Brothers, Shall We Raid a Stream?

"What does 'rare beast' mean?" Yuuka looked a little confused. Zhao Yu had said those two words in Chinese, so Yuuka had no idea what they meant.

"Well, it means they have noble character and are very rare," Zhao Yu explained.

"So that's what it means!" Yuuka suddenly understood.

The viewers in the stream seemed to sense that something was wrong and began flooding the Bullet Screen.

[Wait, this feels like it's about to go badly?]

[The Japanese girl isn't going to... right?]

[Please don't do this!]

"Hello, rare beasts." Sure enough, amid the Bullet Screen spam, Yuuka greeted them again in clumsy Chinese.

The key was that although none of the three words in "hello, everyone" were on the right tone, Yuuka pronounced "rare beasts" perfectly and clearly.

"Did you hear that? So who are the rare beasts now?" Zhao Yu immediately rubbed salt in the wound.

"This is an authentic certification from a real Tokyo native. Brothers, you should be satisfied now, right?"

[Damn! I became a rare beast just by watching a stream?]

[You really can't refute that. She actually is from Tokyo.]

[Hehehe, so what if she calls me a rare beast? It means this Japanese girl has me in her heart!]

[Stop having a breakdown here, guy above.]

"What are they saying?" Yuuka asked curiously.

"They're thanking you for the compliment. Don't worry about it." Since Yuuka could not read the Chinese Bullet Screen anyway, Zhao Yu casually started making things up.

As for whether someone who understood Japanese might tell her the truth, Zhao Yu was not worried at all.

After all, what if the Japanese girl realized she had said the wrong thing and became too afraid to interact with the Bullet Screen anymore? Zhao Yu believed those lechers understood that perfectly well.

"What hobbies do you usually have, Yuuka?" After briefly interacting with the Bullet Screen, Zhao Yu began chatting with Yuuka again.

He knew exactly why the viewers had come, so he was more than happy to learn more about the Japanese girl on the other end.

"Me? I usually play some games, read manga, and watch tokusatsu shows and things like that," Yuuka said softly.

"What about Tyou-san?"

"As for me, I play games too. But sometimes I also draw and sing," Zhao Yu said.

"That's amazing. Actually, I really envy people who can sing." Yuuka praised him.

Zhao Yu had lost count of how many times Yuuka had complimented him. He felt as though all that praise had sent him floating into the clouds.

"It's not as amazing as Yuuka says. I'm just at an ordinary person's level. Oh, right, you said you liked tokusatsu just now, didn't you? Kamen Rider?" As though he had thought of something, Zhao Yu suddenly asked.

When Yuuka had played McCree, she had said, "Now is the time for judgment," and it had stirred the DNA of the half-fledged Kamen Rider fan in Zhao Yu.

After hearing Yuuka say that, he immediately thought of a villain boss from a certain Kamen Rider series.

"Tyou-san watches Kamen Rider too?!" Yuuka's voice became excited. She had never expected to meet someone with the same interest.

"Yeah, I watch it when I have free time. I've already watched both the Showa and Heisei series," Zhao Yu replied.

"Hehe, I thought Tyou-san would think tokusatsu was childish. I didn't expect you to like it too." Yuuka laughed.

"It's not just children. Adults need heroes too." Zhao Yu sighed, seeming to recall something.

"That's true. This world will always need heroes, and I believe someone will always become one!" Not noticing that anything was off with Zhao Yu, Yuuka's voice was filled with yearning.

"There definitely will be." Zhao Yu nodded.

[He watches that stuff too? Isn't that way too childish?]

[Shut up, guy above. Tokusatsu is for all ages.]

[Adults should wake up already.]

[But isn't it precisely because we're too awake that we hope heroes will appear?]

Sure enough, after the unofficial translators translated it, the Bullet Screen immediately started arguing.

However, Zhao Yu did not choose to chime in. Anything he said now could stir up trouble, so it was better to pretend he had not seen it.

