Chapter 33
Chapter 33
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: Kyoto Tower Climb
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The Tower itself hadn't done anything wrong.
Wakamo's stats had been altered by her 『Legendary Class』. A normal climber would have had stats.
She might have been ten times stronger than she was now. With a proper class and all.
But Wakamo's class was a one-of-a-kind thing, determined by the achievements she'd piled up over her lifetime.
And she'd been the one to pick the skill. The Tower was just innocent.
The Japanese Tower had simply checked her entry ticket like always and offered [Skills] to the climber.
And she'd chosen it herself─the only issue was...
No matter what she picked, her stats were too low to use it anyway.
Skills usually required stats!!
That was the massive drawback of a Legendary Class.
The Tower had even considered suggesting she change classes.
But looking at her, she seemed like the type who'd die before switching. So it left her alone.
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Ding─
At the message announcing Wakamo's stream had started, viewers in Korea all fired it up at once.
The title was the tantalizing [Kyoto Tower Climb]!
Some late to the info, some clueless, some just here to stir shit─they flooded in, some raging with disappointment or betrayal like "You're ditching Korea for Japan?", others asking believers "Is this for real?"
The original fans ignored the influx and the trolls' pointless echoes.
When had their leader's streams ever been normal?
They'd already heard from Ichigo that morning at the hotel over a delicious breakfast, so they weren't worried.
She was testing the unprecedented one-of-a-kind item [Tower Climb Ticket] in Japan. Reason? Easier to get to the Tower by heading there. A totally lame excuse, but probably just wanted to shop for VTuber merch. They'd long given up snarking about it.
Some community users raised political issues─wasn't it a big deal for a foreign climber to come and go freely in Japan? Was this government-approved?─but they brushed it off.
The Climber Association Chairman held more power than the government in both Japan and Korea, and since the two were buddies, this reckless shit was fine.
Of course, the biggest truth was...
It was just gonna be fun.
Whatever happened, it'd be a hot topic on the communities!!
Internet zombies chasing dopamine only cared about hearing fun news, no matter what!!
"Tutututatta..."
Viewers swarmed in excitedly, wondering what their leader would show from Japan. Links spread on Japanese communities too, smashing the all-time viewer record.
And what they saw was a giant girl collapsed on the floor, babbling nonsense.
New viewers spammed: Why's she like this? Is she always like this? What's going on?─pure chaos.
The chat was total disorder, beyond what a few managers could handle, but Wakamo just kept babbling.
-Why's leader like this?
-Get up, leader... Sleeping there'll mess up your mouth...
-Why so down??
"Uuu... Tutai... Wakamo... Wanna go back to Korea..."
Her utterly broken mentality─Wakamo, who'd always been pro on stream─started worrying even the believers a bit.
What the hell happened in Japan to turn their leader into such a pitiful bear?
"Wakamo... wants more candy... Tower only gives a little candy..."
-Seems like dementia hit?
-Yeah, at her age, it's plausible...
-I'll take care of her, everyone else GTFO.
-5th time asking why she's like this.
She couldn't say she'd picked an [Attack Skill] but couldn't use it due to low Intelligence, so she just rambled incoherently.
Oni wandered nearby, but Wakamo─a mana blob with zero Vitality─didn't notice and just lounged.
Monster pacing without attacking the floored girl? New viewers flooded chat wondering what was up, but Wakamo stayed mopey, no greetings.
-Broken?
-She hit 1,000 years, that's long enough...
-This is what leader looks like when she's junk...
-No, what happened in Japan???
-Breaking news says leader got attacked as a monster?
-lmao? What?
-Treated like an intelligent monster from the Tower.
-No, she kinda looks it...
-No monsters get picked as climbers lololol
-This real? We're not idiots~
It was basic common sense, nothing major.
Tower collapses had spat out intelligent monsters before, but none had ever been selected as climbers. Some climbers even changed species. Viewers initially thought Wakamo was one of those.
Monsters climbing Towers? Impossible. Their names would show up.
Besides, they were just called 『intelligent monsters』.
Ten years ago, maybe. But now, with monsters roaming everywhere post-collapse, no one in Korea treated Wakamo as one because...
The Tower recognized her as a climber, and her pre-collapse community activity was all over the net thanks to her fame!!
