I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work-Chapter 129

Bazubi had not given any prior notice to her viewers.

If she had announced it in advance, she could have drawn in thousands of transient viewers, new arrivals, and a cascading influx of people, but that would have risked alienating her existing fanbase.

After all, while the number of transient viewers who followed Magia around could number in the thousands, Bazubi’s dedicated fanbase was a modest group of about 300 regular viewers—an increase from 50 after the Combative tournament.

Besides, what Bazubi wanted was a collaboration with a friend, Magia, not a means to climb higher using her connection with her. So, she didn’t mind not making an announcement.

Magia also found this approach easier to manage and agreed after receiving approval from the CEO.

So when Bazubi started her stream as usual, her viewer count looked like this:

[(🔴Live) It’s Children’s Day] 👪 204

#Bazubi #Mama

Not a single viewer more or less than expected.

The numbers stabilized at 200 right after she went live, exactly as usual.

“...Hello, Bazubi here. Thank you for stopping by again today, Jubu-dan....”

— Jup-ha~

— Jup-ha jup-ha

— Did you think we # Nоvеlight # wouldn’t see this surprise stream? LOL

“...How did you know? I didn’t even announce it....”

— Bazubi is a baby, so of course, you have to stream on Children’s Day

— Real talk, LOL

— It’s only natural for a child to stream on Children’s Day

“...I keep telling you I’m not a baby. I’m a really pretty big sister....”

— LOL

— LOOOOOL

— Oh, here we go again

— Bazubi is a baby, and babies should stay babies

:: An anonymous supporter has donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Okay, okay, take the money and stop insisting. ::

“Thank you for the ten-dollar donation. I only speak the truth....”

— Yeah, yeah

— She never lets it go, LOL

— Alright, fine, LOL

Bazubi’s stream had the same volume level as when she spoke in a small, quiet space.

It felt as if she was muting the first few letters of her words, but her intent was still clearly conveyed.

And yet, whenever she received a donation, she spoke clearly and precisely, as if she had practiced it, showing that she had mastered the basics of streaming.

Even though it was just a hobby, she structured her streams with an opening, first segment, second segment, and closing, maintaining her audience with impressive consistency—quite a solid foundation for a small-time streamer.

She even created separate PowerPoint slides every time to introduce the different sections of her streams. The effort she put in was remarkable.

Many small-time streamers never followed even these basic principles, which is why they remained small forever. But despite not streaming for money, Bazubi still adhered to best practices, making her an interesting case.

More than anything, the entire structure of her stream—the flow from the start to introductions and guest appearances—felt eerily familiar.

And with Magia as the guest, there was no way not to notice.

‘This feels a lot like how our talents run their streams.’

Magia suddenly recalled how, during Youngun’s post-tournament stream, Bazubi had reacted passionately to the idea of doing a “Parallel World Cup” event.

For an average small-time streamer, it would have been natural to get excited about the sudden opportunity.

But as everyone knew, Bazubi streamed purely as a hobby.

So that reaction had been genuine enthusiasm.

A love for Parallel so real it couldn’t be faked.

‘She didn’t make it obvious, but is she a fan of ours?’

Holding onto that curiosity, Magia quietly observed as Bazubi proceeded with her broadcast and introduced her guest.

“...Today, we have a special guest joining us.”

The moment she mentioned a guest, the chat exploded.

The viewership had climbed to 300 by then, but the energy in chat surged far beyond what 300 people should be able to produce.

— ?

— Huh?

— A guest?

— ??

— What?!

— Shy little Bazubi has a guest?!

:: An anonymous supporter has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Bazubi, just because it’s Children’s Day doesn’t mean we can grant every wish... ::

— LOL

— Even we can’t summon guests out of nowhere, LOL

— Damn, we can’t just challenge someone into appearing

— Hey, hey, hey, LOL

But no one truly believed her. The chat was full of teasing messages, joking that Bazubi was bluffing.

The reason for their disbelief became clear with the next donation.

:: An anonymous supporter has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: You little rascal, just because you won the Combative tournament, huh? Feeling cocky now? You can’t just summon a guest at will! ::

— Don’t force busy people to join. Just do your usual stream.

— Bazubi, I like you just the way you are...

— It’s not like you’ll die without a collab~

Anyone unfamiliar with her audience would find their reaction strange.

A guest appearance? Who? Someone famous? Wow, Bazubi’s finally going to make it big!

