Chapter 10: A Viral Sensation: The Flustered Loli’s Triumph

After the humiliating stream ended, Chajingyuan, seething with indignation, locked her bedroom door and immediately fell asleep.

Chahuayuan, feeling too awkward to pick the lock this time, could only drift off to sleep in a state of unease.

The very next morning, upon waking early, Chahuayuan surveyed the unfolding situation…

A thousand words condensed into a single, explosive utterance:

“What the FA…”

“Brother, Brother~~~! Quick, quick, quick, get up, you have to see this!”

Chahuayuan was so overcome with excitement that she forgot to grab her keys, colliding with Chajingyuan’s bedroom door with a resounding ‘thud’.

After retrieving the keys and bursting into the bedroom, Chahuayuan launched herself onto the bed.

She tightly embraced Chajingyuan, still half-asleep and nestled deep within her covers.

“Brother, you truly are! Truly amazing! We’re so incredibly, incredibly skilled… A huge success, a super success, an absolute triumph!”

“Guh-woo-woo… Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.”

Still groggy, Chajingyuan struggled, flailing vigorously against her sister’s chest.

“Don’t, don’t disturb my sleep, sleep, sleep, ow-woo… I’m in an absolutely foul mood. What success are you talking about? It can’t be that those two cheating dogs got reported and banned, could it…?”

“No! No, no, it’s about your streaming!”

“Eh…?”

Chajingyuan blinked in confusion, before slowly regaining her wits.

‘Oh, right.’

‘Yesterday, she hadn’t merely been playing games; she had been streaming.’

‘Having drunk her sister’s potion and transformed into a petite, white-haired beauty, she had been compelled to fill in for her sister as a virtual streamer, embodying a virtual beauty named ‘Stepan Chizaki’.’

‘The original plan for the stream had been straightforward: casual chat, singing, and watching videos.’

‘However, due to her own temperament, coupled with certain provocative and extreme comments from the chat that proved utterly infuriating, she had lost her composure and erupted.’

‘Subsequently, during her confrontation with the chat, her anger had escalated with each insult, ultimately leading to her disqualification as a streamer.

Deviating from the original stream schedule, she had self-indulgently intervened, challenging the chat ‘gods’ to a one-on-one battle to prove her solid foundation as a powerful streamer…’

‘Ultimately… having fallen prey to a cunning, eye-catching red comment, she had sworn a solemn oath to duel in CS:GO, only to find…’

At this thought, Chajingyuan’s expression immediately soured once more.

A look of apprehension on her face, she poked her sister’s chest.

“Um, Huayuan, those obnoxious trash-tier comments, they haven’t forgotten about that final bet, have they…??”

“Oh, they remember, alright. It’s truly incredible. Even now, there are over two hundred people in the stream, waiting for you to come online and call them ‘master’.”

“Eek——!!!!”

After an entire night and morning, time had delivered its verdict: Chajingyuan had become a sensation.

Within the span of the past twelve hours, ‘Stepan Chizaki Official’ had gained over 9,000 followers in one fell swoop.

The number of ‘Captains’—or paid members—had swelled to nearly 200, yet among these 200, only around 50 had become Captains during the debut stream itself. The remaining 150 had all appeared after the stream concluded.

Within the entire industry, no newcomer had achieved such astonishing figures in months. Even top-tier agencies hadn’t managed it in a long while.

However, these two points did not capture the essence, or rather, failed to reveal the underlying logic behind the phenomenon:

Under the search keyword ‘Stepan Chizaki,’ in just 12 hours, nearly 100 clips, edits, audio adjustments, and various other fan creations had already emerged, and were still multiplying at an astounding rate.

The chemical reaction between the stream, the persona, and the fan creations, had, overnight, forcefully elevated Chajingyuan into a top-tier mascot, coveted by countless viewers.

Chizaki, who was adorable yet full of bluster;

Chizaki, who was exasperated and insulted the chat;

Chizaki, who was arrogant, victorious in every battle, and continued to furiously insult the chat;

Chizaki, who was utterly conceited, utterly disrespectful of technology and ‘ruthless tactics,’ and spouted harsh words;

Chizaki, who abruptly cut off;

And finally, that perfectly enunciated, earth-shattering ‘Chao!’ delivered in a cute voice!

The entire narrative of the stream reached its complete cycle with the final ‘spinning top, Chao, and rage-quit.’ What followed was a viral, exponentially explosive spread.

The onlookers who relished in drama, the video creators who had already harbored ulterior motives, and the distorted fans, extracted a myriad of intriguing details from Chajingyuan’s stream recordings,

Cleverly combining them, to complete the secondary refinement of ‘Stepan Chizaki’s’ contradictory persona—one seemingly sweet and soft, yet secretly arrogant, and ultimately quick to deflate.

Concurrently, this provided the final piece of the puzzle for Chajingyuan’s achievement of ten thousand followers in a single day.

And if one were to pinpoint the most crucial element across all these videos… it was, of course…

Her exasperation.

📣”Ah, my Reaper!” “Chao!”

📣”Ah, my Tank!” “Chao!”

📣”These stinking trash mobs can’t Shadow Fiend me!” “Chao!”

📣”This guy has a Wild Shadow Blade!” “Chao!”

📣”Don’t try to fool me; even an idiot knows that for compatibility, you need to set the colors to 8-bit!” “Chao!”

📣”Hmph, this T-spin is effortless, isn’t it?” “Chao!”

📣”…”

📣”This guy said ‘bu yao yi wei ni ying le,’ what does that mean…?” “Chao!!!”

