Chapter 9
Chapter 9
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 9
Chapter Title: Members Over-Immerse in RP
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Malibu was a bona fide big-corp streamer.
Average viewers: over 5,000.
Considering most medieval towns had populations of just 1,000 to 2,000, he was practically a lord owning multiple cities.
No wonder personal streams were called the Streamer's Kingdom.
Today's content: dropping 1,000 viewers into a zero-viewer room.
This made for killer footage.
People loved and went wild for stories of huge opportunities landing on average Joes.
Of course, that rarely led to overnight success for zero-viewer streamers.
Streamers who were ready but just hadn't gotten their break were a tiny minority.
Most zero-viewers stayed that way because their streams had major flaws.
They lacked experience handling crowds, so they usually failed to satisfy the influx and lost them all.
In fact, he'd already tried it with two zero-viewer streamers, but both had flailed around cluelessly, killing the fun.
Couldn't even upload that footage.
No entertainment value.
Thinking a big corp with massive viewers meant a stable job? Big misconception.
No audience was more sensitive to fun than internet stream viewers.
A few lame, unfunny moments, and they'd all bail.
"One last one? Yeah, this looks good."
Since it was zero-viewer hunting content, he'd sorted streams by lowest viewers.
That's when Malibu's eyes landed on a stream titled [Let Me Introduce Myself to You All: MBTI Edition].
Viewers: not one, not two, but exactly zero.
Zero viewers, and she was introducing herself to... who?
"Don't come in until I say so. Sudden viewer spike would give it away."
With that strict warning to his audience, he hopped in.
What greeted him? A streamer chatting away with zero viewers and no chat activity whatsoever.
"Is this a pre-recording? Nothing else explains it."
💬 Chat — Viewer1 This is scary ㅠㅠ — Viewer2 Your eyes are open now. Come to the schizophrenia gallery. — Viewer3 lmao — Viewer4 Rehearsing a play or something? — Viewer5 She's huge ㄷㄷ Malibu's chat was buzzing with theories: ghosts, rehearsals, schizophrenia, you name it.
He listened to the streamer ramble for a solid five minutes.
"Looks like acting practice. She's rehearsing. Doesn't seem mentally off, at least?"
💬 Chat — Viewer1 lmao — Viewer2 Schizophrenia confirmed? — Viewer3 If this is pre-recorded, it's legendary. — Viewer4 Stream feels half-assed tho. No setup, no cam, no character model. Deserves zero viewers. — Viewer5 Alt tab? Maybe she left someone else's stream on. "Trying to chat with her now."
He typed: Who are you even talking to? Is this pre-recorded?
Only then did the zero-viewer streamer notice her count jump from 0 to 1.
Malibu wanted to give her bonus points here.
Most zero-viewer streamers obsessively stared at their viewer count, overreacting to every in-and-out, making everyone uncomfortable.
"Whoa, a real viewer! Hi! Welcome! Not pre-recorded. Just image-training how I'll run streams when I'm world-class with tons of viewers someday."
Malibu's mouth twitched into a grin.
This had video potential.
The sight alone was hilarious: a zero-viewer streamer bantering with an imaginary chat in an empty room.
And when he spoke up? She claimed it was practice for her future world-famous streams.
He had high hopes she'd deliver something totally different from the previous two, who just froze up under the numbers.
Asking forgiveness not permission, Malibu simply typed, "Mind if I call some friends?"
Explaining I'm running content, cool if I bring 1k+ viewers here? would kill the vibe.
It was like a prank cam.
The fun was watching clueless folks react to sudden chaos.
"That'd be great, thanks."
Permission granted.
"Alright, come on in, everyone."
With his go-ahead, viewers flooded in.
Hit 500 in seconds, then smashed past 1,000.
A number most streamers never touch in their lives, and this zero-viewer was blowing past it.
All because Malibu had chosen her.
💬 Chat — ConspiracyNut Malibu pushing his secret gf's stream? Terminal shipper detected, ez block lmao Conspiracy theories like that were par for the course.
No big deal.
Just ignore.
Internet streaming was like that.
Ignoring beat explaining most times.
