Chapter 28
A professional broadcaster should never be flustered in any situation.
Being startled and collapsing in surprise could be a charm in itself, but that requires an established image.
In Wakamo’s case, she always displayed an image of continually climbing to the top with success.
In a general variety broadcast, it might be forgivable, but showing fear, shrinking back, or an unsightly side during a tower climb is unacceptable.
Live broadcasts that Believers watch ─ if Wakamo Inarizushi, the Fox God VTuber, is doing tower climbing content.
Especially if it’s unique.
If she’s in the position of a pioneer advancing into the wild!!
Mistakes are absolutely unforgivable!
What is a fox? It’s a cute creature that captivates people, but in Korea, it symbolizes wise conduct, and in the West, it’s a character akin to a problem-solver. The fox is a symbol of quick judgment and adaptability.
If one dares to call themselves the Fox God, a beast that embodies cunning,
──It’s just a matter of overcoming and surpassing this situation with the wisdom they possess!!
Grasp the [Skills] you have and the remaining [Mana], understand the enemy’s patterns and skills ─ and finally, observe everything with your eyes. With multitasking abilities and concentration pushed to the extreme, what seems like a desperate crisis is elegantly and beautifully handled.
And as always, strike head-on with overwhelming force.
Alright, the line should be ─
“To think I’d show this side. I wanted to keep it a secret from my Believers.”
Her voice didn’t change, but people tend to care more about appearances than expected.
She never thought she’d use the model she prepared for sneaking out in this way.
Her ASMR score might be 1 point, but for this performance, she should give herself 5 points…!!
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An unprecedented broadcast accident during Wakamo’s stream.
But viewers and Believers alike knew that this was bound to happen one day. Climbing the tower is no different from always being prepared for unforeseen circumstances.
If one complacently trusts only the information provided and fails to respond to unexpected developments, most such Climbers would end up traumatized, give up climbing, or die and never return.
Thus, there were those who found vicarious satisfaction in watching the only VTuber Climber who dared to climb the tower in Korea.
While some felt jealousy, envy, or admiration,
Even though she hadn’t yet reached the 20th floor, the pressure felt as if the tower itself was trying to kill her. The vivid murderous intent that could be felt even through the screen worried the viewers about Wakamo.
Though they called her a monster and the Fox God, in the end, the Believers were, essentially, her fans.
When an [Elite Monster] appeared and monsters that should be on the 30th floor started to show up, the envious voices disappeared. On the contrary, more people started to think Wakamo was amazing for handling an unfamiliar situation with no prior information, just like the initial Climbers.
There were remarks that, as a non-human, it might be possible for her ─ but whether one is human or not, life is singular for everyone.
Therefore, the Believers were in shock.
– No way!! Why are there demon-type monsters from Europe showing up!!!
Six demon-type monsters appeared, not just one, completely unrelated to the Incheon Tower.
Their numbers matched those usually seen above the 30th floor.
However, Wakamo hadn’t even reached the 20th floor yet.
Some viewers compared it to a [Goblin Horde], but ─ goblins naturally appear in groups, so this situation was different.
From that moment, Believers flooded the chat, saying that the difficulty had become abnormal.
– Without a Companion skill, fighting demon-types is tough!!
There was even a comment from a viewer appearing to be a Korean Believer watching from overseas.
As mentioned before, the tower affects the entire world. Belonging to a powerful group often grants the use of 『Companion』 skills.
This is why Europe, under the Vatican’s influence, had strengthened its position more than before. Just being affiliated would provide [Companion Skills] that dealt significant damage to demon-type monsters.
Most European Climbers were likely affiliated with the Vatican.
To fight against the demon-type monsters lurking in the tower!!
But this was Korea.
And Wakamo did not have such [Skills].
– Why isn’t the chain breaking?!
– Even if the streamer hits it, there’s not a scratch???
– How can you break it when the weakness is the chain and it doesn’t even crack?!
– If you’re bound, it’s over!
The chat was burning with viewers more panicked than Wakamo herself.
As if the unfavourable situation of being surrounded by six Chain Devils from the start wasn’t enough, the chains wouldn’t break, completely binding Wakamo while the Chain Devils lunged toward her. Viewers envisioned the horrific scene that was about to unfold.
Even if she endured the collision ─ they imagined the terrible sight of her being burned alive by the [Hellfire] of six monsters, unable to move.
But Wakamo exceeded their expectations beyond measure.
What seemed like an overwhelming, mountainous pressure dissipated, and from within the drooping bundle of chains, an adorably charming little Wakamo emerged, making viewers want to hug her.
“To think I’d show this side. I wanted to keep it a secret from my Believers.”
Her voice remained unchanged ─ as she walked, a little sound of ‘jingle-jingle’ came from her steps, and she smiled while spreading the Golden Fan of Absolute Beauty.
Soon, red plum blossoms started to scatter across the screen.
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Snap─!
“Six of you ganging up is quite unfair. But I’ll indulge you since my Believers will enjoy this.”
Wakamo, covering her mouth with a fan and laughing leisurely, was surrounded by scattering red plum blossoms. They bloomed and scattered from empty space.
