A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 36

【Rene Galleryⓜ】

【Title: Seriously, is it right that I got a 200,000 won donation just to be publicly executed? lmao】

【Posted by: ㅇㅇ🔹】

Is this really okay, Rene???

【Likes: 5 / Dislikes: 0】

ㅇㅇ: Shouldn’t we be thankful they didn’t ban us for being heretics?

└ㅇㅇ🔹: (Now that I think about it, that’s true, right?)

└Great Demon Rene: Exactly that, lol

【Title: Hello, this is Saint】

【Posted by: Saint】

(Saint Certificate.jpg)

I’m not sure how to start this story, but I really want to thank Rene for forgiving me so graciously today.

【Likes: 11 / Dislikes: 1】

ㅇㅇ🔹: Gracefully?

ㅇㅇ: Is it really graceful after getting publicly executed for a 200,000 won donation?

└ㅇㅇ🔹: This dude even ended up getting banned for 3 minutes because he still didn’t repent, lol

└ㅇㅇ: For real, what a wild girl lol

└Saint: Honestly, I was a bit confused at first, but after hearing the story, it all made sense.

└Saint: And I know Rene hates the priest job, so…

└ㅇㅇ: What a total man;

Oracion: Please continue to do well with the Gallery Master’s broadcasts, ㅇㅇ

└Saint: I’ll try to make time to catch your streams.

【Title: If you like Saint, then thumbs up, lol】

【Posted by: ㅇㅇ🔹】

(Saint Certificate.jpg)

Admits his mistakes and generously donates 200,000 won as an apology. What a real man!

Great Demon Rene

【Likes: 12 / Dislikes: 0】

Oracion: I screamed and hit thumbs up.

ㅇㅇ: Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, right?

└Great Demon Rene: At this point, it’s hard to think of anything the Gallery Master did wrong.

└Great Demon Rene: So it must be unavoidable that he took aim.

ㅇㅇ: You can only recommend once a day.

Nonagagara: On the contrary, she apologized while donating, and still got banned at the end. What a crazy girl.

└Nonagagara: For real, damn.

【Title: But I really didn’t think Rene was a woman】

【Posted by: Saint】

I was more surprised than when I found out she wasn’t a core part of the group.

【Likes: 0 / Dislikes: 0】

ㅇㅇ🔹: It’s so gay, lol

└Saint: ?

ㄹㅇㄴ: What you believe is the truth…

└Saint: What does that mean?

ㅇㅇ: lolololololol

ㅇㅇ: Just saying) The Gallery Master sometimes acts really feminine, it confuses me…

【Title: Uh, I didn’t mention this in the broadcast, but I’m taking a break tomorrow】

【Posted by: Rene🔸】

I’ll take a day off.

【Likes: 14 / Dislikes: 14】

ㅇㅇ🔹: ?!?!

└ㅇㅇ🔹: Don’t mess with me for real.

ㅇㅇ: Are you trying to declare war?!?

Oracion: Don’t freak out, just come later.

Great Demon Rene: I’m cold… I’m so cold… I’m cold… I’m cold… I’m cold…

Nore Rene No Life🔹: Is it really okay for someone who says they need to make money to just take a break??

ㅇㅇ: If the Gallery Master doesn’t show up tomorrow, I’ll drop tactical weaponry, ㅇㅇ

└Oracion: Someone ban this dude in advance.

└Dagurose🔹: Just forgive me this one time, teacher.

└ㅇㅇ🔹: Why are you taking it out on someone else, you crazy person?

└ㅇㅇ: Watching the unpaid slaves go nuts is pretty fun, lol

★

I decided to take a break from broadcasting tomorrow.

You might ask if it makes sense to rest when I can’t even earn properly, but isn’t it okay to take a day off?

There are things I need to think about.

Well, posting a break notice in the gallery brought out a storm of curses and various responses, but I had no intention of changing my decision.

And because of that, the Remagal started burning like crazy.

If I think there are around 20 Rebongi, then maybe about 15 use the gallery regularly, but the level of explosive reactions was unbelievable.

Thanks to that, the gallery turned chaotic, but well, the Paddaks will manage that, I guess.

That’s what I chose the Paddaks for… unpaid slaves, after all.

“Hmmm…”

Leaning back in my chair and looking up at the ceiling, a sigh escaped me as various thoughts welcomed me.

The first thought, of course, was money.

I need to make money.

And I need to make a lot of it.

Of course, for now, I’m somehow hanging in there.

But I can’t live my whole life on an income of about 500,000 won a month.

Since I’ve been given another chance to enjoy modern life, I don’t want to live a life where I tremble at the thought of eating just one chicken and sigh every time I check my bank account.

But the problem is, I can’t see a way out.

I just don’t know how I can escape my current situation; the answer eludes me.

Most part-time jobs end with me getting rejected at the document interviews, and even if I somehow reach the interview, it turns out to be meaningless.

In the end, the only thing I can do right now is broadcast.

If that’s the case, then I need to increase the viewers of my broadcast, and to increase the viewers, I must create a ‘reason for them to watch my broadcast.’

But how do I create that reason?

From the moment I thought about starting the broadcast until today, I’ve watched numerous other broadcasts whenever I’ve had free time.

From what’s often referred to as big companies to streams deemed as “low-end.”

And after watching those broadcasts, I thought… honestly, I have no clue what’s different.

Both the big company broadcasts and the low-end ones felt entertaining enough to me.

So why is it divided into big and low-end?

There must be a difference.

But I don’t know what that difference is.

I need to find that out so that my broadcast can also grow.

