Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 62
Chapter Title: The Positive and Negative Effects of the Half-Cam Broadcast
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The next day arrived.
I tallied up the results of yesterday's half-cam broadcast.
Purely in terms of my channel's growth, the half-cam stream had been an unqualified success—better than I could've hoped.
Followers were up by 5,000.
Cafe membership had surged by 2,000.
Somehow, word of mouth from my viewers across various communities had pushed peak concurrent viewers to new heights.
It hadn't caused quite as massive a stir as my appearance on Ayase's pit show.
But it was clearly generating comparable buzz.
Oh.
Looking at the cafe, I saw this post too.
[Reflecting Myriad Stars-nim's Fervent Devotees] Title: Aftermath of the Cult Leader's Half-Cam Broadcast.jpg [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] Various community silbeol entries. You're blowing up now, dude. The post was sharing news that my half-cam broadcast had hit the realtime best posts across all sorts of communities.
Hard to tell from the cafe post alone if it was good news or bad.
So I went straight to the communities myself to check the realtime bests.
>
I'd sworn off communities for the foreseeable future.
"..."
But it's on silbe.
How am I supposed to resist that?
Sure enough, as one devotee had said, posts about my half-cam broadcast were topping the realtime bests everywhere.
📰 Realtime Best Post Title: ㅇㅎ) Yesterday's Some VTuber's Half-Cam Broadcast [Photo] [Photo] [Video] [Video] VTuber with the fanatic concept named Lee Jia turned into a total legend with yesterday's half-cam stream... ... ... ... Comments (566+) — Anonymous Whoa... — Anonymous She's got a pretty open mind. — Anonymous Insanely huge. — Anonymous Bigger than the stuff in the frame. — Anonymous Wtf is this??? Fake? — Anonymous That thing looks heavy—my back would snap. — Anonymous Looks heavy, but I'd happily hold 'em for her heh heh heh. — Anonymous Viral marketing? Pass. — Anonymous Chicks like this trait: face ruined af. ㄴ Fr lol ㄴ VTuber fans don't care abt that. ㄴ To them, the avatar is the real face. — Anonymous Tch tch, pathetic losers showering cash on trash like this. Their lives make sense now lol. Seeing dudes simp and donate just cuz big tits? Fucking pitiful. ㄴ Nick: NotReflectingGalaxyFollower ㄴ That's a silver lapdog. ㄴ Caught ya, silver lapdog! ㄴ Wtf's a silver lapdog? ㄴ Fanboy trash spouting their insider bullshit again ugh. — Anonymous Stumbled on her stream once by chance. Her RP is insanely on point... ㄴ RP? ㄴ Concept. She's a VTuber fanatic devotee of a god called 'Reflecting Myriad Stars'. ㄴ Sounds tough af just from the description? ㄴ But her streaming talent is GOAT-tier among VTubers, so half-cam show... — Anonymous Isn't this the girl from Ayase's pit show recently? ㄴ Yup. ㄴ Ayase noona gets it. ㄴ I don't follow VTubers but even I've heard of Ayase. Way more positive comments than I'd expected. I was pretty surprised.
Even with VTuber viewership exploding lately.
The reality is, more people still harbor resentment toward VTubers.
And understandably so—it's all 3D, not "real life."
If you're not into 3D subculture, you're bound to dislike VTubers.
Half-cam broadcasts lower that barrier for the haters.
Face fully obscured, sure, but the body's on display.
Even 3D skeptics can watch without much resistance.
If I stream today.
Some of these realtime best viewers will surely drop by out of curiosity.
Out of 100 floaters who come from silbeol, if even one converts to a devotee...
Then the half-cam was a resounding success.
Just days ago, I was twisting my body to shake off floaters like lint.
Now here I am, agonizing over how to solidify them into concrete fans.
Irony at its finest.
The half-cam didn't bring only upsides, though.
For starters.
As that realtime best shows.
Clips of me shaking and dancing hard had spread far and wide—the prime negative effect.
And get this: the original leaker was none other than my manager from the stream.
Right after it ended.
The guy mass-posted clips and photos to the cafe.
From there, they snowballed across communities.
That jerk's beyond redemption.
He's handling chat moderation better than expected, sure...
But spreading photos and clips? Court-martial offense.
This month's chicken stipend gets swapped for low-sodium diet frozen chicken breasts. That'll snap him out of it.
The negatives didn't stop there.
Bigger issues loomed.
I stopped by the convenience store for cup ramen early that morning, and when I got back home.
