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Weekend afternoon.

“Hello.”

– Yeah, yeah.

– Hey!

– You came early today.

“Early? It’s about the same as usual.”

Today, like any other day, I turned on the broadcast.

Well, if there’s anything different…

[Announcement]

– So, what’s the broadcast title??

– What are we doing today??

I guess the title is a bit clickbait-ish.

“I’m going to announce something. Let’s wait until more viewers join us.”

– Give us a hint in advance.

– No way, is that it?

– If you can guess what it is, I’ll give you a thumbs up LOL.

“Have you figured it out already?”

It seems some viewers have a rough idea.

Wow, they are quite perceptive.

– Yeah, yeah.

– If you figured it out, tell us.

– What is it? Another drama?

“Not quite, just wait.”

Saying that, I thought about doing something before more people joined, so I opened the internet window.

“What should we do to kill time?”

– Are you asking us that??

– You should be the one doing it.

– Are you trying to leech off us again?

– Let’s just go watch the juniors’ broadcasts.

“Juniors?”

– Yeah, yeah.

– The third batch is streaming right now, wanna go?

“Um…”

It’s clear that after the Year-End Party, viewers have become more interested in the juniors.

Everyone seems to notice that viewer counts rose after the Year-End Party. Is this all Anna’s grand plan?

“Could it be?”

– Let’s go LOL.

– Time to scout.

Either way, if I want to, I can go see the juniors.

What was it again?

The Miro content that I had set aside for a while.

Looks like it’s time to pet the juniors again.

I entered Dwitch.

Once inside, I immediately saw my juniors at the top.

Feeling a bit proud seeing the members of The Six gathered almost at the top, except for a few popular streamers.

And below that…

“There are a lot of other VTubers too.”

– For real…

– They’ve really grown LOL.

– There are a ton of them.

I occasionally saw other VTubers.

Seems there are quite a few with decent viewer counts.

“Shall we take a look around?”

– Whoa, whoa, whoa.

– Disaster incoming whoa.

Before checking out the juniors’ streams, I scrolled down to take a look.

From a few dozen viewers to hundreds, even crossing into the thousands, various VTubers were doing all kinds of broadcasts.

Some played major games, others played minor ones.

Some were just chatting, while some were doing ideal type tournaments.

Dwitch, which used to have almost no VTubers, feels so different now as I observe its transformation.

[Celes Realm Song Ideal Type Tournament]

A broadcast with a title I couldn’t just pass by caught my eye.

“Celes Realm Song World Cup? Is there such a thing?”

– LOL.

– They caught it LOL.

– Yep, it combines cover songs and everything.

“Oh….”

It feels like just yesterday when we were leeching off broadcasts during ideal type tournaments.

Now there’s even a World Cup for the Celes Realm.

Thinking that’s interesting, I entered that VTuber’s stream.

“Everyone act natural. If you show you’re here, you get banned.”

– Whoa.

– Wow, they actually entered LOL.

– Emergency!

Anna’s cover song was playing in the stream.

The challenger was…

“Is the next song me?”

Right across from me was the track from Miro Family, “Hiseok.”

– Whoa.

– What?

– For real…

– Celes Realm character clash LOL.

– Perfect timing.

[Wow, it’s nice. Now, let’s listen to the next track right away.]

Not long after I entered, Anna’s cover song ended, yet the junior streaming was so focused they hadn’t noticed me come in and moved right to the next track.

They were really concentrated.

I watched, crossing my arms, curious about what kind of review I might offer.

– LOL this angle is hilarious.

– Please give a harsh review.

– The song is good though.

As I watched with the viewers, I also enjoyed the song.

[Wow, this is good too, what should I do?]

The industry junior reacted after hearing the entire song.

– For real…

– Both are good though LOL.

– But they have to choose between the two LOL.

– What do you think they’ll choose?

“They’ll probably pick the one they like.”

But honestly, I already had a hunch about what song they’d choose.

Anna’s cover song is great, but that original track, “Hiseok,” is from our Miro Family’s elite, Rain, isn’t it?

It’s a song where she arranged her graduation work and featured the famous Izakaya Sake.

Naturally, I believe they would pick my song without a doubt…

[Both are good but honestly, I really like Anna’s song… that special pitch….]

Tap, tap, tap.

(Miro) – Dakhu.

– ????

– LOL.

– This guy is nuts.

[Oh, wait? Is that real?]

As I typed in chat, the junior realized I was in the broadcast and was startled.

“Oh no, I’ve been caught.”

– You little!

– LOL.

– Look at how you’re pressuring them.

“I’m just giving an opinion as a viewer.”

Since everyone floods the chat with Dakhu and Dakjeon all the time…

I was just adding a little to the conversation, but I had totally forgotten I’m on the Celes Realm first-gen Miro account.

[Um… but this… I was in the middle of choosing a song….]

The junior, startled to see me, finally realized what they were doing and began to look cautious.

(Miro) – Oh, feel free to be objective.

– Shut up LOL.

– What right do you have to say that LOL.

