I am Smart

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Moon Si-hyun’s achievement of coming first in the knowledge test became quite a hot topic.

It was a concept, a deception, or was it real? Various debates unfolded in the related galleries.

So the atmosphere remained a bit chaotic until Moon Si-hyun started her broadcast.

…… Of course.

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User Gamen-Beogi-Jikjeon donated 1000 won.

“Si-hyun ^^ Just create a Naver Cafe instead of a regular cafe.”

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“I told you. I’m sorry, but I’m not thinking about starting a cafe yet.”

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“No, it’s not that kind of cafe.”

“Damn it, lol.”

“Listen to us a bit, Si-hyun.”

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Once Moon Si-hyun started her broadcast… she tried to return to the original state.

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User Gamen-Beogi-Jikjeon donated 1000 won.

“Not just a cafe, I mean a Naver Neighborhood Cafe, it’s the name of the search site, please, you dumb idiot.”

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Lol.

Oh my.

What?

Ah.

And eventually, she revealed her true self, lol.

What a relief, lol.

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“…… A Naver Neighborhood Cafe?”

Of course, Moon Si-hyun knew about ‘Naver,’ the search site. But a Naver Neighborhood Cafe?

“Weren’t you talking about a cafe to drink beverages?”

“Naver Neighborhood Cafe?”

Moon Si-hyun muttered, moving her finger in the air. Soon, search results appeared.

[Naver Neighborhood Cafe: A community-type social networking service launched by Naver.]

“……”

Sigh.

Lol.

But seriously, how do you not know this?

Again, not listening and suddenly shutting up, lol.

Ugh…

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As the search results appeared, the chat filled with a mix of love and frustration.

Moon Si-hyun nervously tucked her hair behind her ear. This had become a habit she developed after transforming into this body.

Then, she momentarily lowered her face while still looking anxious. And then lifted it again.

… She was wearing a very confident expression.

“I actually knew. Naver Neighborhood Cafe. It’s a community site that you need to join to access. I was just testing to see if you guys really knew.”

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“That stubbornness” ON

“Don’t the MZ generation know what a Naver Cafe is?? Or is this idiot just extremely dumb?”

“She definitely cheated on the test, you idiots, lol.”

“I really want to grab her hair and yank it hard.”

“This stupid girl has no concept of ‘acknowledgment’ in her head.”

“Those who pushed the ‘she’s a high-ability person’ narrative can just die.”

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“It’s from Wikipedia, Si-hyun…”

“Since it’s getting uglier, just stop.”

“Si-hyun, I still love you just the way you are.”

Hehe…

Sigh ^^

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Due to the nature of Moon Si-hyun’s broadcast, it was very much aligned with the ‘DC’ community.

Whenever Moon Si-hyun genuinely angered her viewers, they would vent their frustrations in the underground gallery while sending more polite messages in the chat window.

Thanks to this sort of self-regulating mechanism, the more malicious chats that disrupt the atmosphere were relatively few.

Though occasionally, Moon Si-hyun would strip away that mask… but mostly, this was how things went.

“Naver Neighborhood Cafe, huh?”

Moon Si-hyun rested her chin on her hand and pondered.

This had been a request that she’d been hearing a lot lately. Even her memory, which had slightly declined in the ‘specific’ area, was good enough to recall this.

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“Yeah, make a Naver Cafe for us.”

“Let’s go.”

“It’s so boring when you’re not live.”

This represents a community that streamers voluntarily create. Cactus, San-deng, Sansu, and Squirrel each had one.

Fans join those forums to share various pieces of information about the respective streamers.

Broadcast clips, reviews, stories, live reports, fan art, or even their daily lives or trivial chatter.

The biggest advantage of the Naver Neighborhood Cafe lies in its high regulation and the distance maintained from the streamer.

Since it’s members-only, it’s cleaner than ‘DC’. As an official community, there’s also the allure that streamers occasionally come in to read their fans’ posts.

“Hmm. Do I have so many people liking me that such a community could thrive?”

For Moon Si-hyun, it still felt a bit too early to grasp her own popularity.

She only knew how to live broadcast, and the number of followers and viewers still seemed too unreal, just appearing as big numbers.

“I’ll keep that in mind for now. I’m currently working on something else.”

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Gasp.

?

?

“What is this??”

“Can you really remember that with such a head? (I’m asking because I really don’t know, seriously, seriously, seriously.)”

“Are you going to reveal your face?”

“I’m not thinking about revealing my face, but… actually, it might be a little similar. Please look forward to it.”

The energy in the chat suddenly skyrocketed.

“Cafe… cafe.”

As she read through those chats, Moon Si-hyun thought about how she would run a cafe if she ever opened one.

“Oh, speaking of cafes, something just popped into my mind.”

She remembered something she had forgotten, suitable for ‘casual talk.’

“I went to a cafe yesterday.”

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“Oh!”

