The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

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【Virtual VTuber Gallery】

[General] Breaking News: Defcon Alert

(Broadcast Link)

Anna’s Labyrinthos VR stream has begun.

[Comments]

– Damn it, this b***h, just do ASMR!!!!

– But you still love her, right…?

ㄴ(Author) F*** off.

– Why is she messing around when she’s not even good at it?

– Here’s the cancerous content I was looking for.

– Tell her to just turn on ASMR.

– This is truly demonic.

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[Stream] Anna picked Technomancer.

Stop messing around and just sing.

[Comments]

– Does she even know how to play Technomancer?

ㄴ(Author) You think?

– She can’t even support, and now she’s playing DPS? LOL

– She’s really doing everything, huh?

– Is it because she’s a ‘demon’ that she’s playing ‘Techno’mancer?

ㄴ(Author) Please don’t tell our Anna to role-play.

ㄴ For real, she probably doesn’t even remember she’s supposed to be a demon by now.

ㄴ She was never a demon, though.

– I just joined and saw her playing Technomancer… Why is she trolling?

ㄴ Techno-troll LOL. Figures. LMAO.

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[Stream] Anna’s doing well?

How did she improve?

[Comments]

– Her boyfriend must’ve taught her.

ㄴ What…

ㄴ Anna’s still a virgin, okay?

ㄴ(Author) Anna’s boyfriend is in my bed right now. Anna is indeed a virgin.

ㄴ I gave birth to Anna, she has no boyfriend!

ㄴ Anna’s still not breastfeeding.

ㄴ You guys better just accept the lawsuit when it comes.

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[Stream] Why does Technomancer look so strong?

Was it always this fast at hunting?

Anna might carry this match.

[Comments]

– She’s a one-trick pony.

– Technomancer has always been fast at hunting.

– Fast at hunting, but can’t do anything else.

ㄴ(Author) Isn’t it fine as long as it levels up quickly?

ㄴ The character’s base stats are so low that it usually loses in one-on-ones against other escapees.

ㄴ(Author) Just use your ultimate and dodge well, then move on.

ㄴ Even that’s a waste of an ultimate.

ㄴ Fact: Without her ultimate, she’s no better than a Yi without Q.

ㄴ No crowd control, so if you use it to escape, you’re just a worm.

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[Stream] Anna, you crazy b***h, why are you just watching?

Anna, why are you just standing there!

Did you really betray us?!

[Comments]

– The whole team is dying LMAO.

– If you watch, your armor-piercing power increases.

– What did you expect from a Bronze-tier player, Human?

– Looks like she only learned how to farm routes LMAO.

– She didn’t come to play the game; she came for a walk.

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[Stream] Yup~ Anna~

Anna won’t leave~

She’ll live here forever~

Doesn’t care if her teammates die or not~

– Abandoning teammates LOL

– Mom… don’t abandon me, Mom… I’ll be a good kid from now on…

ㄴ(Author) Yup~ Get lost~ I can just have another kid.

ㄴ Don’t slander Anna…

ㄴ(Author) Yup~ She already has a boyfriend~ They’ll just have another kid together~

ㄴ Anna doesn’t have a boyfriend!!!!

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[Stream] Anna got a triple kill!!!!!!

No way, Anna did this????

[Comments]

– I turned it off when I saw her playing Technomancer. What happened?

ㄴ(Author) Anna hard-carried the team fight.

ㄴ ?? How does that even make sense?

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[Stream] Someone who watched Anna’s stream, explain.

Did that useless girl carry the game?

[Comments]

– In the team fight, Anna turned on optical camouflage and flanked them from behind.

ㄴ(Author) I don’t understand what you’re saying.

ㄴ Just rewatch the stream.

ㄴ(Author) Anna, that b***h, blocked rewatching the stream!!!!

ㄴ LMAO.

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[Stream] Anna’s backstab.mp4

(Clip Video)

Big Anna

[Comments]

– Great decision.

– At first, it was just straight-up trolling, but now she’s awesome LMAO.

– Her flanking play was really good.

– You need to watch how she used her ultimate in the front.

– Where’s the clip of Anna getting wrecked from behind?

– Why is Anna suddenly good? (Seriously, I don’t know.)

ㄴ It’s all thanks to her boyfriend, obviously.

ㄴ If it’s slander, she improved so suddenly that it seems plausible.

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[General] Light analysis of Anna’s play.

Technomancer had been slightly studied before.

It was eventually dropped because it was too weak in one-on-ones with enemy escapees and lacked disruption abilities against the enemy main force.

So, Anna just used her fast hunting speed to charge her ultimate gauge.

(GIF of ultimate activation)

She quickly analyzed the enemy and ally positions and the enemy escapee’s location.

Then she moved to the anticipated team fight area and just waited.

Looks like she planned to flank from the beginning.

(GIF of Anna’s first-person view during the team fight)

Once the fight started, she didn’t care if her allies died.

She activated optical camouflage when she saw the enemy skills were on cooldown, flanked them from behind, took out three, and won.

[Comments]

– Nice analysis.

– But how is Technomancer that strong without damage-dealing skills?

ㄴ(Author) She farmed neutral mobs to increase attack power, got a backstab bonus, a headshot bonus, and picked off only the weak targets with low defense.

ㄴ This character has always had an insanely strong basic attack.

ㄴ Isn’t it too strong? Shouldn’t it be nerfed?

ㄴ(Author) Her ultimate isn’t a damage skill, so her basic attack has to be strong.

ㄴ But she has no movement, survival, or crowd control skills, so what else could she have?

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[Stream] Why is Anna so good?

(Anna winking GIF)

It’s talent~~

[Comments]

– Bullshit LMAO.

– You only won one round, you crazy f***er LMAO.

