I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work-Chapter 139
Cheon Do-hee, who had been watching the stream, barely had time to process Magia’s sudden departure before receiving a message from her.
[Gia Manager: Boss]
[Gia Manager: If the members ask, could you tell them I really left the game because of work?]
She knew Magia wouldn’t cause any real trouble even if she made up an excuse.
But there was always a what if, and since she was technically the boss, it was only right to play the part.
[Me: What are you planning?]
[Gia Manager: Just in case, I pre-installed one more mod.]
[Gia Manager: I’m gonna throw them into a bit of chaos.]
[Gia Manager: Not for too long, just until they get reset and sent back to the starting area.]
[Gia Manager: Now’s the perfect time, since they’re starting to think the game is too easy.]
Magia mentioned a mod that hadn’t been reported in advance.
But rather than feeling caught off guard or betrayed, Do-hee was surprised for an entirely different reason.
‘Wait... she actually hasn’t done anything yet?’
Do-hee knew about the doppelgänger monster.
And considering it was Magia, she had naturally assumed that, without needing any prompting, she would’ve already been mimicking it to throw the members into disarray.
The reason she hadn’t worried about game balance was because she trusted Magia to stir up enough chaos on her own.
That explained it.
She had thought the playthrough was going unusually smoothly.
[Me: Do whatever you want.]
[Me: I honestly thought you were already up to something.]
[Gia Manager: I assumed they’d keep dying even without me messing around.]
[Gia Manager: But they’re actually playing better than I expected.]
[Gia Manager: And I didn’t feel like pulling any pranks directly.]
[Gia Manager: That would just draw too much attention to me.]
Still, Do-hee understood why Magia had been holding back.
Back in Wicker Town, her assigned role had been an essential part of the game.
If she had slacked off, she would’ve gotten flamed, so she took it seriously.
But this time, in the Black Warning collab, there was no need for her to go all out.
She had deliberately stayed in the background, shifting the spotlight onto the members instead.
[Gia Manager: Anyway, that’s why I’m letting you know.]
[Gia Manager: Just use the work excuse and pretend you don’t know anything.]
[Me: But isn’t your stream still on? Won’t they hear everything?]
[Gia Manager: I have ways.]
She had even prepared for that.
[Me: Then, sure. Do whatever you want.]
[Me: Everyone knows you’ve been busy lately.]
[Me: Just don’t overuse my excuse. You can use it twice, max.]
[Gia Manager: Got it.]
After sending off Gia, Do-hee casually checked Dora’s chat.
— Wow, this is too easy.
— Did the scaredy-cats really get that much of a buff from the double damage?
— Things might change when they reach mid- and high-tier planets.
— Please, let them get wrecked. Please, let them get crushed. Please.
— If they just breeze through to the high-tier planets, this’ll be so boring.
Clearly, it wasn’t just Do-hee—everyone felt the same way.
The game was going way too smoothly.
There was no better timing for Magia to step in.
That way, things would get a little more dramatic, the members would suffer more, and they’d have to pay for their hubris after smugly calling the game easy.
...Though, it was likely that "a little more dramatic" was an understatement.
Since Magia had been holding back this long, she was bound to make up for it tenfold.
But that was just because the members hadn’t suffered enough at her hands yet.
They’d soon realize that provoking the devil while it was lying low was a death wish.
“Good luck, guys....”
***
With Magia absent, the second week continued.
By the time they had cleared two out of three in-game workdays, the members were just about to earn enough to buy a mid-tier planet license.
They had been lucky—no particularly difficult monsters had spawned, so everyone was feeling happy and carefree.
“Are we actually good at this game?”
“I just got a really bad feeling the second you said that.”
“Why? It’s true. Even Dora suddenly became a god of war and started shredding monsters.”
“Hehe~. Am I that good~?”
“Yes. Very impactful charge. Dora’s greatest life achievement.”
“...That being my greatest achievement is kinda sad....”
On top of that, they were proud of playing a horror game decently well, even without Gia.
If Magia had been here?
She would’ve just said:
That’s because I’ve been playing the porter.
If you were alone, it wouldn’t have been this easy.
You’d be stuck in a 0-credit relay, getting fired over and over.
You cowards.
...That’s probably what she would’ve said.
But look at them now!
They had proven themselves!
Even without porter Magia, they were holding their own and qualifying for the mid-tier planets!
[Komari: Gia’s gonna take a bit longer.]
[Komari: Should we go ahead?]
[Dora: If we stop now, it’ll mess with the momentum. Let’s keep going.]
[Maru: Yeah, let’s just go for it.]
After exchanging opinions over TalkCord, the members immediately dove into the third and final day of week two—the last step toward earning their mid-tier license.
And the randomly selected planet was...
[Planet: NWE-554]
[90% of the year is spent in darkness. This planet is home to highly sound-sensitive creatures.]
— Holy shit.
— Oh, here we go. LOL
— Been waiting for this planet to pop up.