Was it just an effect visible only on the screen? Or…what kind of [Skill] was this that made petals scatter?
Shrrk──!!
The six Chain Devils, which had regained their positions, shot chains at Wakamo again.
As she waved her fan lightly in mid-air in response, viewers struggled to understand.
The chains, which never missed and had a binding effect when thrown, stopped mid-air, quivered, and then lost strength, drooping to the ground.
There were, of course, countermeasures. One could parry with a weapon, block with a shield, or deploy a [Shield] ─ if one accepted the unavoidable binding effect, the subsequent restraint could be avoided.
But Wakamo deflected all six chains without looking or moving.
That graceful and elegant action resembled a master from a martial arts story.
– LOL
– Loli God has appeared!
– WakkyaHwaklongBreastLoliFoxGod
– She’s rejuvenated.
– Pedos, perish.
– WakkyaPahWaklong is here, haha!
– The Loli God descends.
– The Red Pill has been activated, haha!
– Nogodan, assemble!!!
The immature Believers were so excited by Wakamo’s cute appearance that they flooded the chat. It was the fastest chat speed she had ever seen. The rate at which the chat scrolled seemed to have increased fivefold.
Those hopeless Believers, do they enjoy it that much?
Wakamo pulled the camera closer, lowered it, and gave a wink while fluttering her fan.
─ What she was showing now was a form of misdirection.
What she hastily registered in the [VTuber Asset] was the [Red Plum Blossom Effect]. Unlike light, the petals that sank to the ground had a tangible presence.
This choice was made because she knew from before that objects implemented through something placed on the [Duel Disk] could have a physical form.
The scattering petals consumed all of Wakamo’s [Mana] as long as they were maintained.
The fallen petals quickly disappeared, and new ones kept falling from somewhere, but on the contrary, it meant that these petals were all the same as Wakamo’s body.
Petals that followed her hand’s movements, red plums that seemed to follow the trajectory of her arm moving the fan as if a breeze was blowing.
Using [Mana Manipulation] to draw the petals and swinging her fan widely, Wakamo created red slashes along the path using [Idol’s Form].
The Chain Devils, which were humanoid monsters, tried to dodge the flying slashes, and Wakamo spread a mirage-like mist mixed with petals everywhere using [Idol’s Form].
She released her Mana everywhere, hiding while understanding that they relied on vision.
Inside that mist, distinguishing Wakamo was impossible.
She didn’t breathe, her heart didn’t beat, and her entire body was made of Mana.
Diving into the Mana and hiding in it was no different than a fish jumping into water.
The cats standing on the water’s surface had no choice but to wait until the fish revealed itself.
And their positions were fully exposed by the three cameras floating for [Video Recording].
The demons, unaware of this, turned their heads towards the jingling sound as if they were mesmerized.
When the jingling sound came from all three cameras at once, the demons turned around urgently and stared at the cameras.
The viewers who accidentally made eye contact with the demons flinched.
Here it comes.
With the Believers’ anticipation, Wakamo burst out from within the dissipating mist and delivered a spinning kick to a Chain Devil’s head. The powerful kick, with enough acceleration to crush protruding spikes, only managed to tilt the head slightly.
─ The damage was insufficient.
[Stats] Mana: 501,231
Even though Wakamo checked her Mana stat in real-time and struck with 10,000 Mana, she had no choice but to sigh at the almost negligible damage. Just because she found a way to handle the chains didn’t mean she could defeat the Chain Devils, especially with their [Hellfire].
So she gambled on the skill given to her just before the tower climb.
[Weight of Faith]
- It can be made lighter or heavier in proportion to the number of Believers.
It was a sparse description, just one line, but ─ she cast it to increase her weight by the total number of Believers [545,876].
[Weight increased by 545,876 KG]
‘Huh?’
The number she quickly calculated in her head was 545 tons.
A truck-based hydro crane was roughly 500 tons, meaning that Wakamo, who was now standing on top of a Chain Devil, had become something beyond that. Considering that the weight of a tank was only 50 tons…
BOOOOM!!!
Wakamo slammed vertically into the ground, crushing the Chain Devil, which exploded with a splatter.
Dirty black blood splattered violently in all directions, and red plum blossoms scattered like blood, landing on the demon’s blood.
At the epicenter of what seemed like a meteor impact, Wakamo stood.
‘I can’t move! No, if I move, I’ll die!!’
[Stats] Mana: 501,231 -> 172,563.
She couldn’t even move a finger. While she could move, she instinctively knew she lacked the Mana to do so.
Moreover, the impact from colliding with the ground had inflicted considerable damage.
She cancelled the skill immediately and decided that some control was necessary.
She smiled, having finally acquired the [Attack Skill] she long desired.
If she could be heavier, she could be lighter.
The remaining five Chain Devils, who wrapped their chains in [Hellfire] and lashed out, shredding the plum blossoms and attacking Wakamo, saw her soar into the sky like a bird.
She stood on the falling petals.
