Chapter 227
Chapter 227
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 227
Chapter Title: Antarctic Survival Stream
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"Even though you wouldn't go when I suggested it!!"
Leaving the protesting Nan behind, the Wakamo Corporation members decided to head to Antarctica for some new footage.
There wasn't any big schedule—just a casual "VTuber goes sightseeing!" concept.
"[Man Eaters have been the tower's executioners since ancient times, and Amelia's currently with the Korean tower~]"
The Russian tower lord Lusalka had announced in advance that she'd watch the live stream with viewers in a "watch-along broadcast" vibe.
For all her appearances, she was still part of the tower system and affiliated with the federation, so she could strongly sense Amelia's situation—bound tightly to the tower despite the distance.
Unlike Wakamo, it was a class where the Korean tower could directly and openly provide help and support.
──But the Korean tower treated her purely as a member without doing a thing.
From the start, they'd wanted to give her a life far from fighting, and the second generation were a pure idol group, after all.
"Waaah!! Off to see the snow!!"
"Should we pack skis?"
"Are there mountains in Antarctica?"
"There's Vinson Massif, the highest peak on the continent, right?"
Wasn't going all the way to Vinson Massif to ski a bit too extreme a route?
Asuka and Yu Ying ignored the drunken, passed-out adults and got hyped with Amelia to prepare for the Antarctica trip.
"Idols do sometimes go on-site for variety shows to boost popularity, sure."
"Having diverse experiences to make up for a wasted life is important, after all."
Amelia, overly protected by her dad and uncle.
The two warned her to be careful of strangers in Antarctica.
They even said not to follow anyone offering snacks, but who offers snacks in Antarctica anyway?
"That'd probably be some monster disguised as a creepy old man, right?"
"If a lolicon's come that far, at least hear his name before killing him."
VTuber stalking at that level went beyond dedication into awe territory.
Only after the two adults packed Amelia's bag to bursting and gave their okay did Asuka and Yu Ying start preparing.
"[This cute bag is Maya's partner, Baggy! It's a mimic monster that pulls out your stuff when you put it in? But watch out, it digests food!]"
"How many guardians does she even have? Asuka's turning two this year—take care of her a bit."
"Two years old, and she's already lived twenty years as an internet otaku. Pretty sure everyone here agrees?"
"I object."
"Everyone human."
"Oh god, assembly language."
"Look! It's warm!"
"Well, whatever."
"Camping in Antarctica—what could go wrong?"
The warmly dressed women set off for Antarctica.
Honestly, they could open [My Worlds] anytime and safely return home, so there was zero worry.
Ichigo was even pondering whether to crash the plane for VTuber content sake.
Asuka agreed, saying just hand the controls to Amelia right now.
"W哇! Airplane! I wanna pilot it!"
Ichigo happily handed the controls to Amelia, the giant eight-year-old girl at heart.
While packing defensive gear, Asuka quietly hit the emergency button for dramatic effect.
Eeeeeeng──!!
A blaring siren echoed, red lights flashing in the cockpit.
-Starting off loud already.
-Heading to Antarctica!! Antarctica trip, right!!
-Is plane crash the right opener?
-And Asuka's the only one with a parachute?
-Ichigo doesn't even have one lololol.
"Why's there only one parachute, Asuka?"
"Packed snacks on reflex when they said pack for combat, so no room."
"Then that parachute isn't one you packed, huh?"
"Life's first-come-first-served, human. Two-year-old Asuka wants to live long!!"
"You crazy bitch!!"
-They really jumped lololol.
-Info) Asuka can fly.
-Asuka) Falling doesn't come with wings.
-Chatting while flat on her back lololol.
-Wait, is this actually okay? It's really crashing?
Asuka, slowly parachuting down, pointed to the distant plummeting plane.
And soon, with a massive KABOOM!!, the plane smashed into Antarctica's ice in a spectacular explosion.
Viewers laughed at the flashy CG, praising the effects and directing, but deep down they shuddered.
"Trouble for the cameraman here. The plane from Capcom I rode in crashed. But no worries—I've got ways to survive in Antarctica."
Saying that, Asuka ditched the parachute pack and set down the bag on her front.
On screen, inside the bag was a comic titled [Surviving in Antarctica].
"How do you resist packing this for Antarctica?"
