Chapter 9
Chapter 9
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 9
Chapter Title: Sneak Worshipping VTuber
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The feeling of watching a countdown tick down to your own death.
Who could possibly understand it?
No one could.
There probably isn't a single soul on Earth who's been through something like this.
The computer booted up slower than ever today.
Even connecting to the internet felt like an eternity.
But still.
I barely made it.
I hit the start stream button right at 11:58.
In my panic, I slapped on a title that was just 'ㅇ'.
A chill ran down my spine in that instant.
If my chat with the investigator had dragged on just a bit longer.
If I'd missed one more subway train because of it.
If the chicken delivery had been two minutes late.
I would've been scrapped for sure.
There's a limit to carelessness—this was my life on the line.
Never again.
Never again. I need to stay sharp so this doesn't happen twice.
Tomorrow, I should grab an alarm clock that could wake the dead.
Anyway, I survived, so that's what matters.
Cheers to that.
As soon as I went live, a decent crowd of viewers poured in.
That's weird.
Yesterday's debut peaked at around 800 concurrent viewers.
But 900 jumped in right from the start, smashing the record.
Did word spread on the forums or something?
Probably.
Truth be told.
Going live right before midnight isn't the smartest move for a streamer.
It's when office workers and students are getting ready for bed, so it's the worst time to draw a crowd.
- Hello
- Fanatic eyes have arrived!!!
- Where's the finger-snapping fanatic?
- Why'd you start so late?
- Holy shit, that rigging quality is insane lololol
- She's nuts?
- Booty grass hehehehe
Sure enough.
The viewers were grilling me on why I started so late.
"I had my reasons... Sorry about that."
- Reasons?
- What
- Rea-sons?
- Not those reasons you maniac lololol
- Hmm...
Definitely.
My stream was still raw and unpolished, so the chat was a total mess.
No rules established yet.
No regular schedule announced.
I hadn't even decided on content.
These people were only here because my model looked pretty.
Can't get complacent.
Today's fiasco—getting cocky, paying for blasphemy with a split forehead gushing blood.
Forgetting to stream and nearly getting scrapped.
Life's unpredictable.
My laziness could bite me hard later, so time to wake up now.
Ah.
Of course, I'm not human—I'm a 'Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars.'
Anyway.
If I'm streaming, might as well go hard and make enough to live on.
That way, being forced into this won't feel quite so unfair.
With that in mind.
Today, I figured I'd lay out how I'll run this stream going forward.
Luckily, I've watched tons of VTuber debuts and know better than anyone how they grow.
The most memorable debut I saw was Ayase's.
Ayase was a natural-born VTuber, no exaggeration.
She jumped straight into a singing stream the day after debut.
...Yeah.
And she absolutely wrecked it.
Her singing was so disastrously bad that it blew up on the forums in the worst way.
Ayase shot up as a rising star overnight.
In other words.
Ayase turned her fatal flaw of godawful singing into entertainment gold.
I know better than most what makes a VTuber stream pop.
But...
Knowing is one thing.
How to make bank? Sleep four hours a day and grind like a dog.
Single-digit body fat alpha male? Hit the gym three hours daily, choke down flavorless chicken breast for every meal.
Talk is cheap—anyone can do it.
Knowing and doing are worlds apart.
Sadly, I'm not eloquent like Ayase.
Can't sing.
Can't game.
I'm just your average nobody with zero talents.
- So what's on tap today?
- Day 2 after debut, big stuff incoming?
- Dude, just start around 7 next time, this is too late
- Lmao
- Hmm... Pretty model but she'll vanish without a trace
- Sounds about right
- She's been silent for 2 mins straight?
- Audio's dead lololol
- Debut yesterday, cut her some slack
Haa.
They're judging me.
Yeah, I don't even know what to do.
Filling dead air solo is brutal.
If I'd planned even a little before going live...
But nope—'don't stream and you die,' so I hit start with zero thoughts.
Ah.
Screw it.
Take responsibility.
You turned me into a woman by force, shoved me into VTubing—own it.
...Somehow.
How?
Maybe a heartfelt prayer to take responsibility?
Eh?
Hold up.
Thinking about it, praying might actually make them step up.
Blaspheme Reflecting Myriad Stars, and you pay the price.
So praising... might get a reward?
It's no joke.
Getting instant payback for blasphemy already defies common sense.
...Worth a shot.
Like it or not, I'm a full-on fanatic from here on.
"Everyone, quiet."
- ?
- ??
- Si-lence!!!
- Shhh!
"Time to pray to Reflecting Myriad Stars. Viewers, please stay silent."
- Outta nowhere?
- Sneak worship wtf
- There it is, crazy fanatic girl gimmick
- Silence my ass
- Yas yas yas yas yas
I clasped my hands together devoutly.
"Reflecting Myriad Stars, thank you for letting me stream safely today. Fact: I survived today thanks to you."
I launched straight into the Lord's Prayer for Reflecting Myriad Stars.
Not a gimmick.
My sincere prayer.
One taste of 'blasphemy's price' with a torn forehead, and anyone would turn fanatic like me.
I wanna live.
Don't wanna get scrapped.
So give me 'praise's reward.'
I kept praising Reflecting Myriad Stars for a good while after.
The viewers' reactions...
- Gimmick lmao lololol
- RP is hardcore lolololol
- RP commitment S-tier bb
- Why so earnest lololol
- Vocals hit hard tho?
- Comedic timing godlike lololol
- Grass
were pretty hot.
Sincerity.
Always gets through.
That prayer to Reflecting Myriad Stars? 100% pure heart.
My fanatic praying must've looked pretty convincing to them.
- Ahh, Reflecting Myriad Stars!
- Withdrawing support for Reflecting Myriad Stars. From today, we're one body... (read more)
- Long live Reflecting Myriad Stars!
- Lon1g live Reflecting Myriad Stars!
- Yo typo retard
- Blasphemy!!!
- Kick that fucker
Good thing they were playing along—it seemed fun for them.
💬 Live Chat [ㅇㅇ donated 1,000 won.]
> Is this a religious stream?
"No, not religious. Just gratitude to Reflecting Myriad Stars. It's my daily routine."
- So worship every stream start?
- Messy af
- Respect the RP yin yang
- Gimmick ain't easy fr
[ㅇㅇ donated 1,000 won.]
> So who's Reflecting Myriad Stars, weeb? Explain.
"Ah, poor lost soul! Not knowing Reflecting Myriad Stars..."
- Lost soul?
- Western god?
- Sudden east-west lore merge lololol
- Lore error?
- Fr tho who tf is Reflecting Myriad Stars
- Time for Reflecting Myriad Stars TED Talk
"Uh, um... Well, Reflecting Myriad Stars is..."
- Dunk dunk dunk
-(expecting)
- Big drop incoming
- Massive dump incoming ddd
Yeah, right.
Who is Reflecting Myriad Stars?
Even me, praying like a fanatic, doesn't know exactly what they are.
Makes sense.
The wiki had zilch on Reflecting Myriad Stars.
Obviously some divine being, but...
I double-checked the wiki in case I missed something.
Still.
No entry on Reflecting Myriad Stars.
- Why'd she go quiet?
-(lore compiling)
- Time to shatter the mask~~~~~~~
In the end.
All I could say was.
"The strongest in the worldview."
- ?
- ??
- Bro
A super lame answer: 'strongest in the worldview.'