Chapter 52: Sua Became Persimmon

The site visit in Japan also didn’t take very long.

Unlike winter, Hokkaido in spring and summer is a place where the greenness of nature stands out.

While taking in the vast and magnificent natural scenery, we also contributed our ideas.

And finally, we finished the site visit in Hokkaido by eating Genghis Khan.

“Thank you all for your help. Thanks to you, I have a lot of good game ideas.”

“Then, if it’s adopted for the broadcast, will the person get a little cut?”

“Everyone here earns much more than me. Please, take a flea’s liver, old man.”

“Haha, it was fun for me to think about this for the first time.”

We couldn’t travel like a real trip because of the site visit period, but we were still able to enjoy it quite a bit.

Lee and I always think similarly because we’re always coming up with fun content, but it was a different experience for others.

In particular, the old man, who had been in the film industry for a long time, laughed with great satisfaction.

“Thanks to you, I think my head has become a little more flexible. I was planning to shoot my next film as a comedy, so I’m really glad I came on this trip.”

“Oh, Director. Are you already filming your next movie? And it’s a comedy?”

“Yes, I’m old enough to try a new genre. But thankfully, our Sua has agreed to help me, so I’m relieved.”

“Sua…?”

Hayeon’s eyes widened and she looked at me.

“No, I knew our little employer was great, but to think she’s doing movies too…. Did Seongbeom know about this?”

“Of course. It’s quite uncomfortable to lend our rising star of variety show PDs to the film industry, but what can I do if she wants to do it….”

“Haha, if a child wants to do something, you have to let them do it. It’s ugly to try to protect them too much. Sua, if you have time later, would you like to watch a movie with me at my house?”

“So don’t try to lure her, old man!”

“Hey, this guy keeps interfering!”

“Grown-ups are so childish….”

Lee and the old man were having a battle of wills, and Hayeon held her head.

After sighing deeply, Hayeon grabbed my shoulder and took me in front of the two.

“It’s up to Sua to decide, isn’t it? You can ask Sua. Sua, what do you want to do when you grow up? A variety show PD? Or a film director?”

After hearing her suggestion, the old man and Lee stopped their battle of wills and quietly waited for my answer.

But I have no intention of choosing yet.

“For now, I want to continue editing internet broadcasts.”

“…That’s right.”

“…I was too hasty.”

Now that I’ve created a VTuber, I’ve achieved my goal, but what I want is not the end of it.

Making everyone recognize VTubers as a popular pick.

A future where VTubers are not a maniac broadcast, but one of the common broadcast styles.

That’s the direction I want.

“Come to think of it, was that why you wanted to come here to Tokyo?”

“Yes, the company that started virtual in the same way as me for the first time in Japan is in Tokyo. I wanted to go there once as a commemoration.”

“But can you get inside the company?”

“It would be nice if I could get in, but it’s enough to just see the company logo.”

Because VTubers can actually show their faces, VTuber companies prohibit outsiders from entering.

It was only later that the atmosphere for the red pill became more generous, but in the early days, it was strictly managed.

In that sense, it was enough to see the company’s signboard attached to the building with the feeling of seeing a landmark.

“Then I’ll go, so you guys can go shopping or something.”

“We can go with you….”

“There’s nothing to do if you go with me, since you don’t know the place well. I’ll take my uncle with me, so I’ll see you at the accommodation in the evening.”

Originally, I was going to go alone, but I thought that going alone overseas would worry others, so I took a reliable guardian and we left.

Lee knows everything I do, so it’s easy to talk to him.

So, looking at Google Maps, we alternately took the subway and bus for about 40 minutes.

We arrived at the branch where the companies were gathered.

“Ah, there it is. Nanairo.”

“Do you mean the signboard with the rainbow logo?”

“Yes, it’s written in katakana, but if you express it in kanji as it is pronounced, it means seven colors (七色), a rainbow.”

“What kind of company name is rainbow…. Is it an LGBT-oriented company?”

“…No, what are you saying. Stop talking nonsense and take a picture of me.”

I hit Lee’s waist, who was saying strange things, and I went forward to show the company’s logo.

Lee turned on his cell phone camera and took a picture of me.

“But the company is smaller than I thought. It’s not like they’re using the whole building, but they’re renting one floor as an office?”

“That’s because it’s just been established. There’s only one VTuber.”

“Was her name Tsuki?”

“Yes, Hitomi Tsuki.”

I looked at the front door to see if I could get inside the building, but it seemed that outsiders couldn’t enter because it was locked with a lock.

“I can’t get in. Then, let’s go back.”

I was about to tell Lee to go back to the accommodation, feeling disappointed.

Someone called me in Japanese.

“Are you talking to me?”

“Yes, didn’t you take a picture of the company background here a little while ago? Did you take a picture of Nanairo?”

A woman wearing a slightly loose outfit and a mask.

She wasn’t very tall, so even though she was dressed similarly to Jina, her cuteness was emphasized.

“No, no, it’s okay! But you came on a trip to Japan, where did you come from?”

“Korea.”

“Korea! You speak Japanese very well!!!”

The woman’s eyes widened and she was surprised.

Then she grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously.

“Really, is it okay?”

“Of course!”

