The Villainess VTuber Rips People Apart-Chapter 169

I acted casually.

"Thank you for recognizing me."

[No, the honor is mine! Wow, Aurora came! What should I do….]

The other person was so happy that they didn’t know what to do with themselves.

I think I understood a little bit of how a prince, disguised as a villager, would feel. No matter how much you try to hide your bloodline and dignity, they can't be easily hidden.

[Let's collaborate later!]

That’s how I got a little closer to several VTubers.

As I was walking around, I realized that external events weren’t too bad.

I had heard that external events didn’t really affect the number of subscribers much.

Internet broadcasting causes subscribers to increase when there’s a huge impact, but external events are harder to get traction from, according to Rinko.

So, while some say the main purpose of external events is money-making, I felt like it was a worthwhile experience beyond that.

'If I were to compare it to a game, it’d feel like an arcade.'

Solo ranking games at home. You don’t know what expression your opponent is making, and you can only guess their emotions.

In comparison, in an arcade, you can see the other person’s face and reactions. There’s a much stronger sense of realism, in my opinion.

It’s different from doing just online streaming at home.

Experiencing this once might change your mindset and help me improve myself, I thought.

I also met VTubers I normally wouldn't have interacted with.

Since my main content is games, I realized most of my acquaintances were game-related VTubers. But here, I was able to meet a more diverse range of VTubers, and if I had only streamed from home, I would never have gotten involved with any of them.

Today, I realized a lot of things.

I think I came here at the right time.

"I! I, I, I! I’m a bandit from another world! I’m here to order the fresh and delightful meat skewer set from the Bandit King!"

Then, I entered the VTuber collaboration café.

In front, one customer was shouting like that.

Looking at that, I saw the monitor next to the counter.

[Good, full of energy! Give that nerd one of those disgusting ones!]

That was what the bandit-themed VTuber was saying.

Hmm.

I think I’ll just leave.

After eating, I visited the store where Chel was.

[Yes, the next lucky number is 249.]

There, a small mini-game was taking place.

People who bought visual novels or goods were given raffle numbers, and the winners received prizes in this pretty cute event.

The raffle only took place at a specific time, so even those who had bought goods earlier had to come back to the booth around that time. Was it a strategy to get people to gather at the booth?

At times when no raffle was being held, VTubers held light talk shows with the customers waiting.

[Your specialty is voice impressions, right, Chel?] [It’s not really a specialty.] [Oh~, you do it really well. Show us one.] [Ermm! I’ve played this game before!]

That’s what was happening.

The voice didn’t match at all, but by adjusting the tone a little, it almost felt like it could pass for the character.

Besides that, the VTubers chatted a little with the customers waiting, and some seemed to be Chel's fans.

They instructed the customers to form lines properly, explained how to use the kiosks, and reminded them to take out their cards in advance. The customers followed their instructions well.

As expected, people act like this in front of their favorites. VTubers seem pretty useful as on-site staff.

Anyway, as I watched that scene, I waited for Chel’s turn to finish.

I didn’t deliberately try to talk to her. If I messed up, the red pill might get exposed.

Chel seemed to notice me, but she also didn’t approach me.

“I’m here.”

After the time passed, Chel came.

"Welcome, Yuri."

"Yes."

Maybe she was shy because she called me by my name.

Rarely, Chel blushed.

"Shall we go?"

"Wait a minute."

As I tried to walk out, Chel grabbed my wrist first.

Then she took a mask out of her pocket.

"I’m just being cautious."

She was putting it on me.

With sunglasses and a mask, wouldn’t that be too suspicious? But I guess being seen as a suspicious person is better than having the red pill exposed.

There are many people doing cosplay, so it should be fine.

"Isn’t this yours?"

"It’s fine. You can have it. Just take care of it."

It seems like a hard item to cherish. Aren’t masks disposable?

Anyway, since Chel said it was fine, I decided to wear it.

"And this too."

"Isn’t this a mic?"

"Yes."

Chel handed me a microphone.

When I turned around, I saw Chel's manager watching us.

“While you’re here, why don’t you two film a vlog together?”

Is this work now that I’m here for fun?

On the other hand, is it that I can still get paid while enjoying myself? It’s a complicated question. It’s confusing.

I had already thoroughly enjoyed AGSS in the morning, but since it was a large-scale game show, there was still plenty to do.

I went to the booths of games or works Chel liked, bought some goods, and tried out games that were going to be released this year.

I ate VTuber collaboration food too. Earlier, I had eaten a meal at the collaboration café, so this time, I bought snacks I could carry, like fish-shaped pastries or crepes.

"People collect these illustrated wrappers."

After eating, Chel carefully put the leftover crepe wrapper (with a VTuber illustration) into her bag.

This is why they have collaboration cafés. Even people who don’t like crepes might buy them just to collect the wrapper.

"Hmm, I’d like to receive an advertisement for black tea."

"Yeah, I guess so."

Could there be a collaboration product that fits me perfectly? But strangely, I never get an ad for black tea.

Anyway, Chel and I walked around AGSS.

Whenever we got something, I passed it all to Chel's manager.

I didn’t win any prizes, but Chel won several.

"Ah! It’s the Aurora cosplayer from earlier!"

"Sorry, my outfit wasn’t fixed in time."

"Such a shame! If there’s another chance, let me take a picture with you then!"

I met a cosplayer with big breasts along the way, but it ended in a funny incident.

I also met the VTuber who had promoted the visual novel at the booth with Chel and greeted them.

We watched a VTuber performance together.

"Elenoa’s here too."

"Now that you mention it, I think I saw that."

When we stopped by the SerenadeKR booth, I thought I saw Elenoa’s name.

We didn’t meet, but it doesn’t matter.

I stayed with Chel and watched the rest of the performance.

"Wow! Did Aurora come to me earlier?!"

Today’s Serenade handshake event wasn’t just hosted by Noah alone. Several senior VTubers joined.

One of them said to Noah:

"Really? She looked just like we imagined! She’s way prettier in real life! She’s not even kidding!"

The senior VTuber was getting excited and speaking rapidly.

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On the other hand, Noah was slowly growing colder.

Huh? Why?

"I don’t know what Laura looks like."

"Huh? You’re both in the Fantasy League together."

"That’s true…"

"You met in Aseorsal too, right?"

"Yeah..."

"You met in Dungeon Seeker too, didn’t you?"

"......"

"...Did you fight?"

That never happened.

...Wait!

"Could it be that Shina-senpai was too much with the control, and maybe you started hating Behemoth?"

Did she start to dislike Noah, a fellow Behemoth team member, too?

Did I get hated...?

Because of Shina-senpai...?

"No, no... That can’t be..."

Noah denied the reality in front of her.

Well, actually, it wasn’t reality, it was an illusion. Laura wasn’t thinking about it at all.

So, Noah’s judgment of denying the illusion in front of her was accurate, but when you try not to think about something, it only makes you think more.

The more you deny it, the more you keep thinking about it.

"Ah, ah..."

Noah was despairing.

SerenadeKR’s rookie Elenoa.

Failed once again at becoming friends with Aurora...!