Bottom-tier voice actress wants to become a big star on VTuber.

After comforting Rion Takamiya, Toru Shimizu took a shower first, even though he took a taxi right after getting off the Shinkansen.

But he sweated a lot on the way from his hometown to Nara Station, and his body is sticky now.

After taking a shower, he first checked Line. Good, Daisuke Sakazaki finally didn't have to find himself a job this time.

Going to the recording studio in this weather is truly torture. When will that hat with the solar-powered fan from Tokyo University be released? He desperately needs one.

There's nothing going on with Jiang's side, he was just told to keep an eye out, as he might need to go to the booth to do some promotion for C96 next month.

I don't know if it was a live broadcast, or if it was like later on, where they used a large mascot, like Marlene Bear, to interact with the audience.

The thought that several people suffer from heatstroke every year during CM, and that she might have to wear one of those mascot costumes, made Shimizu Toru want to refuse her outright.

After broadcasting Power Baseball for over an hour, which was the development stage of Rainbow Armor, Shimizu Toru started making dinner.

Ever since they tried cold noodles, Lily and her friends immediately fell in love with this sour and spicy appetizer, and wished they could eat it three times a day.

Although Shimizu Tomo was happy to have an easier time, she still insisted on cooking a few home-style dishes with rice every day at noon, so that they wouldn't have nutritional problems from eating only cold noodles.

"By the way, have the computer parts I ordered for Noah from Amazon arrived yet?"

After slurping up a mouthful of noodles, Shimizu Toru suddenly remembered the graphics cards, power supplies, and other items he had ordered online before going to Nara.

"Everyone's here today, just waiting for you to assemble it." Longdanzun swung his little feet, sitting so that his feet didn't touch the ground.

"Then please clean up the dishes. Come on, Noah, let's go check out your new computer."

"Come on, come on!"

After finishing the rest of the cold noodles in two bites, Shimizu Toru and Kurumi Noa went to her bedroom and saw that she had already opened all the packaging boxes.

Since he wasn't short of money anyway, he bought the famous ROG (Republic of Gamers) full set of PC components for the other party, from the case to the graphics card and water cooling, all of which were pure white.

The computer he built for himself back then wasn't even this good. After all, he was short on money at the time and couldn't afford to pay extra for a sea-view apartment.

"How is it? Do you like it?" Shimizu Toru looked at Kurumi Noa with a smile, while the latter's eyes were already red.

"Mmm~ Daisuki! I love both the computer and Tohru!"

Because Nutto Noah was too shy, even though they were already in a relationship, this was the first time he had ever heard such words from her.

For a moment, Shimizu Toru's heart raced a few beats faster. The girl's sincere confession was truly the most beautiful thing in the world.

"It will look even better after it's installed. I even bought an extra set of RGB fans. It will look amazing when it's turned on."

As we all know, when it comes to building a computer, the focus is on RGB lighting; if you can use RGB, you should never use a non-RGB one.

With an electric screwdriver in hand, Shimizu Toru spent twenty minutes assembling the computer and meticulously arranging all the wires. Kurumi Noah's eyes immediately lit up with admiration.

"So beautiful~ Is this really for me?"

Looking at the computer in front of her, whose monitor had been replaced with a 24-inch 144Hz screen, she felt it was all a little unreal.

This whole setup must cost hundreds of thousands of yen, right? Before my debut, that would have been enough for several months' worth of food expenses.

"Of course it's for you. A man's word is his bond. Would I go back on my word?"

Wiping the fine sweat from his forehead, Qing Shui thought to himself that it was a good thing he had reread the computer installation tutorial several times beforehand, otherwise he would have almost been exposed.

"through--"

Nutto Noah passionately threw herself into his arms, tiptoed, and offered her cherry lips, more proactive than ever before.

Thinking that there was still more than an hour before the return of Ice and Fire Song, Shimizu Toru picked her up and carried her to the bed, and rhythmic clapping immediately filled the room.

Taking advantage of Nutnut Noah's heightened state, he unlocked several new positions before returning to his bedroom feeling refreshed.

The Bilibili Ice and Fire Song Festival is currently in its second year. The first year was held on April 14th and was hosted by Ando, ​​who later joined Rainbow VR.

