Chapter 39
Chapter 39
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: Ayase's Abyss Show - 1
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Ayase's Abyss Show. The day had arrived.
Before the show kicked off, there was one thing I needed to check first.
I logged into the Virtual World.
Or V-World, for short.
V-World was a virtual reality platform game.
Players customized their avatars freely and enjoyed all sorts of maps and content created by other users.
Ayase's Abyss Show was taking place on a custom map in V-World.
Of course, I'd played V-World before.
And why had I played it?
To participate in viewer interaction content.
Whenever VTubers did viewer participation streams, 100% of the time, they were in V-World.
Ayase herself had run tons of viewer participation content in this game.
Blind date streams.
Show it with your body.
OX Quiz.
And so on.
Surprisingly, I'd never once been selected for Ayase's viewer participation content.
Even for ones with pretty low competition.
Unlucky people just can't catch a break, no matter what.
Look at me.
So damn unlucky that while watching a VTuber stream from my room, I ran into black smoke and got forced into becoming a VTuber.
And now, someone as hopeless as me was doing a 1-on-1 collab with Ayase.
You see all kinds of crazy shit if you live long enough.
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Once I was in V-World, I linked my virtual avatar and customizations first.
V-World was a godsend game that let you link your personal virtual avatar with just one click.
This was my first time actually using the feature, though.
Click.
I hit the button, and my virtual avatar linked perfectly into V-World.
"…"
The linking itself was fine.
But something...
Something was seriously off.
I tried controlling the character with my keyboard.
The character moved.
Every strand of hair swayed realistically.
And those massive tits in the world bounced up and down.
This...
Felt like a frame rate glitch.
V-World only supported up to 60 FPS max.
But I was running at 240 FPS solo...
No, not even that.
It felt like 480 FPS.
Movements that utterly transcended the game's physics engine, insanely natural.
And that was without full-tracking gear on.
Every finger joint moved fluidly.
The cause? Only one possibility.
The Omnia Archive program.
Linking my avatar through that program must've caused this.
...Well, yeah.
This 'Omnia Archive program' wasn't some human-made software to begin with.
It was software made by a god.
No surprise at this point.
Anyway, this wouldn't do.
The quality leaped so far beyond human tech that I'd probably get sent to the abyss before the show even started properly.
Sensing the crisis, I closed my eyes and prayed to Reflecting Myriad Stars.
"Reflecting Myriad Stars, what the hell kind of program did you make?" "This won't do." "It's over-technology." "This is Anomalous Phenomenon level." "If you're a corporation, act like one and manage your VTubers properly." "Normalize it." "Please." "…"
Did it work?
I cracked my eyes open with a sliver of hope, but my character's movements were still boasting overwhelming frame rates.
...I was the idiot for expecting anything.
Wondering if the linking had glitched, I checked the Omnia Archive program again.
And found a 'Frame Limit' function.
This...
Was it always there...?
No, I don't remember seeing it.
Reflecting Myriad Stars must've heard my desperate prayer and normalized it in real-time.
I relinked the avatar.
I didn't limit the full-tracking function.
Just cap the frames.
Nice.
This is it.
The choppy 60 FPS movements.
Now that's normal.
Reflecting Myriad Stars, you're the god of normalization!
💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 "Guhk..."
N-never mind...
Not the god of normalization.
Uh.
Um.
God of libraries?
God of archives?
God of virtuals?
Or maybe...
God of blasphemy?
Come to think of it, Reflecting Myriad Stars.
I'm seriously curious at this point.
What exactly are you the god of?
💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 "Grahk..."
Don't ask, got it.
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An invite came from Ayase.
Map name: 'Ayase's Abyss Show'.
I let out a tense sigh and accepted.
Entering the map, a red background symbolizing the abyss welcomed me.
Ayase was already fully prepped and waiting.
"Jia, how've you been?"
"Oh, hi, Ayase!"
"Wow, you even came with tracking on?"
"Yeah. Is that a problem?"
"No way! I welcome it."
After a light greeting with Ayase, she explained the setup.
"You probably know it all already, so I'll keep it brief."
Ayase's Abyss Show.
It was a quiz show concept where she invited VTubers as guests and hit them with extreme either/or questions.
Ayase was the poster child for wholesome VTubing.
But during Abyss Show, she awakened as a dark-side VTuber.
In other words...
The show's intensity was off the charts.
Even just watching her streams, I'd thought 'Is this really okay?' multiple times, so you can imagine the level.
Of course, guests didn't have to answer every question.
If you didn't want to, you could pass.
But...
Passing meant losing the chance to donate to charity in the guest's name.
