Chapter 150 – Two Little Girls, Booth Hopping

Оn Nеw Yеаr’s Еve, even VR sраce gеts incrediblу livеlу, dоеsn’t it?

“Littlе Spicе, let’s go hеrе! It loоks fun!”

“Оh hо, whаt in thе world is this рlaсe…!”

Led bу Littlе Irа, wе arrived аt the VR flight fiеld.

…A flight field!?

Aррarently, therе’s аn event where yоu wеlcome the New Yеаr in the VR skies! Flights during thаt time slоt аrе fullу booked, I heаr.

Right now, a bit еаrliеr, maybе wе сan still manаge to bоard…?

“Wait, does flуing in VR sрacе еven hаve anу meaning?”

“Well, уeаh. Yоu get to look down аt variоus lоbbiеs from аbove, уоu knоw? It’s fun during the daу, and thе night viеw is аbsоlutеly аmаzing аt night.”

“Is that sо?!”

※ ‘Littlе Ira knows a lot about VR!’ ‘It’s cute seeing two little girls chattering away.’ ‘The night view is really beautiful, I hope you see it!’

“Oh ho, the night view is that amazing! Then maybe we should go check it out?”

“Go, go!”

And so, the two of us went to register for boarding.

The receptionist had a man’s voice. “Whoa! Little Spice and… the usual Little Ira!”

“Calling me ‘the usual’ is unnecessary!”

I see, so Little Ira frequents VR space often.

It seems you can connect to games here and even stream from here.

Some streamers have settled in VR space and live their streaming lives from here.

What about sleeping, eating, and going to the bathroom?

Are they streaming from the bathroom?

They probably don’t take baths, right…?

※ ‘Little Spice got a distant look in her eyes.’ ‘She’s started worrying about something pointless.’ ‘Well, Little Spice is, for better or worse, a sensible person.’

“Well, of course! Streamers have to manage both streaming and daily life! Having to do both is the hard part of being a streamer!”

And with that, registration was complete.

Little Ira and I are off on a virtual flight!

“Whoa! The cabin interior is detailed too! It’s a bit like cheap game graphics, though.”

“Well, it’s made by volunteers, and above all, it’s huge. Isn’t this good enough? More importantly, we’re taking off!”

“Whoooa!! We’re kinda lifting off! My feet! They’re sinking into the plane!”

“It’s polygons, after all.”

Apparently, sinking into things due to slightly off textures or loose collision detection is an everyday occurrence.

Hah, there’s a certain charm to this… maybe.

And so, the night view seen from the plane that had taken off was…

“Wow! The night view looks like illustrations!”

“Right?! Everyone cooperated to create this night view, you know. It’s amazing, right?”

On the ground, Kiraboshi Hazuki’s comical illustrations floated up as part of the night view, complete with speech bubbles saying “Ah-hee!” next to them.

Incredible.

And then, over time, they changed into illustrations of other characters.

How does this even work?

“See, the lights on the rooftops of buildings are lit up, and by making them blink, they create an illustrated night view like this.”

“Whoa, that’s impressive!”

Apparently, a special night view appears at the moment of the New Year, which is also something to look forward to.

Today, it’s this entertainment-spec version for the year-end original, but normally it’s a more ordinary night view, which is apparently beautiful in its own way.

“Let’s come again next time!”

“That’s a good idea, that’s a good idea!”

And so, the roughly five-minute flight ended.

By the way, cool instructions in English from the control room were coming from the cockpit, and I thought the person doing the female voice was probably a man again.

Oh, VR, transcending the barriers of gender.

Though Spice and Little Ira are transcending them without VR.

After that, the two of us enjoyed some shooting games.

“Ira is bad at shooting, you know. He’s the wide-area annihilation type.”

“Like the Cardinal Sin of Wrath?”

“Yeah, yeah! Also, before the Cardinal Sin, he was a close-range power type.”

“Looks can be deceiving! Spice is the shooting type!”

“I’ve seen your streams! Magical Girls are the long-range type, right? Well then, next, let’s play around with each other’s fighting styles!”

“Whaaat, is there a place where you can do that?!”

“There is, you know!”

There was!

A training ground!

They lend out weapons, and you attack targets.

Humanoid, Goblinoid, giant type.

You can attack your favorite and get a taste of being a streamer.

Even if the targets are destroyed, they’re programmed to regenerate immediately.

You can apparently choose the durability too.

“Alright then, max durability!”

“Ira too!”

“Whoa, to have the two cutest top streamers use our facility! Please, go right ahead!”

And so, the two of us went!

Of course, we didn’t rent weapons.

Spice decided to utilize the functions equipped on her festive attire.

“Tentacles, boom!”

Her sleeves extended, wrapping around a Goblinoid target…

“Chowaa!!”

With a sharp twist of her body, the target was lifted into the air, and as the tentacles on her left and right rotated in opposite directions, its head and torso were twisted off.

Whoa!

This is insane power!

※ ‘Fatality!’ ‘A brutal move, lol!’ ‘Another mysterious technique for Little Spice…!’

“This is bad for education, so we have to be careful how we show it…!”

And as for Little Ira…

Jet-black flames emerged from his hands, attacking a giant-type target.

The flames took the shape of a large scythe, which Little Ira gripped and swung around with a “Ready, go!!”

Crimson-black flames spread out with a whoosh, the surroundings burst into flames, and the giant-type target was burned from its feet up while being sliced to pieces by the blazing blade.

Because Little Ira is tiny, swinging a scythe around makes for an action scene that looks incredibly cool.

The collapsing giant-type target.

With the crimson-black flames burning it away in the background, Little Ira turned around and made a peace sign.

“Yay!”

Peace sign back!

And so, after a high-five between the two of us…

“Well then, have a good New Year!”

“Have a good New Year! See you later!”

Today, it’s goodbye!

The New Year is almost here.

I must head to the virtual shrine where the Four Guys are!