Chapter 176
Magia had sharp instincts, sure—but it wasn’t just gut feeling that made her so certain that the girl in the Magia cosplay was Pino the moment she saw her.
It was because, just as Pino had been observing Magia all this time...
Magia had also been keeping a very close eye on Pino.
Not because she thought he was a potential problem, but because of a strange sense of kinship that she couldn’t quite shake.
The way he acted as a rigger.
The weirdly in-character chat messages he left during her streams.
The donations.
Put it all together, and despite his blunt approach, his way of stanning was... disturbingly similar to Magia’s own past behavior.
Let’s rewind a bit.
How did Magia’s current Live2D model even come into existence?
Dora drew an illustration for her as a thank-you gift.
Magia used it on stream.