— Do not farm late into the night. LOL
— If they clear this easily, I’m gonna be so disappointed.
Dora, seeing the audience’s reaction, looked confused.
“Huh...? What’s on this planet? Why are the Hatchlings so excited...?”
— Ahem. Hehehe.
— Nothing, nothing. LOL
— Just hurry up and go.
— It’s fine, MOM doesn’t need to know~!
— LOL~
“This is suspicious. Guys, let’s be careful. Something’s up.”
“Got it, checking.”
“Nice briefing, Dora.”
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Maybe because they were on edge, they searched the ruins until nightfall, but nothing happened.
In fact, they even found their first fan character plushies, securing not only the mid-tier license but also enough funds to stock up on weapons and tasers for future planets.
Dora, now brimming with confidence from bashing in monsters’ heads, smirked.
“What? That was nothing. You guys were just trying to scare me, weren’t you? Typical Hatchlings being babies.”
Rain, getting way too overconfident, was now recklessly sprinting through the dark ruins.
The low-tier monsters weren’t that fast.
Even if they chased, they were slow enough to run away from.
So, sprinting around recklessly like Rain wasn’t even that dangerous.
“Kihehe! Everyone chill. Nothing special!”
But the chat’s reaction was exactly the same as before.
— They’re about to get a real taste of chill sauce~.
— She’s gonna Chill so hard. LOL
— Forget chilling, she’s about to get shotgun Chilled. LOL
— Acting cocky like this always leads to disaster~
Seeing that, Rain ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) got irritated.
“Hey, hey, hey. Cut it out, Puddles. We’re not that dumb, okay? If nothing’s happened yet, then there’s nothing to happen. Gia’s not even here—everything’s fine! We’re going to the mid-tier planet!”
At that exact moment, the in-game clock hit 18:00.
And suddenly—
A strange, metallic, bone-chilling roar rang out.
[KEEEAAAARRGGHHHHH—.]
It sounded like a giant dinosaur mixed with static.
A noise that clearly signaled that a monster had arrived.
— LOL
— IT’S TIME.
— I told you not to farm late. LOL
— Goodbye.
— Hope you had fun while it lasted.
— Now, off to the starting village~.
Rain was still full of confidence, puffing herself up.
“What’s with the fuss? What even is that? Puddles, if you wanna die so bad, at least tell me why.”
— You’ll know when you experience it.
— Don’t tell her anything. LOL
— TEN-HIT COMBO!!!! Do you know?! Do you know?! If you don’t know, you have to learn the hard way!!!
— It’s fine, sis. Just charge in. It’s totally fine.
— Hey, you’re doing great, keep going.
— Chill, bro.
The mischievous fans refused to reveal the answer.
But considering the rumors that this might be Magia’s last stream, a flood of viewers had swarmed in, bringing today’s broadcast to a total of nearly 100,000 viewers across five channels.
It would’ve been strange if no one had broken the rules.
Some were willing to risk getting banned.
Some hadn’t read the chat guidelines.
And, of course, there was always that one person who just had to explain things.
:: An anonymous donor has gifted 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: It’s the Cursed Wolfhound, and it’s fucking huge. If you make a sound, it’ll hear you and follow you. Be careful. ::
— Ah
— Awo
— No, shi1bal;
— You’re banned
— Ah, you have zero awareness
The person explaining got instantly pay-banned, but Rain still absorbed the information.
“Babies! Don’t make a sound! There’s a monster that follows noises!”
“Really?!”
“Shhh, shhh! This might be dangerous too...!”
“...Mmmph!”
Four members emerged from the ruins, carrying heaps of scrap metal. They immediately shut their mouths and carefully moved toward the flat terrain where the spaceship was docked.
As they stepped into the open field, the members finally saw what the monster was.
Despite the planet being dimly lit and overgrown with vegetation, a massive black silhouette huffed and stomped around. There was nothing more terrifying than that.
Even worse, its footsteps were heavy—thud, thud.
The sheer weight of its body was undeniable.
The members, their voices now reduced to mere whispers, exchanged words.
But the howling planetary winds drowned out most of it.
“...!”
“!!”
“! ! ...!”
“......! ?!”
— Still no clue
— Rn, nobody knows until the ship takes off
— Please, Doggo, hear the sound
Ironically, while the donation-comment backseater got banned for being clueless, the wolfdog in the game had impeccable streaming instincts.
It strutted around, and of all places, it decided to block the exact path leading to the spaceship.
“...!”
“!!”
The members nodded at each other, gesturing to turn back.
Viewers were praying, "Please, please get caught," when—
“Hwaaang!!”
From the very rear.
A loud noise came from Dora’s direction.
It was a scream, the kind Dora often let out in horror games.
Everyone turned their heads in shock, but Dora flailed her hands, shaking her head—"It wasn’t me!"
As three people turned their heads back forward, the wolfdog was already charging at them like a lunatic.
“Run!!”