That should have been the natural reaction.

But instead, it felt like her viewers wanted her to remain a small-time streamer.

Magia, who had once been among the 300 regular viewers of Momo’s streams, analyzed the sentiment in detail.

On the surface, it was to protect the streamer.

Becoming famous inevitably meant that, at some point, every streamer got hurt.

Whether it was a real controversy or a manufactured one, every growing streamer faced their trials. If they endured, they became top-tier, but if they couldn’t, they often quit streaming altogether.

So Bazubi’s fans believed her current scale was ideal to keep her from getting hurt.

...But that protective instinct wasn’t entirely pure.

As a streamer’s audience grew, their ability to personally interact with individual fans naturally declined, and what once felt like a close friendship would slowly turn into a business-like relationship.

And what if, during her rise, she ended up attracting an unlikable big-name streamer? (A.K.A. Movgun)

It would take no time at all for things to spiral out of control, and it would just be an endless headache.

That’s why part of them wanted her to stay small.

This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.

They wanted to protect her, but also to keep her tied down.

An incredibly complex and contradictory emotion.

Usually, when a fanbase was dominated by extreme “turrets,” they would start actively sabotaging a streamer’s growth, attacking them like a curse that crushed their ambitions—this was something that even Momo had dealt with.

But Bazubi’s audience was different.

Their concern was genuine, and it was visible even in the chat.

This was a fanbase that acted more like loyal watchdogs than restrictive turrets.

In most small communities, people wore masks, so figuring out their true feelings was difficult, but this one was unusually transparent.

When Magia’s identity as the guest was finally revealed, they went through two distinct stages of reaction.

First came shock and amazement.

“...Our guest today is none other than the manager supporting Parallel’s VTubers, Assistant Manager Magia! Everyone, give her a round of applause~.”

“Hello. I’m Magia, Assistant Manager of Parallel. Somehow, I’ve found myself suddenly greeting all of you.”

— ?

— What

— Huh?

— Is it really Magia?

“Yes, it’s really me. Gia, don’t cause trouble and behave on the stream, okay? ...Yes, CEO.”

— Oh, shit, LOL

— It’s actually her, LOL

— That Momo impression was spot on. It’s really Magia, LOL

Then came concern and worry.

— A huge wave of transient viewers is about to flood in

— The day has finally come...

— Protect Bazubi!!

They instinctively knew.

Whenever a major streamer appeared, a tidal wave of new viewers followed.

If they were just normal, fun-loving guests, it would be fine.

But this was Magia.

Someone who had constantly been at the center of endless debut speculation and drama, dragging massive arguments wherever she went.

The transient viewers arriving wouldn’t be ordinary. In the worst case, they might completely overwhelm Bazubi’s stream and push her into the background.

It was only natural to be wary.

But Magia had already anticipated this concern.

Having witnessed firsthand how Movgun nearly wrecked Momo’s channel years ago, she had prepared extensively.

Parallel was on a full break, but three volunteers had stepped up as chat managers, just in case.

Gong Seung-yeon had joined, insisting that she couldn’t relax while her superior was working.

And Magia herself was overseeing everything while also being a guest—meaning five elite moderators were on standby.

She didn’t mention any of this, though.

Because today’s stream belonged to Bazubi.

If she started talking about their precautions, it would only shift the focus.

So Magia planned to remain completely in the background, playing her role as support.

Just as she did with the first-gen VTubers.

Because no matter what, today’s stream belonged to Bazubi.

And by the time Parallel’s fans and transient viewers began flooding in, the sheer difference in numbers had left Bazubi momentarily speechless.

[(🔴Live) It’s Children’s Day] 👪 6,442

#Bazubi #Mama

A number Bazubi had never seen before.

And it was still rising.

The rapidly scrolling chat was further proof that this wasn’t just a meaningless number—it was real.

— Jaha

— Jaha jaha

— Damn it, at least give a heads-up next time!!!

— My addiction has arrived

— Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you

— You saved us, Magia

— I thought I was going to freeze to death today, but you saved us, LOL

— Gia is here ㅠㅠ

— The savior of the frozen Parallel World, Magia! Kyaaaaaaa

— Uhuhu

— Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat! Urat!

— You thought we wouldn’t notice if you started streaming here? LOL

— You wench! Accept your judgment quietly! You wench! Accept your judgment quietly! You wench! Accept your judgment quietly! You wench! Accept your judgment quietly! You wench! Accept your judgment quietly!

— Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight! Illuwight!

As expected, the surge of new viewers triggered resistance from the regular audience.

Just as they feared, most of the new arrivals didn’t care about Bazubi—they were only here to talk about Magia.

But at that moment, Magia turned to Bazubi and spoke, instantly seizing control of the situation.

“Bazubi, as we discussed beforehand, anyone breaking your stream’s rules will receive a one-month ban across all of Parallel.”

— ?

— Eh?

— But this isn’t even a Parallel stream!!

— What?

— That’s too much

The source of this c𝓸ntent is frёeweɓηovel.coɱ.

— Magia just declared that wherever she is, Parallel is there too, damn

— I AM PARALLEL!!!

It was a firm response, and both when they had discussed it earlier and now, Bazubi had hesitated, asking if Magia was really okay with saying that.

“...Are you sure that’s okay to say?”

“I don’t consider people who break the rules and cause trouble in someone else’s stream to be part of Wol-Dungi.”

— Don’t abandon Wol-Dungi!!!!

— Boo, traitor

— Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Unforgivable!

And since Magia was someone who always followed through on her words, the hammer of judgment came down immediately.

In a matter of moments, over a dozen troublemakers were wiped out, and the worst of the spam and disruptive messages vanished from the chat, leaving it clean in real time.

— (This message has been deleted by a moderator)

— (This message has been deleted by a moderator)

— (This message has been deleted by a moderator)

— AAAAAHHHHH

— Visaaaang!!!

— (This message has been deleted by a moderator)

— Holy crap, it’s actually a one-month ban? LOL

— Goodbye, LOL

— Whew, fewer competitors now, LOL, nice~

As the chaos in the chat died down, Magia turned back to Bazubi.

“Don’t forget, the host of today’s stream is you, Bazubi. I’m just a guest who came to visit, and my viewers are just friends who followed me here.

If a friend introduces another friend, and that new friend starts causing trouble, isn’t it only right to cut them off? So don’t worry about them too much.”

Even if someone streamed just as a hobby, they couldn’t completely ignore the influence of large companies—especially the weight of their fanbases.

But when a major figure like Magia took responsibility like this, it made things significantly easier for a small-time streamer like Bazubi.

There were, of course, people who claimed they’d take responsibility only to backstab others later.

But Magia wasn’t one of them.

Not answering messages for three months? That was only because Bazubi had insisted on using TalkCord DMs instead of calling.

Yet despite all that, Magia had still personally come to meet her, shared a meal, joined this collab, and even proposed a second segment.

“...Then, let’s talk about what Gia and I will be doing today.”

Bazubi, emboldened, pulled up the PowerPoint presentation she had prepared for the content introduction.

“For the first segment, we’ll be doing the Parallel World Cup, which I promised to do with Gia. For the second segment, we’ll be playing Never Cry, Princess together.”

At first glance, it was a pretty standard stream plan.

Lately, as Parallel’s reputation grew, more and more small-time streamers had been using the Parallel World Cup to draw in transient viewers.

But since Magia was here and had promised this before, the first segment was a given.

The second segment featured a slightly older game, but its theme fit perfectly with the Children’s Day special—nothing out of the ordinary.

However, when the details of the second segment were revealed, the chat exploded.

[Never Cry, Princess]

— Queen Role: Bazubi

— Princess Role: Magia

“We’ll be doing a full voice-over playthrough for the second segment, and I’ll explain more after the World Cup is finished.”

— What?!

— Magia is going to play a ten-year-old kid?!

— WHAT LOL

:: An anonymous supporter has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: It’s a small thing, but... are clips allowed today? ::

And the moment Magia and Bazubi began discussing whether clips were allowed, the last embers of excitement in the chat reignited into a raging wildfire.

“Bazubi, do you usually ban clips on your stream?”

“...Should I today?”

“No, I mean, what’s your normal rule?”

“...I don’t ban them.”

“Then clips are allowed. Feel free to make as many as you want.”

— KYAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

— Kyaaaaaaaaaa

— PERFECT LOL

— Magia voice acting a princess? I need to see this

— BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI! BAZUBI!

— PRAISE BE TO THE QUEEN BAZUBI

— This is the content we deserve LOL

PABAM!

:: :: PIN0 has donated 100,000 Clouds! :: ::

:: :: Bazubi... is she a god? :: ::