Chapter 89
Chapter 89
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 89
Chapter Title: A Peaceful Day as Always
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A peaceful day, just like always....
Wakamo, blocked from the 51st floor of the tower, had become unemployed.
Wanting to climb the tower but being kicked out for trying to conquer it was something unprecedented, not even recorded by the Climbers' Association, so they couldn't offer any real advice.
No, it would be more accurate to say that Wakamo only had simplistic ideas herself.
Enter a low-level tower in Korea, ignore the clear conditions for the full conquest floor, rush up, clear it quickly, and get out.
But—that kind of thinking was great for a climber, but a minus for a VTuber.
She had started as a VTuber with the concept of a "Fox God Climbing the Tower," but not showing her followers the climb and conquering it solo?
Even if the tower's difficulty was bullshit, she'd grit her teeth and climb it properly—that was the only way Wakamo could endure.
She thought about climbing the [Kyoto 100-Floor Tower], but since it was also a 100-floor tower, she couldn't trust it not to whisper, "Block Incheon Tower's climber from coming up?"
She just couldn't trust any towers in East Asia.
Considering the ones she hadn't encountered while climbing so far.... her only hope was probably the towers across the ocean in America.
The ones in distant Britain and Germany would probably pop out too, saying, "You think you're all that? Come at us!!" And by now, the rumors had likely spread there as well.
'Thinking about it, that shit pisses me off?'
The other towers were making and bragging about their Legendary classes, so the Korean tower, jealous, had slapped together a half-assed, unfinished piece of junk.
Yeah, if she had to put a name to it, it was like [Mint Choco Rose Dog Meat]—something trendy just because everyone else was doing it?
Looking at the job change conditions, who the hell would even do this shit?
But there was this one guy who would gobble it up just because he liked it.
Huh?
And this guy wouldn't give up; even as the difficulty ramped up, he'd twist his whole body, mobilize every ability he had, and somehow break through. On top of that, he showed the ideal climber's form?
Now the Korean tower couldn't stand it and was probably going around blabbing.
[Guys, guys. I scraped together a Legendary class. Is this UR good performance-wise? First time pulling one, so I don't really know.]
Something like that, wandering across the Eurasian continent going, [Other tower friends, take a look at this climber I picked. Isn't she pretty?]
A fusion mix of ancient idols and modern idols—Michelin-tier junk food!!
The Korean tower's "as long as it tastes good, it's fine" new cuisine made the other towers think, "I wanna try rolling that too," and toss trials her way....
"This is such fucking bullshit when I think about it?"
"May, swearing is bad!! Calling Germans dogs—is that a synonym?"
"Not talking about Adelheid."
No matter how she thought about it, this class was a total mess.
It read her mind and provided skills balanced for fairness instead of rewards.
It treated the tower interior like a VR world, letting her view floor info to make full conquest floor achievements easier, then jacked the difficulty up to [Terrifying Nightmare Hell Peninsula] levels in excitement.
Once made, it didn't synergize with any other jobs, so no [gear] to give—not even to the Chinese tower's collectors—so it just hands over some abandoned relic and tries to gaslight her into using it as an idol?
"Whatever."
The tower had told her to VTuber anyway; she'd climbed to the 50th floor, and now entry was blocked.
No use grumbling about the past—the reality wouldn't change.
"Life's so leisurely now~"
May, lounging lazily in the sunlight, was rolling around in the yard.
No longer inside [My Worlds], she was fully separated from Wakamo.
Even if she died, Wakamo wouldn't vanish, so her biggest worry was gone, and the reporters' slander had died down.
Thus, she was rolling around in the peach orchard of the shrine on [Wakamo Floor 1], the realm left to honor her fame and glory.
Adelheid was meticulously painting from the shrine's outer walls inward, creating sculptures like an artist, working nonstop.
When tired, she'd enter the tower, climb one floor, come back out, and resume work—showing insane passion.
Unsure when her 1st gen debut would happen due to constant delays, she was thrilled, filling the gallery with exhibits and indulging in art freely.
Germany had been stunned by the shocking truth of the [Artist] class and urged her to return, but no way she would.
Thanks to the expanded land, Jackson was buzzing that this vast plot was his sketchbook, hadn't come home for days, and was camping outdoors while building structures.
