VTuber RP Is Not a Concept - Chapter 102

Jusea appears to be a cool person on the outside. She doesn’t pay attention to trivial matters and brushes off most things easily. However, it’s not that she is indifferent. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. She is cautious, calculating, and thoughtful. The reason she appears cool is simple: she is not genuinely cool, but rather accustomed to portraying herself that way.

Jusea plays a character named “Tsukishiro Miya” in her broadcasts. With a cute demon concept, a unique way of speaking, and a playful and mischievous attitude, everything is not just spontaneous. From the pitch of her voice to every exclamation, everything is calculated.

The reason she has constructed her image so thoroughly is of course because she analyzed that it “works well” as a virtual YouTuber with many male fans. She has long been proficient at hiding herself to keep her “secrets.”

However, ironically, once she starts to care about something, she struggles to shake it off. Her ability to hide her emotions comes from skipping over things that she doesn’t need to care about in the first place. Most things can be brushed off lightly. Yet in certain cases, there are matters that cannot be erased from her mind, especially situations where she might have had an unnecessary impact on someone else.

The “Elf Cho-eun” controversy was exactly such a case. In fact, the suspicion of “sniping” did not become much of an issue, as the overwhelming nuclear suspicion overshadowed it. Nevertheless, the discomfort she felt did not disappear. Although the controversy faded away, the atmosphere she created and the words she left behind were not completely erased.

So, she indirectly inquired about her junior’s feelings, but right away, a proposal for an offline collaboration was presented on their first meeting. At first, she was taken aback. For someone like her, who adjusts the distance with others, this was an abrupt advance into her personal space. However, she soon realized that it was a deep consideration.

The suggestion of collaborating offline meant “let’s create content together.” Collaboration is content that is created together, not individually. In other words, it was a proposal to work things out in a good direction together. Moreover, since it was “offline,” it could further render the controversy meaningless.

Instead of prolonging the conversation unnecessarily, the idea was to create an event that leaves a strong impression, covering over past memories. It was a way of saying to a senior who might feel indebted, “There’s really no need to feel that way.”

And one more thing. When she said she wanted to “see her in person,” it meant more than just building rapport. If her junior truly felt burdened by the controversy, she wouldn’t have approached in this manner. If Jusea made a mistake or truly harmed her junior, she wouldn’t have sought to bridge the distance like this. In other words, her junior was showing through her actions that she didn’t consider this a problem at all.

“She’s someone with a great sense for reading situations. I guess that’s how she could succeed so quickly…” There is no coincidence in success. If she is a strategist who imbues meaning into every single proposal, then her broadcasts also operate under meticulous planning.

Then, her junior’s RP must also be the result of careful calculation. Just as much as herself. No, they would have worked and prepared to a point that transcends her. Otherwise, it would be an unsustainable setting.

For someone like her, there would be no spontaneous choices. Everything she says and does in her broadcasts comes from a thoroughly planned flow. This collaboration must have already sketched out a rough direction.

“It’s strange—there hasn’t been any mention of the collaboration content until the day itself…”

However, considering her junior’s characteristics, the reason became clear. Collaboration is fundamentally a content type where back-and-forth is important. Rather than scripting everything, the broadcast gains more vitality when unexpected “surprises” occur.

However, this is only possible if both parties understand each other’s styles well. There are too many variables to attempt this on a first encounter, and it’s easy for an awkward silence to stretch out.

Yet her junior seemed to be proceeding without any prior adjustments. In other words, it meant she was confident that she could take the initiative regardless of what situation unfolded.

“I’ve overlooked minor mistakes on a human level, but… professionally, there’s a concern that my presence might be completely overshadowed.”

To have to worry about such things with a junior who has only been in the field for a month. But she was already an extraordinary newcomer whose experience had no meaning. Moreover, current interest in her junior had peaked.

After the broadcast boldly confronting the controversy, they had drawn attention by reading a “conversion letter” and replaying it in the next day’s stream.

