VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream Volume 5 (eBook)

Nana Nanato (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-8706-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Amidst wishing a warm 'Screw you, normies!' to the newly formed couple of Shion-mama and Sex(Sei)-sama, Awayuki Kokorone, the third-gen talent who went viral after forgetting to end her stream, has been preparing for an event that's fast approaching: the third gen's very first anniversary! But in the meantime, Awayuki takes part in a very sus all-star collab, as well as a shopping date to fill her tragic wardrobe. But while putting together the anniversary's biggest surprise, Awayuki makes a grim discovery...

'Wheh, whehcuhmh, Ahwuhyuhkigh-chaghn...'

The sweet, lively Hikari-chan wrecked her voice! And she refuses to even give herself some rest! But when Awayuki teaches Hikari to think about how her viewers feel, she slowly begins to gain a new perspective-in more ways than one!

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Amidst wishing a warm "e;Screw you, normies!"e; to the newly formed couple of Shion-mama and Sex(Sei)-sama, Awayuki Kokorone, the third-gen talent who went viral after forgetting to end her stream, has been preparing for an event that's fast approaching: the third gen's very first anniversary! But in the meantime, Awayuki takes part in a very sus all-star collab, as well as a shopping date to fill her tragic wardrobe. But while putting together the anniversary's biggest surprise, Awayuki makes a grim discovery... Wheh, whehcuhmh, Ahwuhyuhkigh-chaghn... The sweet, lively Hikari-chan wrecked her voice! And she refuses to even give herself some rest! But when Awayuki teaches Hikari to think about how her viewers feel, she slowly begins to gain a new perspective in more ways than one!

Textauszug

Basically, it was a square just like that. The numbers marked the rooms and the lines represented hallways leading from one room to another. It was designed so that players could switch the locations of rooms and hallways around to come up with new variations with each match. There were also a few smaller rooms scattered across the facility that weren’t marked by numbers.

The large rooms that had numbers assigned to them were called “Sectors,” with all of the players starting the game in the center of the facility, Sector 5. The minigames that filled the escape gauge were in every Sector except for 5, so everyone was effectively pushed to leave that room behind.

Strategy-wise, my impression as a beginner was that acting alone made you an easy target for the Imitators. Imitators could kill an Inmate instantly, but not repeatedly; the move required a thirty-second cooldown before it could be used again, so killing someone in a group would accomplish nothing but outing yourself as an Imitator. That meant it was safer to stick with others as you navigated the facility. But among other problems, sticking with too many people could stack avatars on top of each other and make it hard to discern who actually performed a kill, so moderation was key.

Everyone formed impromptu teams and scattered off in different directions. What would I do...? Ah, Hikari-chan was heading for Sector 1, so I decided to follow her. Oh, and Alice-chan was tagging along behind me, which made us a group of three.

: Wait, what?

: That sure was a mixture of something.

: "Modern-day," as though a name that chaotic existed in any other era

: Shuwa-chan, you're supposed to call yourself "the first" if you're the first generation.

: ain't nobody else taking on that name so she could cut it off no problem

: first time seeing someone put a number in their name and still have name to spare

: lmao at the very specific level of stupidity that makes her think she can just throw anything in there.

: I mean, she came into this drunk, so you probably could have taken a hint?

: broke: introducing yourself, woke: insta-dooming yourself

“I felt a chill run down my spine for a sec because Alice would come for my ass whether she’s an Imitator or not, but hey, I’ve got Hikari-chan here so I’m sure I’ll be fine!”

The three of us made it to Sector 1, so we all went to start our minigames.

“Let’s see, this one went like this, aaaaand...done.”

They were all simple enough to end in seconds. My character looked so cute as she waddled across the room, making our whole situation seem pretty happy-go-lucky, but of course...

“A blackout...”

The facility’s lights suddenly went out, and my field of vision drastically shrank. This was one of the obstacles that the Imitators could throw in our way. The Imitators had connections with the staff operating the facility’s game, and by sending them a request, the staff could assist the Imitators with an obstacle. The lineup went something like this:

Every thirty seconds, they could perform a blackout like the one we were experiencing now. The Inmates had their fields of vision shrunk, but the Imitators could see just fine.

They could turn a minigame in a specified Sector into a “forced minigame”; if the Inmates didn’t complete it within thirty seconds, the facility would be inundated with a toxic gas that only harmed the Inmates, giving us an immediate Game Over.

They could use the teleportation machines installed in Sectors 1, 3, 7, and 9 to instantaneously travel between those four sectors.

They could activate a Sector’s door locks, also once every thirty seconds. This was mainly used to cut off an Inmate’s escape route or to hinder mobility of the others.