-She finally found out...
-Internet says leader loves tits.
-Polar bear sheds tears again today.
-She's such a hardcore otaku, hits hard...
-Otaku went to Japan... what happened...
-Leader! Snap out of it! Check the pic you posted to that cafe 10 years ago for strength!!
-Archived the ero manga she said was super hot!!!
-Leader's thesis on the triangle aesthetic between thighs started!!!
-Fuckers, just kill 'em lolololol
The tragedy of fame... Believers tried killing Wakamo a different way by digging up every community post as the manager squeezed eyes shut at the carnage.
Records of Fox God enjoying modern civ under fake human ID.
Believers teased her for MZ-level adaptation right out of seal.
No personal info leaks, so no issue, but her posts didn't vanish. Pure tragedy.
Fake ID(?) scrubbed by gov, no leak worries now.
But her posts stayed!!
Stuff like "Childbirth hips so hot, triangle between thighs is peak ero" or early drawings with wrecked proportions didn't disappear!!
Viewers eyed chat: "Suicide timing now?"
Streamer's life was brutal.
Some loved the human side more, others like "Side dish for today sorted" with leader-recommended ero picks...
That hurt more than "Tower Intelligence 0", snapping Wakamo back.
"Ugh, feel my mind clearing. Nothing beats black history for mental damage... I'm innocent!! Born a beast, what's wrong with being honest!!"
-Did she go to Japan for VTuber doujins?
-She only buys what VTubers draw themselves.
-VTuber sex jokes only taboo here.
-Why lolololol
-Dropped link to leader's recommended ero collection!!
-Why not leader's ero collection?
-You're demoted from believer.
No real mental damage from that. Just embarrassing?
As long as my red pill stayed hidden, exposing tastes to the masses brought zero shame.
Courage to say hot is hot.
That's loving VTubers, right?
"Gotmion... give strength to climb the Tower...!!"
With viewer cheers and attention(?), she squeezed will to defy Tower BS and climb.
Then, far off, Virtual Live's loli Gotmion waved, seeming to say something.
[Uchiuchi, ookami dayo?]
I'm a fox, not wolf.
Ah, right. Too cute, whatever.
Backroom fox and loli wolf...!!
Told tourism board both foxes. But loli... more fox than wolf... anyway!!
"Wakamo revived!!!"
-Steel mentality liking her own 10yo art memes.
-Tastes exposed via ero manga, zero shame...
-Beast living beastly, what's wrong lololol
-Wait, fox seeking wolf why lololol
-Gotmion approved tho lololol
-Anyway, what happened?
Right, get it together and climb.
"Konbannwa~! Wakamo Inarizushi desu!"
Stream status: Massive viewers, Japanese mixed in with Korean chats, maybe from Japan.
Can't use [Attack Skill], so just clear normally. Happens.
"What happened? Ninja ambushed to kill, failed, no apology. Sorcerer Association called me grand yokai, tried killing. No good memories in Japan."
-When'd you come before lololol
-Leader posted about getting picked on.
-Land of bullying.本土 culture different.
-Came tourist, almost exorcised.
-Kyoto dialect means "guest dismissal."
-This right.
-Failed ambush, no aisatsu!! What discourtesy!!
-Got ochazuke treatment?
-Kyoto for "GTFO quick."
-Fail Edo manners, you're murahachi!!
-Act madman, become real madman.
"Went to dojo to learn karate. They invaded and attacked."
-? Actually attacked?
-Try kill, should kill.
-Why karate lololol
-? Don't know VTubers do karate by default?
-No karate, no VTuber.
-Show your karate!!
-VTubers use karate. In Kojiki.
-No, leader... why not kill attackers? Sweet potato?
-Above guy's insane lolololol
-Cider addict gone psychopath...
"Why not kill? Killing or sparing is my freedom!! Mess with VTuber Wakamo's strength, pay the price!! Even climbers, murder's illegal now."
-"Edo era, would've killed."
-Came for Inari Shrine, poor leader...
-So summary?
-Crossed sea to nostalgia Inari Shrine, no priests or real shrine maidens, sad. Got picked on before too. Now try-kill, mental break fair...
-Fox God at Fox God shrine, this right?
-When was last bullying? Tenpō famine era?
-Muromachi maybe?