Legendary classes were all just obsessively passionate about their jobs.
Conversely, aggressive classes transparently revealed a person's nature.
Of course, it varied by job....
Anyway, what was Wakamo, the same Legendary class, doing?
With mana lightning transformation enabling perceived time acceleration, she could move in time compressed several times faster than others. A 7-hour video? Done in 70 minutes. Relying solely on mana recovery speed, she binged dozens of VTuber streams all day in accelerated mode.
And the newly mastered skill [Three Brains Mutual Combat].
Using it, she moved May Shaolongbao to practice the movements the 50th-floor clone had shown, did laundry, cleaned rooms, prepared meals, edited videos—all while enjoying her usual leisure time.
She even had so much spare time her body felt redundant.
The new [Idol's Clone] named [Kang Yeoul], modeled after the 50th-floor clone.
After making it, she was happy about the increased mana pool, but with three clones sharing one, wasn't it a loss?
Anyway, she blended it to be somewhere between May Shaolongbao and Wakamo Inarizushi.
Appearance used the tower's default, but programmed always-smiling polite speech and elegant, refined movements.
Would setting it vaguely like that make the tower handle it perfectly? She was curious.
Surprisingly, while butchering Legendary classes otherwise, when requested, it perfectly met the user's demands.
Except it could only do real smiles—no other expressions—making her the world's top villainess.
And then no use for it.
"Ah~~ What to do~~"
Wakamo was catching up on VTuber streams, May had finished editing, laundry, cooking, cleaning—all done, now soaking in the bath.
Kang Yeoul had nothing assigned, just sitting there.
"So~ bor~ ing~"
....If asked if she really had nothing to do and was bored.
She'd answer that Manager Won Da-hye would grab an axe and split Wakamo's skull if she said that.
With conditions met, climbers from Korea, China, and Japan could enter [Wakamo Floor 1] anytime, turning it into East Asia's largest logistics warehouse.
Drop goods at Wakamo Floor 1, residents from other countries pick them up.
Rocket delivery surpassed—ultra-instant supply in seconds.
Thanks to that, the Association President was dragged around by the President, suffering, and with his seat empty, Vice President Won Da-hye filled in, also handling Wakamo Corporation manager duties.
Wakamo had no talent for desk work, or she wouldn't have survived.
If competent, she'd probably be locked in the basement eating only dumplings.
Still, she wasn't idle—she was working.
"Waaah!!! Oya oya!!"
Wakamo, VR gear on, flailing hands energetically streaming, guiding the new managers.
"President's like that even after a thousand deaths."
"I see...."
"In some sense, immersed in work...?"
After assigning tasks to new managers, reviewing editors' videos, checking thumbnail maker's thumbnails.
She checked community reactions to the newly uploaded [Seoul Reclamation Part 3] and fan cafe posts, noting fixes.
This one got flak for being too chaotic and scattered—too much stuffed in, like a hodgepodge?
But Wakamo's final [Energy Wave] was a total hit.
No one imagined hurling that bastard into the sky and using the technique—everyone just laughed, "No faithful missed it? We believedㅋㅋㅋ."
Barely ended on a high note.
Next, managers handled VTuber care; daily life was May's domain.
"Yaguba ubeser jeiyo uggeor guoadaeodeu chimocha..."
Yu Ying, pen in mouth, drooling while practicing pronunciation.
Her unique short, cute speech was charming, but could be a fatal flaw.
Her anger sharpened pronunciation, so practice should improve it—she diligently worked.
Never skipping song or dance practice, failing tower climbs repeatedly to park on the 50th floor, pushing hard.
Patted her head, praised her efforts, checked consumables, steadily bought needed materials and incoming supplies, stacking them in her alchemy lab.
"What's in the fridge? Obviously healthy veggies! I like meat, but think veggies are key!"
"Pirate, why's the fridge full of veggie drinking snacks? All pickled...."
"Ah! Mom! Don't come in during streams!!"
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-May would've been my mom!!
-Wakamo would've sent a palm strike.
-Drinking with healthy veggiesㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Not wrongㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Pirate's grand ambition to become a climber as strong as her father—where'd she toss it?
Daily collecting foreign liquors like treasures, alternating booze streams and car talk.
Plus, picking shitty, broken... so-called crap games, voluntarily suffering.
