A burned-down abandoned school.
Sora was cautiously making her way through it.
“Huff... huff…”
Even though it was the in-ga character moving, Sora was panting as if she had experienced the fatigue herself.
A girl's voice echoed repeatedly in her headset.
“Let’s play together.”
“We’ll stay here and play forever. It’s dangerous outside, right?”
“Where are you going? Why are you running away? Don’t you want to play with ?”
“No one else can co here. This place is just for us.”
“Is there sothing you want to eat? A movie you want to watch? A ga you want to play? How about playing with dead bodies? Jump rope? Horse riding? House?”
“Let’s play house. I’ll be the wife, and you’ll be the husband. We’ll have a son. If it’s a daughter, she might fall in love with you.”
“Why are you running away?”
“Why?”
“Where are you?”
“Don’t abandon .”
In the first stage, you had to face three cannibalistic monkeys. In the second stage, you had to run away from the ghost of a little girl.
You couldn’t hear her footsteps, but her constant talking made it easy to figure out her location.
“This is driving crazy…”
Knowing her position didn’t make the tension any less. The eerie voice of the ghost made Sora’s heart race faster.
“Like .”
“Like , like , like , like , like , like , like , like , like , like , like , like .”
“Why don’t you like ? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?”
“I like you. I just want to play with you. Why don’t you understand? Why? Why??”
“Ah.”
“Found you.”
“Damn it…!”
Sora imdiately started running forward.
Behind her, the girl's laughter echoed loudly.
“Ahahaha! You like hide-and-seek, don’t you?”
“You can’t run away from . You can’t escape!!”
“Kyaahahahahahahaha!!!!!”
Sora quickly ran into a classroom and shut the door.
She was about to leave through the opposite door when everything flashed before her eyes.
With the flash, the girl appeared.
Her mouth was torn. Her hair was a ssy tangle. Between the strands, bloodshot eyes peeked through.
With monstrous hands, she grabbed Sora.
“I can’t forgive you for leaving .”
“I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you, I can’t forgive you.”
“I can’t forgive youuuu!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaa!!!”
Sora scread for what felt like the millionth ti that day as a jump scare filled the screen.
Depending on who you ask, Darkness Deception’s second stage is actually easier than the first.
In the first stage, you’re chased by three cannibalistic monkeys. Their AI is designed to surround and corner the player, which can be pretty tough.
In the second stage, you only deal with one ghost.
Of course, the ghost can teleport, but by the second stage, the player has leveled up.
In Darkness Deception, you unlock new skills with each stage. In the first stage, you had no skills, but by the second stage, you unlock the skill, which lets you sprint at full speed for a short ti.
This ability makes the second stage easier for a lot of players compared to the first.
'Although the boss fight can still be tough.'
The boss fight required Sora to avoid the ghost’s relentless pursuit in a confined space, which proved tricky for her.
So, I stepped in to help her clear the stage after watching her struggle for a while.
The nature of horror gas is that, through repeated deaths, players accumulate experience, but the fear factor wears off over ti.
Viewers can also get bored of watching the sa scenes over and over, and Sora herself wasn’t making much progress.
Plus, the audience secretly wanted to see take control.
So, as a last resort, I’d step in when necessary to keep the stream balanced.
And with that, we reached stage three.
Sora hit a wall.
“...Isn’t this stage way too hard?”
She sighed as the “You are Dead” ssage popped up.
“Yeah, so people do consider the third stage the hardest.”
“...Seriously?”
I nodded.
I had watched a few VTubers play Darkness Deception, and most of them struggled with the third stage.
On the other hand, the second and fourth stages tended to be cleared quickly. I also thought the second and fourth stages were easier.
‘The third stage just requires a different kind of strategy.’
The first and second stages were all about running.
But the third stage introduced “Golden Statues,” which operated on a Red Light, Green Light chanic.
In other words, as long as you were watching them, they wouldn’t move. But the mont you looked away, they would rush toward you at incredible speed.
To make matters worse, the third stage was filled with traps. You had to juggle “sight managent” and “trap avoidance” simultaneously, which made it much harder.
“I need a break…”
Sora slumped into her gaming chair.
Watching her, I quietly reached for my phone.
“What? Did you get a ssage?”
“Just need to check sothing. But feel free to talk. I can multitask like the noble lady I am.”
“...What does multitasking have to do with being a noble lady?”
Sora tilted her head, confused, then sighed deeply.
“I’m so drained I can’t even think… Laura, can you throw a topic?”
“A topic, huh.”
Maybe it was ti for a lighthearted talk show mont.
“By the way, we should probably co up with a na for our 6th gen group, don’t you think?”
“Oh, the group na… Now that you ntion it, we haven’t decided yet.”
“Exactly.”
I continued.
“Rion ntioned that since the MV is coming out, we need to have a na in place.”
We had discussed the MV production during our offline eting. After several online conversations, we had settled on the Stellar Observation MV, as Sora had suggested.
Before the end of August, our 6th gen group had finished recording, and the MV was currently in production with an illustrator.
“Wait… Shouldn’t we hold off on announcing the MV?”
“Oh, should we?”
'Oh, should we?' LOL
Embargo (x) Imdiate release (o)
We didn’t hear anything! ????
The transparent villainess strikes again~
Rion’s going to scold you again ????
“Well, we’ve already said it, so there’s no going back now. The 6th gen MV is in production, and it will be released when it’s ready.”
Sora reluctantly explained.
The MV would be uploaded to Sora’s channel.
Since she was our group leader and also a VTuber known for her singing, it made sense for the MV to be posted on her channel. Plus, she had suggested the Stellar Observation the in the first place.
No one objected. Sure, it seed like Sora was benefiting, but that’s how collaborations usually worked.
After all, this Darkness Deception stream was benefiting my channel. When I appeared on Sora’s channel, she got the boost. Inagika was preparing sothing ambitious, so she’d get her turn soon. And Chel… well, at so point, we’d collaborate on Chel’s channel too.
So, there was no issue with Sora’s channel hosting the MV, but—
“Isn’t it kind of tacky to put ‘feat. 6th gen’ in the title?”
Stellar Observation feat. EYEAI 6th gen
Yeah, it didn’t have the right feel.
Plus, VTubers sotis released original songs. So even put out albums, but calling it an EYEAI 6th gen album didn’t sit right.
There were also group VTuber events, and a na would be needed for those occasions. That’s why Rion insisted we co up with a na.
“So, does anyone in the audience have suggestions?”
【The Villainess is Too Good at Gas has donated 1,000 won.】
【What about ‘6 Toilets’?】
“Wanna get sued?”
Sora shot the comnter a cold glare.
Then she sighed and turned toward .
“...Laura, do you have a good idea?”
“A viewer suggested ‘Laura and the Maids,’ which I quite like.”
“That’s never going to happen… Oh, how about this?”
Sora pointed to a chat ssage.
“AoiS?”
Ayanokoji Sora.
Orora (Laura).
Inagika.
Suragi Chel.
AoiS.
“Not bad.”
Aoi (青い) in Japanese ans blue, symbolizing youth and vitality. It often represented the idea of “youthful spirit.”
“Sounds good, right?”
“Yeah, but we should ask Inagika and Chel to confirm.”
“You can ask them yourself. They’re here.”
“Huh? They’re here?”
I nodded and lightly clapped my hands.
Then—
“Um... I think it’s a good na…”
Inagika walked in through the door, Chel following behind.
Sora’s eyes widened.
“...Why are you two here?”
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