Chapter 5
[Today's Wayo the Great Hand Silhouette]
(A shadow of a hand passing by)
Damn lol
-Hmm... Is it really that impressive?
-Isn't it just a thin hand?
[Where are all you assholes who said Wayo the Great weighs 84 kg and wears Sterak?]
(Wayo's shadow passing by)
How is that Sterak-looking lol
-Isn't it just an ordinary hand?
-Who is Wayo?
-Wayo's cam on?
ㄴ She's doing a livestream for Christmas
[Wayo-dogs shadowfapping, fuck;;]
What an insane fuss, seriously
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-For real
-I've lived long enough to see shadowfapping, fuck lol
[One thing I like about Wayo the Great]
It really was a business trip lol
-For real
-Actually going on a business trip at Christmas lol
-But where do you go that requires a three-day overnight business trip?
ㄴ Dunno?
ㄴ There's a rumor she's at a major corporation
ㄴ What major corporation sends someone on a three-day business trip over Christmas lol
[But what the hell is that watch on the table?]
(Wayo's table watch)
Looks nice lol. Do women wear watches like that?
-The flex is no joke lol
-Isn't it a luxury brand?
ㄴ Dunno
[Is this Wayo's table watch?]
(Watch information looked up on ChatGPT)
Is it real??
-??
-?
-For real?
-Is that the one?
[Is that watch authentic?]
Is it really that expensive?
-For real, what kind of watch costs that much;
-That's my annual salary, fuck lol
ㄴ Annual salary?
ㄴ Caught a convenience-store worker lol
-An annual salary is a bit much, but it's about as much as my room deposit..
ㄴ Caught a Harry Potter lol
ㄴ Fuck you, it's a one-and-a-half-room apartment
[What makes Wayo the Great fucking cool]
(Occasional Jeungbaram party auction)
She wears a watch like that while going around siphoning pocket money from kids through Jeungbaram auctions
-Ah..
-Money-crazed bitch lol
-That's how you make money lol
[Wayo the Great really seems to have a big-company side job]
Most ordinary office workers couldn't afford that, could they;
-How can an office worker buy a watch like that, fuck
-Maybe she runs some shopping mall or something
ㄴ For real, this is possible
[Isn't she just a rich kid, rather than working for a major corporation?]
How old is Wayo to own a watch like that?
-Mid-twenties?
ㄴ Late twenties, probably?
ㄴ No, no, early twenties
-Fuck, how old is she lol
ㄴ She never tells us, so nobody knows lol
ㄴ For real, how old is she??
[Wayo the Great is 17]
(Wayo wiki information)
That's what it says on the wiki, yeah..
-Seventeen, my ass
-Even this tiny streamer has a wiki lol
ㄴ Hey, hey, hey;;
-Seventeen is pushing it, but she seems around 25
[Wayo the Great registered on Real-Time Best lol]
(Post titled “VTuber who took Christmas off and went to a hotel posts watch verification shot.jpg”)
Wayo the Great is a big name now too lol
-Fuck, that title lol
-The clickbait is insane lol
-Are you a journalist?
-The facts are facts..
**
“Everyone, calm down for a moment.”
Honestly, I was a little flustered by the chat going wild the moment I turned on the stream, but it wasn't hard to figure out what was going on.
Apparently, the watch that briefly appeared on the table during the livestream had become a hot topic in the community....
The thing is, I feel a little wronged.
‘Angelina, what’s this watch?’
‘Oh~ It was one of the ones sent as a sponsorship~’
It was one of the many watches I'd received as sponsorships.
I have a whole watch showroom in my house, you know.
I just pick whichever one I feel like wearing that day.
The one I wore on my last business trip happened to be an expensive sponsored watch.
I didn't know it was worth that much, either.
Watches all look more or less the same to me; how was I supposed to tell?
Anyway, that caused a strange meme to latch onto the stream.
-Miss Wayo says everyone should calm down
-We humbly greet the trust-fund heiress Wayo..
-It's about time you went to work, Director
It was the chaebol third-generation meme.
The fact that she'd always said she had a day job, combined with the fact that her hours for clocking in and out of that job varied wildly.
And once that watch got added to the mix....
The meme went, “You’re a third-generation chaebol heir and a parachute hire who only goes to work when you feel like it, aren’t you?”
Of course….
“No, I’m not a third-generation chaebol heir.”
I was actively denying that absurd misunderstanding.
Are you crazy? Who said I was a chaebol heiress?
I clawed my way up from the middle class. Have any of you been working since you were six?
-Then what’s the watch??
-Doesn’t look fake..
-Please explain
“I’m a YOLO type, so I went into debt to buy it. It’s my one and only watch, so I treasure it....”
-It had scratches on it though lol
-“YOLO type,” my ass
-Fuck, we’ve finished analyzing you lol. You’re busted.
-So we don’t have to donate anymore, right?
-Just try collecting Jeungbaram money now
Still, there was one fortunate thing.
It was an expensive watch, but it wasn't ultra-high-end.
I can't tell watches apart, but I'd learned to distinguish the sort of expensive watches you absolutely mustn't scratch.
It was the most expensive watch without quite crossing that line.
It was in that ambiguous tier.
It was very expensive, but an ordinary person could buy one if they really stretched themselves.
And honestly, people are allowed to own expensive watches.
It's not like I committed a crime, right?
If anything, I’m a patriot who pays an absolutely obscene amount in taxes.
Thinking about it that way, I wondered whether I even needed to explain myself.
It was just a meme, after all; surely nobody actually thought I was a third-generation chaebol heir.
“Haa, everyone, quiet down before I call Attorney Kim.”
-Gasp
-What
-The Kim butler, damn
-Is your family a law firm?
