I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work - Chapter 107

In the world of troublemakers, Magia was practically the odd one out.

You see, by certain broadcast standards, troublemakers had either already been booted or were on the verge of getting the boot.

And it didn’t make a difference if it was Momo’s stream; before Magia was hired as a manager, the spectators had been watching the constant slandering and nasty chats and thought to themselves, “That Signal Flare is probably getting deleted soon. I’m sweating just watching.”

But wait! On the day Momo decided to go on a drinking broadcast, Magia, unable to hold back, threw a fit and took action. After their private chat, things started changing rapidly when Magia’s classic ID ‘IiIIlliiIIlliiIIll’ appeared on the manager list.

Up until then, even if people had been toeing the line, they managed to survive for quite a while submerged in the swiftly flying chats. But suddenly, the moment they crossed the line, they got caught and immediately received friendly bans. To make it worse, they even went back weeks to comb through old chats and then banned the perpetrators, leaving many dumbfounded and giving up on arguing.

People couldn’t help but think they’d messed with a lunatic.

However, there was a reason Magia went to such extremes. Momo, who already loved to spar with her viewers, had left a pretty generous line for her previous managers to work with. But sometimes, letting things slide meant she would throw in the towel and end her stream early.

— iiIIlliiIIll: “I’ve never seen someone streaming like intermittent fasting before, lol.”

Yet, as the naughty chats clearly indicated, while Magia might have been a troublemaker, she hated when streamers ended their broadcasts too early, which led to an intense rivalry over Momo’s streams between the troublemakers and Magia.

The troublemakers would act like they always did, only for Magia to swiftly blind them when they got too far with their antics, protecting Momo’s sanity in the process.

It was a prime example of how managers for streamers who play with their fans, like Momo, had to balance wielding their metaphorical sword.

However, among the troublemakers lay those who also acted as snipers, waiting for the perfect moment to strike since Magia became the manager.

While Magia’s help allowed Momo to stream longer, it came with a hassle; every time the line was crossed, there were annoying 10-minute bans that forced everyone to keep switching accounts, which was a particularly petty complaint.

And most of them were hanging out in Magia’s gallery, eagerly awaiting her debut day. When that day comes, they planned to torment her with sniping!

… ─ — Magia Mini Gallery ─ ─ — …

[Magia is toast today]

(Hello! Konnichiwa!)

No matter how good you are, 2:87 is a guarantee, lololol

Two hours of singing and get a truck, and then debut~

[Comments]

— Magia930: The competition for viewer participation is going to be wild, lol.

— Magia021: How many posts are there about sniping?

— 🟧Magia1: If you get a Magia k*ll, there’s a prize, so make sure to sign up for the tournament!

— Magia598 (Author): Thanks!

So, when a competition for killing Magia began, the gallery buzzed.

Countless hopefuls submitted their anonymous applications, eager to take down Magia’s head and snag the 50,000 won gift coupon!

It was projected that more than half of the 87 participants would be troublemakers. Finally, an opportunity to show Magia a lesson she wouldn’t forget!

Meanwhile, in the Parallel’s inner circle, a group was plotting against Magia.

“This time, we’re going to show her!”

Led by Maru, the first generation students, a.k.a ‘Another,’ were fed up.

After all the times they’d been humiliated in the past, especially during their 1st anniversary trip, there was no way they could let this chance slide.

“Good idea! We’ve got to smash her!”

“But can we even pull off sniping?”

“Magia~ might make it hard to enter the stream~”

“That’s true, but if we don’t try, we’ll never know! Let’s go in with the mindset of signing up for classes!”

“Sign up what? What’s that even mean, you brain-dead newbie?”

“Registration?”

Maru realized she was the only one among the members who had even stepped foot in university.

“Not registration. Think of it as a competitive ticketing system. The boss is participating, so let’s aim to capture some great footage for our own highlights!”

This was a prime opportunity to land a hit on Momo too, so everyone was pumped and ready.

However, overflowing with excitement, the four first-generation students collectively decided to take a break, and suddenly…

[(🔴Live) Beat Magia!] 👪32,227

#BattleColosseum #Parallel #Momo

With Momo set to appear, the expected viewership of 15,000 doubled to over 32,000.

This was disastrous for the snipers attempting to thwart Magia’s chance at victory.

Due to the considerably boosted population, breaking into the custom game room had become immensely harder!

[Why are there so many people?!]

[All the first-generation are streaming right now.]

Originally, half of the total 90 players should have been diamond-tier players looking to take down Magia, but…

[Can we check how many got in?]

[…Wow, only twenty?]

The snipers trying to get into the custom game room were less than half what they’d anticipated.

With the requirement of hearing password hints, no matter how fast one’s fingers were, there were limits.

And since teaming wasn’t restricted, it’s usually better with more people working together, but with this? Would they even be able to catch Magia?

[Not enough people getting in. Is that okay?]

[It’s fine. If many people can briefing while watching the stream, that’s not a bad situation.]

However, the snipers had already organized an effectual rabbit hunt strategy in the voice chat they set up yesterday.

Even if there were more who couldn’t join than those who did,

the more viewers there were, the better it turned out to be.

Somebody had to keep updating everyone on Magia’s location while watching her stream!

So even without the numbers on their side, this first match would likely come down to the information and skills of the players.

