Chapter 41
Chapter 41
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 41
Chapter Title: Spotlight on the Triple-Debut Newbie
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(She goes feral without booze)
(Brought a Korean sea game since she's navy)
(Watch my dance and song)
The manager brought in a native Japanese VTuber.
Is this what the Japanese navy is like...?
Didn't they accidentally hire a pirate?
Every word she says is pure gold.
-She openly declared her ambition to conquer and claim Wakamo for herself.
-What the hell do you have to do to recruit a lunatic like this lololol
-And in the midst of it all, the streamer is clipping it because it's gold ffs lololol
-What if she becomes an Ascender and gets invincible guts or something???
ㄴNo way lololol
-"When talking to you lot, just run it through a translator."
ㄴWhere the hell did they even find her!!!
-No seriously, why is she chomping on her fingers?
-Is this lady actually a Wizard class? Don't you need high Intelligence for that?
ㄴAlchemist and Wizard. Like flipsides of a coin.
ㄴThat's why Ichigo's so smart.
ㄴIchigo's eaten all the Intelligence in existence.
[Author: Jun0102]
[Title: Next Broadcast Announcement]
Continuing the zombie survival game with the new recruit.
Zombies show up and you do survival stuff to stay alive.
Call a helicopter and escape for the ending.
God game with running zombies and vaccines popping up now and then.
And three Ascenders are joining.
She'd probably make the zombies run if she went in with her real specs.
But we'll just watch the survival expert in action.
-Illiterate Chinese lady who doesn't wanna learn Korean, Japanese lady who ignores Korean.
-Just plain scared-of-zombies Korean.
-Haven't even started and it's already hilarious lololol
-No but she hasn't even watched anime. Can she play a ship captain game?
-She said she only studied.
-What'd she study? Pachinko?
-"I learned about life."
-Looks like a lucky one to become a VTuber....
The new recruit's flashy debut stream delighted viewers, and plenty were looking forward to the VTuber collab on [Project Apocalypse].
Some hoped it'd invite even more VTubers since they were at it, but the announcement said they'd stick to in-house VTubers with no outside collabs planned anytime soon.
All three were Ascenders tied to the government, so it made sense—no pressure or awkwardness on stream from prying eyes.
Of course, some said it was because Wakamo would throw her life away to save any VTuber in a collab and tank it.
In fact, footage from a viewer participation stream showed her going full one-man army, desperately fighting zombies to send a VTuber to safety—still up on Wakamo's clip channel.
A woman like that would obviously charge through a zombie horde to save a VTuber.
Viewers buzzed with anticipation, packed full of expectations as they waited for the stream to go live.
The VTuber characters popped up in the corner of the screen, back from their individual tutorials.
Pilot chomping her fingers again for some reason, Ichigo looking beyond vicious—pure murderous glare—but munching away with a "nom nom nom," and Wakamo with droopy ears, on the verge of tears.
Viewers figured they'd chat a bit while numbers climbed, but surprisingly, Wakamo skipped straight to starting the game—uncharacteristic for her.
Black loading screen with text floating up.
[This is a story about your death.]
The brutal line hit hard as the game kicked off, showing characters standing blankly in some random house on each screen.
Among the three, Wakamo was screaming her head off—next highest viewers was the newbie, Mare Pilot, naturally.
-No but Captain? Why's it in Japanese?
-The kanji's giving me a headache.
-Can't you switch the settings to Korean?
"Huh? Why switch to Korean? I can't read it."
-This is Korea, ffs.
-Speak Korean and we'll all understand?! WILL WE?!!
-Overseas mercs are no joke lololol
-This is discrimination against the crew!!!
"It's fine!! See the trait? I'm illiterate! Can't read! Got it?"
-The one who can't read is you, Captain?
-I don't even know where to start calling this out.
-We can read!! It's the opposite!!!
-And she has alcohol addiction as a trait lololol
-Captain! You die without booze!!
