I Can See a VTuber’s Red Pills - Chapter 14
“Please explain this part in more detail later.”
“Yes! I will do that!”
It’s not an issue to decide hastily.
It won’t be too late to decide after I’ve looked into it separately and heard Jungyeon’s supplementary explanation.
“Then, shall we wrap it up for today? It’s getting late for me as well.”
The time for Ajung to start her stream was approaching.
Naturally, the schedule I gave Jungyeon had the time Ajung usually streamed marked as free time.
This time is entirely for watching the stream.
There’s no room for anything else.
“Hmm. Sir, are you going to watch that VTuber… Ajung, was it? Her stream?”
“Yes. So, let’s continue this conversation later……”
“But I have a question!”
“……What is it?”
Jungyeon raises her hand high, her eyes sparkling as she looks at me.
“Why do you like that person, Ajung?”
“……Pardon?”
“Well, I just don’t quite understand. I looked into you and even watched some of her past streams… I don’t see what’s so charming about her.”
‘Of course, that would be the case. Because I like her for reasons others can’t see.’
“You shouldn’t judge people by their appearance alone.
‘Oh, her avatar is pretty?’ ‘Oh, her voice is pretty?’ What’s the use of all that?
It’s what’s inside that needs to be beautiful.”
‘Yup. That’s right.’
People should be beautiful on the inside rather than their outward appearance.
To put it bluntly, I can see what’s inside, so I can’t just watch someone whose avatar is pretty if they’re not my type.
However, I couldn’t say all of that honestly.
“Mmm! I see!”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Then you’ll watch my stream later too, right!”
“……Pardon?”
“I made my avatar myself, stitch by stitch, and my real self is pretty amazing too, right? And on top of that, I’m a deep person, just like you said, sir!”
“Oh, I see…… Well, yes. I’ll try to watch it when I have time.”
“Oh yeah! Got one viewer!”
It was the first time I’d seen someone call themselves pretty.
Her lack of pretense was refreshingly different, but now it was really time for Ajung’s stream to start.
“Then, I think I’ve roughly explained what you’ll be doing here, Ms. Jungyeon… For now, if you don’t know something or if something important comes up, please text or call me.”
“Yes! Then I’ll unpack my things and decorate the room I’ll be using from now on!”
“Okay. Good luck.”
— “Salute!”
With Jungyeon’s sharp salute, I headed to my room.
—Thump!
“Uff! Is this enough for now?”
Jungyeon went down one floor from Hajun’s place to the house she would be living in and immediately started unpacking the luggage she had roughly brought over.
If someone had seen it, they would have mistaken it for a house someone was already living in; there was nothing lacking in the fully furnished home.
Bed, dressing table, wardrobe.
It even had toothbrushes, toothpaste, and towels.
“Ehehehe……”
After roughly finishing organizing, Jungyeon looked out the window, and a satisfied laugh escaped her lips.
Even the view from the window was beautiful.
She truly couldn’t believe this would be her home from now on.
After a brief moment of contemplation while gazing at the scenery outside, Jungyeon moved and headed upstairs to Hajun’s place.
The free time Hajun had designated.
She needed to use that time for her other work.
That is.
“Wow. The quality itself is no joke……”
She needed to set up for streaming here in advance.
She hadn’t brought her own equipment from home yet, but honestly, the equipment here was so superior in both price and specs that she could probably leave all her old stuff behind.
Of course, she would have to bring the rest of her belongings when she cleared out her old place.
“First, let’s do it like this… Huh? How do I do this……”
Since it wasn’t the equipment she was used to, some trial and error was needed, but what kind of world is it these days?
It was an era where you could find instructions for anything just by searching on YouTube.
Having set up all her equipment herself while streaming as a VTuber, her overall skill in handling equipment had improved.
Jungyeon quickly finished setting up.
“Then… sh, shall I do a test… run?”
She thought about turning on the stream for a test, but she was worried.
Actually, she hadn’t told her fans yet.
That she got a job, that she would be streaming from here, and so on.
She hadn’t even explained anything yet.
On top of that, she had been on an unannounced hiatus for almost two days now, so she was concerned.
“Still… I have to do it eventually……”
—Gulp.
Jungyeon closed her eyes tightly and turned on the stream.
[Long time no see!]
[Rinne]
As she turned on the stream and played some music, viewers started trickling in.
When about 100 viewers had entered, Jungyeon displayed her character on the stream and turned on her microphone.
“L, long time no see……?”
—Long time no see my ass
—Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting? Why the ghosting?
—Breaking news. The last words of a viewer of virtual streamer Rinne are a hot topic. ‘Holding my breath until Rinne comes. Hup!’
—Ah ah… he’s gone…
—Apologize to me!
