249: Entering My House, Yu Hyena (4)
How did it come to this?
People often say that anything can happen in the otherworld, but it's hard to truly feel that while living.
Especially when one has only recently learned about the existence of anomalies.
In the end, it's someone else's story. A completely different world from my own life.
...That's what I thought.
"Um."
Bansei Marin thought for a moment before opening her mouth.
"However, in the Korean game industry, it's traditional to do YouTube broadcasts advocating for certain ideological positions, right...?"
"No. I don't think there's any such tradition at all..."
Employees sat side by side in front of the webcam, talking into the microphone. From Bansei Marin's perspective as the broadcaster, this scene was quite strange.
No, the company knew that developers communicating via broadcasts was not uncommon these days.
But the employee there today was the one who had sparked controversy over feminism issues. From a third-party perspective, the situation was one of pure shock.
Bansei didn't know much about the Korean game industry, but she knew that male user bases were prone to tantrums over feminism-related matters.
It was at a level where it seemed the company had gone mad as a group. Yu Hyena's explanation that Anathema Production had a similar atmosphere seemed correct.
...And the PD who claimed "our company people are a bit weird" was now, right next to the eye of the storm, conducting an internet broadcast without a care in the world.
Well, it was only natural. If this game company was Anapro, what position would Gyokichi-sajang hold?
"Ah, Mary-san. Please prepare to appear soon."
"Yes! Understood!"
But even more regrettable was that everyone in the group was already accustomed to the various outbursts under the Insmus president.
Watching Hitomi jump into that chaotic board with a bright smile, Bansei Marin felt a wave of dizziness and pressed her forehead.
And Bansei herself smiled. It wasn't out of joy, but a smile of complete resignation.
'Sae-chan doesn't know about these things... Sae-chan doesn't know...'
The trigger was, as mentioned earlier, the Apostle intrusion incident.
The female employee who caused the accident this time—apparently named Seol No-eul—immediately dropped to her knees upon realizing that Han Seoyeon was a friend of Mary and the PD.
It was only natural. At that point, it wasn't a situation to debate whether feminism was right or wrong. Regardless of whether she was right or wrong, the fact that her words had ignited the fire in the mobile game Barbara Knight was true.
And that was enough.
Her friend, the Apostle, was the one who liked the game the most, and another friend had created the work that was stained? In this situation, holding one's head high was not just being inconsiderate, but a person whose survival instinct had been erased.
This was still the most moderate among the Apostles, Bartholomew, Han Seoyeon Margarita, who had the chance to kneel.
She had never directly met an Apostle in her life, but from the stories she heard, they were filled with crazy people.
"Umm. May I speak?"
"Eh? So... you mean Guroyuki-san? Yes, well... if you really want to, there's no reason to stop you."
In the midst of this, Guroyuki Sui had interjected.
If she were a complete outsider, it might be one thing, but since the PD had brought her to the company without consent, the full story had been revealed. There was no problem in hearing more.
"However, from the reaction, it seems you don't need to be persuaded and will just unload the burden on your own."
"Ah. I wasn't trying to persuade you. Anyway, thank you for allowing it."
Seongsu-ah thought that way and readily approved Guroyuki's request.
"---Let's have a little discussion about third-generation feminism and fourth-generation feminism."
"...Neng?"
"Ah, of course, it's mainly in that direction, and I plan to start from the initial outbreak stage, so don't worry."
...If pressed, that might be the root of everything.
Guroyuki, speaking fluent Korean, had set up a heated argument on the half-panicked Seol No-eul who was rambling.
"No, what are you saying, Guroyuki-san?!"
"Just looking at it, it seems like she's scared because of Sion-san and is pretending to reflect. She's definitely trying to be enlightened. Normally."
"Normally...? What?"
"Types who are stuck with ideologies like this can't be taught no matter how logical you are, because they only do mental gymnastics. But now, constructive discussion is possible."
So, it was possible. Guroyuki said that. 'As expected, the trigger for mutual respect needed by modern people is holding a knife and threatening.' She even sighed to herself.
"Mainstream feminism of the 21st century is garbage...! Hatred towards other groups only results in dragging each other's ankles and pulling each other down!"
"Yeah. That's right."
And while everyone was dazed, she started some professional talk and somehow succeeded in enlightening one person.
"...How did this happen in such a short time?"
"I thought about how to counter when I see shitposts on the internet. Especially this one, I briefly learned some content in university liberal arts. Of course, internet people don't listen no matter what correct words you say, so I haven't actually had debates, but..."
"It seems a lot of frustration had built up..."
Last time it was about net right-wingers, and there were many cases where she let things slide because she couldn't find a way to deal with things that annoyed her every time she saw them. Guroyuki also had clear values regarding these matters, so she would get irritated every time.
Then, this time she found a target to enlighten and happily unloaded it. If she was an adult, she was adult-like, if a child, childish, and Bansei sighed.
"And well... if you press it, it had a similar effect to a renunciation letter."
There are many who can't withstand torture and pressure and abandon their beliefs. And many of them feel self-loathing over that fact, and to alleviate it somehow, they deceive themselves by saying "I didn't surrender, I just recovered the correct ideology."
Han Seoyeon hadn't been tortured or directly pressured, but well, as an Apostle, there wouldn't be much difference.
"But if she had completely renounced, shouldn't we kick Seol No-eul out? It's a shame because she's a robot who draws well... but..."
"...That's another idea that came from some udon shop, PD-nim?"
It was around this time that Yu Hyena, who had been lying on the floor, raised her head and said that.
"Really reflecting, and if we make a renunciation promise..."
"That's something we can believe because we've seen her kneeling and begging ourselves. What would the users think? Starting with 'the PD is shielding the same woman' and then dragging out her parents and ancestors."
"Yeah, that's right. Actually, the ones who were deceived and heard hate speech weren't us, but the users, so it's not a good issue for us to judge..."
"That's right."
"So, let's inform the users and decide whether to forgive or not based on user opinions."
"...What the fuck?"
It was too sudden. The problem was that the speaker was the one with the authority to actually implement it.
Yu Hyena barely held onto her sanity when the official broadcast of the main PD and the art team employee duo involved in the feminism controversy was about to start.
The synergy of two Anathema Production-level organizations in one place was beyond imagination.
At least in this crazy company, someone who was sane enough to tackle the madmen, so it was natural for the runaway train to derail from common sense rails.
On the other hand, what was the counter-tackle from the other crazy company's side...
"Mary-san, would you like to appear as a guest on the official broadcast for a bit?"
"Eh? Yes! Yes! I want to do it! I'll do it!"
"Yahoo! The galju-nim is doing official broadcast!"
"Yes. Our Hitomi, do whatever you want."
...It was a bad case where she was one of the only two who lost their rationality.
Hitomi sent a helping hand to the other side's senior to calm her down, saying it wasn't helpful...
"Ungae... Sae-chan is difficult, I don't know..."
This side had been unable to follow the situation for a long time and had given up on her mentality.
"Fuck."
It was impossible to stop the runaway train with one person's body. Yu Hyena tried to play the brake role until the end, but eventually couldn't stop this insane plan.
...Well, naturally, that day the Korean community became a cauldron without distinguishing between male and female communities.
Only the Anathema Production fandom of the Virtual VTuber gallery danced in joy, saying "Yahoo! Streaming during vacation!"