The Villainess VTuber Rips People Apart

Aren’t these questions too hard?

“The third question, I’ll explain it. From now on, Laura’s SNS post will be shown on the monitor. You need to guess what sentence fills the blank.”

(Photo of tea)

Aurora @Aurora_EYEAI

[■■ and I drank tea together, and the texture was incredibly ■■■. I wouldn’t say it goes well together.]

Ding dong!

“‘Mealworms’ and tea, the texture was incredibly ‘alien.’”

“Yes, Sora, that’s correct!”

While reading the question, before even finishing, the correct answer came out in less than a second.

Shina was convinced. The participants had definitely studied in advance.

This isn’t even like school studying…!

These people... Before this project, they had gone through all of Aurora’s channel archives, watched every broadcast she’d appeared on, and even stalked her SNS posts.

...How am I supposed to beat people like this?

But... do I even need to win?

Shina realized she couldn’t win. She became calm in an instant.

I never even liked Aurora to begin with, so why do I need to win this project?

But I can’t miss the chance to get in Rui’s good books…

Shina, who had committed herself to VTubing after abandoning real life, knew the worst thing that could happen was the project ending without her being noticed.

Even if I don’t win this project, I need to make my presence known. That way, when Rui holds big collaborative projects, I’ll be invited.

With that thought, Shina calmly surveyed her surroundings.

Speaking of which, what about Mero and Inagika?

The broadcast was continuing, but Mero and Inagika weren’t really doing anything. They were just quietly chatting with Aurora, without contributing much else.

They wouldn’t just be placed there as audience members, would they?

It’s normal to think they have a role to play in part 2.

I guess I’ll just ignore part 1.

The competitors are too strong; there’s nothing I can do in part 1.

Part 2. That’s where I’ll stake everything.

“How lucky…”

Elenoa, hugging her knees, muttered.

From the screen, the sounds of Laura and Mero talking could be heard.

“Wow, they’re answering again. Does this mean it’s going to be Sora and Nalim as the top two?”

“That seems to be the case.”

“Each of them… they have such distinct personalities, it’s nice…”

Elenoa said this, though she didn’t seem to know exactly what she meant. Most likely, she had no clue either. She probably said something just to avoid being the quiet outsider.

Seeing Elenoa like this, Noah tossed a donation message into the chat.

【Elenoa has donated 10,000 won】

【Punishment Inagika】

?Why is Noah here???Did Noah lose his mind? lolSomeone make the ‘Punishment Inagika’ sound effectNoah’s enjoying this, huh? lol

“I’m not enjoying it!”

Noah unconsciously shouted after seeing the chat.

Noah had wanted to participate in the Aurora Scramble!

But she wasn’t invited!

The host of this broadcast, Rui, hadn’t spoken to her!

“I’m so jealous! I’m so envious of Shina-senpai and Nalim-senpai! What should I do, Laura Chad!”

Noah sighed dramatically.

She just needed to send a message to Laura on Discord saying “Let’s be friends~.” Why had she hesitated so much?

It seems like this situation was because she was too passive.

“Ugh…”

Noah’s inner Laura harshly delivered the truth. The performance of the Laura chat is pretty good...

“I could wash the dishes and clean the house if you just let me in…!”

Recently, Noah’s confidence had been pretty low due to lack of progress. She was a little scared of how low her self-esteem could go—she feared she might end up licking feet.

Still, while feeling envious of the participants of the Aurora Scramble, Noah also thought to herself, I’m actually relieved I wasn’t invited.

It could be a defense mechanism, or maybe it was just mental victory.

But anyway, the participants were too strong.

“I once received an ad for a game called ‘Survive in the Apocalypse World.’ Of course, it’s still going on with promotions. I met Elenoa there, and the line I said when I killed Elenoa was──.”

“Correct! ‘I’m sorry. Rion is more important to me.’”

“Now, I’ll read the next line for you. ‘I see. Sora, what happened to the others?’ ‘I ended up separating from the others…’ What comes next?”

“Correct! ‘I see. You’re not Sora.’”

Senior Hand Nalim seemed to have memorized all of Laura’s lines. She didn’t miss a single word.

It was clear that Nalim had watched Laura’s broadcasts repeatedly. It almost seemed like madness, how thoroughly she knew everything about Laura’s broadcasts.

Meanwhile, as for the first lady of the community, Sora...

Q. Fill in the blank. [Aurora’s favorite food is ■■■■.]

“Is it pig’s feet soup?”

Q. Fill in the blank. [Aurora’s best dish is ■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■ ■.]

“I think it’s undercooked or overcooked ham.”

Q. Fill in the blank. [The Duke’s ■■■ who committed ■■■■, her name is ■■■ ■■■■. She was held at Laura’s house for about two months.]

