Chapter 45
Chapter 45
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 45
Chapter Title: What a Truly Filthy Fireworks Show, Hohoho
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Tower-Climbing Fox God VTuber Episode 45 (45/483)
[Author: Kokonenai]
[Title: What a Truly Filthy Fireworks Show, Hohoho]
(Bold elf sage preemptive strike GIF)
You can tell the elf's personality from how she just opens fire with a sneak attack.
But our fox god stands there coolly, unflinching even as smoke billows from the hit.
"Take your stance," she says, unleashing her spell.
White flames I've never seen before—what lineage is that even from?
-(Roughly measures power level, scouter explodes GIF).
-Argh... What kind of power level does a human have...!
-I heard humanoid monsters have emotions, but seeing it actually scared is kinda pitiful.
-Hitting it with a preemptive strike to kill it, and then a climber like this shows up? I'd be scared too.
-Takes a direct hit without a scratch—who wouldn't freak out?
-Why isn't she going "Pew pew" with fire arrows lololol
ㄴShe's the real deal who doesn't bother with bindings.
ㄴThe one and only fox goddess, plain as day.
-"I acknowledge you, human, shaman, monster... You're among the better ones from the foes I fought a thousand years ago."
ㄴBe proud—you're strong.
ㄴShe ignored those Japanese nobodies, but elves are different lololol
ㄴOn top of that, the onmyoji were persecuted, so they probably have more real combat experience?
ㄴNobunaga... is that you...?
-I believe you, you're a real fox god.
-When she burned it and laughed, I saw it for a moment...
ㄴShh, let's not awaken the rabbit inside her.
ㄴHeh heh, you'll need my power someday, human...?
[Author: Lauraba]
[Title: The Handicap of a VTuber Who Doesn't Sing Well Actually Singing.]
If she doesn't climb the tower quickly, she'll never be seen again—that binding.
Under that limited condition, Wakamo's output surges to 200%.
(Electric saw grinding into Wakamo unfazed GIF)
(One strike vaporizes Taurus's upper body GIF)
Th... that said, this was a bit... too much, I think...
If you interrupt a VTuber stream, I'll really kill you.
-Unaka dropped and you're holding me back from watching?
ㄴ"Serious Punch"
-What kinda power makes it not just explode but straight-up vanish?
ㄴScholars say roughly 500k mana output does it.
ㄴBullshit lololololololol
ㄴAny climber who tanks that head-on???
-And in the midst of it, her archery is insanely on point.
ㄴHundred Bulls-Eyes means the arrows chase the target, huh.
ㄴGreat Khan... is that you...?
ㄴWith skill to pierce flags, landing arrows is child's play.
[Author: Gyewolhyang]
[Title: "I Don't Watch Anime So I Don't Know"]
Liar!!! You watched One Piece!! The captain's been deceiving us!!!
You're Navy but a former pirate!!
You ate the Gum-Gum Fruit!!
(Pirate unleashing Flame Iron Fist Karate GIF)
(Pirate stretching his mouth GIF)
Listen up, crew!
From now on, we're setting sail to find the One Piece!!
-Just how many powers did you gobble up, Captain?
-Jehahaha!! We believed in you, Captain!!
-And calling his own ship a turtle ship.
ㄴThey say Yi Sun-sin spat lightning from his mouth—guess it's true.
ㄴOur Yi Sun-sin wielding Thunder Breath...
ㄴTurtle ship spewing fire? Checks out.
-Is this pirates or navy lolololol
-Where'd he even pull that room-sized turtle ship from?
-Red Hawk!!! Straw hat!!!
ㄴFuck, even with the banned word filter, it's still bullshit.
ㄴStraw Hat, I mean Straw Hat!!!
[Author: Anonymous]
[Title: But isn't that job straight-up broken?]
Body turns into smoke like no big deal...
Stretches like rubber nonstop.
Any climber wanna explain why not everyone does it?
-9 out of 10 who try head transformation drop dead, anon.
-Other wizards only barely master evasion skills. Captain's nuts.
ㄴSo he looks like a total meathead, but it's all smoke?
ㄴPut another way, his ego is rock-solid.
ㄴAh! Gotcha!
-Looks good, but morphing your own body has big risks.
-He looks strong 'cause the captain's trained to hell and back.
ㄴShow us that karate, Sanshita...!!
ㄴTraining to take down pirates ain't no joke!!
