Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber - Chapter 125

Actually, I enjoyed Civilization and have a bit of interest in World War II.
I’ve even read some alternate history novels on the subject, which were quite fascinating.
Plus, the person who recommended this game said it’s simple and fun, so why not give it a try?

“I’ll try this one out.”

• Please don’t.
• Don’t do it.
• We’re sorry.

“Oh, come on. A viewer recommended it, so I’m doing this for them.”

• Hey, we’re viewers too!
• Can’t you just play LoL?
• Fine, just play Civilization. We’ll let it slide.

“Alright, I’ll just test it out, but only if it’s on sale.”

Usually, these games are pretty pricey.
I wouldn’t mind buying it for streaming purposes, but if it’s just for a quick try, no need to pay full price.

“Oh wow, it’s on sale?”

But of course… it really was on sale.

• Please, no.
• Let’s just do a World Cup tournament instead.
• This game is actually good.
• I’m so sorry….

[ㅇㅇ, thank you for the 1,000 won donation!]
“If you want to say, ‘I want to rip apart the person who recommended this game,’ please don’t do that, everyone.”

• Yikes.
• The like button is crying, LOL.
• What.

“Let’s keep it civil, everyone. Anyway, I’m going to purchase the game now.”

• No, don’t.
• Just play LoL!
• Aaargh!!

I casually moved to another tab and purchased the game.
Since I was buying it anyway, I went all in and got the DLC too. Even with the discount, it was still pricey.

• Did you seriously buy all the DLC?
• There’s a subscription service, you know.
• This guy is rich, confirmed.

“You all seem to know a lot about this?”

I thought they hated it, but they seemed pretty familiar with the game.

• We don’t know anything, you idiot.
• But we do know you’re a sucker.
• Spoiler: You’ll play for 1 hour and 50 minutes and then refund it.

“Well, if it’s not for me, I can just refund it.”

Testing it out and refunding within 2 hours is practically a national rule, right?
I’ve done that with a few games already.

“Let’s browse some other games while this one installs.”

• Sigh, fine.
• How about the ones that were recommended earlier?
• Lots of sales happening now.

“True, there are a lot of sales right now.”

I started scrolling through the store page.

[Master Miro, thank you for the 10,000 won donation!]
“This little rascal keeps looking at strategy simulation games, LOL.”

• For real, stop looking at strategy games!
• Can’t you just play something casual?

“Well, I have a bit of a soft spot for these.”

• We don’t.
• Can’t you play something normal?
• Just copy what the other members are doing.

“Copy the others? Please, as I’ve said many times before, Miro streams are… premium? Something like that.”

• Please, just go mainstream….
• Stop with the boomer games!!
• ‘Premium,’ my ass.

“Careful, or else….”

I showed them my wishlist.

The one game I had been holding onto for a sale.

• ??
• What’s on the wishlist?
• No, not that.
• You’ve got to be kidding me, LOL.

“One day, I’ll play this. Be prepared.”

It was, of course, a Three Kingdoms game.
The latest installment in the long-running Three Kingdoms strategy game series.

• What the hell.
• If you play that, I’m crapping my pants.
• Fine, Civilization is better.
• I’ll admit it.

“Come on, you all know Three Kingdoms, right?”

• Nope.
• Isn’t that something only old folks like?
• I know Liu Bei, though.

“Wow, we’ve reached a generation that doesn’t know Three Kingdoms. Are you guys Gen Z?”

• Technically, yes.
• Isn’t Three Kingdoms a Chinese novel?

“‘A nation that forgets its history has no future!’”

• Is Three Kingdoms even history?
• Calm down, LOL.
• Are you Chinese?

Judging from the chat, these people genuinely didn’t seem to know Three Kingdoms.

“So now we’ve got a generation that doesn’t know Zhuge Liang’s Memorial Before Departure….”

• I know that one.
• No need to be smug.
• I know Zhuge Liang.

“What about Sima Yi?”

• Who’s that?
• No clue.
• Never heard of him.

“Wow.”

To be honest, I don’t know Three Kingdoms that well either.
I just know enough of the basics to put on a convincing act for my audience.

“Alright, how about World War II? You all know that, right?”

• Yep.
• I know of it.
• Wasn’t it Nazis versus America or something?

“I don’t know much about it myself.”

• ???
• Then why bring it up?
• How can you not know that?
• What happened to ‘a nation that forgets its history’?

“That’s why we’re going to learn together.”

With that, I launched the newly installed game.

• Aaaaargh!
• Please, no.
• Stop.
• We’re sorry.

“Hmm… it’s in English?”

• Isn’t there a Korean patch?
• You need to download it from the workshop.

“Oh, I need to install that? One moment.”

I downloaded the Korean patch from the workshop and relaunched the game.

“Hmm.”

The game’s opening screen was simple.

• LOL.
• What is this, a game from the 2010s?
• Ugh.

“Let’s not be so quick to judge. Single player? Guess I’ll go with this.”

I clicked on Single Player and chose New Game. Two scenarios popped up: 1936 and 1939.

Hmm… something about the UI felt off.

Honestly, I already felt like quitting.
This seemed way harder than I had expected. The fan cafe post said it was easy!

• Go for 1939.
• Isn’t 1939 better for newbies?
• Nah, 1936 is better.
• Do 1936.

