Chapter 4
Chapter 4
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 4
Chapter Title: Fox God VTuber Climbing the Tower
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You must never climb the tower while mindlessly picking skills.
If you truly think there's no hope, the only option is to abandon the climb, lose everything you've built up, and start over from the beginning.
The most essential thing for climbing the tower is [skills].
Either join somewhere like a [Companion] group to receive [common skills].
If that's not your thing, then leverage the extreme advantages from the one-of-a-kind [Legendary Class] that match its drastic drawbacks to make your ascent.
Whether it's easy to operate outside the tower or useful inside depending on the situation and environment—[Legendary Classes] give zero information until you actually change jobs. The awakened individual must pioneer it themselves. That's why the [Idol's Flame] skill she showed off is truly Wakamo's unique skill.
In a situation where she should be picking attack skills, this utter idiot chose [Video Recording].
[Video Recording]
- Implements a camera recognized by the [Climber].
- Automatically transmits to the [Gentleman] account linked to the [Climber].
"Gentleman, huh!"
Certainly, in modern times, a Nerutube account could be called a gentleman of idol worship. The tower's idea of an idol is probably a god-like being that vanishes without people's faith and trust, drawing power from that faith itself—the idol worship that faded as the world modernized.
From the tower's perspective, seeing people worship virtual entities(?), it must've thought, Ah, they're doing idol worship again...!!
"Whoa... it really looks just like a Virtual Chat camera."
A camera floating in the sky like a fixed disc. She worried if it was recording properly. Since it's just filming, she'd have to check the footage later herself. For now, she adjusted the distance precisely using the senses honed from years of Virtual Chat activity.
More important than assessing the situation or checking layer info after reaching the 2nd floor.
'VTubers need a proper greeting! It's the lifeblood of a VTuber!!'
The pure-hearted YouTuber route was done for. YouTubers generally don't get forgotten easily, but Wakamo's case was especially bad. Getting cursed out for her baseball skills, dropping sex jokes while doing Bitcoin and stocks. Solo-queuing AOS or FPS games with horrific trolling, and in collabs, her energy's good but she gets taken out first as the race starter.
It was way too late to go back to a serious character!
'On top of that, the concepts overlap...!!'
Originally, it was just a concept of a fox god revived after 1,000 years of sealing with no deep thought. But it was the polar opposite of Wakamo, who recently debuted at Stellamis—there was already a fox god VTuber who was a gaming expert. Sure, the world had countless fox, kumiho, and fox god VTubers, but having two fox gods in one country might look like concept copying...?
"Kon kon kitsune, konban Wakamo. Konmiko, your fox god Wakamo here. And now— the rotten fox who's ditched training to become a kumiho and lives as a worldly one-tailed fox!"
Greetings poured out without a second thought. All of them were VTuber intros Wakamo knew—fox-themed ones only.
"I've only ever been a clipper...! There's no way someone like me can VTuber!!"
Everyone else flaunts their talents, gems striving toward their dreams. Suddenly tossing a rock in among them? The treatment would suck, right? No, she didn't even care if she got stepped on—what worried her first was if the gems lined up next to her would get scratched.
What does it take to become a VTuber?
Virtual YouTubers are ultimately an extension of streamers. Skilled rhetoric to captivate viewers, instinctual one-liners that land at perfect timing. Social skills to bond quickly, even with foreigners. Hard-earned broadcasting experience piled up over grueling hours—not something you build easily. Diligence to cover for it, and personality and character that won't tank your career even if exposed later...!!
Above all, consistent streaming diligence!
That, she had confidence in. As a clipper, she'd watched countless VTuber streams.... Wakamo had countless mentors!!
Sure, as a VTuber, she was trash at games bordering on vermin, but her instrument playing was pro-level, and she had skills built from drawing fanart every single day.
Scouring communities for game, anime, and meme knowledge? No problem.
Don't forget! VTubers are core otaku culture content!
Pretending not to know and giving pure normie reactions? Too late—that'd backfire now!!
"But if my body's changing, couldn't they change my voice too...!!"
Her androgynous voice, ambiguous enough to confuse gender, had some viewers unsure if she was male or female. Female VTubers draw crowds easier than male ones... but vocalizing with this voice was a mistake.
"VTubers who can't sing have their own charm, so it'll be fine...!"
A VTuber's biggest asset? She had it in spades! Plus, planning daily streams? No issue! In a world overflowing with VTubers and broadcasters turning the seas from red to black, she held the one-of-a-kind overwhelming content! As long as she didn't screw up! As long as she behaved, she'd stand in an unbeatable position no one could steal!
Streaming solo from the tower!
She could even name the channel that.
As long as the tower existed, her content had no limits!
'In truth, none of it matters. Ultimately, VTubing is a job where RP matters most. Even if her identity is a clipper, now that she's a VTuber, she must uphold the setting of a fox god emerging into the modern world after 1,000 years sealed. From greetings to speech and actions, she must embody another self as the fox god!'
Of course, some in reality hide behind VTuber masks to idol and create art. But among them, those who VTuber with their own concepts— that's what Wakamo admired most as true VTubing. Not that she denied the former...
Idols have stories!!
VTubers too!!
"VTubing is a path of carnage incomparable to tower climbing..."
Some might see it as easy entry, but if viewers grow, it'll definitely be fun. But antis would multiply too—and how many VTubers and streamers crash and burn before that? Even a thick-skinned clipper like her got stressed by the flood of mail.