“Thank you. What’s your name?”

“Please call me Sua.”

“Okay, Sua! Then let’s go in!”

Tomomi led me by the hand, put a card key to the locked front door, opened the door, and went inside.

Lee and I were able to enter the company with her guidance.

“Yes! She’s a listener of mine…. No, of Tsuki’s, who came from Korea! And she’s such a young girl! I brought her here with the feeling of a field trip!”

“I told you not to go off track and come straight back….”

“I came right after the recording?”

“I meant don’t do anything useless and come straight back!”

Nanairo’s president, Sato Daichi, pressed his temples with a throbbing headache.

“You told me not to talk about the red pill carelessly….”

“Then it’s okay to show my face?!”

“Hey~ How would they know I’m Tsuki~”

“Please be careful…!”

This child has no sense of crisis.

Even though the number of dangerous listeners who dig into the past is increasing, she acts like this.

Of course, she has never made a mistake on the broadcast, and the on-off switch works reliably, but conversely, it is most dangerous when she is not broadcasting.

“Yes~”

She laughed peacefully, got permission from the president, and ran to the two of them.

But what should I do for the field trip?

Should I show them where she broadcasts?

“Yes, it was fun because there are Tsuki’s goods everywhere. Are you going to sell them later?”

“Well, we also have prototypes on display, but most of them are gifts.”

Hitomi Tsuki’s goods are displayed on one wall.

Now that they are making goods, it was a precious space for the prototypes and gifts from fans.

And in the middle, there were pictures of her first broadcast, when she reached 10,000 and 100,000 subscribers.

“Yes, I started watching recently.”

“Do you know Dancing Racoon? I think he was the first to Kirinuki me in Korea.”

“I know him well. Thanks to him, I became a fan of Tsuki.”

Hearing that, she couldn’t stop her lips from curling up.

She was glad she was wearing a mask.

‘To meet a fan from overseas who likes me because of that Kirinuki…!’

Since VTubers are strictly confidential, communication with listeners must be solely through broadcasting or the Internet.

Meeting in person, talking, and shaking hands like this is almost impossible.

That’s why she was so happy with this situation.

“This is my uncle.”

“Ah, I’m sorry!”

“What is she saying?”

“She thought I was your dad.”

“I’m not even married….”

Since the uncle couldn’t speak Japanese, she tried to communicate with gestures and broken English.

And perhaps her efforts were conveyed, he also smiled brightly and responded.

Then, the man whispered something in the girl’s ear, and the girl tilted her head and conveyed it to Tsuki.

“Huh? Me and the president?”

“Ah, right. My uncle is a PD who films variety shows in Korea. I think he wants to ask you something about that.”

“A variety show PD?! I, I’ll tell the president first…. But Sua….”

“I’ll be looking around here. It’s okay.”

The girl’s eyes twinkled as she looked at the wall where the goods were displayed.

The girl smiled with a genuinely okay expression.

Still, there was nothing a child could do in an ordinary office, so she opened a nearby laptop.

“I understand, thank you.”

She said that and ran to the president who was in the room far away.

‘Is that what you call hiding…?’

The staff who guided us inside the office.

She covered her face and her name is completely different, but her voice is Tsuki itself.

That characteristic voice is not common, and if an employee of Nanairo makes that voice, isn’t this a dead giveaway?

I think she let us inside the office because she was impressed and grateful that a young fan came from overseas….

‘I couldn’t refuse because I could see the excitement in her eyes. I wanted to come in too.’

But why did Lee suddenly say that to me?

He wants to talk to the staff and the president separately….

He was thinking about how to use virtual in the broadcast last time, did he go to ask for advice?

I don’t know, but anyway, I was left alone in the reception room with a laptop.

‘But isn’t this the first time I’ve been the first ordinary person to enter the Nanairo office?’

I can’t say I’m a fan who truly likes her, but I’m probably the first person to enter this building among the people who watch Tsuki’s broadcast.

Thinking that, my lips slightly curled up.

‘Should I secretly leave some evidence somewhere?’

Just like people who write <Sua was here~> in famous tourist spots, I wanted to record this memorable moment without anyone knowing.

But I can’t just scribble on the wall.

I opened the notepad on the laptop she gave me and wrote a short letter.

“Okay, this should be good.”

It took a little longer to write because the keyboard was in Japanese.

I didn’t know kanji well, so I wrote everything in hiragana, but I think I can still convey the meaning.

Just in time, Lee came back after finishing the conversation, and he approached me with a relieved expression.

And then, we were introduced to her office and broadcasting room, and the tour was completed.

She guided the girl and her uncle outside and watched them until they left.

There may be no more days when she can actually see her fans.

That’s why she wanted to enjoy this moment as much as possible.

Only after the girl’s figure disappeared from view did she come up to the office, take off her mask, and grin.

“Of course. She’s really my fan. Hehe.”

“Enjoy it moderately, and now we have to have a meeting, so clean up and come in.”

“Yes~”

There is a regular meeting to discuss VTuber activities and content.

She listened to him and started cleaning up the cup she drank from and the laptop.

Then, her eyes were drawn to the laptop, which still had the screen turned on.

The white screen of the notepad.

And a short sentence written in hiragana.

[Dancing Racoon]