I'd Wanted to See This Reaction from You Guys for a Long Time

I'd Wanted to See This Reaction from You Guys for a Long Time

"Mosimosi, can you hear me?" Yuuka's voice appeared in the livestream.

[We can hear you! Are you feeling better today, Yuuka?]

[We were all worried about you yesterday.]

Before Zhao Yu could say anything, the Bullet Screen had already started talking to Yuuka in Japanese.

Zhao Yu was not surprised, though. This bunch had long since been wrapped around Yuuka's finger, each of them acting as if they had been pumped full of adrenaline.

"Thank you all for your concern. I made everyone worry yesterday."

Yuuka had already opened Zhao Yu's livestream and could naturally see the Bullet Screen. Somewhat embarrassed, she apologized to the viewers.

"Um... if I speak too fast, will you have trouble understanding? Should I slow down a little?"

With so many people showing concern for her, Yuuka had come to see the viewers as friends too, and naturally began worrying that they might not have time to translate what she said.

"It's fine, don't worry, Yuuka," Zhao Yu suddenly said.

"Recently, the platform gave me some software that can convert what you say into subtitles in real time."

Since Fish platform had been willing to upgrade Zhao Yu's contract, they naturally understood what viewers cared most about when coming to his livestream. So they had immediately arranged real-time translation software for his channel.

"In other words, starting today, the fan subtitle group can retire," Zhao Yu said as he looked at the translations in the Bullet Screen.

[??? We're getting laid off after only working for a few days?]

[I'm dying, the fastest unemployment arc for a subtitle group.]

[Man, what can I say?]

"Wow! That's amazing! China's software can actually do something like that?" Yuuka sounded surprised.

"How should I put it... with enough money, no problem is really a problem." Zhao Yu shrugged helplessly.

Fish platform was fairly loaded these days. Software like this was child's play for them.

"Even though translations aren't needed anymore, I'm still very grateful for everyone's efforts. Thank you!" Yuuka did not overlook the subtitle group's previous hard work just because translation software was now available. Instead, she sincerely thanked them.

[Waaah, I'm crying! She's literally a little angel!]

[Actually, we didn't really do much. We usually had nothing better to do anyway.]

[That said, I've always been curious—why is the fan subtitle group so fast? Before, you were practically keeping up with real-time translation.]

[Don't underestimate the typing speed of people who've been deep in the anime scene for years!]

[So strong and powerful!]

[Private study, consumes oil, has strength.]

Zhao Yu's mouth twitched as he watched the Bullet Screen interact. Sometimes, he had no choice but to admire these people—they always had some bizarre talents.

"What are we doing today? Lord Yu, are we playing games or doing something else?" Yuuka asked.

She had finished reviewing early today, so she still had plenty of time.

"Let's play games again. If we just keep chatting, everyone will probably get bored," Zhao Yu said after thinking for a moment.

[IG Awesome: I have an idea. Want to consider it?]

A conspicuous Bullet Screen message floated past Zhao Yu's eyes. As the top spender in the livestream, Zhao Yu did care quite a bit about this patron's opinion.

"Does Boss IG Awesome have a good idea? Go ahead and tell us."

[IG Awesome: It's like this. I saw someone on Bilibili made a fan animation of you two. Want to watch it?]

Huh? It had only been how long? Aside from clip compilations, there were already fan animations? Zhao Yu was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, neither he nor Yuuka was an anime character or a virtual idol, so why would someone make a fan animation of them?

"A fan animation? I'm suddenly a little curious..." Yuuka's voice came through.

The translation software worked both ways, and the livestream's Bullet Screen was now displayed on-screen in both languages, so Yuuka understood as well.

"If that's the case, let's take a look. Brothers, what do you think?" Zhao Yu asked.

[Also curious.]

[I've never seen real people turned into a fan animation before.]

[Let's watch it together. Anyway, when you play games, we just want to hear Yuuka talk.]