Of course, Chajingyuan’s true moment of exasperation only occurred once, at the very end. However, this did not prevent numerous smaller instances of her getting flustered from being compiled.

—The compilation thus formed currently ranks second, a parody masterpiece titled ‘Chizaki’s Debut Stream: Exasperation Compilation’.

Incidentally, the top-ranked video is the original clip from the two minutes and thirty seconds before Chajingyuan ended her stream, titled ‘Loli Streamer Brutally Humiliated by Spinning Top: HD Original (Uncensored)’.

Among these, a few stood out as particularly unusual, such as:

‘Loli Streamer Insulting Trash-Tier Chat for 20 Minutes: Pure Enjoyment’.

Such videos, which made one question their target audience, were ultimately a minority. The vast majority, however, employed various tricks to persecute Chajingyuan from every conceivable angle.

Beyond standard edits, there were also Audio MADs, videos featuring her tormenting and being tormented by other anime characters, and compilations that spliced her together with her artist-mother, Makino Shibahime.

📣[Makino: “Hmm, let me reveal a bit about this project; it’s relatively simple, upholding the principles of our Cyber-Live…”]

📣[Chajingyuan: “…Cyka-Live”]

📣[Makino: “…spontaneous, open philosophy, conveying unrestrained joy to everyone…”]

📣[Chajingyuan: “…trash-tier chat”]

📣[Makino: “Everyone can rest assured, with me overseeing things, even if it’s not perfect, it won’t be a disaster…”]

📣[Chajingyuan: “…Chao!!”]

“…………”

Cradled in her sister’s arms, under the guise of ‘enjoying the fruits of victory’, Chajingyuan was forcibly subjected to an intense bombardment of 20 popular fan creations.

Her expression morphed from despair, to struggle, to resistance, until it finally settled into numbness.

Eventually, her eyes vacant, her head utterly saturated with her own ‘Chao!’, she had completely transformed into the embodiment of a flustered loli.

“I, guh… I don’t look that foolish, I really don’t… You cursed, idiotic chat comments…”

“What’s wrong with it? It’s quite cute, isn’t it?”

Chahuayuan hummed a melody from one of the videos, ‘Dangerous Chizaki’, and gently kneaded her brother’s small face.

“Brother, you don’t need to worry so much. We know best who we truly are. Sometimes, indulging in a few strange things and embracing your own quirks can be a form of enjoyment too.”

“I know best who I truly am, do I? Ugh… I suppose there’s some truth to that.”

After her sister had caressed her face, Chajingyuan smoothed her tear-streaked cheeks, adopting an expression of helplessness and displeasure.

“Even if you say that, I understand, but when I think that I’m the protagonist… and you know I have depression; I’m so fragile.”

“Others would kill to be this kind of protagonist, but they don’t have the talent! You bickered with the troublesome chat, and by some strange twist of fate, it all turned into your strength.

It’s as if you firmly grasped the chaotic chat in your palm. Regardless of whether you’re ‘sick’ or not, the results are simply astounding!”

“Defeating the idiotic chat? Yes, that’s one way to put it, considering they’re just a bunch of trash-tier nobodies…”

Chajingyuan took two deep breaths, finally managing to reluctantly accept reality.

“So, in the end, I actually did quite well?”

“You’re only just realizing it? Makino was practically cackling this morning, and it’s all thanks to you, big brother! Ah, well… of course, a large part of that laughter wasn’t due to the success, but because the edits were hilarious…”

Chahuayuan ruffled Chajingyuan’s head, finally releasing her embrace.

Once her brother had disentangled himself from her arms, both of them stretched almost simultaneously. Glancing at the time, it was nearly noon.

Chahuayuan gently placed her hands on Chajingyuan’s shoulders once more.

“Speaking of which, big brother, how about it? Since we’ve won so big, I’ll treat you to a grand meal out, just as I promised. What do you want to pick? What do you want to eat?”

Chajingyuan nodded, yet hesitated.

“Treat me to food? That’s fine, but ‘out’…”

“Just change up your routine for once, let’s go out and walk around.”

Chahuayuan playfully shook her brother’s body.

In an act of resistance, after a brief pretense of thought, Chajingyuan stubbornly turned her head away.

“Ugh, no, I don’t want to eat right now. I’m still angry; leave me alone. My stomach is practically full from being infuriated by those idiotic chat comments.”

“Eh, really? You seemed to have come to terms with it just now.”

“Only my mind has come to terms with it. Rather than ‘coming to terms,’ it’s more like I reluctantly accepted it because of you and for work! My stomach is still seething!”

“But come to think of it, you only ate one meal yesterday, and no breakfast today… Are you really not going to eat?”

“Really!”

Chajingyuan declared emphatically.

Unfortunately, in stark contrast to her verbal resistance, Chajingyuan’s stomach let out a rumbling growl.

Chahuayuan, having long known her brother was just being stubborn, sighed with an ‘Aiya!’

“So, big brother, let’s at least be honest for once and appreciate your sister’s good intentions, alright?

Besides, the last time you went downstairs was three months ago, when we were changing the clothes rack and I couldn’t move it alone, so I dragged you down, remember?”

“Ugh——”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. My treat. Whatever the server says, I’ll handle it.”

“Guh-woo-woo——”

In the end, Chajingyuan could no longer resist.

Half-coaxed, half-dragged, Chajingyuan was led downstairs by her sister. Hiding behind Chahuayuan, she pushed open the old apartment building’s main door with her.