-How far back lololol
"What? Had shrine-ish thing small at dojo. Heading back to Korea after. Hometown best."
-Leader, declare Korea home.
-Inari... I'll build shrine here...
-Drama episode done lololol
-No, Japan chases Fox God, where go?
-Didn't know? Eight million gods all chased out.
-That's why quakes...
-God returns, gets snubbed.
-Killed so many ninjas/sorcerers, got boring?
-Ah, that side?
Light stretches side to side, chatting with viewers. Her Kyoto shrine rumor spread; they worried she'd stay away from Korea.
Instead, attacked by Japan(?) made her sick of it─misunderstanding snowballed, but they seemed happy, so she ignored, assumed stance.
No words needed. Fans knew stance meant fight time.
Chat vibe shifted instantly; newbies sensed something coming.
"[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]!!"
Skill cast, sparkles over her body.
Believers shocked she used [Skill].
Her class [Onmyōji]? Japanese Chairman watching stream gawked at [Skill] only from unregisterd Kuzunoha clan companion.
[Intelligence insufficient.]
Effect visible, failure window only to her.
-Cast failed?
Sharp-eyed viewer snarked, but Wakamo yelled to aggro oni.
"Flying Knee Strike─!!!"
Aerial flip kick! She flipped, kicked air; believers puzzled─then distant oni bisected.
[Mana Manipulation] + [Idol's True Form] collab invisible slash!!
Sharpened toes like blades, mana-packed slash.
[Stats]
Mana: 572,312 -> 72,312.
Brutal one-shot exploiting Tower regen! Outside, suicidal mana-drain tech. Double cost: attack + backlash. Tower show-only civilian slaughter move.
-Total clear??
-Could be lololol
-"Why go all-out for Japan?"
-Lmaoooooo
-Japanese Chairman expecting full clear, mega troll.
-Megatroll lololol
-This invisible slash???
-"Show modern Japanese onmyōji"
-Onya? Onya?
"....."
Believers saw her "onmyōdō"(?), knew party started, cheered; Wakamo nearly lost smile.
First normal clear, not full─rewards stunned her.
[No available class equipment.]
[Climber granted 3 additional stat points.]
[Acquired 1 【Broadcast Point】. Current: 543]
[Tower rewards accumulating.]
'Fuck....!!'
Extra stats useless to Wakamo.
Normal climbers pump Wisdom for mana; she lacked Wisdom stat.
Can't even allocate!!
Full clears had merits like that; normal rewards tanked.
Realized now.
This class─way more fucked than thought!!
Fuck!! Tower hates VTubers I swear!!!
Tried assigning stats just in case.
[No allocatable stats.]
Shut up already...
Wordlessly, she headed to floor 2.
[Climbing Kyoto Tower Floor 2 World]
-Climber, prove your martial prowess.
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat 3 Agyo with [Attack Skill]─
"[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]!!"
Chugged [Crunchy Elasticity Potion] on entry, hurled it, max-compressed hidden sleeve arm. Squeezed power hard─
"Maha Punch!!"
Delayed boom, explosion; 3 huge-mouthed agyo burst to blood mist. Fist? Shockwave better. 400k mana punch, 100k backlash; hid exploded arm in sleeve.
Just stood tall as always!!
[No available class equipment.]
[Climber granted 3 additional stat points.]
[Acquired 1 【Broadcast Point】. Current: 544]
[Tower rewards accumulating.]
[No allocatable stats.]
Flash─
No pause, floor 3.
Fans shocked at chain climbs; newbies awed at monster power. Bonus Kuzunoha promo.
[Climbing Kyoto Tower Floor 3 World]
-Climber, prove your martial prowess.
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat 1 Ushirogami with [Attack Skill]─
Entry, long-haired one-eyed woman monster lunged from behind. Ambush floor type, but Wakamo flipped without looking.
"[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]!!"
Crouched max, thigh-stab kick at monster.
"5 Million Ton Press!!!"
[Weight of Faith]!! mana poured.
Poor floor 3 boss crushed, split, collapsed; quake buried it.
Meteor crater center, Wakamo rose bloodied-legged, headed next.
[Climbing Kyoto Tower Floor 4 World]
-Climber, prove your martial prowess.
