I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work-Chapter 140

There were four computers in the company’s streaming room.

But most of the time, not even one was in use.

Usually, they were only turned on when a member dropped by for a brief announcement or when Cheon Do-hee was so busy that she practically lived at the office and had to stream from there.

Lately, however, Magia had been using them quite often.

And today, she was using two at the same time.

One was the computer currently broadcasting the stream.

The other had been in the game party all along but was invisible, thanks to Magia’s alt account using ghost player mode.

If that sounds complicated, think of it like this:

She had two computers running—one for her stream and another acting as a bot in the game.

So even after Magia flawlessly executed the Jangsanbeom operation and returned, what people saw was simply Magia coming back after finishing some work.

Her main account had actually left the lobby and only just rejoined.

[Magia has joined the game]

The moment that message popped up, the members, who had been floating around like space junk after getting fired for poor performance, immediately hit "Start New Game."

A new spaceship launch.

Five players onboard.

And the four survivors surrounded Magia, launching a collective monologue of accusations.

“Gia!!!!”

“Gia unnie, why are you only showing up now?!”

“Gia!! We died. Already dead. This game turned into a horror game.”

“Huaaaaaah. But it was so funny...!!”

Magia played dumb.

“Sorry, something urgent came up. Had to take care of it. Might need to step out again later. But you guys were doing great—wait, you all wiped? I thought you’d already be on the mid-tier planet by now.”

That comment immediately set off Komari’s instincts.

“Unnie, you installed more mods than you told us about. Fess up. What was that?!”

“Mods? No way. I told you everything.”

“Don’t lie! That Jangsanbeom we ran into couldn’t exist without a mod...!!”

— Fr

— I’m scared ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

— It’s not a mod???

— C’mon, it has to be a mod ㅋㅋㅋ

Even if Magia had secretly used a mod, no one could prove it unless she admitted it.

If they had really wanted the truth, they shouldn’t have taunted Magia by calling the game "too easy."

“I really don’t know. I was working, remember?”

They weren’t sure what had started this, but if it was Magia’s doing, there was no point waiting around for an answer.

If she fully put on her mask, there would be no way to distinguish truth from deception.

Even Trashit, who had helped set up the mods, couldn’t tell which voices were Magia and which were the members anymore.

In other collab streams, whenever a doppelgänger appeared, people would panic and scream, “It’s a Jangsanbeom!”

But in Parallel’s case?

They were about one step away from screaming, “It’s Magia!” instead.

Komari was suspicious as hell, but she backed down.

“Hah... Something’s definitely up...”

Accusing someone who joined the stream while busy with work wasn’t a good look.

And they were the ones who kept provoking her, asking if she was trolling.

“Fine. Let’s move on. Gia’s here now. If we work hard, we’ll reach mid-tier fast.”

***

By now, they were used to the lower-tier planet.

Even Dora and Maru, the biggest scaredy-cats, were swinging weapons more confidently than before.

But something strange started happening among the members.

The Super Jangsanbeom incident had left everyone paranoid.

“Who are you.”

“What do you mean? It’s me.”

“...Why are you speaking better Korean than usual?”

“What the. Stop gaslighting me! We don’t have time for this!”

No matter how much they stuck together, they still had to split up briefly to pick up items or explore.

And every single time they regrouped, they wasted time confirming identities.

“Enough. Let’s hurry and check the next room. We need to make money.”

“...You know, they say the person who acts like a peacemaker is usually the most suspicious...”

“Wait, Dora unnie, why are you bringing that up now?”

“Wait, Dora unnie was too smart just now. Are you the fake?”

“Noooooo...!”

— What even is this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Total chaos ㅋㅋ

— This is exactly how they always are ㅋㅋ

— The doppelgänger hasn’t even appeared, and they’re already backstabbing each other ㅋㅋ

This was a brand-new pattern for the stream.

Something viewers never expected.

They had hyped each other up, grooming each other’s egos before the total wipe.

And now?

They were at each other’s throats.

As if that wasn’t enough, Rain kept setting off mines, and Dora kept falling to her death.

And at one point?

Maru mistook Komari for a doppelgänger and beat her to death.

Even though the Super Jangsanbeom never appeared again, the team kept imploding from paranoia.

It was streaming gold.

In the end, the first-generation members failed to earn enough, got fired, and humbled themselves.

They admitted their overconfidence and regained their resolve.

The chat flooded with support again.

And this time?

They successfully rescued a fan-character plushie and, within one week, bought a mid-tier planet license.

“We finally got it, hatchlings!”

— Mamaaaang

— We’re saved

— Get us out of this hell

— We’re never doing this again!

— Mid-tier planet, let’s go!!!

They barely survived.

But now, the members all agreed on one thing.

Even if they died, they wanted to experience as much as possible before going down.

