The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

Rion had arrived on the first floor.

“This area is not safe.”

Again, the AI’s voice echoed.

The basement and the stairs were separated by a reinforced glass barrier.

Through the glass wall, the horrific sight of the first floor was visible.

Bloodstains scattered everywhere.

Furniture like chairs lay toppled over on the floor, light bulbs shattered into fragments scattered across the floor.

And zombies were roaming around.

– “Damn, they look disgustingly real;;”

– “Eek!”

– “So freaking gross, nya…”

【’Normal Lust’ donated 1,000 won.】

【”Wow, hot”】

– “?”

– “???”

– “Guess we’ve got someone with odd kinks here..”

– “Name doesn’t match their vibe at all.”

“Urgh…”

Rion couldn’t help but gag.

Like most people, Rion was rather squeamish.

Peeling skin. Intestines spilling from a ripped abdomen.

Some showed bare bones, while others had eyeballs dangling out.

‘This is why I hated this…’

She’d never been fond of zombies or horror games in the first place. There was just a time when she’d played horror games to gain popularity, somehow.

Especially with the company that created Labyrinthos involved, the zombie depiction in this game was excessively realistic and grotesque.

And added to that was the vivid realism only felt in a VR game.

The smell lingering in the air, the texture of the air against her skin.

All of it combined to amplify the terror.

Rion instinctively swallowed.

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“Huh. What a spectacle from the start.”

Suddenly, a composed voice floated toward her.

“Unnie…”

“Don’t just stand there. Come over here. There’s nothing good about showing yourself to them.”

Laura extended her hand, beckoning Rion over.

‘Right… She was the reason I’d agreed to play this game…’

At first, Rion had intended to refuse, just like everyone else.

But with the fourth slot of the party refusing to be filled, Rion had ultimately ended up here.

Sure, it was partly to make up the numbers, but more than that, Rion had a significant purpose.

Probably no one else in the world wanted to see Laura succeed more than she did.

Even more than Laura herself.

“…Got it.”

Rion held Laura’s hand and pressed herself against the wall, staying out of the zombies’ line of sight.

Laura continued observing the zombies outside the glass, and Rion held her breath the entire time.

Then, finally, they could hear footsteps coming from the bottom of the stairs, signaling that the other two had logged in.

“Mom! Auntie!”

– “Auntie lololol”

– “Since Laura’s the mom, does that make her the aunt? LOL”

– “I’m dying lololol”

– “Must be nice having a big family.”

“Dead meat, nya.”

The moment she was called “Auntie,” Rion involuntarily spat out a harsh retort.

It was Ainatsu.

Probably because she couldn’t hold her alcohol, she’d been growing dumber and had started calling Rion “Auntie” lately.

‘I swear, I might just beat her up, nya.’

“Wow… What the heck. This kind of atmosphere, I really hate it…”

And the other was Sora.

Sora looked around, shuddering, and muttered under her breath.

【‘Great Ducal Family’ Party Status (4/4)】

【Aurora】

【Nekozuka Rion】

【Tanabe Ainatsu】

【Ayanokouji Sora】

Laura, Rion, Ainatsu, Sora.

This was the party known as the ‘Great Ducal Family.’

Of course, Aurora was the one who chose that name.

Each of them had a role: a ducal lady, the family’s head maid (with a side family lineage), the family’s prisoner, and the family’s insignificant guest (who sometimes did odd jobs). Whatever that meant. Rion didn’t quite understand it herself, so anyone curious was welcome to ask Laura instead.

Rion had joined the stream both to fill the numbers and to support Laura.

Ainatsu, having committed a noble defamation crime, was in no position to refuse Laura’s orders. Plus, she was one of the few with any resistance to horror games.

And then there was Sora,

“I hate horror games…”

“But they said it was made by Deadraus?”

“…Fine. If that’s the case, I’ll do it too.”

She had said, joining the party.

It was no longer surprising that Laura and Sora were hanging out together, but there seemed to be some ulterior motive on Sora’s part.

Though what that was, Rion couldn’t quite figure out.

“We don’t actually have to go in there, do we…? With all those zombies roaming around.”

“If there’s no other way, then we’ll have to go that way, won’t we?”

Laura folded her arms and replied.

“For now, all of you explore the basement. There might be another path.”

“Then what about you, unnie?”

“Oh, a duchess’s derrière is heavy. The bustling work is for you all to handle.”

“Wow! A heavy derrière! So lewd!”

【‘Dyuttyai’ donated 1,000 won.】

【Ainatsu, are you seriously a child, lololol】

Ignoring Ainatsu’s witless outburst in the background… it seemed Laura wanted no part in the trivial tasks. One could only wonder just how pampered she’d been growing up.

