Chapter 161
Chapter 161
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 161
Chapter Title: The Lucky Broadcast
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There are so many things in the world that make people unhappy.
The green-haired screamer with mental issues, the time-traveling detective who's great at planning, the fire-breathing dragon, the dinosaur with the kettle laugh—plus countless overseas and domestic VTubers.
Even among the big corporate VTubers, tragedies end up claiming dozens of them every year.
I cheer on those VTubers who peer into that abyss, despairing every day over why they make those choices, yet never give up and keep pushing forward.
There are plenty who treat viewers like fools or try to deceive them, but Wakamo refuses to stop believing in them.
Yeah—better to be betrayed, fooled, and left regretting it herself than to doubt VTubers...!!
That's how much Wakamo loves VTubers.
Her stance as a 【Fan】 is perfectly in place!!
She doesn't want to disappoint her viewers as a VTuber either. That's why she always minds her words and actions—that's Wakamo for you.
Honestly, considering her influence at a major corporation like this, what could her believers even do?
But that— that's not the attitude someone who loves VTubers should have.
She wants to see more VTubers, support more of them.
VTubers tend to have strong egos and mental fortitude, but once they break, it's hard to recover alone—they collapse from illness or burnout. That's why she climbed the tower.
Still!! VTubers are ultimately human problems!! Even if idol Wakamo prays to the heavens (the tower), there's nothing she can do.
Oshis graduate, get caught in scandals—sad tragedies always come now and then.
Not as nightmarish as some clueless company running a VTuber project just because VTuber-mas is trending!!
But something similar has come now!!
"Uwaaaaaah...!! Aaaaaaaaah...!!!"
Job-Exclusive Skill 【Lucky Broadcast】
-Subscribed VTubers will have luck on their side.
-【Broadcast Points】 are automatically consumed to counter misfortunes.
"Ha, Korean tower... f-f-fuck.... you fucking bastard!!!"
My emotions are in total chaos and excitement!
No, not excitement—excitement!! The translator is acting weird! Excitement! It's excitement! Not excitement! Let's go!
Not "let's go"! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Not "let's go," it's sibal! sibal!
My current mindset is super jott-like.
Seems passionate.
No! Not passionate. It is passionate.
Not "passionate," it's crazy! I'm going crazy!
This is so fucking infuriating. I hate it so much, it's pure loathing—I just want to scream.
【New Skill】 rollout!! Why announce it to all climbers like some big event? What's with the sudden surprise party?
My exclusive item is finally starting to drop??? Now????
After climbing two 100th floors and getting 【Exclusive Items】, what the hell now!!
And those are probably all non-combat job legendary class items...!!
The gods are so indifferent.... What kind of tower patches itself in real-time like this without even a maintenance notice, keeps the door shut, then shoves this crap down our throats.
My head was boiling over, on the verge of snapping something, but I calmed it with superhuman patience.
—And then I worried: isn't good luck actually a loss?
For example, our elite shrine maiden Nie has insanely bad luck.
The lucky white fox screamed when teased about drawing an expensive card in a card shop game today, and fans got a thrill watching.
Of course, afterward, she somehow made it work, said the sky was blue, got happy, and showered fans with service, making Wakamo happy too.
But if desperate pleas boost VTubers' luck and broadcasts get boring...?
On the flip side, it might prevent traffic accidents, broadcast mishaps, and other issues.
This is a 【double-edged sword】.
Finally, trap skills are dropping for me too.
Looks fine, bite without thinking, and it's lethal poison—you spit blood and die like in a novel.
You bastard, Korean tower...!!! After all my hard climbing, this is how you discard me like yesterday's trash?
'I want to know what the exclusive item is...!!'
She tasted the absurd cheat effects of [Idol's Glory], and the items from [Korean Tower] last time.
This is conditioning.
It was an item Wakamo was rightfully due, but the Korean tower let her taste the sweet reward!!
Wakamo, who hates bitter things to death, gets a carrot to climb harder for more sweets...!!
Meanwhile, the tower's monsters are made by the [East Asian Federation] pooling forces? With info shared from the Korean tower, the remaining four floors are crystal clear.
'Need to get combat skills...!!'
If Asuka read Wakamo's thoughts, she'd be shocked.
Readers peeking into Wakamo's head might jump too.
Even beasts learn.... Wakamo finally realized it!!
She became her own master, able to yell "Wait!" to herself...!!
It was a touching moment: Wakamo, drooling with frozen thoughts, tempted by sweet VTuber skills that'd feel great all day, finally thinking.
The fox (Wakamo) saw grapes (skills) ripe on the tower branch.
