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Kuro's personality doesn't change a bit from [[MDR]]'s. She was already a net-addict and a foul-mouthed gamer. She is very sociable, cocky and passionate.
Really the only difference between the two is that Kuro has a slightly different hairstyle and a lighter hair color, and that her closed eye on her base artwork is the reverse from MDR's.
==Side Stories==
==Side Stories==
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===Livestreaming===
Kuro and [[Nanaka]] are the main characters of the ''Livestreaming'' Event story.
Kuro and [[Nanaka]] are the main characters of the ''Livestreaming'' Event story.
===Battle Events stories===
Kuro was being pursued by Sanctifiers at the edge of Burbank Sector. She frantically attempted to gain access to the sector and was successful in securing entry. Kuro was shocked to find that the once-bustling sector, previously known as Magrasea’s Sleepless city and the pinnacle of entertainment, was silent without neon signs and songs filling the air. She stopped a passerby to ask what had happened to the sector and was informed that Burbank had been out of business for a very long time due to the extended absence of human visitors. Kuro angrily screeched that entertainment was not the exclusive privilege of humans and that even AIs need art and happiness to avoid getting old. As more bystanders took notice, she pointed up to sky proclaiming entertainment to be bland and dull without her; therefore, she resolved to bring the neon lights back to Burbank’s night.
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| Market Forecast Report for Project Streaming<br>
<nowiki>#</nowiki>2055.10.20<br>
"Overall livestreaming industry profits for Q3 of Fiscal Year 2055 grew by 121.19%, with a 187.51% growth in traffic. This factors in 9 existing entities and the successful launch of 28 new projects."<br>
"Cyber Media now controls 33.28% of the livestream market, a drop of 2.17% from the previous season, but still holds first place.
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|"Project Streaming's core focus is game livestreaming. With the support of our company's mature industries, Project Streaming will be able to provide a bigger and better sensory experience to the masses."
No. 09232021 (OP): Did anyone see that Project Streaming announcement or whatever by Cyber Media? They were saying something about "History's Greatest Livestreamer" or some shit like that. I'm betting it implodes within half a year, otherwise I'll post myself standing on my head and eating my shoe.<br>
No. 42162058: It's all a cash-grab for these big companies, tell me what's new<br>
No. 4154119191: OP if u want to eat ur shoe then just say so lmao<br>
No. 2063S09: Might as well just keep an eye on it, if it really looks like it's going to go to the shitter you can always get out ahead of time.
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|>We trawled a sea of internet comments and fed that into a machine-learning program for months in order to train up the most powerful livestream interaction algorithms we could before embedding them into the CM.SL's Neural Cloud.
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|"Why do you look so pale? If I'm not wrong you were... er, you were optimising the CM.SL, right?"<br>
"Yeah. I teamed up with her against some bots in order to test the new interaction module and her control precision."<br>
"Jesus... Yeah, I can imagine how that went. Are those bots okay?"<br>
"We may need to send them in for emotional module re-calibration, as well as some vocabulary base clearing."
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|"One hour! She's gone one hour in a team without saying a single forbidden word! It's a miracle!"<br>
"At this rate, her first livestream will be a cinch!"
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|"Hello, everyone~ I'm Kuro, the up-and-coming star, supreme gamer and master of all systems! Today will be my first livestream, so... er..."
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|Danmaku Comments: She's spilling her spaghetti<br>
Is that all?<br>
Corporate-sponsored livestreamers just suck<br>
Prepare the champagne first<br>
Lol don't try to market a livestreamer like an idol<br>
How lame<br>
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[Follower count: 4750]
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|Market Forecast Report for Project Streaming<br>
<nowiki>#</nowiki>2056.08.19<br>
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"In the second month after Project Streaming went online, traffic fell by 77.2%, income fell by 91.3%, and it was ranked 219th on the market."
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|"During the development process, many items which were originally planned were cancelled and instead replaced with low-risk strategies, drawing on the wealth of experience from managing the idol group NotREAL?, such as on-screen presentation, style and so on. However, it seems this has not gained good results to date."
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|"Still, is anyone watching that Kuro or whoever's stream?"<br>
"I took a look when it was recommended on my front page, but it was so lame I can't even be bothered to shit on it."<br>
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[If profits do not improve, Cyber Media will terminate the project during FY 2056 in order to limit losses.]
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|"So I surfed over to Kaishen and saw the collab stream, that Kuro is so damn annoying!"<br>
"Meh, she's probably trying to farm followers. She's got a bad rep anyway."<br>
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[If profits do not improve, Cyber Media will terminate the project during FY 2056 in order to limit losses.]
