The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

【Party Playtime】 #1 I’m going to visit the toy factory with Laura 【Ayanokouji Sora/EYEAI】

[Ugh, what is this… Sora and Laura are streaming…?]

EYEAI 3rd generation member Tanabe Ainatsu said in a drunken voice.

[I wanted to chat with the 6th generation members… Can I call you, senior?]

“…The girls are streaming right now. Please restrain yourself.”

Rinco replied with a sigh.

Tanabe Ainatsu.

She was a well-known drunkard at EYEAI.

Almost every time she turned on her stream, she was drinking.

It was to the point where one would think she drank alcohol instead of water.

It was undoubtedly an unhealthy lifestyle, but Ainatsu hadn’t quit drinking even once in the three years she’d been a VTuber.

She had even caught the eye of a beer company and landed an advertisement deal. Just as Napoleon’s dictionary had no word for ‘surrender,’ it seemed Ainatsu’s dictionary had no word for ‘sobriety.’

However, drinking during the daytime during the Chuseok holiday was a bit much.

【Drunken Stream】 No plans for Chuseok, so I’ll just drink~~~~【Tanabe Ainatsu/EYEAI】

While many VTubers from EYEAI had returned to their hometowns, Ainatsu turned on her stream.

In a way, it was admirable professionalism. There were viewers who wanted to relax and watch VTuber streams during the holidays, so there was a demand for Ainatsu’s stream.

…But did it really have to be daytime drinking?

-[All my fellow VTubers went home…, I’m lonely…, boohoo…]

-[Why is there no one to hang out with…? If I’d known, I would’ve gotten a boyfriend…]

-[Isn’t there anyone online at the company…? I should start calling them one by one…]

About 20 minutes ago, in her drunken state, she had called Rinco on Discord.

Since then, Rinco had been half-forced into keeping her company.

“Also, isn’t their collab restriction still in place?”

[The restriction’s been lifted… I can call them now, heh…]

“Still, don’t call them…”

Rinco said, starting to feel uneasy.

To which,

[Then can I at least watch their stream at the same time?]

She asked.

***

Party Playtime.

It’s a horror game about surviving in a closed-down toy factory.

With its unique concept of using rocket hands for puzzles, it was quite refreshing, and since the puzzle parts and horror parts were clearly separated, it was a game even beginners could enjoy.

(The enemies, with a few exceptions) weren’t that terrifying in appearance, making it fairly approachable.

And Sora cleared Chapter 1 in about 40 minutes.

“…Chapter 1 was really short.”

Sora sounded incredulous.

“Yeah, it is.”

I nodded in agreement.

Chapter 1 was more like a tutorial. It wasn’t long, and the horror sections were brief.

Though it was praised for being short but intense, once you took away the jump scares, it wasn’t all that difficult. It was mostly about memorizing the route.

‘If it were Anna, it probably would’ve taken longer.’

Anna was a big scaredy-cat, after all.

Compared to her, Sora wasn’t that easily frightened. She got startled by the jump scares, but thanks to her experience with Darkness Deception, she adapted quickly.

“It’s over too soon. Should I continue to Chapter 2?”

Sora glanced at me as she asked.

Since she was streaming from my place and not her own, it seemed like she wanted my opinion.

What should we do?

Chapter 1 alone felt a bit underwhelming, so it did seem right to do something more.

Continuing with Chapter 2, as Sora suggested, sounded good, or we could even play through Chapter 3 while we were at it. Otherwise, playing a different game with Sora could also be fun.

Ring, ring.

Just as I was pondering, a Discord call notification rang.

“Oh? Ainatsu-senior is calling us?”

Sora showed me the monitor and said.

“It seems she’s contacting us during her stream.”

A few viewers in the chat mentioned that Ainatsu had been drinking in the afternoon.

I opened the AItube app on my phone and, sure enough, she was streaming a drunken broadcast.

“What should we do? Should we answer?”

“You’re asking a foolish question. We can’t just ignore a call from a senior, can we?”

“True… You do say some sensible things sometimes.”

What did she think I was, exactly?

In any case, Sora accepted Ainatsu’s call.

[Helloo~.]

…You could practically smell the alcohol through her voice.

“Ah, hello, Ainatsu-senior.”

[No need to be so tenseee~.]

“I’m streaming with Laura right now, so our voices are being heard by the viewers.”

[I knooow. We were just watching your stream, after all.]

“What? You were watching?”

[We were watching at the same timeee. Sora, you were like a mom. Can I call you mom?]

-Someone take this drunk home lololol

-Sora could be my mom too

-We bid first for the mom title

-Why are you trying to steal our mom?

-I get why Laura’s mom is attractive

-Mom… Don’t abandon me…

[Mom~, pat me. Pat meee!]

Ainatsu, her speech slurred, began saying something unintelligible.

[Society is harsh, you know. I wanna return to mom’s arms~. Waaaah!]

“…….”

-Is this… a senior?

-Top pick by Forbes for the most anticipated woman after sobering up

-lololol scarier than Party Playtime

-The real horror game was here

-This is seriously terrifying…

-Sora’s face just froze lol

-Sorry about our drunk lol

Sora glanced at me, her expression saying, ‘What do we do?’

With no choice, I pulled the mic towards me.

