Chapter 127
Chapter 127
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 127
Chapter Title: VTuber with a God-Given Talent for Dance
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Awakeners were such a rarity—only a few hundred thousand to one against the general population—that they lived their lives squarely in the public eye.
One interview, and they'd dominate every community thread and news headline online.
If a dating rumor ever broke, it'd chew up bandwidth for over a month straight. Trying to compare that kind of buzz to some random internet streamer? Embarrassing.
But.
Yoo Euisul, the undisputed strongest Awakener, was the polar opposite—a total stranger to public attention.
Even if she strolled into a bustling department store in a sports car, maskless and sunglasses-free, face fully out there, not a soul would clock her.
And that was all by design.
She'd never given a single interview in her life.
Hell, she'd smashed cameras from reporters snapping her pics while she waited for gates into Anomalous Phenomenon zones more times than she could count.
She was an extreme individualist.
Didn't give a damn what anyone else was up to. Fan service? Interviews? Not even on her radar.
With media exposure you could tally on one hand, it was no wonder nobody recognized her.
Bluntly put.
More people would spot some no-name VTuber like Lee Jia than Yoo Euisul.
Anyway, Yoo Euisul had always been that way—zero interest in anyone else.
Until recently, when something tiny shifted inside her.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo…"
She cranked her training to a brutal new level, trying to sweat out the nagging thoughts creeping into her head.
Weights up ten, twenty kilos heavier than usual.
Sets stretched longer.
If she didn't push until her mind went blank, those stray thoughts would just keep buzzing around. That was the fear.
But.
No matter how hard she trained, she couldn't fully shake them.
The human body had limits, Awakener or not.
Three hours in, even Yoo Euisul hit the wall.
She wrapped up, hit the showers, and blasted herself with ice-cold water.
"Haa…"
She let out a sigh that could sink the earth.
The thoughts had come roaring back.
Lee Jia.
Ever since that trip back from Yeosu to Seoul.
Lee Jia had been stuck in her head, nagging for no damn reason.
The mess Lee Jia was in? Even a freak of nature would crack under it.
She put on such a sunny front, but to any outsider, nobody had it worse.
Stream every single day, no exceptions.
Clear an Anomalous Phenomenon every month.
Blaspheme, and retribution hits like clockwork.
All those chains from a god calling itself Reflecting Myriad Stars? No small stress.
Of course, in Yoo Euisul's book.
They weren't unbreakable.
Daily streams? Pro streamers ate that for breakfast.
Monthly Anomalous Phenomena? Tough, but not solo-mandatory. Yoo Euisul could tag-team it easy.
…But.
The world didn't roll that smoothly.
If it was just gate-clearing on chill mode, she wouldn't sweat it.
Then the Fervent Devotees showed up.
And Lee Jia solo'd them. Twice.
First one. Second one.
No assist from Yoo Euisul either time.
The top Awakener turned into dead weight the second something non-gate crashed the party.
Coincidence?
Both times, pure cosmic luck dumping her only on super-effective matchups?
…Doubt it.
Once is chance, twice is fate. That's what they say. Yoo Euisul wasn't buying random luck.
Worst case?
More solos ahead against these Fervent Devotee freaks.
Lee Jia's bad luck streak? Speaking it aloud hurt her jaw.
"Haa…"
Yoo Euisul felt weird worrying about her this much.
Post-shower, on autopilot, she checked Lee Jia's stream to gauge her vibe.
Half-expecting tears and a sob story to the viewers.
What she walked into instead?
"Wha—what."
A total shock.
Lee Jia.
Well, not meatspace Lee Jia—the VTuber avatar version.
She was dancing. Some bizarre routine, the kind that'd make witnesses cringe into oblivion.
Dancing pro or not, Yoo Euisul could tell: peak no-rhythm nightmare.
Joints popping independent. Off-beat city.
But skill didn't matter.
The point was.
💬 Live Chat — Anon UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU — Anon Hnnnnggggggg… — Anon I'm dead, I'm dyingggg — Anon Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. — Anon Motion cap on point lmao — Anon Bounce physics god tier kekekeke — Anon Holy power pouch BOOM! lol — Anon Goon dance! Goon dance! Goon dance! — Anon This is dance, this is reaction! This is dance, this is reaction! — Anon donated $1 Elysium — Anon donated $1 PigJia (actual pig) …Yeah.
Her mocap dance moves came off mad lewd. That was the kicker.
Yoo Euisul felt like an idiot for fretting over Lee Jia's mental state seconds ago.
Why the hell was she doing that?
No clue why Lee Jia was suddenly flaunting her assets to the chat, but whatever.
'No need to worry about her sanity.'
Good to see her so chipper.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Ah.
Aaah.
Aaaaahhh.
My sanity crumbling in real time.
"Ngh…"
This is weird.
I tanked the madness assault from that Anomalous Phenomenon, 'Portrait of the Mad Woman.'
Tanked the mindfuck from a Fervent Devotee, 'Nameless (Gluttony).' Iron will right here.
So why did every short-form dance challenge chip away at my psyche live?
By my reckoning, those TikTok-style dances were easy mode compared to guy idol choreo.
Just shake it out. Done.
The faithful loved it. Pure bliss reactions.
Low difficulty.
Chat popping off.
Donos raining.
If this wasn't free money, what was?
Staff was right—dance streams maxed out the mocap's potential.
But.
Content I'd sell my soul never to touch again.
"O-okay, that's enough, right? We're done here."
💬 Live Chat — Anon Already clipped the whole vid — Anon KYAAAAA so tasty — Anon What about turning the fans? YouTube. — Anon Thought it'd be one and done, but an hour+? Pog — Anon You musta wanted to dance from the start lol — Anon Peak feast thanks x3 — NotACasualFanboy donated $5 Wait what I just got here did I miss life? — Anon Die — Anon Fr die rn — Anon Faster to reincarnate — Anon You did the full Zero to Peak bike beeps and NOW you show? GTFO — Anon Surely another grace from Our Lady Myriad Stars… Go big or go home, no backlash allowed—I conquered every trending short-form challenge.
Hell.
Dancing itself wasn't that embarrassing. Got in the zone, rode the vibe, tried 'em all. Even I'm baffled looking back.
…TBH.
Not bad.
Fun, even.
After grinding nightmare guy idol dances.
These braindead-easy short-form ones? Momentum hit, I shook harder without thinking.
Felt fine mid-dance.
Post-marathon? Shame tsunami.
Exhausted, I called end stream and logged off.
Runtime: shy of four hours.
Not marathon-length, but zero hate in sight.
Love it or lump it.
Fan sway success, but now brace for fallout.
Biggest roadblock?
— JiaWorshipHall Is Jia a god? Is Jia a god? Is Jia a god? — MyriadStarsGrace Yo that's blasphemy …The editors.
Ugh.
Pls don't turn today into YouTube fodder.
— JiaWorshipHall Oh, btw Shorts are already up so no worries on full vid. — JiaWorshipHall Full edit to manager by tomorrow. — MyriadStarsGrace Fast af A.
F.
This.
Shit.
Why so damn quick?!