Chapter 11
“Ugh…”
Sighing deeply, I rolled around in the medium-sized one-room apartment. I had no energy to tidy up the room.
[Mana Manipulation]
- Uses mana according to will to enhance.
- Mana will continuously deplete during casting, depending on the amount used.
This is the skill I obtained… It allowed me to consume a certain amount of mana all at once to enhance specific parts. Since my entire body is made of mana, I guess it’s a skill that works because of that. But the mana consumption was severe. It felt like the mana was concentrated in one spot every time I moved.
After practicing hard, I finally managed to change clothes.
Until now, I hadn’t thought much about it, but Wakamo’s outfit was completely fixed.
Wakamo includes the clothing.
In other words, the clothing was also part of the body.
With [Mana Manipulation], it was possible to change the appearance to some extent, though it consumed a lot of mana. On the flip side, it made me think, “Couldn’t I reshape my whole body, too?” But given how much mana it took just to change clothes, it was probably best not to try.
Click, click─
For now, I uploaded the edited video to the channel.
Even though clips of the video were already floating around here and there, you still have to upload your own video to your channel, don’t you?
I thought about changing the channel name someday, but for now, I wrote it as [Wakamo Inarizushi].
It could basically be considered my first video, so I uploaded 【Fox God VTuber Climbing the Tower】, and then I opened the community tab. Since my subscriber count had grown a bit, the reactions were quicker than I expected.
[Posted by: Believer No. 1]
[Title: The video is up!!!]
(Monkey crying meme)
The channel owner climbing the back tower uploaded the video, believers!!!
Did you see it? It’s awesome (haven’t watched it yet). Please, no clueless idiots commenting “so awesome.”
It’s just awesome. The five-year experience as a clipper really shows lol.
-Was it really that amazing?
-Wow, so this is a VTuber(?) impressive.
-Why does someone who edits videos so well live like a caveman??
-Maybe it’s because they were born as a beast??
-Why, isn’t it a fox? (Disappointed).
As you know, the first video I uploaded didn’t have great commentary, so I didn’t bother adding any voiceovers.
I simply played some moderately serious background music to set the tone, included clips from other videos that filmed the Incheon Tower, and soon showed the tower’s scenery. The viewers would be amazed by the sight of the first floor they had only heard about, thinking, “Wow, this really is another world,” while the Climbers would reminisce about how it was back then.
Since you can’t conquer any other tower without first conquering the current one, there were quite a few Climbers trapped in just one tower.
Considering even those people, I made sure to show enough of the scenery, and soon an [Oil Slime] jumped out, bouncing around. It’s a type of slime monster, and just the sight of it, moving like a living mass of liquid, would be fascinating to the viewers.
It’s been 10 years since the towers appeared. While there are plenty of photos and records of monsters that have emerged outside the tower, there aren’t many chances to see one moving up close like this.
And then, just as it seemed like the video would turn into a peaceful documentary of a slime’s daily life, an intruder appeared.
Crash!!
A barefoot stomp crushed the slime mercilessly, and as the camera panned up, it revealed the back of a woman with black hair and fox ears, wearing a traditional outfit that looked like something from a historical drama.
Then, it showed the appearances of [Horned Bunny] and [Angry Boar], and as they rushed toward the screen, the [Feral Deer] made its entrance.
The video cut back to the Fox God by the bonfire, sharpening stones and using nearby materials to craft a weapon. She then swung the weapon to hunt the [Horned Bunny] and smash the [Angry Boar], showcasing a brutal fight as fragments of the destroyed weapon reflected the image of the [Feral Deer].
Obviously, rocks shouldn’t reflect, so it was all for show.
Then, it transitioned to a scene of the Fox God grabbing the massive deer by the antlers and splitting its skull with a knifehand strike.
Without any weapons, she marched forward with just her bare hands and feet, as the [Killer Ankole Watusi] roared and charged, its huge bull horns breaking and its head caving in before collapsing. Finally, the scene showed the Fox God devouring the meat of the prey she had hunted in front of the bonfire.
