Chapter 171
Chapter 171
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 171
Chapter Title: Tower-Climbing Fox God VTuber
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"Is this my exclusive item...?"
Wakamo was looking perplexed at the large, dark-red bear-person Nati.
On top of that, the fact that it was reviewing her own [skills] was shocking.
While all the other [Legendary Classes] showed no reaction whatsoever, why was this innocent little VTuber getting this treatment...?
What kind of injustice and absurdity was this!! It was utterly infuriating!!
She couldn't even go beat up Russia's Tower Lord...
"But if its combat power matches the number of my believers, isn't that pretty strong...?"
Wakamo had conquered the 100th floor by summoning believers en masse.
No matter what came next, she could overcome it with her ultimate cheat skill [Companion Summon].
"It feels like I've become a munchkin protagonist from a web novel."
"...Now you mention it?"
Manager Won Da-hye responded with a genuinely puzzled expression.
She showed outright bewilderment that he was only now thinking something so out-of-left-field.
"Yeah, so what can our [Nati] do?"
[[Idol]'s exclusive item [Nati] can transport materials, till fields, level terrain, and more.]
"Wow~ Impressive~"
[[Item] cannot be brought into the Tower. Can be used as a means of transportation.]
"Truly a pretty piece of trash, huh?"
A smile crept onto her face, fitting for a non-combat Legendary Class's exclusive item.
She'd deliberately skipped claiming the item, knowing something like this might happen. It'd been over a year since getting entangled with Korea's Tower—did they think she couldn't predict it?
Could this be blowback from that guy causing so much trouble that it's even affecting me...?
"Good job, good job."
It might be dumb in the head, but it was doing tricks in the air and clapping—perfect for selling to a circus in Russia's Tower and getting paid in Tower Coins.
"You just had trashy thoughts, didn't you? You can't escape my keen bear-bear radar."
"Our manager's finally started reading my mind, huh."
"At this level, I can even see the future. I saw this cute bear getting sold to a circus."
"Damn it. You're seeing even further than I thought."
"If it gets caught by werebeast animal lovers or animal rights groups, it'll be chaos?!"
"Animals don't have rights, so why should actual animals have rights!!"
Shuba shuba....!! It's so harsh and tough...!!
As always, the rewards were trash.
But the believers had a blast with the live viewing stream, and it was Wakamo's happiest moment during the climb, so they ended the broadcast on a satisfying note for everyone.
Wakamo had conquered the 100th floor of China's Sichuan Province Tower.
Thanks to the [Fox Spirit] skill enhancement, even [Ordinary People] became [Climbers] and could use class-specific [skills], so ordinary folk were full combat assets too.
Wakamo's directly converted believer-climbers, plus those summoned as [Fox Spirits], and finally the reserves held back due to high mana cost of [My Worlds].
She'd shown both the cheese strat from Japan's Kyoto 100th floor and the Idol's fair-and-square combat style at full power in China's Sichuan 100th floor.
—And with that, every Tower in China collapsed and vanished.
It was a shocking sight. The Towers turned pitch black, crumbled to ash, and scattered.
The climbers who'd been ascending were stunned as the Tower vanished out from under them, but since [Collapse] meant no monsters would spawn, and they could just climb Japan's or Korea's Towers instead, the [Climbers] weren't too upset.
Towers were first-come, first-served anyway.
Still, wasn't this a bit too excessive?
China's Towers had vanished after shelling out massive rewards to over 30 million climbers.
Thanks to the [East Asian Federation]'s special status, they'd revive in 30 days, but like Russia's or Japan's Towers, they'd be broke and at the mercy of climbers—it was obvious.
In the end, Korea's Tower was the one reaping unearned benefits just by sitting there.
For reference, the wider a nation's territory, the more Towers it had.
Even a nation like [Vatican City] with under 900 people got at least one Tower if recognized as a "nation."
Every nation had its own climbers, plus foreigners coming to climb, so Tower collapses were extremely rare after the early days.
And among those rare cases, not once had a Tower received a [Death] judgment.
Normally, Korea's Tower would've vanished like that... but with all of China's Towers gone, an oddly mystical vibe settled over the country.
Some even said it was fine to be the one nation free of Towers and collapse worries.
That didn't sound half bad.
