Chapter 90: Manager Raccoon

– Ohha

– What the, isn’t today a day off?

– Surprise stream nice~ lol

– ?

– But why isn’t the screen showing

[The plan Osorin has, it’s going to be a 4-member system for now, right?]

[That’s right. If I had my way, I’d want to go with 5 members, but finding people seemed like it would be difficult.]

– What is this

– Whose male voice is that?

– Collab today?

– There was no mention of that

– That voice sounds familiar somewhere

[The problem now is where to find the next two people…. When are you planning to post the recruitment notice?]

[I need to start looking now. Recruiting quickly will give us more time to sync up.]

[Has the 3D modeling issue we talked about before been resolved?]

[It’s still ambiguous…. So I’m thinking of doing live stages a bit later. Come to think of it, since we’re not appearing on already popular music shows like Music Bank, there’s no reason to stress so much about live performances.]

– What does this mean

– Music Bank? You mean Music Bank?

– Wait, I think Osorin started the wrong stream?

– Emeeeeergency!!!!!

– Is Osorin debuting on a music show?

– Hey Osorin snap out of it!!!!!

Gradually, people realized this wasn’t a proper broadcast.

The screen was black, showing nothing, but the sound of someone talking was being streamed live.

Moreover, the conversation content was something never mentioned on stream before.

The viewers watching were all freaking out, desperately trying to alert Osorin.

– Someone send a donation

– She blocks donations when she’s not streaming;;

– We’re screwed

– Snap out of it, you dummy!!!!!!

However, the viewers’ chats did not reach her.

In the midst of it, a new voice appeared.

[You’ve already found two people?]

– Who is this person now

– New voice appears

– Judging by the voice, sounds like a streamer

[You didn’t know? Two trainees from our agency. Osorin snatched them up right when their trainee contracts ended.]

[This project is my responsibility, so I didn’t specifically tell Racoon-ssi. Since Racoon-ssi is our company’s Vice President, you just need to give the final approval.]

[Aha? I just assumed you knew, so I called after a long time. Since Osorin is busy.]

– Did she just say Racoon?

– Huh?

– Racoon?

– ??????

– Is Racoon’s voice being revealed for the first time right now? lololol

– Wow, she really was a noona (older sister)?

– What noona, sounds like a kid

– Why isn’t it a hyungnim (older brother) with a low, deep voice???

A new voice, and Osorin calling that voice Racoon.

It was the moment Racoon’s identity, which had been the subject of numerous speculations, was revealed for the first time.

The fortunate thing was that Racoon’s real name wasn’t mentioned.

Thanks to Osorin’s habit of using nicknames as much as possible online, Racoon’s identity wasn’t completely exposed.

– This seems like a really bad broadcasting accident.

– Isn’t Osorin part of Byeolmuri now? Isn’t there anyone from the same company streaming right now?

– There was a reason Racoon’s identity was hidden

– Jina is streaming, gotta go check quickly

– Let’s go together, the chat there is too fast, it’ll get buried

[When all the members are decided and you’re making the avatars, you have to contact me, okay? I did say I’d help.]

[Hehe, okay. I’ll really tell you then. But—, ……Huh?]

[Uwaah! Oh my god! I’m crazy, I’m crazy! I must be crazy!]

[Stream Ended]

– She finally noticed

– With her, it could have been another new antic, but it was a real broadcasting accident

– Jina is clutching her head in agony right now lol

– Alright everyone, good work~

– Dismissed~

– Osorin, even if that project is your responsibility, what are we going to do about this?

Jina, who called immediately, had also abruptly ended her stream and sighed.

An accidentally turned-on stream is a big accident in itself, but a project that hadn’t been revealed yet was broadcasted just like that.

Of course, the details weren’t fully discussed, and most of it was about 3D avatars.

Even so, because it was unreleased information, legal action could potentially be taken if someone made an issue of it.

– …It’s fortunate the leaked content isn’t that serious. Still, let’s take action quickly. Delete the VOD and put up a notice fast.

– I’m sorry, unnie….

– The apology shouldn’t be to me, but to the child editor-nim. Her identity, which was hidden so carefully, got revealed.

For the first time, my voice flowed through the broadcast.

Looking at the chat logs, the reactions seemed certain that my voice was Racoon’s.

‘This must be considered completely blown.’

– Racoon-ssi, I’m really sorry…. I’ll immediately post a notice prohibiting sharing and try to contain it as much as possible.

“No, wait a moment.”

I stopped Osorin, who was apologizing profusely with a tearful voice.

