[Thread 64: Talking about VTuber, Kaino Izumi]
38. Finally, today’s the day.
39. Isn’t that game rumored to be super scary? Is Mei-chan okay?
40. 39 << I tried it, and it’s seriously terrifying. I’m not sure if Mei-chan will be okay, haha.
41. 39 << It’s received multiple awards, so it’s the best among recent horror games.
42. Crying is a given, haha.
64. A VTuber who doesn’t want to stream the world’s first horror game, haha.
65. The teaser video is really scary. Honestly, I was super scared watching it.
66. I probably wouldn’t want to do it either.
67. I wonder if Mei-chan can clear it.
94. Surprise offline collab just popped up!
95. Isn’t this the first offline collab among the second-generation members?
96. 95 << It is the first.
97. I can’t believe Mei-chan’s name is in the first offline collab for the second generation…
98. It’s a surprise I never imagined.
[Virtual Ontuber Minor Gallery]
[Title: ??? – Thought about graduating because I didn’t want to play a horror game]
[Written by: ᄋᄋ]
This is a huge disaster, haha.
https://ontu.be/XXXXXXX
[Recommended: 51 / Not recommended: 21]
ᄋᄋ: Is this real?
Loo: Would I be joking about this?
Mei-chan Love: Don’t slander our Mei-chan, you jerks!
Es: So Izumi is leaving like this…
ᄒᄀᄎ: This is a big disaster…
oo: Does this person have no sense of responsibility as a VTuber?
Maker: These jerks are at it again with their nonsense!
Prince: They say this is a setup!
ᄋᄋ: So, Suzuhas recommended a super scary game to make Izumi graduate?
Loo: That’s exactly it, haha.
Hujibbi: The arcade performance is horrible, haha.
[Title: I heard Suzuh is sitting behind Mei-chan right now?]
[Written by: I’m coming to meet you now]
Looks like it turned into an offline collab?
https://ontu.be/XXXXXXX
[Recommended: 68 / Not recommended: 5]
Opposition to Hoshin: Seriously, why does this happen only when I’m working?
Loo: Is your work more important than your favorite?
Opposition to Hoshin: I need to work to send hyper chats, you jerks!
Loo: So you weren’t a NEET like me?
Loo: Was I the only one serious about life?
Loo: You’re terrible.
Loo: So unfair…
Suzui: Pyapya pyapya!
That’s exactly me: Please don’t do this and just stay my awkward, useless Mei-chan…
Loo: A trash who can’t wish for their favorite’s happiness, haha.
ᄋᄋ: Izumi doesn’t do collabs with anyone but Suzuh / Suzuh mentions Izumi the most among the second-gen members on streams.
Loo: This is real, ᄋᄋ.
The World’s Greatest Angel, Suzuchan: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
“Th-that’s not the kind of relationship…”
At my shout, Koga, who was sitting on the bed behind me, came over.
“Suzuhai~! From Stars Flow, the angel who wants to be praised by everyone, Koga Suzuh here!”
- Suzuhai!
- Suzuhai!
“As Izumi just mentioned, I was invited to the house, and that’s how we’re together now.”
“Y-you forced the invitation, though…”
“Hmm? What was that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Haha. - Since it was Suzuhachi who picked the game, it’s not a lie.
- They recommended a horror game to someone who hates horror games…
“But do you have a chair I can use?” - “C-can’t I just sit on the bed behind me?”
“…Hmm.”
With a horror game in front and Koga beside me, there’s no way my mental state can handle this.
Just having Koga next to me makes me instinctively shrink away.
Since the bed isn’t too far away, maybe this is better.
“But my voice won’t be heard well on the stream, right?”
“Y-you’re okay! I just need to calm down when I’m scared!”
Koga said she would sit next to me for the stream, but I refused without hesitation.
My well-being is more important than the stream, so it’s only natural.
We’re not okay.
It defeats the purpose of the offline collab.
Maybe it was too early for Mei-chan to have an offline collab after all?
“…I just have to sit behind you, right?”
“Hmm?”
Koga said that and slowly opened the door, stepping outside.
What is this ominous feeling?
“Here we go.”
And just as that ominous feeling was confirmed, Koga came back into the room holding a chair from the dining table.
“Uh, Koga…?”
“Chair time.”
I heard the sound of the chair being set down.
Right behind me.
“Okay, I’m sitting behind you.”
“Ugh!”
Koga’s breath brushed against my neck.
Startled by that chilling sensation, I leaned back.
“Wah?!”
My head bumped into Koga’s head.
“K-Koga?!”
What’s going on?
Did something happen?
That sounded really loud.
As the loud thud echoed behind me, the chat quickly filled with concerned messages.
But those chats only lingered in my mind for a moment.
“K-Koga! Are you okay? I-I-I…”
I immediately took off my headphones, stood up from the chair, and looked back.
The chair had tipped over, having caught on the bed, lying sideways instead of backward.
And Koga was clutching her head, eyes tightly closed.
“OOO…”
I could hear Koga’s faint groans.
My head was turning white.
“Ugh…”
“Ugh, I-I’m sorry. I think I was too much with the jokes…”
“Wahhhh!”
“I-I-I’m really okay, Izumi! I’m not hurt at all.”