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|"Hi, everyone, this is Kuro~ Today I'll be playing ZALEM Arena. It's an old-school game, have any of you heard of it before~"<br>
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Danmaku Comments: kek she's trying to milk our nostalgia<br>
This is probably her personality design, I bet she doesn't even know what the setting's like<br>
Time to leave the channel
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|"Teams are set to random, so I wonder who I'll get on my team... Or does anyone out there want to play with Kuro-chan?"
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|"Come on, all you had to do was hit a few more times and we would have been done! Can you even play? Were you trying to sabotage us?! <br>How can you even press the F button wrong!?"<br>
"You were calling me crap but this is how you play? Seriously wtf..."<br>
Danmaku Comments: Now this is interesting<br>
Lol<br>
She got greedy for last hits??<br>
That sudden trashtalk scared the hell out of me<br>
Well isn't she Miss Potty Mouth<br>
lmao I'm dying here<br>
[Bleep–]
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|[Reminder from platform management: Please refrain from taking uncivilised actions on stream. This account is banned for 3 months.]
No. 2063S09 (OP): Did anyone see that Doll streamer yesterday? It was a fucking riot. First time I've seen such a hardass streamer shitting on people. Pretty damn funny too.<br>
No. 09232021: Still, my guess is that project's done for. Big corpo won't want streamers like that. Time to roll her back into the oven and rebake her.<br>
No. 4154119191: Hey, aren't you that guy who got greedy? Looks like you didn't get your wish...<br>
No. 2063S09: Just a rumour I heard, but apparently her manager bought her out and then quit. Perhaps...
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|No. 8208820: "This genius beautiful gamer girl streamer who values interactions with her fans and can always patiently respond to questions posed by stream commenters"... Do streamer Dolls like this really exist?<br>
No. 726226: She sounds pretty nice...<br>
No. 2063S09: She's my oshi!
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|"What the hell was that?! How can you even pull shit like that? Can you even play?! Are you trying to be a clown, getting yourself killed by going so hard for a last hit? Hey get back here you!"<br>
Danmaku Comments: Well said!<br>
Yeah, let him have it! How can you not bitch him out for it? Should have done it long ago<br>
Selfish, isn't he?<br>
Stop playing with lower bronze medals, it's disgraceful<br>
Gogogo<br>
Follower count is 1M+<br>
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"She turned it around! Ahahahahaha she actually turned it around! I think Kuro is one of those, how should I put it, a rare genius!"
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|[Follower count: 1050000]
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|"Is that what you've decided?"<br>
"Well, not being able to stream kind of sucks, but I'll be able to record my legendary journey. Plus, I might be able to see Nanaka too..."
"May the name of Kuro-sama conquer all of Magrasea!"
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|[c/vliver] Posted by u/5115duck 2056.12.22<br>
It's 2056, not 2006, who the heck even uses a flip-top phone with physical keys any more?<br>
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u/guest1154: Don't try to apply conventional logic to her<br>
u/guest2855: Previous poster, mind that you don't get kicked out of the stream<br>
u/kuro_gachi: Since when were flip-phones antiques, ever heard of the Four Star M series?
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|[c/vliver] Posted by u/vliverfanboy 2057.02.08<br>
Well done, she cursed him out for 15 minutes straight on an open mic, is she rapping or something?<br>
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u/kuro_gachi: Kuro-chan's performance from the heart<br>
u/mrs_meth: Maybe the other guy LIKES being roasted<br>
u/guest2301: Her fans will probably be making sure they've all memorized it by heart by tomorrow
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|[c/vliver] Posted by u/kuro_gachi 2057.04.16<br>
[Serialised Manga] [Trash-talker Kuro Decides To Make Nanaka Notice Her With Her Potty Mouth]<br>
If Kuro can get another chance, she swears that... [Display All]<br>
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u/guest5738: An unexpected yuri CP... But moar pls<br>
u/guest2301: Nanaka simps can't accept this OTZ<br>
u/jkquin: 0.50 cents has been deposited into your account<br>
u/guest8756: Update when, moar pls
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|[c/vliver] Posted by u/guest8888 2057.05.18<br>
Did anyone from the fanclub see the K-Song segment last night? She choked the moment she opened her mouth, feels like she won't be able to show her face in public again<br>
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u/kakka: I thought it was cute<br>
u/guest1744: in a few days you'll see thousands of videos making fun of her on Girigiri<br>
u/jkquin: Don't bully her, this is called art
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|[c/vliver] Posted by u/guest7985 2057.09.17<br>
I left the webcam on all night and streamed myself sleeping, what are these channel effects? (tactical back-bridge)<br>
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u/kuro_gachi: Hur hur(drools) ...Kuro... hurhur<br>
u/kakka: That fanboy up there must be going crazy<br>
u/anna_netskull: She probably forgot to turn off the camera after the stream ended. Within 6 hours, she tilted her head 60 times, kicked her legs 6 times and spilled a glass of water. Good thing she didn't run into a hacker like "RIbeye Kenny", Or she'd have been in trouble.
