I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work-Chapter 225

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[Magia, wtf lol]

How did she even hold back until now just to play around like this? 😂

Was it Momo’s expert work in reforming a notorious troll, or did Magia really manage to adapt to society?

But seriously, is this something you can just hold back...?

[Comments]

— Pazijik890: Either way, if even one thing had gone wrong, it would've been a disaster lol

ㄴ Pazijik785: If she didn’t know when to joke and when not to, she would’ve already been labeled a criminal and UFC’d hahaha

ㄴ Pazijik890: True lol

— Pazijik008: Honestly, Magia’s just a prodigy at WWE-level trolling

ㄴ Pazijik008: She’s always thinking about how to prank without actually causing chaos lol

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[Since WWE and UFC came up, I’m asking seriously]

Isn’t this actually a problem?

Like, stealing construction explosives and messing up the city... isn’t that crossing a line?

[Comments]

— Pazijik152: Not at all lol

ㄴ Pazijik152: The mafia were all still busy building their bases, only minor crimes were happening, and now big events are finally kicking off

ㄴ Pazijik152: The police faction is booming like crazy

ㄴ Pazijik152: Viewer counts are skyrocketing—two digits to three digits, three digits to four digits

ㄴ Pazijik085: The citizens chasing Darami are getting tons of attention too lol

ㄴ Pazijik330: If you catch Darami, it's jackpot lol

— Pazijik787: If UFC-level chaos was gonna happen, it would’ve already happened

ㄴ Pazijik787: Plus, the police chief is Movgun, so it’s all good

ㄴ Pazijik787: Even if police cars explode, they can respawn

ㄴ Pazijik787: Even if buildings blow up, construction companies can rebuild them

ㄴ Pazijik256: Actually, construction companies are getting busy now lol, they were dying before

ㄴ Pazijik646: Job creation and caring for the common folk — leave it to the Great Gia lol

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***

Day 6.

There was now one thing everyone in Thunder Special City knew.

—⚡Thunder——————————

TCB Reporter Fire_fox ☑ @Fire_fox

Breaking news! The bounty on wanted criminal Darami has increased!!

Previous: 5 million → Now: 7.5 million / MUST ALIVE

Citizens, please actively cooperate in capturing this dangerous criminal!!

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Wherever Darami went, explosions followed.

And they always happened in the most unexpected places.

When you thought she was cornered, a path would suddenly open.

When you thought you caught her, debris would fall and separate her from her pursuers.

It was almost like she was a runaway artist, turning the chasing crowds into bumbling fools by blowing up buildings and walls.

Even Darami’s once pathetic evasion skills were improving day by day — thanks to Magia’s precise bomb placement and Pino’s masterful bike driving, always swooping in at the perfect time.

The police force kept growing. More citizens joined the chase, turning it into a full-blown city-wide event.

An elusive criminal, a menace to Thunder Special City, and now a celebrity everyone knew. That was Darami.

In some ways, she had become even more famous than when she first dreamed of being a "great mafia boss" upon entering the server.

—⚡Thunder——————————

TCB Reporter Fire_fox ☑ @Fire_fox

Another update! Darami’s bounty has increased again!!

Previous: 7.5 million → Now: 10 million / MUST ALIVE

We urgently need the public's cooperation!!

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Eventually, the police played their hand.

With the increased manpower, they stationed officers at construction companies to prevent any more explosives from being stolen.

Still, considering the scale, it was only natural for the police to start suspecting Maru (the head of Dochi Construction) of being involved.

“Boss, just to double-check... You’re sure the explosives were stolen?”

“O-Of course.”

“Really?”

“O-of course! What kind of person do you think I am?!”

— Hahahahaha

— She’s totally busted lol

— Lying like a five-year-old

— Completely transparent, unbelievable

Maru, who was terrible at lying, easily fell into the trap of leading questions.

"I’m sorry... I sold the blasting explosives to Darami..."

And why didn’t Tia’s (Magia’s) name come up?

Because Maru had been threatened: the moment she even mentioned Tia’s name, Magia would blow up the construction company.

Other businesses could get repairs done by construction companies, but if the construction company itself was destroyed, it would cost as much as buying it again.

Not wanting to lose her investment, Maru squeezed out every bit of deceit she had and just blamed Darami — the most famous and most obvious suspect anyway.

“We can’t just overlook this crime. There's still something we can get from you.”

“I really am sorry...”

“But we’re not going to replace you with someone else.”

“R-Really?”

“In exchange, you’ll need to cooperate with us.”

“H-how exactly?”

Movgun now had the information he needed and was ready to set a trap.

“Explosives don’t last forever. Once Darami runs out of them, she’ll have to come back for more.”

“Right...”

“So just keep taking payment and handing over the explosives like normal. We’ll handle the arrest.”

Maru hesitated.

“But... will Darami really come with all these police around?”

“We’ll pull back. Leave just a few elites behind.”

“Ah, I see.”

Movgun said,

“Don’t worry and just go about your business. It’s our job to clean this up and bring peace back to the city.”

Honestly, Maru also wanted to escape Tia’s stranglehold.

She had no idea things would spiral like this when she took what she thought was clean money.

If she ever found out that Tia was actually Magia, her feelings might change, but Magia had hidden her identity so well — she even ordered all room managers to eliminate any suspicious "cuckoos" immediately.

Not a word about it reached any of the Parallel members, not even to Cheon Do-hee.

Anyway, that’s how the police’s Capture Darami Operation kicked off.

Most of the officers withdrew, leaving only two elite members handpicked by Movgun hidden throughout the construction company building, waiting for Darami to show up.

But no one knew when she would actually come.

An hour passed, then two...