-Try holding back lololol.
-Nah, shouldn't something else come out normally?
-Is that the book for when you're stranded in Antarctica?
-Its lesson is learn English lolol.
Asuka immediately tore up the book, trying to rub sticks together for fire.
-?
-??
-What are you doing?
"First thing for survival is fire, I learned from Ichigo."
"Never taught you that."
"Thought you wouldn't fall for the bait."
"Gonna make a fire?"
Maya and Ichigo emerged unscathed from the crash.
Ichigo had just jumped out right before, and Maya was too tough to be hurt by a mere plane crash.
She even ripped the fuselage open with her grip strength, giggling like it'd been a ride.
Maya took the wood Asuka was frantically rubbing.
"How do you do it?"
"Rub it with paper for friction heat to start the fire."
"Aha."
"If that fails, Ichigo's partner will pull out the master's and melt the Antarctic ice with friction heat."
"You just came to troll, huh?"
"Would need your permission to explain."
"Sigh."
-Maya's the only one innocently enjoying lololol.
-Nah, is this the right follow-up to a plane crash?
-Exterminated polar bears, now targeting Antarctica!!!
-Stop, you evil bastards!! Spare the Antarctic penguins!!
-But some wanna see the friction heat.
-Go to the fanart board.
-Ichigo! Where'd you leave Wakamo-mommy!
-lolololololol.
-Yeah! What about the partner?!
"Ah, seriously stop messing around!! Tell the truth, friends!!"
-Honestly, big tits are great.
-Miss pure Ichigo.
-But living with the president would corrupt anyone.
-Too much maternal love turns into cradle-robbing.
-Jo Clan always supports Ichigo.
-Wanna see the boob pics on Ichigo's phone.
"Fuck off, Asuka peeked so I know."
"What? That bitch?"
Friends mercilessly tormented Ichigo's fragile teen psyche, ignoring her dignity.
Asuka poured fuel, babbling that Ichigo's phone had Wakamo's cleavage pics—the valley all believers craved! Nip slips! Before getting punched.
Pummeled by Ichigo's iron grip, Asuka yelled that justice and truth would never be buried!!
"Ah, seriously!! You're embarrassing me so bad it burns!"
"So Asuka's burning from Ichigo's punches?"
Whoosh whoosh──!!
The fierce flames devoured the paper.
Maya's stick was shapeless; she was just rubbing her palms for friction heat.
"Asuka~ I'll warm your cheeks!"
Ichigo and Asuka gaped as her palms glowed like heated metal.
Sweet Maya, seeing Asuka's cheeks red from cold, reached out to warm them.
"Ichigo, save me!!! I'll give you the secret ero pics of master Asuka hid!!"
"Really?"
"Asuka feels guilty saying it, but aren't you too honest about your desires?"
Bang bang bang──!!
Ichigo wordlessly aimed at Asuka and fired.
Asuka used a [Skill] to turn her body to mana, letting bullets pass harmlessly.
Not stopping there, she cast [Jujutsu] for intangibility and fled nimbly.
"Maya!"
"Yeah!"
"Never played snowball fight? Just throw and hit."
"Squish the snow into~"
Ichigo pointed at Asuka's fleeing head, not even turning back, yelling she'd die.
Maya knelt, packing pretty snowballs from the snow, holding one up to the camera.
-Looks good at making dumplings.
-Does that pretty snowball know its future?
-Wait, that's ice up close?
-Hand heat melted it to water then refroze?
-???? Guys, that's not ice?
-Then what?
-Diamond or something.
A stray coal on the ground...!!
The moment Maya gripped it, snow melted away, and the coal morphed under her grip pressure.
Into the world's hardest substance──!!
"Hyah!"
With a motion that looked effortless, she flung the diamond snowball.
It accelerated from her hand.
Breaking sound barrier with a shockwave, the diamond projectile hit Asuka before she could react.
Snowball lodged in her waist, Asuka spun like a top, soared into the sky, and flopped limp on the snow.
"Ichigo wanna try?"
"Ehhh, getting old? Shoulder hurts, pass..."
-Age (Maya's older).
-lololololol.
-Twenty ain't old, what!!!
-Me too, that'd give me phantom pain.
-Japanese guy dying to a rock, so American.
