I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work - Chapter 68

:: :: Pino has donated 1,000,000 clouds! :: ::

:: :: 10 :: ::

[AHHHHHHH!!]

– [Server] Maru: The sky looks nice, but I have no wings!

After experiencing free falls ten times, Maru finally made it back to solid ground.

The moment the donation of ten million came through, the chat room was buzzing with excitement.

– [Server] Serena: Congrats, congrats, congrats, congrats, congrats, congrats!

– [Server] Kamic: Thanks in advance for Maru’s b*tt-touch! Hehehe

– [Server] Merisha: Wow, that’s insane!

Most messages were business-like congratulations, but a few familiar faces stood out.

– [Server] Movgun: What kind of firepower is Parallel bringing in? OMG!

– [Server] Ronze: What’s up with Maru today?

Naturally, the chat was in an uproar.

— That’s just the unspoken rule: push it to the limit before signing off! LOL

— Teacher, cards don’t just magically generate money!

— Crazy! Just crazy!

— Yeah, someone always has to take on the debt…

— So, are you going to be the Feathered Gang from today onward?

Maru paused the donations, quickly turning on Eco to prepare for the sponsor reaction.

There’s an unspoken rule during these API-linked collaborations, especially since Season 1 of Wecker Town — big donations should be saved for right before signing off.

But because Pino is technically an outsider, there was no way to delay the reaction just because of that.

Before long, Pino’s messages flooded in.

— Pino: Hurry up and do the coin gacha for that special invite ticket! GO GO GO!

— Pino: Please double the reaction before signing off!

That message, bursting with determination, made Maru switch Eco off immediately.

[Oh, yes! If that’s okay, then I’ll go with that, Pino! Thank you sooooo much for your support!]

— The great Pino is even taking care of reactions! LOL

— Thank you, big bro!

— From today onwards, I’m one with Pino!

The viewers didn’t resist either.

A president wanting to respect the unspoken rules of the stream and ensuring the streamer could enjoy the game?

No reason to hate that.

Right now, Pino was nothing less than the hero of Maru’s stream.

As a starting member, he had to invite other members, and given the expectation surrounding the Majia participation, the pressure of the special invite ticket was higher than ever.

If the viewers’ donation power wasn’t enough to get an invite, things would really start to hurt.

In extreme cases, a tiny minority could even max out their credit limits just to help out.

The President made a ridiculous threat about breaking my head if I touch my savings, but there were way more people like me than you’d think.

If someone tried to invite someone else, fans would want to chip in and see them play nicely together.

If someone was trying to invite themselves to the party, wouldn’t fans step up to help out with that?

… Well, Pino’s case was a bit different since the person he wanted to invite wasn’t a VTuber.

But hey, it was a necessary donation for Maru, so let’s not dwell on the details.

Before long, Maru, having exchanged all his coins for gacha boxes, spoke nervously.

[Let’s spin the coin gacha right away!]

— LET’S GO!

— In we goooooo!!!

— Please, special invite ticket!

Since the donation of ten million came in, Maru had a total of a thousand coins and a thousand gacha boxes.

The appearance rate of the special invite ticket was just 0.1%.

With everyone on edge, Maru began opening boxes ten at a time.

Hoping just for one special ticket!

200 boxes.

— Already 200 gone?

— Please, please, please!

500 boxes.

— AHHHHH!

— Come outtttttttttttttttttt!!!

900 boxes.

— NO!!!!!!!!

— KAAAAAAAH!

And then….

Suddenly it was 970 boxes.

Maru’s voice was slowly losing its power.

[Wow. We really messed up here…]

— This must be a dream!

— Wow, we really messed up, LOL!

— This is just rigged with the odds, for real!

But Maru refused to lose hope.

[No, it’s not over! We still have 30 left!]

Pino and the viewers also weren’t about to give in.

— Pino: If this doesn’t work, I’ll just get more work! AAAAAAAHH!

