CH 135

Chapter 135. [Natural Language Processing]

“Iroha-chan’s singing is just bad, sis!”

Waiting for me, who had stopped using a monotone voice, was such a reaction.

I cried.

Isn’t this unfair?!

To get criticized for improving my singing!?

Well, I’m indeed bad, even though I’ve stopped using a monotone voice.

And honestly, I can kind of understand the feeling too.

After all, in the world of VTubers, being off-key is also a charm.

>Iroha-chan becoming slightly better at singing makes me sad

>Didn’t she also start voice training? (Korean)

>It’s surprising that she’s like this even though she’s been taking lessons. Well, never mind. (U.S.)

“Shut up! What’s wrong with being a terrible singer?! Even so, my voice training teacher praises me for [improving little by little every day]!”

>That’s just flattery. (U.S.)

>They’re just trying to encourage you

>Did it have any effect?

“Ugh!?”

The comments are directly hitting me!

Well, my current singing ability is just my natural skill.

Honestly, I didn’t know I was this bad at singing.

I rarely go to karaoke with others, not even in my past life.

And singing alone at home doesn’t give me much perspective.

But it’s not like I can use a monotone voice again.

It’s impossible.

That happened due to the influence of my abilities.

So it couldn’t be helped.

I tried once to learn [relaxed speech] and reproduce it.

But it didn’t work out.

Well, understanding foreign languages and being good at impersonations are two different things.

Thanks to that, I’m now attending voice training every day.

“But it’s surprising-nee. Iroha-chan is taking voice training so seriously.”

“Well, I can’t cause trouble for my collab partner VTubers.”

>That’s the honest Iroha-chan for you

>Her sensibility is quite mature. (U.S.)

>Someone should learn from her. Anego, I’m talking about you.

Since that incident a year ago, I’ve been receiving more invitations for collaborations with the theme of “singing together”.

It’s fine if it’s just a singing stream, even if I’m a bit bad, it adds some “flavor”.

But when it comes to releasing a collab music video.

“Ugh.”

Just remembering it makes me shiver.

Seriously, the amount of money involved is insane.

Also, I don’t want to ruin my favorite VTuber’s song with my off-key voice.

That’s why I find myself practicing singing even at the cost of reducing the time I watch other streams.

“Well, you’ve no choice but to do your best-ne. We will be doing something together soon…”

“Wowww!?”

I hurriedly raised my voice to drown out Ah-nee’s words.

What is she trying to say now!?

“Huh? Oh, I see!? That thing was still a secret!”

>Hey!!!! (Korean)

>You barely managed to cover it up. It’s hilarious. (U.S.)

“Sigh, Ah-nee, you’re in the middle of a collab with me, so I managed to stop you. But be careful during your solo streams, okay!?”

“Ahhaha! Big sister wouldn’t leak anything like that☆. Wait, huh? A message from Mane-chan? A lecture after this stream? Whyyyy!?”

>Mane-chan is watching too.

>Anego’s manager has a tougher job than managing anyone else (U.S.)

>How did this person even stream when they were a solo VTuber???

“Ugh!? Um, well, more importantly! This song has become famous too-ne!”

“…Sigh. Well, I guess so.”

She’s trying to change the subject.

Kindness. I’ll go along with it.

Since that incident, many people have sung that song many times.

Even now, numerous arrangements are being created for it.

I believe it’s because this song is “incomplete.”

At that time, the song was hastily composed for me.

It likely ignited the creative desire to think.

“This part would be better like this!”

Of course, publicly declaring “no usage fee” was a significant factor too.

“Oh, right, Iroha-chan! Sing the song with the words from back then! Because of the awards ceremony, some experts were saying something like, ‘That was ‘Rin ga Furanga!'”‘

“Ugh, are they doing that again?”

At the time, programs specializing in that kind of thing aired frequently.

There were dozens of books published, like analysis volumes and such.

There were several variations of that “theory”…

It’s the theory of Lingua Franca, Proto-World, Telepathy, Group Hypnosis, and more.

“For some reason, even though I don’t understand why, I felt like I understood the meaning at that time, as my heart got it-ne.”

“Even if you say that… I don’t remember it well, and no matter how many times you ask, I won’t sing it.”

I said, trying to divert her.

I only can say that it was another form of “language”.

Currently, various research institutions seem to be attempting to analyze that song.

There are even rumors that they’re using the latest AI for the analysis.

“It does seem like that, huh? What was it called? The myth…”

“The ‘Tower of Babel’?”

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Indeed, that might be the case.

Perhaps humanity is now.

—Trying to reconstruct the Tower of Babel.

As a result, will the world become fragmented like the people of Babel once more…?

Or perhaps, this time, it might reach a “god”.

But that’s still unknown.

“But still, can’t you sing it? I somehow felt like Iroha-chan could do it-ne.”

“…Hahaha.”

Why is this person always so perceptive at times like these?

Well, I can’t just keep chatting aimlessly.

“Come on, Ah-nee. The next song.”

“Oh, right! Um, the next song we’ll sing is—”

***

“…Phew~”

As the stream ended, I took off my headphones and exhaled.

Then, I noticed a message notification at the corner of my vision.

“Oh.”

The sender was a certain non-profit organization I had exchanged messages with a few times before.

Based in the United States, and…

—They mainly focused on “natural language processing”.