The red blood trickling down her jaw to her chest might seem gruesome at first glance, but there was a strange allure that excited people.
At this point, the viewers already knew. So, they kept watching the video, looking at the remaining time with anticipation.
Clank, clank─
What emerged next was a real undead! A skeleton! The kind you’d only see in movies or anime! But the viewers knew. In the ten years since the towers appeared, what incidents have piled up? There was a real chance that if you got slashed by that rusty sword, you could die from tetanus, or that you might get chased by tireless skeletons until you dropped dead, though it was rare.
Completely black, blending into the darkness, it was hard to make out at first, but soon the torches of the abandoned mine illuminated the Fox God’s figure. She gestured, and the undead, which should have been mindless, roared and charged at her, swinging its sword. She caught the blade with her bare hands, twisted its wrist, and snapped it in half.
A clean, flawless sword catch. And then, with a large, sweeping motion that even the viewers could understand, she kicked the skeleton, shield and all, into the ceiling, crushing it.
Despite the awkward stance—both arms hanging limply, one leg straight up above her head—the Fox God didn’t budge an inch.
Splash.
When she lowered her foot, the sound of water splashing echoed.
And what appeared in front was a monster from the [Frog] series, known to occasionally drag people into the river to drown them. Immediately, it lashed out its tongue, wrapping it around the Fox God’s arm, grinning slyly with its creepy eyes. The Frog Fighter twisted its head, trying to pull the Fox God toward it, but its tongue stretched taut without moving her an inch.
What followed was the sight of the Fox God pulling the Frog Fighter toward her with all her might and delivering a powerful punch. Boom! The only thing left was the shadow of the monster exploding into pieces.
As the darkness was shattered, the [Corrupted Dwarf Sniper] was already aiming its gun at the Fox God, who stood in front of it, holding the Golden Fan.
Even though it was the perfect moment to charge at the Fox God, she stood still as the gunshot rang out. Bang! The real bullet was fired, and with a swift motion of the fan, she sliced through the bullet, spinning elegantly as her sleeve fluttered, sending the folded fan flying, which struck the dwarf’s head and made it collapse.
This part was filmed again on the 8th floor using two separate cameras.
Without looking back at the fallen dwarf’s corpse, the Fox God lightly dusted off her sleeves and turned toward the door leading to the next floor. As the light pouring from the door filled the screen, the video ended.
Although videos filled with combat are common these days, the sheer physical movements displayed by the Fox God, which evoked a martial artist’s grace and the final, wuxia-style martial arts technique, left viewers excited, prompting a flood of comments.
-Wow, those thighs are insane.
-“Before you stands a Fox God who has lived for a thousand years.”
-“From deflecting arrows in the Tang Dynasty to surviving musket fire in the Joseon era.”
-You can really feel the weight of her lived experience through this.
-The concept is just beyond ridiculous, but you can’t help but be amazed.
-Isn’t deflecting bullets something all Climbers can do by now?
┗ Monsters still die from getting shot, though. Climbers on the lower floors are still human…
┗ Then how did the Fox God, who’s a lower-floor Climber, manage to do that?
┗ If you live a thousand years, you’ll be able to do it too, lol.
┗ Ah, I see!
┗ Ah, “I see,” my foot. Is everyone just losing brain cells over her boobs??
-0:13, 0:28, 1:31, 1:42.
┗ Thanks, great master…
┗ Drrrr…clack. Drrrr…clack.
In a way, this could be considered the first proper video after Wakamo Inarizushi debuted as a VTuber.
And the response was better than expected. Of course, most people were still asking, “Is this really a VTuber?” But most of the reactions were positive, allowing Wakamo to breathe a sigh of relief.
And after a moment of consideration…
[Wakamo Inarizushi is streaming!]
“Everyone, Konmuscle~! This is Wakamo Inarizushi, the Fox God with the fluffy tail!”
-Stream the tower climb from earlier.
-Do you really have a tail? Show it! It’s urgent.
