I Became a Member of My Favorite Group! - Chapter 31

Kang Ha-neul had been in a good mood lately.

The virtual group she ambitiously launched had successfully garnered attention.

Moreover, the group’s members had secured a solid number of regular viewers, enough to rank high on the platform charts.

Of course, it hadn’t been long since their debut, so there was still more to observe.

But Blue LUV’s current achievements were satisfying enough to let her indulge in a bit of optimism.

‘The community’s been mentioning our group a lot more lately. Nice, this is it.’

She smiled as she browsed the active forum, occasionally lurking in VTuber-related communities.

From the titles to the content, most of the posts were about Blue LUV.

As evidenced by the most upvoted posts, the so-called “hot topics.”

‘Since Da-jeong is live right now, there’s a lot of talk about her.’

As she scrolled through the posts, she noticed that an entire page was filled with posts about Da-jeong, aka Lulu.

Even though it was Lulu’s streaming time, this level of activity was unusual.

Was her stream that entertaining?

Curiosity suddenly bubbled up inside her.

“…Huh? What’s this?”

Just as she was considering checking the live stream.

She blinked at a highly upvoted post.

The title read, ‘Owner, isn’t this Lulu-chan?’

She knew exactly who the “owner” referred to.

She had heard about the clipping channel that showed immense love for Blue LUV, often mentioned in the community.

Moreover, she had a personal reason for knowing about this clipper, “BlueOshi.”

When setting up Blue LUV’s official channel, she needed an editor.

After seeing this clipper’s videos mentioned in the community, she immediately thought, ‘This is it!’

However, she hesitated to reach out because the clipper seemed particularly harsh on Lulu, one of Blue LUV’s members.

So, she decided to wait until the controversy died down.

But what was this post about?

Assuming it was just a troll post, she couldn’t resist her curiosity and clicked on it.

What followed was a long post filled with various images.

The problem was that every single sentence in the post was enough to make her eyes widen in shock.

“…What is this?”

In short, the post speculated that Lulu, a member of Blue LUV, and the clipper were the same person.

The issue was that it wasn’t just baseless speculation—there was clear evidence.

They coincidentally got drunk on chicken beer on the same day.

Their language skills were similar.

They used the same editing software.

Even the email contained Lulu’s birthday, which hadn’t been publicly revealed.

“Ah…!”

As she read the post carefully, something suddenly clicked in her mind.

The flood of posts about Lulu that had filled an entire page earlier.

At the time, she hadn’t thought much of it, but after reading this speculation, she felt a strange sensation.

Click-

She immediately clicked on Lulu’s live stream, which she had followed.

The viewer count, which had been around 3,000 yesterday, had inexplicably surpassed 8,000 today.

• I, I’m really not…!

On screen, Lulu was visibly flustered, vehemently denying something.

Kang Ha-neul was sure the denial was related to the speculation post she had just read.

She was about to type in the chat.

No, she would have, if not for what appeared on the screen next.

• …Huh?

“…Huh?”

An indescribable exclamation escaped both Lulu on screen and Kang Ha-neul off screen.

Soon, both of their thought processes came to a halt.

• ?
• ??????????????????
• Lulu?

Countless question marks flooded the chat.

What they were seeing on screen was unbelievable.

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I woke up just before my usual streaming time today.

I guess I had a bit more editing to do yesterday.

Plus, I couldn’t sleep, so I ended up rewatching some of Blue LUV’s past streams, and before I knew it, time had flown by.

Hehe, but I still have about 30 minutes left.

I’ll just check the comments on yesterday’s video before starting the stream.

I hope there are more supportive comments about Blue LUV.

“Gasp!”

As I hummed and checked the comments.

The number at the top indicating the total comments made me choke.

What? What’s going on?

Over 500 comments?

Did they really like yesterday’s video that much?

Well, there were a lot of highlight-worthy moments.

The video was a whopping 34 minutes long because there were so many scenes I didn’t want to miss.

That must mean the viewers enjoyed it too.

“Hehe…”

With a satisfied smile, I scrolled through the comments.

Comments praising the video and urging me to upload more.

Each one filled me with pride.

“Huh?”

Then I stumbled upon a comment that made my eyes widen.

The comment was short, almost too short.

‘Is this Lulu-chan?’ That was it.

But those few words sent a chill down my spine.

L-Lulu-chan…?

What does this mean?

Is it just a random comment?

“Uh, uh…?”

Trying to ignore it, I scrolled down further.

But the more I scrolled, the more my expression turned to shock.

• So the owner is Lulu-chan…
• Lulu-chan, what are you doing here?
• Is this the clipping channel run by an Axolotl?
• So this is why Lulu-chan’s clips weren’t uploaded…

The further I went, the more comments mentioned Lulu.

And they all seemed so confident.

That’s when I realized something was wrong.

H-how did they find out?

