chapter 19: “Okay, done. With this, the dirt-poor VTuber setup is complete!”

Wakya Pyaheok Nongjjuk Ppang.

(TL Note: nonsensical internet slang words)

High-intelligence words that cannot be understood unless one’s intelligence is above a certain level.

It seemed too early for Jinzuko, who was only in her second year of middle school.

[I-I don’t understand the meaning at all!!]

[But for some reason, I feel bad……!]

Of course.

It’s understandable.

……But even if I don’t know about the previous ones, isn’t ‘ppang’ (bread) a bit much?

[A-and this video that looks like it was secretly taken…… C-could it be that we were secretly filmed?!]

“Huh? No way. It’s just a video regenerated to look like that.”

A function that can never be found in various commercialized generative artificial intelligence.

A super-efficient generator that I personally wrote and developed to run on a local desktop.

It was a real-looking but actually fake video regenerated with that.

It’s called a spoof video.

It’s not quite deepfake because I made it with a video I took and released it.

Anyway, the face is set to be covered above the mouth.

I explained this again to Jinzuko by downgrading it to a level that is easier for a second-year middle school student to understand.

[…….]

Then Jinzuko…….

What was the expression?

Ah, a coldly cooled eye.

Or the eyes with two horizontal lines.

The one that always came with a very low probability when I sent a message to a girl first in my previous life ← this.

Jinzuko, with such eyes, interrogated me in a low voice.

[……Be honest, mister.]

You’re still holding a grudge because I killed you, right?

So you’re taking revenge, right? Now? Right? You’re telling me to keep watching to make me suffer in real time

while watching Shizuko slowly break down, right? Right? Mister?

“……No, it was a week in an instant to say slowly. Jinzuko, relax your face. It’s a little scary.”

It’s been about two weeks since I started living a ghost life with Jinzuko.

Until now, whenever there was something like this that I did on my own, she was always busy chirping at me like an angry sparrow,

but it seems that she has updated to a new pattern today.

“It’s not like that, I told you before, didn’t I?”

[…….]

Jinzuko looked like she was telling me to keep talking.

Okay, if you set the stage.

“Your face is honestly a goddess-level that can beat all JS, JC, and JK, and your voice is a real middle school girl’s

voice that would make Professor Jin Junggeon go crazy and bow down.”

(TL Note: JS is an abbreviation of “joshixyo”, meaning elementary school girl. JC means middle school girl, and JK

means high school girl.)

Did my flattery work?

Jinzuko blushed slightly on her middle school girl cheeks and complained with a duck face.

[……What is JS in the comparison. And the analogy of that professor at the back seems to be a compliment, but I feel

bad for some reason, just like before.]

“JS is a compliment based on the standards of those Blue Record Gallery people. They are people who don’t look at

JC and JK and only see JS as the opposite s*x.”

Since those people were reacting enthusiastically to Shizuko, who was a JC, that is, a middle school girl, and should

have been outside their defensive range,

it meant that my current appearance, Shizuko’s middle school girl charm, was so great that it could surpass the wall of perversion.

So it’s a compliment.

Let’s just skip the analogy of Professor Jin Junggeon later.

“Anyway, it means that it is being proven in real time that it is a very popular appearance in the Internet community.”

[Yes, so. Why did you need to prove it? I know I’m cute too…… Ah, no.]

[Ah, if you say so, then that’s it!]

She was coldly cooled, then suddenly embarrassed, and then suddenly angry.

It seems that the emotions of a middle school girl change quickly.

[There’s no need to prove it by selling my personal information like this…….]

“I told you that I could make money with something like VTuber or Mutuber, and that I could pay back the lawsuit

expenses for breaking Miune’s nose, if you feel sorry for your mother.”

[Ah…… Come to think of it, you did.]

“Yeah. That’s it.”

[Huh? So, what is the relationship between that and becoming famous on the Internet by running this spoof? or

whatever it is― Ah.]

Jinzuko finally seemed to understand.

“Yeah. Did you really think I would challenge VTuber and Mutuber with guts and climb up from the bottom?”

Actually, it was okay.

If I had Shizuko’s goddess-level appearance and the software of my previous life, which was the epitome of a nerd

and a super otaku,

I could definitely get popular easily just by turning on the live stream and playing games while chatting with Jinzuko.

If you go into the rooms of newbie Mutubers or VTubers who are broadcasting for the first time, the biggest problem

is that they don’t talk well.

When they first turn on the broadcast, they try to talk interestingly to themselves somehow,

but that’s only for an hour or two at most.

