Chapter 224
Chapter 224
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 224
Chapter Title: Nanna Chronos' VTuber Debut
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The [Mediator] had now reached the point of outright suspecting Wakamo Inarizushi.
He was convinced that no matter if he was called a paranoid lunatic, this woman was definitely not an ordinary person.
Just the fact that she connected [Chronos' Scythe] being held by the boss to some relationship with Uranus gave him chills.
Even if it was just speculation, no one could read that far—clearly, Wakamo Inarizushi possessed special powers as an idol.
"Boss, what's this fish dish?"
"Oh, it's called masgouf, a traditional Mesopotamian freshwater fish grill from ancient times?"
It's the taste of the fish my mom made when she was alive....
The Mediator ate the healthy meal while glancing at Wakamo.
She had made a health diet plan, saying it was natural for a boss to manage her employees since they ate nothing but junk every day.
She had set up a stone tablet with actual Mesopotamian recipes—who knows where she got it from—and cooked with it.
She claimed she got it by asking the [Professor], but who would believe such a lie!
The Mediator—so, 『Nanna』—was the proof, the very being, of an 【Ascender (Idol)】 who had lived for eons.
Once called a king, reaching the tower's pinnacle, she was also the cursed king who ended the era of idols herself.
And in Mesopotamian mythology, Nanna was also known as the god who measured time.
She actually measured time, perceived it, created knowledge about it, spread it, and established the foundational concepts.
It was an era where they attached all sorts of reasons like everything from sunrise to sunset being the gods' will.
Born with wise intellect from childhood, praised as blessed, but because she was a woman, she lived as a man with fake whiskers.
Even in Norse—or rather, Germanic—mythology, at least Nanna was recorded as female.
They oddly recorded her as a plant god just for teaching farming methods.
In the meantime, she lived carrying Adamant's scythe and was also called Chronos.
History records Chronos castrated Uranus with a scythe, and she did indeed castrate him.
After revealing she was a woman, he became such a nuisance that she cut off his dick, and from then on lived openly as a woman—but it was too much for humans to comprehend.
Even after being outed as female, they thought of her as male, leaving strange records of her swallowing and regurgitating gods, when she was actually the one who birthed them.
Regurgitated from the bottom mouth, not the top! But in an era where records were hard to preserve properly anyway, she gave up.
—Born alongside the tower that had existed since the beginning, she was a married woman once called a god, who had lived through long ages: that was Nanna's true identity.
Climbing to the tower's upper layers reaching the heavens, misunderstood as living in the sky, her idol flesh unaging, she was merely called a god—an Ascender.
In the end, failing to reach the top, most died in infighting, her prime long past making it hard, fearing death she abandoned climbing, and the idols' excessive tyranny showed no end—
She sacrificed her authority to collapse the Tower of Babel, blowing away the future to the point where even 『Records』 vanished.
With the tower completely reset, she aimed to control the system with the highest Ascender's authority and fully halt its functions.
But horrified at the sight of the tower reappearing worldwide and producing climbers instantly, she stepped forward as the 『Mediator』.
"So why didn't you control all the Six Realms Evildoers' criminals?"
At Aiba's question, Nanna rested her chin, admiring the scenery outside the window.
"Respecting human free will. Excessive suppression just leads to reckless rebellion, right? By instilling fear and controlling them, I've prevented civilization collapse by climbers."
She revealed that she created the [Six Realms Evildoers] organization to lure them into gaining power initially, allowing climbers to ascend.
For the American Association President, that moment must have been a nightmare, but since they climbed the tower to check such powerful beings, the plan hadn't gone too far astray.
"And even if called crimes, compared to my era, they're cute. Someone who wiped out a nation with a flood? Versus sinking continents—the Outlaws' crimes are trivial."
"You're from ancient times, so your mindset is too different from ours."
Adelheit, sitting beside her, had heard from the manager that the German tower turned artists into this mess and was sharpening her sculpting knife.
Maintaining balance so civilization doesn't collapse, doesn't revert to her known era, preserving peace as long as possible despite knowing it could crumble anytime.
Sealing all tower functions as much as possible, configuring the system to slowly update matching current era records and climber directions, while preparing for contingencies by letting climbers grow stronger—that was her job, and her ultimate goal.
"Got it? Idol?"
"Still, canceling the 70% of salary going to compensation for Six Realms Evildoers' victims is impossible."
"You're not just wanting revenge on the Korean tower that beat you?!"
"Listening to you, Nanna manages the tower system, so you'd want to deal with her; even if not, plenty of grudges, so protection money too."
"Be honest, I won't get mad."
"I don't lie to VTubers. I stake my VTuber account on it."
"Really?"
"If the boss says that, it's like staking her parents. Know what 'emchang' is?"
"Really, you bitch?"
Sadako explained that not knowing emchang means staking your mom, but Nanna knew that much.
What raised suspicions was her mental state spouting it without brakes.
Was he the one admitted to the psych ward by mistake?
Nanna reread the contract, considering [Wakamo's Blessing] effects, 70% was a bargain, and moved on.
