chapter 20
020. don’t make fun of me
Wednesday morning.
On the morning of the advertising planning class, I got into the habit of waking up a little earlier than usual.
“hey. Taemin.”
As I entered the classroom and looked around to see where the members of the group were sitting, I heard Junseok’s voice from the other side.
“high.”
“brother. hello!”
Only Minji and Junseok were there, and Doa seemed to be still there.
“It was a lot of hard work. I have been traveling far.”
“Right. We conscientiously give Taemin oppa a chance to recreate the team now.”
“Does it really have to be like that?”
Jun-seok and Min-ji showered me with compliments to the point of feeling sorry.
“done. What. I had some fun too. What.”
“But oppa, to be honest, he’s carrying around so much for this project, so I think it’s okay to give him a tutu coupon for real?”
“…That much?”
“My brother did most of the initial company analysis, and he also went to the experience center. My older brother did all the troublesome things.”
Thinking back, it was.
It was impossible to participate because each child had different circumstances at the time, but looking at the results alone, I was showing more firepower than just getting credit points.
hahahaha… I’m not normally this kind of person…
Luca Land. you are really good to me
“But Taemin oppa.”
“yes?”
“Honestly, it was good.”
Minji’s face was full of mischief.
“Eh? what?”
Unable to understand why, I tilted my head.
“Don’t you have feelings for your brother, Doa?”
You have a heart…
I knew in what context Minji was talking, but it was difficult for me to readily answer that.
It was because it was a complex and subtle feeling with a little more narrative than a general crush between a man and a woman.
And even if I gave up a hundred steps and had feelings for Doa as a member of the opposite sex, I had no intention of telling the truth to an insider like Minji.
“no. something like that.”
I hated this kind of conversation, so I shook my head in annoyance.
“I don’t think so~ Oppa, since the time you said you would do the investigation instead of Doa, you could smell it?”
“admit. hey. Fucking Tina.”
When Jun-seok joined in, my head hurt.
no. But I don’t think I’m just expressing it that way or anything like that.
Having never directly liked a 3D human, I had no idea how my actions reflected.
I mean, I’ve never talked to you or called you out…
is there?
I could feel the blood rushing to my face as if my private parts had been exposed.
I made up my mind to just run to the bathroom if they drove me a little further, but I didn’t have to.
“uh? Doa.”
At Minji’s words, I turned my gaze to the source of all this shame.
Doah came wearing a black blouse and a beige skirt.
As soon as Lucatan met my eyes, he turned his head away.
…I thought we got close.
We decided to meet separately on the weekend and play games together!
I was a little bitter because I avoided it too openly.
I was being bullied for thinking I liked you…
“Ah~ Doati~ I’m sorry I couldn’t go on the weekend~”
Minji hugged Doa, who was sitting next to her.
“Nope. He said it was a situation where he couldn’t drop out of tutoring.”
Doa took out a tablet from her bag while accepting the clinging Minji very calmly.
“Did you have a good date with Taemin oppa?”
It looked like it was just thrown out to make fun of it…
“Ah… no?”
In response to Doa’s bleak answer, I washed my face dry with one hand.
hey. If you do that, then we really just become prey itself.
When I was broadcasting, no matter what I said, I spread the iron plate well and talked, but it seemed that the current Doa was not like that.
Well, Doa, who had no way of knowing the context of the conversation before then, couldn’t understand my feelings.
“I will call you to attend.”
what. I didn’t even know the professor was here.
I, who was knocked out by Min-ji and Jun-seok’s attack, let out a sigh of relief that I was finally freed from the pain.
“Shall we see this group?”
Halfway through the class, and when it was time to check each group, Jun-seok opened the piti file.
“Based on what the professor told us this time and last week, we visited the experience center in person, and with the metaverse…”
hey You explain better than me who went there myself.
Being good at presenting was a skill I envied.
Based on the information I had organized, Jun-seok fluently explained the story as if he had been there.
“It is very interesting.”
The professor actually nodded and stroked my chin, as if the content of the presentation itself was interesting.
What the hell is this a compliment you hear in a few weeks?
At the mild taste feedback like rain in a drought, all members of the crew made a sigh of relief.
“Now, I think it would be nice if we could properly apply these technologies to our corporate image based on what we have experienced.”
“yes?”
At Jun-seok’s confused question, the professor kindly repeated what he had said.
“So I thought it would be nice to try making a video using VR technology directly. Only then will all of these studies produce meaningful and groundbreaking results.”
For our team, VR was always a material, not a filming technique.
Even Yesman Jun-seok, who doesn’t like grades when it comes to grades, couldn’t easily shout “I understand” this time.
“Once I can find a way, I have time this week to explore it.”
“If it is, it is difficult due to realistic conditions or technical issues. Then, let’s think of the next best thing.”
“It’s been a long time. Let’s just stop here for today.”
After the professor poured out his own words and got up from his chair, we all bowed our heads together.
“thank you.”
It was not for nothing that there was a voice in the real school community not to take classes with high reputation.
“…I’m exhausted.”
A word from Junseok clearly summarized the current situation.
“What shall we do?”
Minji was also laughing as if he had lost his mind halfway.
“Aw… I really…”
Jun-seok’s face was full of worry as he swept his hair back.
“It is a mountain beyond a mountain. It is a mountain beyond a mountain.”
“But isn’t it possible to do it by going into the VR world we investigated and filming? That’s what a lot of virtubers do.”
Since the subject matter is the subject, both Junseok and Minji unintentionally became accustomed to the contents of the metaverse.
“That’s right… ha… I wonder if that can be done with just a computer without a headset?”
If this was a solo project, I’d be cool as fuck the next week, ‘The filming equipment was too expensive.’ It would have been summed up in one word.
However, it seemed that the members of the group were still trying to refer to the professor’s words somehow, so the mood to try it was the main thing.
“First of all, one of my friends is a bitch. I’ll have to ask him if he has any equipment.”
I, the incarnation of an otaku, flinched at the word dog shit.
Yumma! It’s not all dog shit!
How much money is that!
The cost of each device varied greatly, but VR headsets that basically did their job were priced at a fairly high price to buy for leisure.
I thought I wanted to buy it, but even I, who was interested in the idea that I had to eat only ramen instead of rice for a while to buy it, didn’t dare to say it.
I wasn’t the only one who reacted to Junseok’s remarks.
“Etch!”
An overly cute sneezing sound came out of Doa’s mouth.
In fact, if you need a VR device, or if you need to shoot with it, you didn’t have to find the right person from far away.
Pro next door.
That’s because there was a pro recognized by a large company next to me.
“I…”
Doa’s eyes looked to the left and right.
“I think we can get that device.”
“really?”
Jun-seok, who had been drooping weakly like a withering plant, straightened his back.
“Are there any people you know?”
Doa shook her head up and down when she asked hopefully, which was a bit burdensome.
“I tried it because I was at my cousin’s house…”
I was just watching the blatant lies.
To be honest, even if Doa kept her mouth shut here, no one would resent her.
I was the only one who knew that she was a virtuber, and if I was wrong, my identity could be exposed.
Jun-seok and Min-ji had already read an article about the virtual idol group that was born this time.
It seemed like they wouldn’t be visiting the members’ broadcasts, filming and eating them, but I didn’t know.
Is this a white lie?
“ah. okay? Then tell your cousin if you can borrow it. If it is necessary, tell them that you will pay a small rental fee.”
“Yes Yes. I’ll discuss it with my younger brother and let you know through the group chat.”
I wanted the conversation to end like that…
“By the way, how much is the rental fee…”
…You’re not going to collect money here, are you? Luca land?