Chapter 2
I have a trump card.
But only amateurs play their trump card right away.
“You’re going to get really stressed out. But even that stress….”
-Fuck off
-Shut your mouth
-Please stream..
-What are you planning to do on Christmas..
“Everyone, calm down and listen. I’m not taking time off to have cosplay sex with my boyfriend as a Christmas celebration….”
-We didn’t ask for specifics, fuck
-I trusted you, I trusted you..
-You fucking whore
-I loved you..
“As much as I’d like to do a VTuber endurance week, something came up.”
She cut the wordplay short and began making her case in earnest, opening her calendar app.
The calendar showed business trips on the 24th, 25th, and 26th.
What’s more, although she hadn’t written it down, it was an overseas business trip.
I don’t want to go either. Overseas at Christmas, seriously.
-What kind of company sends someone on a business trip at Christmas, fuck
-Use your vacation days
-You don’t even have vacation days??
-Bullshit, no way
-My donations probably went toward your hotel reservation..
-Break your legs and stream, fuck
“I really wanted to get out of it too, but it’s important….”
-A Christmas date with your boyfriend is an important event, yeah, yeah
-If it’s so important, go and never come back, fuck
-Is this your last stream??
“Wahhh, my stream is ruined.”
-No cutesy act
-Wasn’t this a ruined stream to begin with?
-Streamer Wayo.
-This person has always loved ruined streams
-Don’t just brush this off—explain your plan.
Honestly, truly honestly.
Why else would you call it a trump card?
It’s something you save for a once-in-a-crisis situation, something you can’t use casually.
But come on.
The chat had gone formal. Formal.
That meant this was a serious matter they weren’t going to let slide.
It was still only a stream with an average of 200 viewers… but that was exactly why this was critical.
“Actually, I’ve thought of a way.”
So in this situation, she had to use it instead of saving it.
-How??
-If it isn’t reasonable, I’m shitting my pants
-This isn’t going to be one of those “announce your location” things, right??
Truthfully, no amount of explaining could completely dispel their suspicions.
What good would desperately explaining do? Most people believe what they want to believe.
So she needed to set the mood.
A mood where believing her was the obvious thing to do.
“I’ll turn on a live stream from my hotel during the business trip…!”
-??
-For real??
-This isn’t a lie, right??
-Is that even possible??
-A live stream on a business trip lol
Wayo was a super-rookie VTuber who had built up an average of 200 viewers over an entire year, but.
She still hadn’t even turned on a hand cam, let alone shown half her face.
But now she was talking about a live stream where parts of her body might be exposed.
“I’ll make the impossible possible!”
From my perspective, this was a huge sacrifice.
If I accidentally showed even a glimpse of my face, wouldn’t I become the laughingstock of the industry?
And she was even in talks for an exclusive contract with Andel, a brand that had been gaining worldwide fame lately.
Her previous brand contract had ended a year ago, and this was the first major opportunity she’d had in a while. Turning on a live stream with a risk factor at a time like this was practically unthinkable, but….
-Daaamnㅋㅋㅋ
-Great Wayo
-For real??
-Seriously??
That was how seriously I took streaming.
The only people left for me to play with were my viewers.
Why else did people work to make money?
Wasn’t it to have fun, eat well, and sleep in nice places?
My three basic needs are fun, food, and sleep.
I couldn’t let one of them—streaming—go to waste.
And honestly, I just had to make sure I didn’t get caught, right?
I was extremely confident.
Anyway.
“Does this make you believe me?”
-Hmm.. Is it really that serious
-Couldn’t you fake this??
-But can’t you just stream for real? Tsk
Perhaps thanks to her hard-line approach, the viewers seemed to accept it to some extent.
One way or another, they were her viewers, so they must have had at least a little faith in her.
On top of that, she thought her honesty and the timing had helped too.
It was still about a month before Christmas.
This would inspire more trust than suddenly taking the day off itself.
“So… shall we play a game now?”
Since the mood seemed to be settling down, she cautiously broached the subject.
There was nothing to gain from dwelling on a topic like this for too long.
-Ah, yeah..
-Can’t we chat a little longer?
-All right, let’s go~~
-Ugh, the stream’s already over
“Yes, yes, all you Just Chatting strays, please leave.”
‘Just Chatting strays’ was a term for viewers who only watched the streamer’s idle Just Chatting segment before heading off to another stream.
Her chat had an especially large number of them, so around 40 of the 230 viewers streamed out all at once.
“You fucking….”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-They really are leaving
-You gold-farming parasites, fuck
“The log gentlemen who remain, over here.”
If the viewers who snatched only the Just Chatting segment and left were the derogatory “Just Chatting strays,”
there were also those who stayed until the end.
They were the “log gentlemen.”
The term referred to those who actively chatted even when chat activity was low, keeping the stream alive by carrying the log.
-Can’t we leave too?
-I don’t wanna be a gentleman
“Hehe, you can’t go.”
Where do you think you’re going? You have to watch the stream to the end.
My true friends, you hear me? I even prepared a game for today.
“So, how about it?”
A game icon appeared on the screen.
Before becoming a VTuber, Wayo had been a variety-game streamer, so she played a truly wide range of games.
The game she was playing today was considered one of the greatest indie games ever made: a battle game where you chose one of 172 characters and fought through scenarios that changed every time….
-Fuck you, Jotrel
-All right, let’s go~~
-Ah
-Do you really want to hit rock bottom??
“...For the record, this is a viewer-participation stream. I need four people for a Jeungbaram party.”
-Daaamnㅋㅋㅋ
-Phew
-Smash Wayo’s Head with Miaping kr2
-Sssssss
-Push Wayo off a cliff kr1 < Please
“With no upfront payment?”
-?
-??