"Drink booze? Yeah!!"
Tsssh—pop!
Gulp gulp.
"Ahh—beer with that frosty chill is the best!!"
-You're the one drinking it?
-Not you, your character'S gonna die!!!!
-Lololl I'm losing my mind lololol
-Stop chewing your fingers!!!!
-Can you fight zombies drunk?
"It's fine! I know karate! Oh, no melee attacks? Gotta train a bit...."
-Is this lady's job really [Wizard]?
-No VTuber, no karate?
-Unless you're gonna smash your monitor, grab a weapon first?
-It's a zombie apocalypse!!
-Why are you raiding the fridge!!!!
"What kinda house has no booze? End of the world alright. Ah! That's why it fell!"
Pilot wasn't super familiar with the game, but she'd done the tutorial, skimmed the wiki, and grasped the basics quick. Not for nothing did [Wizards] only pick high-INT folks—she'd nailed it in no time.
Sucks she couldn't punch stuff, but that's the game.
"Grabbed a bag. Food next. Gotta drink something."
-Why head to the bathroom if it's for drinking...?
"Toilet water's clean!"
-Where the hell is this lady from?
"Oh, drinks by the washer."
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Whoa, hold up.
No time to stop her—Pilot chugged the stuff straight from next to the washer.
One-shotting the bleach, her character staggered, collapsed, and died.
"What? Why'd I die?"
-'Cause you chugged a whole bottle of bleach?
"Why's there bleach by the washer? We use vinegar at home. Thought it was vinegar!!"
-You could've read the label.
-We can only see the picture rn...
-Didn't you see it said "bleach" and drink it?
"Our vinegar's labeled bleach."
-How is she even alive.
-So much to say but holding back.
-WHAT DID THE WASHER DO WRONG!!!
-Please never drink bleach...
"Alright! Let's focus and try again!!"
Crumple—flick.
Thud.
Second life time—Pilot yelled "Fighting!" and chucked something.
Sounded like crumpling paper and a light toss—empty can for sure. Viewers debated asking, then cautiously did.
-Um, did you just throw out trash?
-Can you just toss an empty can in the corner like that?
"Don't call it trash and it ain't trash."
-Saying insane shit so calmly with a straight face.
-Pardon, but did you go to elementary school?
-All my common sense is collapsing spectacularly—is this real?
-What do you expect from someone who washes with vinegar.
"No need to wash! Haven't changed outta the clothes I wore here!"
??????
Why??? Seriously why???
-Don't you shower???
-Is this okay for a navy officer? Really?
"Eh—too much hassle...? Can't smell myself anyway."
-That's not the point ffs lololololol
-Whoa, don't chug whiskey now.
-Find weapons first!! WEAPONS!!!!
-Weapons who? She's just slamming booze.
"Gotta hit the whiskey after stream."
-Shower!!!
"I hate water. Can't swim."
-Someone explain why this lunatic's navy.
-Captain goes down with the ship ㅇㅇ
-Ah! That's why no swimming lessons!!
-Hates water so she drives straight.
"Right! I got my license! Hehe."
-Holy shit, no offense but pls leave Korea.
-Alcoholic gambler with a driver's license? That's the real horror.
-Sitting on the floor chugging booze—pure healing game.
"Ah—If I could cast spells, no need to swing weapons around..."
-Speaking of, Captain, what magic school you in?
"Body buff and smash physically. I'm a karate master."
-Why does talking feel like zero communication?
-This must be what Hyperventilation EX feels like~
Vroooom—
-Car noise.
-Chinese lady here to run over the Japanese one welcome lololol
-Ichigo! Here to save us!!!
Pilot had been lounging in the yard, grumbling about too few booze types in-game, bashing zombies with a lucky pipe find.
Car rolled up—she'd only greeted via Discord so far, but waved to bond with her future teammate and headed to the road.
"Hey, wait up! Hold on! Hey, wait!"