“Since it’s already happened, shall we use this to attract some attention?”

Looking at the chat logs, that thought suddenly occurred to me.

When my voice first came out, viewers naturally thought I was a broadcaster.

Although there were occasional comments about sounding like a kid, they seemed to think I was at least an adult.

Hearing about the editing I’d done so far and my title as Byeolmuri’s Vice President, they would naturally think that way.

‘Then couldn’t we use that part?’

“Anyway, we were going to publicly recruit members for the project, and people don’t seem to think I’m young.”

“So, since it turned out this way, wouldn’t it be better to spread it widely, promote our project, and create some buzz?”

– Putting that aside, Sua, are you okay? You hated appearing on broadcasts.

Indeed, I felt burdened by people’s attention focused on me, so I had refused to appear on broadcasts.

Previously, when I received such attention, it mostly wasn’t favorable, so I disliked that kind of attention.

Therefore, I had avoided people, averted gazes, and refused attention.

But now, it seemed a little different.

‘Surprisingly, I don’t feel anything?’

The attention of others, which used to be frightening, felt strangely okay.

No matter how much they talked about me in chat, I only felt a slight sense of embarrassment; I didn’t feel any malice directed towards me from them.

Realizing this felt strange.

It felt as if the world had changed.

‘It has changed.’

No, the world hadn’t changed.

I had changed.

It wasn’t because my body changed.

Regression to age 12.

The new opportunity given to me brought me a new world and new experiences.

Meeting various people and having various experiences finally shaped who I am.

‘Now I know that the attention directed at me isn’t all malicious.’

There’s Seo Hyerin, who bullied me, received punishment, but cursed me until the end.

There are people who pour out baseless malice.

But similarly, there’s Seo Yebin, who also bullied me but is now repenting for her sins and living diligently.

People can change at any time.

Goodwill can turn into malice, and malice into goodwill.

There’s Seo Hyerin, who showed malice until the end, and Lee Seongbeom, who shows only goodwill, just like in the past.

Only after regressing to 12 could I realize that the world is structured like that.

‘And feeling burdened now is kind of funny, too.’

I had already received the attention of an unspecified number of people in many ways.

Especially since Dad runs a vlog on YouTube.

When I uploaded Kirinuki or work videos, or when I edited and uploaded videos for Osorin or Byeolmuri, I was always mentioned.

Now, the burden of such things had completely disappeared.

“So don’t worry about that anymore.”

“Thinking about it, I think I actually kind of like receiving attention.”

– Yeah, I thought so too.

– Earlier, you said instead of containing it, we should intentionally create more buzz, right? How are you planning to do that?

“First, I’m Byeolmuri’s Vice President, editor, content creator, and manager, right?”

– Right.

“Since it’s come to this, let’s try playing the manager role for once.”

‘If we’re going to create buzz, we need to do it properly.’

“Osorin unnie, could you ask your brother to draw one picture?”

The day after Osorin’s leak incident.

The VOD was deleted, but people had already saved clips, so the content spread widely across various communities.

Keywords like trainee, additional recruitment, music shows led to leaks about creating a group focused on musical activities.

However, since the information wasn’t clearly stated, people were only posting speculative articles occasionally.

What recorded far more views and posts was, by far, the reveal of Racoon’s voice.

For two years, they had only heard stories from Osorin, Jina, Chiro, and Guzuz, but her identity remained unknown.

Since she had hidden her identity almost like a legendary Pokémon, viewers who had only heard stories started pouring immense interest into the simple voice leak.

In that situation, from the previously silent Byeolmuri official YouTube channel, a video was suddenly uploaded as a premiere.

[Virtual Idol Project Briefing / Manager ‘Racoon’ Greets You!]

That amount of time was enough for the premiere information to spread and for people to gather.

People who came because they were curious about the Virtual Idol Project.

People who came because they were curious about Racoon’s voice.

People who came because they were curious about the follow-up to the leak incident.

Approximately 15,000 viewers gathered like that, waiting for the countdown.

As the numbers on the screen decreased one by one, and finally, 1 disappeared.

[Hello, everyone who loves Byeolmuri.]

A voice flowed from the dark screen.

Then, click, as if a spotlight turned on, a cute raccoon illustration appeared on the screen.

[Let me introduce myself anew. I am Racoon, working as Byeolmuri’s Vice President, editor, content creator, and manager.]

[Please take good care of me from now on, our Byeolttongbyeols (Shooting Stars)?]

The raccoon, holding a microphone as big as its face, gave a wink.