Chapter 69
Chapter 69
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 69
Chapter Title: Lulu-chan's Dream
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When Virtual YouTubers do a collab stream, the most common content they dive into...
Has to be the one where they take questions from viewers and answer them to get to know each other better.
Today, we're kicking things off with that, right on cue.
But here's the catch: our languages are different, so communication can be a hassle.
That's why I've introduced a new system this time—a simultaneous interpretation setup using TTS.
- Does Yuki-chan have a special reason for liking Verdi-chan after she invited you?
"First question! 'Yuki-chan, Verdi-chan invited you, but how did you end up liking her?'"
I take the question, sort out my thoughts in my head, speak it out loud at the same time...
And type the English translation on my keyboard to synthesize it into TTS voice for transmission.
I did consider doing Japanese simultaneously too at first.
But with three voices overlapping, the stream would get way too chaotic, so I deliberately limited it to English.
I can always explain verbally to Japanese viewers later anyway.
Shouldn't be a big issue.
- Wow
- Simultaneous interpretation is genius lololol
- WTF (insane)
- How'd you do that?
Hehe.
Seeing everyone freak out makes all my hard prep worth it.
And this TTS is synthesized from my own voice, so it sounds natural without any weird disconnect.
"There are tons, but... gotta be the song, right? I absolutely loved Verdi-chan's solo track 'For Desperado'."
"Yeah, that song's great. Verdi-chan's signature husky voice fits it so perfectly—super cool."
- Kyaa
- It's a banger fr
- ikr (fr)
- I get it (agreed)
I binged all of Verdi-chan's solo and cover songs for this collab...
So I could chime in appropriately and keep the convo flowing.
And honestly, they're all really good tracks.
Looks like that's Verdi-chan's favorite too.
Yuki-chan mirrored her huge smile as Verdi-chan shook side to side with genuine joy.
Makes sense—it's more a song that suits Verdi-chan's voice than something super mainstream.
A bit on the heavy side too.
Fans might prefer brighter, more hopeful tunes.
But I agree with Yuki-chan, at least.
'For Desperado' is my personal favorite of Verdi-chan's songs too.
- Oh
- Knows Snow Child lololol
- Can't go back to the original after Yuki-chan's cover
- Legendary cover fr
Snow Child, huh.
Can't argue with that.
We're still newbies post-debut, so we don't have much of a discography yet...
Limited options, so it was kinda predictable.
Even so, Snow Child was a next-level cover.
Like one viewer said, I straight-up prefer Yuki-chan's version over the original.
"Gasp...! V-Verdi-chan listened to my song?! I'm clipping this and keeping it as a family heirloom...!"
"A family heirloom?!"
"Yep! Passing it down to my kids and grandkids!"
- Heirloom lololololol
- Kids gonna cry blood ㄷㄷ
- How's a live clip your mom's legacy lolololol
- I get that feeling
I relayed Verdi-chan's words straight to Yuki-chan via TTS.
This time, Yuki-chan's avatar shivered with emotion.
Her voice was full of感動 too.
How thrilled do you have to be to treasure a mere clip like that?
But thinking about it, I've got our first group collab clip saved in my treasure folder too.
Yeah, nothing weird about it.
Especially hearing that from your oshi—totally heirloom-worthy.
- Verdi-chan seems super into Korean culture lately—any plans to visit Korea?
I read the next question and piped the translation through TTS again.
Verdi-chan's eyes went wide, and she nodded vigorously.
- Fellow VTuber bond ㄷㄷ
- Said kimchi fried rice was good before—really loves Korea lololol
- Ate samgyeopsal recently too lololol
- She's obsessed with Korean culture lately
- I get it. I've been hooked on Korean ramen too
- Ramen's Japanese tho
- Don't start a fight here, idiot
Yeah, with viewers from all over, every little comment gets wild reactions—kinda fun.
Still, gotta moderate to avoid actual fights.
Her face lit up more than during the song talk...
Verdi-chan bounced around, describing that samgyeopsal with huge, almost googly eyes—it was a bit scary.
Wow, she must really love it.
Even avid Koreans don't eat samgyeopsal three times a week.
Maybe Verdi-chan's more Korean than Koreans.
Grilled kimchi side dish seals it.
"What about you, Yuki-chan? Wanna hang if Verdi-chan visits Korea?"
"Obviously...! I'd drop stream in a heartbeat and bolt!"
- ?
- Yuki-chan?
- Abandoning your fans?
- This spells doom...
- Yuki-chan... was our love not enough?
No hesitation whatsoever—fans are "crying".
Of course, they know she wouldn't really, it's all jokes.
...Wait, but thinking back.
I took a break to hang with Ra-hee unnie recently too.
Does that make me a bad VTuber?
Sob, sorry everyone.
But in my defense, I had no choice.
I was basically kidnapped.
After a brief solo sulk...
We fielded a few more questions, and finally, it felt time to wrap this segment.
Right on cue, a perfect closer question popped up.
- Do you each have a dream you absolutely want to achieve?
"One last question before we move to the next segment. 'If you each have a dream you must achieve, what is it?' Yuki-chan, you first!"
"A dream?"
- Solo concert?
- Dome show?
- Nooo not that
- Casually 10M subs go go
10 million subs?
If a VTuber pulls that off, it'd be terrifying in its own way.
But with our Yuki-chan... maybe possible?!
Lost in silly thoughts, waiting for her answer...
Finally, Yuki-chan spoke.
"Not sure I'd call it a 'dream' right now. If anything, I wanna keep VTubing as long as possible like this, and maybe a group concert?"
- Kyaa
- Group concert makes sense
- Wanna see it soon
- President Kang do it
Yeah yeah.
I nodded vigorously and glanced at Verdi-chan beside me.
Verdi-chan didn't even need time to think—she smiled and jumped right in.
- ? Verdi-chan no solo concert experience?
- Surprisingly yes
- Prism's infamous for slacking lololol
- Fans even tell 'em to crowdfund lol
- Concert LET'S GOOOOO
- Prism trolls
Oh right, Verdi-chan hasn't done concerts either.
With her 1M sub prestige, you'd think she'd done it all.
But Prism Company's slower than expected on projects, from what I hear.
Hope she pulls it off someday.
"So, what's Lulu-chan's dream?"
Right as I was easing toward the next segment...
Yuki-chan suddenly turned the question on me.
"Huh? M-My dream...?"
"You've been dodging it the whole time, just relaying questions to us."
- Fr lol
- Tried to slip away and got caught? lol
- Curious about Lulu-chan's dream too
A dream... hmm.
Honestly, mine's pretty much already come true.
Coming to this point five years back in that world, my one dream was...
Just to see the Blues again.
But I've gone beyond that—meeting them, living this joyful life together.
My dreams have overflowed.
If there's anything left...
It'd have to be... "The members being happy, I guess? Happier tomorrow than today, happier the day after. I really mean that."
I'd do anything for that.
Even if death came right now...
If I knew they'd be happy forever, I'd close my eyes with a smile.
That's what they are to me.