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat 1 Katawaguruma with [Attack Skill]─
Fuck full clears, hyper-speed run!! Reward-pick questionable pace!!
Flame-wheeled twisted monster spun roaring at her. Skin-shredding spin!!
Plus hot flames?
Bounced off with screech, Wakamo burned─but amid flames, seductively smiling, half-opened eyes, lightly grabbed cheek.
"[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]"
No explanation needed. Touch point froze white! Panicking katawaguruma flailed; unyielding Wakamo hugged snow-woman style, iced to statue.
Yu Ying's [Soft Milk Potion]! Body freezing cold, but Wakamo fine! Contact froze too!!
Floor 5: Rokurokubi stretched neck snake-like; [Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō] [Big Explosion] instant death. Fist-smashed [Sweet Flame Thrower] flashy boom!
Floor 6: One-legged umbrella-eyed Karakasa Kozō flew umbrella-open for air battle; [Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]─[Mana Manipulation] slammed ground rocket-jump, kick bisected.
Floor 7: Giant woman in straw coat─Yamahime─demanded blood, bit; no blood, no bite. [Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō].
"Baekdu Throw!!!!"
Taekwondo(?) backbreaker!! Pre-clash [Weight of Faith] smashed earth spectacularly.
Floor 8─Yamanba hag with axe charged. [Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō].
"Fire Shield!!!"
Dragon Breath-level engulfed hag. [Sweet Flame Potion] spewed fire; who yokai? Ash heap.
Floor 9─Man-sized [Monster Fox] agile flipped at her.
[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]─[Idol's True Form]!!
Giant fox form, swallowed whole!! Illusion screen hide, beat to death inside!!
Swan always elegant...!
Hid corpse illusion-terrain, stepped to floor 10.
[Climbing Kyoto Tower Floor 10 World]
-Climber, fight, survive, conquer.
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Do not retreat against [Wandering Specter Samurai] (0/1)
-Defeat [Wandering Specter Samurai] within 3 exchanges (0/1)
-Take no damage (0/1)
-Defeat within 1 min limit (0:01)
Fragile katana gripped, broken-arrow armor samurai stood. Battlefield grudge revival vibe; lifted head, empty sockets lit.
First time limit. Ticking from 1 sec.
"Nice to meet you, Wakamo Inarizushi desu."
Polite prayer hands greet.
"If samurai charges with sword─I'll use sword too... Behold the pinnacle of [Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]...!!"
Pinnacle? Fans paused chat, focused. Never mentioned. Climber ultimate?
Expectations high; chat buzzed: Shikigami? Meteor? World-slash? Domain expansion?
But as always─Wakamo exceeded imagination.
Rainbow lights from cleavage, blood-like red plum bursts.
Arched back dramatically, long hair moon-swept; slow hand to chest.
"[Kuzunoha Style Onmyōdō]"
Then─
Ornately decorated katana appears.
─Tower modded real for Wakamo; gaudy as hell,演出 sublime to majestic. Chat froze, viewers entranced.
Gripped hilt, sheath from cleavage; bladeless sword drawn slow.
[VTuber Assets] red glow sword-aura fake.
Mana check!
[Stats]
Mana: 583,402
"[Kusanagi Sword]"
Self-admittedly insane演出. Drunk on own cool; fans melted.
Otaku life dream. Best bluff yet; spaced out blissed.
Wavy beautiful blade, fox god gripping─painting-like, enhanced standing pose.
500k mana sword+arm, horizontal swing.
Arm vanished speed; mere arm-move 50k backlash, but effect god-tier.
Bladeless still sword.
Absurd accel slash too fast.
Samurai stepped unknowing; blade dropped─
Then armor-sliced, toppled.
Didn't notice own cut... anime trope real.
Chat iced.
No recovery time; Tower boomed.
[Kyoto Tower Floor 10 achieved Platinum. Proclaim climber's honor and glory.]
Victory fanfare─sheathed sword back cleavage, turned to viewers, smiled.
"Saw it? My onmyōdō. Say it's beautiful, much obliged."
Warm smile, actually low-mana terrified but chill; waved, ended stream.
Dark screen; stunned viewers late-realized end, fled to communities.
Gifs everywhere already; hyped Koreans rampaged, sword real/fake debated─
Meanwhile, "Sorcerer Association done" hit best.