The grapes looked ready to burst with sweet juice.
"Those grapes are sour anyway!"
Wakamo whipped her head away, activating "mental victory."
'Let's check each one carefully...!'
She immediately nixed the top four.
[Idol's Light] seemed neglected for ages, but no choice...!!
It's mana blasts in the end—it's blocked!!
No clue what boon [Idol's Dance Ban] summons, [VTuber Tracking Link] syncs model movements to will—but the description was incomprehensible.
What's [Vtuber's Sudden Visit] with its cooldown? How does it work?
And [Vtuber's Totem]... like the jangseung [Bear Girl] used?
'Calm down, Wakamo.... Stay cool.....'
Four more floors ahead.
—So pick one now, new ones later?!
[Acquired skill [Idol's Light]!]
Despite what she said, it was an [attack skill] after all.
Even if all Wakamo's attacks are blocked, you need something. More [skills] the better—use this attack skill to open new paths.
"Ancestor, heading up right away?"
"Hmm.... Xiao Liang. See any new [skills] you've never seen?"
"As you can see."
Xiao Liang excitedly showed off dazzling gems, materials, swords, and massive added stats from [skills].
Ah—this kid doesn't share rewards, huh.
More importantly, this is [party] judgment?
Rewards nerfed but still this good? No way.
Actually, 96th floor, plus difficulty spiked because of me—rewards have to be great.
Wakamo vowed to summon all companions again at 100th floor for a romp.
"Hang on, lemme check the community."
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[Author: MachunPpaekFirecracker]
[Title: Korean Tower Opening + Major Patch Announcement]
The classic "DPS spam" has been the beloved tower-climbing meta for all climbers so far. (Excluding those forcing it.)
Problem is, DPS spam got stale, sidelining other metas badly.
Instead of boosting mob attack power and HP, we're adding more patterns and some immunities to balance other metas.
Groggy phase extreme DPS unchanged, so pattern masters unaffected.
DPS spammers now need trickier "choices."
-Fu...fucking devs...!!
-Thanks to this, US is chaos lololol skill options like 9+ lololol
-Top comment: Climbers panicking at sudden skill flood, upvote.
-Wizard here, 13 skills on floor up...
-Is this right? Lmaoooo
-Only pick one, but options exploded....
-Fighter got 9 dash skills, wtf?
-Why'd our gay pick that?
-Ranged pissed me off.
-Fair enough, Genji.
-Call me master?
[Author: UltimateX]
[Title: Wtf seriously]
48th floor climber, options exploded suddenly.
Weird unknown gear too.
Skill effects, stats, tons of crap.
Building my run, new unknown skills everywhere.
Guild seniors clueless.
Pick wrong and ruined char?
-That's how it was back in our day.
-10 years of info now trash lololol
-No seriously complex af lololol
-Fighters/melee at least easier.
-Alchemist here, 38 options....
-Lmaooooooooo
-Subs get tons too apparently.
-So what's the record for most skill options?
-Brit climber with Alchemist/Blacksmith got 78 on Korean tower.
-Fucking insane lololololololol
-Wider builds! More choices! Weirder climbers!!
[Author: WannaThirdJob]
[Title: Fucked for real]
Climbing gives 1st to 2nd job.
For 3rd, perfect class completion.
Our captain says 90%+ class completion changes job.
I'm fire wizard: combustion lines, flames, explosions, overburn etc.
Before, just raw power or variants.
Fuck, which for 3rd job...?
-Smoke = fire?
-Yup...fire line.
-Magic is profound....
-Me? Just swing sword dumbly. Tough luck.
-OP: Sword = Swordsman? Easy?
-Now split Western/Eastern sword arts, fucked....
-OP: Lmaooooooo
-9 unheard weird sword arts ffs.
-OP: So how tf use [Flame Fairy Wand] lmao
-Read effect?
-OP: "Wield like spirit" but can't summon lolol
-Lmaooooooo
-Lmaoooooooo
Community was pandemonium.
Wakamo ignored it for climbing, but post-opening, climbers succeeded one by one.
Beyond revolution—near cataclysm, shocking and amazing all around.
New items, new skills... even new materials.
Scanning more: from one big [skill] per time to sub-[skills] under them—solid structure.
Not just Wakamo's [skills], but overcoming class limits—[East Asian Towers] went all-in on upgrade.
—And shockingly, only for [East Asian Federation].
Not one tower, four united—step ahead of others.
Wakamo thought just big reward for her shutdown, but excluding tutorial, Korean tower closed above.
All climbers hurt, so tower compensated.
'But don't other countries' climbers lose out?'