“I-I’m sorry, ugh. I-I’m just a fool who gets startled by even the lightest of jokes, ugh. I keep causing trouble for everyone, ugh.”
“No. I was the one at fault. I’m sorry for pulling a prank knowing it would scare you.”
“Ugh, no. It’s all because I’m foolish…”
Since being reincarnated, I felt like my emotions had become more intense than in my previous life.
I thought my mental state would be similar since I recalled my past life, but now I was so sensitive that I could cry
over the tiniest things.
Is this the influence of female hormones or something…?
“…I-I’m sorry.”
“Well, this whole thing is entirely my fault…” No,
what I mean is, to put it simply, I’m feeling really embarrassed right now.
Koga reassured me that she wasn’t hurt at all, but it took me ten minutes to stop crying.
Crying like this in front of others…
Ugh. A former man with the dignity of a 40-year-old…
Fortunately, during the stream, Koga briefly explained the situation and muted the mic while I was crying.
“I-I was startled seeing Koga collapsed with her head…”
Honestly, at that moment, my head turned white, and tears were flowing down my cheeks.
Afterward, Koga immediately got up and told me she was fine, but seeing my foolish self unable to take a joke made
my feelings surge even more.
In other words, I couldn’t take a light joke, and Koga almost got hurt because of it. > I’m a pitiful guy who can’t even
handle a light joke. > So Koga almost got hurt. > I can’t even handle a light joke… This Mobius strip of logic led me to
cry for ten minutes.
…I’m really embarrassed.
Koga probably lost all her affection for me after seeing me like this.
Surely, this collab will be the last…
“Izumi! Are you thinking something weird again?”
It must be the expression of ‘Koga must be disappointed in me. Maybe this collab will be the last…’ that I’m making.
“Y-yes, yes, yes?!”
“Uh, no?! How did you know?!”
“I told you, this is entirely my fault. Don’t feel guilty for no reason.”
“But…”
“Really! So let’s promise to do collabs regularly, like once a month! Then you won’t have to worry!”
“R-really…?!”
“…Yes. That’s a promise.”
“Yay, hehehe…”
“Phew, really…”
“Yes?”
“It’s nothing….”
Thank goodness. I don’t have to lose my first friend in this life.
“Okay, then we should start the stream again soon.”
“Y-yeah, we should.”
“And for now, I’ll sit next to Izumi.”
“…Huh?”
What does that mean?
Isn’t it true that if I suddenly talk to you from behind again, I’ll scare you?
“W-well…”
Honestly, I didn’t have the confidence.
I was already shaking from the horror game, and if someone suddenly spoke from behind, I’d really die.
“At least if I’m next to you, that almost won’t happen. Even if you get startled and fall while playing, I can catch you.”
“I could easily catch you from the bed too…”
“Sorry, but my arm wouldn’t reach.”
Ugh, the fact that Koga is the shortest among us is holding me back here.
“…You’re thinking something rude again.”
“N-no, I’m not?!”
How did she know?!
Anyway, for this offline collab, my seat will be next to Izumi.
“…Alright then.”
I want to cry…
★
“Ugh, ugh….”
“Are you really that scared before we even start?”
Koga looked at me with a worried expression as I was tense.
She’s the one who suggested this game.
“But the waiting screen is scary from the start…”
The waiting screen for “Dawn Does Not Break” is dark and eerie enough to make you tense just by looking at it.
Blood is flowing on the ground, and flies swarm around decaying corpses, while a zombie with bulging veins glares at
the players outside the screen.
The sound is so realistic that every time there’s a screech similar to nails on a chalkboard, I can’t help but jump.
And with Koga sitting next to me, I wish she would acknowledge that the tension doubles.
- Seriously scared.
- So cute.
- She might cry during the game.
- 100% she’ll cry.
“A-I won’t cry, okay?!”
My tear ducts had completely dried up after crying once already.
Hehe, am I now incapable of crying over a horror game?
Well, my body is shaking, but that’s just because this game stimulates primal fears.
“If Izumi cries, I’ll bet on a high-difficulty endurance stream of ‘Arcana Shooter.’”
“K-Koga?!” - Isn’t that a bit too safe? 😂
- If you’re betting on an ‘Arcana Shooter’ endurance stream, then it’s not even worth watching.
- Honestly, is there anyone betting on her not crying?
“Arcana Shooter” is a bullet-hell shooting game where players explore the world with fantastical beings.
And just mentioning this game from Koga has lit up the chat, because it’s literally optimized for long endurance streams.
Even on the lowest difficulty, the patterns are unnecessarily high.
The biggest reason this game became famous is its terrible controls, making you doubt whether it’s even a new game.
Clearing the last stage on the lowest difficulty is like clearing a high-difficulty bullet-hell game.
An endurance stream on the highest difficulty of that game?
In other words, Koga’s declaration is almost a guarantee that I’ll definitely cry.
“Ugh. Well then, fine. I’ll show my true feelings too….”
The sounds of zombies and eerie rain flowed from the headphones, echoing in my ears.
The calm before the storm.
I won’t bother arguing with the chat that’s betting I’ll cry.
The outcome will reveal whether you guys are pitiful or I am. - How about calming your shaking voice first?
“Sh-shut up?!”
But being scared and shaking is just unavoidable…
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