Chapter 32: The Dual Meeting and Hidden Troubles

“Her tone alone reveals it, doesn’t it? She has a quite good relationship with her parents; they spoil her rather a lot, even giving her money to rent a place.”

“Indeed,” Chajingyuan huffed with annoyance. “She even has a great impression of her own mother. What a pitifully naive sweetheart she is~~”

“I wasn’t talking about that. Every family has its own situation, so rein it in a bit.

Although, the way she spills so much personal information about her family without a second thought, her lack of guile is indeed quite concerning~”

“Then just say it outright.”

“Did you really not notice? If she has such a good relationship with her parents, then why would she say the reason for moving out was ‘to avoid trouble’?”

“Uh…” Chajingyuan, utterly devoid of social intuition, had to admit she hadn’t noticed at all. Yet, she had no desire to dwell on a topic that might expose her shortcomings, so she immediately scoffed dismissively.

“…Well, you just said it yourself: ‘every family has its own situation.’ What’s so strange about that? Just tell me what you’ve found.”

“It’s hard for me to say precisely. I can only say that, combining the two points, it feels like Gengetsu Shiori might be facing some difficulties or troubles lately.”

“Tch, that’s so vague and nonsensical.”

“What do you mean, ‘nonsensical’? This is a girl’s intuition.”

“You keep telling me I’m not a boy, that I’m a girl just like you, and now you’re talking about having ‘a girl’s intuition’?”

“That’s a silly question. I’ve been a girl for hundreds of times longer than you have, so of course, I’m qualified to talk about intuition. Don’t argue, you silly elder brother.”

“Hmph! You’re a disgrace to your 985 science degree, spouting such superstitious nonsense.”

***

During their brief bickering, Gengetsu Shiori poured three glasses of juice, then returned to the living room, balancing the glasses on her tablet in a posture that seemed overtly dramatic.

“Here we are!” Gengetsu not only handed out apple juice but also retrieved two packets of chocolate candy from the deep cleavage of her chest.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, ladies. Take some candy; you can slowly munch on it during the meeting with Mai and make her jealous, hehehe… Just a moment more, I’m about to start the video conference.”

“Mm-hmm, we still have a few minutes until half past three, no rush.”

“Uh…” Chahuayuan nodded cheerfully, while Chajingyuan’s hand trembled slightly as she took the candy.

It wasn’t for any particular reason, other than Gengetsu Shiori’s ‘four-dimensional chest’ from which she’d retrieved the sweets; Chajingyuan couldn’t shake the feeling that the packaging might have a faint scent of milk.

After these ten minutes of brief offline interaction, Chajingyuan’s animosity towards Gengetsu’s figure had already reached its peak, regardless of their personalities.

Gengetsu Shiori opened her tablet, adorned with star stickers, propped up its pink sequined stand, and expertly created, copied, and shared a link—pulling Makino Shibahime into the conference channel.

This dual offline and online reflection meeting thus began punctually, as expected.

***

First, of course, it was time for Makino Shibahime’s routine introduction moment.

“Wow…! Our adorable Cyber-Official loli first-generation members are actually together in one frame, such a sweet and forbidden sight of two people side-by-side, so cute, so cute!

It truly sparks the imagination, my phantom limb is reacting!! Uh, but A-Yuan, could you step out of the shot for a moment? Your art style is different and quite jarring…”

—Such was the ‘void blast,’ or rather, ‘cyber blast,’ which was, of course, promptly choked back by Chahuayuan’s succinct retort: “You shut your trap.”

***

With the introduction over, the four individuals began their formal meeting.

The first agenda item was to summarize the debut live streams of the two, analyze their shortcomings and weaknesses, and thus outline what needed to be corrected and practiced in their upcoming streaming careers.

Gengetsu Shiori’s streaming process was relatively straightforward, making its summary quite clear and direct.

The most immediate issue was Gengetsu’s slight lack of personal rhythm; she tended to respond to whatever the bullet comments said, constantly being led by the audience’s remarks.

Naturally, this led to a slight deficiency in her risk identification abilities… It was crucial to remember that in the future, club friends wouldn’t always be available to monitor her stream.

If she were to encounter more malicious bullet comments again and blindly fall into a trap, while general trolling might be manageable, running into comments that directly exposed the streamer’s real information or politically sensitive bait could lead to severe repercussions.

Of course, all of this ultimately came down to her control ability and willingness to control the stream.

While this could be practiced by occasionally studying stand-up comedy, it couldn’t be forced and would require gradual improvement.

Overall, Gengetsu Shiori’s debut performance was quite stable.

Her fan count and subscriber numbers met expectations, and she delivered a commendable response to the persona established beforehand and the audience’s anticipation.

If there was any remaining issue, it was this: ‘Celeste’ was, after all, a niche game.

Although Gengetsu displayed impressive skill, and the unexpected collaboration with Chajingyuan created excellent program effects, its ability to break into wider circles was still somewhat lacking.

Disregarding this unforeseen event and focusing solely on the stream itself, it might have been more effective to proactively choose a more popular game.

This would have allowed for greater utilization of Gengetsu Shiori’s top-tier gaming prowess—much like Chajingyuan’s debut stream the day before, which maximized the monetization of her exceptional competitive gaming skills.

Beyond that, Chahuayuan and Chajingyuan had little else to add (though, of course, the latter wasn’t even thinking, currently frozen in a state of social anxiety). However, Makino Shibahime offered two final suggestions.

Firstly, they were forbidden from openly calling her ‘oni-chiku’.

Secondly, Makino Shibahime believed Gengetsu’s “service consciousness” during streams was insufficient.

“Hmm?? What’s ‘service consciousness’?”

“It means being aware of how to ‘serve’ the audience. Think about it: during your stream, your movements are too rigid; you basically just stand there without moving.”

“Is that really an issue?” Chahuayuan tilted her head in confusion.

“Everyone has their own streaming style, and it’s also related to the streamer’s persona and personality. Gengetsu Shiori is naturally a well-behaved, smart, and adorable little darling…”

“But! But!” Mai suddenly became agitated. “If she’s always still, there’s absolutely no dynamic effect! Gengetsu has such ~~~huge~~~ melons!

I specifically drew her with such ample hidden massive breasts… and even asked Yuanyang to create super enticing jiggle physics parameters for them, yet she’s not being sexy at all!!”

“Eh… if you’re so concerned, why didn’t you just draw explicit massive breasts? Why did you bother drawing them covered?”

“Well, hidden ones have their own kind of sexiness, don’t they… Ah, no, no, no, we still need to consider the audience’s acceptance and proceed gradually!

And, and, this kind of hidden allure that unexpectedly erupts into a surging tide at an unforeseen moment—isn’t that even more super hot, ah, no, no, no, no, no… isn’t that more in line with general cognitive patterns?!!”