She expected this, but as anticipated, the chat was thoroughly incensed due to her unannounced hiatus.
“Ah, I’m sorry! There were circumstances! Really! Boyfriend? No! Not at all!”
Only after practically begging the chat, which was creating all sorts of slander and forced controversies, did the viewers begin to calm down.
“Actually, there’s something I haven’t told you all yet……”
—?
—What is it
—As long as it’s not quitting streaming, it’s fine hahaha
—Ah haha, would she quit streaming? Haha
—Gasp
—Uh..
—It’s not, right..?
As Jungyeon kept dragging out her words, viewers, recalling Jungyeon’s recent struggles during streams, began to imagine the worst.
Jungyeon, who had been contemplating quitting streaming until just a few days ago, felt a slight pang of guilt but shouted that it wasn’t true.
“No! It’s not that! It’s… Ah, how should I put this…?”
—Ah, what is it, f*ck
—Could it be reincarnation..?
—Gasp
—Nice to.. nice to meet you for the first time..
—She said it’s not the quitting streaming route, you f*ckers, stop it, I’m getting PTSD
The more Jungyeon hesitated, the more the chat overflowed with all sorts of assumptions, and as news spread, more people started joining, increasing the viewer count.
“Well… I got a job this time…!”
—?
—??
—Ah..
—What the f*ck
—Congrats congrats
—Uh.. then are you really quitting streaming?
—Since she said she’s not quitting, isn’t she just reducing her streaming hours?
—Can’t lose Rinne, sob sob ㅠㅠㅠ
Eventually, she said it. Once she said that much, the rest was easy.
She just had to tell the truth.
“I was having a bit of a hard time until a few days ago, right? Actually, it’s true I was considering quitting streaming. I have to make a living too. I have to think about the future.”
—What?
—What
—Gasp
—Gasp
—We’re sorry ㅠㅠㅠ
—???: So you guys should have paid up when I was fundraising!
—Gasp
“Nooo! That’s not what I meant! Haa, anyway! So I looked around for job openings here and there, you see?”
Jungyeon sighed at the chat that was painting her as someone completely obsessed with money and continued speaking.
“You all probably saw it too. That job posting for a secretary who knows a lot about VTubers?”
—Ah, that one hahaha
—The Zelnaga-bro everyone knows now hahaha
—That dude seems genuinely crazy
—But why are you talking about that?
—Huh?
—No way
—It’s not, right?
—Ayyy hahahahaha
At first, the chat laughed upon hearing about the rumored posting, but gradually, their reactions shifted towards ‘no way.’
“……That’s right. I got hired as a secretary. I think I’ll be working as the boss’s secretary and streaming from now on.”
—???
—??????
—Is this for real??
—No, f*ck, did you see Zelnaga-bro’s real face??
—It’s the other way around, you idiot
—Is it true Zelnaga-bro is handsome???
—Does he really pay that much???
—No, what are you talking about, explain in more detail
Eventually, Jungyeon revealed the whole truth to her viewers.
And upon hearing the news, a massive influx of people from all over started flocking to Jungyeon’s stream.
“I had a secretary interview! And I passed with flying colors! On top of that, the boss even made a dedicated room just for me so I can stream separately! That’s the truth up to this point!”
Unlike her initial hesitation, once she started talking, the rest came out very easily.
She just had to list the things that happened.
“‘So what do you actually do?’ Uh… What do I do? He just asked me to look into VTubers for him? Ah, right. First, he asked me to find artists who are good at making 2D and 3D avatars. Do you guys know any?”
—How would we know, f*ck
—No, it was real hahahahahahahaha
—He’s even hiring a secretary because of Ajung hahahahahahaha
—Rinne became a handmaiden looking up avatars for another woman ㅠㅠ (This message has been deleted.)
—No, why is this real????
—So are you streaming from Zelnaga-bro’s house right now?
—What? Are you living together?
—Gasp
—What
—Our innocent Rinne is dead ㅠㅠㅠ
—Rinne has fallen ㅠㅠ
—Rinne is spoiled ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
However, as expected, after revealing the whole truth, there were many chats that were a bit hard to bear.
Since VTubing is also a kind of “boyfriend/girlfriend experience” business, the fact that she was alone in a house with another man wasn’t a good look.
(TL: 육수 장사 (yuksu jangsa) literally “broth business” is a Korean internet slang term referring to streamers, particularly female VTubers, who cultivate a parasocial relationship with their viewers, often implying a romantic or pseudo-romantic connection to encourage donations and support. “Yuksu” (broth) here is a metaphor for the viewers’ strong emotional investment and financial contributions.)
However.
“Is the 100 million won annual salary real? No? He said he’d give me more if I do a good job?”
(TL: Approximately $72,000 USD)
It was too much money to refuse, too much to complain about.