Anyway.
—It had been proven that 【Towers】 could be dissolved by overload, courtesy of Wakamo Inarizushi.
Not just conquering one Tower, but affecting and dissolving every Tower at once.
Japan's Prime Minister, the Inari Fox God, watched the scene and remarked:
"Land so vast it's a great power, but hearts so narrow it's a small nation—hence China? They showed their guts, and that's what happened."
Asuka was dumbfounded watching TV with the group, protesting that China got wrecked because she didn't tell them, but the Inari Fox God was shameless.
From Jiang Ziya to Son Wukong to Taishang Laojun—each was an overwhelmingly [strong card], no need to point it out.
But fearing "excessive reward bleed" if Wakamo targeted them, they hadn't upped the difficulty.
Even that was barely scraped together after losing a bet to Korea's Tower and borrowing their costs.
Full potential might've had a shot, but recreating [History]'s dignity had limits, so it was inevitable.
"Well, we didn't tell them partly on purpose."
China's Tower had cautiously schemed, unsure what Wakamo might pull at the 100th floor.
They'd cleverly planned to overwhelm the Idol with more Idols, but quantity crushes tactics.
If they'd jacked difficulty 200x like Japan's Tower, Jiang Ziya alone might've ended Wakamo.
"Losing with cards that good. What a waste of history!!"
Kyahaha—!!
Wakamo turned off the TV, not wanting to see the Inari Fox God cackling like a witch at China's misfortune on live TV.
"By the way, about 【Tower Safety】. What happens if a [Black Tower] moves and attacks a [Tower]?"
Seeing China's total Tower collapse and dissolution reminded Eva of a prior incident, so she asked Wakamo.
News had reported a newly discovered [Hidden Tower] where climbers with guns massacred [Humans].
And the mobile Black Tower was taken down by fighter jets bombing it.
It didn't seem overwhelmingly strong or threatening.
To modern humanity, weren't they just events where everyone teamed up for rewards?
But to the Towers?
"And this—Robert found it deep underground where the [Black Tower] was, while investigating ruins."
Eva handed over a broken dagger.
[Broken Cursing Dagger]
- Now just an item with faint power.
- Can permanently destroy one [skill]'s [history].
- Broken, so non-functional.
Even repaired with a new blade, it'd only permanently erase one [skill].
Plenty threatening and effective as a weapon.
For 【Legendary Classes】 reliant on specific skills, a true nightmare.
"..."
Along with the records engraved there, Wakamo recalled the curses filled with the grudges of those still lingering.
—【Idol】 is a non-existent class. So I wanted to see it once.
She remembered the [Mediator]'s words at their first meeting.
The Mediator knew every Legendary Class transfer method, yet was clueless about this one.
—Yet the Tower has jobs, with clear traces remaining.
Scholars say perhaps 【Gods (Idols)】 really existed in the past.
And at some point, they all vanished, leaving only mythic traces in history.
"...Ladder kick, huh."
With a quiet mutter, Wakamo tucked the dagger into her desk drawer.
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[Author: ChickenShopEmployee]
[Title: Heavenly Demon... We miss you.]
Today's Unaka had our Phoenix President sharing a dream that cracked me up.
Heavenly Demon Michael Jackson was sitting on his room's sofa.
Chatting like old pals, thinking "Gotta tweet this."
Then realizing, "Wait, Heavenly Demon's not with us anymore..." and waking up.
No wonder the 3D live went so well.
-Heavenly Demon always enjoyed new cultures.
-VTubers are idols too! No distinction under his blessing!!
-No wonder our Wakamo Captain dances so damn well.
ㄴJust stopping by to crush humanity's threats...
ㄴAah... We miss you, Idol Heavenly Demon...!!
ㄴYou said you'd come when unified!!!
ㄴHe'll moonwalk down from the sky, fr ㅋㅋ
-So when's the next Ichigo-Seoul Reclamation Finals?
-Yeah, wanna watch bad.
[Author: WannaBeBuriedInRan-sama]
[Title: Soaked Wakamo]
(Desperate crying Captain "Don't go" gif)
(Illegal collab reactions from various VTubers clips)
(Wakamo shrieking and bawling watching that clip)
Brought a ton, savor 'em.