There shouldn’t have been any evidence that I’m the owner of this channel.

I’ve been so careful!

Is there some kind of detective here?

“Phew…”

No, calm down, Jeong Da-jeong.

Take a deep breath and assess the situation.

They can’t possibly know for sure that I’m the owner of this channel.

If I just ignore the comments, I can probably brush it off.

Maybe they’re just caught up in some baseless rumor.

If I act suspicious now, it’ll only make things worse.

Stay calm, relax.

I need to focus on starting the stream.

If I delay the stream because of this, it’ll only give them more reason to suspect me.

“Hi, everyone!”

I started the stream as usual and greeted the viewers cheerfully.

• Lulu-ha
• Hi Lulu
• Lulu-ha Lulu-ha

Good, the chat reactions are no different from yesterday.

It must have just been my imagination.

• Lulu-chan, don’t you have something to tell us?
• Hello, BlueOshi, the notorious clipper
• I thought Lulu-chan was just acting… I’m sorry…

Just as I was about to sigh in relief.

The atmosphere in the chat suddenly started to shift.

It felt just like the comment section of the clipping channel I had seen earlier.

[‘Lulu-chanKyunKyun’ has donated 1,000 won for snacks!]

• Lulu-chan, are you running a clipping channel?

And then, a voice message came through, cutting straight to the point.

It wasn’t beating around the bush—it was a direct demand for an explanation.

I never expected this kind of situation to unfold right after starting the stream…

“Huh? Wh-what are you talking about…? A clipping channel? I don’t know anything about that…?!”

…Even I could tell how stupid my denial sounded.

I should’ve just played dumb and said I didn’t understand what they were talking about.

Or acted like I had no connection to the situation at all.

But instead, I denied it like someone who clearly knew exactly what was going on.

Naturally, the chat was flooded with laughter.

• LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
• She’s so bad at lying LOLOLOL
• So cute LOL
• She’s so pure LOL

“I-I’m serious…! I really don’t know what you’re talking about…?!”

I tried to give the response I should’ve given earlier, but it was too late.

Now the viewers were confidently calling me “BlueOshi-nim” and teasing me.

It made me so annoyed.

Ugh…!

They’re making fun of me while I’m being serious!

You’re all such mean people!

• Then go to YouTube and show us the login screen, let’s go.

“Wh-what? I don’t know what you’re talking about, but fine! Will that clear things up?”

• She doesn’t even know what’s going on but wants to clear things up LOL
• Lulu-chan, if you apologize now, I’ll forgive you…
• This is getting embarrassing…

Who’s embarrassing?!

Fine, this is actually good!

This is my chance to shut the viewers up and put an end to this controversy!

Hehe, I’ve actually prepared for this exact situation.

I’ve been using two separate browsers for internet access.

One is Internet Explorer, and the other is Chrome.

And in one of them, I’m logged into the clipping channel account, while in the other, I’m logged into Lulu’s account.

So, no matter how hard they try, they won’t find any traces of the clipping channel login on the other browser.

Go ahead and look all you want!

You’ve just walked into your own trap!

Did you really think I’m dumb enough not to prepare for this?!

Click-

I opened the Chrome browser, where Lulu’s account was logged in, and smiled victoriously.

Then, I confidently typed in the YouTube URL and accessed the channel… huh?

“…Huh?”

My brain froze as I clicked the “Go to Channel” tab.

The reason was…

【BlueOshi】

Subscribers: 12,000 · Videos: 5

A clipping channel for the virtual group Blue LUV (Blue LUV)!

…The channel name and description were displayed prominently.

Wait, what? Why?

This is Chrome, not Internet Explorer.

I’m sure I only logged into Lulu’s account here.

Why is this channel showing up?

“…Ah!”

As I kept questioning it.

Suddenly, last night’s events flashed before my eyes like a slideshow.

That’s right, that’s what happened.

Last night, while uploading a video, Internet Explorer had an update error, so I had to log into the clipping channel on Chrome to upload the video.

And then I forgot to log out and just went to sleep?!

Jeong Da-jeong, you idiot…!

• ?
• ??????????????????
• Lulu?

The chat was flooded with countless question marks.

I was shaking so much, wondering how I could possibly explain this, when…

• Haebom: Hey.

The grim reaper descended into the chat once again.

With just one syllable, the impact was immense.

That’s right.

Come to think of it, didn’t I tell the CEO yesterday that I wasn’t hiding anything anymore…?

…Yeah, maybe today’s my last stream.

If that happens, I’ll go down in history for the most ridiculous graduation reason ever.

Not that I’m proud of it, though.

“I-I’m so sorryyy…!”

• LOLOLOLOLOLOL
• Immediate confession LOL
• Pathetic LOL

Even though I apologized, the chat was just filled with laughter mocking me.

Sniff.

I want to end the stream right now.