Chapter 84: Solo Song for Duets
"Not showing your face and no speaking allowed?"
In front of her, the man in the aloha shirt with streaks of white in his hair furrowed his brows.
"So… it really won’t work, will it?"
Shrinking into herself, she accepted the juice the aloha-shirted man offered. The café’s juice was his personal favorite.
"I call myself the president of a talent agency, but truth is, I’m just a small-time idol producer. No matter how extraordinary your singing is, Anka-chan, if you can’t show your face, I can’t sell you."
If it had been one of the bigger agencies, things might have been different. But for the aloha-shirted man, it was impossible.
"I figured… Sorry."
After years of silence, she had reached out again. Her singing technique, sharper and more polished than ever before, stirred a sense of regret in him. That regret pushed him to ask one more question.
"Then why now, Anka-chan? Why suddenly try to put your songs out there? Hiding your face means you’re keeping it secret from your family, right?"
"Because I don’t want to lose."
This time her words were firm and clear.
"I don’t want to lose to my Onii-chan."
"…I see."
Draining his glass, the man in the aloha shirt grinned.
"Anka-chan, you know about V’s, right? Even if I can’t help you, I’ve got contacts who might squeeze you in."
And so, the singing VTuber of 《2.5D》, Isaribi Seere of the Siren, was born.
"But why no speaking either?"
"Ehh!? Talking in front of people is way too embarrassing!"
This girl really is off in her own way, the man thought, crunching the last ice cubes in his glass.
"Here I go!"
Top Chat: A song Elf-san can’t memorize, huh…
Top Chat: Kyoka-chan was singing a Siren’s song earlier, right?
Top Chat: I think I know where this is going.
Top Chat: Yeah, same thought, but come on—that one’s literally unsingable for humans lol
"What do you mean, unsingable for humans?"
Top Chat: To put it simply for you, Elf-san, there’s a V called Siren.
Top Chat: Some of her songs use both ultra-low and ultra-high ranges at once.
Top Chat: That’s why they’re unsingable.
Top Chat: Officially classified as “solo songs for duets” lol
Top Chat: Yeah, like this one where… wait.
Top Chat: This intro…
Top Chat: No way.
"Kyoka can sing both bass and soprano, you know?"
Top Chat: Eh—
The very next moment, a storm of sound dominated the room.
"—This is the hero’s tale! Tragic yet beautiful! This is the hero’s tale! At the end of trials and misfortune! This is the hero’s tale! At long last, he returned home… only to find it already reduced to ash!"
Top Chat: It’s Hero’s Scattered Flowers—whaaaaaaat!?
Top Chat: Wait, wait, wait, no way!!
Top Chat: High-range barrier breached! I repeat, high-range barrier breached!
Top Chat: …Is this the real thing?
"—The glittering court, the dazzling women, the blinding treasures—none of this the hero desired! He only wished to return home! But that wish was never granted!"
Top Chat: She just broke through the low-range barrier…
Top Chat: This is the real deal.
Top Chat: Cute Kyoka-chan is the Siren?
Top Chat: Whoa, my brain is glitching.
Top Chat: Feels like my brain just crashed like when you shred a contract! Gotta run!
Top Chat: Don’t run lol
"—The bloodied hero was exhausted! He only wanted to sleep! Listening to the familiar sound of the waterwheel! Crawling forward, wishing for nothing else! And the home he reached… had already turned to ash!"
Anka’s eyes locked onto the camera, and for a brief moment, pure hatred flashed through them. Like the hero in the lyrics, her exhausted gaze carried the fury of battlefield demons.
Top Chat: Goosebumps
Top Chat: That gave me chills ahhh
Top Chat: This is insane, seriously insane!
"—The devil whispered revenge! The devil whispered retribution! But still, the hero did not draw his sword! Losing everything, he was still a hero!"
A poem of a hero who chose to fall with only pride remaining in his chest. Every listener could vividly picture the scene.
What felt like hours was only a few minutes, yet the audience erupted in thunderous applause.
Top Chat: I know this song… and I’m crying…
Top Chat: Me too
Top Chat: The song’s over but I’m still crying
Top Chat: Feels like someone just slammed their emotions straight into me
Top Chat: So this… is the full power of the Siren…
"Onii-chan! This is my—Siren’s song! Try to beat me if you can!"
The girl, raised under the protection of her gentle older brother, raised her fist and challenged loudly.
Top Chat: Wooooaaah! This is hypeee!!
Top Chat: Siren! Siren!
Top Chat: Siren! Siren!
Top Chat: Siren! Siren!
Top Chat: Siren! Siren!
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