The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

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【Virtual VTuber Gallery】

[Live Coverage] Breaking News: The Downfall of SerenadeKR Begins

(Scene of Laura killing Noa)

“Jungseok, you useless bastard, haha.”

“Of all people, why’d you have to mess with the Lady, haha.”

[Comments]

– He turned the most serious gamer into his enemy, an A-Grade Virgin, haha.

– Trying to save on the vaccine and got everyone killed, lol.

– Wait, Laura killed Noa?

ㄴ (Author) Yep.

ㄴ Why????

ㄴ (Author) Rion got infected, but Jungseok hid the vaccine.

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[Live Coverage] Am I the only one who finds Laura x Noa exciting?

(Highlight)

Noa just wanted to be closer to Laura, but Laura killed her, saying Rion was more precious to her. T-T

[Comments]

– Wasn’t this guy fawning over LauraShina last time?

– He really eats it all up, this filthy dog, haha.

– Guess this confirms Rion as the main love interest, right?

– Is Noa the defeated heroine?

– According to Annuna’s logic, Laura practically devoured Noa.

– Someone’s seriously addicted to shipping.

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“Isn’t giving the vaccine the right thing to do?”

After Laura left, Changyoung spoke up.

“EYEAI helped save Shina once, didn’t she? I think it’s only fair we help Rion, too.”

“My opinion differs. We should keep the vaccine strictly for ourselves,” Jungseok responded.

To be honest, Jungseok wasn’t particularly fond of Laura.

‘It took so much effort to build that safehouse.’

True, without Laura, they wouldn’t have accessed the bank. Thanks to Laura, they’d gained cash deposit and withdrawal rights.

But he figured that was something he could’ve obtained eventually.

Laura had merely expedited the process, but to demand the safehouse as payment for it seemed excessive, in Jungseok’s opinion.

‘We’re even, since she saved Shina.’

If Laura had taken the safehouse in exchange for saving Shina, then Jungseok felt they no longer owed each other anything.

After all, Shina’s predicament could partly be Laura’s doing.

If the base location hadn’t changed, perhaps Shina and Noa would’ve gathered supplies somewhere other than that mall.

In that sense, he thought Shina’s crisis might have been triggered by the butterfly effect of losing the safehouse to Laura.

With that reasoning, there was nothing left to give. Jungseok didn’t believe they owed it to Rion to hand over their precious vaccine.

“We only have one dose of the vaccine left, anyway. If we hand it over and one of us gets infected, then what? There’s no backup.”

‘Jungseok, this guy….’

Changyoung barely held back a sigh at Jungseok’s words.

He understood Jungseok’s reasoning, but it clashed with his own style.

Jungseok was calculated, pragmatic, and hated taking losses.

Perhaps he even saw this game, Aseosal, as a competitive game. If he gained something, he was determined to keep it for as long as possible, striving to maintain control over the game.

Changyoung, on the other hand, preferred not to play so calculatedly.

‘…Don’t get ahead of yourself.’

It was a motto Changyoung often lived by in his VTuber career.

Aurora was certainly arrogant.

But she had the right to be.

Wasn’t her whole character setup that of a villainous noblewoman exiled from the ducal family?

A bit of arrogance was just part of her roleplay. In fact, such a character made her even more appealing as a VTuber.

Plus, she was a female VTuber.

Although people might perceive it differently, Changyoung felt that female VTubers often entertained audiences through assertive personalities.

Conversely, male VTubers tended to be entertaining by responding to the assertiveness of female VTubers in a defensive manner.

This was especially true for Changyoung.

Especially since EYEAI was composed exclusively of female VTubers.

The fandom of EYEAI, though not as intense as Horizon Air’s, could still harbor negative sentiments toward male VTubers.

Therefore, he wanted to present himself as a giving person as much as possible.

“Oh? Wait. We have more than one vaccine?”

Then there was one person who hadn’t grasped the situation.

Mashina had a blank expression.

“…Why are you so behind?”

“Jungseok oppa was the one who farmed the vaccine. How am I supposed to know if we have one or two?”

“I told you we farmed two vaccines back then.”

“Did you…?”

“Sigh.”

Jungseok was exasperated.

“So, there was an extra vaccine, and you didn’t give it to Aurora?”

“Yes, as I said….”

“Hm….”

Shina barely stopped herself from speaking.

What she was about to say was just six words: “Wow, oppa, that was mean.”

Ordinarily, she would’ve said it, but the problem was they were on stream right now.

‘…If I’m not careful, Jungseok oppa will come off as a jerk.’

Whether Jungseok’s actions were actually right or wrong was beside the point; directly saying it could easily influence viewers to agree.

While Shina was quite an emotional person, she did have some streaming experience.

She understood the current situation.

She’d known for a long time that Jungseok and Changyoung had different styles. She was sure Changyoung disliked that Jungseok hadn’t given out the vaccine.

If they weren’t careful, the two might even end up fighting.

Frankly, she did think it was a shame to part with the vaccine.

