Chapter 39
Chapter 39
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 39
Chapter Title: The Speedrun Debut
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Time flew by, leaving just one hour until the collab.
I checked my condition and settled into my chair.
My body and mind both felt heavy and sluggish, but the clock wasn't going to accommodate my personal woes.
The content I'd proposed right off the bat got approved without a hitch.
I'd braced myself for multiple revisions and confirmations since I wasn't well-versed in streaming.
But it passed so smoothly it left me deflated.
-Yuuri: Normally, we'd handle this in person, but as a VTuber... there are some limitations.
Yuuri sounded a bit disappointed, but it was a relief for me.
What if she'd insisted on coming to the studio and seeing my face?
I'd have been agonizing over how to turn her down.
-Backside: As long as we're just multi-playing, there shouldn't be any issues.
-Yuuri: We'll need to test-play it first, though. I'll get back to you after.
-Yuuri: OK. Looks good.
-Yuuri: Ran a trial, and it shouldn't interfere with the flow. Still, just in case, could you match the setup right before we go live?
-Backside: Sure thing, no problem.
I told her I'd boot up the game early and tweak the settings.
Right on schedule, I sat down, and someone who looked like staff was already waiting.
Several staffers were in the voice chat too. Big corporation perks.
One of them handled all the guidance.
-Udongbu (Manager): Settings look solid. Should be fine.
-Backside: Thanks.
-Yuuri: Any nickname you usually go by?
-Backside: Backside cool?
-Yuuri: The vibe's a bit... off. Guess I'll call you Master then.
-Backside: Works for me, Disciple.
For crusty vet nicknames, only Backside and Potbelly came to mind, but now that her gender was out, requests like this popped up.
Not like I could give her my real name—Kang Ji-min or Lee Jin-cheol.
With the game fired up and my lapis summon ready, I waited... and the stream went live.
“Aah. Let’s see... should I bump up the mouse sensitivity?”
“Should I crank the sound a bit? It's been so long, I can't get a feel for it.”
Just the opening BGM playing, no chit-chat, fiddling with settings.
I'd figured she'd dive in with a Yoo-ha Woo-ha like Hanami, but surprisingly chill.
The viewers were chatting among themselves without any awkwardness.
Every stream has its own chat vibe, huh.
“Alright, settings roughly done? Hello, everyone.”
“Yeah, yeah. Hard to believe, but true. Sis threw a fit at the staff and straight-up snatched a viewer.”
“Everyone saw the notice, right? No long intro, let's dive in... Hello, YouTube viewers! It's Yuuri!! Today's content!!! Odin's Son!! Crusty Vet!! Invitational Stone!!”
I kept my mic muted during her opening spiel.
Watching quietly, then—bam—decibels exploded out of nowhere.
I blinked hard, checking if my ears were okay.
Nah, thought I'd messed up the settings.
“The one dominating all the buzz lately!! Currently the most famous in Odin's Daughter!! Everyone's Master!! Bringing in Let's See Backside-nim!!”
Her calm radio DJ tone flipped to full event MC hype.
The same person I'd been chatting with casually? Tension zero-to-hundred, no warning.
Was I the only one struggling to keep up?
“You all know it was super hard to snag her. I groveled to Nami so much my spine curved? So, applause!! Hot applause!!”
“Alright, hello, Backside-nim!!”
“...Uh, yeah. Hello.”
“Backside-nim's the hot topic everywhere these days!!”
“Uh... yeah. Grateful for that.”
I ended up curtseying my response without thinking.
“Ahem. Cough.”
“Yes, hello!! Applause!!”
Embarrassed, I cleared my throat awkwardly, gauging the room.
Sneaked a peek at chat—no one else frozen like me.
These viewers must be used to this...
No talk of Yuuri's otherworldly energy—just nonstop on my voice.
“So, what's the content we've prepped? Not Dotty, it's Thorn!! Before Yachu wrecked Odin's Son!! The masterpiece from the Odin's Son era!! Tyr: Odin's Son Speedrun!!”
“Kyaa!! Ten-thou punch!! Ten-thou punch!!”
“...”
“Teacher's a god!! Ten-thou punch umai!!”
“...”
“Manager!! Filter more lowbrow chat!! Dono or chat, ten-thou minimum!!”
Her zero-to-hundred launch without warning dragged the interview a bit.
'Can't let this slide...'
The unforeseen stutter stung deep.
At this rate, no reverse prodigy scout—just end up as generic Normie A.
“You seemed super confident about the speedrun content.”
“...Yeah. I clear everything in Tyr.”
“Ooh!! Do you do speedruns often normally?”
“Not often, just fiddle sometimes when bored.”
“Got any records then?”
Of course I did.
...Not in this world, obviously.
“Well... no official records.”
“What?!”
“But I'll give it my all.”
We feigned shock, but it was all WWE-scripted.
Pre-rehearsed tag-team banter.
“Gasp? Picked the wrong content?”
“No. Haven't uploaded records, but practiced a ton. Confident.”
Checked official records pre-stream.
2 hours 10 minutes something.
Exactly as expected for this era.
In the previous timeline, delays shortened records steadily.
Glitchless (no bug rules) had dipped under an hour ages ago.
But here, with the sequel dropping on time, interest shifted—might stagnate.
I'll shave it down myself.
“What now, kids? Already doomed.”
“Disciple? I'm listening.”
“...Kongjwi... we're screwed...”
She knew I had no official record—and the target time I'd ballparked.
All discussed beforehand.
Yet her ignorant reaction game was flawless.
Instant tension-switch like a button click.
Shameless pro.
Skillfully nuking trolls as viewers piled in.
Felt it with Hanami too—big corp streamers are on another level.
Damn, chat ban speed—what's up with that.
Trolls hiding in the flood got heads chopped the second they peeked.
“So, Master, glitch or glitchless?”
“You even know those terms?”
“Duh. I've done vet invitationals before.”
Weaved in pre-confirmed bits subtly.
Once the vibe settled, she fired up the timer.
Alright. Time to shake off the flub and crush it.
Make up for that freeze somehow.
“I can do both, but glitch first.”
As Yuuri hit the timer, the vet said this.
Worried it'd be boring.
Odd to say it right as it kicked off.
“One retry if you mess up. Use it wisely—too many and viewers bore out!!”
“Nah, no need. Might drag though.”
Yuuri had tried invitationals a few times before.
Pre-meeting, he was cocky about no mistakes, but plenty of vets whiffed under pressure.
Solo grinding routes silent vs. nailing it under thousands of eyes? Different beasts.
Many fizzled after repeated flubs.
Hence the 'check settings' excuse to send staff.
Her most trusted staff greenlit it, so Yuuri planned to roll with it.
“Here's Yggdrasil. Center of the world.”
“Final boss at the top, right?”
“Yep. And this world tree object has weird collision.”
With that, the vet's character hugged the base tight.
Then started rubbing against the wall full-body.
“They nixed inertia to block wall clips?”
“?”
“But X-axis inertia got nullified while Y-axis stayed. ”
Suddenly, the character floated up.
Pretty high.
High enough to cross to the opposite branch.
“Spam afterimages while rubbing, and boom—genre shifts to platformer.”
Late realization: that's what he meant by 'worry' over there.
“Five moves here—time the last with a jump for the bug.”
“?”
“Spikes pop from floor? Offset 'em for high jump over the cliff.”
“???”
No combat.
Hardcore action RPG... turned platformer.
Like some plumber scaling the world tree for 40 minutes.
Yuuri muttered, dazed.
“Uh... 41 minutes 32 seconds... world record?”