Chapter 10
Chapter 10
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: A Strangely Polluted Stream
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The third round of auditions was now nearing its end, with some time having passed.
And my stream...
...had become pretty damn weird.
[Thanks for the 20,000 won donation from Artisan Miro, Flipper of the Elderly Go Board!]
What are you doing today?
“Thanks for the ten thousand won, Kyunbaji-nim! I’ve already decided what to do today!”
-Now she’s just owning it lol
-Aren’t you gonna stream properly?
-The room next door... for ten thousand won... sings... two songs... tsk...
-Why doesn’t she sing?
-Eh hem, Miro doesn’t sing stuff like that~
So to speak... it’s that...
...the stream’s vibe stank like chitterlings.
The guy who just donated—some Elderly Go Board Flipper or whatever—was, surprisingly, the so-called Chairman who accounted for over 50% of my total donations.
At some point, malicious trolls from the community had swarmed into my stream, and they’d just stuck around.
While other audition participants’ streams had viewers defending the streamer no matter what and cheering each other on, mine...
...was somehow all wrong.
My viewer count rivaled the top 1st and 2nd place among participants, but the quality was downright awful.
In wuxia terms, it was like a villain using Star-Sucking Skill—tons of inner energy in quantity, but zero substance.
“By the way, Chairman-nim, any plans to change your nickname?”
I knew it wasn’t great for a streamer to address a viewer so personally, but in my view, that Chairman was contributing to this stream’s vibe.
If the biggest donor acts like that, others follow suit, right?
[Thanks for the 30,000 won donation from Artisan Miro, Flipper of the Elderly Go Board!]
Got a problem with my nickname or something?
Thirty thousand?
He’s coming in strong?
Thirty thousand could buy three hearty meals a day.
In hourly terms, that’s practically three hours.
Any other small-time streamer would’ve bowed their head and kissed the ground, but not me.
I manipulated the keyboard to turn my character’s face red on the stream screen.
“B-but... if you keep it up... I’ll have to ban you...?”
A warning, but with an out to play it off as a joke.
If I didn’t handle it this way, it’d end up on some community board as ‘Korean female VTuber treats viewer donations like shit.’
Ah, speaking from experience.
It happened a few days ago.
-Gasp
-What
-Oh
-Uh
-Hng
[Thanks for the 50,000 won donation from Artisan Miro, Flipper of the Elderly Go Board!]
For real?
Fifty thousand? Ha...
This was it.
A battle of wills.
I could’ve just giggled and pocketed the fifty grand, but that might lose me control of the stream.
I worked the keyboard to switch my avatar’s expression to a frown on the stream screen.
“Grit!!”
Then I pulled up the viewer list on screen, right-clicked the Chairman’s ID in the top right, and force-kicked him.
-Wow lololololol
-She actually did it lololol
-Fifty thousand’s chump change, right?
-Go off go off
-Kicking’s a bit much;;
As expected, the chat erupted.
But I didn’t see it as a big deal.
From another viewer’s perspective, why would they care if some random Chairman who donated tens of thousands got kicked?
They were just overreacting to gauge my response.
The way to handle it? Simple. Say whatever pops into your head to shift the focus.
“The weight of my convictions is as heavy as the heavens. Dare not think you can buy the heavens with gold.”
-Wuxia again?
-Dead wrong.
-Wtf is she saying
-Voice is hot tho, sounds like game dialogue
Lately, I’d been mashing up lines from wuxia novels and spitting them out on the fly.
I’d recently gotten into wuxia. As an audition participant, the only times I went out were to the convenience store or vocal lessons, so rolling around at home led to this new hobby.
Girl Kim Suhyun had only known of famous wuxia titles, but now I was diving in, and damn, they were fun.
Anyway, rambling like this...
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Anonymous!]
So what’re we doing today?
...and someone always pops up wanting the stream to proceed this way.
“Oh right. Let’s decide what to do today?”
Agree with them and roll with it, and the incident just now gets buried naturally.
Phew... am I becoming too much of a streaming genius?
-Pubg?
-Finish that World Cup thing from before
-No League?
-Check out new Steam releases
-Just chat ig
I leaned back in my chair, reading the scrolling chat, pondering today’s activity.
“Just Chatting, then?”
Just Chatting.
Short for ‘Just Chatting’—bluntly put, turning on the stream and bullshitting with viewers.
Just sitting there reading chat and donations while sharing thoughts? For streamers with a decent audience, it’s pure easy mode.
Sure, slip up and say something dumb, and you’re done for, but I figured the odds were low.
Plus, my chat scrolled fast relative to viewer count, so topics kept coming.
