Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber

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After a catastrophic failure at whale hunting.

[….]

“….”

In the respawn location at the Town Center, a gathering of losers, including me, was assembled.

[…What about the items?]

“…I lost everything except for bound items.”

Looking at my inventory, the fisherman items like rods and bait didn’t fly away since they’re bound, but…

I lost all my weapons and fish caught when I died.

[This whale is tougher than I expected…?]

[Right? There’s no solution….]

If I had at least made an effort, I could have lamented about the lack of people…

But weren’t there two or three times more people present at that time?

I don’t think it would have helped anyway.

To me, this seemed like content that should only be attempted in the mid-game at The Six Server, and made successful in the late-game.

Yet here was a novice farmer, Gan, suddenly flailing his hands, summoning a boat, leading inexperienced newbies into a whale hunt, and so failure might have been an inevitable outcome.

Well, regardless, that’s that.

What remained for us now was just the astronomical losses we suffered.

Sitting in a line at the Town respawn location, we looked utterly dumbfounded.

“…How much did we invest?”

[Hmm… With Miro and Eun-ha unlocking up to Tier 5, we even had enough left to buy land.]

“…We spent a lot.”

What reason could we have to spend so much money on whale hunting?

Having not fought properly and getting wiped out, I felt existential despair.

[At least we managed to catch the whale….]

[That’s true, the fishermen did well.]

“It’s all thanks to the farmers who rented and drove the boats. But we just couldn’t hunt….”

With those words, the gazes around me subtly shifted towards the hunters, Loa and Maho.

Anna and Gan bought the boats and drove us to the whale hunting grounds.

Eun-ha and I worked hard to catch the whale.

But what about the hunters?

These so-called “hunters.”

I thought they would do something, but they reached a damage output of only 100 PLM.

They did everything else.

They borrowed the boats.

They moved us.

They even helped catch the whale.

But in the end, we were all wiped out.

Naturally, the party began to blame each other.

Well, to be precise, we needed someone to pin the blame on.

But we couldn’t blame the farmers who gave us water and drove us, and it’s awkward to blame the fishermen who caught one serving too.

So then?

Of course, responsibility falls on the mercenaries who earn their keep with blades.

[Oh, well, we weren’t going to catch anything anyway…!]

[Even if I lost everything, I still have my gun.]

As the blame mounted, Maho and Loa each drew their guns.

Against them, the fishermen brandished their fishing rods, and the farmer pulled out a hoe.

– Hahahahaha

– Wow, the Celestial Realm is peaceful

– This is a failed party, LOL

– Are those the same cheerful partygoers from an hour ago?

In fact, everyone here knows.

What responsibility do the hunters have? They just had an unreasonable encounter with the whale.

But performing like this is all for the fun of the broadcast, huh.

I genuinely don’t blame those hapless hunters who were acting carefree and ended up dead.

[Wait, let’s keep the trial for later.]

As we faced off, producing hilarious clips, Anna intervened.

Anna also paused excitedly from hoeing, curious about what was going on, and stopped to look at her.

[More importantly, we just got a call from the… boat rental shop….]

[Huh? What did they say?]

The boat rental shop?

How do they know… Oh, of course.

Thinking about it, who else would be selling boats here? It’s the operators.

So they must know we brazenly took out a boat and got wiped.

[They said if the boat is half damaged, we have to compensate?]

“Excuse me?”

That statement shocked me.

Compensate for a boat?

Even Gan and Anna, who were hesitant about renting it, were now faced with compensation….

“…Let’s go to the boat rental shop first.”

Thinking we might all go bankrupt today, we all hurriedly made our way to the rental shop.

**

At the Village rental shop.

This peaceful place sells everything from massive ships down to fishing gear.

In barged six individuals all at once.

[What do you mean we have to compensate for a boat?!]

[Don’t you have insurance? Insurance?]

The ragtag squad of six who just returned from whale hunting, now famed across the server after getting thoroughly rolled.

[Se, seniors?]

The already startled Sun-hee, who was pondering which net to borrow at the rental shop, widened her eyes at seeing them.

She had already seen the server messages by then.

Miro caught the whale, and the subsequent death messages revealed to everyone just how tough whale hunting was on this server.

Seeing Sun-hee, Miro waved.

“Oh, it’s been a while, junior.”

[Yes, um… yes….]

Sun-hee still found Miro a bit, just a tad hard to approach.

In fact, recently, she had been kicking at her blanket out of frustration.

‘I must be crazy! What am I saying in front of Miro senior?’

Even if Miro reassured her and encouraged her, Sun-hee felt she had acted too rashly.

Anyway, that blanket was about to get a hole.

Sun-hee had somewhat grasped the current situation.

As Anna had immediately vented her grievances about having to compensate for the boat upon entering.

However, the mixture of first and second-year students in this six-member squad filled Sun-hee, a fourth-year student, with nervousness, and she tried to stealthily back out.

But….

“Don’t go, come take a look while you’re here.”

Miro’s single phrase stopped Sun-hee in her tracks.

[Can I really?]

Actually, what Sun-hee wanted to say was, “Is it fine to just walk out?” but saying that to a senior was unthinkable.

“Of course, stay right here.”

But how could Miro know Sun-hee’s true thoughts?

With a smile, Miro responded, making Sun-hee squirm as she moved closer to the wall.

– Hahaha

– Where’s the bee hiding?

– Why is she so squirmy?

The viewers laughing at Sun-hee didn’t even catch her attention.

Instead….

She just watched her seniors huddled at the counter, talking to the operators.

[Do we really have to pay for this?]

[Yes, Anna. Since it was a valuable product at our rental shop, we do need to compensate.]

[But how much is it?]