-That's Yankee style?
-Hood doesn't have this, you maniacs.
Antarctica, where feet sank deep.
No penguins in sight, but sledding pulled by Asuka's shikigami across the vast ice was fun.
They checked out Amundsen-Scott Station, said to be at the center.
Racing straight along the coast, viewing various nations' bases from afar.
"Raising a black-eyed one at home~ titmouse~ dodo~ penguin~"
Maya hummed joyfully, not grasping the lyrics.
Even resting, she rolled snow into snowmen nonstop.
"As expected, I'm an outdoor type."
"But do VTubers usually do this much outdoor stuff?"
"Stuck in a room just breeds illness."
-Doesn't mean go to Antarctica.
-Antarctica trip (plane one-way).
-Looks tired from playing with Maya lololol.
-VTubers hole up and stream.
-Yeah, easy to get sick—only talk to monitors.
"Ah, but how to put it—unlike before, no suffocating tension, no anxiety about when I'll die."
"All dead games are like that, check the empty content."
-Ichigo, spoiled by Wakamo president—experienced everything, dopamine shortage.
-Lived harsh since kid, Antarctic cold just like winter lolol.
-Normal VTubers never in life-threatening spots.
-Ichigo needs thrill dopamine.
-Avalanche?
-1v1 leopard seal?
-For thrills, tag with Maya?
"Later tonight Lusalka's doing watch-along, but Antarctica's too peaceful."
"Pitch a tent, switch to outdoor VTuber stream while we're at it?"
Ichigo thought remote like Antarctica would help recapture the vibe.
But after hellish places and rough childhood, plain cold Antarctica felt no threat.
Even Asuka portaled in a tent from home and set it up.
Stranded concept, but none of the three worried—it was vacation.
"First, to get food in Antarctica, drill through ice."
"Yes!"
"Fire Cloak!! Blazing Extinction Fang!!"
"Don't destroy the environment, you maniac!!"
-Environmental criminal lololol.
-Stop, crazy AI.
-Spews fire right after saying that.
-Trolling's daily life?
-Breath of Flame! Form 1! Fire Cloak!
-Maya's burning too, crazy bitch lololol.
-No expression change lololol.
-Looks sleepy from warmth lololol.
-Asuka panicking lololol.
Maya slammed her hand to punch a hole; Asuka spewed fire to melt ice.
Melting Antarctic ice was pure nuisance.
It barely melted—mostly Maya caught fire and blazed.
Asuka's jujutsu, with intelligence nearing 2,000, was lethally powerful—but useless on Maya.
Against human-type Asuka, even 10,000 couldn't scratch her.
"There, lightly hook 'em and we're surviving another day."
"How you so good at fishing, Ichigo?"
"Cheated."
-Where's the eco-warrior from earlier?
-Ahem. En. Vir. On. Ment.
-Thanks for not using humans as bait.
-Fr lol.
-Safe to eat drugged fish?
-Grill it?
"Grilling fish with Antarctic salt ain't bad."
"Tasty!"
"Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm, mm mm"
-Asuka, Wakamo not feeding you?
-Asuka's tengu race.
-Winged hothead, right?
-There's a psycho eating fish headfirst!!
-Not a taiyaki, Asuka lolololol.
-Maya's tiny mouth lolol.
-Same fish as Ichigo??
Maya meticulously chewed a fish bones and all; Ichigo spat thorns griping about bones.
Next to her whining fish-hater was Asuka absorbing the fish.
Swallowed headfirst whole like a heron, no chewing.
Post-meal, they chatted, pitched tents, lit bonfires for camping vibes.
Blizzard raged, but Asuka's jujutsu barrier held.
"Would be nice if aurora showed."
"Weather's a shame."
"But stars are pretty?"
-Ah, sky feels so high.
-Check those stars.
-First time seeing so many.
-Lusalka's streaming now, panicking what is this lololol.
-Where's the survival stream~.
-Give a life-threatening beast lolol.
-Bonfire's on, spill some tea?
-Boss's boobs please.
-You guys only talk tits lolol.
"Producer and president hugs are soft and warm."
"I'm trash."
"Ichigo master! Commit suicide quick!"
"Asuka got nothing?"
"Know Wakamo Coin?"
"Drop it."
-Scale's always huge lololol.
