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「What’s with her all of a sudden……」
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On a certain day, Masaki ended his work like usual, took the nearby situation, and walked back home.
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He recalled the Line message he received from Yuugure after the collab a week ago.
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「A, anyway, I’m sure she meant to send it to someone else…………」
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He decides to calm down by deceiving himself for the meantime. He needs to implant that impression within his mind or else he won’t.
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He takes the path home with the background music composed of insects chirping and sweat flowing from his back.
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And as he reached the park on his route, a scene caught his eye.
The figure of a high school girl feeding a cat.
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With her black hair covering her ears, she smiled. A girl who had an inexplicable and mysterious atmosphere around her.
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「Are you alright? Why are you out this late?」
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Masaki is currently coming home from overtime which means it’s past eight in the evening.
He thought that at the very least, it’s not an appropriate time for high school girls with a uniform to walk about.
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「I’m feeding the cat」
「That’s kind of you」
「It’s cause the cat is cute」
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Although he couldn’t understand the girl’s reply, he felt that there was some sort of deeper meaning behind it.
While Masaki was pondering the meaning behind her reply, this time, the girl started talking to him.
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「Mister, your voice sounds similar to this Vtuber I know」
「――――!!?」
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Masaki received the shock of his life.
He never thought he would hear the word Vtuber come from this girl’s mouth.
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「I, is that so」
「That’s right. Like my oshi. Do you know him?」
「I, I don’t……」
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Masaki tried to play the fool but as if she could see through it all, the girl grinned widely.
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「Is that so」
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But the girl seems to have no further plans of interrogating him; she held the cat in her arms and disappeared within the darkness of the night. At the end, she said 「See you later」 and left.
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「What the heck was with that girl……」
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For some reason, he had a hunch that they would meet again somewhere.
Masaki’s mind was filled with that thought.
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「Okay, I’ll be reading the superchats now」
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Many streamers, including Vtubers, have this custom called Superchat Reading before the end of the stream.
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It’s simple. All the streamer has to do is read the names of the viewers and the contents of their superchats sent during the stream.
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「Marumaru-san. Thank you for the superchat」
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The way superchats are read varies from person to person. There are some who quickly read it and get it over with but Masaki is the type to take his time with it one by one.
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「Robochan-san, ah, it’s a red superchat, thank you.『Masaki-san, I know you’ve gotten busier due to the recent increase in subscribers but please keep up the good work』, yes, thank you so much」
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Of course, for famous streamers, there are so many superchats sent in one stream that some of them will take three to four hours if they read everything carefully.
So for Masaki whose channel isn’t as popular, he values this time.
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「Yuugurehineritai-san, thank you.『I came from your collab with Yuugure～』I appreciate it! There’s quite a lot of people who knew me through Yuugure」
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After the collab with Yuugure, his channel passed 80,000 subscribers.
Moreover, the amount of superchats he receives compared to when he had 10,000 subscribers is over ten times.
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「Himajirou-san, thank you.『What happened with the Line?』. No, there were no text messages or anything. Mhm, that’s right, absolutely nothing happened」
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The viewers with their refined sixth sense pointed out『Huh, Masaki?』『You’re acting weird』, but he ignored it all.
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「Shigatou-san, thank you.『I’ll always support you Masaki-chan! You seem busy but won’t you turn this into your main job and move?』. You see, I’m not sure if I should or not……even though I’m grateful that I can live off of only being a Vtuber, I can’t just quit my current job out of nowhere. For moving, I still want to think over it a little more」
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Although Masaki said that, the implication that he’s considering the switch is a huge change.
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「It’s about time to end the stream. Thank you for coming～」
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Masaki could sense the great changes occurring within him.