Maybe era of tower alliances forming mega-groups coming.
10 years info obsolete—new era, climbers thrilled yet conflicted.
Yeah, [Tower Reset] rushes starting.
Bold restarts to refine skill completion from scratch.
Gear/exp remain, so quick climb—but huge loss shows update's impact.
—And frontrunners hit hardest.
Pros/cons exist.... but answer is climb.
Items/skills piling up—better stick to routine than lament missing new.
....Always felt it, but tower loves crowds.
Wants later climbers to grow.
[East Asian Federation] targets 【high class completion climbers】.
More precisely, like Ichigo or Wakamo unbound by class limits, or Pilot-types completing personal class flair.
Korean tower watched steadily.
Association President's tireless grit, Wakamo's uncompromising stubbornness.
'Conversely, diversity drops.'
Sadako seems strong but shape-shift focused—Wakamo's class or her karate covers weaknesses.
So fill diversity gaps with 【Idol】.
'Coldly, it's calculated.'
To learn [skills], subscribe to idol Wakamo—more believers, Wakamo gains big, grows influence.
Tower's conclusion: more VTubers = more climbers.
".....Ultimately, only climb the tower."
No answers.
Many floors left.
Difficulty may spike later.
But regret's for after death!
Just kill everyone in the end!
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[Challenging Sichuan Tower 97th Floor Trial]
-Climber, shatter walls, overcome hurdles.
-Destroy your rival, seize power!
-Climber, show your martial prowess!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat [Heroic Spirit [Martial Twin Freaks]]] (0/1)
["Welcome, challenger!!"]
["We are the 97th floor guardians!!"]
[""Can you defeat us, the Martial Twin Freaks!!""]"
Two shiny baldies crossed arms to greet Mei.
Mei immediately pulled [Extending Staff] clone from [Idol's Body], stretched it long, swept wide horizontally.
Ground-sweeping strike revealed terrain.
Inn-like building puzzled Mei briefly—staff caught on pillar, failed to smash despite full swing.
"Hah!!!"
Xiao Liang leaped high, twin blades downswing—Martial Twins countered by kicking table.
Beyond sharp, sword-aura-coated blade split table momentum, but thud! Sword snagged table side.
"Didn't cut...?!"
Terrain indestructible?
Mei shrank staff, stabbed ground, soared—thunderbolted through open-center inn's 2nd floor.
Boom!! Twins softly dodged meteor Mei downstrike, closed in boldly instead of retreating.
Mei hardened body to metal with [Idol's Ore], braced for attack.
Incoming wasn't fist—middle, ring, pinky "Rising Fist."
Three-finger "lower triad" tech, iconic Hong Kong movie pose!!
Thud thud thud!!!
Qi-infused rapid strikes hammered Mei's centerline, injecting energy.
Life force unleashed inside would've raged explosively—intense qi cracked Mei's body.
Mei blasted metal skin shards like bullets, repelled one Twin, whipped nunchaku to jaw.
Never yield distance.
Twin's hand reached along nunchaku to wrist.
Mei ditched nunchaku, knowing joint-break gold bell grab variant, kicked ankle.
As predicted, Twin raised leg to stomp, but impossible-angle reverse joint flew up.
Knee snapped 90° reverse—careless Twin chest-kicked, staggered back.
["Grh—using strange sorcery!"]"
"Talent?"
-Out came Mei's patented line!
-Late-game instant evil arts...!!
-What 1,000-year training??
-Drop the fox line title~!
-Winner makes justice! Dead means nothing!!
-Survival master's skill in law of jungle?
Believers now mock-laugh at Mei's cheap [martial arts] under pressure, instant from start.
Training suit shadows writhed, whipped like lashes—ultra-sharp, no sword needed.
But qi-armored Twins ignored, drew daggers, slashed shadows, charged Mei boldly.
Eight-Slash Blades shredded shadows, elbowed chest—but Mei grabbed, twisted away.
Twisting force swung blade at eyes.
Mei urgently backbent dodge—Twin stamped advance, ditched sword for rising fist.
[Martial Twin Freaks' Wing Chun disrupts balance!]
Belly punch sapped leg strength, Mei staggered.
Ignored guard, burrowed strike hit chin, smashed nose bridge, punched cheek, full-force head snap.
No bones, so spun half-turn owl-back—Twins pressed, shoved hard with both hands.
Grabbed arm, flipped posture fully, leg-kicked shins nonstop, broke flow, rapid short strikes hammered breathing.
But opponent was monster beyond climber.
Dropped [Extending Staff] auto-moved, full-force crown smash.