-Whoa, this is malicious ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is that why no collabs? Creepy otaku vibes?
ㄴCaptain is a creepy otaku, yeah.
ㄴAren't we all otakus?
ㄴWe could buy and run corps if we wanted, but we stan instead.
-FYI, 3 companies trying VTuber scams vanished.
ㄴDamn, scary af.
ㄴAsia's #1 "Don't": "VTuber scam".
-No wonder the Arts Center's dioramas multiplied.
ㄴHeard it became a freakshow hub.
ㄴFun tho. Some turn hikikomori.
ㄴThat thrill's unique.
-Climbers are all nuts.
-Title bait much? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Author: Pongkots45]
[Title: Got Captain's schedule.]
Going to 5 solo live concerts.
Can see Wakamo Captain live there.
Plus other concerts.
Captain's boldly investing, so VTuber concert schedule's packed.
So.
When's Wakamo Corp doing a concert?
-"Mami: Y'all gonna retire after fleecing fans."
ㄴLove the honesty!
-Everyone... please listen to our White Dragon's songs...
ㄴUh... th-that... glasses... what's her name?
ㄴNobody remembers? Ffs ㅋㅋㅋ
-Crew pushing for Pirate's new song, upvote.
-But Captain's been busy climbing...
-Wanna see VTuber streams...
-Group collab?
—Despite busy climbing, Wakamo kept streaming steadily.
Ichigo advised newbies as an alchemist, growing via variety game streams.
Pirate did steady mukbangs with booze, chatting and laughing with crew, racing games, viewer collabs, keeping the vibe friendly.
Asuka helped PM duties so was busy, but quickly picked up trends/memes domestic and global, creating memes as Wakamo Corp VTuber.
Lately, composed a track from Pirate's bizarre booze-spew.
Wakamo talked nothing but VTubers: new debuts, clips, merch, concerts.
Some fans lurked hoping their oshi got a shoutout.
She didn't recruit directly but boldly funded events/supports.
"So our stingray Captain does marine cosplay if funding hits 300%? Gotta invest! And our Ice Queen proved duel skill and math ain't proportional? Smart people can like yards/pounds too."
-Info) Looks dumb, but is smart.
-Knows a ton subtly, good brain.
-Just VTuber-brained outside that.
-Only thinks content daily...
-Where's study time watching VTuber streams?
-So duel today?
-Info) Trash luck, bottom-tier.
-Roll then, Captain.
-Captain Iron? Puke.
-No troll, just pure skill issue ㅋㅋㅋ
-What happened to jungler raged at for irl meet?
-Didn't show?
-As if ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"Aah—no horror games! Doing Subnautica-like today. Horror DLC? Damn, why's horror everywhere? Blue hedgehog Korean dub out, do that. Flop? That's why."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Fr
-Poseidon ain't flop...!
-Captain's dogged...
-Pls don't eat random shit.
-Fox is canid, but overkill.
"Otherworld idol funding too. Stream hard, save cash, buy it. Limited keyboard too!"
-Just buy the whole company?
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-VTuber funding? 100% this guy's on it.
-Charges in sans scam check if "concert pls".
-But real scammers exist??
-Yeah... hanging in Adelaide Gallery.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Scam online guy with Ultron as minion? Brave.
-China/Japan/Russia under thumb, gutsy af.
"So drag scammers here, debut as VTubers, make 'em concert. For Idol me's happiness, saint 'em to dance... kekeek...!!"
-Says that but pays proper wages.
-4 insurances + pension? Proper job's the joke.
-Takes no cut of profits? Hilarious.
-Why Mami hires singers/composers nonstop ㅋㅋㅋ
-Unlimited funds, blow it all ㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, so when concert? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"Yeah, speaking of corps issues? Japan visas! Job anonymity, finance/manufacturing isolation, analog vibes unoptimized... Bigger company, more eyes? Ops lacking ain't once/twice... So sat my pal as Japan PM."
-Oof.
-Ooof...
-Pal as PM reason = VTubers.
-Pure as hell.
-Fixing Japan's analog crap.
-VTubers digitizing Japan????
-Yeah... no other reason.
-China gov reworked everything via Chairman Yung Wei for VTubers.
-Wtf are VTubers?
-Nothing.
-And everything too..!!
