Chapter 12: Where is God?

The bullet comments exploded instantly, shifting from the previous mockery to a screen full of pink hearts.

–Mom!!

–Look, she’s actually considering it instead of calling you a pervert like an adult would.

–Her reaction is so adorable!

I declare her my new waifu!

–How old is the performer?

Her voice sounds like a high school girl.

She can’t really be fifteen, can she?

–Most idols are around high school age.

–What’s her special talent?

Heh heh, even without relying on my innate appearance, I can still captivate these viewers.

Feels pretty good.

Special talent, huh?

What special talent?

Legs are long.

Orange Quiet Forest’s gaze drifted downward.

She looked at the translucent, ice-cream-like feet of this adorable white-haired character.

Wow… the person who modeled this was definitely working from their own fetishes.

The modeling precision of the legs was downright outrageous.

The pale skin had a faint pinkish hue, the bone structure at the knees was just right, and there were even veins visible.

She wore a pair of semi-transparent white tights, vaguely revealing the outline of her toes and the texture of her soles.

Even the slightly taut lines around the ankles were rendered with such realism.

Having been a man before, Orange Quiet Forest understood—the modeler was definitely a gentleman.

Just the feet alone had so many details, making even her feel a little restless.

Hmm…

Let’s go all out.

Otherwise, it’d be a disservice to the modeling of these feet.

They’re even prettier than my original ones.

Orange Quiet Forest pulled over a gaming chair and sat down.

She pressed the soles of her feet together, like a sandwich.

On the screen, the cute white-haired character followed her movements and sat down as well.

–??

–Why did she sit down mid-conversation?

–What about the talent segment?

Isn’t there one?

Then, Orange Quiet Forest’s ice cream sandwich began to move with a rhythmic frequency.

–??!

–!!

–Now I get it.

–Indeed.

–Is this really free to watch?

Then, Orange Quiet Forest started laughing maniacally.

“Hahaha, this is my special talent, meow meow, look, look!”

Orange Berry was devastated.

This was truly a legendary move.

Who would have thought a young, promising girl would do something like this during a live stream?

The first four were perfectly fine.

Yes, actually, the five of them had been decided a while ago.

The character designs and models for the current five roles were all done by Chu Yong herself.

This could be considered ready-made.

Chu Yong loved all kinds of beautiful girls.

Since university, she had been designing characters based on her own preferences.

So these were all “electronic figurines” Chu Yong had been refining since her university days.

She was like an artist-sculptor with peculiar tastes, not bound by deadlines or commercial returns, designing characters entirely according to her own XP system.

To optimize the curvature of a knee or adjust the bone rigging of a toe, Chu Yong would sit in front of her computer for an entire day.

Even an outsider could see how meticulously crafted the five characters were, after all, they were things Chu Yong had poured her preferences and time into perfecting.

This was also why she insisted on becoming a virtual streamer—because she had ready-made models.

But the person in question…

Beside her, Chu Yong had been laughing hysterically without stopping.

Chu Yong was sprawled over the control console, shaking with laughter, tears streaming down her face.

“Hahaha! Quiet Forest understands modeling! She understands me!”

Orange Berry let out a sigh of despair.

Today’s original script was so perfect.

Today was supposed to be half a prank segment.

The final five had already been decided; today was meant to be a surprise segment.

In the end, it was just supposed to be about letting the girls choose the roles they wanted based on the vote count.

After all, these roles would be with them for a long time.

Live streams, game voice acting, even potential future animations—these would be their second faces.

When the live stream ended… they were actually told they had passed, and the four girls were asked if they were willing to sign and debut.

All four girls agreed.

They even captured some great shots, like the expressions of joy and tears upon learning they had been selected, and the nervous looks when they heard the later rankings might affect their future development.

This was standard practice.

After debuting, they’d need to release some behind-the-scenes footage or short videos to let the audience see the preparation process before the debut.

They had to show the audience something.

After all, there was no talent show this time, and they currently didn’t have the budget for one.

A documentary edit would suffice.

But Orange Quiet Forest was different.

Everything was fine earlier…

The pre-stream promotion and marketing were clearly so successful, the members retained many viewers, and the interactive atmosphere was warm and happy…

Even Kunomi Umi’s “Mm, Ah, Oh” reclusive-style stream had viewers patiently chatting with her.

But it was precisely this last one…

The other four, seeing their future teammate like this, reacted differently.

Kunomi Umi, perhaps not good at expressing herself?

Her face seemed expressionless, but was she a bit flushed?

Jing He Xuanyiang rested her cheek on one hand, like a lazy fox, squinting her narrow eyes as she watched her teammate causing a scene on screen, wearing a smile of someone enjoying the show.

Cao Qian Ju’s mouth hung open, looking utterly shocked, occasionally glancing left and right to gauge the reactions of those around her, like a child sneaking a peek at a forbidden book.

Ueda Sha furrowed her brows tightly, watching for a bit before she couldn’t take it anymore and simply turned her head away.

That’s right! The only normal one.

Now, Orange Berry was also furious.

She had no idea how to wrap this up.

They hadn’t even debuted yet, and she was already pulling such a wild stunt.

Oh dear.

Something’s not right, not right…

Orange Berry watched as the live stream viewer count visibly skyrocketed.

When they first started streaming, there were only a little over a thousand people waiting, and the conversation with Orange Quiet Forest had a slow pace with sparse bullet comments.

Even a newcomer like Orange Quiet Forest could handle it easily.

But now it was different.

It surged from four digits to five digits, quickly approaching ten thousand concurrent viewers.

If this were a normal stream, Orange Berry might have been delighted.

But this wasn’t normal.

Orange Quiet Forest had pulled a wild stunt.

Someone must have shared it, causing it to go viral.

Watching Orange Quiet Forest laughing and interacting with the audience, Orange Berry felt a deep sense of foreboding.

If she let her run wild for a few more minutes, she felt the first stream’s viewership would truly spiral out of control.

Even though she had stopped doing that action, the situation was still very bad.

“Cut her stream immediately!”

She had to shut down her stream first and figure out how to deal with this.

If she had known this day would come, Orange Berry wouldn’t have begged her to participate in the first place.

Now, Orange Berry wanted to send her packing as soon as possible.

She didn’t follow the usual path; she played abstract every day.

Every flash of inspiration from her dealt a significant blow to Orange Berry.

Then, Orange Quiet Forest’s live stream screen went black.

Then…

Orange Quiet Forest was dragged out of the streaming room by staff.

Then, Chu Yong ran into the streaming room, talking to Orange Quiet Forest about something.

By the time Orange Quiet Forest emerged from the streaming room, she had already changed out of her motion capture suit and back into the clothes she had arrived in.