-Why, the camera…Oops! Isn’t there a 2D model??
-The streamer’s voice is deep in all sorts of ways, truly.
-Why does this person’s energy levels fluctuate so much every time they kill something?
-Just pick one, either be kind or be annoying.
-So, the Fox is a cat, not a dog? That makes sense.
-What if the streamer is actually a Chihuahua?
-LOL
They complained, jokingly asking how she could dare climb the back tower without them.
But Wakamo, telling them to wait because she was preparing a new model, responded in a relaxed tone, saying she’d be back soon with a comfy outfit for some “Just Chatting.”
“Hm hm, can everyone see this Fox God clearly~?”
-If it’s not too much trouble, could we see the full character model as well?
-Is it dolphin shorts? Asking for the 1340th time.
-Are you barefoot? Show us your toenails, it’s urgent.
-Show us the fox tail, it’s urgent.
“It’s dolphin shorts, no feet, and here’s the fox tail.”
She swished her large fox tail, letting it playfully wag. To be precise, it appeared and disappeared behind her character’s back. She had used [Mana Manipulation] to make part of her hair mimic a tail.
In any case, the viewers cheered as they saw the fluffy and soft-looking fox tail.
“Hm, so… I’ve been reflecting on something a bit. I need to apologize.”
-Apologize? Saying sorry? Green screen?
-Hey! This isn’t that kind of stream!
-Just give us the whole lot! It’s complete chaos!!
-Please bow deeply at a 90-degree angle to apologize. The angle isn’t clear.
-Are these people seriously not scared of getting sued? LOL.
-These guys clearly aren’t fazed by the streamer’s strength…they’re just…those guys.
-No, but seriously, why didn’t you start the stream right away? Where were you??
It really felt like people from all sorts of communities had rushed over. Well… I was at fault for not starting the stream immediately while wandering around with my thoughts.
Sure, I had uploaded the video and waited to gauge the reaction, but during that time, I had also pondered a lot about how I wanted to proceed as a VTuber.
The bar for being an ideal VTuber is set so high, but I can’t dance, I can’t sing. I used to be a professional in playing instruments, and I could confidently throw a few taekwondo kicks with my black belt, but taekwondo doesn’t exactly seem like something a VTuber would showcase, right?
As my ears drooped involuntarily, the comment section began to scroll at lightning speed.
I couldn’t even see it, staring off into space, puffing my cheeks in contemplation.
“No, it’s just that…I caught and hunted a bull. You all said it was good content for a cooking stream, but looking back, it was kind of gory, wasn’t it? I wanted to be like the VTubers I admire, but maybe I rushed and made a mistake.”
-Suddenly being overly kind makes me feel strange.
-A fox hunting and eating its prey is good content, right?
-Someone who’s lived for a thousand years should just keep doing what they’ve been doing, right?
-If it were a human, I would’ve called them a beast, but since it’s the Fox God, I get it.
-I mean, logically, if you catch something, you’re supposed to eat it, right?
-That tail wagging is ridiculously cute. What’s with the gap between that and your voice?
-Everyone knows how much the streamer loves VTubers.
-Maybe the expectations are so high that you’re putting too much pressure on yourself?
“Right~ Like, back in the day when I was swearing and doing stock and crypto streams, or clipping other VTubers’ videos, it might have been different. But now, I’ve come too far to hide those beastly parts. I have to consider all that when streaming… But to my believers? Being too harsh with them isn’t right, don’t you think? Ugh─ but it’s really difficult.”
-So, are you saying you’re now trying to be proper and polite as a VTuber?
-Yeah, if it were the usual streamer, she would’ve said, “Yo, my ant friends, this great one has arrived.”
-But honestly, with this many viewers, I guess the streamer has a reason to be serious about it.
-Let the crazy ones run wild; the government will come for them eventually, lol.
-The fact that they might actually get taken away is what’s really scary, haha.
-Please spare me, Fox God! I only drew the golden bikini, I swear!!!