[Screeeech!]
The massive beast lunged—BANG!
Dora, who hadn’t managed to dodge, was smacked right in the jaw by the wolfdog and went soaring through the air.
“Huaaaang...!”
— LMAO
— She’s flying
— Goodbye ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Dora, dead.
Maru, at the front, saw it happen and shouted.
“Just run to the spaceship! Hurry!!”
“What the fuck? Was Dora given a command? A mission? What just happened?!”
“It’s looking this way! Dodge sideways while keeping an eye on it!!”
The wolfdog, after launching Dora, turned around in an instant and resumed chasing the scrambling members.
Komari and Rain managed to change directions and survived.
But Maru, paralyzed by fear, didn’t hear Komari telling her to dodge.
Of course—THWACK!
“Aaaaugh!”
— LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
— This is it, this is peak content ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
— Beyond the infinite space!
Maru, too, went flying and was eliminated.
In the blink of an eye, two of the four were dead.
However, since the wolfdog had charged past the spaceship, the path was now clear.
Rain and Komari, who had ended up on opposite sides of its rampage, exchanged glances and nodded.
“...!”
“!!”
Get on the spaceship.
Once onboard, they could jump to a mid-tier planet.
Why?
Even if they lost all the items they scavenged, Komari still had her Leaf Doll.
With a single fan-character plushie, they could afford a license and have money left over.
But in their rush, they didn’t realize something.
Dora had screamed earlier but hadn’t understood why. She had flailed her hands in confusion.
The two of them crept forward in silence, carefully parting the thick undergrowth.
“Guys... I-I’m not dead yet. Take me with you! Don’t leave me behind!”
Suddenly, Maru’s voice came from behind Komari.
The wolfdog, which had already run past toward the spaceship, let out a deep growl.
“What? Maru’s still alive?”
“Fuck! No! Maru is already dead! That’s a Jangsanbeom! Don’t fall for it!”
“You fucking kidding me. This is insane.”
— Wait, that’s a Jangsanbeom?
— Huh? They never mentioned that before?
— ????
ROOOOAR!
The wolfdog thundered forward again, narrowly missing Komari as she swiftly dodged sideways.
“...Daaamn.”
But they were so close to the spaceship now.
Just a little farther.
Just board the ship and press the launch button.
As long as they could transport the doll, they could make it to the mid-tier planet...
But Komari’s desperate wish didn’t come true.
“You’re horrible! Don’t leave me! Don’t abandon me! Please take me with you! I’m scared! I don’t want to stay here alone! Save me! Save me! Aaaaahhhhhhh!!”
A sudden, bloodcurdling scream came from the spaceship.
It triggered the hidden wolfdogs lurking in the undergrowth, sending them charging out.
In no time, three wolfdogs had gathered around the spaceship.
It was now a death trap.
“Shit... ah, shit...!”
The spaceship was set to auto-launch at midnight.
They had to clear a path somehow.
But ahead of them, the wolfdogs, lured by the scream, were ramming into the spaceship, growling nonstop.
“Aaaaah! Kyaaah! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!!”
The first wolfdog that had previously run past Komari suddenly changed course and joined in on the ramming frenzy.
It was impossible to slip through that mess.
Trying would only get them sent flying, just like the other two.
— ???
— What the hell is going on ㅋㅋㅋ
— That’s not a Jangsanbeom, is it? ㅋㅋ
— Did they add a new mod or something?
— What is this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The viewers were starting to catch on, and so did Komari.
Doppelgängers in the game could only mimic recorded lines.
But these screams...
No one in the game had ever said them before.
If they had split up, she might’ve doubted herself.
But they had all been together.
Someone was messing with the game.
And there was only one person who could do that—
The one who installed today’s game and mods.
Magia.
Bracing herself for death, Komari yelled.
“Gia! I know it’s you! Come out right now!”
— Of course, it’s Magia, right?
— Is it, though?
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— Magia’s not even in the game rn?
Just then, the wolfdogs near the spaceship lunged, sending Komari flying into the sky.
But upon dying, she was met by Maru and Dora, who had already been spectating as ghosts.
What they told her was shocking.
“Hey, that’s not Gia. Gia hasn’t been doing anything in the stream.”
“What?”
— Huh?
— Wait, what?
— Yeah, she left the game before it even started.
Komari quickly opened Magia’s stream.
Sure enough, Gia was just sitting in the game lobby, doing nothing.
And, just as chat had said, Magia had left the game before it even began.
She had told the CEO she had work to do.
“...Isn’t the screen fake?”
“I asked the boss. She’s really working.”
Then who...
Who had been speaking this whole time?
Dora’s frightened whisper spread panic across the chat.
“I... I’m actually really scared now...”
— Hiiiiiik
— WTF ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
— I’ve never seen a mod like this before
— What the shi1bal this is terrifying
— Mom, help ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
— I need to change my pants...
— Kkyyaaaaaaaaaak