“Who with?”

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“Um, just me and one guy…”

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?

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Gasp.

“What?”

“Wait, what!!!!”

“Wasn’t Si-hyun a girl…?”

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Of course, even before she could finish her words, the chats started pouring out frantically.

*

Today, Moon Si-hyun’s two declarations heated both communities.

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Hako Virtual Minor Gallery

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– Moon Si-hyun: Went to the cafe and department store with a guy.
“We had dessert at the cafe, shopped at the department store, and I even patted him on the back because he was so nice to carry my bags.”

– ?? “Is this for real?”

“Is that for real, you idiot?”

– “Why didn’t we get to pet him, damn it, Si-hyun?”

– “This damn girl is fabricating things, lol.”

“I told you, it was with the younger brother from my middle school and a girl I know, you idiot.”

– “So these idiots were the ones fabricating things, that’s creepy.”

– “You mean that head of yours?? Did you explain that your head was petted to someone else saying it was you who got your head petted??”

“Lol.”

“Lol, huh?”

“Seriously, lol.”

– “Please live in reality, you crazy idiots.”

– “Isn’t it super easy for a 21-year-old woman to like a middle school boy? These guys are just watching too much porn, lol.”

“Yeah, if the opposite, I’d understand but…”

“?”

“Is this person crazy?”

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– “What nonsense is everyone talking about? Middle school kids are dating college students, you know?”

(A cover of a Japanese R18 manga showing a young boy with a mature woman engaged in a relationship)

“I actually saw it last night, yeah… what nonsense are you all spouting?”

– “Whoa.”

– “Damn, that’s crazy.”

– “What’s the number of that image?”

“Lol, 154XXX.”

“No, damn it.”

“XXXX, die already?”

“Now these idiots make me memorize numbers.”

– “Honestly, I liked today’s broadcast because of the NTR angle, imagining the high-ability girl being rutted by the little guy made it all the better.”

“Lol, crazy people.”

“Honestly, Moon Si-hyun’s breathing sounds, moaning sounds are abundant, for real…”

“Please give me some.”

“It’s just that turning on this Fiore broadcast makes you wheeze, but no one else is like that, is her stamina low?”

“But going 10 hours in this state is freaking amazing, lol.”

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– “Moon Si-hyun’s fans now have to wish their master isn’t ugly.”

“Her voice is so nice, and she can be stubborn ashell, but she has good character and excels in games, too.

“If she looks even a bit human, the guys won’t just sit there.”

“They will definitely swarm to her.”

“This is from my college life experience.”

“Just pray she’s ugly.”

– “Real talk, for a 21-year-old, there’s still a chance she’s a virgin, but looking at her game interests and that intelligence rating… hmmm.”

“With that body type, unless she’s a fridge, she’s definitely been through it.”

– “Seeing her clench her mouth and not describe her appearance at all is sus…”

“Lol, she’s either super ugly or really pretty, one of the two.”

“The latter has lower odds… hmm…”

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The Hako Virtual Gallery, which is very sensitive to such things, ignited discussions on Moon Si-hyun’s purity.

Of course, most of them thought that Moon Si-hyun wouldn’t have any relationship with a middle school boy.

However, given her usual clumsiness, they couldn’t help but worry.

And in another gallery…

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Pazzk Minor Gallery

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– “This is gradually becoming ridiculous…jpg.”

“Those broth idiots, if you could just give us a break, we’d all appreciate mediocrity.”

“Why the hell are all those crummy broth idiots swarming in and ruining the gallery?”

“It’s honestly getting ridiculous…”

(A photo of Squirrel’s profile combined with Japanese police imagery)

“VTuber stronghold”

Shouldn’t it disappear?

– “Upvote.”

– “Fine.”

– “Fine.”

– “Downvote Squirrel.”

– “These broth idiots are just the worst.”

– “It is honestly getting a bit absurd.”

– “Camp Takeu idiots are getting wild.”

“Lol, Camp Takeu, really? Broth Takeu idiots are being caught, lol.”

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– “What’s so terrible about VTubers, anyway?

“Only smelly geeks would like it, projecting their selves on shiny anime girls.

“But those broth idiots just go absolutely crazy for it, throwing their money around like crazy.”

“It’s like group madness.”

– “Real talk.”

– “This is real, lol.”

– “They’re literally all idiots.”

– “Why are they laughing hysterically over a shiny image of a girl whose face they don’t even know?”

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– “Moon Si-hyun, Squirrel’s remarks today.txt.”

Moon Si-hyun: “I don’t plan on revealing my face, but… no wait. It might be a bit similar. Please look forward to it.”

Squirrel: “I think Si-hyun is going to deliver some good news soon. What is it? Hmm… I can’t tell you in detail, but she will become a bit more like me?”

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– “Looks like she’s transitioning to being a VTuber.”

“Damn.”

“My close friend is Squirrel, so I understand but it still sucks.”