The chat, which had been whining, was now fully engaged in the game.
If I quit now, I’d get roasted.

With a sigh of resignation, I clicked 1936.

It brought up seven major nations to choose from.

“Do I pick from these?”

• Yep.
• Go with Germany.
• Germany is the default.

“Germany? Alright.”

When in doubt, just follow what the chat says.

“Hmm….”

I started as Germany. The map of Europe appeared on the screen.
But then….

“Where’s the tutorial?”

There didn’t seem to be a tutorial. It just dropped me right in.

• There is one, but you skipped it.
• Just wing it.
• Press random buttons and figure it out.
• Start by dealing with those alerts at the top.
• I have no clue either, LOL.

“Alright, let’s see what I can do.”

The UI was more complex than I’d expected.
Build factories, conduct research… it was full of unfamiliar terms.

While clicking around, I stumbled upon something intriguing.

“Remove Hitler?”

• Oh, no, don’t do that.
• LOL.
• Go for it!
• Do something else.
• This is going to be fun.
• If you do that, you’re doomed.

“Come on, expelling the evil Nazi Party is the righteous thing to do. It’s my mission as the leader of Germany!”

Surely there’s nothing wrong with ousting a bad guy like Hitler.

So, I chose the option to remove Hitler.

“This will take some time, huh? Let’s fast-forward a bit.”

• Oh no.
• This isn’t going to end well.
• What’s happening??
• It’s over.
• Spoiler: You’ll refund the game.

“What’s the big deal?
A nation won’t collapse just because one guy is gone. My great German Empire….”

[Hitler removed!]

Time passed, and Hitler was successfully ousted.

And within five minutes of starting, my German Empire split in two.

“Huh? What just happened?”

• Hitler staged a coup.
• Hurry up and suppress it!
• It’s manageable; the AI isn’t that tough.

“I don’t even know how to move my troops.”

• As the leader of the great German Empire, you should at least know that much.
• Oh no, it’s over.
• You’re really done for.

“Wait, hold on.”

Even with my gamer instincts, I eventually figured out how to move my troops, but….

“Oh.”

[Game Over]

My German Empire was crushed by the rebels.

“What the heck.”

They invaded so fast, and before I knew it, it was over.

“Wait, is this really the end?”

• Let’s do the tutorial now.
• Yep, it’s over.
• No tutorial, straight to round two.
• You learn by getting beaten up.

“Ah, okay, now I get it.”

This game was way harder than I thought.
Its difficulty was on a completely different level compared to Civilization.

Maybe it’s because it was my first time playing.

Click.
I closed the game.

• ???
• You little….
• I knew it.
• LOL, what a relief.

“I haven’t played for two hours yet, right?”

And… refund.
I’ll revisit this another time.

• Wow.
• What an idiot, LOL.
• What now?

“What now? Hmm….”
I couldn’t just end the stream like this.
The game ended way too quickly.

I mean, I tried to stick with it, but it was harder than expected.
I was thinking it’d be about as challenging as Civilization, so this was a shock.

“First, let’s temporarily ban the person who said this was an easy game.”

• Agreed.
• Do it now.
• Just ban them, LOL.
• What a lunatic.

After appeasing the viewers by punishing the user who fooled us all, I pondered what to do next.

“Are any of the other members streaming right now?”

• Yep.
• Everyone except Mile is live.
• Let’s go visit their streams.

Everyone’s live?
Let’s take a peek at what they’re up to.

With a mischievous grin, I opened a new tab and went to Dwitch.

At the top of Dwitch’s homepage were the members’ streams, with Anna’s at the very top.

“She’s doing a singing stream?”

• Why don’t you sing too?
• Anna’s amazing at it.
• I have her stream open already.

I clicked on her stream and immediately heard Anna’s singing.

“Hmm… she’s good.”

She really was good. Her vocal projection was exceptional, as expected from someone with a musical background.

“But Miro is still the best, right?”

• Hmm….
• Is she, though?
• Miro barely scrapes by.
• Unpopular opinion: Anna might be better.

“Alright, that’s enough of this.”

If I kept watching, all my viewers might get stolen by Anna.
I closed her stream and moved on to Haru’s.

“She’s playing LoL?”

• Yep.
• Not very good at it, though.
• Why don’t you play LoL too?

“She’s bad at it?”

• I think she’s Bronze.
• She only plays for stream content.
• At least she tries hard.

“Hmm….”

After watching for a bit, it was clear she wasn’t great. Oh, there she goes, dying again.

Tap tap tap—
I typed in her chat while watching.

(Miro) – You’re not supposed to do it like that.
(Miro) – Hmm….

• ???
• What are you doing?

[Oh, Miro’s here? What the heck—don’t backseat game.]

Through her headset, I heard Haru’s voice. She sounded calm for now.

(Miro) – You should be leveling your skills in QEW order.
(Miro) – Three reasons why you lost lane just now.

• ???
• What’s she doing?
• This girl is nuts.

“Alright, everyone, here’s today’s content.”
[You wanna die?]

I’d been wondering what to do next, but after watching Haru play LoL, a fun idea came to mind.

Tap tap tap—

(Miro) – Ah… you should’ve traded damage there. Unfortunate. Still, I think you have potential. You lost this game, but—
[HEY!!]

“Challenge runs.”

Haru, cleared.

Who’s next?