"Come to think of it, Tyou-san said you can sing, right? Could you sing something for me?" Yuuka suddenly asked cautiously.

She felt that making such a request out of the blue was a little rude, but Zhao Yu's voice had attracted her from the start. She was therefore very curious about what he sounded like when he sang.

"Let me think about what to sing." Zhao Yu's lips curled upward. Sure enough, she had asked.

In fact, his questions had been somewhat leading from the beginning. He had deliberately made Yuuka curious so that he could show off some of the things he was good at.

Of course, this was not just to flirt with girls. It was also so the stream could better learn that he had other tricks up his sleeve.

In this age when livestreaming was booming, having no content meant being completely finished. Every streamer had something they were good at, and even those who could not do anything at least knew how to ride trending topics.

Zhao Yu wanted to gradually show off what made him different. Only then could he firmly hold on to his viewers.

"Ahem... I've got it. Then I'll begin?" Zhao Yu lightly cleared his throat and opened the music player.

[Streamer, don't start singing. We're all friends here.]

[Wait, you're actually going to show off?]

[Your singing can't be better than the Japanese girl's. At least I'd be looking forward to hers more.]

Seeing the string of Bullet Screen comments, Zhao Yu wore an expression that said he had expected this all along.

But if they thought he had come unprepared, they were underestimating him. Before transmigrating here, he had been considered a karaoke king at his company.

He would occasionally gather with friends who played music as well. Though he could not compare with professional singers, he was far better than ordinary amateurs.

Thinking about how shocked they would be when they discovered that he could really sing, Zhao Yu could not help looking forward to it.

As the BGM began playing, Yuuka's eyes widened, and iconic scenes from Kamen Rider seemed to appear before her eyes.

I gotta believe...

The familiar English sounded through her headphones. Yuuka's gaze grew increasingly expectant, and then Zhao Yu's voice finally joined the music.

"I don't wanna know... It's such a clichéd truth."

[???? Is this really the streamer?]

[Holy shit! I seriously suspect the streamer isn't singing and is just playing the original track.]

[With this kind of skill, why are you even a gaming streamer?]

Just as Zhao Yu had expected, after a brief pause, the Bullet Screen rapidly began flooding with comments.

Zhao Yu also became more immersed as he sang, his voice blending perfectly into the music. This Japanese song with English lyrics sent his stream into a frenzy.

Everyone had originally come only to watch him interact with a Japanese girl from Japan. But the more they watched, the more they realized this streamer really had plenty of tricks.

Not only was his League of Legends rank quite high, but he could sing this well too. Although many people could not understand the lyrics, they could still tell whether a song was good or bad.

This song had actually been written and performed by Daichi Miura. Perhaps many people would not recognize the name alone, but by 2021, he would be invited to sing at the Olympic opening ceremony.

The quality of a song made by a singer of that caliber went without saying. Zhao Yu was not yet on his level, but his vocal tone was no less impressive.

For a while, it even drew in many viewers passing by the stream, causing its popularity to suddenly begin overtaking some smaller streamers.

Meanwhile, in A Shui's stream.

"Thanks to A Shui's Big Head for the rocket. Thank you, Big Head bro." A Shui smiled as he thanked the screen.

Having won the championship not long ago, he was currently making up his required streaming hours. His gaze happened to skim over a Bullet Screen comment.

[IG Awesome: There's a small streamer next door playing games on voice chat with a Japanese girl. His singing is insanely good.]

This was an old viewer in his stream who had been with him ever since he joined Invictus Gaming. The number of rockets he had sent was countless.

"Oh? He's on voice chat with a Japanese girl?" A Shui showed a hint of interest.

Many professional players were longtime anime fans, and they were quite interested in Japanese girls.

[IG Awesome: That Japanese girl is especially interesting.]

Seeing even one of his biggest supporters say so, A Shui immediately became a little curious.

He had only watched Japanese girls singing online before. Shouldn't he listen to one live?

"Brothers, shall we raid a stream?" With that thought, A Shui raised his head and spoke to the Bullet Screen.