— Teacher, you’re gonna d*e like that! LOL!

— We still have pending donations, so chill out for now! LOL!

— No wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

— LOLLLLLL!!!

— We also chipped in!

— Pino’s a madman…

— Seriously, have you lost it?

And I wasn’t about to give up either.

Today, the ten million in my savings was on standby.

Even if I didn’t get what I wanted from this batch of a thousand boxes, I could just get another thousand batch for myself.

Come on, special invite ticket!

– [System] Opened 10 Wecker boxes.

…

[b>[Special Invite Ticket x1]

The moment Maru saw the last two items in the list, he screamed.

[AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]

— OWWW, my ears!

— AH!

— WHAT THE ACTUAL! Two tickets!!!!!!

— So much dopamine right now!

— AHHHH!

— TWO TICKETS LOL Crazy!!

What came next from Maru, I couldn’t even hear.

The volume was so loud that I ripped off my headset.

At this time, Dohui was also spinning for coins.

In fact, she logged in 30 minutes earlier than Maru and was already at the 2,000th gacha.

But the results were shocking enough that even Momo, a six-year veteran of streaming, forgot to fill in the audio.

“……”

There were NO special invite tickets.

She had spun two million won worth of gachas.

— Please, Momo!

— What kind of cursed hands do you have?

— Our leader is trash at gacha! 😭

— Seriously, how could you NOT get it? LOL!

Marjia didn’t just prepare ten million won for nothing.

Having watched Dohui’s terrible luck for six years, she knew it too well.

Because of the ban on cuckoos, chat comparing her to Maru was pretty rare.

Nevertheless, the mood in the room was almost like a funeral.

It contrasted sharply with the explosive joy coming from Maru.

Just then, Maru, completely oblivious, approached the president who was hanging out in the tutorial area.

[President! I pulled two tickets!!]

Dohui immediately composed herself, but….

“What? Two tickets? How many coins did you spend?”

[One thousand! Amazing, right? And it was funded by Pino!]

Hearing that boast made her heart sink.

But she was seasoned enough to come up with a quick comeback.

“Ugh. My tickets went to you.”

— ?

— That’s nonsense.

— They’re Maru’s!

— LOL!

But as soon as she snapped back, a strange thought struck.

Pino? Why is that guy sponsoring on Maru’s stream?

“But Pino? Did he send the sponsorship?”

[Yes, he gave me a thousand Wecker coins. That’s what pulled the two tickets.]

“A thousand?!! Did he write anything in the message?”

[He just sent it all without a word. Told me to hurry and do the gacha…]

If it was sponsorship from the fans in Maru’s fandom, it was only natural to call in the first-generation members.

But Pino was a notorious troublemaker, the unfortunate icon of the cursed Majia coins.

Even if he called in the other two members first, he wouldn’t necessarily mean any harm to the company.

But why would Pino send such thoughtless sponsorships?

To create an opportunity for the Majia to drop onto the server, so he could invest generously with the hope of making it happen.

Most Parallel fans knew about Pino’s madness.

A lunatic who breathes life into Majia’s platform and sees sponsors pour in whenever they show up.

So, the idea of inviting Majia with the special invite tickets Pino provided was something openly accepted among the viewers.

— Is the agent coming in right away?

— Wow, Majia LOL!

— Pino did it again! LOL!

— Make sure he rigs it for us too! Sponsor us! Make tickets for us! LOL!

Just by looking at the chat in Momo’s room, which was practically the command room for Parallel, everyone assumed Majia’s participation was a given.

In fact, it looked like they were more concerned with who to invite with the remaining ticket while having Majia as a base option.

Thanks to that, the burden of the special invite ticket that had fallen on Maru completely vanished.

Sure, it was a donation from Pino who just wanted to see Majia. But regardless of his intentions, it was kind of like he had saved Maru.

Nice!

Feeling a bit happier now, Dohui turned to Maru.

