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

Even so, Youngun, who had taken first place, managed to scrape by for one more turn, miserably selling off all of his land.
But once Magia got out of Desert Island with 9 million won in capital and began snapping up property left and right, beating her was pretty much impossible.

Magia took first place again in the second round.
The Slug Squad let out a collective sigh of relief—then immediately launched into an inquisition.
— All of you who doubted Magia earlier, confess now
— You dared to doubt Magia?
— I'm sorry
— I was wrong 😭😭
— Please forgive me just once, I beg you 😭😭

The chatroom turned into its own drum-and-dance show, as usual.
That was just the vibe of Magia’s stream.
Since she always rejected the idea of being anyone’s idol, her chat had developed this self-contained culture, entertaining themselves.
She knew full well that interfering too much could turn her into the centerpiece of the broadcast, so unless someone crossed the line into becoming an overbearing namefag or caused drama in other channels, she never interfered.

So after a short WWE-style scuffle in the chat, everyone quietly sat back down in front of the roulette wheel.
They screamed as it spun.
— Stooooop
— There there there there there
— STOP
— Now!!
— That’s it!
— stopstopstopstopstopstopstopstopstopstopstop
— Enough enough enough!!!

Spinning—
Click.
“So close. Youngun, please send 10 gift subs to Ena’s channel.”
“Yeah, yeah…”

Still a bust.
— This is BS
— This has to be a dream
— Nooooooo
— It’s rigged rigged rigged rigged rigged rigged rigged rigged
— Obvious magnet rigging from behind lol
Even so, hope still burned for the Slugs.

Right before the next round started, Maru and Ena ended their streams early due to a collab scheduled the next day.
Originally, the roulette had six slices.
Now it was four.

Magia’s chance of being selected just jumped from 16.7% to a full 25%.
It was only 8 PM, Let’s Play Blue Marble Together was still going strong, and more members would likely head to bed one by one.
Magia had cleared her schedule until the next day, but the others hadn’t.
Even the Parallel Gallery was buzzing with discussion.

… ─ — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery ─ — …
[Calm down]
If we just hold on, we win.

The others are expected to log off around 3 AM.
Just hang in there.
[Comments]
— Parallel904: What if Magia can’t win by then?
ㄴ Parallel775: Honestly, she’s been too lucky. Odds are she chokes later.
ㄴ Parallel009: If that’s how it goes, we accept fate…
ㄴ Parallel336: Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me?
ㄴ Parallel108: What can a Slug even do lol

— Parallel884: Let us pray
ㄴ Parallel229: Slugmen
But luck is a finite resource.
No one stays lucky forever.
No one stays unlucky forever.

No matter how many ups and downs you face, if there’s no rigging involved, probability always evens out.
And as the Slugs feared, by 10 PM, Magia—who had only ever placed 1st or 2nd—started to slip.
3rd.
3rd.
3rd.
3rd again.

Even after Crkemang went to bed at 2 AM as he’d promised, nothing really changed.
“This is too easy. I might hit 200 subs and end this thing by myself.”
“You really are good at this.”

“Told you—relevant DNA, baby~.”
By 4 AM, as the Slugs started evolving into sleepcrete due to next-day responsibilities, Magia had donated 100 gift subs to Youngun.
Her own tally?
Zero.

Everyone else had gone to bed. Only Magia was still standing.
Youngun was winning every time, and laughing all the way.
The Slug Squad was nearing their limit.
Just one win. Just one was all they needed.

She’d been dominating earlier—
So why now?
— Why… can’t she get… first place……
— You can’t beat Youngun? Can’t beat Youngun? CAN’T beat Youngun??
— Someone please beat that guy pleeease 😭😭😭😭😭
— Slug Squad exploding~
— Kill me
— She’s doing this just to piss us off
— Already halfway there tbh lololol
:: Anonymous supporter donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: You’re throwing on purpose, aren’t you ::

But it wasn’t just luck.
“Throwing? Come on. I’ve been getting trapped in Youngun’s setups all game.”
Is Blue Marble purely a luck-based game?

Not quite.
You can win by collecting all the properties on one side.
You can win by owning all the tourist spots.
Or by monopolizing three of the same color.
So when Magia relied on luck early on, Youngun started countering with tactics.
When Magia’s luck ran dry, Youngun’s strategy shined.

Even when Magia looked dominant, having land all over the board, Youngun could flip the game by claiming all six tourist tiles and winning outright.
The guy had skill.
But as she’d shown in Naore and Soul Clash, Magia picks up games fast.