By the effects of [Idol’s Form], she set her own rules for all physical laws, and with [Mana Manipulation], she maintained the scattering blossoms while descending slowly. Adjusting her weight to zero with [Weight of Faith] made it look like she was floating in mid-air.
The cost of maintaining the skill was no joke.
Although she appeared relaxed, her Mana was depleting rapidly. Even [Weight of Faith] consumed Mana!!
The recoil from the weight also drained Wakamo’s Mana.
Grumbling slightly inside, she dashed a few steps on the floating petals.
CRACK─
A 1,000 KG Fox God used Mana to stomp down with crushing force, breaking the neck of a Chain Devil.
Swish, swish, swish─!
[Stats] Mana: 172,563 -> 101,416.
Wakamo, sinking like a sinking ship into the sea of death, charged straight into the oncoming whips.
She wildly waved her fan to block the [Hellfire] with manipulated plum blossoms and swung the reinforced golden fan strengthened with [Mana Manipulation].
Her eyes behind the red sunglasses darted at tremendous speed, tracking the paths of the whips and deflecting them.
Her small legs weren’t just running; they kicked off the ground, propelling her forward like a shot.
Due to her light weight, she moved nimbly as if using martial arts, digging in.
And she increased her weight just before the impact landed!
BAM!!
The Chain Devil’s body folded in half, flying back and crashing into a wall, flailing its limbs like a disjointed doll.
SLASH!!!
Wakamo dodged the horizontally sweeping whips by flipping in mid-air like a circus act, evading the attack. Using the three floating cameras, she found gaps in the onslaught and weaved her way out.
A small gourd dropped from the tip of her curled fox tail.
She hooked the string, spun the gourd, mimicked a martial arts move from a drunken boxing movie, and filled her mouth with the [Sweet Flame Potion].
Adding an asset of glowing effects, Wakamo unleashed a bright red flame infused with Mana that overwhelmed the Believers, incinerating three Chain Devils to ashes in an instant.
She knew the chains wrapped in [Hellfire] would shoot through the flames and deflected them with her fan, producing a sharp snapping sound as she folded it.
With all her remaining Mana, Wakamo’s final throw pierced the head of the last Chain Devil.
Thud─
The demon’s lifeless body fell with a final gasp.
Amidst the falling plum blossoms, Wakamo adjusted her sunglasses slowly and manipulated the camera.
The vivid remnants of battle—the flame she spat out and the [Hellfire] wielded by the Chain Devils—blended together, consuming each other in the burning scene, creating an isolated atmosphere surrounded by a storm of plum blossoms.
In the centre of it stood a proud Fox God.
She didn’t turn her head.
She simply glanced sideways, showing a smile.
“Well then, that’s it for today’s broadcast. Goodnight, Believers.”
She doesn’t explain what this appearance is.
She doesn’t tell them what the red plum blossoms are.
The broadcast ends, showcasing all sorts of dazzling visuals that would drive the Believers crazy!!
[Stats]
Mana: 53.
And in reality, she hurriedly turned everything off because there was practically no energy left to maintain it!!
‘I really thought I was going to die.’
She was so scared that she couldn’t move an inch, nailed to the spot. If there was any silver lining, it was that the [VTuber Model] didn’t consume Mana. Changing her appearance didn’t seem to alter her weight, but she still wasn’t sure.
Well, today was the first time she had used it after setting it up!!
She couldn’t even count how many skills she had used for the first time!!
Even though she showed a composed demeanour, in reality, she was desperately flailing about, not wanting to die!!
All the viewers should see is the elegant swan gliding above the water, not the frantic paddling beneath the surface.
She waited for a long time, recovering Mana, hoping the tower would respond.
[Incheon Tower’s 17th floor has met the Platinum Condition and is now open to all humanity!!]
[Rewards are being calculated due to the Platinum Conquest of the Tower.]
[Climber [Wakamo Inarizushi]’s Mana is restored.]
[A [Tower Climbing Pass] has been provided to Climber [Wakamo Inarizushi].]
“…Huh…?”
[Tower Climbing Pass]
Grade: Consumable.
Allows entry to other towers while climbing.
Unaffected by tower climbing penalties.
[Exclusive to Wakamo Inarizushi]
“…Where am I supposed to use this?”
Was the tower trying to say something? She hadn’t even seen the conditions for the Platinum achievement, so how did she fulfill it? Achieving it was nice, but the rewards were still being calculated.
There were too many unsatisfied questions. Complaining wouldn’t bring any answers, making it even more frustrating.
Still, maybe she should be thankful that her Mana was restored? She hadn’t even advanced to a new floor, and this was the first time something like this had happened.
Seriously, was there a bug in the tower because of her existence…? Should she lay low for a while?
“Maybe I should try just climbing instead of obsessing over the Complete Conqueror…?”
Wakamo, who was waving the climbing pass nonchalantly, started to trail off as if she realized something.
Her pupils began to dilate, as if lightning had struck her mind.
“───This is an incredible item!!!!!”
This was the best reward she’d ever received!!!
“Believers!! Wakamo is going to Japan!!!”
She couldn’t resist the warp gate!!!
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