“Honestly, why make a fuss? VTubers are the best these days.”

“Is Moon Si-hyun gonna change into a pretty girl? Whoa.”

“Ah, female VTubers are so terrible, I can’t watch them, it’s disgusting.”

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– “Moon Si-hyun is also really clever.”

(Clip of Sansu claiming he has more brainpower.)

(Clip of knowledge test champion.)

(Clip of Fighter 1 vs 4.)

“The guys are gonna think badly of her because she’s pretending to be dumb just to get attention from boys.”

“Now she’s putting on a pretty girl mask since VTubers look like they’ll sell well.

“Honestly, it’s frickin’ sly, deceiving her viewers.”

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– “Hmm…”

– “?”.

“Now this is quite ruining the mood.”

“This person hasn’t been broadcasting, has she?”

“It’s honestly funny, but I really can’t figure her out except for that one brilliant moment.”

“I really have no interest in VTubers, but this Moon Si-hyun is just as dumb as people say, I vouch for that.”

“Lol.”

– “She has no confidence to show her face but wants to sexualize herself by debuting as a VTuber, it’s quite sly.”

– “If she were cute, she wouldn’t have gone this route, lol.”

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– “The reason Moon Si-hyun is annoying…jpg.”

(Chat analysis of Moon Si-hyun’s viewer following statistics.)

It’s like the glory days of Three Kingdoms.

VTaku

CampTaku

Dullahan

The fan bases of these are nearly equal thirds among viewers.

If such fan bases exist, any critique from one side would spark a defensive stance from the other, lol.

I truly hope there will be something interesting to criticize with her VTuber debut.

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– “Aren’t we supposed to stop bashing streamers in the first place? (I truly don’t know.)”

“Do you really expect anything from that hellhole? It’s a spot for these idiots to vent.”

“If she starts selling smelly girl shiny art, the viewer demographics will totally change, guaranteed shifting towards VTaku.”

“Lol, I’m waiting for that moment.”

– “Wow, the statistics, damn, her debut has been successful, even the public sentiment is chaotic.”

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Of course, in the Pazzk Minor Gallery’s VTuber debate, Moon Si-hyun hadn’t particularly done anything wrong. But that doesn’t mean the DC users recognize that.

Having a justification for hate doesn’t equal having hate that needs justifications. Moon Si-hyun couldn’t escape that.

Purity controversies, intelligence debates, hatred for VTubers.

Whether someone loved her or disliked her, everyone was waiting for her next broadcast.

*

And then, the next day.

User tlgus123 started a broadcast.

Broadcast Title: “I’m Debuting.”

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Hako Virtual Minor Gallery

Pazzk Minor Gallery

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Breaking News) Moon Si-hyun is going live for her Virtual debut on ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ[32]

That sly girl has finally debuted as a VTuber, lololololololololol.[25]

The threads from the galleries eagerly awaiting her ‘VTuber debut’ quickly surged up.

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“Oh!”

“Are we finally getting to debut, Squirrel?”

“Collab broadcast with Squirrel, let’s go!”

“Oh!”

“She ended up going down this ridiculous path.”

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The reactions of the galleries and chat were completely opposing.

Meanwhile, the broadcast screen was black and quiet.

“VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already! VTaku idiots, die already!”

They’re all here.

Is this the meetup place for the idiots? Is this the meetup place for the idiots? Is this the meetup place for the idiots? Is this the meetup place for the idiots? Is this the meetup place for the idiots?

(ASCII art of a male member.)

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Realization of the lack of control led to a surge of spam messages.

Minutes passed like this.

Then.

– “Bam!”

With a strange sound effect, something popped up from the bottom of the screen.

It was.

… A bear.

To be precise, a bear doll.

Standing in the center of the black broadcast screen.

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The chat momentarily froze.

“Hi, it’s nice to meet you, bear.”

Moon Si-hyun’s voice rang out, which was quite mismatched.

The bear’s short chubby hand waved.

A few seconds passed like that.

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Sigh.

Ha…

Lol.

Is she crazy?

Lolololololololololololol.

This is insane, what the hell is this?? Is it real?

Finally lost it, Si-hyun.

Where did that pretty girl go, damn it?

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Pazzk Minor Gallery

Hako Virtual Minor Gallery

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This girl has really lost her mind.[10]

I believe it. You’re truly a virgin.[9]

She’s so innocent, is this really not a concept?[4]

21 years old, not pulling our leg, right? She’s not like 4 years old, right???[4]

Is that really a bear doll?[3]

She’s definitely not the VTuber I know.[5]

Why is she not a pretty girl?[4]

Lololololololololololol.[3]

What is this gaze? [2]

“Wait… what the hell was all this fighting about up until now?”[4]

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Purity controversies, intelligence debates, hatred for VTubers.

All the rumors that had set DC ablaze now burst forth again but with an utterly different meaning.