To kick off this big snipe against Magia, Kim spoke up.

“Alright, we’ve got ten matches. Let’s do everything we can to stop her from winning. In the end, we just need to find out her location. No matter how good Magia is, we’ll corner her with our numbers.”

[And if we use smoke, what about that?]

“Smoke isn’t unlimited. And absolutely no using smoke for us. If any of our team members come across someone, they shouldn’t pick up smoke either.”

[Understood.]

Smoke can be a versatile item, but if someone carrying it goes down, it goes right to Magia.

That means Magia would last longer in the smoke, leading to unnecessary casualties.

Once they corner her, they need to wrap it all up with clean play without any smoke!

And with that, they were ready.

The combined snipers and viewers numbered a total of 63 vs Magia & Momo.

It was about to begin, the first match deciding whether they succeeded in stopping or crowned their victory!

Everyone pulled up Magia’s stream on their second monitors and counted down together.

[3, 2, 1, let’s go!]

The click sound resonated through the stream.

A loading screen flashed before the broadcast, and a plane started flying from the southeast of the map towards the northwest, carrying 89 players.

Everyone watched closely, waiting for the moment Magia would jump from the plane.

Some snipers had even enlarged her stream’s mini-map to monitor it closely.

“Come on, jump, Magia. Where do you plan to land and loot?

That’s going to be your hell…”

—?

— What the…

— ROFL

— What the heck

— LOL

— Wait, can’t see! LOL

— Get a grip, girl! LOL

— Is she insane?

“…What the heck!”

But just before Magia leaped out of the plane, a paint effect suddenly splattered the screen, obscuring most of it.

The display was taken over by images of the first-generation students striking cute poses after revealing their new outfits in their own streams!

With the four corners of the broadcast covered by them, nobody could see the map, let alone where Magia was heading!

All that was visible was the center of the screen where Magia’s crosshair sat.

As complaints filled the chat, Magia announced,

[Today’s event aligns with Another’s outfit reveal! Remember? So, we’ve prepared this.]

— ???

— Huh?

— Wh, what?

[If you want to see my screen, you’ll have to donate using the predetermined password ranging from 1,000 to 9,999. Those who guess correctly will also receive a special goods package, so make sure to check the pinned chat!]

— LOL

— What the heck! LOL

— Oh come on! LOL

— Get me that screen!!!

— I never thought of this, lol.

— Turn Momo’s stream on!

Sighing, Kim spoke up in the voice chat where the snipers gathered.

“Well, the illustration might be blocking it, but there are still some gaps in the screen, right? For those who couldn’t get into the game, try to pick up intel through those gaps and figure out her location.”

[Got it.]

[Not easy, but I’ll give it a shot.]

“We’ll chase only those who aren’t wearing hats.”

With the viewers who joined the game all wearing Santa hats for uniformity, it would be easy to spot allies.

If any player not wearing a hat jumped from the plane, following them could lead to some contact.

While everyone was focusing on the outfits of those dropping from the plane…

[Magia dropped!]

A slightly crackling voice yelled out loudly.

As a result, about half of the snipers, excluding Kim, rushed from the plane.

However, upon landing, they realized that not a single user without a Santa hat had jumped with them.

[What’s going on?]

[Nobody here?]

[Who said that?]

Then, a little while later, a single person leaped out of the airplane.

Kim gasped as he spotted the wild curly hair of Crazy Shot.

‘…No way?!’

That sounded way too much like Magia’s noise-laden voice.

If it really was her, did she sneak into this voice chat pretending to be a sniper?

But there was no time to think.

They had to chase after the Magia who had just jumped!

“No, she just jumped! Magia just jumped! Go, go, go!”

[Let’s go!]

[Chase her!!]

In the end, a mere ten snipers chose to leap alongside Magia.

About 15 general viewers followed after her too, but they would probably only serve as fodder for Magia.

Unless they swiftly take her out, like a zombie virus spreading, Magia would be off claiming the items from those she killed and rampaging.

It was clear that this round was looking bleak.

Naturally, Kim’s mind raced with thoughts.

But priority was apparent.

They had to figure out which Magia was hiding in the talk code first.

If they didn’t, they’d keep leaking information!

Hurrying, he DM’d his right-hand man, who had been working with him on this Magia sniper operation.

Magia369 had been active anonymously in Magia’s gallery.

[👑Magia404: Hey 369!]

[👑Magia404: Magia is hiding in the talk room.]

[👑Magia404: Are you gaming right now?]

[Magia369: Nope, can’t get in.]

[👑Magia404: Then, could you get rid of her?]

[Magia369: Understood.]

A few minutes later, an admin message popped up in the talk code chatroom.

– Magia509 has been kicked from the server by an admin.

The sniper, Kim, flashed a triumphant smile.

No matter how much she sneaks in, she’d get caught eventually through the roster comparison.

Even if Magia is the king of troublemakers, on this side, it’s the troublemaker alliance!

[Magia369: The disturbers have been dealt with,]

[Magia369: Let’s keep this up!]

[Magia369: (Chimp emoji)]

But Magia was still the key figure in the mini gallery.

Alongside her main account, she already had several other accounts hanging around in the gallery.

How many true snipers were among the 63 (-1) gathered in the talk code?