Chapter 55
Chapter 55
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 55
Chapter Title: Full-Scale Ant-Plucking Broadcast
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Watching Ayase's stream right before starting mine has become one of my daily routines.
I'd love to skip my own stream and just binge hers until she ends, but...
⚙ ARCHIVIST'S DUTY ⚙ No. 1 No breaks until you're dead. If you don't go live at least once a day, you'll be forcibly sent back to the Omnia Archive. Do that, and I'd get hit with divine retribution for sure.
I have zero interest in being dragged to the Omnia Archive.
Honestly, I am pretty curious about what the Omnia Archive even is, but...
Curiosity killed the cat.
Ignorance is bliss for a reason.
Ayase was doing her usual pre-content cafe check.
And by pure coincidence, she was talking about me.
💬 LIVE CHAT — Ayase Jia on the verge of 50k followers...? F-for real? She's at 47k right now? Insane, totally insane. Isn't this the fastest time ever to hit 50k? What the hell?
That hit way too close to home as a fellow ant-plucker.
I immediately sent Ayase a donation.
Anonymous donated 50,000 KRW. The fastest to 50k is you, though. — Ayase Thanks for the 50k donation! Oh, right? Lol. — Viewer What even is Beatik lololol — Viewer Ayase does Beatik just by breathing ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ — Ayase I-I wasn't trying to Beatik! — Viewer Anyway, Jia already at 50k? — Viewer Growth speed is nuts lololol — Viewer Equal to or below Ayase. Ayase, who's pretty chill about TAS mentions, had the chat naturally buzzing about me.
— Viewer She's a monster, so fine, but Jia's growth is insane too ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Cultist tier ㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Viewers' wallets ㄷㄷㄷㄷ Ah.
I wanna donate begging them to stop talking about me...
But getting banned again for TAS bashing—or self-bashing, whatever—is a hard pass.
Ayasejikimi donated 5,000 KRW. Anyway, didn't Jia say half-cam on 50k...? Heh heh heh heh. — Ayase Yep, I know. FYI, I'm ending early that day too. Can't miss Jia's half-cam live! — Viewer No way Ayase is a cultist too lololol — Viewer Got brainwashed by the cult leader without realizing lololol — Viewer Jia half-cam stream <- how to resist that lol — Viewer Holy power wallet is real...! Ah.
R-right.
With the Anomalous Phenomenon and period hitting at the same time, I'd totally forgotten.
I have to do a half-cam soon.
Trust between viewers and streamers is way more important than you'd think.
Why do you think so many streamers set fixed schedules and hiatus days?
Even regular cam streamers prioritize trust.
For VTubers basing everything on RP symbols of trust? No question.
Has any VTuber who broke promises ever made it big? Not that I've seen.
So "no half-cam" wasn't an option for me.
I threw out the promise without thinking... Never dreamed I'd hit 50k this fast.
"Haa..."
Half-cam.
I'd rather die than do it.
Think.
Use your brain.
Your years of VTuber watching experience need to shine here.
Roll that noggin hard, and surely some genius idea will...
...Yeah.
That's it.
I set the stream title and went live.
Stream title:
[Full-Scale Ant-Plucking Broadcast]
Shake down the floaters hard.
Start a follower cancel campaign.
That should delay hitting 50k as long as possible.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Hello."
— Viewer J- hi — Viewer C- ul — Viewer Bowing to the High Priestess... — Viewer Myriad Staaars noonaaaaaaa — Viewer Held my breath worshiping till Jia came live ㅇㅇ — Viewer What stream title lololol — Viewer Brought something weird again After a quick greeting to kick off the stream,
"Reflecting Myriad Stars, grant me your grace."
— Viewer Here we go again — Viewer Macro 1 on. — Viewer Myriad noona, open wide! Prayer incoming!!!!! — Viewer Myriamen. — Viewer Myriamen. — Viewer Myriamen. — Viewer Myrialleluia! Euncheop donated 1,000 KRW. Eunmen. — Viewer ? — Viewer Wtf is eunmen? — Viewer Non-Myriad Galaxy amen. Shortened to eunmen. — Viewer Heresyaaaaaaaaa — Viewer Kick that bastard out!!!!!!!! — Viewer It's Euncheop!!!!!!!! — Viewer Ffs, you guys again, Euncheop? I launched straight into the prayer chant.
Ant-pluck technique No. 1.
Worship.
Ant-plucking doesn't have to be some grand scheme.
Just amp up my cultist vibes a bit,
and the floaters will drop off on their own, right?
Usually, I keep prayers short before diving in,
but today...
"I am weak and unworthy, but under Reflecting Myriad Stars' grace, I grow day by day. Ahh, the voice... I hear Reflecting Myriad Stars' voice...! They say... 'Offerings... Offerings are lacking...!' The divine revelation has come doooown!"
