20 - You Can't Turn Trash into a Tree
I received Yeji’s order prohibiting me from singing in the debut broadcast, along with being expelled from her office.
‘That vocal trainer bastard…’
Ara believed the reason her credibility was damaged and she couldn’t sing was due to the vocal trainer’s evaluation.
The truth was simply that she sang terri-bly… ahem.
But Ara, unaware of this fact, stomped her feet hard as she entered the practice room located on the second floor.
— Click.
“I’m baㅇ”
“!Ara, what did unni say!?”
As soon as I opened the practice room door, Reina stopped her dance practice and ran straight to me.
She must have been curious about the outcome too.
“… The CEO said no.”
Though it would be disappointing for Reina, I had to deliver the news that we couldn’t perform the duet song we had ambitiously prepared for our debut broadcast.
Surely after hearing my words, Reina would also be angry, saying that’s unacceptable? After how hard we worked…
“..H..Hoooo…”
? What’s with this reaction?
“What’s that sigh for?”
“Hmm? What sigh?”
“…You don’t trust me either?”
“Uh. You? No way. I know how hard Ara-chan worked on your singing!”
‘But Ara… no matter how hard a person tries, you can’t turn trash into a tree…’
She was inwardly comparing Ara’s singing talent to trash while thinking of the protagonist’s ability from Battle★.
“……”
And Ara, sensing that she was thinking something suspicious, was staring at Reina with narrowed eyes.
“…Don’t look at me so venomously. Oh! That’s right! Our cover songs!! They’re coming out in 2 minutes, so let’s watch those instead!”
“….Okay.”
But since it was just suspicion, Ara returned to her normal gaze and readily agreed to Reina’s suggestion to watch the cover songs that would introduce Twins Tail to the world for the first time.
“Whose should we watch first?”
Sitting in a corner of the practice room, I turned on the pad, connected to VTube, and asked Reina.
“Umm… I want to see Ara’s first… but I also want to see mine… ugh, let’s decide with rock-paper-scissors!”
We’ll end up seeing them all eventually… why agonize over it.
Ignoring Reina’s rock-paper-scissors suggestion, I decided to go to Reina’s channel first.
‘The channel name was… ah…um…what was it again?’
“Reina.”
“What?”
“What was Reina’s character name again?”
As soon as I said that, Reina looked at me as if despising me.
“Sorry.”
“..It’s fine. Just give me the pad.”
“Sheesh.. this girl, being so narrow-minded. Anyone can forget a name…”
— Glare.
What? Did she just glare at me?
— Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!
Either unaware or ignoring that complaining to my face about forgetting her character name was the narrow-minded behavior, she was venting her frustration by typing so hard her fingerprints would be left on my pad.
“Reina. That’s my pad.”
— Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Haa. F-uck, should I set a date and give her a good spanking? Why does it feel like the discipline between us has collapsed lately?
I really need to pick a day and give Reina a good uterine massage.
While inwardly resolving this, I saw that Reina had typed “Mika(TT)” in the search bar she was pounding.
‘Ah… that’s right, Mika… it was Mika.’
Though the timing of remembering Reina’s character name was quite late.
After all. Isn’t it fine as long as I remember? Ara was self-consoling.
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Hmph. So mean.
How could he forget my character name?
Reina felt really hurt.
But still.
“Oh… As expected of Reina.. you sang well. The artwork came out well too”
“Heheh.”
Easy-going Reina, whose mood instantly improved thanks to Ara’s compliments.
Throughout the cover song with its music video, exclamations of admiration kept flowing from Ara’s mouth.
“Wow… tsk, the breast size of Mika and Reina… hmm, is Reina’s slightly bigger..”
Of course, some of the admiration had strange points of focus, but Reina took even the sexual comment about her large breasts well because it came from Ara.
And so, as Reina’s character Mika’s debut cover song ended, she and Ara opened the VTube comment section with nervous hearts.
What if.
What if people don’t like my singing… she had this small anxiety.
— Aren’t those milk tanks like vocal pouches? She sings so well? Doesn’t lose even compared to professional singers(51)
— The MV artwork is noticeably good like they spent money on it, but it’s new that the singing is so good it overshadows the artwork… (41)
— Uh…? Turns out I like furries. (29)
— Twins Tail Mika? Debut quickly!! (11)
Thanks to the comments praising her and the people who agreed with those praises, Reina’s small anxiety could easily disappear.
Of course, not everyone likes the same things.
Some had left malicious comments like ‘The engineer did a great job’, ‘What’s the point of singing well lol her face is probably so messed up she has to hide behind an avatar’, ‘These kinds of streamers are probably boring as fuck.’
But since most people liked and praised her compared to the malicious comments, she ignored them.
“Kyaa!!! Ara-chan…this. Look at this!! People say I sang well!!”
“Yeah… I get that! But why are you hugging me and making a fuss!! You smell like sweat, so back off a bit…!”
Of course, due to her excitement, she hugged Ara and got a flick on her nipple…
Heheh.
But since she was in a good mood, even that pain was being converted into joy.
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Ow. Fuck, I thought I was going to suffocate.
I mean, I understand she’s happy, but why does she have to hug someone who’s just sitting there?
Is it because of her adopted blood… her sweat smell is hmm..
“-Sniff.. Let’s see Ara’s now. Ow…ouch it hurts…”
It seems the pain from the flick on Reina’s nipple, after she had finally calmed down from jumping around excitedly, was just now hitting her.
Well, who told her to hug me with her sweat-soaked body?
