Chapter 92
Chapter 92
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 92
Chapter Title: Sniping
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Sniping.
In the internet streaming world, unlike its original meaning, it commonly refers to the act of matching into the same game as the streamer and disrupting the broadcast while pulling aggro.
Depending on the timing, it can make for great broadcast material, but other times it can be infuriating, and in the worst cases, it can even bring the streamer to tears—this infamous behavior I had somewhat dismissed.
No, I'd just plain forgotten about it.
The terror of it.
"Uh… what do we do?"
Feeling lost at the scene before my eyes, I turned to Tenshi-san for an answer.
But.
[Um… so…]
Even Tenshi-san, who had plenty of experience with FPS games, seemed at a loss and couldn't answer my question.
And who could blame her? What were we supposed to do in this situation?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-We're fucked ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wasn't it a duo game?
-How many of those bastards are there? ㅋㅋㅋ
I looked around.
Cars were circling around me and Tenshi-san, who had been running around on the road without any proper gear.
How many was that?
No, it was a duo game, so parties should only be two people, but there were clearly more cars than that.
We'd just dropped in, with nothing but pistols and no ammo left, so there was nothing we could do.
Not all of them were my viewers.
Earlier, when I'd coincidentally killed one with a pistol, their nickname was clearly in Japanese.
So that meant they were all Tenshi-san's viewers, or this had turned into a Korea-Japan collab gone wrong.
Probably the latter.
"Crazy bastards, is this the Bermuda Triangle or what?"
[Eh?]
"Oh, nothing."
-Whoa, no swearing.
-Tenshi-san looks flustered ㅋㅋ
[But what do we do?]
"I do have one idea that just popped into my head."
But who am I? Miro, queen of split-second decisions.
Even in a situation like this, a brilliant idea had struck me.
[Really? What is it?]
"We're on the road with no car, and there are tons of cars around us—what do you think we should do?"
[Um… no clue.]
"We hitchhike."
Those guys aren't some organized group—what kind of resolve could they have?
It was just a momentary alliance, and an impromptu one at that.
Snipers are attention whores by nature; they must be loving the spotlight right now, but dangle a bigger prize and even their aggro-pulling allies will betray them.
"First come, first served—one spot! Get a chance to drive with Korea's #1 VTuber Miro and Japan's mega VTuber Murasaki Tenshi! Come on over!"
The snipers were probably watching my stream anyway. If they heard that, how could they resist?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-????
-Crazy bitch;
-Who's #1? You??
Riding with me and Tenshi-san would make you the star of the stream—who wouldn't jump on that?
Vroom- Roooar-
As expected.
A few of the cars circling us couldn't resist and started heading our way.
"Tenshi-san! Hop in quick!"
[Eh? Y-Yes!]
I spammed the F key to board any car.
Some had already betrayed, and the alliance crumbled.
So what would the betrayed ones do?
Obviously, ram us with their cars so no one gets to be the star.
We had to board first and survive.
I successfully hopped into a car charging toward us at full speed.
But…
"Tenshi-san?"
[Miro!!]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No, get in the one next to it
-That's a 2-seater, idiot ㅋㅋㅋ
I'd ended up in a different car from Tenshi-san.
No backing out now.
"See you alive!"
[Eh??]
"In 2 years! Shabondi Archipelago!"
[Eh… Y-Yes!]
-캬ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Cornered ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Shabondi Archipelago approved ㅇㅇ
And so the car carrying me and the one carrying Tenshi-san went their separate ways.
No choice—it was the best option.
After that.
Ding-
I heard a sound and saw Tenshi-san had gone into a call.
Probably rejoining when we meet again?
Damn… this is what a pro VTuber does? The immersion is unreal.
Pushed the call till we meet again.
For now…
"Where are we headed?"
I spoke to the sniper driving the car I was in.
You're watching the stream, right?
"If you're listening, honk once."
I said that, and there was a brief silence.
Then.
[Honk!]
…Listening, huh.
A bit delayed—probably stream lag?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-WTF
-Illegal duo ㅋㅋ
"Okay, from now on: one honk for yes, two for no. Got it?"
[Honk!]
"Good."
Alright, communication works. This guy's a solid teammate.
First, we need to head somewhere good for farming.
"You know this map?"
[Honk!]
"Yeah? You know good farming spots too? First time on this map for me."
[Honk! Honk!]
"No, why don't you? Just head to some area with lots of buildings then."
[Honk!]
-WTF ㅋㅋㅋ
-How does this work??
-Hilarious
-Just absurd
I was a bit baffled too. Why's he so obedient? Aren't my fans all rebels?
Can't mute stream audio while riding, so gotta chat with this guy.