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|[c/liver] Posted by u/kuro_official 2057.12.25<br>
My powerbank! I can't believe I actually went outside without my powerbank! I felt like ants were crawling around my heart during the 10 minutes my phone was without power! Does that make sense? It makes no sense at all!<br>
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u/guest2042: So Kuro-chan fell apart in 10 minutes lol truly a net-addicted girl<br>
u/guest2077: Do Dolls even need powerbanks?<br>
u/5115duck: It's obvious that the previous poster isn't a true fan, they're going to release merch of Kuro's flip-top phone<br>
u/kuro_gachi: Cell phone withdrawal... I think there's a new theme for doujins now
"Actually, the first time I saw Kuro I thought she had been dropped on her head... But after a while I realised that she's not the sort who only shows off to others during her streams."<br>
"She does come off as rather crude at times, but she's definitely a trustworthy friend!"<br>
"If you've got any problems, she'll help you without any hesitation!"
"Kuro doesn't just play games, she's also a great fighter!"<br>
"When I see her use her full power to defeat her enemies, I... (static)"<br>
"...Nonononono, don't say that! Nanaka's support was really important too! And I'm not saying this just to simp for her!"<br>
"Ehhhhhhh?!"
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|On the night Kuro finished her neural cloud examination, an anonymous post appeared on the Oasis forums:<br>
[Could this be the Professor's hidden fetish?! Turns out he's secretly watching this in the middle of the night... (Attached: HD footage of the questionnaire answer session, filmed by a drone)]<br>
30 minutes later, the post in question was deleted.<br>
During that time, the post gained 174 likes and 128 replies discussing it.
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==Career==
The CM.SL is a streamer Doll that was specially developed by [[Cyber Media]] to capture the streaming media market. Instead of the sweet-looking and gentle hosts that were popular at the time, Cyber Media opted for a different approach and insisted on a straightforward and realistic personality design for the CM.SL during the early stages of its development. The CM.SL featured the latest in linguistics acquisition modules founded on a high-end affective computational model, allowing it to quickly acquire popular Internet slang and terminology and engage in friendly banter with netizens.
In 2058, after several months of negotiations, Kuro was sent to [[Project Neural Cloud]] as a rare example of a livestreamer Doll. Supposedly, the hardest part of the negotiations was convincing Kuro to accept the experimental NDA, which included a "no streaming" clause.
==Doll Profile 1==
After the great success of their idol project, Cyber Media quickly set their sights on the streaming media market. They established the gaming-oriented Project Streaming plan, with the objective of producing a star stream host. As the vanguard of this plan, the development team invested a great deal of funds and effort into the CM.SL Doll, furnishing it with powerful AI computation ability, high-precision mechanical fingers and an adorable appearance to produce a tremendously skilled girl gamer. In addition, they sifted through massive amounts of Internet terminology and produced the most powerful livestream interaction algorithm they could manage over the course of several months of machine learning and installed it into the CM.SL before it was rolled out. They fervently believed that with this algorithm, the CM.SL would become the stream host who knew her audience best, bar none.
However, these hardworking researchers were utterly stunned by the first words uttered by Kuro upon her activation.
"What the f**k are you looking at! Get me my clothes already!"
==Doll Profile 2==
Perhaps it was because she had learned too much net-speak through her algorithm, but Kuro's speech patterns were very abstract. In order to address this, her manager put her through a series of "etiquette trainings" in order to correct her actions and way of speaking.
After some effort, Kuro was finally able to stream for a full hour without swearing and learned some generally applicable forms of greeting. Following an internal risk assessment, Kuro hosted her first stream. However, the feedback for the stream was not satisfactory and subsequent events were also not well-received. The audience had long since grown tired of cookie-cutter stream personas like this and the Cyber Media corporate brand only served to draw more flak for her. In less than two months, Project Streaming had incurred severe losses and its future was in doubt.
Kuro herself faced twofold pressure from both her company and her fans. She was forced to affect a contrived way of speaking and fake a smile, while she was drowned in mocking danmaku comments from her viewers. Finally, it all came to a head. Perhaps her patience had reached its limits, or perhaps it just so happened that her manager was not by her side—either way, she suddenly revealed her true nature when subjected to a barrage of danmaku from her haters, giving rise to what would be known as "the Legendary Night" in game streaming history...