-No hesitation straight to friendly fire lolol
-Debut stream value assessed.
-Dumps useless teammates for survival.
-Apocalypse pro quick thinking.
Car sped past—thought she'd been ditched, but it stopped. She sighed in relief and approached.
"Thought you were leaving me behind."
"Mootsoo sowing, kittadri goo eettengdyagu."
Rat-tat-tat—
Then Ichigo unloaded merciless gunfire on Pilot.
"Eeeeeek!!!"
Friendly fire allowed, sure—but Ichigo shot her on sight, then looted her bag.
Hopped in the car, backed over the corpse once, and drove off!
"Friends, where's the President at right now?"
Down and map out—Ichigo asked chat for help, beelined the police station.
Dispatched zombies pro-style with her gear, snagged a vaccine, armed up with guns, stole a cop car.
Couldn't read text but knew numbers and gun shapes. Asked friends nonstop for the rest.
And yesterday's hotshot debut newbie approached? Ichigo hopped out and blasted her.
-Survival strat: fewer mouths to feed.
-Ehehe~ No need for boozehounds~
-President's love ain't for sharing.
-Our girl's not this violent what happened...
Topping it off, backed the car over Pilot!!
-Sino-Japanese War revenge...
-Blood-soaked grudge.
-I'm the Alchemist why you Wizard?
-Wakamo's fave talented VTuber? Jealous gonna ditch ya?
-CCan't tolerate stealing President's attention...!!
-Reasons to hate her overflowing lololol
-So what's the streamer doing rn?
-Building a base.
Obviously, Wakamo—freaked by the zombie game's eerie vibe and horror BGM—was full coward mode.
"Eek, eek, squeak squeak whimper whimper!"
-Not even 30 mins in...
-Shaking every time a zombie sound hits.
-Laughed my ass off but...kinda can't watch.
-Sniffling like this right? This is straight abuse.
-What're you doing!!! Mom's crying and you ain't picking her up!!!
-Ichigo's coming full speed rn.
-Switched from cop car to military truck, loaded guns, coming.
-No but how lololol
Shivering but chopping wood for axes, crafting fences at the workbench, fixing windows.
Zombies? Tears and screams as she fought desperately.
Tower-climbing invincible superhero? Gone—now a scared pup whining for parents. Even believers felt awkward.
If she's this terrified, why play...!!
"Don't come near me!!!!"
-For real, more desperate than tower climbs.
-Foxes cry like this. Knowledge +1.
-Fighting zombies desperately, can feel her hands shaking through the screen lolol
-But whimpering Wakamo is kinda hot.
-Dude?
-But imagine an 8-chi tall chubby giant fox ma using squeaks like a baby kit!
-This that gap moe thing?
Swinging weapons to defend the house desperately. Character hit depression, stamina draining—Wakamo's cries grew pitiful.
"I'm sad too!! World ends and no VTubers left!! Gotta climb the tower and smash it all!!!"
-Why go from depressed to unhinged?
-Tower's killing my VTubers, no reason to spare it.
-Kill everything that hates or opposes VTubers.
-That's why China's gone~
-Ah, makes sense? lololol
-Sudden "hang 'em" pls no...
Busy base-building, zombie fights, scavenging—Wakamo's ears perked.
"Where are you...? Come to me, Pilot!!"
-? She hears that?
-Boss is scared so heightened senses.
"Somewhere... I hear your voice, aaah please...!"
Real talk: 30 mins into stream, first teammate meetup. Wakamo's ears flapped excitedly—talent shining from yesterday's killer debut, chatting it up already.
"No scripts needed for VTuber streams!! Horror game? Fine! Gamblers hit the line and play any hand!!"
-Ah, random spawn huh.
-No usual chit-chat, just tossed in...
-Lives life on a whim...
-Lived a millennium, fits.
-Life like Wakamo! Me too!
-Then enlist first.
-Fuck lololol
"Captain!! I'm here!!!"