-Yeah
-No games? This bitch is straight freeloading;
-Ang gimme more lol
-What today?
-Ugh make some content ffs
Some chatters grumbled, but that’s just... like elementary kids bullying the girl they like. Psychology 101.
“Asked what I did today? I woke up and turned on the stream right away?”
-0 kills lololololol
-Miro-nim, our schedules match
-On-duty houseguard here, that’s spot on ㅇㅇ
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Anonymous!]
Why’d you wake up so late?
“Thanks for the thousand won. Stayed up till dawn watching anime. The ones you guys recommended yesterday.”
I always talked comics, so viewers had tossed me a recommendation list.
I’d said I’d pick one to watch, and last night before bed, I did... but bailed after three episodes.
It was stimulating, sure, but honestly... meh.
-Lmao what
-You watched that?
-?? What’d you watch
-How was it?
“Might be watching original creator or anime staff, so I’ll hold back.”
-But you trashed other comics?
-Now you say that?
-You hyped that isekai otaku anime yesterday tho
Yesterday?
I recalled yesterday.
Stumbled on anime bingo, and most listed were ones girl Kim Suhyun had seen, so I casually reminisced and rated them.
“But I didn’t say anything wrong yesterday, right?”
-Gasp
-Oh
-What
“Modern Japanese comics are... nah. Tsk, back in my day, I’d tear my hair out at the rental shop picking rentals. Nothing grabs me now.”
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Anonymous!]
Any anime recs?
“Thanks for the thousand~ Recs? I prefer manga over anime, manga recs okay?”
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Anonymous!]
Manga recs cool
“But idk what you’ve seen. You all read One Nabble?”
-One Nabble mandatory
-Too many
-That’s wrong tho?
-Saw early eps
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Anonymous!]
How long do I gotta donate a grand for answers? Baiting donations?
“Gotcha.”
I said that and opened Notepad.
-Wow she’s savage lololol
-Ruthless
-Pulling cash like this;
“Today’s Miro’s Manga Rec Show, full throttle—so watch every damn one you haven’t.”
Truth is, I had some pride in manga.
Like that inexplicable smugness from watching old masterpieces at a manga cafe that kids today skip?
Plus, inheriting girl Kim Suhyun’s memories made me know modern anime too, inflating that pride more.
Her “masterpieces” were mid-tier at best by my standards.
I typed a title into Notepad without hesitation.
[Slam Dunk]
“If you haven’t seen this, turn off the stream now, hit a manga cafe, and binge it.”
-Saw the movie
-Ugh denture breath
-Slam Dunk solid
-Masterpiece
-Where’s that not stinking?
-So you’re better at sports than Ohtani?
-Movie was fun
I watched the chat thrash wildly and sighed inwardly.
How do kids these days survive this brutal world?
Where do they learn grit and passion not taught in textbooks?
“Tsk, where’s that cafeteria smell coming from...? A generation that scoffs at Slam Dunk has arrived.”
But these viewers wouldn’t listen anyway, so I tsked and moved on.
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Stationery Thief Miro!]
Ma,, ni,, K-On? Back in my day, tsk,,
“K-On? Haven’t seen it.”
Heard it’s a masterpiece, but neither guy nor girl Kim Suhyun had.
And no urge now either.
-??
-?
-But you were so smug?
-Lmao this punk,,, gaslighting!
“What... isn’t it just like Bocchi the Rock? Seems fun, but overhyped, y’know?”
-No
-True tho
-Denture squad gtfo lol
-Bocchi solid
[Thanks for the 1,000 won donation from Stationery Thief Miro!]
Thought you were a true expert but just surface-level fanboy ㅇㅇ;; No K-On smh
“No need to go that far? Okay, I’ll watch before bed tonight.”
Sensing I’d get framed as a fake fan if I kept on K-On, I vaguely agreed and dropped it.
No intention to watch, of course.
“Alright, next manga—everyone’s seen this, right?”
[Dragon Ball]
I typed four letters in Notepad and eyed the chat.
“Unseen folks, raise your hand.”
-Raises
-Saw Dragon Ball
-Hand
-Anyone not seen it?
-Dragon Ball reeks of dentures fr
-Even two words on notepad stink to high heaven
Seeing a childhood chest-thumper treated like ancient relic, I finally boiled over.
“Ki-yah!!”
That day, my stream ended with nonstop Dragon Ball plot breakdowns.
***
The next morning.
I frowned at the phone notification.
[Hello, Miro-nim. This is Lee Ha-yeon, Heavenly Realm Project staff.
No big deal, but...]
TL;DR: a very polite invite to meet and discuss audition matters.