Chapter 250
Chapter 250
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 250
Chapter Title: Fixer Uparupa Deploys!
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After winning that tournament, really so many things had changed.
It was so much that it was hard to even list them all one by one.
But the biggest change of all was that I'd gotten pretty close with a bunch of other streamers.
LoL was the most popular game that everyone played anyway.
And above all, since we were friendly rivals all racing toward the same goal of victory...
After the event ended, it felt fresh chatting or playing games with the streamers we'd faced off against.
"Ehehe..."
After that, we'd occasionally do stuff like intramurals like today, and surprisingly, the reactions were great.
Usually, members or streamers I was close with would baby me.
But among the new streamer friends, some really bullied me hard.
And ironically, that added a fresh flavor, so the Cherries loved it.
"Hehe, thank youuu."
Plus, I deliberately didn't open missions in my room.
So during intramurals, when an all-chat mission like 'Donate X per room on win' popped up, the donations rolling in from that were pretty hefty.
Of course, I wasn't playing for the donations.
But from the Cherries' side, it felt like I was doing a dojo crawl, and they seemed to love it.
Still, broadcasts get boring if they're too uniform, so I only joined occasionally when close streamer friends invited me.
"Thanks for the game, everyone! Call me again sometime."
『Aish, don't come anymore! I won't call you!』
『Look at her trying to squeeze more money! We look like ATMs to you?!』
And so, after our usual warm farewells, I left the Discord room.
Realizing it was about time to end the stream, I decided to share some announcements.
They weren't super important, but it was easier to just call them that.
"Alright, Cherries. Before I head out today, I'll share a few updates real quick!"
Aigoo, always like this.
I streamed a ton today too.
Two whole hours more than usual, even.
They never let me off easy before ending.
That just means the Cherries love me that much, though.
But at this point, wouldn't it be nice to send me off sweetly for once?
"First off, I'll be taking a day off next Wednesday. With all the tournament prep and stuff lately, I haven't had a break, so Ellin-unnie and I are finally going on a bakery tour, just the two of us."
I started with the bad news—the day off—which got the expected groans everywhere.
But since everyone knew I hadn't rested lately, it felt like they were sending me off with teary eyes.
Hehe, say what you will, our Cherries have such kind hearts.
"Next up, did everyone see today's teaser?"
Next was today's teaser—specifically, about Gen 2.
Normally, the President would announce this.
But since it tied into Gen 2 stuff, I was passing it along briefly as an announcement.
"When the juniors debut, we're prepping some new content. After all, I'm a true-blue Pista, right?"
Aigoo, they always gotta add that one line!
Just say I'm a diehard fan!
That's not weird at all!
...Is it? Is it weird?
Anyway!
"So when the juniors arrive, we'll do a simple intro content in our room. Kinda like a talk show vibe? And after they're all done, the Gen 1 members will go one by one too."
Ooh, good reactions thankfully.
Honestly, I was a bit worried since it's new content.
But surprisingly, the Cherries seemed pretty hyped.
"So the Cherries gotta show the juniors lots of love too, got it? If their debut viewer counts are low, I'm scolding you all!"
What viewbots, you dummy!
That'd hurt our juniors!
I just meant go watch and cheer them on!
But 30k live viewers? That's almost LSK finals level...!
If that many people tune into Gen 2 debuts, that'd be scarier.
What's even going down in the Vtubing world?
"Anyway, that's the announcements. I'm off to bed, so sweet dreams, Cherries! Byelulu!"
And so, even the announcements turned into a chaotic ordeal, but I wrapped it up.
I shut down the PC right away and dashed to the shower.
I had to hit the company tomorrow too, so early bed tonight.
The next day, I grabbed breakfast and headed to the company early.
Not just me—today was when all the members gathered together.
The President called us for a group meal after ages, and mentioned some important stuff to share.
"Now we're all heading out together?"
"Should we call this the Neighbors?"
"Hehe, sounds nice."
We used to go just Ra-hee-unnie and me, but now Chae-yoon-unnie joined too.
Per Chae-yoon-unnie's idea, we named our trio the Neighbors.
We finally arrived at the company and headed to our usual meeting room.
Chae-yoon-unnie flung the door open without knocking and yelled loud enough to shake the building.
"The Neighbors have arrived!"
"Brought coffee too."
"Hi, President!"
"Oh, hey. Come on in. But what's Neighbors?"
I watched So-eun-unnie take the coffee Ra-hee-unnie bought.
The President tilted her head, curious about what Neighbors meant.
"Chae-yoon-unnie named it. Since the three of us live next door, Neighbors."
"Ooh, cute! Tell the fans—they'd love it."
"What?! Leaving me and Ji-ah-unnie out?!"
"Yeah, as the eldest unnie, this stings a bit..."
The President thought my explanation was fun.
But Yuna and Ji-ah-unnie, not in Neighbors, pouted.
Especially Yuna, who was jumping up and down like steam would burst from her head, protesting fiercely.
"Hey hey, Kang Yuna. Quiet down and take your coffee."
"Ughhh, fine... thanks."
Under Chae-yoon-unnie's scolding, she calmed quick, grabbed her coffee, sat down, and started slurping the straw.
Come to think of it, didn't Yuna say she'd talked to her mom about moving out before?
How'd that go?
No updates since.
"Yuna, what about the moving out talk? Did you chat with your mom?"
"Ugh, I did... but no dice. Wouldn't give a proper reason, just flat no."
"Aw, bummer..."
Ji-ah-unnie was holding off on her own because her aunt would be alone if she left.
That was her considerate choice.
But Yuna wanted to try independent living.
Too bad talks with her parents weren't going anywhere.
Couldn't blame them without knowing the full story.
"Oh yeah, Ji-ah, you said you'd move out soon?"
"Yeah, Dad's coming back from Ireland soon. Probably moving there by end of year latest."
"Hiii, jealous..."
And unintentionally pouring fuel—Yuna deflated completely at Ji-ah-unnie's words.
She was sucking on her now-empty coffee, the hollow *shiii* sound echoing her mood.
"This won't do. Time to run away and chase my dreams...!"
"As if. Don't worry your parents—stay home nicely."
"H-hey, whose side are you on...!"
Her desire for independence so strong she'd even mention running away.
But Chae-yoon-unnie shut it down instantly.
Didn't seem serious anyway.
Still, tricky situation.
I heard Yuna's house had lots of siblings, making it hard to focus sometimes.
She wanted to move out to fix that.
But parents just saying no must be tough.
They had their reasons, sure... but what were they?
"Um, Yuna."
"Yeah?"
"If it's okay... could I meet your mom in person, just once?"
Knowing it was meddling in family matters, my curiosity won out.
I wanted to bridge the gap between Yuna and her mom somehow.
Yuna's eyes went wide, blinking for ages.
Then she nodded shyly, acting all coy.
"So we're finally doing the meeting of the families?"
"...Huh?"
Her bombshell line flipped the meeting room upside down.