Several A4 notes were plastered to my front door.
Not the thrilling love-letter kind.
— 301 Please keep it down. — 303 One more noisy outburst and we're filing a report. — 202 You crossed the line yesterday. — 402 How many times is this now? Morning noise I can overlook, but past 7 PM... Urgh.
Threatening complaints from next door, above, and below.
Next and above were one thing.
The scariest was from below.
A concise "You crossed the line yesterday" from downstairs.
But that short line let me grasp just how furious the nocturnal construction dude downstairs was.
If I looked like a guy instead of a girl.
He'd have probably barged in and chewed me out already.
And he had every right to be pissed.
"..."
Look at that hole punched in the floor by the Price of Blasphemy.
What a mess.
Ughhh.
Just pure curiosity here, but...
📜 Omnia Wiki [Trace of the Price of Blasphemy - Lee Jia] 1. Overview 2. Details 3. Impact 4. Trivia 1. Overview Trace caused by the Price of Blasphemy inflicted on Lee Jia after her half-cam broadcast. 2. Details During the half-cam broadcast, Lee Jia committed the grave sin of blaspheming her god.[1][2] In response, her god [Reflecting Myriad Stars]-nim unleashed an all-time historic Price of Blasphemy upon her. 3. Impact Numerous complaints from officetel neighbors. - Protest notes from 301, 303, 202, 402 to Lee Jia. - Especially, the nocturnal construction dude in 202 (downstairs) erupted in rage, leading to formal complaints. 4. Trivia After the incident, Lee Jia resolved to move out. [1] Lee Jia: "Go ahead, run a hundred—no, thousand-day gald cup. I will not yield. A pathetic god like Bitchin' Myriad Stars can be crushed by a flick of our great Non-Reflecting Galaxy-nim's finger." [2] From Reflecting Myriad Stars-nim's perspective, this was a jump-off-the-walls outrage. And she got off with just a dented floor? She should be kowtowing in thanks. Yet she resents her god... A glimpse of her rude personality(...). ...It worked.
Still got those needless asides.
Downstairs construction dude didn't stop at notes.
Urgh.
Formal complaint filed.
Officials showed up at my door bright and early.
I get the neighbors' anger from next, above, and below.
Floor noise is a sin.
I know how brutal the stress is—I lived right under a family with kids before moving here.
Not that I was entirely blameless.
Honestly.
It wasn't my fault.
Reflecting Myriad Stars-nim's the petty one.
No, if you're gonna punish, at least wait a day.
Dropping the Price right after stream ends? What's the deal?
...Of course, even thinking that risks another Price.
But you gotta vent stress on the spot, right?
Bottling it up leads to real illness later.
Price or no Price.
Speak your mind and live.
Luckily.
Reflecting Myriad Stars-nim isn't petty enough to smite minor gripes like that.
But the stacks are building.
She probably stores these little complaints.
Then dumps a massive Price when the moment's right.
Not nasty, per se.
But definitely petty.
Haven't reported the disaster to the landlord yet.
Ideally, I'd fess up and cover repairs fully...
But fix it, then get another Price the next day and punch another hole?
Contractors need me out during work anyway, so mention it when I move.
So.
Where to move?
I've been feeling the urgent need to relocate lately.
Thanks to the 'Omnia Archive Streaming Program,' I can stream noiselessly during broadcasts.
But the Price doesn't stop when I end stream.
If anything, it hits harder off-stream.
For my suffering neighbors' sake, I have to move.
If I do.
Need a place with no floor noise worries.
Great soundproofing.
Sturdy floors.
"..."
Whether such a place exists in this country is debatable.
Well...
I'll find one.
Luckily, with Awakeners' gigs, streaming, and side hustles, money's not tight.
Not enough to buy, but deposit for a rental? Fine.
Decision made.
From now on, use pre-stream free time to scour real estate.
Can watch Ayase on the go anyway.
Seeing the half-gouged floor made the need feel even more dire.
...Can't drag my feet.
Or the floor fully caves, and I lock eyes with downstairs dude in a catastrophe.
And so.
As I bundled up to hit the realtors.
My phone rang—Yoo Euisul.
"...Hello?"
[Hey, whatcha doing.]
"Me? I'm just..."
[Whatever. Gimme your address first.]
"...Pardon?"
[I said I'd personally train you on Anomalous Phenomena. Forgot already?]
"I-I know, but why today, and why at my place..."
[Address.]
"..."
That was.
No request.
A one-sided decree.