Volume 1 Chapter 24: Dog Bro, Do You Want to Be a Moderator?
Hmm…
On Lin Lin’s side, she finally handled Dog Bro’s issue in a very steady way.
Seeing that, with her guidance, he now seemed to have things under control, the girl felt relieved and decided to move on to the next topic.
After all… she felt this wasn’t too good. If she kept focusing on Dog Bro, it would start to feel like he was a plant she hired.
Besides, Dog Bro winning over the little girl would take time! She just needed to wait patiently, no need to worry so much.
So, please welcome the next victim—cough, no, the next guest friend.
Ta-da~
Gao Liang had wanted to keep talking about this topic with Ari-chan, but she smoothly changed the subject.
Well, even so, he really learned a lot from it.
Gao Liang nodded to himself.
Hmm, I should show some appreciation. I don’t really have any gifts to send… how about becoming a “Captain”?
【System Message: User “Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog” has opened Grand Voyage — Commander (Captain) for one month for the streamer, with auto-renewal.】
【Holy crap! Ari-chan’s Captain is here! Big boss, so generous!】
【Damn, it really is Dog Bro! Dog Bro is awesome!】
【Isn’t that a Commander? Holy crap, this is the first time I’ve seen a new streamer get a Commander this fast.】
【Fast-forward to Ari-chan being fully supported by Dog Bro. Just thinking about it fills my Sweet Pear heart with joy.】
【Nooo, don’t do that kind of thing~】
Seeing the sudden Grand Voyage effect on screen, Lin Lin was stunned. Just like the chat, she was confused about why Dog Bro suddenly bought a Commander, and at the same time fell into deep self-doubt.
What have I done to deserve this, Dog Bro…?
The girl opened her mouth wide. After a long moment, she finally reacted and quickly spoke to the screen:
“Ahem, thank you Dog Bro! Dog Bro is generous, Dog Bro is awesome—no, wait… you’re not Dog Bro anymore. You are my god!”
……
【The streamer loves being awkward.】
【LOL, what was that?】
【Ari-chan, you are my—god!】
Ahem…
Yeah, that was a bit awkward.
“Anyway, thank you so much for the Commander, Dog Bro, hehe. Recently you’ve sent me gifts, Super Chats, helped me find topics to talk about, and now you even bought a Commander. Thank you so much. Hmm… let me think, how should I thank you?”
The girl really felt embarrassed. But Gao Liang quickly refused her offer to repay him.
First, for him, this amount of money really wasn’t much. Second… he truly appreciated Ari-chan’s advice tonight.
It helped him a lot. A lot.
So he typed his reply,
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: No need. I mainly wanted to thank you for helping me analyze everything tonight, because I really care about this. And I really enjoy watching your streams. I hope you keep going, you’ll definitely become a big streamer one day!】
“Mm!” The girl nodded, but she still wanted to give him something as thanks.
However, when she realized she didn’t really have anything to give, or even if she did, he probably wouldn’t care for it, she suddenly felt stuck.
What should I give him…
Uh…
Oh!
The girl suddenly thought of something. She excitedly pointed at the screen and suggested to Dog Bro.
“Dog Bro, do you want to be a moderator? I don’t have any moderators yet.”
Moderator?
Gao Liang froze for a moment. At first, he wanted to refuse without thinking, but then he reconsidered.
Being Ari-chan’s moderator… actually sounds like a pretty good job?
Uh… at least he could help keep the chat clean. If he saw any crazy or rude comments, he could mute them.
Right now, Ari-chan is still a small streamer, so the chat is fine. But if she becomes more popular later, strange people will definitely show up.
Yes. In the future, she will need him!
This job, if not me, then who?
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Sure!】
As soon as Dog Bro agreed, Lin Lin set him as a moderator in her channel through the account settings.
When Gao Liang saw the system message saying “You are now a moderator” for the first time, he felt it was pretty new and interesting. Without realizing it, he started looking closely at the chat messages.
At this moment, the chat had already exploded.
【Chat 1: Damn, are people doing under-the-table deals openly now?】
【Chat 2: Wuwuwu, I also want to be Ari-chan’s dog—ah no, I mean her moderator.】
【System message: User “Chat 2” has been muted for 1 day.】
【Chat 3: Damn, Dog Bro is already taking action! Dog Bro, remember me! Don’t mute me! I’m Ari-chan’s number one cute fan, we’re on the same side!】
【Chat 4: If I become a top supporter, can I be a moderator too? What if I buy a captain rank, can I try being one?】
“Ahahaha…” Seeing how intense the reaction was, Lin Lin quickly explained:
“Well, um, Dog Bro is my first viewer, and we’ve chatted a few times before. I think he’s a pretty nice person, so I gave him moderator rights. I won’t give it out randomly, so don’t worry. And Dog Bro, don’t mute people randomly either!”
Gao Liang paused for a second, then typed in the chat with some reluctance, “She called me a dog.”
“Cough, cough—okay, okay, that mute was fine, totally reasonable. Don’t act crazy, everyone!”
The chat then showed support for Dog Bro one after another. Well, it was only one day anyway, so no big deal.
After assigning the moderator and with the boost in popularity from Dog Bro becoming a top supporter earlier, Lin Lin was surprised to find that she had gained quite a few new followers.
Alright, strike while the iron is hot. Time to read private messages!
Thinking this, the girl opened the message inbox. After searching for a while, she finally found one that seemed pretty serious.
It was actually about studying at school.
She quickly skimmed the message, copied it into a TXT file, and then read it out loud on stream.
“Hello Ari-chan, I’m a second-year high school student. Recently, I’ve felt like I just can’t focus on studying at school. I watched your stream last night and followed you. I think your streams are really interesting, they’re a comfort in my boring life.”
“My grades are bad, and my friends’ grades are bad too. But my parents expect a lot from me. I feel like I have no talent, I’m very shy, and I’m too embarrassed to ask teachers or classmates for help. Private tutors are too expensive, and I can’t afford cram schools. I feel lost and don’t know what to do…”
“I want to watch your streams, but I also want to study and improve my grades. So I want to ask, can you stream tutoring for high school classes? I really want Ari-chan to tutor me, hehe… Ari-chan in a tutor outfit… smells nice… soft… and very smart… drool…”
“……”
What the heck is this?!
When she read the first part, she really felt touched, but how did it suddenly turn so crazy at the end?!
And also, with my level, how could I possibly tutor someone?! I’m worried about my own grades already!
Lin Lin clenched her teeth, just about to complain loudly, when suddenly—
【Ding-dong, new mission released: Please find a top student to tutor you, and hold a study-session livestream next Saturday. Answer all questions perfectly. Reward: a “cool and serious female top-student” Live2D skin, 20,000 popularity points, and super memory! Failure: your IQ will drop to 20.】
Hiss—
Huh?
What kind of nonsense is this?!