She’d been watching Youngun’s plays for hours now.
Naturally, she’d picked up on the flow of the game.
So far she’d been playing based on gut instinct and luck.
Now, she was ready to actually try.
Which is why she said:

“I’ll just go ahead and make my channel now.”
“Huh…?”
— ?
— She’s losing her mind ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ from sleep deprivation
— fr tho lol
— what are you even saying
— Sure, pre-make it and lie again

The Slugs balked at the nonsense.
But Magia held her ground.
“Because I’m gonna win this round.”

Youngun chuckled.
“Geez. You talk like Blue Marble’s a game you can win with just skill…”
“Well, if I’m luckier than you, and you’re beating me with strategy, doesn’t that mean if I copy your strategy, I win? That’s what I’m doing.”

“Oh-ho. Well. I don’t hate a little competitive fire. But… you do know it’s bedtime for little girls, right? Getting sleepy yet…?”
Pfft.
Magia snorted like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

And honestly, it was obvious.
Youngun looked way more exhausted than she did.
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The viewers might not have noticed from their screens, but having played with him all night, Magia knew for sure.
Youngun was crashing.
His eyes were drooping, his tone sluggish—
He was only barely holding it together.

“Whaaat? I’m not sleepy…?”
That signature slightly raised, annoying tone Youngun used when he was trying to rile people up?
It was starting to drag.
No mystery why.

Magia had been riding luck.
Youngun had been brute-forcing the game with brainpower.
And it had been over six hours since 10 PM.
There’s a limit to human focus.
Sleep deprivation kills concentration like nothing else.

Meanwhile Magia?
She’s always awake at this hour.
Her recent utaite gigs had shifted her schedule earlier a bit, but normally her active hours were 2 PM to 6 AM.

She wouldn’t even start feeling drowsy for another two hours.
Sure, she was a bit younger too, but still—
Youngun was running on fumes.
“Just looking at you, you’re totally wiped. Let’s make this the final round and finish the rest tomorrow.”

“Nah. That’s not happening. We both have schedules, remember? Let’s just do one final match—100 subs on the line. How’s that?”
“100 subs. Sounds good.”
Magia glanced at chat, then smiled.

“I bet the Slug Squad is thrilled. My channel opens and they get gift subs.”
“Haha. Still think you’re winning this…? Haven’t considered I might take it?”
“I already copied your strategy, Youngun.”

“Well then… let’s see, shall we…?”
Half of chat was sleepcrete, the other half pure chaos.
The Slugs weren’t sure how to feel.

Wait, wasn’t Magia doing this for them?
Why didn’t it feel good?
She’d never said something like that on stream before.

— So… are we supposed to be happy?
— Don’t know yet
— No way, right…?
— Nahhh
— You believe this?
— What, you don’t believe Magia?
— If you’re a Slug, you have to believe
— lol you’re actually buying this?
— Yeah.
Even within the Slug Squad, opinions were split.
Some thought, She’s gonna bounce without making a channel.
She’s just setting this up to make her boss donate 100 gift subs.

Others countered, No, this time’s different. Let’s believe in her.
Who knows? Maybe Magia really did have a change of heart.
And so, caught between hope and doubt, the final round of Let’s Play Blue Marble Together began.
Right from the start, Magia rolled a double six.

— Oh
— Oh??
— Ohhhh
Then came a double five.
— Holy shit
— She’s cracked lmaoo
— Her luck’s insane again lololol

Finally, she rolled a six and a four, making a clean 32-space loop around the board in a single go, landing back at the start.
— HELL YESSSS
— THIS is what I’m talking about lololol
— Queen Magia, Goddess Magia, Empress Magia lololol
She bought two properties, and once she hit the starting point again, she threw up a Tier 2 building—an actual skyscraper—on one of her prime lands.

The streak of divine luck from her first match had returned after the long valley of bad rolls.
For the Slugs who had ridden this emotional rollercoaster all day long, it finally felt like the light at the end of the tunnel.
Her luck was back. She said herself her game sense had improved.
This meant one thing: She’s gonna win.

The chat, which had been weighed down with suspicion just minutes earlier, exploded.
— That’s it, Magia!!
— Please win this and start your channel
— Yup, the subs are MINE lololololol
— I’m sitting here with my mouth wide open AAAAAAA
— I’m waiting with my mouth open AND my hands out
— I’m right in front of Magia’s hand waiting for my turn
— y’all wildin lmaooo
— Why is chat moving so fast suddenly
— Did all the sleepcretes wake up again??? lmao
— Bro can y’all please go back to bed
— Yo does nobody in here have work tomorrow??
— Nah I’m unemployed as hell lmao no work babyyyyy
— Real world peasants to bed, we stay winning LOL
Even Youngun, who had been blessed with outrageous luck all night, finally hit a wall.