The banning of her stream led to the termination of the project, and Kuro the "failure" was due to be sent back to the drawing board to be rebuilt. However, her manager sensed an opportunity from the explosion of controversy surrounding the incident, bought Kuro, and left Cyber Media. Not long afterwards, Kuro made her debut once again, this time as a freelance streamer.
Drawn by the aftershocks of the channel ban incident, netizens came in droves to watch her. Some of them were curious about her, some of them had malice in their hearts, while others were driven by strange fetishes... Regardless of their intentions, Kuro faced all the provocations and doubts they threw at her and gave back as good as she got.
Strangely enough, these highly-antagonistic interactions ended up building a strong fan base for Kuro, and they helped carve a niche for her in game streaming circles. Over time, Kuro ended up with more fans than some of Cyber Media's official streamers. This incensed Cyber Media's higher-ups, who ordered a technical analysis to figure out the secret of Kuro's popularity.
"Although Kuro appears to be trading insults with people, the truth is that she is providing these netizens with the attention that they crave. In addition, the insults she uses are quite innovative and varied, delivered in a continuous stream of zingers which make close reference to current events in a relatable manner, the net effect being to create a feeling of freshness and authenticity in the minds of the listeners..."<br>— Excerpted from the "Popularity Analysis Report of the Streamer Kuro"
The analysis was every bit as abstract as Kuro's streaming interactions, and thus nobody dared adopt its findings casually. For this reason, Kuro's success has not yet been replicated to this date.
==Doll Profile 4==
Whereas Kuro's straight-shooting and pull-no-punches attitude has become her trademark style, it has also led to certain problems which other hosts do not have.
Kuro counts quite a lot of anti-fans among her followers. While most human streamers would be crushed by the sheer amount of harshly-critical danmaku, dishonest opinions and baseless rumors directed at her, their effect on her is like punching a soft pillow; the force of their words is dispersed, leaving her completely untouched.
Is a Doll's heart truly that resilient? Kuro has never once spoken about her true feelings in a public venue, so that will remain a mystery.
"The truth is, those guys aren't bitching at me, but rather, the oppressive world that they live in. Similarly, I'm not hitting back at them, but this lame-ass life of ours. The truth is, we're just tired of it all, and we're letting off steam by taking shots at each others' online personas."<br>"That said, I need some healing too—"<br>—Audio log from a scheduled conversation with her manager
===Magrasea's Lang Syne===
Kuro attempted to pawn the assignment of planning for the New Year's celebration to Daiyan, furiously thinking of a reasonable excuse to do so. She used flattery, sharing with Daiyan that she had watched videos of her performances and found them fascinating. Kuro noted that they were desperately in need of someone talented to put together a big event. Daiyan stated that she had never organized a celebratory event, but Kuro claimed to believe in Daiyan and that the Oasis' administrators had been so busy that they were practically pulling their hair out. Kuro managed to convince Daiyan of meeting the Professor to discuss the event, at which point Daiyan brought up Kuro mentioning the lack of manpower to help prepare for the celebration. The Professor glanced at Kuro, suspecting her intentions. Eventually the Professor did ask Daiyan to take charge of preparing the event, resulting in Kuro breathing a huge sigh of relief. She then attempted to leave, but was stopped by Persicaria who then gave her additional tasks for the event. As Kuro balked at her failed attempt to escape her responsibilities, Daiyan smiled and noted that Kuro had reminded her of her younger sister.
<nowiki>#HostAccidentally</nowiki>ChangesProfilePicTo[[Nanaka|PopularIdol]]sIcon<br>—A certain top search that was drowned out by other news an hour later
Kuro was tasked with showing Daiyan around the Oasis, but then suddenly collapsed outside, pretending to be incapacitated by recent exertions. Daiyan began bringing Kuro to the Medical Department, noting that Florence was the physician-on-call that day. Kuro internally screamed as she debated if telling Daiyan the truth or being under the care of Florence was worse.
==Doll Profile 5==
While she often "fights" with her fans, the truth is that Kuro values them highly. Perhaps it's because she has so many anti-fans, but it makes the true fans who genuinely support Kuro and attempt to spread their enthusiasm about her to others that much more valuable. They are the ones who give her confidence and allow her to believe that she's more than just a clown to entertain the masses, that she can give joy and happiness to people like a more conventional idol.