“‘Noble Disrespect’ committed by the Duke’s ‘prisoner,’ her name is ‘Tanabe Aina’ right?”

Sora was far better than Nalim at filling in the blanks.

It seemed that Nalim had deeply studied Laura’s broadcasts, but Sora appeared to understand Laura on a broader scale.

Especially since Sora had clearly gone through Laura’s SNS posts. She never got anything wrong. Her confidence was rock-solid, like a stew.

“Next question. What was the first nickname Laura ever called another VTuber? Yes, Nalim.”

“Wasn’t it ‘Laura-nee’ by Rion?”

“That’s incorrect. Next, Anna.”

“It’s ‘Sensei!’ I called her that!”

“Correct!”

“I’ve been playing Labyrinthos since my debut. Now, the question: What character did I play at 2:23 AM on October 5th? Anna pressed first.”

“I know this one. It was the Magic Engineer, wasn’t it?”

“Correct.”

Anna wasn’t too bad.

Of course, compared to Sora and Nalim, she seemed to fall a little behind, but oddly, she was very good at answering questions related to Laura’s Labyrinthos.

Noah didn’t feel confident about beating the three of them.

Q. How much has Chel donated to Aurora?

“640,000 won.”

Q. How many times has Shina failed at the promotion battle against Aurora?

“Five times! Ugh!”

Chel and Shina were at the bottom.

Chel wasn’t bad, but her quick reflexes seemed a little slower compared to the others. Speed quizzes were tough for her.

Shina was probably in the worst position. Unfortunately, the other competitors were just too good.

Still, Shina wasn’t completely helpless.

“The next question is for Laura. Write down five VTubers she has collaborated with on her tablet PC. For each one, you’ll get one point.”

If it weren’t for the speed questions, Shina could probably rack up some points.

It was clear that Rui had prepared well for this. There were questions Shora knew, ones Nalim knew, and ones Chel knew—he seemed to be balancing the questions well.

The problem was that Sora and Nalim kept stealing the questions Shina was supposed to answer. They seemed to know everything about Shina and Laura’s past. ...Scary.

“Well then, we’ll finish part 1 here and take a short break. Feel free to use the bathroom, and we’ll start again once everyone’s back.”

With that, the intense part 1 ended, and Rui was the first to leave the room.

The rest of the hosts followed, perhaps preparing for part 2, leaving only the participants behind.

Here’s the current situation:

Sora: 23pt

Nalim: 21pt

Anna: 17pt

Chel: 11pt

Shina: 8pt

“Hey, Ayano Kouji Sora! You’re pretty good, huh?”

As soon as she saw the results, Anna shouted at Sora on screen.

Sora, who had been chatting with Nalim, looked at Anna with an expression of annoyance.

“Why do you always call me by my full name? Can’t you just call me normally?”

“Did you shorten your words there?”

“The one using short words is you, Anna-senpai. Aren’t you supposed to be using polite language in your character?”

“What polite language are we using? Anyway, aren’t you happy? You’re first place.”

“Why do you always throw pointless jabs at me? Jeez.”

Sora shrugged, looking unimpressed.

How lucky...

I wish I could be a part of that…

“Should I try talking to Sora?”

Noah muttered to herself.

Noah really wanted to be close to Laura, but she didn’t particularly dislike Sora. Didn’t she look pretty cool when she defeated Vincent last time?

And now, seeing her stay stable in first place in the quiz show, Sora looked especially cool today.

By the way, she had recently exchanged messages with Sora on Discord about the Fantasy League song relay project.

She had hoped to be in a later or earlier slot than Laura, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen. Oh well. She had wanted to talk to Laura about a request.

Anyway, how about getting close to Sora first, then maybe Laura?

It felt like a roundabout way to do it, but they do say the longer way is often the faster one when you’re in a hurry!

Oh, Noah...

Isn’t the reason you’re picking this long roundabout route because you’re nervous to talk to Laura?

Don’t be like SuMin. Just take the step forward.

“Ugh… Sorry, Laura. I’m just a coward… This is all I can do…”

【Elenoa has donated 10,000 won】

【Catfight is definitely Sora vs Anna!】

And so, Noah spent the break in a state where she wasn’t sure if she was enjoying it or not.

After about ten minutes…

Rui appeared again.

【All preparations are complete.】

Then, Laura appeared behind Rui.

Three of them.

“Huh?”

Why are there three of them?

Noah, the viewers, and even the participants were momentarily confused.

The three Lauras bowed with grace and then left with elegant steps.

And before long… through the window, Noah saw Laura running between buildings.

[To hold the sun that no one can grasp, one must possess both civil and martial skills.]

[And since in part 1, we saw your ‘civil,’ in part 2, I will show you ‘martial.’]

[Let’s begin part 2, ‘Find Aurora.’]

[The person who truly finds Aurora will win this game!]

Rui said this.