“Hello, Ainatsu-senior. I’m Aurora, the 6th generation member who joined recently.”

[Oh, it’s Laura, Laura! Do you wanna be my mom too?]

“I’m honored to become your mother, Ainatsu-senior. So from now on, since you’re my daughter, I can drop the formalities, right?”

[Yes! Mom!]

“Hmm.”

A formidable opponent.

Stronger than anyone I’ve faced before. Truly, a senior.

“So, what’s the reason you called?”

[Well! I wanted to chat with the 6th generation members! Mom, I’m lonely. All my fellow members have left, and I want to go back inside mom’s womb.]

“I see. But if you go back inside, won’t I end up heavily pregnant? I’d better give birth quickly.”

[Nooo! I don’t wanna be born! I wanna stay inside your womb for a thousand years, never being born!]

“But if you’re not born, I can’t get the childbirth allowance, and that’s how you show filial piety.”

-I’m losing it lololol

-This conversation is out of this world lololol

-No chance of any boyfriend drama between these two lolol

-Unicorns: This is a bit much;;

-Why watch disaster movies when this is the real disaster?

[…Laura, don’t push yourself too hard handling this drunk.]

While I was talking with Ainatsu, a new voice chimed in.

“Oh, Rinco-senior.”

[Don’t be so formal. Anyway, Ainatsu’s had a bit too much to drink… I apologize on her behalf. Sorry about this.]

“No, it’s actually quite fun.”

[…Fun?]

Rinco sounded surprised.

***

‘…It must be just for politeness.’

What’s the difference between being called ‘mom’ by a drunk senior at work and this? Laura and Sora must have been quite taken aback.

But seeing how they calmly played along, I had to admit it was impressive.

…Was it really calm?

The conversation did take a rather strong turn with phrases like ‘pregnancy’ and ‘childbirth allowance.’

Still, not openly showing discomfort in front of seniors was commendable.

I heard there was some controversy at Laura’s debut, but seeing how she overcame it, she must have a strong mental fortitude.

Unlike myself.

Emotional strength.

What Kisaki Rinco lacked, it seemed Aurora possessed.

“Are you not going anywhere for Chuseok?”

Even though they were streaming, I wanted to ask. I should tell them to stop dealing with a drunkard like me and go back to their stream.

As a senior, that’s what I should say, but I couldn’t help but hold onto Laura.

I wanted to talk, and confirm something.

Maybe… to break free from my own shackles.

[Both Sora and I don’t have any special plans, so we’re streaming.]

“I see. …There was an announcement for Fantasy League recently. Did you see it?”

I couldn’t help but ask.

[Yes, I saw it.]

“What do you think? Any plans to participate?”

[Not really.]

Laura replied calmly.

It seemed she had no particular thoughts about it. It felt like she lacked the ambition to join the tournament.

A VTuber with no ambition, huh?

Maybe she’s doing well in real life.

‘Now that I think about it, wasn’t it Rion who brought Laura in?’

I heard that Laura didn’t want to become a VTuber on her own but joined because of Leon’s recommendation.

For Laura, VTubing might be more of a hobby. If she’s just casually engaging in it, she likely doesn’t have any specific goals she wants to achieve as a VTuber.

“You must have heard, but I participated in the league last year. I got completely crushed by a pro gamer named MadMask, though.”

Rinco spoke a bit disjointedly.

At the same time, she thought about what Laura’s desires might be.

Looking at Laura’s past activities, she seemed to genuinely enjoy games.

Maybe beating someone in a game is what Laura desires, Rinco speculated.

“MadMask is a pro gamer from Korea who plays in China. There’s a strong Chinese team called SVG, and MadMask is part of it.”

[I see.]

“MadMask is especially known for being good at Trickster, but I couldn’t beat him even once.”

Last year, Rinco was given the role of holding back MadMask.

The plan was for Rinco to stall MadMask while her team defeated the rest of the enemy, but she couldn’t fulfill her role.

It was a painful memory.

But when she spoke about it in a cheerful voice, it felt more like a fond memory.

“If you enter the tournament, you’ll get to fight pro gamers. Does that not interest you?”

[That’s a cheap tactic, senior.]

Ainatsu said in her slurred voice.

[If a senior says something like that, no junior can say no! That’s a total boomer move. Whether or not to join the tournament should be Laura’s decision, not yours, senior~.]

“…Well, that’s…”

[Don’t bully our mom! Even if you’re a senior, bullying our mom is outrageous, outrageous! You got that?]

“…….”

Rinco thought it would be nice if Ainatsu could either stick to making sense or spouting nonsense—just pick one.

She was a bit irritated by the drunkard calling her out.

“…Do I really seem like a boomer?”

[No. It was a very interesting story.]

“Well, that’s a relief….”

Rinco sighed once and then, intentionally, shifted the conversation towards Sora.

Ainatsu occasionally spouted drunken nonsense, and after about 20 minutes of chatting, Rinco let Laura and Sora go.

[Then I guess I’ll end my stream too. I’m sleepy, so I’ll go to bed….]

Ainatsu ended her stream as well.

A lonely silence settled in, and Rinco leaned back against her chair.

“I don’t know… I just want to get overthrown already.”

That might make things easier.

There wasn’t much time left.

She just had to hold on until then.