Even though two days have passed, it’s naturally a period where heated interest remains. Jusea awaited her junior with a complicated mindset of anticipation and concern.

Ding-dong—

Confirming the small silhouette reflected on the monitor, Jusea walked toward the front door without picking up the speakerphone. Taking a brief breath, she casually turned the handle.

“Did you arrive? You came earlier than I expected.”

Her words, thrown out with a natural smile, momentarily froze when her junior’s face came into view.

For a brief moment, she held her breath.

“Wait a minute.”

The junior in front of her had a remarkably striking appearance that one couldn’t help but admire. Between her flowing golden hair, her purple eyes shimmered like well-polished jewels, looking directly at her.

In that instant, Jusea’s mind wavered slightly. She had met countless people up to now, but never had she felt her attention so captured.

Beyond issues of preference, the only thought that arose was simply that she was ‘beautiful’ in an objectively transcendent manner. Admiration, surprise, and a bit of embarrassment rose simultaneously, causing her heart to race a little.

When she returned to reality after being momentarily captivated by her junior’s looks, a different kind of shock hit her.

‘…This face is exactly the same as the avatar?’

The junior in front of her looked just as she did in the broadcasts. The hair color, the eye color, even the atmosphere. It seemed as if the character from the screen had been brought over, even more strikingly and beautifully embodied.

“You seem a little surprised,”

The junior tilted her head slightly with an untraceable smile.

“…A bit. It was a bit different from the image I had imagined.”

Jusea took a slightly deeper breath than usual and composed herself.

“That’s what I wanted to say too. You’re number one among the people I’ve seen.”

“…What do you mean?”

Jusea asked back with a slightly dazed expression.

“The difference between reality and the virtual YouTuber is the most pronounced. There are almost no similarities…”

The junior’s gaze quickly swept past Jusea. However, it was clear where that gaze had landed.

The lingering gaze settled precisely around her chest.

This wasn’t her first experience. In fact, one could even say she was used to it. Unlike her avatar, Jusea’s figure in reality was a bit… No, frankly, quite voluptuous. So, she had countless experiences of people’s gazes often lingering below her face. But rarely did she encounter a gaze so blatant and piercing.

“Ah… I guess I’m quite different from the image you thought.”

It would normally be something she brushed off casually, but somehow this time it felt embarrassing.

‘Was she disappointed?’

That was an involuntary thought that crossed her mind. The junior’s expression and her gaze, tinged with subtle disappointment, made it appear that way.

“No, I was expecting it. It’s rare for a virtual YouTuber avatar to match reality.”

Even while saying that, the junior did not look away. No, it rather felt like her gaze became a bit more relentless.

Having already felt her heart slightly shaken from the moment the door opened, this situation felt a touch more unsettling. With an awkward smile, she lightly adjusted her clothes with her fingertips.

“Isn’t it not just rare but nonexistent?”

When she threw out the comment to shift the atmosphere, her junior finally shifted her gaze from the chest to Jusea’s face. However, it seemed her eyes still held onto a sense of regret.

“There’s no need to be so definitive. There are exceptions like me.”

“I think that’s a choice you can only make because of your appearance.”

Stepping away from the shock about her face, she recalled her evaluation of her junior. Keen situational awareness. Meticulous planning.

‘This is a strategy premised on the leak of red pills.’

Has she accurately understood her own strengths and reflected that from the early planning stages…

Quickly returning to the practical concern. No matter how much they go into it without adjustments, at the very least, they needed to establish a minimum direction.

“About today’s collaboration…”

“I have something to say regarding the collaboration…”

Their words overlapped, and they both fell silent simultaneously. Jusea was the first to speak up.

“Okay, would you like to go first?”

“Your RP is that of a demon, right?”

“Yes.”

“It would be great if you could understand that it might be a bit rough during today’s collaboration.”

“…Rough?”

In an instant, her thoughts sprang off in a strange direction, but she forcefully pushed them away and asked calmly.

“What do you mean by that?”