[Well, it’s….]

‘Gulp.’

– OMG

– Wow, that boat is expensive

– Are we really going bankrupt?

Sun-hee was shocked at the price of the boat.

A sum unimaginable to her, who was now at the second tier of fishing gear, hoping to try her hand at net fishing.

And apparently, her seniors felt the same, going into a collective panic upon hearing the price.

[I-I don’t know.]

[What do you mean you don’t know! We did this together!]

[AAAH! This isn’t reality!]

Sun-hee stared, dumbfounded, at the sight of her respected seniors acting like gambling addicts who had just lost their house deposit.

Was everyone she thought could do anything in this server, after all, slaves to capitalism? Well, what can you do about a boat that got half destroyed?

Just then, as she was feeling sorry for herself, a voice broke through.

“…Wait.”

Miro, who had been standing at the back, spoke up.

“If it was a whale-hunting boat that got smashed by a whale, isn’t that fraud?”

And with those words, everyone’s attention turned toward Miro.

Even the operator and Sun-hee, along with fellow members or other streamers who were pretending to look away, focused on her.

Miro shrugged her shoulders.

“I’m asking because I genuinely don’t know.”

[…That’s true?]

[This is pure fraud!]

In an instant, the situation flipped.

Sun-hee, thinking it over, found that indeed, Miro’s words made sense.

[…We recommended a sea fishing boat. The whale-hunting boat was rented by Anna and Gan.]

The operator calmly countered Miro’s opinion.

And Sun-hee also felt that statement held some truth.

…After all, where would you even find a shop that sells whale-hunting boats?

They’re all just sea fishing boats.

If it’s slightly larger, it becomes a boat for catching whales.

But the seniors were already losing their minds.

[What else can we catch at sea other than whales?!]

[We should be the ones demanding compensation!]

Sun-hee had vaguely overheard that the compensation price for the boat was in the hundreds of thousands.

An amount one cannot earn in this server.

But this server is not a true society.

It’s a server for streamers, specifically for streamers.

So if a streamer insists enough, they can make even the impossible possible.

That judgment is not up to society’s legalities but rather the viewers’ whims.

And the hearts of the viewers who just saw a legendary whale-hunting show clearly belonged to the ragtag fishing team.

The question was whether they could pull off this tantrum successfully before the viewers felt dragged along.

Conveniently, there happened to be a specialist for that sort of time-attack tantrum in the area.

“Ah, if you don’t like it, say no.”

Miro’s single remark redirected all gazes back to her.

She, a true top-tier of the Celestial Realm, the queen of domestic VTubers.

After saying that, she turned her gaze to Sun-hee, who had been munching on popcorn and watching the situation unfold.

‘Wha, what?’

Why is she looking at me?

Sun-hee hurriedly chewed the popcorn in her mouth before swallowing.

“Sun-hee, junior.”

[Yes, um, yes?]

What does she need from me?

Could she be asking for my opinion?

In an instant, Korean drama-like banter flashed through Sun-hee’s mind.

‘Hey, what do you think?’

‘Excuse me?’

‘Between me and this Ideah guy, who’s more handsome?’

‘….’

‘Hey! You’re not gonna answer?’

If Miro were to ask which of her or The Six’s operators is better, Sun-hee would certainly just bite her tongue.

But thankfully, Miro wasn’t the type to demand an answer from an oblivious fourth-year student.

Instead….

“Call everyone from my rank down to you.”

She uttered an even more astounding statement.

At that, the surroundings filled with astonished expressions.

[Wait, wait, what?]

Sun-hee suddenly panicked and blurted out with the mannerisms of a befuddled Korean soldier from a drama.

From Miro’s level down to her? That’s practically a summon of the second and third-year students!

But Sun-hee was a mere freshman.

She hadn’t even spoken to any seniors, let alone second-years.

Thus she stood there stiffly, unable to speak, frozen in place.

Miro couldn’t help but smirk internally at Sun-hee’s dazed reaction.

‘So cute.’

Miro wasn’t some oppressive old sergeant.

There’s no way she’d genuinely summon the Celestial Realm.

This was just a performance.

A streamer server is, well, just that.

Miro believed that if the majority of the viewers chose to stand by her, anything could be achieved.

The Six’s management likely knew that as well.

And usually, when it comes to this, while the server operators might harbor ill feelings or impose covert restrictions later…

Are they really going to restrict Miro?

Miro confidently walked away from the petrified Sun-hee straight toward the operators.

Then she plopped down into a chair, leaning back and clasping her hands behind her head in utter relaxation.

“Do you want to compensate, or should we gather all my people here and debate who’s right until dawn?”

Honestly, if the boat hadn’t broken so easily, we would have caught the whale, right?

Admit it? Oh, you think not?

Then let’s bring everyone in. Surely you wouldn’t stop a democratic protest, would you?

Realizing that whining wouldn’t work, Miro’s transformation struck fear into all who witnessed the scene.

It was pure aggression.

Such violence could not be articulated for the shabby operator of The Six.

As Miro aimed her arrows from her fellow members to the operator, Sun-hee finally regained her senses, having slipped back into the role of onlooker, observing the unfolding events.

Her senior, embodying the ruthless invader chasing off local residents during redevelopment, was tearing down the operation.

Seeing that, Sun-hee couldn’t help but admire.

“…So this is how broadcasts are done.”

– ????

– Don’t mimic her, LOL

– Oof, what a shame

A true superstar who drives both viewers and operators crazy.

Yes, she wanted to become someone like that.

“AAH! Compensate us! Eun-ha, bring me a knife! I’m going to commit seppuku right here!”

In that moment, Sun-hee promised herself once more.

She would also make it big one day—just like that.