Summarizing her story, the tower ultimately functioned independently of the [Mediator]'s existence.
The 【American Tower】 acting on its own was one such reason.
Then, they just needed more allies—beyond 【East Asian Federation】, create another federation in America and push through.
"The President, American Association President, and Robert, right? Why give all authority to Americans?"
"Americans have strong pride in their states, fierce patriotism, called the Heavenly Kingdom with superpower ego—putting them under someone else breeds headaches."
Adjusting her glasses, Wakamo asked the Mediator, binding half of the [Korean Tower]-operated American Tower into 【Southern Federation】.
There, like the Russian tower in the climbers' city, they built a shop tower and gathered massive clans.
Handing full authority to the US President and Association President, fully explaining the situation, they agreed to grow influence until the Southern Federation became the American Tower Federation.
How to seize the tower undecided, but preemptively creating a divided, checking organization was safer.
"So, completely hide your identity and debut as a VTuber?"
"Exactly!"
The [Mediator] despaired at managing [Korean Tower] plus VTubing, but work was work, so she debuted.
With some Ascender pride, not yielding easily, she boldly used 『Nanna Chronos』 as her name.
"Nice to meet you, I stopped counting age after 5,000—unlike my cute looks, I'm a fearsome underworld boss. You came to uncover the fox god's identity, right?"
She used a character slightly altered from the childhood Mediator Wakamo faced—the [60th Floor Boss] look.
She hated the bunny ribbon ponytail to death, overlapping with Aiba, so changed to headband ribbon form.
Not one but two hair accessories, plus belt suspenders—what's all this? she grumbled they were too gaudy.
But soon ignoring it, she frankly spilled her backstory as her "concept."
"I'm Nanna Chronos from the 2nd generation, got it?"
-Concept on point lololol.
-Fearsome underworld boss (cute).
-Specialty in myths and history?
-5,000-year-old married woman?
-What's your kid's name?
-Is it Zeus by any chance? lololol.
"That kid got disowned."
-lololololol.
-Why?
"Better patricide than incest with mom, he said."
-lolololololololol.
-lolololololol.
-lol wtf lololol.
-Damn, instantly buys it.
-Greek average real.
"It was the culture back then!"
"But why is Chronos Zeus's mom lololol."
After that, she rambled boring myth and history tales.
But in rare Wakamo Corporation style, she was smart, fluent in Hebrew, Sumerian—all languages, viewers reacted "She's smart?"
Plus Wakamo noted her debut friend was way older than the boss, so viewers laughed "It's all real?" half-terrified.
Rightly so—the boss was a real idol, Iosif Khan a White Dragon, this newcomer possibly actual myth Chronos.
"Oh, sorry—mistake. Uh, um... machines are hard... rewind or something."
Then, with zero intent to hide, Nanna Chronos mid-stream accidentally showed something weird, fumbling forever.
Revealing cute tech-illiterate trait, lacking patience herself, she blatantly used authority to rewind time.
Viewers witnessing real-time computer-only reversal exploded.
-Don't rewind time lololol.
-New way to fix computers.
-Just rewind to before it broke~
-PC time actually went back lololol.
-Where'd she find another weirdo.
-Not weirdo, a god?
-Historians crying today too.
"Yeah yeah, kids. Thanks for joining debut stream, 70% income squeezed by boss, so donate lots to pitiful ex-god."
-Gimme money.
-Finally a 'gimme money' friend.
-Offering to gods is common sense.
-Warned not to worship idols, brought real god?
-No brakes, real lololol.
-Faithful wanna worship... gotta bring a known god.
-Known god (Chronos).
-No hiding intent at all.
"Definitely older than me. Pretends fox god VTuber concept, but I'll uncover it for sure."
-Go for it.
-Sometimes better not knowing truth?
-Branch chief claims she's normal.
-Was before VTuber debut lololol.
-Normal (friends with gods).
Dead eyes emotionless stiff speech contrasting soft maternal voice.
Plus mismatched young girl look, boldly married woman.
Character overflowing to explosion, but viewers loved "Perfect VTuber character."
Unlike prior 90% real "concepts" madmen.
Conversely, if 90% real, "Real god VTubing? Win!" flow.
"Mom VTuber finally here!" Seeing fans, Nanna clutched her head "Not like this."
"Why like this? Using old speech?"
"Anything you do is hot now."
Asuka's line, Nanna popping headache and stomach meds.
Incomprehensible—modern civ good, but otaku culture deep abyss too arcane.
Her era, non-virgins worthless as sacrifice—aged married woman, what's appealing?
Incest son claiming beauty loveliness doesn't matter flickered, but forgotten.
Korean tower she's raising now too—maybe no child luck?
"Earn VTuber debut as side income, now here to make you strong."
Thereafter, to protect humanity, maintain peace against threats, she stood before Wakamo Corporation climbers with [Reaper], scythe in hand, to train.
"Um, does Amelia not join?"
"I'm the loser, America's tower final weapon?"
Ascender or not, as human, Man-Eater Amelia could bisect even Mediator without mercy.