“You could be sued by the Knights of the Law Firm, consisting of five judges and thirty-five senior prosecutors.”
-Are there no wizards?
-Five judges, damn
-Even Trump would get arrested, fuck;;
-That's practically state-level power lol
-Wayo Jae-yong lol
As a slight aside, Attorney Kim really does exist.
I mean, someone has to review my contracts, right?
Of course, no one would actually sue anyone.
“Now then~ today’s game is.”
Anyway, time to wrap up the chaebol talk.
If I’ve turned on the stream, I should play a game.
-Ah;
-Thanks for your hard work.
-All right, disband, disband~
-Let's call it a day and get back to our respective livelihoods
“This fucking….”
Secretly, I was happy that the community traffic had pushed the viewer count up to 400.
But 150 viewers vanished in an instant.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The Just Chatting strays' marathon is bb
-Should we ban every asshole who just left?
If I’d had a manager, I really would have wanted to at least jot down a note.
Most of them must have been community users, after all.
“Anyway… I’ll turn on the game and continue.”
Saying that, I launched the game.
This time, it was a hardcore Korean-made battle royale classic where 100 players are randomly placed on one of nine maps to compete for survival….
[Thank you for the 1,000-won donation, ㅇㅇ!]
You fucking bitch, you said you were a variety-game VTuber—if you're done with Jotrel and just going to play PUBG, take it out of your title, you lying bastard
ㄴ Can't this chat message actually get banned?
“There was no such chat message, fuck.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The anonymous user speaks truth bb
-PUBG again?? This is too much
“You say that, but deep down you like Jotrel and PUBG. What’s fun about watching shitty games?”
-??
-?
-Who said that, fuck
-Playing shitty games is fun though??
“What are you going to do if I bring an actually boring shitty game?”
-Then obviously I won’t watch
-Guess I should go to bed
-You’re disqualified as a streamer, yeah;;
-Pick something good, fuck
“Fucking self-employment….”
They hate it if I do this and hate it if I do that.
Is it because I want to play Jotrel and PUBG?
…Of course, it’s not like I don’t feel that way at all.
They nitpick the hell out of any game I bring.
How many times have I brought something I thought was a hidden gem, only to get cursed at for bringing a shitty game?
After getting cursed at like that, I gradually started bringing only tried-and-tested games.
If I’m going to play a proven game, wouldn’t it be better just to play Jotrel? That’s all, and it’s why I started launching Jotrel more often.
[Thank you for the 1,000-won donation, ㅇㅇ!]
Miss Wayo, I hear there’s a PUBG tournament on Chzzk this time. Aren’t you participating?
“Don’t call me ‘miss,’ fuck. I’m not entering the tournament.”
A platform tournament, a tournament exclusively for streamers.
Just by participating, these tournaments offer major benefits: they help build name recognition and let you make connections with other broadcasters.
As befits a super-rookie VTuber, I did get several offers, but I turned them all down.
There are several reasons I don't participate in tournaments.
First of all….
-Go the fuck out there already
-Stop telling her to go out ;;
-She won’t go if she doesn’t want to
-I watch Wayo because she doesn’t participate??
-Get the fuck out of here and join a big agency
That reaction, for one.
For some reason, my stream is the only one that divides people so sharply.
If I had to guess, they seemed to have a strange sense of pride in a stream that had grown without agency collabs.
Anyway, if that’s the first reason, the second is that I don’t want to be tied down by a schedule.
In a tournament, you have to build team synergy and practice together, don’t you?
In Jotrel, that means five streamers coordinating their schedules to play together, and I don’t want to be tied down by that kind of schedule.
I’m not particularly interested in making new streamer connections.
I’m satisfied with the stream’s growth curve as it is, anyway.
“Still, since you all have opinions, I’ll bring a different game tomorrow.”
-Then what about today?
-Fuck, you expect us to watch PUBG?
-At least do viewer participation;;
“Viewer participation is still on cooldown… Should I just play Jotrel and open a cyber racetrack?”
-Oh lol
-Let's go go go go
-Let's get in lol
At the prospect of opening a gambling game using viewer points, the chat became lively.
Slaves to dopamine... They were excited at the thought of getting their dopamine fix by betting points that weren’t even real money.
“I’m right before Diamond, as it happens. We can bet on a win.”
-?
-You’re Emerald 3 though?
-Do you not know what “right before” means?
“What… I’ll get there soon, won’t I?”
The viewers were mistaken about something.
I wasn’t merely Emerald 3—I was Emerald 3 with 80 LP.
In other words, you could call me Emerald 2 (for real).
If you round up, I was effectively Diamond, so I already considered my tier Diamond.
"Let's do this."
-Sigh
-Let's go go go go go
-Anyway, gotta bet on the underdog lol
And so, in that cheerful atmosphere, I opened the doors to the cyber racetrack.
I hadn’t been able to play Jotrel for the past few days because I’d been on an overseas business trip, so I queued up with some anticipation.
"What should I play?"
-Let's do Jax
-Does going 5th pick even mean anything for you? You just blindly pick melee champs
-If you already think this game is doomed, hit like lol
I boldly dropped to fifth pick and was deep in thought about which champion to play.
Bang!!
The door to the room I used for streaming suddenly flew open.
"!!"
Startled, I spun around.
There was no one in my house who would fling open a door without knocking.
-??
-What is this?
I was so flustered that, before I could even mute my microphone,
"Sis! Did you bring me a souvenir?"
The rough voice of some grown man filled the room.
In other words, it carried all the way through the broadcast mic.
-??
-?
-Who is that??
"Ah."
I couldn't see the chat anymore, but I could already imagine its reaction.
"W-what are you doing?"
"Shut up for now...."
...I’d just finished explaining myself.
Looks like we'll have to play the game a little later.