Chapter 403: My Lady, What We Need Is… A Vtuber!
Chapter 403: My Lady, What We Need Is… A Vtuber!
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Within the territory of the Vampire Family of Tokyo, there was a large Domain where the infrastructure and the buildings inside differed greatly from what seemed outside.
There were a large village of gothic-looking manors spread across a misty forest, each manor held a small subfamily of Vampires, with their own children, servants, and gardens.
The largest manor of this territory was obviously the one where Clementine resided with Harumi.
Clementine, the Matriarch of the Vampire Family of Tokyo, was a woman that has lived for one thousand years that came from Europe in medieval Japan Era, she brought the Vampires to Japan and quickly gathered an immense clan that has lasted for dozens of generations.
She resided within the largest manor of this Domain set in a different space but at the same time the same space as the area where they had settled down.
The Vampire Clan of Tokyo was rather well-known for meddling in several affairs, they were similar to gangsters in a way, and defended territories, commercial areas, and more that were owed by those that paid them for protection, or that had family ties with their members.
They also had control over most hospital and the blood bank of the city, where they got most of their primordial resource for food, fresh human blood, which the humans gave out willingly to help others… Although this had generally stopped as of late, so some measures were needed.
Clementine came from the Ancient Europe and had stayed in Japan for a long time, naturally, she learned Japanese and has been observing their culture for some time.
She knew what they wanted, she knew what they needed to begin giving their blood once more.
Aside from offering a fee depending on how much blood the people donated, she needed something else to incentivize them to donate blood.
And that was…
An idol!
In Japanese culture, Idols are well known, they are beautiful, cute, and bright young girls with amazing voices who sing beautiful songs that inspire the modern Japanese citizens through their youth and brightness, something they always miss from their past.
However, it couldn’t be just any idol, she needed to be more “with the times”.
After Clementine, this old and calculative Vampiress, spoke with several Vampires, which also included the new generation of Vampires who had been recently embraced just a few dozen years ago, she received some insight in what type of character they required to make.
In this meeting, Harumi was invited as well, although she had remained mostly silent.
A young and charming Vampire man with long wine-colored hair and sharp crimson eyes, wearing some typical sexy playboy clothes, which also revealed part of his muscular chest, spoke to Clementine.
“My lady, what we need is… A Vtuber!”
Even Harumi was shocked as she stopped looking at her phone (where she was playing a gacha game) and glanced at the man, whose name as Akihito, in disbelief.
She knew what Vtubers were because she was always checking the internet in her free time, and now that there were vacations, she always had free time and often delved in all sorts of forums, pages, apps, and streaming services.
There was a separation between the young group of Vampires, who were around 8 members. Some knew about it and approved of it, and the others also knew about it, but didn’t wanted such a ridiculous thing.
“That’s an amazing idea, Aniki!”
“Yeah, lady Clementine!”
“A Vtuber would really be the best!”
“I love Vtubers, especially Pekora-chan and the others…! A Vtuber representing us Vampires to incentivize humans to donate blood would be an immediate success!”
“What are you four talking about, fools?!”
“This is ridiculous, how can you even come out with this idea and still believe you’re an honorable member of our clan?”
“Lady Clementine please ignore these absolute clowns, such a thing would be a dishonor…”
“…”
Clementine, in all of her serious beauty as a Vampire Matriarch who has lived for thousands of years, glanced with a stoic expression at Dan.
“Dan, what do you mean? What is a… Vtuber? And why do you new generation know about it so much? I have studied the Japanese culture for centuries, yet I have never heard of a thing such as a “Vtuber”. …Explain yourself better,” she asked.
The Vampires suddenly felt embarrassed to explain such a thing to their lady, she was such a knowledgeable woman, yet she didn’t knew about this stuff, but it was embarrassing to explain it because it was very ridiculous, and she was always very serious and stoic.
Clementine was a very classic vampire, dead serious, calm, calculative, her servants had never recalled any time she ever smiled. Her strength was incredibly, though, and that was enough for all of them to obey and fear her. However, in the last hundreds of years, she had become softer, and has been trying to get closer with her Family of Vampires, for unknow motives.
Due to this, she started doing these meetings where she spoke with them and learned about what they had in mind, their ideas often felt refreshing for her, and made her appreciate each Vampire better. Often making her realize how foolish she has been for not trying to get closer with those that are so loyal and dedicated to the clan…
Due to this, she was trying her hardest to understand what these younglings were talking about.
“My lady, Vtubers are the best thing! They are virtual youtubers, girls or boys who stream on the internet and take into the appearance of drawn characters, often acting charismatic and energetic, they draw the attention of people that see them. Most of them are amazing singers, and are often seen as virtual idols, but without being in person to the concerts and stuff like that!” said Dan.
Clementine barely understood what he was saying, but nodded.
“I… see… Do you think Vtubers are a good option? If they are fairly new and popular with the young generations, which are most of the population, then it would be a good idea to make one… If it can be charismatic enough to attract people and inspire them to donate, that’s it…”
Something incredibly ridiculous was happening with the Vampire Clan!
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