There are almost no viewers, so there is no real-time chat,

but is it really easy to talk and play games alone for several hours in that state?

It’s difficult.

It’s very difficult.

I have seen countless newbies who couldn’t overcome this wall and just disappeared after a few days after trying.

As such, the existence of the ghost Jinzuko is actually a cheat for a broadcaster.

It looks like I’m playing the game alone, but the curious and talkative Jinzuko will surely ask me a lot of annoying things.

Then, if I, who is broadcasting, repeat Jinzuko’s questions out loud and answer them at the same time, it is the

perfect broadcaster itself.

Later, when the chat becomes large, it is a great help if Jinzuko reads out something that catches her eye.

Because the next thing that broadcasters who have reached a certain position struggle with is playing games while

watching chat and reactions.

Even if it’s not like this,

even if I’m just talking to Jinzuko like a real schizophrenic, that alone is enough to attract attention and become a

concept.

And as I said again,

Even though her appearance was already goddess-level, she became a silver-haired, blue-eyed Japanese middle

school girl because I possessed her.

But for some reason, if you look at her tastes and what she likes, she seems like a Korean and like the viewers?

It was truly icing on the cake.

“Roughly, the estimated time I predicted to get to this point is about one or two months at the shortest, and about

half a year at the longest.”

The standard of time I just mentioned is,

If I start broadcasting right now from no base, when can I reach the first 1,000 viewers?

It’s time.

The reason for using 1,000 real-time viewers as the standard was

because it was usually the standard for dividing whether it was a so-called ‘major’ or not, above and below that number.

As it is the starting point for changing from three digits to four digits,

from the moment you break through that wall yourself, you usually go up to 2,000 or 3,000 quickly.

The word “yourself” here means without collaboration or anything like that,

it meant when you gathered 1,000 people with only your own power.

If this happens, you will earn enough income to live only by broadcasting, without any other work.

However, excluding female streamers who dance and expose themselves.

They target rich men in their 30s and 40s. It’s not very MZ.

“I don’t like that kind of female streamer, but I need to make money quickly for now. At least when summer vacation

comes, I need to have 50 million won.”

[Fifty million won…… is…… f-five million yen?!]

[It’s 500 times my monthly allowance……! Is that possible?]

500 times Shizuko’s allowance.

When I heard that, 50 million won seemed like a huge amount of money,

Or maybe Shizuko’s allowance is a lot for a second-year middle school student.

Anyway,

“Maybe it’s possible to make 500 times that, or even more. That’s why I ran the spoofer.”

And surely, the spoofer would have created a Mutube account and uploaded videos appropriately.

Roughly like a vlog.

“Let’s see…… Ah, it’s perfect. Look at this, Jinzuko.”

I moved slightly away from the front of the laptop so that Jinzuko could see it easily.

The management window of a Mutube account called “Shizuko-chan TV” was displayed on the screen.

“What do you think? It’s pretty good, right? My personal information hasn’t been sold, and it’s set so that it doesn’t show above the mouth.”

(TL Note: Mutube is a fictional platform, like Youtube)

No, but the channel name Shizuko-chan TV smells a lot?

It’s like a political Mutube…… I feel it.

This spoofer is not good.

It would be better to sell it like a science channel using my physics research knowledge.

Roughly with a name like Kazuko Jinzuko Research Institute.

Huh? Is this even worse?

[S-subscribers 10,000……!]

[Did you really gather this number in just one week?!]

“Oh, what. I thought you’d say why is it so small, saying it’s not even 100,000.”

Because it’s like when everyone asks where they want to go to college before they become a senior in high school,

they all say Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University.

Similarly, for Mutube, people who just watch roughly perceive it as a proper channel only if it has at least 100,000

subscribers.

[That’s…… That Miune who came out earlier said in class that her vlog channel had over 5,000 people, so the kids said it was amazing…….]

“Ah, really? Let’s see…… What, why didn’t she upload that her nose was broken? I should leave a malicious comment.”

[Mister, really…… Ah, but won’t this be a problem later?]

I could roughly understand what Jinzuko was worried about.

“What if she exposes me later for breaking her nose?”

[……Yes.]

“That’s why I’m leaving malicious comments in advance. In a way that it’s good. If I reveal it in advance with

comments like this, even if she distorts it to her liking and exposes it later, I can make it backfire in an instant.”

Actually, I was the victim,

and the real perpetrator was that year, Miune.

[Aha. That’s true.]

“……ing b*tch, don’t ever think about doing Mutube again…… Enter. It’s okay, I’ve also ordered the spoofer to keep

leaving infinite comments and infinite recommendations even if the comments are deleted.”