VTubers must maintain their personas more extremely than other streamers. Some stick to the concept rigidly until graduation. Some break, but they must broadcast forever calling themselves by their "VTuber name."
Hiding identity has perks in the VTuber setting—but could she pull it off?
Like how Batman's mask lets Bruce Wayne be Batman, she had to think of her old self as dead from this moment, reborn fully as the fox god!! No—whether possession, reincarnation, past-life awakening, she had to live as if she was always the fox god.
To grow subscribers, VTubing while climbing was practically mandatory.
She wanted to survive at least until next year's festival and 8th gen debut.
And—if she protected her "VTuber" job! Then the other VTubers we love won't have to climb the tower!!
She'd cheerfully send off those succeeding as actors, singers, pro gamers.
But she couldn't let VTubers striving for their dreams risk death on tower climbs.
"I have no choice! It's up to me!"
Talents disqualifying her as a broadcaster, unable to even settle on a greeting!! No grasp on if the recording's good, what to film, what lines to say alone! She'd watched countless streams, laughed and remembered, but couldn't utter a word even recalling them.
For a VTuber, the moment you feel embarrassed by your concept is death!(No it's not).
"Regret not making a clipper greeting. I'm Wakamo Inarizushi. As you see, I was living freely off modern riches... until the tower dragged me here!! My god powers weakened too. Huh? Was I really a fox god? I said fox god 'cause I am one!"
Muttering to the camera alone, lamenting her fate like she was a fox god from the start, tossing lines as naturally as possible.
"So that's why, I'm doing a sorcery tower-climbing VTuber stream.... No no... that's not it... gotta be more shameless."
But she quickly realized her slip, smacked her forehead with her fist, and sighed.
Viewers would counter, "Huh? So you're just a regular streamer then?"
'Climb first, think later.'
The camera could fix on her or follow. She placed it ahead and slowly toured the 2nd floor.
And only now that she intended to climb did 2nd floor info surface.
[Climbing Incheon Tower 2nd Floor World]
- Climbers must weaponize the tower's environment! Hunt the [Horn Bunny]!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Use 3+ natural objects on 2nd floor to craft weapons (0/1)
-Defeat [Horn Bunny] without taking damage (0/1)
"Hmm... 1st floor was easy so everyone's rushing up, makes sense... but this is tricky in its own way."
A passage to the 2nd floor opens right after catching the [Oil Slime]. That's why no Platinum on Incheon Tower 1st floor yet. Who'd build a campfire there? Just rush up.
If 1st floor's rest, 2nd's hunt. Gentle for a 100-floor tower. Rumor was all towers are lenient to floor 10... and you can exit anytime, so no deaths unless major screw-ups. Sure, fatal wounds unhealable mean death anyway...
"But if my whole body's 100% mana, don't I lack muscles or bones...? What's the difference from a ghost... ah, that's why idols."
Grumbling, she kept the camera fixed ahead, clashing two stones like a caveman to sharpen them.
Crack crack!
Infinite stamina was a solid plus.
'Could register as climber with Association for job-fitting gear... but with this job, gotta get used to it.'
No [skill] was a fatal loss. Legendary Class's biggest issue is its existence. VTuber? Only priest-class fits. Insist otherwise, and [job restrictions] on gear block you.
Crunch crunch.
Plus, wandering outside in this body? Get shot dead. Look at me—no one'd call this human.
Even with tower collapse spilling monsters, civilization held because guns worked unlike novels. Rampaging greenskins? Helis with machine guns and tanks mop 'em in moments.
That said, Seoul unrestored means even modern weapons can't handle whatever's there.
"Oh, done."
She inspected the neatly sharpened stones, bound them tight to a thick Y-shaped branch with fibers stripped from wood. Nostalgic childhood vibes hit, and she caveman-danced uho uho in joy, securing broadcast footage while hunting [Horn Bunny].
Horn Bunny: rabbit with horns that charges headfirst. Giant rabbit size, but no need to search—eye contact in the brush.
"Fighter wins!!"
The axe swung right in front whiffed the ground.
She facepalmed at her own idiocy in awe, and the Horn Bunny lunged at her head—forcing a poke! Right in the eye vitals.
"Gyaaah!!! My eye!!! Eye... eye?"
Why no pain?
The stabbed Horn Bunny panicked too, standing bipedal staring with bunny eyes.
Shock at unscathed eye was brief. She swung the axe, smashing its head.
"This needs editing, right?"
[Incheon Tower 2nd Floor achieves Platinum conditions and opens to all humanity!!]
"Ugh, so flashy. For real. Gotta grab a real attack skill this time..."
She knew she sucked at games, but reflexes this useless? She didn't notice the Horn Bunny showing its back, her sneak attack missed so bad it hit ground—without [skill] support, perfect early climber burial material.
[Tower Platinum clear increases rewards]
"Gonna pick [Idol's Flame]"
[Choose 1 reward]
[Idol's Flame]
-Consumes held mana to ignite flames.
[Idol's Thunderbolt]
-Consumes held mana to launch thunder spear.
[Worshipped God]
-Mana recovery speed proportional to believers.
[Internet Connection]
-Connects to internet inside tower.
[Acquired skill [Internet Connection]!]
"Ah, fuck, blew it!!!"
Wrong! My hand moved on its own...!!
But!! But!!!
"Can't resist watching VTuber streams while climbing!!!!"