Chapter 31
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: penny
Chapter: 31
Chapter Title: The Missing Mint Soboro Bread (1)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
After Ji-an appeared on the broadcast as V, one massive question arose among the viewers.
"Wait, so who the hell is V?"
"A player of that caliber can't be a no-name..."
"Or maybe they're such a big name that they're hiding their main account?"
She was female, and her voice even sounded surprisingly young.
A&F users who watched the stream sifted through countless candidates and cross-checked them, but they couldn't pin down a definitive match.
Not Souffle—she showed her voice in a past stream collab
If you filter PVP rankers who haven't revealed their info or voice, you might get a match, but honestly still not sure lol
Maybe Mintpa?
Nah, she's infamous for sucking at puppeteer lol
V, so it's Bianca for sure
She's a dude too
The reason people were so obsessed with V's identity was simple.
She was that rare female vet player, dead serious about the game—reciting patch notes from memory.
And on top of that, she had an adorably cute voice. It would be weirder if no one was curious.
Rewatching the stream—her voice is like cotton candy
So who is she???
V << We need to push her as one of the four ambassadors, total support lol
It was a chaotic mess of speculation and wild guesses.
The A&F Gallery, filling up with worthless nonsense, suddenly got a serious speculation post that grabbed everyone's attention.
💥 Ding!
V << Isn't this former gallery lord wldks_08...?
(link)
(recording)
Old post I dug up—the BGM confirms it's Sky Arena Challenge Mode, and the skill build is exactly the same.
Listen closely to the sound. It's the sequence in order, right?
What bullshit
Wait wtf? What is this?
Was gonna call it nonsense but damn, it's identical
Hard to tell without seeing it yourself but the audio is spot on...
No way, impossible
No wtf why is it so identical
Is this really V?
The Sky Arena Challenge Mode play from when Ji-an showed off her skills at the PC bang.
A similarity in the skill build was spotted in the keyboard audio recording she'd uploaded back then.
What a load of crap lol
So the silver-haired middle-schooler-chan with 700k Clam followers is huffing and puffing with her mic on, patch notes for 3 years in hand, explaining herself with spit flying everywhere?
No way a creature that disgustingly cute exists in reality
Fr, feels unreal
Imagining it, yeah super cute
She got super pissed whenever we ignored her explanations and just talked about her voice lol
Wasn't the former gallery lord MIA after that? Is she the one?
But the skill build is a dead ringer, right?
Sky Arena Challenge is niche puppeteer content for old fogeys anyway.
Timing on the skills matches too—can't be coincidence.
Yeah kinda
Something's off
For real?
Doesn't make sense but feels right
There was solid evidence. However, between the 700k-star influencer wldks_08 and the hardcore A&F demon V, there was an inexplicable gap that defied explanation.
As users hemmed and hawed, one expert suddenly appeared and ended the debate in one go.
Reasons Former Gallery Lord is V
Sky Arena Challenge at PC bang << No normal person moves like that
Her footwork is on another level from the start—it's her.
Wait... yeah?
Yep
This is it
This one's convincing
No matter how I look, seems like same person lol
And so, in the A&F Gallery, it became canon that vet player V was Clam star wldks_08.
Ji-an, who had stepped down as gallery lord once before, unwittingly reclaimed her throne.
💥 Ding!
Hey
Srsly srsly srsly
For real srsly
Didn't know you were a minor fr
Please forget all my past bullshit...
I'm an adult;
Archive notifications suddenly flooded in like crazy. Turns out Temu Mountain Sword God had seen the A&F Gallery post and was terrified, thinking she was a minor.
💥 Ding!
Oh fr...?
Gained some weight after awakening but yeah adult
Worrying about the weirdest stuff
Well, if I were in Temu Mountain Sword God's shoes, I'd be freaking out too.
Just the word "minor" changes the whole vibe.
'Hmm.'
Who would've thought her identity would leak from that PC bang Sky Challenge demo? Even a super genius like me couldn't predict that karmic twist.
Guess people really shouldn't do pointless stuff?
But on second thought, linking A&F vet V to Clam star wldks_08 didn't seem like much trouble.
💥 Ding!
So what
Cute is fine
Super fucking support haha
But thinking about it
What was that split personality thing last time?
They're the same person duh
Hmm, so he figured out the truth he shouldn't have.
I pretended my head was spinning again, and Temu Mountain Sword God freaked out, swearing to keep it secret from the channel.
So the aggro wasn't even aggro
Channel lord thing real too?
Yeah got chocolate milk last week
Wtf...
So jealous
Still treating me the same as always—decent guy all around.
Come to think of it, Temu said he was an Awakener who uses a sword?
Since my cover's blown anyway, maybe ask for physical enhancement tips later. Not a bad idea.
💥 Ding!
Got it
Time for some fan service
Click!
She raised her left hand in a V-sign and snapped a photo, uploading it to the A&F Gallery.
She also announced she wouldn't appear on channels or media for personal reasons, then closed the window and shut down the computer.
'Hmm.'
She thought it over carefully, but nothing seemed problematic.
However, one potential worry was Mint Soboro Bread.
Even appearing on a sub-account, with all this attention, her A&F partner might sense something off.
💥 Ding!
Hey hey
You there?
If he suspected her identity, she'd need to shut him up first. She sent a private message to test the waters.
But whether he was really busy lately, no reply came even after a while.
'Hmm...'
Maybe for the best?
If he was that swamped, he probably missed the Ox broadcast too, so no need to worry.
She decided to check again when he read the message, then closed Archive and hit the bed for some sleep.
And so, a new morning arrived.
[Meow...?]
For some reason, she dreamed Nuri was kneading her belly. Groggily waking, she shuffled to make breakfast.
Clatter.
Pat pat pat!
Thud!
French toast and black coffee—a classic, primal meal... or so she wanted, but coffee tasted off since her body changed, so chocolate milk it was.
Gulp.
Gulp gulp.
"Haa."
This sweet taste, like it's etched straight into her veins—pure bliss.
Back at the orphanage, it was just government white milk monthly, but now she could stack a truckload of chocolate milk.
Her fridge's first shelf was packed with chocolate, banana, and strawberry milk sets—peak luxury.
"Hm."
Time to check if her devotees were working hard today?
Logging into Archive to binge backlog posts, the first things she saw were Full-time Farmer and Temu Mountain Sword God dutifully at it.
'Hmm.'
Mintso, totally immersed.
Unusually no posts, so she checked Mint Soboro Bread's account—no posts or comments since yesterday afternoon.
'Weird.'
Well, no reply to her message either; maybe genuinely too busy for the channel.
She went about her day without much thought, but after two days, four days, a week—Mintsoboro still MIA.
"...?"
Mint Soboro Bread had left the channel.
Stunned by the revelation, she stared blankly at the unchanging account info.