-So, does this mean you’re not doing stock streams anymore?
Suddenly, one comment stood out. There were many other similar ones. Well, with this many viewers, if I did stocks or crypto, they would all swarm to it. There would be endless problems. The stocks I invested in from my previous videos had already skyrocketed among my believers.
Of course, I sold them all. You need to know when to cut your losses in stocks.
“Hmm… Actually… I was doing it with divine powers. I was quietly tucked away in my fox den, watching VTuber streams and living leisurely, but then, suddenly, the tower summoned me to climb and reset my level to 1. I didn’t stop using magic powers because I wanted to; I just couldn’t… It’s been really troublesome, not even being able to shapeshift. I can’t even go outside… How many women like me exist in this world?”
-True, true…
-The streamer is 240cm tall, practically the size of a small car.
-Her heart is as big as her presence, no matter where she is.
-Does the tower really steal powers like that? That’s fascinating.
-If you can’t go outside, you’re screwed. No collabs, no Comiket?
“Exactly! To put it in terms you believers might understand, it’s like taking a stray fox, kidnapping her, and neutering her. It’s hard to explain, isn’t it?”
-How would we know what a stray cat feels?
-I’m not neutered, but I’ve never met a woman, so I wouldn’t know…
-I was born and have never once touched a woman in my life…
-They say people who haven’t had sex are psychopaths.
-So, is everyone here just a socially maladjusted boob fetishist??
-I’ve never heard half the words these people are using—is that normal?
-Why pick a fight suddenly? I’ll let it slide for our goddess.
The communication… was going better than expected. Without straying from the Fox God concept, I was leading the conversation as if I were truly Wakamo the Fox God. Naturally chatting and slowly heating up the stream…
I was just doing what other VTubers had done.
Glancing at the chat while flicking her ears, Wakamo had no idea that her viewers were spreading clips of her all over the place. But she continued to speak politely, maintaining as much grace as possible. Thankfully, there was no “just be honest with us” kind of reaction from the audience.
“I really like VTubers, but I never imagined I’d end up becoming one… Hmm? A collab with the Queen? I can’t do that… To be honest, even though I have a lot of subscribers, I’m still a total rookie as a VTuber. You guys like pure maidens, right? A maiden, that’s me. Hmm? Am I really a maiden? Well, I’ve been too busy living for a thousand years to date anyone.”
-Is that really true? Does she even go into heat?
-A thousand-year-old maiden probably smells worse than squid.
-Unicorns would bow their heads for her in another sense.
-But seriously, what were you doing before starting this stream? What about the big boss’s reaction in the fan café?
“Oh, right. The fan café. I do have one of those, don’t I?”
Come to think of it, I did. I checked, and it was pure chaos. What was the café manager doing? I don’t even remember.
There were fanarts of me, clips taken from all over, and posts like, [Let’s track down all the VTubers the streamer’s visited – Episode 81]. Wait… 81 episodes of this? Even the viewers were flabbergasted, wondering how many VTubers I’d toured. And veteran believers were gatekeeping newbies, telling them to watch all 2,000 videos on the channel.
Ignoring all that, I found a video.
It was just a clip of me registering an item on a VTuber’s antique appraisal stream.
[“Ah, this bureau handles various antiques. But… this seal. My lady, is this genuine? If it is, that’s an even bigger problem… Are we not exorcising the demons? I am but a civil servant, not a warrior! You should probably take this to an expert, Fox Lady.”]
“You know I love VTubers. So when they were appraising antiques, I brought out one of my prized possessions…”
-Her prized possession (the imperial seal lost in the Tang Dynasty).
-Holy crap, why is this the real deal? Why does she have this, lol?
-We bow before the true Chinese Empress!!!
-Aren’t the Chinese going to ask for that back??
-What legitimacy do they have to ask for it, haha? The streamer’s had it for a thousand years, lol.
-Oh, that’s right, we’re the big nation, lol.
-Let’s lead the subscribers and unite the world??
