Chapter 13 - Explosion

Kanzaki had been looking at Hinojosaiii's account for multiple minutes and was about to try and join their stream to see what it was like but before that happened Tweeter suddenly told him to refresh his page since there was a new tweet. With his curiosity piqued Kanzaki refreshed the page and looked at the new tweet that had been sent not even 30 seconds ago.

When Kanzaki read the words his jaw almost fell out of its socket since he had expected nothing like this at all. Due to this tweet his notifications had suddenly started going wild.

[Hinojosaiii: Thank you everyone for joining my stream so far. If you want to find someone to watch while I'm offline then I really recommend this new streamer that has been coming up named Mask! Here's his Tweeter account if you want to check him out! @Mask]

Hinojosaiii had given him a shout-out! This was something that even Kanzaki knew about since he had spent a lot of time online watching videos. A shout-out was when a streamer or creator talked about another streamer or creator on their channel or platform to try and move some of their followers toward them.

The main purpose of a shout-out was to gain followers and new viewers! This is what was making Kanzaki's phone buzz so much. While all of Hinojosaiii's followers may not check him out there were quite a few at that very moment following his account!

Kanzaki quickly went over to his notifications tab and began trying to read some of the followers but there were so many that he only caught a few of them.

[Parmesan_Needs_To_Update has followed.]

[Blue Cheese has followed.]

[DeusInMyPants has followed.]

[BabysFirstSteps has followed.]

The more Kanzaki tried to follow his growing follower account on Tweeter the more his brain started to hurt. There were too many to keep track of so he just watched in shock as each time he refreshed his page the follower number rose.

The number didn't only rise on Tweeter but on Witch as well. He was getting notifications left and right that people followed his Witch account waiting for his next stream to begin so they could truly experience what he was like.

Kanzaki didn't know what to say or do so he just went to the post Hinojosaiii made and commented below saying his thanks for the shout-out. It was a simple thank you but it was more than necessary considering the number of new followers he got from that one tweet.

Once the notifications died down a little, bit Kanzaki decided it was time to actually check out the stream of the person that shouted him out. Kanzaki clicked on the stream of Hinojosaiii which pulled up the Witch website once more.

Since Kanzaki was signed into his Mask account Hinojosaiii would be able to tell when he arrived if he really wanted to or at least that's what Kanzaki thought until he saw his viewer count, "700!" Kanzaki shouted out loud nearly falling off of his chair.

This was by no means a small number and what surprised Kanzaki the most was that Hinojosaiii was at the top of the current streamer ranking for the game he was playing which meant he had more viewers than any other person playing his current game.

No matter what game was being played on Witch if it had even a small fan base then being at the top of the streamer ranking for the game was more than impressive but the game Hinojosaiii was playing was even bigger than that! It was a slightly older RPG game but it was still quite popular which made the achievement even more impressive to Kanzaki.

Kanzaki continued to watch the stream of Hinojosaiii writing different things down that he thought were better on Hinojosaii's stream compared to his own. There were many things Kanzaki found he could work on which were mainly the stream itself. For example, the alert that Hinojosaiii got when he gained a follower or donation was a wave crashing into the screen before revealing a name and what they had done.

It was quite the spectacle and to Kanzkai it never got old. Besides that, there were many other tiny tech things that could be improved but one thing that Hinojosaiii had that Kanzaki hoped for in the future was a 3D model.

Kanzaki currently had a 2D model which meant his character was only flat on the screen and could move side to side with some physics but a 3D model allowed for full immersion such as the arms moving up and down, the way he turned his body, and many other different aspects that Kanzaki thought was amazing.

Since Hinojosaiii had a plesiosaur as his V-Tuber model when he moved his arms there were little fins that moved from left to right while the head of his model had a very long neck and the skull was in a pointed shape and very long giving it an interesting look.

Kanzaki suddenly realized that he had forgotten to follow so he quickly scrolled down and hit the follow button activating the wave sequence on the screen. When the wave crashed onto the stream Hinojosaiii got ready to say thank you to the new follower but when he saw who it was he smiled.

"Thanks for the follow Mask! Everyone this is the streamer I tweeted about and have been watching lately. He's brand new to this but he has a good personality and I know he will make it in this industry." Hinojosaiii said complimenting Kanzaki which made him smile.

When Hinojosaiii finished what he was saying the chat began going wild clicking on Kanzaki's account and following while asking a bunch of questions. Kanzaki tried his best to answer as many as possible but he still didn't want to crash Hinojosaiii's stream so after he said his thanks and answered a few questions he left the stream and finally set up a schedule which he quickly posted to Tweeter.

Once he tweeted it the like button started going up quickly which shocked Kanzaki since he hadn't even pinned it yet, 'Is this what it feels like to have a lot of followers?!' Kanzaki thought as he watched the post.

Mask
Witch: 112 Followers
Tweeter: 187 Followers