“Look, if a monster we’ve never seen before shows up, we’re dead anyway. We might as well study it first. That way, when we come back, we won’t get wrecked so easily.”

They had learned their lesson.

So, this time, instead of all sticking together, they split into two parties to balance efficiency and survival.

— They’re gonna die anyway, why are they overthinking?

— Fr ㅋㅋ

— The more they prepare, the funnier their deaths get ㅋㅋ

— Let them die in vain

— BOOMBOX SPRINGHEAD JANGSANBEOM, LET’S GOOOO!!!

But dying in vain was inevitable.

The stream audience’s prayers reached the God of RNG.

Instead of letting them survive, fate sent them the most dangerous creature on the mid-tier planet.

Maru and Rain, who had teamed up for the adventure, came face-to-face with today’s Key Monster.

The Boombox.

— IT SPAWNED

— IT’S HERE

— THAT MOTHERFUCKER SHOWED UP ㅋㅋ

The Boombox was a newbie killer and a game destroyer.

This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.

Completely immune to physical damage, so no matter how many times they hit it, it wouldn’t die.

Running was useless, too. It would chase them to the ends of the earth and self-destruct with them.

Only one way to survive:

Stay far enough away to avoid triggering its music.

But once the music started?

They had to escape the ruins immediately.

If they stayed inside, it would find them no matter what... and explode.

But Maru?

She had never fought this monster before.

And unlike hideous spider monsters, it was just a cassette player with arms and legs.

So, without thinking—

She swung a shovel.

— LMAOOOO

— SHE’S SCREWED

— GOODBYE ㅋㅋㅋ

The Boombox immediately started playing.

Parallel’s 1st Anniversary song.

[“Run toward the light——”]

— Oh, is this it? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— LMAOOOOOO

— I thought they modded something crazy, but no— ㅋㅋㅋ

— They turned their own song into a funeral march. Parallel, you madmen. ㅋㅋㅋ

It's rare for a game developer to insert their own song into a self-destructing monster’s death track.

Most companies avoid this kind of thing like the plague because of bad luck superstitions.

But Parallel?

They did it on purpose for the joke.

It was so absurd that it was hilarious.

And just when they should have been running for their lives, Rain?

Started belting out her part.

"Let me find the light!"

[“The dream I hid in the darkness—”]

"We will rise, we will shine!"

“Unnie, this is not the time to be singing!!”

— WHAT IS SHE DOING ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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— RUN, DON’T SING!

— True professional mindset ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— She’s at it again ㅋㅋ

Honestly, it was kind of admirable.

No matter when or where, if her song was playing, Rain would sing along.

The problem?

The one who started the song was the monster.

And that monster was a walking time bomb.

But since Rain had been messing around all game, her performance wasn’t even trolling—it was peak comedy.

And that comedy reached artistic heights when Rain, still circling the Boombox, stepped on a mine and exploded.

“Unnie! That’s a landmine!”

“...Ah, shi—”

BOOM.

Whoever said comedy was repetition... they were absolutely right.

Rain had already stepped on a mine and died earlier.

And now?

She did it again.

Except this time, she wasn’t just running blindly.

She was so busy singing that she didn’t watch her step.

— LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

— SHE DID IT AGAIN ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— SAME DEATH, DIFFERENT REASON ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— THIS IS ART ㅋㅋㅋ

With Rain gone, the Boombox switched targets—now locking onto Maru.

“...Wait, me? Me?! It’s following me?! Oh, I’m so screwed.”

Maru took off running for her life.

Hearing her screams for help, the other three joined her in escaping.

“RUN! RUN! JUST RUN!!”

Then, someone noticed.

“...Wait, what’s behind her? What’s chasing her?”

“...Oh. Boombox.”

“W-Wait, we need to run, right?”

“If you stand still, you’ll explode! MOVE, UNNIE!!”

But the escape route they all chose?

A narrow, metal bridge—one without railings.

And today?

Dora had already died multiple times in this section by falling off while running.

So, naturally—

“KYAAAAAAA———.......”

Yep.

She fell again.

— HOLY SHIT ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— THEY’RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— I JUST SPIT OUT MY FOOD ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— IT’S LIKE THEY’RE CHECKING OFF EVERY FORESHADOWED DEATH ONE BY ONE ㅋㅋㅋ

Meanwhile, the remaining three scattered.

And Maru—the one who caused this whole mess by attacking the Boombox in the first place—

Got lost.

She ran into a dead end.

It was like the perfectly scripted conclusion to her actions.

Maybe she instinctively realized there was no escape.

Because instead of panicking, Maru stood there like a person who had accepted their fate.

And in the last moment—

She belted out the final lyrics of the song.

"We will complete our story———!!"

Then, the ruins shook with a massive explosion.

BOOM——!!!