Right at the start, he landed on one of Magia’s properties.
Then another.
His capital drained fast—it was a rough beginning.
:: PIN0 has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: ? Magia’s channel actually went live? ::

— What
— ?
— Excuse me?
The unbelievable news dropped: Magia’s channel was really live.
— On the Pazijik system, every user technically has a channel, but to appear in the streamer search bar, they have to register billing info and be verified by the system.

:: Anonymous has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: So the Pazijik admin was just up watching the stream this whole time? LOL ::
:: Guess the Pazijik staff are Slugs too 😂😂 ::
Now, all that was left was for Magia to win.
If she won this match, she’d instantly get 100 subscribers.
The rich Slugs who had been waiting on the sidelines would start throwing subs like crazy and make her a full-fledged VTuber overnight.

Her “I’m not a VTuber, I’m just staff” excuse?
Finished.
Just as the Slugs had hoped, Magia steadily expanded her assets.
“Another double.”

“Yo, if she dodges that—!”
Youngun, on the other hand, kept hitting empty tiles. His decline was obvious.
Like her overwhelming win in the first match, Magia now rolled over Youngun with grace and power.

{{ Game Results }}
[1st Place] Magia Proxy
[2nd Place] 0gun_Broadcast
She won first place and secured the 100 gift sub prize.
There was only one name left on the roulette now—Magia’s.
Technically, they had to spin it, but the outcome was already guaranteed.

— LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— AT LAST 😭😭😭😭
— What a long, painful journey it’s been…
— Time to go full toxic Slug again!
— BROTHERS!
— get~ ready 😂😂😂 get~ ready 😂😂😂 get~ ready 😂😂😂
— c’mere c’mere c’mere c’mere c’mere
— URAH URAH URAH URAH
— Magia belongs to me now. I can do whatever I want with her.
— Ehe~ Magia-chan, we’re together forever now 💕💕
The Slugs, overcome with joy, completely lost their minds.
Meanwhile, Youngun—who had just lost 100 subs’ worth of a bet—frowned and muttered. That was roughly 600,000 won out of his wallet.

“Goddamn it. Guess being tired screws up your luck too.”
“Told you we should’ve capped it at 100.”
“Tch. So did you actually make the channel? Fire up the stream already, so we can throw the subs.”

“I already booted it up from the computer in the next booth. Go ahead.”
“Right.”
Starting with Youngun’s 100 gifts, an avalanche of subs rained down on Magia’s personal channel.

200, 50, 100, 20, 150…
— FINALLY😭😭😭😭
— No sub badges yet, but who cares!!!
— I’m a real Slug now
— MOM, WE GOT A MAG DUMP!!!
— This mag is warm and cozy…
— Yup~ I’m living here forever~ not moving out ever~
— Slugs live here now!
— Heuehhh Magia I love you
Some people wondered how the channel had been verified so fast.

But in the face of their happiness, the Slugs didn’t care enough to dig deeper.
Still, Magia had to say it.
Why the channel had suddenly opened tonight.
Why the Pazijik admin was clearly watching the whole thing.

She summed it up in one line.
“Just so you know, this channel was made specifically for an event. It’ll be deleted when winter break ends.”
— ?
— ??
— Excuse me?
— lol what kind of bullshit is that
— It’s too late to pull that card, lmaooooo

“I’m not joking. This was made for the massive server event in mid-February, where tons of Pazijik streamers will join one huge campaign.”
She then played a video on her channel.
Black-and-white footage of a man and woman jumping in a car, crashing into a bank.

They shot at cops, blew up a vault, stuffed duffel bags with cash and made their getaway.
Anyone could tell what game this was for.
The mega-hit with over 200 million sales worldwide—
A hyper-realistic open-world title blending American life and crime: Neo California.

It was the most popular game for RP servers, where people took on specific roles and lived new lives in-game.
“We’re gonna steal cars, rob banks, kill people. Can’t do that officially on the main channel, obviously. Now you get why this one exists?”
She’d already cleared all this with Dohee in advance.
But to the Slugs, this was brand new.

:: Anonymous has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: lol yeah right, like you’re gonna delete it after all this ::
:: Anonymous has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Making it was hard, but keeping it up isn’t ㅇㅇ ::
Some denied it.

But those who really knew Magia—knew how dead serious she could be—felt their souls leave their bodies.
— PIN0: I’m going to bed…
— Noooooo
— Don’t wanna!!!
— This has to be a dream 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