Instant reactions made sailors love it.
What weird game would Pirate bring next?
As a Japanese, she voiced untranslated Japanese games vividly, adding face gags—tons of edits.
Meticulously made per-game playlists for easy sailor access.
Wakamo wished she'd drink moderately now unable to climb, but her "fix liver damage with [Shape Change]" invincible logic unbeatable, so left alone.
Despite antics, up at dawn for steady training, diligent karate practice.
Anyway, May neatly stocked Pirate's ordered booze in the fridge.
"Bought new computer parts!!"
Asuka, starting with ASMR, insisted top gear: bought audio, modded PC for max performance.
Problem: plays mushroom-loving plumber.
Bought proper tablet, drew for lowly creatures.
Top mic for singing.
As modern AI and VTuber shikigami, costliest in some sense.
But she knew Wakamo Floor 1's 1% revenue, so spent freely.
"Today! Human extermination game. Become alien killing lowly lifeforms."
-Always dreaming of humanity's end....
-How does the boss raise her?
-Isn't she raising her well?
-Learning from us, our fault.
-Kill the animal dick poster!!!
Initially worried, but as AI learned, stacking data, streams normalized; emotionless look faded, becoming emotive VTuber.
Minor glitches cute.
Like eating ramen by hand.... honestly freaked out first time.
Handed Asuka her overseas-ordered package from Association; May checked schedule.
"6 years streaming already. 11 months since VTuber debut...?"
Life too hectic, time flew—felt it now.
'1st anniversary stream, birthday stream, live concert, merch prep.... Wiki tour, collabs, new game streams too.'
Tons to do—or want to do?
Especially hyped for wiki.
What nightmare fusion of misunderstandings had believers piled up without Wakamo's clarification?
Introducing Kang Yeoul linked her to Kang Gamchan, Kang Sang (Jiang Taigong), fox myths—writing novels; Wakamo just amused spectating.
"Need to climb towers."
Stopped at Costco in [Wakamo Floor 1], curry for menu, buying dinner ingredients, Wakamo sighed.
To keep core "Tower-Climbing Fox God" identity, climb during VTuber streams.
"Wow! Burger chain opened? Junk food after ages ain't bad.... Ah."
Snapped to: ordered burger, fries, cola; after Coleslaw, nuggets, ice cream—lightbulb over May's head.
"Wait, that's right!!"
Forgot so completely, felt bad.
"[Robert Duncan Smith here! So....]"
"May Shaolongbao. Think of me as one of the Wakamos."
"[Asia's mysterious lady! Saw your email. US climbable towers... US has tons. But huge population clears 30-50 floors fast?]"
"Conquering and deleting them—how's resource supply?"
"[Told you. Tons of towers. Conquer low ones to grow for high.]"
US meant picking 60-70 floor minimum—disappointing news.
Climbing that'd surpass Incheon Tower Wakamo did.
'Kyoto Tower at least 50 floors first.'
"[New 60-floor in Tampa Tower Town? Lots of cute newbie climbers gather.]"
"Sure, that one?"
"[Expect the stream! Always fun!]"
Always cheerful on calls. Gave strong "good guy" vibes.
US tower climb stream....
US packed with VTubers.
Foul-mouthed to vicious, giants, furries—super unique.
English world's most widespread language?
Diverse cultures key; even Japanese streamers used English.
US market huge.
Top? Virtual Alive's "Myth Squad" for sure.
Pioneers who changed VTuber history—Golden Riders, living legends!
If picking one, Wakamo'd choose Time Traveler Detective.
Content creation, leveraging strengths for team—great leader.
All five Myth Squad had standout talents.
Wakamo Corp's climber VTubers similar.
....Differentiated from Wakamo's current image, time for fresh one.
New [skills] to combo this way, attach that....
No real inspiration.... What do Americans like?
Flashy fights probably.
Unlike [Kyoto Tower], goal full climb—no conquest pressure!! Show stuff while speeding up.
No duty for [Full Conquest Floor] anywhere!!
Really just greed for rewards, clinging to records.
"Guess I'll watch VTuber streams."
Wakamo watches VTubers, May turns on VTubers too...!!
Double the fun!
While May watched Western VTubers.
One VR stream caught her eye.
"This is it!"