-Asuka our girl, topics different level lolol.
-Don't tell me, new Wakamo Coin owner's identity?
-Owner cried about hack lololol.
-Lol attached master's name so mine~
-Loves chubby theory most.
-Fan's stuff, master's stuff—all mine!
"More wholesome talk— Maya, how's Antarctica?"
"Kinda boring."
"Yeah."
-Just endless blizzard.
-No aurora.
-No penguins—.
-Wait, where really all penguins?
-Maybe Antarctic bears roaming.
-Won Da-hye, you again?
-lolololololol.
-Antarctic bear what lololol.
-Tower collapse?
-Random what?
-Tower collapse, animals flee.
"Tower in Antarctica?"
No tower in Antarctica.
At most, the 『Mystery Tower』 Wakamo toppled.
Ichigo and Asuka knew about Nazi secret bases, but no reason to fight unless they were suicidal.
Viewers knew common sense: no win chance!!
Not hunting—just touring bases for penguins in survival travel.
Shh──!
So Ichigo snatched the incoming arrow, staring incredulously at the blizzard-hidden figure.
"Haha—world knows 『Idols』 weakened by towers, yet you stroll carefree. Admire the guts?"
"Asuka doubts human intelligence."
"Seriously nerfed so they rush in? For real?"
-lol what??.
-Surprise cameo what lolol?
-Attacked but not even mad.
-Asuka's retard stare.
-Ichigo dumbfounded too.
-How weak is nerfed Wakamo.
-All rushing again? Bold!!
-Membership special~
Click click──
"Summoned beast's intelligence high, but just that—『Emperor』 stats in expected range, no variables besides 『Man Eater』."
"Marshmallow?"
"Bacon?"
Weirdos fiddled with glasses device to scan stats, mocking Ichigo's as pathetic.
Ichigo and Asuka ignored, enjoying campire.
Gave Maya a marshmallow, but knife sliced the stick.
"I'll send your "two" corpses to that damned Idol!!"
Maya hurled the broken stick at the yelling blizzard freak; he blocked with shield, cackling.
Saying two excluding Man Eater meant no win against her.
Pure defense climber? Maybe [Skill] to deflect.
-What hit? [Shield Parry]?
-Gear looks top-tier.
-Maya strength 4,500 no??
-Class mystery ignores stats lol.
-Favorable matchup, so cocky.
-Everyone!! This shield's amazing!
-Shield Warrior! It's you!
"Man Eater loses reason in combat, you know?"
"Ah, that?"
"Sir, unaware miss changed class?"
Ichigo and Asuka curtly replied.
Man Eater strong, but can't distinguish allies, poor friend-foe ID, hard to stop rampage.
Yeah, unchangeable class penalty.
Back then.
Beeeep──!!
Warning blared louder than blizzard roar.
Probably real-time rising stats invisible to nameless freak.
[Strength: 4,500] -> [Strength: 9,000].
Maya rose slowly, face full of displeasure.
Affiliated tower changed, mask now [Fox] form—Man Eater lifted head.
Pure, refined killing intent.
No rampage signs.
"[Hold that shield right.]"
One spat word.
Man Eater's gripped fist swung.
Not even in range—struck empty air.
Explosive shockwave compressed air into massive shotgun blast.
No brutality unfolded.
Blizzard vanished in one blow; aurora lit night sky.
Shield crumpled human; limbs shattered by shockwave littered around.
"[I won't let you harm my precious family...]"
Self fully lucid.
Ignoring unavoidable class penalty!
Maya drew wide, flat wooden club with obsidian blades on ends.
The sword called 『Macuahuitl』, she lowered stance.
"[I'll protect──!!]"
Downward slash.
Thunderous boom split Antarctic ice.
In quaking earth hard to stand, realized tremors worsening not aftershock.
Man Eater drawing pure murder from depths.
"<■■■■■■────!!!!>"
"[Changing today's Lusalka stream to horror movie watch-along.]"
Strongest climber, roar shaking earth, moved.
Remnants fled in horror at impossible sight.
Ichigo made cocoa for Maya watching them.
"Guess we're doing Antarctic survival for real."
"Human folly!! So fun!!"
Asuka chugged cocoa happily.
Ichigo clicked tongue at enemies charging right after "nerf."