A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 275

[Rene]

[Hello, thank you for 100,000 OnTube subscribers]

[Talk | 5,215 viewers | 01:20:11]

─What the?? Where did my Tuni, Gaeun, Owen, Eri, Eda, Harum, and Letzgo disappear to???

─Are there still Rebungi who don’t know what a hardhead our streamer is???

─Everyone… look at who’s streaming right now… it’s the fault of those who got fooled…

─Why are you all mad? If someone sees this, they’ll think Rene and the junior are the same person lol.

The vibe feels kinda off.

While browsing Remagal, it seems like everyone likes the VTuber Rene, which is why the video was made this way, but for some reason, the Rebungi were super pissed.

[The truth is, the reason we reached 100,000 subscribers is thanks to our junior…? Everyone liked her when she went to the competition…]

[Being called “junior” feels kinda weird…]

I worked so hard editing this video…

I can’t talk about it on stream, but it was super embarrassing talking to myself and answering myself…

─Will there be video messages from other people after the junior finishes talking???

Nope.

Gaeun just said she’d contact me when she has time, so I let it slide.

Tuni, Eri, Eda, Harum, the Sirius team members, and even the team leader Jaehoon.

All I got was a simple congratulations.

─You got us all hyped up for this???

─I’m unsubscribing from OnTube… come back when you hit 100,000 again…

─Pressing the OnTube subscribe button twice is a good thing, right? Last time I only pressed it once ㅠㅠ

─Yeah, that’s right~

…In an instant, the number of OnTube subscribers started dropping.

Isn’t this really dangerous?

Of course, even if everyone here unsubscribes, it won’t drop below 100,000.

But with the free-spirited, unruly Rebungi, they’ll definitely post something like “50 Reasons to Unsubscribe from This Channel” in the OnTube comments.

Then my OnTube subscriber count will definitely drop below 100,000 again….

Or not.

Anyway, the chat showed no signs of calming down.

I wondered what I could say to calm everyone down, but no clear answer came to mind.

Right now, the only way to put out this fire seems to be calling Gaeun.

But calling Gaeun is impossible in the first place.

In other words. There’s no answer.

So the only thing I can do right now….

[The stream has ended.]

─Don’t run away, you coward!!!

I thought the Rebungi would like it, but this is so sad….

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[Rene]

[Hello, thank you for 100,000 OnTube subscribers]

[Talk | 5,133 viewers | 00:00:45]

─Time is moving again… time is moving again… time is moving again…

─Guys, I had a weird dream where Rene hit 100,000 OnTube subscribers and thanked everyone while showing a video with the junior.

─Lol, if it’s that kind of dream, you’ll probably win the lottery ㅇㅇ;

“Ah, hello everyone…. After I dried my hair earlier, the stream went off, maybe because of internet issues…?”

─For real, it suddenly went off, and I was shocked, but turns out there was a nationwide blackout.

─Thought the country was collapsing ㅇㅇ;

─Huh? Feels like I forgot something… why are my eyes wet…?

─I erased your memories.

Anyway, the stream started again.

This time, of course, I didn’t play the earlier video and just went with a simple chat stream.

I’ll have to ask them to upload that video to OnTube separately later….

“But everyone…. Lately, while talking with you all, I’ve been feeling something…. No…. First, I want to ask this, do you watch my stream because you like me…? Of course, some of you might watch because it’s fun, but still, you… like my stream, right…?”

─If not, I wouldn’t be able to watch this stream, teacher.

─Rene, I’ve been watching your stream lately purely for fun ㅇㅇ;

─Usually, people who say stuff like that are really sus.

─The stream is fun, and the streamer is hot…

─So is this stream a sus stream or a pure fun stream? (Really don’t know)

─It’s a pure sus stream~

The chat seems a bit divided, but ultimately, most Rebungi didn’t deny what I said.

Which means my assumption was correct.

“Everyone…. I’ve said this before on stream…. One of the best ways to communicate is through empathy…. But lately, I feel like when I talk, I’m not getting empathy from you all….”

Being a streamer is ultimately about communicating with the audience.