"You watch my streams?"
[Honk!]
"Other members' streams too?"
[Honk!]
Hm… watches everyone… can't not ask this then.
"So who's your favorite in Heavenly Realm? By age order: one honk skips, six is me."
[Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk!]
"Fifth?"
[Honk!]
This bastard? Sniping me while Roa is his top pick?
Unacceptable.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Roa, right?
-Big RoA
-Roa over Miro
"Hm, that's six honks including the last one? You like me best after all."
-???
-Fabricated ㄴ
-Scummy ㅇㅇ
[Honk! Honk!]
"Whoa, chill—don't pull aggro."
[Honk!!]
"Why so noisy? If you're Mirodan, show some class."
[Honk! Honk!]
-Not Mirodan tho? ㅋㅋ
-Cocky, should we punish her?
-1-on-1 drive with Miro is so jealous
We rolled up to a small town like that with the fake Mirodan.
"Let's farm here. No betraying me."
[Honk!]
"For real? I trust you."
Said that, got out, looted houses like crazy.
Game's been going a while, and we're just starting to farm.
Ditched the empty pistol, grabbed an AK47 and a shotgun.
No need for sniper rifle. They'll all rush me anyway—just need lots of ammo.
After some farming, checked the zone.
"Oh no."
Zone's in a bad spot.
Gotta move now.
"Heading out—bring the car."
Told the fake Mirodan, went to the car, and saw him running over.
"Hurry! Hurry!"
-캬ㅋㅋㅋ
-Teammate vibes
-WTF is that chicken dinner walk?
-Farmed like a beast ㅋㅋ
Chat was right—he farmed well, looking stacked as he ran over.
"Alright then."
Then I picked up the shotgun and aimed.
He panicked and turned, but he was already in range.
Bang! Bang!
The powerful recoil made my gun spit fire twice.
Soon, my brief travel companion was a cold corpse.
"Go watch Roa's stream, asshole."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-WTFㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-She's something else
-Clean kill
-Now farm this guy ㅋㅋ
"Gonna loot this guy's gear first."
Two center-mass shots—chicken dinner intact.
Quickly grabbed double loot, hopped in the car solo, and headed map center.
Kill log up top is too quiet though.
These bastards not fighting each other, just hunting me and Tenshi-san?
That's trouble.
Game time's passed, zone shrinking.
With this many players… total oversaturation.
Gotta play careful now.
"Heading into this building ahead."
In Royale Grounds, holding position first gives the edge.
Now inside the zone, time to pick a nest and leave it to luck.
Parked in front of a handy 2-story building, checked around.
Door closed, items visible through window untouched.
Empty?
Or bait.
Carefully entered shotgun-first, cleared rooms, went upstairs.
"Okay, clear."
Seems empty, luckily.
Gonna gear up here and wait next zone.
With luck, could last long.
As I sorted gear with that mindset.
…Vroom-
…Rooar-
Car engines approaching from afar.
They're here?
Snipers know my spot exactly.
Was gonna lean out and spray AK47… but.
Vroooom-!
Roooar-!
Roar!!
The view out the window was nothing like I expected.
"What the?"
It slipped out naturally—it was that same scene from before.
All sorts of different cars converging here.
Moving in perfect sync, no collisions, like they'd coordinated.
"These guys some faction? Unity's next level."
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅆㅂ actually crazy
-First time seeing this;
No infighting, cars smoothly surrounded my house.
"Don't even think about touching this place!"
Bang! Ratatata!
Threat-fired, but.
Ratatatata! Bang!
Bullets several times mine slammed the window I'd peeked from.
-Wow
-Super lethalㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Crazy… what?
Can't even peek easily.
How's this happen? Am I done?
Steeled myself, peeked again—noticed a difference.
Cars that just circled before with Tenshi-san were now tightening the noose.
When that net closes fully…
They'll all storm in and take my life.
"Damn…"
But I won't go down easy.
Checked grenades and smokes in inventory.
Take at least four with me.
With that resolve, listening to the closing engines…
…-Roar! Vroooom-!
Another engine from outside.
Far off, but different sound—peeked curiously.
Far away, an armored vehicle charging in.
Royale Grounds' best ride, supply-only, dodging obstacles and cars precisely, straight to my building.
And on that armored vehicle, a white nickname: familiar English and numbers.
[awxt1004]
"Ha… finally."
Yeah, she's back.
After so long, to meet me again.
-캬ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Japan you're the best..! Japan you're the best..! Japan you're the best..!
-Right now temporary alliance, jap..! Right now temporary alliance, jap..! Right now temporary alliance, jap..!
-Don't drag me down~
-Fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Right now, this place is the Shabondi Archipelago.