But she also didn’t like the idea of ignoring Aurora, who’d helped her.

‘I really don’t like it….’

She couldn’t stand Aurora.

It was annoying how that rookie kept getting under her skin. She was so disrespectful for a junior.

But she still felt they should help Aurora.

However,

“Okay, I get it. But I gotta go pick some flowers!”

“…What? Flowers?”

“I mean, I’m going to the restroom! To pee! I’m off to pee!!!”

– Could you phrase that differently, lol.

– You’re actually not a girl, are you?

– Stop yelling that, you little rascal, haha.

– Why do we always have to be embarrassed on her behalf?

– Mashina’s got zero shame, huh.

“Why can’t you ever be moderate…. Just hurry back.”

It was slightly awkward, but Shina left the room. Under the guise of going to the bathroom, she planned to move her avatar elsewhere.

She needed some time to think.

She wanted to help Aurora, but the problem was that Aurora was with a different company.

Meanwhile, Jungseok was her colleague from the same agency.

They’d be seeing each other for a long time.

She felt like a private stuck between a sergeant and a corporal.

It was that awkward feeling of weighing, “I outrank her”, against, “You and I still have another year to serve together in the army.”

‘Ugh… What should I do?’

It looked like Jungseok and Changyoung were subtly at odds, and it wouldn’t look good to openly side with either.

“It’s said that if you’re unsure, staying quiet can save you half the trouble, but in this case, my conscience would never let me. And with this being broadcasted, I had to tread carefully.”

‘Fine, let’s help Aurora.’

After a bit of deliberation, I reached a conclusion.

‘Since this is all on stream anyway, what good would hiding the vaccine do?’

Better to avoid being called ungrateful and face the criticism head-on.

Once Noa got back, I’d join forces with her to back Changyoung. That way, I could sway things toward giving up the vaccine.

─Or so I thought,

“By the way, why isn’t Noa back yet?”

Puzzled, I checked my smartwatch.

【’SerenadeKR’ Group Survivor Status (3/4)】

【Jungseok】

【Choi Changyoung】

【Elenoa (Deceased)】

【Mashina】

“…Huh?”

Deceased?

And in that very moment──a sharp pain struck my back.

“Ugh, uuuuugh!”

I tried to scream, but my mouth was covered before I could.

“Please, no screaming. A lady should behave modestly.”

A breath whispered past my ear.

It was a voice I could never forget.

I couldn’t see her face, but I was certain. Aurora was right behind me.

Stabbing me in the back, no less.

“Aurora… what the hell….”

“I came to take the vaccine.”

“Ugh….”

I held my breath.

She already knew we had two doses of the vaccine….

“Wait… you’re killing me over a vaccine…?”

“Yes, I am. Is there a problem with that?”

“Are you insane…? Does it make sense to kill someone over a vaccine?”

“Let me put it another way. If you have the means to save someone but choose to ignore it, isn’t that a form of killing, too?”

“Huh…?”

“You’re the ones who wanted to kill over the vaccine first, aren’t you?”

Could it really be seen that way…?

For some reason, her words made sense, and I couldn’t help but agree.

I wasn’t equipped to argue back with Laura’s level of rhetoric…!

“And by the way, Shina, your life.”

A cold sensation pressed against my neck.

The blade that had pierced my back was now resting against my throat.

“I saved your life, didn’t I? So, you could at least say your life belongs to me.”

“That’s nonsense….”

“Oh my, aren’t you the one speaking nonsense? So tell me, do you truly think your life is entirely your own?”

With that, Laura pressed the knife even closer to my throat.

Blood was dripping from my back, steadily depleting in real time.

Was it from the blood loss? I felt myself slipping into a hazy state, like a child slowly falling asleep in a mother’s arms.

Thanks to the game’s sensory adjustment system, I wasn’t in pain, but Laura was right.

Even if I wanted to live, it wasn’t something I could achieve by my own will.

Laura already had me completely restrained; I couldn’t survive by my own strength.

Not even ending my life by my own hand was possible. Apparently, even biting one’s tongue doesn’t lead to instant death.

In this moment──my life belonged to Laura.

Whether I lived or died was entirely up to her.

“…Fine. Do as you like.”

I surrendered.

Maybe it was too absurd to be taken seriously, but somehow, I found myself laughing.

“Thank you for being so willing to die.”

─Thud!

Laura’s blade plunged into my throat.

Her final words were something you’d expect from a psychopath, if not worse….

‘…Whatever.’

It wasn’t like this was my first time dying to Aurora.

In some strange way, I had already resigned myself to this outcome.

Yeah. Maybe it was better to just let it happen than to be the bad guy.

In that sense, maybe dying here wasn’t the worst thing, I thought.

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[General Chat] Isn’t this basically a confession?

“I saved your life, didn’t I?”

“So, you could at least say your life belongs to me.”

“So, tell me, do you truly think your life is entirely your own?”

“Fine. Do as you like.”

From a Healthy Yandere to a Murder Yandere, lol.

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Or at least, that’s how it felt until I saw the posts in the community.