“Let’s use one ticket for Jia and then check with the others who can log in right now to invite for the other one.”

[Okay!]

Up until this point, Dohui hadn’t thought much of it.

You might say she was in a state of mixed happiness and sadness, slightly tipping towards happiness.

After all, Maru had almost stumbled on his own ankle due to leaks.

Dohui had been worried and wanted to help him out desperately too.

On top of that, since the special invite ticket didn’t come out and was driving her nuts, this was a pleasant surprise.

But now with two tickets in Maru’s hands, how could she not feel good about it?

Of course, that happiness was short-lived.

— But wait, with this, doesn’t Maru become Jia’s mom?

— Oh wow, that’s a point!

— Uh oh.

— Stolen employee! LOL!

— LOL!

— ???: President? You?

In a server where invitations operated like this, typically, the invited person would regard the one who invited them as a parent.

In other words, Maru, who had always followed Dohui like a baby bird, was now flitting around, tweeting joyfully after Maru instead of Dohui for the first time.

“What do you mean stolen? It’s a temporary borrow for server use.”

— Honestly, after being exploited by the leader every day, if Maru cares for you seriously, you wouldn’t know what to do, LOL.

— For real, LOL!

— I’d totally be Maru’s daughter! LOL!

— Momo is cold…

Oh ho, what’s this? Trying to get technical?

Momo scowled and shouted.

“What are you talking about?! Aren’t YOU guys the ones who didn’t pray for the special invite ticket when you donated?!”

— ??

— So, you’re blaming us?

— Hey hey hey!

And so, the usual WWE began.

The special invite tickets created by Pino’s donation and Maru’s good fortune.

I had already been prepared to log in, so within ten minutes of the ticket being drawn, I was able to join the Wecker server.

Simultaneously, the broadcast began.

[ (🔴Live) Wecker Town Season 2 – Parallel Command Room Day 1 ] 👪2,110

#64Cubix #Parallel

— I never thought I’d get to watch a Majia stream for two weeks straight.

— Wow, the command room is truly a divine strategy, LOL!

— After three years, Momo is starting to look pretty cute…

— Jaha!!!!

— Jaha~

Truth be told, I was just going to be doing grind work and promotions, but it felt right to stream officially since the President had given me a special duty.

The objective was as written in the broadcast title: the command room.

Due to the first-generation members staying up late and constantly turning off the streams for backroom cubix, the President had to take drastic measures and forcibly make sure they got some sleep.

Even if a first-generation member turns off the stream, I’d still be on my regular schedule, monitoring whether members were awake or asleep.

It sounds complicated, but once you connect to the server, you can check who’s logged in in real-time.

So, it’d be a pretty straightforward task of simply staying on the server for a few hours after the members went to sleep and before they wake up.

At the same time, I’d also be keeping the often-bored Parallel fans busy on the official channel, handing out roles when members logged in.

Do I also have to work hard to communicate as a streamer while playing in the server with the viewers?

「Don’t try too hard to please the viewers. Just do your own thing. The command room is meant for that.」

Not this time.

Since it was the President’s directive, I could calmly go about my duties without worrying about anything. Whether it was grinding or promotions.

Anyway, entering the tutorial zone.

As I searched for Maru, who had invited me, I was approached by someone beside me.

[Hello, Majia!]

A Wecker with a distinctive mirrorball above his head and a white title indicating he was an operator was here.

After quickly adjusting the mic settings, I spoke to Wecker.

“Ah! Can you hear me?”

[Whoa. Did you already set up your sound? There are many people here who struggle with it, so I was directly helping the other staff.]

“Oh yeah. If the members have trouble, it’s my job to help them.”

Even in the now-nearly-forgotten Parallel Cubix 64 server, I was the one who set up the sound settings after gathering everyone.

Not mentioning any names, but I’ve even gone to someone’s house to fix their settings when they didn’t get it after explaining it.

— Seems like your manager skills are solid! LOL

— It’s refreshing thinking about them fumbling around here all the time.