But perhaps, that was for the best.

Even if it was just a game, Rion had no desire to experience a scenario where the glass barrier would shatter and a horde of zombies would come pouring in.

Laura was the type who wouldn’t even flinch if hundreds of zombies rushed at her.

Knowing that someone like her would be holding the position upstairs, Rion felt a certain sense of relief.

And so, with Laura staying on the first floor, the rest of the team descended back to the basement for a thorough investigation.

“But, Rion-senior… can’t we just stay here and not leave?”

The moment they reached the basement, Sora approached her.

Sora seemed a little wary of Ainatsu.

…Well, it made sense. Given Ainatsu’s personality, there was no way she’d left a good impression on Sora.

In contrast, Sora and Rion had built a casual rapport, and recently, Sora had even started speaking more comfortably around her.

“It’s not that simple, nya. We’ll have to leave eventually, especially because of the food supply.”

“Right… I figured as much.”

“And we only have 50 hours of safe time.”

In 50 hours, this place would no longer be safe.

They had to get out before that time limit was up.

It didn’t take long for Rion and Sora to realize exactly why.

“…Rion-senior, there’s a zombie in here.”

Inside the cold-sleep capsules were bodies, their flesh discolored.

Though slightly less grotesque than the zombies on the first floor, these bodies, preserved in their frozen state, still maintained a semblance of humanity.

“Hmmm… I think I get it now.”

Ainatsu clapped her hands, as if she’d had a revelation.

“It seems like the story setup is that only the four of us are immune to the zombie virus. The cold-sleep chambers would normally unlock after 50 hours, right? But that voice? The AI? It must have unlocked only our capsules 50 hours early, because we’re immune!”

“…Ainatsu-senior, why are you so knowledgeable?”

“Wutya? Ainatsu is a baby. A goo-goo gaa-gaa baby!”

“That’s scary, so please stop it, nya.”

Flipping between sane and insane was terrifying.

Couldn’t she just pick one? Why did this girl keep switching back and forth?

At any rate, they’d learned that the zombies would be released from this cold-sleep facility in 50 hours, and as they continued investigating, they found a few items scattered about.

One flashlight.

One handgun, loaded with eight bullets.

One bandage.

“These items look like they’ve been placed pretty unnaturally.”

“That’s just how horror games are.”

Horror Game Quirk #1: For some reason, weapons are lying around on the ground.

Horror Game Quirk #2: For some reason, there are batteries and healing items scattered in enemy territory.

It was absurd to think they could face those zombies barehanded. These items were probably meant to help them survive the early stages.

“Over here! There’s a ladder leading up!”

Ainatsu had found a solution.

As expected, there was indeed a safe way out.

“Sora and Ainatsu, you two go up first. I’ll go get Laura.”

And so, the members of the Great Ducal Family party escaped the basement through the secret passage.

***

Well, except for one person.

When Rion got back to the first floor, what she saw was the glass barrier, somehow, left open.

“Oh my, you’re late.”

On the other side of the barrier, Laura greeted her with a slight smile.

While caressing a zombie’s head.

“G-Guh…”

Laura, with an air of nonchalance, drove a survival knife into the zombie’s neck. She shoved it in deep, slicing through.

Like cutting paper with scissors.

Or slicing meat with a cleaver.

The blade glided smoothly through in a single motion.

The zombie thrashed, but it was pointless. One had to wonder if it was even possible for a mindless zombie to understand the concept of resistance.

It was just pure, animalistic twitching.

With no consciousness and only primal instincts remaining, the decaying body was now nothing more than rotten meat.

Thud.

The head detached from the body and fell, leaving only the decayed head in Laura’s hand.

And, as if disgusted, Laura carelessly tossed the head aside.

“Unnie… What on earth is… this?”

“There’s a knife lying around in the area, you see.”

Tap tap.

Laura tapped the floor with the tip of her shoe.

“Horror games are really something, aren’t they? There are weapons lying around here and there like it’s no big deal.”

That’s what she said.

Around Laura, all that remained were corpses with their heads separated.

“Call Sora and Ainatsu back. It seems safe around here.”

“…They already took the secret passage out.”

“Oh dear, did they?”

Laura, looking slightly troubled, raised her hand to her cheek.

She didn’t seem to care at all that her cheek was smeared with decayed blood.

“Well, I’ll finish tidying up around here a bit more, so go on and call them back.”

“……”

It seemed she had absolutely no intention of going through the secret passage.

Rion let out a small sigh.

Our dear noblewoman might actually be made for the apocalypse.