A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 75

[Rene]

[Hello]

[Talk | 913 viewers online | 00:06:41]

“Hey, everyone… look at this…”

For some reason, the believers claimed they hadn’t been informed about my broadcast notice, so I decided to show them solid evidence.

[Rene @LeneVtuber · 1 hour ago]

“I’ll be broadcasting at 6 o’clock in one hour. Please look forward to it.”

“Didn’t I say that…?”

I learned that VTubers often use Nators as a communication platform while researching about them last time.

So I created a Nator ID to start this time.

How can they blame me when they didn’t even check the Nator…?

─?
─Hey, dumbass!

─Just write it in the gallery!

─If you made a Nator, let us know, crazy girl!

“W-What’s a gallery…? I-I’m not really good with the internet…”

─New Dimension Gallery? Hearing it from cute Rene is really persuasive, haha!

Such provocations don’t work on me.

Streamer Rene and VTuber Rene are different people, after all…

“And didn’t I talk about Nators in my debut broadcast…?”

Why does everyone act like it’s the first time they’re hearing about it?

─Fact: You didn’t, lol.

─I thought maybe you said something, but nope, crazy girl!

“That can’t be…!”

So after starting my second broadcast as a VTuber, the first thing I did was watch my debut broadcast again.

“…Oh, it’s not there?”

As the believers said… I realized I hadn’t said a single word about Nators in my debut broadcast.

─Ah, just a pure dumb GOAT… Great Demon Rene.

─Knowing it’s not a concept, I can’t even roast you!

─Do you really follow just because I said I’d give you candy?

─Does the gallery master really think I’m a dumbass?

─Fact: You are a dumbass!

─Should I write “I am a fool”?

─Usually, you’d talk about that in your 1st-year broadcast, why is she talking about it now?

─It’s even for autopsy purposes, lol.

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[Rene]

[I am a fool]

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“Ugh…”

─Streamer Rene is a dumbass… VTuber Rene is a dumbass… Is this a coincidence?

─At this point, are you doing this for the broadcast?

─Is she actually a broadcasting genius? Whoa!

─They say there’s a girl who’s a genius in both streaming and broadcasting…

─Great Demon Rene.

I feel my embarrassment rising to the top of my head.

It’s ridiculous that I’d make strange mistakes like before in the Albion Hunt and again now.

But people are bound to make mistakes as they live.

Yet, just for a couple of mistakes, I get called a fool and a dumbass… nonsensical defamation was flooding the chat window.

The problem was that I had directly provided them with that excuse.

“Um… I-I’m not a fool… it was just a mistake this time…”

Thanks to that, all I can do is timidly argue back.

─Saying that proves you’re a dumbass, teacher!

─Didn’t you just get embarrassed? Is that normal?

─Yes, that’s right!

─You should protect such a pure room master by marrying her…

─What did Rene do to deserve such treatment…?

─You can practically see the broths brewing in real-time, lol!

But even that counter-argument wasn’t effective right now.

Why is the world so harsh on me…?

“Haah…”

─Woah.

─What was that sigh? Is it sexy?

─Rene, you naughty girl…

─That’s so different from what you were just saying!

Right.

After all, it’s already happened. It’s too late to regret now.

So from now on, I just need to prove it.

Even if I suffer from defamation, I’ve always proved myself with results.

Just like in AOS, I was the one who turned out right in the end.

This time, I will refute this absurd claim that I’m a fool.

Besides, one of the games I brought today is perfect for proving that.

“Things just took an odd turn… Anyway, let’s get back on track. I have some games prepared for today…”

─I feel uneasy about this.

─If you’re a fan of Streamer Rene, you probably think of ‘that game,’ haha!

─This feels bad…

“Ta-ta-talking about other streamers or VTubers is prohibited…”

─Other? Streamers?

─That’s so thorough with the concept!

─Shouldn’t you just accept this, for real?

─Streamer Rene and VTuber Rene are different, okay?!

─What a ridiculous title for a light novel, haha!

“Well, anyway, the first game I prepared for today is…”

As I said that, I launched one of the games prepared for today.

【General Knowledge Quiz】

─Hahahahaha!

─Just give up on this now, Rene!

─I can already see someone getting hurt after this game…

As soon as I revealed the game I prepared, countless suggestions came up for other games instead.

Of course, I know the reason.

They probably think someone who makes mistakes like earlier can never score well in a game like this.

But I will prove it with this game.

That the Nator incident was just a mistake.