Unless you actually screwed up—and haters outnumbered real screw-ups online.
"Got a lot of friends, huh?"
Chat was scrolling too fast for communication now.
But no donations set up, so no highlighted messages either.
"Let's see how she handles 1,000 viewers."
💬 Chat — Viewer1 Judging panel? lmao — Viewer2 Sudden trial for the zero-viewer room! — Viewer3 ㄷㄱㄷㄱㄷㄱ — Viewer4 What can some zero-viewer chick do? Gravity or whatever she did before? "Hey now, watch your mouths. Disrespect this streamer, and you're banned on sight."
As Malibu reined in his chat, the streamer started something.
"Hey everyone, thanks for dropping by. I was doing an MBTI chat stream, but this is actually my song shop. So, pick a tune?"
"There we go. Gotta be ready to seize the moment when opportunity knocks."
Instrumental kicked in, and the song began.
"Ashita, kyou yori mo suki ni nareru."
Slightly thrown off.
Didn't expect her to launch straight into Japanese.
If it'd screamed Vtuber from the jump, he'd have braced, but it looked like a plain MBTI stream in disguise. Bigger surprise.
"Oh, going with a J-pop?"
💬 Chat — Weeaboo1 No makeup, straight king J-pop bomb lmao — Viewer2 Queen Ray is god tier — Viewer3 Suki? I like you too! — Viewer4 Voice is gorgeous — WeebsRiseUp Weeb approval +10 Luckily, her great voice kept the vibe positive.
She wasn't a pro-level singer.
Amateur tier.
But her tone was uniquely beautiful, drawing people in.
Technique improves with practice; timbre doesn't. Objectively, killer talent.
And above all...
She's not fazed.
1,000 Korean viewers, and she belts out Japanese lyrics they barely understand with zero hesitation.
Pure guts.
This girl's got star potential.
Malibu thought so.
Meanwhile, the singer herself—streamer Bubble Wrap, real name Jang Gyeon-u.
Her brain had straight-up checked out.
1,000 people staring straight at her—not glancing, full focus. Who stays sane?
Normal reactions to spotlight split two ways.
One: freeze solid.
Two: screw it, go wild.
Gyeon-u was the latter.
Just winging the stream. That was her talent.
"Kimi o aishiteru."
The song ended on "I love you."
Neighboring country, culturally close— even non-Japanese speakers knew "aishiteru." Response? Ecstatic.
💬 Chat — Simp1 I love you toooooo — Viewer2 Son or two daughters better? — MomAlert Mom, I just got confessed to. Coming home with the future daughter-in-law soon — Viewer4 Confessing to all these people at once? How am I supposed to cope ㅠㅠ — Viewer5 Devilish woman ㄷㄷㄷㄷ — HypeTrain KYAAAAAAAAAA — EncoreKing Encore! Encore! Encore! — PatriotBot Singing in Japanese and these traitor weeb scum love it. GTFO, I'll watch solo. "Thank you! Thank you all!"
1,000 cheers.
Nothing on a concert hall roar.
Just text.
But Gyeon-u's first taste of attention had her brain melting.
Was this why people dreamed of streaming?
💬 Chat — DonationBeggar OPEN DONS!!! Why reject free money?! Tons of chats begging her to enable donations.
But no way.
Day 2 of streaming.
Planned to fill exactly 3 days, then vanish.
What good was cash to a ghost account?
"I'll take the sentiment. Not in it for the money."
💬 Chat — NiceGuy +Like for good vibes — Cynic Beware people who "don't care about money." They're obsessed. — Hater Who’s the money-grubbing hater bashing noona?! It wasn't about money, after all.
Just rehearsal.
Gyeon-u figured.
Promo time now?
For her debut in half a year?
Two issues, though.
One: stage name undecided.
Two: Evangelion's fiasco yesterday.
Evangelion's black history might best stay buried at debut. Big agency scandal: idol member caught in unrated ASMR without age gates. Not criminal, but could stir drama.
"Eh, whatever. Just enjoy the tunes."
Complicated stuff? Ask the prez later.
For now, soak it in.
Gyeon-u decided.