Chapter 47: Sub-account (4)

This was quite an interesting situation.

And it was a situation I had dreamed of a little since long ago.

“Ayeon. Am I that famous in virtual reality?”

“Uh, incredibly famous…! Not only in communities… but also among people… it’s a huge fuss…”

Yu Ayeon said so and tapped on her phone again.

[Dr Pepper <— Who the heck is this person?]

I checked the world record for the first time in a while, and there’s a nickname I’ve never seen before?

Wasn’t Charlotte number one? I thought Tianma was grinding her teeth to reclaim the top spot, what’s going on?

Moreover, the record difference isn’t a few seconds, but over a minute?

• I don’t know, you idiot.
  ㄴ Really, nobody knows;;

• Suddenly, some monster appeared and tore up the rankings.

• I was watching Tianma’s live broadcast and cheering her on, but I was stunned to see her lose 1st place in 10 seconds;
  ㄴ Tianma barely beat Charlotte by 1 second after 200 tries, but to have someone take 1st place with a difference of over 1 minute is really…

• Westerners are already analyzing Dr Pepper, aren’t they?
  ㄴ What analysis? Are they analyzing the ingredients to find out how they made such a delicious cola?
  ㄴ Not that idiotic cola. That number one user.
  ㄴ Everyone can check the tutorial play video, right? They were analyzing and comparing greatsword techniques while watching Dr Pepper’s tutorial play video.
  ㄴ Usually, the Hunter’s World ranking and the real-world hunter rank are somewhat similar, right?
  ㄴ They were trying to find out who it was, saying it might be a retired S-rank hunter who hasn’t played Hunter’s World before, or who just tried it this time.
  ㄴ What’s the point of finding out who it is?
  ㄴ I mean, aren’t you curious? Which awesome hunter shattered the rankings?

• It didn’t happen on the Korean server, so it’s ‘relatively’ quiet here, but if you go to Reddit, you can really feel the madness.

[People who want to kill Dr Pepper, upvote]

Because of this b*tch, the number of people who throw themselves as barbarians in occupation battles has increased a lot.

Some f*cker who can’t even swing a greatsword properly stumbles around and gets their head pierced by an archer and dismembered, causing me to lose my promotion match.

• It’s not a fabrication, I pressed the upvote button twice.

• Seriously, there’s a reason why they tell you not to do something, but they don’t listen.

[I don’t know his identity]

I watched all the greatsword techniques of the top hunters with videos, but I couldn’t find anyone who used a similar swordsmanship.

Was it because the battle ended too quickly, and there were too few samples?

Who the heck is he? Who do you think he is?

Is it really a retired hunter who came back? Or did a new hero appear?

• The author has reached enlightenment.
  ㄴ He analyzed his videos until five in the morning. And now it’s seven in the morning.

• I think he’s at least A-rank.
  ㄴ A-rank? A-rank??? Oh. I can’t agree with your opinion. He’s at least S-rank.
  ㄴ I agree with this opinion too. Dr Pepper, who defeated all active S-ranks, must also be an S-rank hunter.

• It seems certain that he mainly uses a greatsword.
  ㄴ I totally agree with this opinion. There’s no way someone whose main weapon isn’t a greatsword can show such swordsmanship.
  ㄴ I still can’t forget her sexy smile when she held the greatsword.
  ㄴ Don’t you think that only the customization is female, and his true appearance might be male?
  ㄴ It doesn’t seem like an ordinary woman can swing a greatsword as heartily as Dr Pepper.
  ㄴ That’s right. Dr Pepper has a strange aura that can only be felt from a strong female.

What Yu Ayeon showed me were the reactions from various communities, including galleries.

They were having heated discussions, asserting their opinions about Dr Pepper.

But there was also a common opinion.

S-rank hunter. A strong woman who wields a greatsword heartily.

That was the image they had of me… No, of Dr Pepper.

“Ayeon. What do you think of me?”

“… Yes, yes…? What do you mean… what do I think…”

“What kind of feeling do you get when you look at me?”

“Uh… um…”

Yu Ayeon’s eyes slowly scanned me from head to toe.

Then, it stopped at a certain area… slightly below the lower abdomen.

Since Yu Ayeon is also a woman from a gender-reversed world… of course, she would be concerned.

“… Haaah… I-I’m sorry…”

Yu Ayeon, who met my eyes, covered her reddened face with both hands.

… Right. I’m the one at fault for asking this pervert.

If I objectively examine my own appearance, I’m a D-rank hunter, a delicate man who mainly uses a rapier.

There’s nothing that matches Dr Pepper’s image.

And this fact can give a very stimulating twist.

The number one ranker who wields a greatsword heartily, the user who was recognized by everyone as a superwoman, turned out to be a super-beautiful boy…? This kind of development is possible.

Things were starting to get interesting.

“Ayeon. Let’s create another account. A secondary account.”