— Viewer Braindead cultist lolololol — Viewer Sudden donation push lolololol — Viewer This might stir controversy? — Viewer Jia noona, donation pushes can seriously spark drama... I know.
You shouldn't push donations unless you have to.
Simple reason: It can annoy viewers.
No one has to pay to watch, after all.
But right now, with half-cam looming, I was desperate.
Unfollow, please.
Unfollow, please.
I don't care if you hate me—just unfollow, beg you.
"This is clearly a revelation and trial from Reflecting Myriad Stars, so devotees, prove your faith right now. No donation? Heretic! Offerings, pull out those offerings from your pockets..."
Wham!
"Nguk."
Wham!
"Tteuk..."
Wham!
"Kuek."
Feels like the first time in ages I've taken hits like this.
Price of blasphemy.
Three in a row.
Result of fabricating in Their name.
...Usually They let some slide, but today They're strict.
— Viewer What, WWE? — Viewer Real sneak WWE godlike lololol — Viewer As if, pay the blasphemy toll. — Viewer Figured the donation push was too out of nowhere kekekekeke — Viewer Scripted this? — Viewer God of RP performance. — Viewer GOAT. — Viewer RP commitment is top-tier bb The viewers,
instead praised me as a WWE master.
Viewership was even climbing.
Ah.
This isn't it.
This won't work...
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Sometimes, rather than hiding your feelings from viewers,
just laying them bare and raw can help.
I spilled my true feelings.
"Fuck, I don't wanna do half-cam! Not just hate it—I fucking loathe it!"
— Viewer She finally snapped lolololol — Viewer You finally kneel, hmm hmm. — Viewer Finally being honest lololol — Viewer Your face was screaming it lololol — Viewer Stop cussing braindead cultist lololol — Viewer This a VTuber...? — Viewer Suspiciously foul-mouthed VTuber ㄷㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Noona's face quality too good, can't hide expressions ever lolololol "Please, I beg you, unfollow me. Only 3k away now... Agh, it grew again! Down to 2.5k!"
— Viewer Nope, no way~ — Viewer Told neighbors to follow Jia ㅇㅇ. — Viewer Wanna beg? Start with naked dogeza. 'ToneDeafGuy' has been kicked by mod. — Viewer Gasp — Viewer Man died right in front of me... — Viewer Mod doing work lololol — Viewer Got chicken, gotta earn it ㅇㅇ. Anonymous donated 10,000 KRW. TLDR: Spread word on other sites to follow Jia, right? "Right?!"
— Viewer Spot on ㅇㅇ. — Viewer Correct. — Viewer Correct, alchemist! — Viewer Spread word on politics gal. No thanks needed, Jia. — Viewer Nooooo not there — Viewer Crazy bastard lololol — Viewer That's an anti-fan magnet lololol I only started the stream because of the obligation,
but I didn't hate streaming.
No.
If I had to say like or dislike...
It leaned toward like.
Streaming gave me my main income source.
Not enough with 1:1 voice chat with Ayase?
I even guested solo on her content. How could I hate it?
And above all...
I'm starting to enjoy streaming itself.
Chatting nonsense with viewers? Kinda fun, in its own way.
I might not show it,
but I'm grateful to my steady viewers, in my own way.
But.
If the stream tier keeps growing...
Problem.
Big problem.
Damn.
Why'd Reflecting Myriad Stars make my model match my real face exactly?
Honestly, no excuses on that one.
VTuber amateur hour.
Same face and model means the bigger the stream gets, the harder to go out in public.
Hell, I've already run into one person.
So ant-plucking is a must, not optional.
Long-term view.
Stable concrete beats inflated hype.
"Fine. Won't unfollow? Then suggest ant-pluck content at least."
— Viewer Who asks viewers for ant-pluck ideas ffs — Viewer Right here. — Viewer Not human? — Viewer Not human... — Viewer Rowing against the tide lololol — Viewer But srsly ant-pluck once here wouldn't hurt. Seen streams tank from floater rats... ContentSuggestor donated 1,000 KRW. Politics stream? Best ant-pluck ever Jia ㅇㅇ. "Heresy? Euncheop?"
— Viewer Gasp, hair is red ㄷㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Ribbon on chest is blue? ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Hair's pink not red lol — Viewer Uh, so blue then? — Viewer Gasp — Viewer Gasp gasp Idiot talk.
Politics stream? That'd pluck devotees, not ants.
Hmm.
No matter how I think...
Ah.
Got it.
No need to agonize—just copy Ayase's stream.
She's one of the consistent ant-pluckers.
Ayase's method?
Song. Song.
Like streamer, like viewers. I can terror eardrums with song too.
My singing sucks.
No way a vocal cord swap magically improves it.
"Taking song requests."
Open mouths, ears too.
Requiem incoming.