-Looks badass, but heavy handicaps. Probably chugged Ichigo's potion.
ㄴWhat does it do, make you stretch??
ㄴElasticity Potion? But then it won't shrink back, anon...
ㄴFuck lololol he actually drank that??
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The three-way collab wrapped up successfully, and the manager called Wakamo to cautiously ask if she really had a turtle ship... Wakamo replied it was just her transformation.
The manager went, "I see...!" seeming to misunderstand something, but the misconception was too deep-rooted—even if she told the truth, it'd get buried. So Wakamo just let it slide.
"Hamu hamu"
Sadako was puffing her chubby cheeks, patting them.
She'd been ordering pizza nonstop, devouring it the moment it arrived by absorbing it whole. Whether Yu Ing's potion effects lingered or she'd boosted her own body's elasticity, it just kept going in endlessly.
"Chincha kkeotgi rakuneun tendeuma ssi gojugmyeon eoddeoryeogo..."
Grumbling away.
Pouting as she munched pizza, Yu Ing seemed super worried her potion might actually kill Sadako.
The [Crispy Elasticity Potion] was made with low-tier alchemist skills—it massively boosted full-body elasticity but had the fatal flaw of not reverting, making it poison itself.
"Poisons can be medicine too~ Depends on how you use it, right?"
Sadako, thumping her chest proudly, claimed she was number one among [Wizards] at [Shape Transformation].
If she'd stayed cool-headed, insightful, and focused in any situation, she might've grown strong as a [Wizard] differently... But as a karate black belt and martial artist, maybe this path was inevitable from the start.
"At first, reverting was tricky and a headache. But it worked out, yeah? There's that saying about eating poison down to the plate. [Magic] just wasn't for me anyway."
"Ssultusu isseo?"
"Forgot how─!! Uahahahaha!!"
She had it in her [Skill Window] but had forgotten how to use it ages ago, laughing it off. Yu Ing shot her a glare of pure disgust and contempt, like she was staring at a massive idiot, furrowing her brow. Wakamo silently wiped Yu Ing's mouth with a handkerchief.
"We only climbed three floors, but stats up 45? Plus two new skills. Today’s a festival!! Festival!!"
Sadako chugged booze like water and crammed pizza in her mouth whole, zero worries.
While Yu Ing stuffed her face too, Wakamo quietly checked viewer reactions. It bugged her too—but Yu Ing's fanbase friends were voicing a lot of disappointment.
Captain Pirate had a whole turtle ship, plus One Piece protagonist powers everyone knows—fans were hyped, going wild.
And Wakamo showed off archery, Serious Punch, White Flames... Always diverse, so her believers clipped those bits for fan vids and parody comics, super passionate.
But Ichigo's job had limits: no [Potions], combat drops hard.
Pro at survival including staying alive, firearm expert even. Trained, sure, but her FPS gaming showed raw talent.
Still, in the three-way collab, her presence didn't shine.
Made ice walls against fire giant, cooled temps, secured zones to protect allies—but subtle, not flashy. Even showing Pirate turning ground to metal then Ichigo to paper—fans said "Pirate could do that too?"
Pirate's changes revert if left alone, but Ichigo's are permanent with similar skills later.
Subtle but real difference.
Viewers hard to notice.
Climbers see [Alchemist] as niche potion-makers anyway—what more?
Stream spice, or worse, side dish treatment. "Inventory pulling gadgets from her belt?"—Wakamo's eyes nearly teared up reading that.
And sea battlefield wrecked alchemists—only clips of her getting bailed out by Pirate...
[Author: Half-Giant]
[Title: So Pirate Navy Crew is basically this?]
Captain Pirate and the rest, all Wakamo.
Usopp's Ichigo, got it.
-What? You little... Take that back!!!
-If Usopp looked like that, he'd never leave the ship.
-Original crew's irreplaceable...
-But she didn't struggle much?
-Hey, come fight outside the tower.
-Sure~ Alchemists got no attack spells~
ㄴArghhh!!!
Fanbases even started bickering.
"[Elixir Production] skill acquired too. You'll be fine from now on."
"Mm..."
"Long game, one pawn's worth a fortune, right? Don't sweat it. Captain won't bench a crewmate!"
"I'm the senior here?"
"Ah, yep. Sorry."
Sadako wilted instantly under the scary red-eyed glare, mumbling she was older anyway, then ordered another pizza pie. Said this body didn't gain weight—made sense why she went this skill tree.