Ignoring Reina, who was moaning in pain, it was now time to watch my rap cover music video.
‘Lu…ci…open parenthesis…T…T’
When I searched for my character name, Lucy(TT), a rap cover music video with my character as the thumbnail appeared right at the top.
Great… good, good. Huh?
But…
‘Umm, is this right?’
I had been distracted by the thumbnail, but then I noticed the number below my channel name.
“Reina. Is this view count correct?”
Thinking such a number couldn’t be possible under normal circumstances, I called Reina, who was still nursing her nipple pain, to ask.
“…Ow…huh? View count? Where, where…eek?”
Seeing that my rap cover had reached 100,000 views in just 8 minutes since its release, Reina opened her mouth wide, not hiding her surprise.
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The sudden pumped-up view count unknown to Ara.
The incident originated from the M Gallery, which had been filled with darkened YongYong cult members due to YongYongLion’s absence.
■ MOL Gallery ■
[Oh God..]
If you’re reading my post. Please tell us where she disappeared to!!
— She will return… don’t lose faith.
— I’m tired. So tired..
— Life has no joy.
— Breaking news) YongYongLion’s rank dropped to Master 300 points due to account dormancy.
[Should I commit suicide]
I don’t feel a reason to live in a world without her.
— Even if you die, that woman won’t know, you idiot lol
— But why are you guys so obsessed with YongYongLion? She’s not even Korean, plus she’s Chinese
— Before you die, please transfer the money left in your account 3333-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.
— Your humanity is overflowing lol
[Princesses, it’s about time]
For you to wake up.
(Yuni smirking image.jpg)
— Fuck, just you wait.
└ Gw wllw kuhwl yohw
— YongYongLion OUT! YongYongLion OUT! YongYongLion OUT! YongYongLion OUT!
— Finally we can live together… let’s never part again… Lulu
└ Wow fuck, what a total loser. Disgusting
└ Pedo?
└(Comment author): Small peppers taste better. Didn’t you know?
└ Police officer, here! Over here!!!
[Guys, take up arms.]
(Ret): Huh? That bastard disappeared? Well, good riddance. Ching Anmun and that bastard are the same. Throwing the game just because someone picked Hyeji once. Good that they quit. If you’re watching my stream, please never come back. You got that? What? A Chinese woman? Who cares, fuck…
This bastard dared to touch our master.
— Fucking bastard, I’m already depressed enough and he says that?
— Ah… are you ready, comrade?
└ Yes.. of course, comrade.
— Has he forgotten the taste of hell because it’s been a while?
—(ReformedRatCult): Former master. Kill.
└ Wondered where this guy went, turns out he joined the YongYong cult..
└ (ReformedRatCult): Rats in order of intelligence.
[Breaking News) Ret stops streaming]
The ugly bastard finally couldn’t withstand our strength and ran away, tsk.
— Just try turning on your stream again, you idiot.
— Rat bastard kept talking about streaming breaks, now look. We’ll give you a week’s rest.
— This is really scary…
— Why has the atmosphere here become so damp..
The MOL gallery that calls for YongYongLion religiously every day without fail.
This gallery had long since transformed from a place for MOL game tips to a YongYongLion gallery.
But it’s been 3 months since she disappeared.
As Hyeji players rose up and the period of streamers slandering YongYongLion lengthened, the YongYong cult members were having a tough time fighting and spending dark days, when one post appeared.
[Voice identification experts, need your help]
I was lying on my bed spacing out and watching VTube
(TwinsTail Lucy.link)
The thumbnail had a pretty character, and a VTuber rapping? Out of curiosity, I clicked on it.
So I was spacing out thinking ‘Oh… pretty good,’ when.
The rapping voice from 0:51~1:11 sounds familiar, like I’ve heard it somewhere.
But it feels both familiar and unfamiliar, so I can’t tell
So I’m asking for the experts’ help.
— Now we’ve got VTubers crawling into the MOL gallery, tsk. The world is going to hell
— Post this shit in the Huber gallery, fucker.
— The character is pretty though.
— Hmm…? Feels like I’ve heard it somewhere?
└ (Post author): Right? But it’s really vague..
And so, people unintentionally streamed Lucy’s rap cover to listen to that segment repeatedly or to include it as more material, causing Ara’s view count to soar.
[Damn, this is really ambiguous..]
It sounds like YongYongLion, but also doesn’t…
Fuck!!! Am I hearing things?
— I hear it that way too..damn
— It’s just the accent that’s different due to Chinese tones, but the voice is similar…sigh..
— The evidence is insufficient though.
[But with insufficient evidence]
We’re just racking our brains here without finding any proof
(TwinsTail Lucy.jpg)
Her debut broadcast is tomorrow
So why don’t we just ask her if she speaks Chinese during the debut broadcast?
— You. I recognize you as a temporary YongYong cult staff.
— Pretty smart, aren’t you?
— Sigh, to think the day would come when I’d watch a VTuber.
In the end, those who diligently streamed felt that Lucy’s voice and YongYongLion’s voice were somewhat similar!
But the evidence was insufficient, and it might just be similar.
Due to Ara’s distinct Chinese accent and tones when speaking Chinese, which created a subtly different accent from when she spoke Korean, all YongYong cult members couldn’t make a definitive judgment and remained uncertain.
Finally. One user submitted an opinion, and the YongYong cult decided to follow it.
Twins Tail’s debut broadcast.
Let’s watch the broadcast of the woman who might be YongYongLion.
Those who had never touched VTubers in their entire lives made a big decision and were waiting for Ara and Reina’s debut day.