Time dragged on endlessly.

While on stakeout, Movgun continued managing the swelling tide of crime in the city through police radio, trying to keep order by crushing illegal mafia weapon deals and store robberies popping up everywhere.

But why was it... around the third hour into their stakeout, a heavy shadow started to fall over the city?

Urgent calls began pouring in from every direction.

And in every single transmission — one name kept coming up.

[Chief, sorry! We had a robbery at a downtown jewelry store! They used blasting explosives to escape—two officers injured, and the robbers got away!]

The fleeing robbers reportedly said,

"Darami helped us!"

Chzzk.

[Anyone available in the east? A farmer named Yong-sook just got a threatening call—pay up or watch your farm get leveled! Could it be Darami?]

The caller allegedly said,

"Darami's backing me up!"

Chzzk.

[Down here at the southern coast! A citizen says their car just exploded! They're begging us to catch the culprit!]

When asked if there was any personal grudge, the citizen said,

"Isn’t this just Darami’s reckless antics?"

Listening to all the reports and dispatching officers where he could, Movgun couldn’t help but slap his forehead.

"Ah, I didn’t see this coming..."

Because in real life, when a criminal like Darami emerges, you also get copycat criminals who commit crimes in their name.

Some justify it as fighting oppression, some see it as rebellion, others just want to cause chaos.

But in Thunder Special City, people were copying Darami for different reasons.

There were players who had wanted to rack up bad deeds and join the mafia, but had been too scared to make the first move.

Now, thanks to Darami’s presence, they could act more boldly.

Even just mentioning her name guaranteed attention. Even getting caught could boost their popularity through WWE-level drama.

For many streamers trying to grow in Thunder Special City, there was no better opportunity.

Right now, everyone was talking about Darami.

But if amateurs, inexperienced with RP, started mimicking Darami too wildly, it could easily shift from WWE-style fun into UFC-level chaos.

Take that third incident reported earlier — blowing up a car out of pure personal grudge and blaming it on Darami?

That could turn public opinion sour fast.

And naturally, it fell on Movgun to moderate these UFC-level disasters.

He’d already told the officers below him to try handling things on their own.

But if they failed, the problems would eventually escalate up to his level.

‘Don’t tell me...’

The more Darami scammed and ran around, the more Movgun’s workload grew — not linearly, but exponentially.

The more famous she became, the more others copied her or invoked her name.

And the harder it became for Movgun to catch her.

But it wasn’t believable that Darami had planned all this.

‘The girl couldn’t even pull off a robbery properly before. You’re telling me she anticipated the entire city’s reaction?’

The Darami Movgun knew was... well, "incompetent" summed her up pretty well.

Always making clumsy mistakes, committing minor, petty crimes at best.

There was no way she had suddenly evolved into a master criminal strategist.

‘Something definitely happened that day.’

The mysterious scammer who’d been using stolen photos had gone dark too — coincidentally right after the North Wharf warehouse explosion.

Ever since Darami had met someone there, she had started causing chaos in an organized way.

While Movgun was slowly piecing it together, Red Hood was steadily turning up the pressure on the police.

———BOOM!

"?!"

— What was that?

— What the hell??

— Something just blew up?

— Was it a car??

A loud explosion shook the area, and the three people on stakeout inside the construction company instinctively rushed outside.

There they saw a five-story # Nоvеlight # building slowly tilting over.

— Uh...

— It's falling toward us?

— We need to run??

Unfortunately, the building was leaning straight toward Maru’s construction company.

"It’s gonna crush us, run!"

"Chief! You have to move!!"

It was clear the collapsing building was meant to force them to flee, but Movgun’s instincts screamed something else.

This had Darami’s fingerprints all over it.

They wanted them to flee — so someone could sneak in and steal the explosives.

If the building wasn’t actually going to fall directly onto the construction company, then Movgun’s best move was to head inside, not out.

Surely, someone—Darami, or an accomplice — would be there, trying to snatch the blasting explosives.

If he could just fire his taser and hit them — he could break this whole chain of crime at last—

"...Huh?"

But when Movgun rushed into the building, taser drawn, he found...an empty office.

The explosives were untouched, still sitting where they were.

— Wait, where’s the boss??

— She bolted the second that boom went off lol

— She ran so fast hahaha

— GOAT of running away

— Wait a sec, if that's the case... hahaha

Almost immediately, the already-tilted building let out a final creak — and began collapsing for real.

Movgun, trapped, muttered under his breath,

"Son of a b—"

CRASH!

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Meanwhile...on the rooftop of a neighboring building, Darami started a livestream with the collapsed building in full view behind her.

With her mic muted for now, she turned to Magia and asked nervously,

"What do I even say?!"

"You’re the boss, you figure it out, hehe."

"I have to think of it myself?!"

"Of course! You’re gonna have to keep taunting the police and citizens from now on. Were you planning to rely on me forever?"

"Ugh..."

Magia patted Darami’s waist and said,

"Boss, your greatest weapon is your bravado. Flaunt it! Never show weakness! I made you boss because I love that cocky side of you, remember?"

"You say 'boss,' but I’m basically a figurehead..."

"So you’re gonna give up then?"

"No way!"

Darami, looking at the moonlight glinting off the barrel of a gun, stepped forward to face the camera.

Thus, in a livestream broadcast across Thunder Special City’s SNS Thunder, Darami, still a little awkward, declared war on the police.

"Hey, uh, listen up. Your police chief? Yeah... I flattened him."

She was clumsy about it, sure.

But when it came to sheer cocky showmanship — no one on the server could match Darami.

"If you don’t wanna end up like him, stop chasing me and, uh... know your place, got it?"