— LOOOOOOOOOOOL

— THAT WAS CLEAN

— ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— GOODBYE, MARU ㅋㅋㅋ

— ART. PURE ART.

*

From Magia’s sudden intervention to the absolute chaos caused by the Boombox,

Cheon Do-hee had been watching everything unfold.

And now?

She ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) nodded in complete satisfaction.

“Flawless.”

The flow of the content was perfect.

It was like watching a stock chart steadily rise—a bit of adjustment here and there, but the overall trajectory was up.

The tutorial run? Total failure—not a single coin earned.The first real attempt? They got cocky, called the game too easy, and got wrecked by Magia just before reaching mid-tier.The second attempt? They climbed to mid-tier fast, only to implode with paranoia and betrayal—which intensified engagement.And now? After barely making it to mid-tier, they delivered exactly what the audience had been waiting for."Bringing Gia in was the right move."

Would the stream have been fine without Magia?

Probably.

But without her, the audience wouldn’t have fully grasped how valuable the mid-tier license was.

Viewers who were new to Black Warning might not have noticed.

But anyone who had watched a few streams?

They would absolutely appreciate what had just happened.

And especially this moment—

If they had reached mid-tier smoothly, it wouldn’t have been this entertaining.

Magia’s perfectly timed intervention combined with the members’ competitive instincts had created the best possible outcome.

It was instant highlight material.

Perfect for shorts, edited videos—everything.

And sitting in the executive office, watching the stream,

Cheon Do-hee and Team Leader Ra Seunghyun came to a solid conclusion.

“Now I get why Magia is the ultimate collab cheat code.”

“She has a perfect sense of pacing and knows exactly when to step in to keep things from getting dull.”

“Right? I’ve always thought so, but I needed about six months to confirm whether it was luck or actual skill.”

“I think that was enough time to be sure. I was worried she might over-rely on her instincts and just wing it, but—no. She’s solid. We don’t need to worry.”

“So, you’re saying we can throw Gia into any stream, including collabs, with no hesitation?”

“Yes. She’s a guaranteed win.”

Ra Seunghyun continued.

“The first-gen members are already excellent. Their adaptation speed is insane for streamers who’ve only been around for a year and a half.

But if they’re like perfectly grilled steak,

Then Magia is the final seasoning—the finishing touch that elevates the entire experience.

She removes any unpleasant aftertaste that some people might find annoying.

There’s no reason not to use her.”

“...Hmm.”

“Magia is great at managing the members.

But instead of wasting her on routine tasks,

We should make her the control tower of live content.

We didn’t realize her potential before, but honestly?

It’s a waste to let someone this talented do basic tasks.”

Magia doesn’t stream for herself.

She streams for VTubers.

And because of that,

She constantly creates unexpected, amazing moments.

She was the one who turned an unknown collab with Bazubi into a massive hit.

Ra Seunghyun had worked in corporate marketing for ten years.

And he knew:

In a company, you don’t get to do only what you like.

Talented people should be paid well and use their skills for the company.

“So after this stream, once the short-form promo kicks in, we should finalize Magia’s new role.”

“I understand your point. But I don’t want to increase Gia’s broadcast time.”

“Boss, this is a company. And we’re already understaffed. You know that, right?”

“...Mmm.”

“You also know how rare someone like Gia is.”

“...Yes.”

“Then you must realize—most of what Gia does can be replaced.

Even Seung-yeon, while hard to replace, was eventually found.

The second-gen debut prep? Gia doesn’t have to handle that. Someone else can.

It’s not essential.”

“I agree.”

“I know you care about Gia.

I know you’re worried because she overworked herself once and collapsed.

But this is a business.

We should at least make sure she’s in the right role.

If we compensate her properly, she might change her mind.”

But Cheon Do-hee had been avoiding giving Magia more streaming responsibilities.

“Look. Two problems.

One, Gia likes watching streams, but she doesn’t like streaming herself.

Two, even if we pay her more, it won’t matter.

She doesn’t care about money.”

“...Ah. She’s the type who isn’t motivated by money. Yeah, I got that vibe.”

“So unless she wants it, I won’t force her into more broadcasts.

She does well when asked, but she doesn’t ask for rewards and doesn’t pace herself.”

But Ra Seunghyun wasn’t giving up.

The more visible Magia became, the more Parallel benefitted.

And waiting for Cheon Do-hee to bring up the idea herself clearly wasn’t happening.

So he took the lead.

And as a former top-tier corporate marketer, he knew exactly how to handle this.

“...If I persuade Magia myself, will you allow it?”

“No pressure or manipulation.”

“Of course. You can’t force people like her—it’ll backfire.”

Cheon Do-hee slowly nodded.

Ra Seunghyun smirked.

“This is a job for Nudge Theory.”