Novel Bin
Chapter 425
Chapter 425. [The World's Scariest Love Call]
"So, uh... apparently, my channel subscriber count became #1 in Japan without me even knowing......!?"
From what I heard, it seems like it blew up overseas.
First, a movement like "Let's support Iroha!" started in response to my disappearance. Because of that, tons of people subscribed to my channel as if they were part of some donation campaign.
Then, the recent international live stream happened.
A massive wave of subscriptions poured in, riding the hype of this "obviously insane festival"—
≫¥50,000 I’ve been holding back on super chats just for this moment!
≫$500.00 Thanks to that, the gacha stream had way fewer donations relative to the viewer count, huh!? (U.S.)
500,000 From here on out, there’s no holding back!!!! (Korean)
[!?!?!?]No, no, wait—even during the gacha segment earlier, it was already close to an all-time high!? And then the super chat total just kept rising—!?
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Videos with titles like:
『The Miracle Comeback! Her First Stream in 3 Months... Only for the Loli to Suddenly Start Rolling Gacha』.
『The Moment a Loli Achieves "No. 1 Subscriber Count" Mid-Super Chat Performance』.
...were being mass-produced by clip channels across the world. I clutched my head in front of the monitor.
"Wh-why is this happening......?"
Every time I opened MyTube to watch my oshi’s stream, clips of me would show up in the recommendations. No matter how many times I clicked "Don’t show this," another clip from a different creator would pop up.
Well, if it were just that, it’d be fine.
I could just ignore it... but.
《Iroha, you really messed up this time......》
《I-it’s not like that, Ogu! Listen, I didn’t mean for this to happen~!》
After all, this happened right in the middle of the international live stream, when the whole world was watching.
Even the people involved in that stream were shocked—in the worst way possible.
Getting scolded by my mom was the least of my worries.
I ended up receiving dozens of very... enthusiastic messages from various parties.
Well, I got some congratulatory messages too, but still.
I even got a call from the suit-wearing guy—the president’s subordinate—who I thought I’d never speak to again.
According to him, the president said......
『—I suddenly want to meet you right now.』
"Eeeeeek~~~~!?"
What the hell is that, that’s terrifying!? That was definitely a "death sentence"! Trembling like a leaf, I clung to Angu Ogu.
《I-I didn’t do anything wrong, right...? This was just an accident......?》
《Nah, this is 100% your fault.》
《......Th-then why didn’t you stop me, Ogu~!?》
《Don’t shift the blame. Besides, I wasn’t even home. I’ve got limited days left here, so I had recordings to finish while I still could. Can’t be helped.》
《B-but still~!》
《You reap what you sow. Take your lumps. Oh, and by the way—my mom’s real scary when she’s mad.》
《She’s scary even when she’s not mad!?》
《...Just so you know, I’m totally telling her you said that.》
《W-wait!? Forget I said that—!》
And so, days flew by in the blink of an eye amid all this chaos......
Before I knew it, my time in America was coming to an end.
Every day, I’d open an advent calendar and give Angu Ogu a little present.
Sometimes, she’d give me baby goods in return.
And then I’d fiddle around with those baby goods—n-no!?
Not in a weird way or anything!?
...Ahem.
Anyway, before I knew it......
Exam day.
《Begin!》
The high school midterms had started.
And the results were...
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《Oof—looks like I lost.》
《Hmph, obviously. I’m the man who’ll surpass you in linguistics sooner or later. I can’t afford to lose to you here... especially not in some school test where you’ve been out of practice.》
We compared test results in the cafeteria.
I’d lost.
That said, my score wasn’t even bad.
But Shitenou had been perfect.
I felt like... I’d never beat him academically again.
《Well, I do know more about VTubers than you!》
《We weren’t even competing over that!?》
《But... I’m surprised.》
As I spoke, I glanced at the girl who always sat next to me.
She was supposed to be bad at studying.
Yet this time, her grades were high enough to rank near the top.
《When did you improve so much?》
《Hehehe, impressive, right!? I’ve been studying every day with this guy teaching me!》
《More like you were pestering him.》
Being tutored by Shitenou—the top student in our year—and working at that research institute full of geniuses must’ve gradually leveled her up.
But more than anything...
《—Fufun. Well, you could say it’s... the power of love...!》
She said with a shy smile.
Ohhh, so... that’s what it is!
《I had no idea you’d grown to love linguistics this much!》
《No way, this guy!? That’s surprising, huh!?》
Shitenou and I groaned in unison.
Man, nothing beats passion, huh!?
《......Sigh—you two are hopeless.》
《...?》
We tilted our heads at her words.
Did we say something wrong?
《............But I won’t give up.》
Just as she muttered those determined words...
Someone called out from behind me—
《—Hey.》
Huh? That’s kinda rude... I turned around.
《—Ugh!? Aah, that delinquent from before!?》
There he stood—the guy who’d trashed my locker that one time—.
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