Few people probably recognize the contestants' names anymore; they were all relatively unknown influencers, and many people's microphones were practically exploding with excitement.

This year's second edition was slightly more formal, but it was still far smaller than the later one, which was officially organized by Bilibili and featured all performers in 3D.

Similar to the first edition, the competition format also adopted the rule of assigning one song and having the participants choose their own.

The song Shimizu Toru was assigned was "Presved Roses," which he had never covered before. It's the opening theme of "Valvrave the Liberator," a collaboration between Nana Mizuki and Nishikawa.

An epic piece of garbage where the male lead and the second male lead fought for two whole seasons, only for the female lead to marry a background character. It's a truly terrible anime that produced a masterpiece.

"Short dream を heavy ね て, eternal に し て く 花 の! Pseudo り が な い!"

"Shut up your life, stay alone!"

Shimizu Toru played two roles, switching seamlessly between high and low notes, and managed to convey the feeling of two different people in his singing.

The song he chose himself, in order to showcase his singing ability, was a particularly challenging one—"Unravel" by Tokyo Ghoul.

This song is even more popular at Dongda University than the anime, so much so that when he started singing, the comments section was full of misheard lyrics like "I'm washing seaweed."

The moment the two songs were released, it was an instant victory. Compared to the other contestants, it even gave the impression of the national team stepping in to clean up the Chinese music scene.

Volume 1: Chapter 141 The lead singer is working too hard

After entering August, the temperature has been heading towards a daily high of 38 degrees Celsius, so hot that you don't want to go out at all.

"Air conditioning is absolutely the greatest invention in human history—without a doubt!"

Enjoying the 23-degree air conditioning, nestled on a beautiful girl's lap, and occasionally taking a bite of watermelon—I wouldn't trade this life for even the purest heavenly water.

“Tou, Green Fairy asked me to remind you not to forget tonight’s relay song.”

Lying on the cold marble floor, playing on her phone, Sunset Lily suddenly spoke up.

"Okay, I'll be there on time."

Chewing on the watermelon that Nutnut Noah fed him with a small fork, Shimizu Toru suddenly understood why there were so many tyrannical rulers in ancient times. It was hard not to become decadent with such a comfortable life.

"Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮, Green Fairy really has no taste, she didn't even invite me to the song recital!"

Sitting on the sofa with both hands gripping the controllers, playing Street Fighter V on PS4 with Rindou-san, Rion Takamiya complained with great dissatisfaction.

"Rion-chan has been studying vocal music for so long, and her progress is indeed quite obvious—at least she won't crack her voice anymore www."

"Aaaaaah!! How dare you laugh at me, Zun! I'll fight you to the death!!"

With his dark past exposed, Jin Hanhan immediately threw down the controller and pounced on Longdanzun to tickle her.

"Hahaha, I know I was wrong, hahaha, Lily-chan, save me!"

Upon receiving the distress signal, Sunset Lily immediately joined the fray with a smile, launching a sneak attack.

"Hey! Lily, where is Lily touching!?"

"Hehe~ It's not like I haven't touched you before, but Rion, has your cup size gotten bigger? It seems like the massage from Touka is quite effective."

Upon hearing this, Shimizu Toru assessed Takamiya Rion's current public opinion and concluded, "She has indeed grown a bit. My hard work has finally paid off."

"No, I'm ignoring you all! You just know how to bully me!"

After glaring angrily at the two of them, Rion Takamiya picked up the controller from the sofa again, only to find that her character had already died when she looked up.

"Waaaaah—Zun, you're cheating! How could you do this!"

"Heh heh~ Who told you to be a step too slow? That's what they call all's fair in love and war~"

"Tou, come quickly and help me get revenge! Let her see what a real master is like!"

Before Shimizu Toru could even sit up, Takamiya Rion had already shoved a controller into his hand, forcing him to move his head off Kurumi Noa's lap.

As he stood up, he lingered, giving the other person a long, breathy kiss on the neck: "Ah~ the scent of a young girl~"

"Big, everyone's watching." Nutnut Noah blushed, clearly not used to playing like this in front of people.