– Why the pressure??

– Look at this junior being dominated;;

“Who do I pressure? I’m just here casually watching the selection process.”

Huh? I only typed a few light chats.

Well, what song they choose lies in the hearts of the industry junior.

Whatever the outcome, I wouldn’t mind…

[Oh really? Umm, I’m sorry, but… I really like Anna’s song…]

– LOL.

– Doesn’t seem like it’s working, huh?

– LOL, look at how objective they are.

– Is this a loss for you??

“…Hmm.”

Tap, tap, tap.

(Miro) – Ah, I see… For me, I personally lean towards “Hiseok,” as it was a song created with great effort, hehe… Our Celes Realm third-gen junior, Rain, spent days composing and even arranged a feature…

[…I really love Anna’s song, but honestly, I was planning to choose Miro’s this time.]

(Miro) – Wow, really? What an honor.

– Stop messing with them, you punk.

– LOL.

– How badly do you want to win??

“No, they said they were planning to pick my song.”

– Where’s your conscience???

– Look at this guy shaking hahaha.

– Are you really a senior in the industry??

“Oh boy, I guess I am a sinner.”

– Factually correct.

– That’s right.

– Oh dear, just shaking around.

Anyway, after the industry junior chose me, the next song was from Loa and Mile.

“Hmm, I should probably head out.”

I was planning to lead the discussion again if my song came up, but it ended up being a missed opportunity.

– This dude is shaking and leaving.

– That was really mean.

“No, I’ll leave a gift behind.”

Not wanting to be too much of a leech, before leaving, I bought a bunch of Euro subscription tickets for the industry junior’s broadcast and spread them among the viewers in that room.

I mean, that much is more like Santa than a villain.

– You little! Is money everything??

– What? Give it back, I didn’t receive any.

– Let’s go again!

“Why do you all want them? Those were for the viewers of that broadcast.”

– I could switch to that broadcast.

– But why just that one??

– Give us subscription tickets too.

“How many do you want, guys? A few?”

– Let’s go, let’s go.

– Let’s go, let’s go.

– Please.

Are subscription tickets that highly desired?

If so…

I bought a few and distributed them randomly as a prize.

“How’s that?”

– I didn’t get any.

– Didn’t receive mine either.

– What the…

– Was it real??

However, because there were so many viewers, it felt like even if I distributed them, it didn’t have much impact.

“It’s not fun to drop them here… I’ll keep that thought to myself.”

– Geez;;

– I won’t type that the gift could be a bit more generous..

– It’s kind of hard to have fun with this many viewers, huh? LOL.

– Why are the viewers increasing today?

Anyway, after that, I started hopping around to see the junior broadcasts.

If they were playing a game I knew, I’d offer tips.

Even if it was a game I didn’t know, I’d casually throw out advice.

If they weren’t playing a game, I’d sit in the room for a while, chatting and passing time.

After going around for a while, quite some time had passed, and it seemed like most of the viewers who might join the broadcast had gathered by now.

“Shall we go ahead with the announcement?”

As I closed the last junior’s broadcast I was watching, I said that.

– Oh right.

– You said you were going to do that.

– So what is it??

“It’s nothing special.”

– ??

– If it’s nothing special, you wouldn’t drag it out LOL.

– Show us already.

– If you’ve all guessed already, I’ll give you a thumbs up LOL.

“It’s soon, right?”

Saying this, I searched for the poster file I’d received from The Six earlier, which wouldn’t be shown on the broadcast.

Looking over it again, it was indeed a well-made poster.

“Here, I’ll show you for now.”

What I displayed on the broadcast screen was none other than Miro’s solo concert poster.

– ???

– Wow LOL.

– Whoa.

– Wait, was this what you were going to announce?

– Oh my god.

– When is this happening??

– Are we really doing this??

I had briefly hinted about the concert during the last Year-End Party, but since then I had intentionally kept quiet.

Now having set the date to reveal it like this, the response was super positive.

“Yes, if you look under the poster, it has the date written there, right? It’s on my birthday.”

– Whoa.

– Did you plan that on purpose?

– Great, Miro!

– How many seats are there??

– How much are the tickets?

“The tickets might be a bit pricey.”

– Whoa.

– What?

– Uh oh.

“The seating isn’t that many, so everyone can see up close. Also, there are plenty of bonuses if you come.”

The price was determined by The Six staff.

Originally, we decided it was better to make it kind of expensive rather than too cheap, and to provide decent merchandise if you attended the concert.

– Wow LOL.

– Come on, can you give us more seats?

– Do we get goodies??

– What exactly will you give away?

“That’s something you’ll find out if you come.”

Saying that, I shifted to another screen.

Right there was the ticket sales schedule.

“From this day, tickets will be available on the site, so please keep an eye out.”

– It’s going to be a fierce competition.

– Why are there so few tickets??

– Wait, what??? What’s with the seat numbers?

“And the location is…”

Thus began the full briefing for the concert.

As I explained to the gathered viewers, I truly felt how close the concert was approaching.

 

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