brain
ㄴ For realㅋㅋ
ㄴ They just don't think, period
[Wayo's physical skill still isn't VTuber level, yeah]
(Wayo League of Legends montage)
They're still probably the best among VTubers, right?
- VTubers are good at games these daysㅋㅋㅋ
- Wow, that clip is seriously insaneㅋㅋ
- Aren't all the opponents donating kills there Bronze/Silver/Gold??
ㄴ Looks like itㅋㅋ
[Wayo would really be good if they just used their brain while gaming]
Are they really an executive at a major company??
- Wayo's a director at a conglomerate, yeah
ㄴ For real??
- They just play recklessly to relieve stress
[Great Wayo should enter something like a Rell tournament]
If they entered a UFC-style tournament where they'd get cursed out horribly for losing, they'd grab everyone by the collar and beat them all up
- If Great Wayo entered that, they'd get flamed for smurfing their tier
ㄴ For realㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ Wayo using their brain? They're definitely not Emerald level
ㄴ Please use your brainㅋㅋ
[Wayo dueling the giant just now]
(GIF of Wayo fighting the giant)
Looks like they're really going to die this time?
- That thing was fucking strong
- Please dieㅋㅋ
- They're dodging insanely wellㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ For real
ㄴ They just mastered that game
[But aren't they going to lose??]
The giant is fucking strong, isn't it?ㅋㅋ
- Please
- Ah, I bet on the favorite, I told youㅋㅋ
- ?? They might win?
[Upvote]
(Picture of Wayo's character)
This bastard is just the god of greatswords, yeah..
- Great Wayo
- We behold David..
- They actually beat the giantㅋㅋㅋ
[Wayo's smug face]
(Wayo's face after killing the giant)
If you want to punch them in the face, upvoteㅋㅋ
- The character really looks like a total meathead
ㄴ For real
ㄴ “God of question marks,” my assㅋㅋ
- If the character had looked normal, they would've had twice the viewers
ㄴ What can you do if they like itㅋㅋ
[Uh-ohㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
Why are they going in there?ㅋㅋㅋ
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Wayo-fuck, fuck
- This bastard is simply the god of streamingㅋㅋ
[Upvote]
(GIF of a bull headbutting a tree)
The GOAT of headbutting dinosaursㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- This bastard just loves betting on the favoriteㅋㅋㅋ
- They throw as soon as it's time to wrap up, fuck;;
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- This is definitely the end-of-stream angle bb
- Damn, my points, fuck
**
“Yesterday was better….”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
I rested my chin on my hand as I sat in a chair on the set.
The afternoon after gaming late into the night yesterday.
So, had it been about twelve hours since I had valiantly died in Outwind and been subjected to every imaginable insult from the underdog bettors?
I was at the set for a personal schedule.
Yawn.
I looked over the set with sleepy eyes, giving a small yawn.
“I told you not to do it like that! Ha~ What’s wrong with you?”
“S-sorry!”
“Don’t you want to film?”
"No, sir!"
There, a potbellied man in a red cap was scolding a young male staffer while gripping a rolled-up sheet of paper.
The person doing the scolding was the PD in overall charge of today’s commercial.
“When are they starting?”
“Hmm, should I go get coffee?”
“Doesn’t look like they’ll start right away, does it?”
Every time I shoot as a model, I feel this.
The atmosphere on a set is like the Rift.
When the mood is good, it’s infinitely good and the results come out well too.
When the mood is bad, the air itself turns hostile, and the results are poor as well.
I suppose this is the latter case.
Still, like Rell, I only have to do my job well regardless of the atmosphere.
Nobody would dare say anything to me in the first place.
I just have to take the shots as directed, don’t I?
“I’ll go get coffee.”
“Yes.”
Still, it was a little troublesome that they hadn’t started.
Perhaps Roselia thought it would take a while too, because she went to get coffee, and once I was left alone, I took out my phone.
Since I had some time, I planned to browse the community a bit and find the next game to play.
[Honestly, Wayo’s skill is just Plat-level, but they’re handing out points this seasonㅋㅋㅋ]
Going for Diamond is fucking hilarious. Wake up, you bastardㅋㅋ
‘...This bastard.’
Why were there so many slanderous posts today?
I didn’t get talked about all day on the community, but.
Compared to my viewer count, I had a surprisingly large presence there.
Most of it was close to slander.
Well, it’s an anonymous community… They were probably just talking shit.
[Exclamation Mark Traveler] - Wayo has solid fundamentals, though, so they could probably hit Diamond quickly if they just learned some map awareness?
ㄴ Here they come againㅋㅋ
ㄴ Log out of your alt account;;
ㄴ Stop overhyping Wayo. You’re keeping them from improving
Even so, I kept dutifully downvoting them and defending myself in the comments.
“Have some coffee.”
“Ah! It’s cold!”