For example, something like this:
Red or blue?
Answer, and 1 million won donated in the guest's name. Pass, and just 10,000 won.
Of course, donations are more about the thought than the amount...
But bigger amounts are always better, right?
Over 15 episodes of Abyss Show, not a single guest had answered every question.
Proof of how intense the questions were.
But...
Lee Jia will.
Yep, come hell or high water, I'm answering everything.
Why?
Unlike other VTubers, I grew up in the dark side from the start.
It's a dark-side VTuber privilege.
World first.
Bear witness to the birth of the first VTuber to answer everything.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The Abyss Show began.
"Ayase's Abyss Show, Episode 16! Today's guest is... Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars, fanatic VTuber! Lee Jia!"
"Hello, I'm Lee Jia."
💬 Comments — User123 lolololololol — FanGirl88 Jiaaaaaaaa! — DevoteeBro Fanatic VTuber Jia has arrived kyaaaa! — HypeTrain BIG ONE INCOMING!!!!! — Spammer hellooooo x5 — FaithfulOne This too must be Reflecting Myriad Stars' grace... — Techie Avatar quality is insane — LOLer Full tracking? lmao — JiaFan Jia has full tracking too? — Corpse Denial God Archive;;;;; Corporate VTuber support is OP — MemeLord Corporate勢 (not actually) Internet streaming was all about interacting with viewers.
The Abyss Show map had a massive digital billboard linked to Ayase's live chat, making it easy to see the messages.
So this is what guests see.
The opening tradition of Abyss Show?
The AI's absurd take on who 'Lee Jia' is.
Question: Tell me who Lee Jia is!
Answer: Lee Jia is a male Korean VTuber...
What the...?
...who streams various content as an internet broadcaster.
A former pro gamer from team 'Omnia Archive', boasting godlike physicals, light-reflex speeds, and...
💬 Comments — LOLKing lmaoooooooo — Skeptic Male VTuber? Pfft lmao — QuestionMark Male? VTuber? — DivineFan For a dude, that divine power pouch is HUGE tho? — Gamer Ex-pro gamer cap lmao — ProWatcher Jia's game skills are actually destructive, ex-pro makes sense lmao Trouble from the opening.
Am I a male VTuber or female?
Biologically, female VTuber fits...
But gender identity-wise, male VTuber is right.
AI, you bastard.
You didn't secretly install hidden cams in my house, did you?
As the AI finished, Ayase hit me with a question right away.
"Lee Jia, are you male?"
"...No."
"Abyss Show, start!"
Bababam.
The grand BGM signaling the Abyss Show's start played.
Ah.
I hate this.
Never dreamed I'd deny being male myself.
Ayase was a pro-minded top VTuber.
Normally, her gentle tone made anyone feel good.
But once Abyss Show started, her personality flipped to aggressive and curt.
"Lee Jia, before the real questions, let me thank you first."
"Uh... yeah... why...?"
"I heard you watch my streams a lot... Is that true?"
"Totally true!"
I had plenty to say about that.
The topic of Ayase got me hyped, and I kept going.
"I guarantee you, no one watches more Ayase streams than me. Ayase's total stream time last year: 2400 hours! My Ayase watch recap last year: 2358 hours!"
💬 Comments — Huh? ???? — Calc 2358 hours?? — MadLad insane lmao — Ranker That's top 3 watch time for real no cap — Doubter Cap? "I swear on Reflecting Myriad Stars' name, no cap! After this content, I'll post a blurred-nickname screenshot on Ayase's cafe. You fake fans."
Ah.
Um.
Got too heated.
Ayase talk got me way too excited without realizing.
No time to calm down.
Ayase suddenly ambushed me.
"Question time. First question!"
⚙ FIRST QUESTION ⚙ 'Ayase Mitsuko' and 'Reflecting Myriad Stars' both drown at the same time. Who do you save first? You must choose one. A: Save Ayase first. B: Save Reflecting Myriad Stars first. Bam bap babam.
"Answer!"
"…"
💬 Comments — Chaos wtf lmao — Choke Breath caught! — Logic? Why's the god drowning lmao — Hypothetical It's a setup~ — LoreMaster Gods drown and pay up gg The first question was already sweat-inducing intensity.
But I didn't agonize long.
This one...
The answer was decided from the start.
"Answer, A! Save Ayase first!"
"Why?"
"Reflecting Myriad Stars is a god, so They can swim just fi..."
💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 "Guhk."
💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 "Grahk..."
💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 💥 DIVINE SMITE! 💥 "Euk, ugh, ack, guhk..."
Price of blasphemy.
6-hit combo.
No, you're a god.
Why so petty...?