But no matter how much I try to communicate, if the listeners don’t empathize… can that really be called communication?

Probably not.

If this keeps up, I’ll definitely end up not being able to have proper conversations on stream.

That would make me miserable, and the Rebungi would be sad too, creating a world where everyone’s unhappy.

I brought this up before for that reason, and the Rebungi probably remember it, so why aren’t many of them empathizing with me on stream?


The reason was simple.

“Probably because there’s been a lot of new viewers coming in, that’s why this happened… So if you’ve never heard that story before, then you must be one of the new viewers… Please keep that in mind…”

─Isn’t it just about sharing a story that people can relate to? (I really don’t know)


─I heard this before, and the only story after that was about eating fried rice…


─I really want to eat the fried rice Rene made…


─But why are you suddenly talking about this when you just started streaming?


─Wait, were you expecting a 100k subscriber celebration and ended up with just a video of you chatting with the mod and a junior???


─OMG


─AAAAAH my head

Even though the chat was trying to twist or misinterpret my goodwill, I didn’t falter and kept going.

“Watching my stream right now means you think of me as your favorite, right?… There’s a saying in the VTuber industry… You must always empathize with your favorite… If your favorite says a pigeon is a sparrow, then it’s a sparrow… Doesn’t that sound like an amazing story…?”

─WTF, is this the Communist Party?


─Give Rebungis their freedom… give them freedom…


─Wow, is that story true, Rene? It sounds really nice haha;


─Guys, in times like this, just nod along and move on. Isn’t that better than grinding your teeth?


─Honest opinion) Honestly, it’s hilarious when the mod talks like this lol


─So if I see a sparrow, I should call it a pigeon??

“No, a sparrow is a sparrow…”

How can a sparrow be a pigeon?

─What the hell are you trying to say?


─So a pigeon is a sparrow because it’s a sparrow, and a sparrow is a sparrow because it’s a sparrow, got it?


─Did you even understand what you just said?

Anyway, I explained the important points of the stream to the new viewers, and since I couldn’t play that video anymore, there was only one thing left to do.

“Alright, let’s start the Silver Button unboxing now…”

The most important part of today’s stream was the OnTube Silver Button unboxing.

─I wonder how this kind of stream became a big deal lol


─This must all be thanks to the sparrows…

I picked up the Silver Button—well, the packaging box of the Silver Button—and placed it in front of the camera.

The box had ‘OnTube’ written on it, and of course, I had already removed the shipping label with the address.

“The box is black… The material is… hmm. Just a regular box, I guess…”

As I tore off the tape and opened the box, inside was a large sheet of paper? Some kind of document with writing on it.

“…It’s a letter.”

[OnTube]

[Do you remember your first subscriber?]


[What about your 100th and 1,000th subscriber?]


[You probably remember them, and now you’ll also remember your 100,000th subscriber.]


[The fans who found you might have discovered your channel through a search, a friend’s recommendation, or a recommended video.]

[…………]

[OnTube CEO]

The letter congratulated me on reaching 100,000 subscribers and encouraged me to keep working hard.

But there was one disappointing thing.

“As you all know, my OnTube channel started because of Rebungis… So I don’t know who my first subscriber, 100th subscriber, or 1,000th subscriber is… I only found out about hitting 100k when my editor told me… The CEO who sent this letter… probably doesn’t watch my stream… It’s a bit disappointing…”

─Do you really have to say that now??


─OnTube CEO is crying lol


─They sent a letter to cheer you on, and this is what they get smh lol


─Why would they watch your stream, you idiot?

“I thought they sent the letter because they watched my stream…”

It hadn’t been long since I told them to empathize, and they were already forgetting. Typical free-spirited, unruly, and fun troublemakers.

Anyway, after setting the letter aside, I took out the OnTube Silver Button from the box and showed it to the camera.

[Presented to Rene OnTube]


[For Passing 100,000 subscribers]


[OnTube]

“It’s so shiny and pretty… cute…!”

Just as I was about to talk about the Silver Button, the metallic smell tickled my nose.

Achoo!

Along with the sneeze… I heard something I shouldn’t have.

“Huh…?”