“Everyone, my knowledge might be a bit… ah, very slightly lacking…”

─Slightly?

─Does ‘slightly’ mean something different to you?

─I don’t think being dumb is something to be ashamed of…

─It is shameful, haha!

─Shh!

─Whoa.

─Please don’t crush our girl’s spirit.

“But lacking knowledge and being a fool are two different things, and I’m going to prove that right now…”

And with that, I pressed the game start button.

【General Knowledge Quiz】

[Questions from various fields are prepared. There shouldn’t be any difficult problems.]

[Answer 10 | Answer 20 | Answer 30 | Answer 40 | Answer 50]

“Shall we go for about 30 questions…?”

─Sounds good.

─40-50 is a bit too much.

─The longer it goes on, the harder it’ll be for Rene…

─Hahaha!

─Whoa, haha!

─I’ve tried this one; the hard ones aren’t really that hard.

─You didn’t pre-study this, did you, Rene?

“Th-this is my first time… Anyway, I can get this right without studying in advance…”

It’s plainly written, isn’t it?

There shouldn’t be any difficult problems.

In the chat window, even those who’ve done it say it’s easy.

No need to preview such questions.

“Then, shall we challenge to get over 80 percent correct…? If I succeed, I’ll change the broadcast title…”

─G-Good.

─I’ll acknowledge it if you succeed!

─Even achieving 50 percent seems like a miracle, haha!

─For real, if you can get even 50 percent, I’ll acknowledge the title change.

─Not even 50 percent, getting 30 percent would be a miracle.

“…Hmph. I’ll go with 80 percent. I’m not a fool, you know…?”

─It’s okay, Rene; even if you’re a fool, you’re a genius in your field!

─Hehe…

─I can see someone regretting this in 30 minutes, haha!

─When given a chance, change it!

─Usually, there’s a reason when people say things.

─Just a lot of suspicion on this dumbass.

“Okay, everyone, make sure you watch closely!”

With the constant provocations from the believers, I gritted my teeth and pressed the 30-question answer button.

【Q: Who was the king who developed Hangul in Joseon?】

“Hmph. Easy. It’s King Sejong…?”

─She knows this one.

─The greatest king of Joseon that even foreigners know…

─Definitely easy, haha!

─What is King Sejong’s given name?

“G-given name? What’s that…?”

─Hahahahahahaha!

─What’s his real name, not what you call him as a king!

─To be honest, it’s understandable if you don’t know this… I’m definitely not clueless!

“Oh. You mean King Sejong’s real name? Uhmm… I should know this, but… I have to focus on this for now…”

I’m sure I wouldn’t not know, since I was Korean in my past life…

─Just please say you don’t know if you don’t, crazy girl!

─There she goes again, raising her pride!

─To be honest, I believe it’s not totally unknown to a foreigner…

No.

I really do know.

I just can’t remember right now…

When suddenly asked, even simple multiplication can sometimes mess you up.

“Anyway, let’s move on…”

As I entered “King Sejong” into the answer box, it was marked correct.

Then I moved on to the next question.

【Q: When the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle are a, b, and c, and the angle between sides a and b is a right angle, meaning c is the hypotenuse, what is the name of the theorem that states a² + b² = c²?】

This question was about mathematics.

─Whoa.

─She already got one wrong.

─This is a tough one for Rene…

“I know this one…!”

─?

─No way.

─Liar, liar, pants on fire!

─Our Rene can’t be that smart…

Although I mostly skipped middle school in my past life, I occasionally attended and absorbed the lessons.

And that’s the very formula I learned in math class.

I’m sure the name is…

“P-pi, pi… pi-ta… pi… Pita…”

─Oh.

─For real?

─No way she knows this, haha!

─Was she acting like a dumbass all along…?

“P-pi… Peter Pan’s Theorem…!”

【Peter Pan’s Theorem | Entered】

─Ha, no way! Hahahahahahahaha!

─You’re so close, haha!

─Almost there! No way, haha!

─Oh, how sad but so funny, hahahaha!

─If there are people laughing until they’re crying, upvote this, haha!

<Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene! Rene!>

─Damn, I believed in you, haha!

─Pure dumb GOAT, Great Demon Rene.

─Rene, I’m really laughing because of you, haha!

─Let’s get married, Rene, just saying!

─The true genius VTuber who never betrays people’s expectations, “Rene!”

【Answer: Pythagorean Theorem】

“Ah?”

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[Rene]

[I am really a fool.]

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