Yu Ing learned new skill [Elixir Production].
[Alchemist] skills super broad like Wizards, picky early-game. Yu Ing specialized poison, needed fragile vial coatings, melt-proof care.
Now, compact pills—carry more, no accidental vial shatter-mix-explode self-destruct (top alchemist killer).
"Ddaon jjon eonggeot ju ingjimani... Yu Ing eun ttomuni dego sipeun geot..."
"Why so down? Don't overdo the gloomy crow act? Shine later!"
Sadako cheered her, great job synergy—potential bound to burst. Yu Ing softened a bit.
"How 'bout a slingshot since we're here?"
"Jjuglla?"
Teased by crew hype, Sadako skimmed One Piece info, cackling. Yu Ing flung fork in annoyance—Sadako mist-dodged easy.
"Might fly better than making guns."
"Uu..."
Even Wakamo agreed; Yu Ing brainstormed but drew blank.
After, reviewed stream flaws, community/fan cafe reactions, added "Environment Change" to tower threats in meeting.
"Hmm─ From a Climber Association official's view... No need to overdo chasing every viewer reaction."
Tricky. Manager Won Da-hye couldn't hide her distress hearing Wakamo.
Climber fights are life-or-death; "Ichigo inactive?" Fandom spats as manager? Headache city.
"Anyway... Wakamo no gear, Pirate no gear."
"Trained body is the weapon—why hold one?"
Climber = superhuman body enough? Sadako legit clueless; manager inwardly sighed "king's blood thick," proposed fix.
"Say an iron bar. [Wizard] shapes to sword, holds mana. Won't break? Reverts soon. Alchemist? Permanent sword shape—just iron lump."
Crafting adds stats/skills; manager called it metal waste. But top-floor metals as weapons? Different story.
"Tough, light, shatterproof. Like elite hardsteel golem shield piercing geojin couldn't. Processing barely alters properties."
Chain Devil chains, ultrasonic cutter bat leather, Executioner Taurus horns, Sea Tyrant Chain Mail Shark Rider shell, etc.
"Wakamo fights [Elite Monsters] often. Process materials to simple 1st-stage for [Alchemist] drugs—super useful. Upper floors only."
"Ahh... So preserve shapes as much as possible...?"
"Yeah, Association only has chains and bat leather left."
No comfy [Inventory] era.
Clear floor, end stream—Wakamo gathers, Association resource scouts help recover. Manager Won Da-hye: pricey, but she'll snag tower-exclusive [Rare Metals] from US or far-off Germany.
"Elixirs too, right? Experiment with this [Silver Moonlight]."
"Uung"
"Hmm"
[Silver Moonlight]
Grade: Material.
Smooth ore gleaming softly.
Glows silver in moonlight.
High mana conductivity, shock-resistant.
Confirmed item info, accepted—30KG ore greeted Wakamo.
Manager's love: personal space anytime in tower, stock up freely. Wakamo grateful.
Too heavy for Yu Ing/Sadako—Wakamo solo loaded/unloaded, fine.
Watch streams, plan next.
VTuber streams for content, clip ideas.
No-sleep body: studio rounds, booze, bed Sadako sofa-sleeping, clean rooms.
Stroke hair of drowsy Yu Ing waiting in bed till Wakamo back, stay till asleep.
Stream succeeding.
Subs climbing—top domestic VTuber level.
Success = bigger worries.
Viewer to VTuber.
Now president raising them—balance dreams/romance with cold reality always.
Two lives on line—not light.
They followed to VTuber... future murkier than thought.
Streamers rise/fall/vanish monthly—how many?
Risking lives desperately? Heart heavy.
VTubers stake lives too; climbers tougher.
Success = living secure, at least.
'Fandom fights, comparing to other VTubers—famous now.'
Good sign. Recognition up.
'Hope they see effort more—greedy?'
Intra-agency VTuber fan compares common.
Standout traits: pros/cons, inevitable.
Fame + growth = natural.
Easier to criticize than praise; fans fighting for her? Lucky.
Worry: new VTuber members not guaranteed climbers.
Games ads, tourneys, viewer events—brainstorm.
Inevitable fame shadow. Learn endure/adapt.
Someday, pro VTuber reminiscing "back then" after endless grind—pray for it.
"Sleep well, Yu Ing."
By her side asleep, Wakamo binged overseas VTuber streams all night.
Spelling bee collab...? Genius content, awed again.
So much to learn!!