Jinzuko seemed to feel sorry for Miune’s vlog channel because of my appearance.

Of course, there wasn’t a bit of sympathy in those eyes.

The fact that she just watched me do that without saying anything was proof of that.

[I say this every time, but thank you. Mister.]

Of course, not forgetting to thank her was also like a good middle school girl who was well educated at home. Jinzuko.

And it was also like me to be embarrassed and twist my long white hair for no reason.

That’s right, my hair is really long.

It’s so long that it hangs down to the floor next to my butt when I’m sitting.

It’s a pain every time I wash it.

[It’s gotten longer than last time.]

[It seems to be growing faster since you possessed me, mister.]

“Really? Maybe I had too many lewd thoughts.”

[……Ugh, don’t be perverted! And please cut it, it’s growing along with me. It’s uncomfortable.]

Yeah, I’ll never cut it.

Because this mysteriously long and shiny silver hair was the core body of the spoofer’s aggro.

“Well, shall we go collect the tuition fee for studying in Korea?”

[W-what? Are you turning on the broadcast right away?]

“Yeah. I’ve already finished simultaneous streaming. Limited to Korea. I don’t know Japanese sensibilities well.”

I put on a paper mask that I had prepared in advance, which I drew myself.

I drew it while looking at Jinzuko’s face.

As it is a cliché that physicists usually know at least one art, I can draw a little.

To the extent that I can be self-sufficient.

I appealed to Jinzuko with a Kirat☆ with an idol hand gesture!

However, wearing a paper mask with Jinzuko’s face drawn on it.

[So that’s why you suddenly asked me to be a model for drawing the other day…….]

Jinzuko seemed slightly relieved.

Even though she understood my intentions, it seems that she was reluctant to expose her face on the Internet.

Well, I know that feeling very well because I had a similar experience in my previous life.

Of course, it was in the opposite direction to Shizuko’s case…… There are those memes that are uploaded together

with the Lord of the Pot of Desires on the Internet, saying “Legend of DC face reveal”.

I’m in one of them.

“Well, Jinzuko, what game do you want to play together? Do you like any of these? There are many that can’t be done

because the computer specs are not good, but choose one for now.”

[Uh, yes? A game? It’s the first broadcast, so don’t you introduce yourself and say please take care of me in the future…… Don’t you do that?]

“Then it’s not fun. Unlike Japan, in Korea, it’s okay to start by acting like you’re broadcasting as usual.”

[Aha…… But can you really make money just by playing games and having fun? Really?]

“First, choose one. There’s a saying that seeing is believing.”

[Yes…… Then where…… Ugh, it’s all English-like names…….]

[Ah! Then I’ll do this. The name seems peaceful and the characters that come out all look cute and pretty!]

“Hmm, you chose this.”

[Yes. It’s a little otaku-like, but this is what works, right? For men like that mister.]

I was slightly hurt by Jinzuko’s words, and I almost said Jinzuko without realizing it, but I held back.

Because it hasn’t been long since she was bullied, and she won’t be as strong as I am when it comes to teasing her about it.

Later, I’ll tell you the story of how I survived the countless one-punch battle requests (forced) of the bullies in middle school.

“Well, there’s a little twist, but it’ll be okay. Then let’s do it right away.”

The live is…… on.

Mutube and Pajijik simultaneous streaming are also working well.

(TL Note: Pajijik is a Korean streaming platform)

“Ah, right. Since I’ve played this game once, the reaction will be ambiguous, so can you interfere with my face and

react instead, Jinzuko? I’ll focus only on the game.”

[Ah, I understand.]

“Can you do it?”

[Yes, it seems that full body possession is still impossible, but I think I can do it with my face.]

Jinzuko closed her eyes and started to concentrate her ghost power on my head.

The work of synchronizing Jinzuko’s neck above and my neck above.

While continuing that, Jinzuko said in a slightly embarrassed voice.

[Hehe…… When I used the laptop alone, I almost never played games…….]

As I gradually accepted the feeling of my face being controlled by someone, I glanced at the laptop screen.

It took a long time because the laptop was old, but the game Jinzuko chose was finally loading.

[I’m a little excited and happy to play games with you like this.]

“Ahaha, right?”

Soon, the title appears in large letters on the white screen.

Doki Doki Literature Club!

While confirming that,

before completely handing over face control, lastly I,

“Me too.”

agreed with Jinzuko’s words, smiling suspiciously brightly.

And,

before a truly middle school girl-like scream resounded on the broadcast and the number of real-time viewers soared,

[Hehe, me too~♬]

it didn’t take long.