Even all here ganging up, sans Wakamo/Adelheit, zero win chance confidently.
Pure dragon Olga Romanova might have shot, but pure class difference.
"First, authority experience—Legendary class 【Reaper】's primal 【Fear】, show it, Dullahan?"
"Don't call me Dullahan—I'll adjust so no trauma, everyone deep breath... 【Reaper's Aura】!!"
"Whoa, scary!"
"Don't yell suddenly."
Ireland's Reaper yelled activating authority. Reaction lukewarm.
"Missed?" Puzzled, he upped output—Wanda Hye, standing distant, foamed and fainted.
"Seems my skill makes VTubers immune."
"Auth-ority?!!"
"Your authority hurting VTuber means I kill you."
"Could not work, boss."
Ireland Reaper nodded to ex-boss, fled to check Wanda Hye.
Effective—just not on VTubers.
Skill too strong? Wondering, Nanna beckoned Wakamo, posed.
"Misthinking I use all Legendary skills? 【Ascender】 has no class divide. Means I can learn anything if I want."
"Got it!"
"Behold, Ascender combat—【Time Acceleration】!"
Not body, accelerating time, stretching 1 sec near 60, closing distance insanely fast, swinging scythe at Wakamo's nape.
Ascender fights: first strike wins, how fastest kill opponent?
Wakamo saw incoming scythe, burrowed beside Nanna at insane speed dodging.
"As expected, your own skills more refined, complete."
"What?! You use time acceleration too?!"
"Basic implant. Sandevistan level, tried transformed before..., got the feel?"
Just saw, tried few times before? Wakamo shrugged nonchalantly.
Once-genius girl called god Ascender gaped speechless.
"Still, called Chronos! Time to show skill!!"
Prime past, yet god's power, swinging scythe.
Matching Wakamo evenly, overwhelming, chased retreating Wakamo closing gap.
Then, abdomen impact, spewing saliva rolling floor.
"????"
"Read VTuber's future, mimicked 【Time】 authority similarly,
inserted
"
"Huh?"
"So, principle: glimpse future, clump ether strike—tried, worked."
"Huh?"
Time accel/decel/stop only Nanna, baffled at future interference.
"Otaku my level masters time skills."
"C-can't understand."
"Real fight, I'd lose! Amazing, Mediator!"
Felt own mistake, glossed as loss, praising Wakamo.
Indeed not life-death, attacks panicked hits—but...
Reading VTuber future, what...?
"Really normal person?"
"[Why ask me]"
Asking peer Russian tower lord, similar reply.
Saw, worked; tried, worked; understood, used.
Wakamo Inarizushi's absolute invincible VTuber logic rival: "If she can, I can too?" Tactic-beaten Mediator got why all cursed her.
Pity welled for enemies fighting this—not mood.
"VTuber while safe stay, manage tower with Russian tower. Purge suspicious in Six Realms Evildoers."
"How many suspicious?"
Nanna held up three fingers at Yu Ying's question.
"Bloodline or not, suspicious existence [Alien], how got holy sword this era suspicious [Holy Swordsman], meddling everywhere [Wandering Swordmaster]. And find guardian-killed explorer corpse whose skills useful there—skill destruction handy."
"Plus VTuber streams?"
"VTubing anywhere is advantage, right?"
"No such advantage."
Wakamo just enables it.
Yu Ying's words, Nanna sighed relief "Right? I'm normal?"
Getting used to mad boss, sanity loss natural.
Mid-talk, Sadako emptied 7 oak barrels, new booze—Nanna steeled "Stay sane."
Mirage-presence White Dragon chatting self, whispering artist, telepath probing mind.
That okay—but Wakamo incomprehensible.
"First, catch tail."
"Caught."
Wakamo buying computer gear for Nanna suddenly stiffened.
"Huh?"
Nanna trembled but asked—what?
"Caught guy killing corporate VTuber, swapping disguise. Voice actor change VTuber taboo—stalking Red Pill?"
"C-can't understand."
"These eyes see VTuber futures. Mistake, Ascender—told you no one takes anything from me!! Before my power, no room for 'understand' or 'counter'!!"
Wakamo yelled foreseeing dangers to beloved oshi this instant.
(Note: absent Mei watching pirate captain solo live engrossed.
Kang Yeo-ul boss work, two silver-white new song dev basement tormented.
)
Portal opened beside grumbling displeased Wakamo, Lia tossed human-formed thing.
Nanna gulped overlooking Ascender/[human]-looking.
Wakamo placed hand shoulder: "No, Nanna—6 hours later, sneaking cola tonight. Forbidden."
"...Why only me?"
"You're old!! Drink zero cola!!"
"Why scolded for 6 hours future?"
Sudden worry meaningless.
What bastard did tower make climber?
Perfect ether control, foreseeing stream schedules monthly madness—Nanna popped zero cola.
Self-praised past not fighting her, not crossing line.
"By the way, you have authority?"
"Made 【Death】, used."
"Boss, daily streams okay?"
"Mindset to my liking."
Politeness, manners from strength.
Her identity shock more than mine?
Nanna notepad: "Not human" first line.