The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

Rion opened the door and entered Laura’s room.

The owner of the house wasn’t visible. She must have been inside the VR capsule.

Only the PC, connected to the VR capsule, was emitting a low hum.

The monitor was brightly lit.

And naturally, there was a microphone set up in front of it.

Rion sighed and sat down.

[Oh my, Rion’s here.]

As soon as she sat down, a voice was heard.

…She’s inside VR, so how on earth did she notice?

Rion, finding it strange, quickly realized what was going on. …The microphone connected to the PC had been on from the start.

Noise cancellation must have been applied, but she still picked up the faint sound and realized Rion had arrived?

Sometimes, Rion wondered if she was even human.

“…Hello. This is Nekozuka Rion, nya.”

– Rion’s in the chat

– Why is Rion here lolol

– Are you two living together?

– Did you boil that ‘nyanyanya’ in soup and eat it?

– Where’s ‘nyanyanya’?

– Try wrapping that ‘nyanyanya’ in kimchi and eating it.

– Why does she sound so down lololol

“Haa….”

Rion let out a sigh.

She had come, but was this really the right thing…?

…Still, she couldn’t just leave it like this.

She thought she’d quickly say what she needed to and leave.

Rion thought that way.

“For those who already know, my unnie Laura and I are cousins. We’ve been living together for about three years. …Anyway, unnie, aren’t you going to introduce yourself?”

[I’m already introducing myself.]

“The profile screen has been tiny since earlier! How are people supposed to recognize you like that?!”

Rion moved the mouse. Thanks to the PC being connected to the VR capsule, she could control the stream screen herself.

“And aren’t you going to reveal the hashtags? When are you going to announce your next stream schedule?!”

[You sure have a lot of complaints.]

“Does it look like I won’t have complaints right now? You’ve shown everything, now just do your introduction!”

[This is perfect timing. Rion, why don’t you introduce me instead?]

“…What? Me?”

Rion couldn’t believe what she had just heard.

Regardless, Laura casually queued up for a new match.

This person…!

‘…She really has no intention of introducing herself?’

Rion waited for a moment, but Laura just nonchalantly picked Berserker.

At that moment, Rion realized: This person has no ambition as a VTuber…!

Now that she thought about it, it had always been Rion’s hope for Laura to rise as a VTuber.

But Laura? She was someone who enjoyed gaming more than having three meals a day!

She just wanted to play games…!

‘Could it be that this unnie… became a VTuber just to play games?’

The thought that suddenly popped into her head was a truth that she couldn’t ignore.

Most VTubers would want to gain popularity, but there was no way Laura cared about that. She probably thought something like, “Even if I poop on the street, wouldn’t I still gain popularity?”

The scary part was that it seemed plausible. Her face was so insanely pretty that even if she did something like that, she’d probably still gain fans…!

But VTubers are supposed to hide their faces…

Sure, her voice was beautiful, but none of the viewers knew what Aurora was really like.

Even if they randomly grabbed someone and asked, they’d probably just remember her as “that thug who threw punches.”

‘This is driving me crazy….’

The most frustrating part was that Laura was completely carefree. …Why was she, the one who wasn’t directly involved, the one feeling anxious?

With no other choice, Rion grabbed the microphone.

“Laura is a villainous noblewoman who was expelled from her ducal family…. And these are her hashtags….”

Rion adjusted the game screen, creating some space at the bottom and on the right.

She placed Laura’s nameplate neatly in the bottom-right corner, and on the lower-left side, she displayed each hashtag.

Fanart: #Aurora_Masterpiece

Broadcast Tag: #Aurora_Audience

Fan Name: #Aurora_Salon

– Did she really do it just because she was told lolol

– The birth of the first-ever VTuber who skips her own introduction

– Introduction? Why should I do it?

– If you don’t want to get kicked out, you do it~

– Been watching VTubers for 5 years, but I’ve never seen someone make someone else do their introduction.

– If you get why she was expelled, upvote lolol

– After hearing she’s a “villainous noblewoman,” it all makes sense.

– Put up the schedule, too!

“Agh, seriously…!”

Rion found Laura’s profile picture and streaming schedule image files, then added them to the screen.

While keeping an eye on Laura’s game, she alternated between showing the profile picture and the streaming schedule whenever it seemed like no big fights were about to break out.

At this point, it was hard to tell whose stream this even was.

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【Virtual VTuber Gallery】

[Live Commentary] Looks like Rion’s running the whole stream till the end lol

Was this secretly Rion’s debut stream?

[Comments]

– Quit VTubing just to help her cousin’s stream lol

ㄴ It’s not quitting, idiot.

– Honestly, Rion saved the show.

– Aurora just wants to play games.

ㄴ She was still queueing for games even after the stream ended.

ㄴ Seriously, she’s just a gaming addict lol

ㄴ Forget streaming, she just wants to play games~

ㄴ She seemed like the craziest out of the 6th generation.