-You’re really getting greedy
-Haㅋㅋㅋ
[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, WayoGaram!]
Take that, WayoGaram kr1
“Ah, thank you for the 1,000-won donation, WayoGaram. I should invite you right away, shouldn’t I?”
-What’s with the “shouldn’t I?”
-Why are you asking?
[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, ㅇㅇ!]
Deduct WayoGaram
“Ah~ a deduction.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This crafty bitch..
-Waiting for the deduction is fucking annoyingㅋㅋ
-A thousand won isn’t worth the slotㅋㅋ
[Thank you for the 5,000 won donation, WayoGaram!]
Fuck
“Ah! Here’s our first customer.”
Seeing the 5,000 won, she invited him right away.
Wow, that was half the minimum hourly wage.
It might be nothing to Model Ahyun, but for VTuber Wayo, it was a large sum.
[Thank you for the 5,000 won donation, Smash Wayo’s Head!]
Smash Wayo’s Head with Miaping kr2
[Thank you for the 5,000-won donation, Is This the Right Price?!]
Wayo the Idiot kr222
Since I invited the first person right away, viewers who’d figured out the going rate hurriedly sent donations.
Quick on the uptake, these people.
They sent their donations before she had a chance to raise the price.
“All right, one game, then party’s over~!”
-??
-?
-Fuck you
-Are you some huge streamer?
“One loss and the party’s over~!”
-Let’s fucking goㅋㅋ
There had been a troublesome announcement stream, full of chatter and controversy, but.
In any case, the fun Jeungbaram party had set off.
**
It was early dawn, after Wayo had finished her exuberant stream.
At this hour before sunrise, when ordinary people were inactive, one online community was posting so actively that it might as well have been midday.
[Is Wayo really taking Christmas off??]
[Geunseunghwang]
Wayo the Great, fuck, I didn’t think you were like this.
-?? For real?
-Nope, she says she’s turning on a live stream
ㄴ Wayo the Great doing a live stream is hard to imagineㅋㅋ
-She’s only taking Christmas Day off?
ㄴ She’s taking the day before and after off too
ㄴ Ah..
[Goodbye, Wayo the Greatㅋㅋ]
[ㅇㅇ]
She streamed a lot over a year~
-Wayo’s only in her first year? Fuckㅋㅋ. Going by how often she’s mentioned in this gallery, I figured she’d been around for about five years.
ㄴ That’s because the Wayo-dogs make such a huge fussㅋㅋ
-She says it’s not a boyfriend and she’s turning on a live stream, fuck
ㄴ Oppa~ Wait a minute~
ㄴ ㅗㅗ
-The Wayo-dogs are doomedㅋㅋ
[Why is Wayo the Great called Wayo the Great?]
[ㅇㅇ]
Because she averages 200 viewers, duh
-That’s..
-That’s part of what makes her Wayo the Great
-For real, why is she called Wayo the Great?ㅋㅋ
[The way people overhype Wayo is fucking annoyingㅋㅋ]
[ㅇㅇ]
She’s tiny as hell, but the Wayo-dogs are projecting their egos onto her, fuck
-You think the Wayo the Great who grew purely through her own numbers, without joining a single large-scale collab, is a fucking joke??
ㄴ She’s still a small-time streamer thoughㅋㅋ
-Being criticized like this is part of what makes her Wayo the Great
ㄴ Wayo-fuckㅋㅋ
[(Web message) You must respect Wayo the Great]
[The Exclamation-Mark Wanderer]
Wayo the Great knows the names and skills of all 172 champions and all 3,078 type-matchup possibilities from the 18 Pokémon types; she is plainly the king of independent VTubers, and the reason she hasn’t gone corporate isn’t that corporations won’t accept her, but that there’s no corporation capable of handling an independent creator greater than corporations themselves….
-Here he comes againㅋㅋ
-Get out of the gallery already
-I know Pokémon type matchups too, fuck
-Wayo-dogㅋㅋ
-Can someone perma-ban this guy already?
-Your master is taking Christmas offㅋㅋ
[But has Wayo really never turned on a cam even once?]
[ㅇㅇ]
These cartoon avatars these days turn on cams for birthdays and anniversaries.
-Wayo’s a pureblood VTuber, so she doesn’t turn one on
ㄴ “Pureblood,” my assㅋㅋ
ㄴ Looking at her design, she really is a purebred muscle-tuberㅋㅋ
ㄴ (Wayo character pic)
ㄴ She really does look like a muscle-tuber;
-If Wayo turns on a cam, public opinion will flipㅋㅋ
ㄴ Isn’t she just turning on a hand cam? Seriously, people are making such a fuss
ㄴ For real, someone needs to line up these Wayo-dogs and beat them with a stick
[Can you stop mentioning this asshole Wayo already?]
[ㅇㅇ]
She isn’t even a major streamer, yet this 200-average-viewer nobody is taking over the whole gallery;
-She’s the idol of the VTuber galleryㅋㅋ
-She’s the pride born from the gallery, so it can’t be helped
ㄴ Is she from the gallery?
ㄴ She got big after people started talking about her here
ㄴ “Got big” (averages 200 viewers)
[Separate from the Wayo-dogs, Wayo the Great really is a super rookie worth talking about]
[The Exclamation-Mark Wanderer]
Yeah;
-ㅗ
-Don’t feed the Wayo-dogs
-Aren’t you going to log out of your alt?
[We’ll know when Christmas Day arrives for Wayoㅋㅋ]
[ㅇㅇ]
If she just turns on a live stream for ten minutes and shuts it off, she’s dead that dayㅋㅋ
-For real
-Let’s see how long she lasts
-I made ten alt accounts. She’s fucking deadㅋㅋ
-Let the great Wayo-dog extinction beginㅋㅋ