Startled by the cold sensation on my face, I realized Roselia had come up and was pressing an iced Americano against it.
“You’ll ruin your makeup.”
“I’ll have to touch it up later anyway. Here, use the cup holder.”
“Ugh… thank you.”
Even while I accepted the iced Americano from Roselia and drank it, the set remained bustling.
Since he kept at it instead of just scolding the rookie for a moment, something must have happened.
“Roselia.”
“Hmm?”
Our Roselia remained calm even in a situation like this.
Well, as a former Army officer, she was probably more accustomed to an atmosphere like that than anything else.
“Why is he acting like that?”
“Ah~ I heard the rookie made a mistake.”
Still, she wasn’t so laid-back that she would just sit on her hands.
True to her outgoing nature, Roselia must have found out the reason by stopping a staff member for a chat while she was getting coffee.
“They’re scolding the rookie like that?”
“He’s kind of a…”
Saying that, Roselia wrinkled her nose.
With her characteristic exaggerated expression, she made it very clear she didn’t like the man.
“Even if you’re going to scold him, do it after we finish filming… Where’s the company director?”
The shoot was for a major corporation’s product commercial.
But the person from the company who was usually supposed to handle breaks was nowhere to be seen.
“There’s the company guy.”
At that, Roselia pointed at the PD who was angrily yelling.
“That person?”
“He’s the director’s younger brother. Apparently he’s competent.”
What a spectacle. What a spectacle.
I crossed my legs and rested my chin on my hand again.
Since this was my only schedule today, I’d planned to go home and do a surprise stream if I had time afterward.
But he’d been hounding the rookie all day long.
“I’ll go over there.”
“Would you?”
“What’s so difficult about it?”
Since it seemed to be taking too long, Roselia shrugged and strode forward.
“Excuse me~ Are you out of your mind~? Huh? Rookie~”
By then, the PD had changed his scolding routine and was tapping the rookie staffer’s shoulder while mocking him.
But when Roselia approached, he finally lowered his hand and gave her a friendly smile.
“Yes? Ah, I’m sorry. But we have our circumstances….”
“I understand, but you can do that after we finish shooting….”
“Please wait a moment. If things stay like this, today’s shoot will….”
Since we were outsiders, the PD at least put on a polite front.
But the conversation didn’t seem to be going well.
Sluuurp.
I watched them for a moment, then took a sip of coffee and rose from my seat.
“Excuse me, model….”
Click, click.
As I got up and walked over, a staff member tried to stop me by speaking to me, but I walked right past him.
Model Ahyun has trouble hearing.
“No, Manager, we have rules on our set too. I understand, but please be a little accommodating….”
Click.
The shoes I’d put on for the shoot clicked against the floor, and the director, who had been speaking with Roselia, turned his gaze toward me.
A little far. I’d better take two more steps.
Click, click.
As I walked forward, Roselia slipped neatly out of the way.
She usually takes care of all sorts of things like a nanny, but perhaps because she was a former soldier, she readily yielded the floor in these business matters.
“PD.”
I looked at the PD for a moment.
The PD was a little shorter than average, so with my heels on, I ended up looking down at him.
“W-what?”
Perhaps he felt intimidated, because the PD backed off.
Well, I’d lose if we fought. Still, appearances had their own power, didn’t they?
“Aren’t we shooting?”
“Ah, no~ It’s just… Tsk… Hm, I don’t know if you’re aware, but we have rules too.”
But his hesitation lasted only a moment.
Perhaps he felt he’d been talked down to by a model much younger than him; the PD’s face flushed bright red as he began explaining this and that.
“I’m sorry, but this set operates as a tightly coordinated unit. If we don’t catch mistakes like this in time, then during the rest of the shoot….”
Blah, blah, blah.
I had plenty I wanted to say to the PD, who kept rambling on and refusing to back down.
I came all the way here to shoot, and now there’s been yelling all day and nothing’s moving—what am I, a spectator? This is some spectacular bullshit. If you don’t want to shoot, just do the bare minimum and wrap it up. Fuck, don’t ruin the mood….
‘...but that’s something variety-game VTuber Wayo would say.’
Kim Ahyun, taught by our mentor Han Seonghwa, only needs to say two things in moments like this.
“Roselia, let’s go.”
“Yeah, okay. Let’s go.”
We're not shooting, asshole~
“What?! Where are you going!”
"I came at a friend’s request, but I can’t work like this."
A cancellation fee? I’ll pay it.
Not that I think I’ll have to.
“The executive’s younger brother?”
For all we know, the executive might be a contract employee.
I got in the car and made a call on my phone.
[Hello?]
And does he think he’s the only one with connections?
I’ve been living in society for seventeen years, since I was six. And more importantly, today was a special case.
“I can’t do the shoot. Why is this place such a fucking mess?”
[What…?]
A low, deep voice came through the phone.