“Hmm… To be honest, world domination sounds kind of tempting. We could conquer China, eliminate the unjust forced identity disclosure for Chinese VTubers, and revive VTuber culture.”
-Her head is truly filled with nothing but VTubers.
-This Fox is a real VTuber demon, a true demon.
-We, the VTuber lovers, bow to our senior.
-So, why are you suddenly doing VTubing anyway?
-But why did you swear on the first day? Not that I’m against it, please curse at me…
-(A GIF of the Fox glaring intensely).
“Umm… Since I was already climbing the tower, I figured I might as well do VTubing. I guess I got a little carried away and acted like a beast.”
-LOL, true.
-When it comes to stocks, people do turn into beasts.
-There aren’t any normal people in the legends.
-Our streamer is famous for being in Iron tier.
-Is Iron considered beastly?
-That’s just another way of saying they’re not human.
-That’s literally the same thing, haha.
“I mean, I love VTubers and want to do this! But honestly, I sometimes wonder if I deserve to call myself one. People say as long as you slap a model on, you’re a VTuber. But I want to do this seriously… I want to create good content, play games, and… maybe even collab with the VTubers I like. But that might be a bit… selfish? I could end up hurting them, and that wouldn’t be right.”
-“There is no curse as twisted as love.”
-Isn’t it enough to be more polite than with Ethereum or Bitcoin?
-The streamer’s got talent. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
-“How rude, how innocent.”
-Can’t you just say you’re a VTuber streaming in an era without me?
I always thought of VTubing as some kind of ideal, but now, chatting with viewers in real-time made me feel a bit strange. Back in the day, I wouldn’t care and would only talk about VTuber stuff.
But aren’t these viewers here because they want to see the true VTuber, Wakamo Inarizushi? VTubers can’t exist without viewers. It’s a bit unrelated, but there’s something called Milgram’s obedience experiment. You could also compare it to the Stanford prison experiment.
People are heavily influenced by their roles and positions.
Yeah, I must now approach my role as a VTuber with all seriousness and sincerity.
On the first and second days, I treated the viewers like I always did, but I started to wonder if that was the right thing to do as a VTuber.
Running wild and doing whatever you want is also part of a VTuber’s talent. Spontaneity born from innocence… That’s something I don’t have!
Across the sea, there’s a famous shrine maiden VTuber who’s the embodiment of that kind of talent.
[“So, Shrine Maiden, what does this word (HIDE) say?”]
[“Hmm… It says ‘hide’!”]
[“Ahahaha!”]
Among VTubers, there’s this thing called “I’m glad my oshi is a VTuber.” In other words, some people are just naturally born to be VTubers!
But I don’t need to cling or obsess over being a VTuber. I can just focus on climbing the tower.
After urgently climbing up to the 8th floor to gain a skill, a strong sense of post-clarity hit me, and I had a long, cold moment of self-reflection.
Let’s make an effort.
I’ll take what I learned as a clipper, the way my oshis treat their viewers, and the rules of engagement with the audience that you need to follow when streaming.
Just because I’m in a comfortable position doesn’t mean I should recklessly run wild either.
The ideal VTuber I dream of… and the compromise with the reality that exists in between…
“VTubing is as profound as martial arts in wuxia novels…”
Right after I finished a casual two-hour chat stream with my viewers, I reviewed the recordings of my third-day broadcast to see what went wrong, what the problems were, and what kind of attitude I should take.
And whether Wakamo was seriously researching VTubing or not…
The believers were busy creating memes of Wakamo’s ears twitching according to her mood.
There were also memes of Wakamo pouting after being rejected by the big boss.
Even fan art overflowing with generosity, up to the golden bikini level, was allowed.
In another sense, the fan café was thriving.
Meanwhile, the manager felt like she was dying.
She sent a hopeful email to Wakamo as the café manager, but since there was no reply, she felt like she was dying even more.
Writhing in agony, the manager, Won Da-hye, continued to suffer—though she still found some comfort in the café’s collection of cute, well-drawn SD memes of the Fox God.
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