Vital hit—spitting, staggering Twin—Mei neck-twirled, arm-jointed, waist-bent, horror-movie reset.
[Idol's Body] reconstructed parts to face Twin.
["Grahhh—!!"]"
Rumble—!!
Attack speed 20% power even Mei struggled to control.
[Idol's Thunder] turned arms full lightning, max speed "input" attacks for body "execution."
Will auto-moved [Idol's Body] unconsciously.
Faster reaction than manual.
Lightning barrage faster than sound shredded clothes, charred body—Twin embedded in inn wall, vomited blood.
'97th floor, nothing special.'
No difficulty spike tales even on 96th—"Heroic Spirit" manageable.
Humanoid let Wakamo treat as exp grind, moderate fight.
Heading to aid Xiao Liang, fallen Twin yelled at Mei.
["Can't self-manage, sudden contract cancel, scandals burn bridges, vanish disappointing, swap cyber doll for newbie debut! VTubing so convenient!!"]"
"What...?"
What did she just hear?
Shock halted steps, turned—Twin repeated clearly.
["Well, easy for anyone... inevitable.... "VTuber" just entertainer!! Concept play!!...!!!"]"
"Take it back!!!! That just now—!!!"
Mei Shaolongbao's eyes bloodshot, rage-screamed at Twin words.
Unusually hyper-excited, gritted teeth, roared berserk.
-???? Why???
-Wtf happened???
-Twins yelled [Taunt Shot] earlier.
-....Taunt skill???
-Monster using taunt??
Shocked viewers agape.
Charm/mind skills happened, but non-climber monster taunt first.
Even unflappable Wakamo lost reason—some believers thought "angrier hits harder, good?" puzzled.
"Ancestor!!"
Xiao Liang called, no reply.
"You bastard.... talking shit about my favorite VTubers—!!!"
Ground-kicked charge—Mei pure beast, reason gone.
Innate can't-control-temper once lit properly.
Overkicked crash into inn wall—slid cockroach-like chasing screaming Twins.
Other Twin mounted back, eight-slash blades stabbed nape/shoulder hard.
[[Taunt] increases damage taken!]
Rage boosts agility/strength huge, drops intellect—taunt principle.
Intellect-less Mei Shaolongbao might see negative intellect.
—But key: adds stats, acts as [buff].
Stab! Stab! Stab!!
Rodeo on rampaging beast, clung stabbing mindless no-friend-foe Mei.
[Stats]
Magic: 1,542,938.
[Stats]
Magic: 987,231.
"Ancestor!!! Kyaaah—!!"
Tried help, hit by berserk Mei—crashed wall, toppled table, KO'd Xiao Liang.
Mana rampage no [Mana Manipulation]—bloodshot eyes chased Twins.
-Wait, taunt not breaking?
-One keeps applying???
-No attacks during taunt, so bait run?
-Hence Twins, fuck!!
Viewers figured [Martial Twin Freaks] first.
One taunts to enrage, skips attacks to bait-maintain.
Other mounts, stabs to death or exhaustion.
Issue: unknown taunt content to Twins/believers/Mei.
["Talented climbers wasting time on your VTuber streams!!"]"
["Poor You Ying, could've alchemist success or emperor—caught by you?"]"
["Sadako'd benefit more training Japan strongest over fun streams!!"]"
["Glasses pitiful!! Could be idol! New virtual live recruit! You're rotting talent!!"]"
["Gave gallery to Adelheid, seduced powerless normie to tower—irresponsible!!"]"
Taunt scraped Mei's inner turmoil, worries—ultra-effective.
["【Guardians】 lives threatened by all that... all your fault, Wakamo!!"]"
Yeah.
My fault!
—So climb to prevent that.
No sacrifices, no hurts. No repeat mistakes.
Treat well to fill lacks, but hearts unpredictable.
But—that bald fuck can't spout it freely!!
Snap.
Rage boiled beyond reason—something snapped in Mei's head.
Past limit, limiter shattered—Mei's pupils dyed intense red.
["Wh...what?!"]"
Mounted Twin flinched at overflowing heat, dropped—but blade melted flowing.
Mei's inner [Five Elements] rampaged.
Head filled only "kill"—hair dyed red, even VTuber forgotten.
One viewer awed [King Kai Fist]!
No.
Different.
[Losing reason in rage, berserk!!]
[Acquired skill [Berserk]!]
[Berserk]
-Enter [Frenzy], [Rage], [Rampage] state.
-No friend-foe distinction.
-All physical stats greatly rise.
-Intellect fixed at 0.
Stats enabled skill use—new skill acquired.
Yes, she has stats now!!