Pilot waving from afar, approaching.
Ichigo rammed her with the truck and killed her.
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"Bit. I saw it."
"Didn't say anything?"
"Uung, don't know Ichigo well. Whatever."
Ichigo played dumb. Hops off military truck, unloads her guns in a row.
"President, put your stuff here in the corner! Ichigo'll clear it all!"
-Scared...?
-Just give orders, President...!
-Huh? Lotsa zombies in the city? Just kill 'em all no?
-Ey~ Ascender thinking lololol
-Hundreds ain't a war.
"Kill one, you're a murderer. Kill a hundred, hero."
Eager Ichigo—Pilot grabs guns too, "teammate so I'll help," slips in smooth.
Ichigo eyes her—hit by truck but alive? What?
"Wha'd you come back for?"
"Random spawn here."
-Broke through endless bullshit spawns lolololol
-Ichigo's glare full murder what lololol
-Without you it'd be date with President...!!
-Vivid jealousy over not sharing mom lolol
-Polar bear sheds tears again...
"President! President! Ichigo better at streams than Pilot right! Right!!"
Eyes sparkling, looks up at Wakamo with cutesy pleading voice.
Anyone could see: begging for President's love and attention.
But the response? Brutal.
"Famous judo saying: 'Yield to win the river'... It exists in VTuber world too!! Stop half-assed talent comparisons!! Lose your VTuber and you can't stream!! Don't get swayed—be YOUR VTuber! Do your own stream, Ichigo!!!"
"......Yes, I'll do my best...."
"But I do think your effort gives you an edge."
"Uhehe."
-So cute I'm dying.
-Wants mom's hug so bad, like desperate daughter.
-Our Ichigo, study Korean hard too.
-Effort level worlds apart from drunk captain.
"Wave coming soon at night, so let's all sleep first. One private room—someone's bunking with me?"
"Yes~ Captain's bed already claimed by this Mare Pilot. This land's mine!!"
-No warning raid—classic Japan.
-Stabbing independence fighter's heart, Japanese navy...
-Japan strikes first.
-Died most, got nothing, but took it anyway?
-Look at Ichigo's face lolololol
"Oh, but Pilot, what'd you bring?"
"Gold 'n jewels."
Bag check: gems, gold, bills stuffed full.
"Life's money!"
-You sure you're navy?
-Not anymore....
-Plays so real.
-Our stream's all about realism lolol
-Lol yeah lolol
"My spot! Get out!!!"
Ichigo yelled.
In front of Wakamo, held back, trying rational thoughts.
But survival game and she brought useless junk? Ichigo snapped, pulled gun and sprayed. Pilot dodged slick, hopped up, countered with mystery axe.
"Captain's bed is MINE!!"
"President's side spot is MINE!!!"
"Jehaha—!! Right arm's for the strong, rookie!!"
"Die? Die? DIE????"
"Ditch the gun and come at me, Ichigo. Scared of me?"
"Guns no fair! Others scared!! Stab you good!!"
Drops gun, pulls knife, charges teeth gritted.
Soon tussling fiercely with Pilot.
Pilot's 20? Wakamo felt conflicted, slipped into private room wordless, hit the bed.
-China-Japan turf war shoves Korea aside ㅠㅠ
-Yu Gwan-sun sis missed today streamer +1...
-Independence fighter's plight, weak Korea sad again....
-Chased out sleeping like our house big dog...
-Fox bullied by two cats' sorrow....
Wakamo's prep—hard base-building, stocked food—was thorough letdown.
Pilot smashed Ichigo's head with axe.
While dead Ichigo respawned, zombie horde torched the base.
"Aaannnyeeeee!!!"
Cold-killed Pilot's corpse? Yeeted to lake. Ichigo buried Wakamo's, sat graveside sobbing.
Sub count rolled up like credits.
Failing the first wave—these weakest trash VTubers' debut was a success in its own way.