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[General] A-grade Virgin GIFs

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Save me…

[Comments]

– Looks like she used to throw punches back in the day.

– Her voice is elegant, but she doesn’t act like a thug lol

– She’s seriously good at games though lol

– Villainous Noblewoman (Martial Arts Type)

– What kind of character uses their fists?

ㄴ (Author) Berserker.

ㄴ ? Where’d her sword go?

ㄴ (Author) She said the sword was heavy, so she ditched it and decided fists were better.

ㄴ What a load of crap lol

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[General] Is it okay for Rion to appear on the stream?

Isn’t it against the rules to collaborate for a few weeks after debuting?

Is it really okay for Rion to be on the debut stream?

[Comments]

– Good point.

– They live together, but…

ㄴ (Author) Sure, but being on stream is a separate issue.

– She just ditched the stream to play games~

– Looks like Rion’s becoming Aurora’s manager.

ㄴ (Author) ?

ㄴ Rion quit VTubing and switched to staff, right? Maybe she became Aurora’s manager.

ㄴ (Author) Wasn’t she supposed to be a video editor?

ㄴ She’s probably doing both managing and editing.

ㄴ (Author) That sounds exhausting lol

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[General] Am I the only one who liked Aurora’s stream?

She played like a total gaming maniac, which was awesome, but what I really enjoyed was the back-and-forth between her and Rion.

Even if Rion quits VTubing, it’d be nice to see her pop in from time to time like that.

[Comments]

– With Aurora’s personality, I bet she’ll keep calling Rion in lol

ㄴ (Author) For real lol

ㄴ She just bossed Rion around lol

ㄴ The fact that Aurora owns the house and Rion can’t push back is hilarious lol

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[General] The 6th generation is on another level.

That girl, uh, Sora, right?

The one who can take any joke.

The girl who maxed out her gacha on the first day.

The A-grade Virgin.

[Comments]

– 2024 is EYEAI’s year.

– At least learn their names properly lol

– Even combining the top three doesn’t match the last one lol

– EYEAI sure knows how to find talent.

– How do they gather such crazy characters?

– Is EYEAI booming?

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[General] 6th Generation’s upcoming streams waiting rooms are up

4 AM: 【Labyrinthos】 How well do Meringue and Ranked Matches go together? 【Aurora/EYEAI】

11 AM: 【Monster Syndrome】 What happens when you reverse fear? POG 【Chel Sumeragi/EYEAI】

7 PM: 【Destruction: Moon Rail】 Heard I need to pull a strong character! So, gacha stream! I’ll stop at the second exclusive weapon! If there’s time, I’ll climb the Tower of the End! 【Inagika/EYEAI】

9 PM: 【Chatting Stream】 Just a conversation about psychological tests, MBTI results, and more 【Ayanokouji Sora/EYEAI】

[Comments]

– 4 AM???

ㄴ (Author) Yep.

ㄴ What the hell, it’s really at 4 AM lol

ㄴ Starts in 4 hours lol

– What’s with these stream titles lol

– Do they want working people to die…?

ㄴ It’s Sunday tomorrow.

ㄴ I have to work weekends, damn it.

ㄴ Lolololol

– Is Inagika doing another gacha?

ㄴ Must be loaded.

ㄴ She wrote in the title she doesn’t have money, though.

ㄴ (Author) That game costs about 400,000 to 600,000 won to pull two exclusive weapons.

ㄴ Insane lol

– How come none of them are doing ASMR?

ㄴ For real, that trend is dead.

– Sora’s stream looks so plain.

ㄴ It’s rare for VTubers to do a game stream for their second broadcast.

ㄴ It’s the others who are weird lol

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【VTuber Ranking Aggregation Site】

【EYEAI 6th Generation】

【Aurora】 Subscribers: 101,832

【Inagika】 Subscribers: 12,921

【Chel Sumeragi】 Subscribers: 10,002

【Ayanokouji Sora】 Subscribers: 8,615

[The trending songs say life is irreplaceable, but even if someone switched places with me, no one would be troubled──♬]

At Sora’s home, there was a wireless headset without a mic.

She tightly pressed it against her ears, though it wasn’t meant for anything other than listening.

The pressure was so strong that her ears hurt, but that physical pain was easier to understand. After all, the pain in one’s heart has no definite shape.

She didn’t touch her convenient wireless earbuds.

By covering her ears like this, she could feel as though she were left on the other side of a world separated from reality.

It was that feeling she wanted to savor.

Wearing the headset, she stood up and then threw herself on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

It felt so distant.

[There is no, there is no, no future at all♪]

[I won’t, I won’t, I won’t have any expectations♬]

“Must be nice.”

Listening to the song, Sora muttered blankly.

Even though her ears were covered, the voice that escaped her lips seemed to dig deep into her chest.

“Everyone’s so lucky.”