…Well, today through my broadcast, I did figure one thing out for certain.

When I do broadcasts where I just chat without much content, what’s called ‘Just Chatting,’ I need a background screen for that.

I can’t just keep using a blank black screen no matter what.

But how should I change that?

The best option would naturally be to use a cam, but as I already mentioned on broadcast, I have no intention of using a cam anytime soon.

There are quite a few streamers who don’t use a cam at all, so I guess I don’t have to worry about that.

“Well….”

And those broadcasts typically have some sort of picture set up… should I do something like that too?

If I were to go that route, what kind of picture would I use?

I’ve seen some cases where pictures move and stuff.

…As expected, there’s only one solution here.

1. Questions arise regarding internet broadcasting.

[Inquisition Officer: Tuni, are you there?]

2. Call Tuni.

What a flawless solution.

[Tuni: Sorry, I’m currently live, could I call you back later?]

[Inquisition Officer: Ah, understood]

Failed.

…Well, I’m not a child.

If I have things I don’t know, I can always find out by myself.

Thinking that way, I started watching broadcasts on Lyming while collecting information from the community.

★

“…VTuber?”

After spending nearly two hours figuring this out.

It seems that the broadcasts where I set up ‘moving pictures’ belong to a category known as VTubers.

It started in Japan, apparently, where a character in the picture is given a setting, and the broadcaster acts accordingly.

To summarize simply, it’s like playing an animated character during the broadcast.

[Huh… I, Natsuchan. We always say this every time… Ugh, ‘Next time, I definitely won’t play horror games!’ but… why does it always end up like this…? Ugh…]

[R-Right now, isn’t that something I should be asking Hikarin and Suzuhana?]

[H-Hold on, phew… Hyaaaaaaa?!]

[Kyaaaaaaa?!!!!]

[Uwaaaah…!!!]

And while watching the most popular VTubers, I made my determination.

I’m going to become a VTuber.

Well, this might be a Japanese VTuber video, but when I searched for VTuber on OnTube, this was the first video that popped up.

[Receiving a call from Tuni]

[📞 | ❌]

Anyway, while I was thinking that, Tuni called me on Miscode.

“Ah, hello….”

[Yes. You called, Rene? I’m sorry I couldn’t respond earlier because I was live.]

Honestly, when I contacted her earlier, I had this thought of ‘What if Tuni is avoiding me?’ but thankfully, there was no sign of that.

…If Bora saw this, she’d probably say something weird again.

But I’m in a position where I’m unilaterally asking for help from Tuni, so it’s not like I have any choice but to think that way.

Plus, Tuni has actually met me before…

Basically, I’m equipped with a negative mindset when it comes to human relationships.

“Um… I’m sorry for contacting you without knowing you were live…”

[Oh, it’s fine. I’m the one who said you could reach out anytime.]

“Thank you… um, I’ve made a resolution, you could say?”

[Oh, really?]

“Um, I’m thinking about challenging myself to become a VTuber.”

[…VTuber? You, Rene?]

“Oh, yes.”

Upon hearing my words, Tuni raised her voice as if she was quite shocked.

Being met with such an unexpected reaction filled me with unease.

“Is… is there something strange about it…?”

I wondered if there might be a reason for Tuni’s reaction.

After all, my research was based on very basic knowledge; there might be something I don’t know about.

[Oh, no. It’s not that at all… it’s just that I’m surprised Rene is actually planning to challenge being a VTuber.]

“Eh? What’s surprising?”

Is there really anything surprising?

I actually think it suits me perfectly.

My experiences are something that ordinary people can never understand.

Therefore, the actions stemming from those experiences might seem strange to others.

But if it’s pushed through as the VTuber setting?

It might instead be something usable as broadcast content.

[Uh, anyways, so you’re thinking about giving the VTuber side a go…?]

“Yeah. After looking into it, it seems pretty interesting to me.”

[…What even is this? Is it really a waste of talent?]

“Eh?”

[Oh, it’s nothing. Umm… After thinking about it, yeah, it does seem alright. Your antics could become one of the content possibilities.]

Tuni really gets it.

She knows exactly why I’m making this choice.

Of course, there’s another crucial reason apart from that.

“Also, I found out that male VTubers sometimes use female character illustrations. If I use that, then I could just say I’m a guy and it wouldn’t matter at all.”

That should definitely make it easier for me to fulfill my grand plans.

[…You haven’t given up on that yet?]

“…No.”

For a moment, I felt small under Tuni’s tone that seemed to question my intelligence, but I still stood firm.

Someday, Tuni would surely recognize that I was right.

…It has to be, right?

[…Well, if you’re set on that, then I don’t have a reason to stop you. Plus, VTubers have a surprisingly stable audience, so it should help grow the scale of your broadcasts too.]

Seeing Tuni say that, my plan seems solid.

[But there’s one problem, Rene.]

“…Yes? What problem?”

[…Rene, if you’re going to be a VTuber, you’ll obviously need a picture or illustration for your broadcasts, right?]

“That’s true.”

[That is referred to by a technical term as a panel… do you know the cost for that panel?]

C-Cost?

I had never really thought about that.

But it shouldn’t be more than around 50,000 won…

[It’s at least 500,000 won.]

“…What?”

[To guarantee proper quality, it’ll cost over a million won.]

“…What?”

[And there’s also a technique called Live2D that helps animate the illustrations, which will increase the costs even more.]

After hearing Tuni say this, I considered the money currently in my bank account.

“…I’ll give up.”

[That’s probably for the best.]

“Yeah…”

I calmly concluded.