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***

[Here, first place in damage. Here.]

Anna’s voice echoed throughout the space.

The screen was massive, reminiscent of a movie theater.

On the screen, Anna was pointing to the damage chart in the game’s result window.

[Here. First place in damage. Right here.]

– Stop emphasizing it LMAO.

– Why did the streamer get good??? Did she actually go to the military?

– We get it, so stop already…

– Unnie, you’re embarrassing…

[You guys teased me so much. See? I can do this too. I really practiced a lot, you know.]

Anna’s Live 2D model displayed a confident expression. It was quite amazing how the expression changes were so clear, even though it was just an illustration.

[Since we’re at it, let’s watch the replay too. Hm? You don’t want to? But I like it.]

[They say reviewing is important to get better. So, bear with it. If you don’t like it, why don’t you become the streamer?]

Anna started the replay on the screen. Feeling a bit bored, I reached out toward the air.

With a pop, a cup of tea appeared, and when I snapped my fingers, scones and macarons appeared too.

Then I half-reclined on the recliner.

It was quite an improper posture. Surely, I didn’t look anything like a noble lady.

But it didn’t matter. No one was watching, and no one would come to this place.

This was a space for me alone.

“With this, I don’t need to go to a movie theater.”

Mumbling to myself, I clicked the refresh button floating in the air. Several new posts had appeared in the gallery, so I clicked on them one by one.

Currently, I was logged into VR, and this was a virtual space I had created.

The food I was eating was actually just data with a macaron skin.

It was rare for me to use the VR device for anything other than gaming.

I was using it to watch a broadcast. To watch a Labyrinthos VR stream live, the viewer also had to use the VR time-acceleration system.

Of course, it was possible to watch on a phone or PC in real-time, but it felt like reheating leftovers.

I didn’t want to use the 5x speed playback function.

And watching it at normal speed felt a bit boring.

I wanted to watch Anna’s stream live.

‘I did receive that friendship fee yesterday, after all.’

She had deposited 1 million won under the name of a “friendship fee.”

Anna probably didn’t know that I subscribed to her channel. After all, Anna only introduced herself as a streamer, never as “Shiroki Anna.”

So, there was no real need to keep up with Anna’s broadcasts, but since I had received something, I couldn’t just ignore it.

“Hmm… But how long do I have to keep this hidden?”

I figured I’d continue watching Anna’s streams until she made it into the tournament.

While I could review Anna’s plays through replays, it was better to watch live broadcasts to gather more information.

Especially regarding her emotional state.

Even professional gamers are sometimes criticized for “emotional play.”

It’s only natural. No matter how rationally they try to think, humans can’t become machines.

And Anna had a style that was particularly prone to being swayed by her emotions.

So, it was necessary to understand Anna.

The biggest challenge would be figuring out how to help her overcome her fears and what to fill that void with.

In that sense, watching her broadcasts was something I needed to do.

However, this dynamic of deceiving each other felt inefficient.

“But there’s no need for me to reveal it.”

Tapping lightly, I changed the macaron to a roll cake. Eating the same snack was getting a bit tiring.

“Even if I reveal Anna’s identity, it wouldn’t be that fun.”

I took a bite of the 0-calorie roll cake. The soft cream flavor spread through my mouth. The taste and texture weren’t much different from the real thing.

It had been about a week since I started teaching Anna. What I had learned in that week was that Anna was a person extremely indifferent to her surroundings.

She didn’t seem to care much about how the world worked.

She paid little attention to other people’s circumstances.

She was even indifferent about herself.

But she was passionate about the things she liked.

Anyway, Anna probably didn’t care about other people’s opinions at all.

She wouldn’t be embarrassed about being a VTuber, and she wouldn’t bother hiding it.

So, even if I dramatically revealed to her, “I know your identity. You’re VTuber Shiroki Anna!” she would just nonchalantly say, “Oh, you knew? Since you know, could you also subscribe, like, set notifications, and follow me on SNS?”

She’s no fun to tease at all.

‘If Anna is hiding her identity, it must be because of Rion.’

That’s the most natural conclusion.

After checking, I found out that Rion started her VTuber activities about two years ago.

And yet, she never mentioned it to me. She must have been very embarrassed to be caught saying “nyan” at the end of her sentences.

Then why didn’t she pick a better concept?

She always teased me for being a concept freak.

“What should I do?”

While various thoughts swirled in my mind, Anna’s voice suddenly boomed louder than usual.

– Just two weeks ago, you were such a noob. What happened?

– Where did you learn that shooting stance?

– Did you marry a military veteran?

– Did your boyfriend teach you?

– Explain yourself!

[Boyfriend? What boyfriend? And what marriage are you talking about?]

– Who taught you!!! Tell us!!!!!

– Ugh… I’m a baby unicorn… My horn hurts so much…

– We’re from the animal rights group. Protect the rights of unicorns.

– What rights do animals have? It’s animal welfare, you idiot.

– Is it your boyfriend? Or an invasion by your boyfriend?

– OMG, an invasion.

[It’s not a boyfriend…. I have a Teacher these days. But she’s a woman.]

– Bullshit.

– Stop talking nonsense, Teacher.

– Where on earth is there a woman who teaches Labyrinthos VR?

– Is it April Fools’ Day?

– Your nose will grow if you lie.

– If you lie, Santa won’t bring you presents, okay???

– Anna, did you lie to Dad?

[Have you guys been living under a rock? Alright. Wait a moment. Manager? Manager, are you watching the stream? If you are, give me a Discord call. …Hmm, I guess she’s not watching. Even better.]

Anna nodded her head.

[I’ll do a collab stream with the Teacher who’s teaching me… Does that work?]

“…What?”

I opened my eyes wide.

Anna, what are you talking about?