“S-S-Spouse… account…? A-Already… I-I’m… not mentally prepared yet…”

“… Not spouse. Secondary account.”

“… Oh… Secondary account… Yes… Uh, what kind of secondary account?”

“Of course, an iTube secondary account.”

We created a new iTube channel called Dr Pepper.

The Han Suhyeon channel is the main account. The Dr Pepper channel is the secondary account.

It’s kind of like a double identity.

“The fact that I’m Dr Pepper is a secret that only you know, Ayeon. Okay?”

“O-Only me…! Haaah…!”

The fact that I was Dr Pepper was to be kept strictly confidential.

It would be no fun if it was revealed already.

To start iTube properly, an editor was needed.

And there was a very suitable talent in front of me.

“Ayeon. You said you studied editing while you were resting, right?”

“Yes, yes…”

“Then, to see your skills, do you want to try editing a video to upload to the Dr Pepper channel now?”

“… Yes? Uh, I-I don’t have any source material right now…?”

“Why wouldn’t we have source material?”

I said, putting Yu Ayeon’s Neve Gear on my head.

“We can make it from now on.”

The new record of 5 minutes, which surprised people.

That record was the time recorded when I had just started virtual reality and suddenly encountered the tutorial.

If I’ve experienced it before and try again.

“Let’s surprise people.”

I could clear it much faster.

Tianma suddenly turned on the broadcast.

It was unusual for Tianma, who had a break between broadcasts of at least one month and up to three months, to turn on the broadcast again in a few weeks.

But even with the sudden broadcast, tens of millions of viewers flocked to Tianma’s broadcast.

Tianma’s viewers were people who would take time off, whether by using annual leave or whatever, to watch Tianma’s broadcast.

[Damn it… I believed in you. Tianma-nim…!]

[Useless Tianma~♡ What kind of broadcast are you planning to do today?]

At the viewers’ words, Tianma quietly logged into Hunter’s World.

“… This Venerable One has attained enlightenment. The important thing was not to chase what was in front of me.”

Tianma closed her eyes and began to mutter as she roamed the waiting room.

“Do not chase only the results in front of you. Look further and feel your surroundings…”

[… Our Tianma-nim is strange.]

[Tianma-nim… Does she even know what she’s saying…?]

[She must have suffered a lot from the last defeat…]

[Useless Tianma~♡ Getting serious after being disgracefully defeated www]

[Bah! Do you know Tianma-nim’s heart! Losing ‘faith’ in Tianma-nim is tantamount to death…!]

Tianma was still feeling her surroundings with her eyes closed.

The tutorial started, and she felt the tutorial AI landing from the void.

But Tianma stood still and didn’t move.

The chat room expressed doubts about Tianma’s strange behavior, but they soon gaped at the phenomenon that occurred.

Tianma took a step.

Just one step.

That was all.

From the spot where Tianma took a step, her Ki flowed and spread through the ground, starting to collapse the ground.

Tianma’s story of gaining enlightenment was by no means false.

The existence of mana, which even the most top-ranking hunters couldn’t feel, let alone detect.

But Tianma was feeling the fragments of that mana, which were embedded in all things in the world, albeit a little.

It was a miracle achieved by the exquisite combination of Tianma’s genius, frustration from defeat, and improvement to move forward.

Tianma reproduced a part of the Heavenly Demon’s Dominating Stride in virtual reality without the aid of skills.

In front of the great step, the tutorial AI knelt down.

[Tutorial Cleared!]

[00:06:40]

[World Record]

[1st. Dr Pepper – 00:05:11]

[2nd. Tianma – 00:06:40]

[3rd. Charlotte Grace – 00:06:45]

[4th. MoeMoeKyun~♡ – 00:07:01]

[Wow, f*ck; 4 seconds shortened???]

[I remember the days when I challenged hundreds of times for 1 second… ㅠㅠ (T_T)]

[Long live Tianma! Long, long live! Long live the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult! Long, long live!]

“It’s just a small step now.”

Tianma suppressed the strange emotion welling up from deep within her heart.

“But if these small steps gather and accumulate.”

And with a determined expression, she looked up at another worthy opponent who appeared in front of her.

[1st. Dr Pepper – 00:03:07]

“Someday, it will become the strength to defeat that guy…?”

Tianma muttered seriously, then turned her gaze back to the world record.

[1st. Dr Pepper – 00:03:07]

[2nd. Tianma – 00:06:40]

[3rd. Charlotte Grace – 00:06:45]

[4th. MoeMoeKyun~♡ – 00:07:01]

“Huh…?”

She rubbed her eyes.

[1st. Dr Pepper – 00:03:07]

Even after logging out and logging in again.

[1st. Dr Pepper – 00:03:07]

The newly updated record of the worthy opponent was too far away.

“W-Why! The record has been updated again!!”

Tianma burst into tears again.