[Status Window]
[Climber: Wakamo Inarizushi]
[Job: VTuber]
[Age: 1,001]
[Manager (Shaman): Olga Romanova]
[Status: [Frenzy], [Rage], [Rampage], [Berserk]]
[Stats]
Health: ????
Magic: 96,871
Strength: 0 (+100)
Agility: 0 (+100)+20%
Intellect: 0 (fixed)
Like Kyoto tower temp stats for skills—now condition met.
Most dangerous path: [Berserker] skill tree [Fighters] learn.
Solo tower useful some say, usually die.
Ignores wounds.
Who predicts pure-rage rampage end?
"Forgive not.... you who don't know my heart...!!"
Conscious use becomes unconscious instinct.
[Mana Manipulation] instinctively [Mana Conversion [Divine]] sustained extreme buffs.
Nansae's [Phoenix Heir] 300s 1,000% magic regen too.
Body'd normally falter, but endured Mei's fury.
[Berserk] hugely boosted [Idol's Body] durability!
"I'm pissed, Chinese tower—!!"
Red hair overflowed beyond, rampage birthed divine—gold-shifted, dazzling glow.
Pupils/hair gold, mana/divine clash fiery aura scorched inn-threatening burst.
Un-climber-like Mei Shaolongbao—red sclera, creepy-gleam gold eyes glared terrified Twins.
Fist raised.
Boom.
["....Wh"]"
-......Huh?
-??....??
-Wh-what....
Huge crater inn corner.
One Twin vaporized, no scream.
Mei's vacuum-punched light crushed space.
Compressed "mana" as light shot—[Idol's Light] pooled in hand, rippled.
["Urgh—!!"]"
Engulfed fleeing Twin's arm—literal "erasing light" cleanly sliced indestructible structures, holed inn.
Not mere mana—divine mix backlash amplified destruction manyfold.
Arm moves trailed mana afterimages, slow-fade.
"【Idol Flash Fist】!!!"
Compressed divine-mana as physical-light blast.
Golden fist severed Twin's waist.
Follow-up barrage—ground no-touch, screamless vanish.
Full-gold divine-burning Mei Shaolongbao ground teeth ssssk.
Crack—!
"Huff... huff...!!"
Gear prevented explosion/collapse—divine backlash faded, revealed ashen [Idol's Body] near crumbling.
10s sustain hair-to-ash scatter—Mei panted.
Damn rage wouldn't subside.
How long since this mad...?
'....How'd she use that power...'
Half-reasonless, not wrapped divine—mixed mana handled.
Used but clueless how—Mei coughed.
-Wow, fucking insane....
-Wtf was that?
-True Super Mei...?
-Rage-unleashed power nuts...
-That gold divine???
Head throbbed, dizzy, severe fatigue.
No stand strength—plopped down, twin tails crumbled sand.
[Collapse Immunity] skips hair? No recovery, but no skill overload stop like before—fine.
[Sichuan Tower 97th Floor Platinum achieved, opens to all humanity!!]
[Tower Platinum clear boosts rewards]
'....What absurd skills we suffer.... Xiao Liang ok...?'
Worried Xiao Liang just KO'd—awoke quick, checked Mei's state.
Sorry apology stuck, too exhausted for voice.
Body can't faint/sleep freely—most inconvenient now.
Finger-twitch impossible, barely lifted head for reward.
'Pick job-exclusive 【Lucky Broadcast】...'
[Choose 1 Reward]
[Idol's Halo]
-Consume mana to create halo.
-Strong light only, no other effects.
[Idol's Proof]
-All Idol-line skills efficiency up.
-Limited to [Companions], [Job-Exclusive Skills].
Job-Exclusive Skill 【VTuber's Will】
-Will imbued to subscribed VTubers.
-Strong will, firm courage, vigorous hope buffs.
Job-Exclusive Skill 【Real-Time Rendering】
-Real-time model motion implementation.
Companion Skill [Silent Sea]
-Condition: Belong to Idol's Shrine.
-Casts to calm tsunamis.
-Dance continuous, mana drain.
Job-Exclusive Skill 【Unyielding Mind】
-Strong resistance to mental effects.
-Overcome confusion, taunt, stun with mental strength.
Job-Exclusive Skill 【Motion Capture】
-Capture motions, mana-drain output.
".....?"
Mei blinked slow... then deliberate.
Weird.... way too weird...?
[Can switch to new class-exclusive item instead of skill!]
Reminder lest Wakamo forget.
But dazed Wakamo surged [Tower Reset] urge.
Wanna restart from beginning.....
How many skills added....
Thought one-two, but "sorry for neglect"—piled tons.