"Made East Asian Federation for VTubers. None stop my ambitions."
-Seems dead serious, upvote ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Aah, Fox God's conquest lust burns.
-US next?
-Burn Germany first? Italy too.
-Austria awaits!
"So pre-studied, doing Civ today."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Not 3 Kingdoms? Luck.
-Civ...3K... ugh... brain...
-No ads but loves it.
-Captain digs this subtly ㅋㅋㅋ
-Civ-building's Idol work, prolly.
-Betrayal trauma too.
-Oof... clueless (solemn).
As always pre-game, music stream then Wakamo fired up the game.
Would keep VTubing amid unknown Tower restrictions.
To Wakamo, [Six Freaks], [Guardians], [Black Tower] truth—all way below [VTubers] priority.
'Oh yeah, Olga's doing 1st gen collab?'
Shoving annoying stuff to memory's back, Wakamo thought of her staff.
Her dream of original songs growing for genmate concert—when?
Sadly, one art-focused, other real-life focused.
'Graduates are 100% 1st gen.'
Prayed inwardly for at least 4 years streaming, shook distractions, focused.
Plain gaming sucked, worse juggling Mei Shaolongbao, Wakamo's catastrophic skills had believers screaming for mercy.
Narrow vision!! Blind rushes!! No strat/plan!! Plus horrid luck!!
Tortured believers' wails spread to other 0th gen streams.
"Blue-eyed White Dragon from the moon! Iosif Khan!"
"Hi, cuties. Pipkin Mami here for the aces."
"Not Sapa or married! Mei Shaolongbao!"
"Fuchs kirstyn (Fox followers), rearmament time!! Adolf Lucia here."
-Weird one amid cuties.
-Why Lucia head spin 360?
-Just gum-chewing.
-Walls inevitable....
-Starved maybe?
-Why glasses for 1st gen leader?
-Unlimited Challenge glasses god was leader.
-Ah, you again, Mudo Universe....
"""1st Gen! Team Blossoms Never Fade Ten Beauties!!"""
"Whew...."
"No cigs, join us!!"
"Only now my soul's truly free. Non-human Dragon get it?"
"No, then you're mutant not human? Superpowered."
"Any humans here besides me?"
-Only human's German.
-Somehow inhuman maybe.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Non-human = danger?
-Adolf evolve one more!!
-No, give stone ㅋㅋㅋ same ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"Anyway, today's [Risk of Black Company]! Roguelike where you job at a black corp scavenging scrap across planets!"
"Why volunteer for black corp? Good jobs scarce."
-US variety or JP? Mami."
"Retry: Salaried gig sounds better."
-Passing fatal truths.
-Neither sane.
-White Dragon's rhetoric OP.
-Daily chat levels it?
-Aha! Dragon speech!
Thus began 1st gen group collab!!
Spawned sans tutorial, four stared silently at ship.
Iosif Khan pre-briefed basics.
Enter monster spots, scrap, sell, uncover corp secrets!!
Climber-like so Iosif picked, but viewers knew.
[Communication] key!!
"Vanilla?"
"Mostly!! Asuka modded skins etc., that's it!"
""Oh""
Mei/Lucia gasped sync.
Chat laughter foresaw doom.
Pipkin Mami feared Asuka's mad Ultron botched.
"Captain Iosif then. Leader, how?"
"Today!! 1st gen collab!! Morning roll call!! Assemble, numbers!!"
"Ah"
Leader instant military comms from Iosif.
Mei's eyes twitched PTSD.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Hey!"
"Good, all three present! Feels one extra but counted to three."
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Russia military style...?
-Voter turnout nation's count unique.
-Asuka why here ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Fun so came? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Naturally 5 now, but Lt. Iosif commanded idol-strict.
Surprisingly, VTubers have gen seniority culture!!
Yeah, ex-military adapt fast to VTubing(?).
"All Korean men risk degenerating to VTubers!! Gazuaaa!!!"
Ship lands, door opens, Mei dashes out hyped.
Remaining 4 watch Mei plummet to dot, shake heads.
"Terminal buys items, ship cams spot items/foes. One stay?"
"But terminal all English, who?"
"Maknae?"
"Mommy"
"Tsk, pretty words."