Each obstacle type required a thirty-second cooldown in between uses, and those cooldowns were shared between the Imitators. The idea was that the Imitators would use these tricks with cunning to isolate Inmates and kill them without ever being noticed.

After we waffled around in the dark for a bit, the lights came back on. Which meant that it was about time for...

“Ooh, it’s the thing!”

A message in an unnerving shade of red flashed on the screen: “Emergency Meeting.” Finding a dead body and reporting it on the spot would begin a meeting automatically, meaning that someone must have pushed that button.

Of course, the facility didn’t have any dead bodies to find before we came here. In other words, this signaled that someone had been killed.

The game temporarily took away control of my character and forcibly switched to a meeting-specific screen that displayed the names of all the participants. Meetings could begin from reports like this, or from someone pressing the assembly button that was located exclusively in Sector 5.

Now then, any participants who died had their names shown on the bottom of the screen, so you could tell what had happened at a glance. Our first victim was...

[Hareru Asagiri: Dead]

“Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey?!?!”

After my cry of abject shock, I hurriedly unmuted myself and joined the voice chat. Everyone was just as flustered as I was to see that the first victim’s identity was so far out of left field.

This was the start of the meeting segment. Our time limit for it was two minutes. Within that time, we would have to identify who we believed to be an Imitator and vote them out. The player who amassed the most votes at the end would be expelled from the game, no matter which side they were really on. Alternatively, it was possible to skip a voting session if players weren’t sure who the Imitator was; if the majority of players elected to skip voting, then nobody would be expelled at all.

All right, folks, the fun and exciting debate segment that werewolf games were known for was about to begin.

“Killing Hareru-senpai... You’ve crossed a line that even I, Shion-mama, cannot accept!”

“Were it not for Hareru-senpai, there would be no Live-On, and by extension no Awayuki-dono! This crime shall not go unpunished!”

“Nya-nya! This Imitator doesn’t realize that they wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for Hareru-senpai! Show yourself already! Come clean now and we might show ya some mercy!”

Wails of mourning arose from all sides at the death of such a respected figure.

“Uh... Why do you all think threats will get us anywhere? This is a werewolf game, remember?”

...It figured that Mashiron’s knack for staying calm and pointing out the obvious was able to get all of us (myself included) to settle down.

Whoops, gotta focus here. This was a game about communication, so losing my cool would just help the Imitators win. Gotta get it together.

Wait, that gave me a great idea! I could drop a snappy one-liner to cool everyone else’s heads too!

“You know, they call it a ‘werewolf’ game, but I guess Imitators can’t wear their hearts on their wool!”

“........................” everyone said.

Um...I said I wanted to cool their heads, not freeze them in their tracks.

“Hm? Sorry, Shuwa-chan, Hikari couldn’t quite hear what you said! Something about wool? Did you get a sweater? Requesting more details!”

“Stop it, Hikari-chan! Don’t pour salt on my wounds!”

“Worry not, mama. No matter what happens, you will always be Kaeru’s top-mommy.”

“Yeah, don’t worry, I haven’t worried about that part for so much as a second of my life,” I consoled her. “If anything, feel free to take the opportunity to switch to literally anyone else.”

“Aaaaaah ha ha ha ha hah haaah!!! Awayuki-dono, I must commend you, for anything you say is the height of comedic art!”

“Look, I know it was my joke, but your standards are way too low here! What are you, a Bulldrome? Is your whole body a giant weak spot?”

“Gyeh keh keh keh keh! Awayuki-kun, you’s gots a way with woyds!”

“Hold on, who was that?! This call shouldn’t have anyone but Live-On’s streamers in it, but I don’t remember anyone having that accent I just heard!”

“It’s me. You know, Sei-sama,” she said in her normal voice.

“Literally who.”

“Gyeh keh keh keh keh! Yer talkin’ to duh great Sei-sama!”

“Oh, it’s just you, Sei-sama. Your laugh is as bizarre and revolting as usual, I see.”

“Hm, does something not strike you as strange there, Awayuki-kun?”

Phew... I got stuck staving off a storm of stupidity for some reason... Wait, I was the reason.

“Umm... W-Well then, how about we start with where everyone was? First, who was it that found the body?”

Shion-mama took a moment to compose herself before taking charge. Well, at least we were getting on with the game...

“Nya-nya! It was me, Nekoma! I found her at the bottom of the map, in Sector 8!”

Sector 8, eh? That meant that anyone who’d headed straight down at the start of the game had a high chance of being...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2023
• Reihe/Serie: VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
• Reihe/Serie: VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
• Illustrationen: Siokazunoko
• Übersetzer: airco
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Schlagworte: business • cute girls • female protagonist • Light Novel • Slice of Life • zero to hero
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-8706-7 / 1718387067
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-8706-5 / 9781718387065