— So comfy~

Naturally, even when the viewers and Wecker were amazed, I took it in stride.

… Amidst that, though, there were still some comparing me to others.

I promptly warned Seungyeon by giving her a temporary 10-minute ban.

Then, I temporarily opened the donations for the now-closed official channel.

Usually, the official channel maintains a formal tone, so donations are closed to ensure the flow isn’t interrupted.

However, donations that come during the command room can’t be overlooked since they could be used to make more gacha, and thus the President made a temporary exception.

Meanwhile, while the server was integrating API work, Wecker sent me a DM with an image that had a transparent background.

[That’s a table showing what effects are available based on the donation amount. Display it on the broadcast screen. You can customize it as long as the contents match.]

Simply put, it’s a system where, based on the contribution amount, the server provides corresponding gifts.

It also includes the special invite ticket that the President and Maru had been dreaming of, which could be obtained through Wecker coins.

10,000 won gets you ten Wecker breads, which are server-exclusive foods, and 1 coin.

20,000 won completely restores hunger and thirst, along with 2 coins. 30,000 won fully restores health and 3 coins.

50,000 won gives you various random buffs and 5 coins, and so on.

For 100,000 and 500,000 won, corresponding monsters that drop rare items will be summoned upon defeating them.

And lastly, at 1,000,000 won…

As we saw with Maru earlier, the sponsorship is announced to the entire server, and you can’t escape the fall damage on your way down!

Unless you obtained an inventory protection card from the gacha, otherwise it just drops all your items and you d*e.

Nevertheless, since it’s announced on the server, it’s one of the rare chances to get small-streamers recognized, frequently used as a boost by those with around 500 average viewers.

Does Oshi want to show presence among other streamers?

Then just throw down a 1,000,000 won donation to grab the attention of the whole server.

[Once the integration is complete, I’ll send you a whisper, so enjoy the tutorial now and have fun in the server! Thank you for coming, Majia!]

“Oh, no! I thank you for the warm welcome! See you again!”

— Weegah~

— Weegah!

After saying goodbye to Wecker, I descended the stairs a bit and found the long road lined with enormous billboards.

It was the server’s tutorial.

It explained the jobs available, how to earn money, and how to level up.

A proposal for you to select what you want to do during these two weeks spent on this server.

As I read through each billboard, I found a lot of complicated concepts.

Given what I learned, I might just be cut out to be a miner.

I had passed several billboards when Maru finally spotted me and began circling around me.

[WAH! It’s Jia!!! Majia! Majia! Majia!]

“Calm down.”

[Hehehe. Sorry.]

Many were still waiting in the tutorial zone for their friends to log in, and Maru’s joyful expression made several familiar faces gradually approach me.

They were all well-known faces.

Movgun spoke first.

[Hello, Manager! Long time no see!]

“Oh yes! It’s been a while, Movgun!”

[So, when are you coming to Master Tier?]

“I’m making my way up slowly, but there are so many crazy players, so I still have two tiers to go!”

Next up was Ronze.

[Jia! I saw the teaser for your travel video. When can we expect the main episode?]

“Hey, Ronze! Usually, teasers come out about 1-2 weeks before the main event, so I’m guessing it’ll be next week or on the weekend. I still haven’t been told the exact date.”

Then, as Serena approached, trying to gauge the right moment to speak to me…

– [Whisper] Wecker: Majia, API integration is complete!

– [Whisper] Wecker: Have fun in the server! ^^b

The whispers from Wecker came in faster than the messages.

As soon as I finished reading Wecker’s whisper, fireworks erupted and my body shot up high into the sky.

– [Server] Majia has received 1,000,000 clouds and ascended!

I flew through the clouds, and as I fell, I wondered which madman decided to hammer down a hundred million in the official channel.

:: :: Pino has donated 1,000,000 clouds! :: ::

:: :: This day has been awaited by Majia :: ::

It’s you again?