Damn, this bunch really was... Zhao Yu shook his head helplessly, opened the browser, and entered Bilibili.

"Do you have the ID? I'll just search the ID directly," Zhao Yu asked.

[IG Awesome: The ID is 114514.]

"Alright, got it." Zhao Yu nodded and entered the ID into the search bar.

After waiting for a moment, two beautifully drawn characters appeared on the screen.

One was a girl with medium-length hair, dressed in casual clothes and a pleated skirt, sitting in a chair reviewing her lessons. The other was a boy with tousled hair, wearing headphones as he livestreamed.

The two seemed to be separated by an invisible wall, standing at opposite ends of the image.

Damn! This had some real substance! Zhao Yu was drawn in by the cover alone.

Though they had been turned into 2D characters, the Yuuka in the drawing was still seventy percent similar to the Yuuka in the photos from real life.

And as for his own character design...

"Pretty well drawn. It's already got seventy percent of my handsomeness," Zhao Yu commented, stroking his chin.

[??? Have you no shame?]

[Whose piss is yellow? Go wake him up with it.]

"When have I ever lied? Go check the Sound platform—you'll find videos of me showing my face there," Zhao Yu retorted.

He had never shown his face during his streams before. He had originally planned to do it after reaching 100,000 followers, but his sudden rise to fame on the Sound platform had ruined that plan.

"What's wrong? Nothing to say now? Am I not handsome?" Zhao Yu grinned smugly at the silent Bullet Screen.

[To be fair, he really is handsome.]

[Just a little worse than us Daniel Wus and Edison Chens.]

Though the Bullet Screen did not want to admit it, they could not bring themselves to call him ugly.

"Hahaha, I still prefer it when you guys are all unruly and defiant." Laughing, Zhao Yu started playing the hand-drawn video.

A soothing melody began to play. The first thing that appeared was a 2D version of Yuuka, wandering aimlessly through her school alone.

"I hate this city. It's full of memories I want to forget..."

A line of small text appeared in the middle of the screen.

"Repeating the same boring days, day after day, until..."

The scene changed. Yuuka returned home and, by a twist of fate, opened a companion gaming website.

Next came audio clips from their livestream highlights. Yuuka's famously silly bowing scene had also been recreated in the hand-drawn video.

"Ugh... It really feels so embarrassing seeing it like this." Yuuka, who was watching the video, suddenly flushed bright red.

The hand-drawn video continued, quickly reaching some of their more ambiguous conversations.

"It's okay. I'm here to play games with Tyou-san. As long as you're happy, I'll be happy too."

"Having Tyou-san around really makes me feel safe..."

"It's not childish! Adults need heroes too!"

"Yuuka is really cute..."

Their conversations kept alternating with clips from the hand-drawn video. Somehow, a pink, ambiguous atmosphere began to fill the entire livestream.

Zhao Yu suddenly felt his heart beating a little faster. Flustered, he picked up the glass beside him and took a sip, but his throat still felt unbearably dry.

Soon, it reached the part where Yuuka vented her emotions. On the screen, Yuuka looked utterly dejected, curled up in the corner of her room.

Meanwhile, Zhao Yu began singing "Fairy Tale Town," as though he were comforting Yuuka.

At last, a passage of text appeared on the screen.

"Yuuka, what's your name?"

"Just call me Yuuka."

"Then, you can call me Lord Yu."

At the end, separated by an invisible wall, the two reached out to each other, their faces full of smiles.

"Please take care of me from now on."

The video ended, and the livestream fell silent.

After a long while, Zhao Yu finally stammered, "Ahem, it—it wasn't really anything, was it? It looked... pretty ordinary."

"Y-yes... pretty ordinary." On the other end, Yuuka's gaze wandered as she no longer dared to look at the screen.

"Pfft, hahahaha! This is exactly it! I've wanted to see you two react like this for ages!"

Elsewhere, Li Qingwan silently watched the livestream while hugging a teddy bear on her bed. Wearing an auntie smile, she kept rolling around in delight.