Chapter 55: Didn’t Anyone Tell You? Your Singing is Awful
"Don’t go and bother her. She’s just a minor streamer. I’m sure she didn’t mean to plagiarize."
A woman sat in the livestream, a smile on her face. Her long, golden hair made her face look even more beautiful, and her every expression held a certain charm.
She reached up and flicked her long hair back, then said in a gentle voice, "It’s fine. Minor streamers, you know? They all want to get popular. I understand."
"But I still can’t accept her plagiarism," she said with a soft sigh. "Sigh... I hope she learns her lesson this time and doesn’t do this kind of thing again."
[Ahhh, Nana, you’re such a kind and understanding fairy! You’re even speaking up for that plagiarist streamer.]
[I went and checked. That streamer named Sue Shiver doesn’t even dare show her face. She must be really ugly. How can she even compare to you, Nana?]
Seeing this, Karina covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled, her eyes curving into crescents. "Don’t say that. I’m not that pretty either."
As she was speaking, she saw a comment in the bullet chat, and her beautiful eyes lit up. "Is that the great F?"
At that moment, the bullet comments were all saying, [Nana, we poached the top contributing fan from that other streamer’s channel!]
[Compared to that minor streamer, the great F definitely prefers our beautiful Karina.]
Karina smiled at the comments. "Welcome, F, to my stream."
Of course, she had heard of him. He had previously spammed dozens of "warships" in Sue Shiver’s stream—a gift spree worth tens of millions of Star Coins.
It had caused a huge sensation in their circle.
Although she was already a very popular streamer and received plenty of gifts, she had never seen anyone drop so much money at once like he had.
So, her tone became much gentler. "F, what song would you like to hear? You can make requests here."
Of course, song requests were possible, but people usually only made them after sending a gift. Someone who had just entered the stream and hadn’t sent anything typically wouldn’t make a request.
What she really meant by this was to get Cillian Forrest to send a gift.
The idea that he was a big spender was already firmly fixed in Karina’s mind. Besides, she was confident that no one who came to her stream could dislike her.
After all, she was extremely confident in her status as an A-level Healer-class and in her beautiful face.
But after she spoke, F still didn’t react. ’What’s going on?’
’He was so generous with that minor streamer, so why isn’t he doing anything now that he’s here?’
’Does he want me to sing first?’
Karina frowned almost imperceptibly. Suppressing the displeasure in her heart, she still smiled and said, "Alright, I’ll sing a song first then."
[Wow, Nana’s going to sing! I love you, Nana!]
[Don’t worry, big shot. Nana’s singing is amazing, definitely better than whatever that minor streamer Sue Shiver sounds like.]
[If you ask me, great F, the gifts you sent in Sue Shiver’s stream were a waste. You could have given them all to our Nana!]
Karina watched the bullet comments on the screen, her eyes curving with amusement.
’He must have seen the comments this time.’
But to her surprise, there was still no reaction.
Having no other choice, Karina could only suppress her annoyance and begin to sing.
All the equipment she used was top-of-the-line: instruments, backing tracks, lighting—everything was fully prepared.
She even happened to be using the very piece of equipment that Sophie Wexler didn’t know how to use on her stream.
It was full of high-tech flair, with cool lighting and a complex set of buttons that made it look very impressive and high-class.
She began to play, and it was a completely different style from the ancient instrument Sophie Wexler had used.
The rhythm was clearly more intense and soaring.
But the song she chose was, oddly enough, not in this style at all.
That’s right—she chose the very song she claimed Sophie Wexler had plagiarized from her.
Perhaps because she was trying her best to imitate it, there was indeed some resemblance.
The music was turbulent, while the song was peaceful and gentle. Putting the two together created a strange sense of dissonance, like a clumsy imitation that fails to capture the essence of the original.
But the bullet comments were a sea of praise.
[Nana is amazing! Nana, you sang that so beautifully! This is how the song is supposed to sound, a hundred times better than that other streamer.]
The netizens who had come over from Sophie Wexler’s stream to check things out: "???"
’This sounds good?’
’How can the great F stand to stay here and listen to this? Is there something wrong with his ears?’
[Look at our Nana’s skill! The plagiarism dog should apologize to our Nana!]
The netizens from Sophie Wexler’s stream: "???"
[Are you even speaking the language of The Empire? If your ears are clogged, you should go get them cleaned out!]
[With this level of skill, you think our Teacher Sue would plagiarize her? What kind of cosmic joke is that?]
[I’d say you’re the one who plagiarized our Sue! Everyone knows that after our Sue got popular, a ton of people started imitating her. You’re probably just another copycat, aren’t you?]
But this was Karina’s stream. The comments from Sophie Wexler’s fans were quickly drowned out, and the netizens in her stream even started mocking them.
[What dogs are barking?]
[You’ve probably never seen a big Healer-class streamer like our Nana before. Hurry up and crawl back to your trashy master.]
[With our Nana’s popularity, would she need to imitate her? I’m dying of laughter.]
Comment after comment completely buried the words of Sophie Wexler’s fans, making them so angry they were about to explode. And there was nothing they could do.
Just then, amidst the flood of bullet comments and a flurry of small gift effects, a Starship appeared on the screen.
Karina saw it. She frowned for a second before quickly raising the corners of her lips into a smile. "Thank you, great F, for the Starship."
When Sophie Wexler’s fans in the stream saw this, they were collectively stunned. They were about to lose their minds.
[F, what is wrong with your taste? You’re sending her gifts?]
[Just listen to this. Does this sound good to you?]
[F, I thought you were someone with good taste, but I didn’t expect you to be so shallow, just paying for a pretty face.]
[Why did you send her a gift? Why?!!]
The bullet comments were instantly filled with questions.
At first, when Karina saw the Starship, she had felt a little indignant.
’He spams ’warships’ for that Z-list streamer, but when it comes to me, it’s just a Starship?’
But after seeing the bullet comments, she felt happy again.
Ever since that streamer named Sue Shiver had appeared, she had siphoned off so many viewers from her streams. Even the casual viewers who used to watch her had all gone to watch Sue Shiver instead.
This time, she had finally gotten a bit of revenge.
Feeling incredibly pleased, Karina said, "This is my first time singing this song publicly. I’m not sure if it sounds good or not."
[It’s good, it’s good, it’s super good!!]
The bullet comments scrolled by frantically.
Karina laughed when she saw them. "You all just know how to make me happy." Then, her tone shifted as she asked, "F, what do you think?"
She was confident he would also say she sang beautifully and was all ready to be praised. But when she saw a conspicuous bullet comment float across the top of the screen, the smile on her face froze.
[F: Has no one told you?]
[F: Your singing is terrible.]