"What does it matter? We've been married for so long, right, Lily?"

Sunset Lily gave him a disapproving look, showing him no respect whatsoever: "You're not planning to throw a party in broad daylight, are you? Have you forgotten how you could barely walk with just three people last time?"

"The past is the past, the present is the present, and I am no longer the person I was last month!"

Twenty days ago, Shimizu Toru took on three opponents at once, and it took him two days of eating raw oysters to recover.

But now that the sky has cleared and the rain has stopped, he feels confident again, and his desire to sleep with his beloved is stirring.

"How about this, if your Street Fighter V can defeat all of us, I'll consider it."

"That's it? Are you sure you don't want to add any restrictions?" Shimizu Toru raised an eyebrow, speaking with an air of certain victory.

Seeing his confidence, Lily in the Sunset whispered with the other three for a moment, then added a condition:

"You have to complete the game in one life. If you lose even once in the middle, we win. Otherwise, if we try many times, you will eventually wear us down and beat us."

"OK~ Who wants to go first?"

Rion Takamiya, who was both bad at the game and loved playing, was the first to step forward: "I'll go! Hmph, Toru, you've never played Street Fighter before, you're definitely no match for me!"

Shimizu Toru has indeed not played Street Fighter much, even after Street Fighter 6 simplified the controls and allowed for one-button moves, attracting many newcomers to the game.

But he knew there was an invincible character!

He instantly chose Guile, then squatted down there, feeling incredibly strong.

Xiuting! Xiuting! Xiuting!

"Ughhh—how can there be such a shameless character!" Rion Takamiya, who was all smiles, suddenly stopped smiling after the fight.

"A bet's a bet, next!"

What does it mean to have one trick up your sleeve and be good at everything? Gu Lie is a perfect example; all he does is use his scissor kick, except for Xiuting.

After four rounds, no one could break through Shimizu Toru's move; once he crouched down, he was completely unpredictable.

Hehe~ Let's party!

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At 8 PM, the "2434 Bang Rock" relay song project planned by Green Fairy and Dream Chaser officially began.

Since the main genre is rock, Toru Shimizu's song choices were greatly narrowed down. In addition, he didn't want to sing "Hero," which he had sung many times before, and it felt like a complete dream song. He was really torn for a while.

Finally, it was Lily in the Sunset who reminded him: "There's no need to choose Japanese, is there? Your English is pretty good too."

"That's right, if you broaden the scope to the whole world, you'll find there are just too many good rock songs to choose from."

If we're talking about Shimizu Toru's favorite rock band, Linkin Park is definitely the first one that comes to mind. He listened to both "Numb" and "In the End" on repeat for many days.

In addition, the lead singer committed suicide by hanging himself two years ago due to depression, bringing endless regret to all Linkin Park fans, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to remember him.

So I spent a lot of time practicing the song, striving to achieve the most accurate reproduction. It took me more than two hours to practice the rap part until it was perfect.

However, the first song he sang on the show was not one of the two mentioned above, but rather the more challenging "Faint".

Because this song has a lot of vocal nuances, he was afraid that after singing two songs, his voice wouldn't be able to bring out that quality, so he put this song first.

Shimizu Toru started with a long rap that no Japanese local could possibly sing.

I am a little bit insecure, a little unconfident.

"Because you don't understand, I do what I can."

But sometimes I don't make sense.

"I am what you never want to say."

When the powerful vocals of the chorus came out, the comments section exploded instantly.

The lead singer is working so hard! My throat hurts from listening!

Linkin Park forever, Chester Bennington forever!

Wow, your English is amazing! I envy people who can speak English so well.

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Chapter 125 won't appear. They circled 500 words the first time, and I finally managed to revise it until it was acceptable.

The second rejection resulted in a thousand words being highlighted, essentially meaning a complete rewrite.

Volume 1: Chapter 142 3D Birthday

Two days later, Shimizu Toru returned to the Rainbow Society's animal capture shed after nearly two months.

If Jiang hadn't reminded him last week, he would have almost forgotten that his birthday is August 4th according to the settings.

In order to earn more money, I deliberately set my birthday five months after my debut, thinking that even if I did poorly, I should be able to get a silver shield in half a year.