Kuro is currently trapped inside [[Magrasea]] and has lost contact with her fans, but she has not lost hope as a result. After all, this place also has people who understand and support her, which makes her feel that much happier. She believes that one day, she will make her glorious return to reality at the head of the new fans she has made in the cloud server—
Later, Kuro suddenly interrupted Aki's attempt to get a autograph from Daiyan, screaming out to Sockdolager to save her from Florence who was chasing after her. Kuro begged Aki to save her, pointing out that he was supposed to be a bodyguard. However, Aki noted that Kuro had stolen the last serving of unagi rice from the cafeteria a few days ago. Kuro saw that Florence was preparing her syringes and grabbed Aki to put him between her and Florence, resulting in Aki receiving the syringe concoction instead.
"I'm giving you special permission to lead my fan club, [[The Professor|Professor]]! You'd better make sure you spread the word about my upcoming livestream!"<br>"Hehehe, soon, the name of the great Kuro will resound throughout all of Magrasea!"
===Tale of Intersecting Dimensional Interstice - Web Novel===
Kuro set up a fortune-telling stall, claiming to be the "brilliant predictionist Kuro the Divine". She attempted to swindle the Professor by selling a worthless good luck charm. To her surprise however, the charm appeared to actually give good luck as it allowed the Professor to immediately roll six 3-star Dolls from the in-universe video game Neural Cloud with only one 10x Advanced Search Command. Kuro attempted to take back the good luck charm from the Professor in a thrilling chase.
Kuro's personality doesn't change a bit from MDR's. She was already a net-addict and a foul-mouthed gamer. She is very sociable, cocky and passionate.
Really the only difference between the two is that Kuro has a slightly different hairstyle and a lighter hair color, and that her closed eye on her base artwork is the reverse from MDR's.
Kuro and Nanaka are the main characters of the Livestreaming Event story.
Kuro was being pursued by Sanctifiers at the edge of Burbank Sector. She frantically attempted to gain access to the sector and was successful in securing entry. Kuro was shocked to find that the once-bustling sector, previously known as Magrasea’s Sleepless city and the pinnacle of entertainment, was silent without neon signs and songs filling the air. She stopped a passerby to ask what had happened to the sector and was informed that Burbank had been out of business for a very long time due to the extended absence of human visitors. Kuro angrily screeched that entertainment was not the exclusive privilege of humans and that even AIs need art and happiness to avoid getting old. As more bystanders took notice, she pointed up to sky proclaiming entertainment to be bland and dull without her; therefore, she resolved to bring the neon lights back to Burbank’s night.
Kuro attempted to pawn the assignment of planning for the New Year's celebration to Daiyan, furiously thinking of a reasonable excuse to do so. She used flattery, sharing with Daiyan that she had watched videos of her performances and found them fascinating. Kuro noted that they were desperately in need of someone talented to put together a big event. Daiyan stated that she had never organized a celebratory event, but Kuro claimed to believe in Daiyan and that the Oasis' administrators had been so busy that they were practically pulling their hair out. Kuro managed to convince Daiyan of meeting the Professor to discuss the event, at which point Daiyan brought up Kuro mentioning the lack of manpower to help prepare for the celebration. The Professor glanced at Kuro, suspecting her intentions. Eventually the Professor did ask Daiyan to take charge of preparing the event, resulting in Kuro breathing a huge sigh of relief. She then attempted to leave, but was stopped by Persicaria who then gave her additional tasks for the event. As Kuro balked at her failed attempt to escape her responsibilities, Daiyan smiled and noted that Kuro had reminded her of her younger sister.
Kuro was tasked with showing Daiyan around the Oasis, but then suddenly collapsed outside, pretending to be incapacitated by recent exertions. Daiyan began bringing Kuro to the Medical Department, noting that Florence was the physician-on-call that day. Kuro internally screamed as she debated if telling Daiyan the truth or being under the care of Florence was worse.
Later, Kuro suddenly interrupted Aki's attempt to get a autograph from Daiyan, screaming out to Sockdolager to save her from Florence who was chasing after her. Kuro begged Aki to save her, pointing out that he was supposed to be a bodyguard. However, Aki noted that Kuro had stolen the last serving of unagi rice from the cafeteria a few days ago. Kuro saw that Florence was preparing her syringes and grabbed Aki to put him between her and Florence, resulting in Aki receiving the syringe concoction instead.
Tale of Intersecting Dimensional Interstice - Web Novel[edit]
Kuro set up a fortune-telling stall, claiming to be the "brilliant predictionist Kuro the Divine". She attempted to swindle the Professor by selling a worthless good luck charm. To her surprise however, the charm appeared to actually give good luck as it allowed the Professor to immediately roll six 3-star Dolls from the in-universe video game Neural Cloud with only one 10x Advanced Search Command. Kuro attempted to take back the good luck charm from the Professor in a thrilling chase.