"Mami"
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Same meaning ㅋㅋㅋ
-Asuka dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-Sunbae says kneel ㅋㅋㅋ
Buy radio first for comms, grind cash.
Bought 3 flashlights + discounted shovel, armed up.
Shaking unease, reached building safe, groaned at pitch dark innards.
"Russia Tower vibes... plus humid, eugh."
"Reminds me unpaid electric bills days."
"Gangs/drug blackies hid here."
"No bad words! Mami! Idols! Say it nice, Asuka."
Iosif turns to Asuka but...
Black monster from nowhere snaps her neck 360, drags off dead.
"Game's historically accurate."
Pipkin Mami flees, "Knew it'd happen, experience tells."
-This fucking n****r!
-Hiding fr ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Asuka ambushed idle ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Two dead at start?? Right??
"....Where's Lucia?"
Glanced away, Lucia gone.
"Whoa, sell this trash for cash? Great corp? Would've grinded easy."
-Trials forge strength.
-Overforged?
-Germany's top VTuber fear.
-Prodigal return when.
"Ah, hope Engineer terrorizes..."
-Eek, menhera on.. no.
-Hand up no ㅋㅋㅋ
-Engineer now? What.
-Build doomsday hang bait.
"German gov might assassinate anytime!! So carry carving knife always."
Arting with knife/gun hidden, Lucia.
Claims gov'll send killers, Engineer ambitious... Wakamo intro'd shrink, still rough.
Scrapes mystery junk, hands full, back to entrance.
"Work hard like this, rich quick!"
Hehehe out, sees ship flying off, to viewers:
"Wow! Guys, ship's flying away!"
-Looks like ours~
-Yeah.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No shit ours ffs.
-Where to ㅋㅋㅋ
Fading ship + [Roster].
Dead-[Mei Shaolongbao], [Aoi Asuka].
Missing-[Adolf Lucia], [Iosif Khan]
"They ditched me!!! Mean!!! Ah, Adel, aa, Adolf!! Lucia not useless!! President!!! I work hard!! Sniff! Waaah... hehe...!!"
Revived on ship, Lucia trauma-burst, spilling woes.
"Calm, Lucia. I got ditched too."
"Yeah, Prez low presence."
-Instant cool.
-Human sedative Iosif.
-Better than her.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ待遇 why ㅋㅋㅋ
-Iosif face ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"No! Mami! Fled then launched why?!"
"My life's precious. Climber rule?"
-Brutal climber world.
-Survive or die ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"Humans all trash, no fighting."
-Fact Asuka.
-No exceptions allies.
-Straight-talk to boss girl.
-1st gen this chaotic.
-Asuka cause?
-Makes sense.
"You're fired."
"Kwaang"
Iosif terminals eject, Asuka yeeted to space.
"S-sunbae!!" last words, wait lil till back? Nah, 1st gen to next planet.
Shaaa—
Kwaang!!
Door open: torrent rain, lightning.
"Iosif Chief Warrant, canal?"
"Mei, why military savvy?"
"That's—"
Kwang.
Shovel-out Mei zapped vaporized.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That....aa... unknow...
-Not time.
-No gag comic ㅋㅋㅋ
-Shovel lightning....
-Prolly dug canal shovel past.
-Military transcends eras in suck ㅋㅋㅋ
-Tang Dynasty too?
Scrap? Survival struggle for 1st gen.
Iosif orders, 4 rain-scavenge, all drown total wipe.
Day 3 in-game: zero scrap, abysmal skills!!
Soldier, spec ops, artist—no gamers.
Thud thud—
Next planet: giant paces ship outside eating folk.
Can't enter/out, Iosif ponders, decides.
"Run 2?"
-Quick cut ㅋㅋㅋ
-Fastest decider.
-Building entry success once??
-More fun than Captain.
Pull lever launch, crew smiles—game's messy learning fun.
"Watched Indiana Jones tons!! Adventure? Leave to Mei Shaolongbao—"
Thumps chest, trusts her—giant snags thru flying ship.
"Wow, buggy flop."
Asuka awed, Mei thru ship fading gripped.
"Eeeek"
Iosif watches live-chew Mei, shakes head.
"Whoa, dying this well's art."
"No, not art."
Lucia admires, Mami denies.
Mei's 0% explore past 0% survival legend etched collab start.