Chapter 154 – Whoa! It's a New Year's Dungeon!

Since I’vе ехсhаnged contасt info with Little Мomiji and Zаkkо, wе саn сollab аnytime nоw.

Lеt’s show thе wоrld sоmе сutenеss.

Thоugh, two grown mеn аnd а high sсhool girl might rаise sоme eyеbrоws…

“I’m looking forward tо it!”

“Sрice is too! Let’s рlаy together!”

Ah, whаtеver!

And sо, the Fоur Guуs hеаded toward the fоrtune slip саnnоn.

“First up is the Fоur Guуs’ vаnguard, Little Сhara!! Gо!”

“Woooh!! Hеrе I go, hyаh-hа!!”

With a shоut that reаlly didn’t need thаt much fighting sрirit, Littlе Chara pulled а fortunе sliр…

“Вad luсk, huh…”

As he muttеrеd thаt, the fortunе slip саnnоn аt his fеet bеgаn tо rumble—gоgоgogogo!

The surroundings transformed into what looked like a cannon muzzle, and from it—boing!—a spring launched Little Chara into the sky!

“Uguwaaah!?”

※ “Charawayyy lol!!” “He flew lol” “Showing us this right at the start of the new year”

“Charaway, this happens because you don’t put enough fighting spirit into drawing your fortune slip. Got it? You gotta put your heart into it like this.”

Slayer V came out saying something that sounded plausible.

He licked the slip and pulled it out, and sure enough, it was also bad luck.

“Huh-eeeeeh!?”

Mr. Slayer tilted his head in confusion as he was launched into the sky!!

Delicious!

※ “Slayer V~ lol!!” “To think he can do such comical acts too…” “His growth is remarkable”

In the distance, Little Hazuki was nodding with what looked like a gentle, motherly smile.

That’s what you’d call a Mama’s perspective.

After that, Mr. Yata fell into a pit trap, shouting stuff like “Guwaaah!”

He’s a handsome character, but he really goes all out physically, this guy.

Alright then, let’s see what Spice gets…

Give me something tasty—

“Oh, Moderate Blessing!”

※ “Not bad at all” “Nice!” “Ah!” “Little Spice, behind you, behind you—!”

“Huh? Whoaah!”

A spring-loaded cushion came flying from the side and sent Spice flying.

So you get launched even with Moderate Blessing, huh—!

Little Hazuki came pattering over.

“Hey, about these fortune slips… maybe they only have bad ones in there?”

“Yeah, yeah, everyone’s getting launched.”

Berucchi is with her too!

Little Hazuki, who looks cute but is famously high on the sexy scale in these circles, and Berucchi, a gal-like extrovert also famous for being high on the sexy scale.

The two of them standing together is quite a sight.

“N-no, I got Moderate Blessing!”

Surrounded by Little Hazuki, I got flustered and my first-person pronoun got a bit messed up!

She’s got that big-shot aura.

“Eeek, this woman has powered up even more. No joke.”

“She’s a monster.”

“When there are two, one of them seems slightly more tolerable, but only slightly.”

“Scary scary scary.”

Flota and the Grimoires were making voices as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

No need to be that scared!

Incidentally, the two of them, shining brightly as they joined forces, pressed the button on the fortune slip machine and splendidly grabbed a Great Blessing.

Here’s what I realized: the fortune slip cannon launches you no matter what you do.

And probably, the more spectacular the fortune slip result, the farther you get launched.

Look, the fortune slip cannons surrounding Little Hazuki and the others are glowing and whirring—win win.

The creator has good taste.

And so, the top streamer and her clone were launched incredibly high into the sky.

“Ahee! That can’t be—!”

“Even though it’s a Great Blessing—!!”

I laughed, I laughed.

Man, what a fun event!

And then…

Something’s getting noisy around the shrine.

The Virtual Shrine is an event for streamers only.

It’s a place created for New Year’s entertainment, and only people engaged in streaming activities can enter.

So the people gathering around are probably listeners and regular folks…

Why are they getting all restless?

“I wonder what it is? Should we go take a look?”

“Spice will go look too—!”

Mr. Yata and I jumped up together to check the outside of the shrine…

Whoa—!

The surroundings are changing into something like a labyrinth—!!

“This can’t be!”

“It’s Dungeonization, isn’t it?”

People who looked like regular folks were pointing at Spice and the others who had jumped up, shouting “waa waa.”

“The Virtual Space is a public area!!” “Don’t let the streamers monopolize it!” “Let us in too!!”

They’re saying outrageous things.

The Virtual Space receives funding from the government too, you know, so to some extent, its users are determined by national policy.

“This is an entertainment streaming provision booth for streamers! Please step back—!”

When Spice replied, the shouting people heated up even more.

Getting all worked up—”Mukii!!”—they started saying things like: “The powerful!” “Oppression!” “Don’t allow vested interests!” “You make money by diving dungeons as a hobby, it’s outrageous!!” “You people are in a lowly profession, know your place!!”

“Whoa—, they don’t understand Japanese!”

“Maybe they’re monsterifying? Should I cut them down?”

※ “Yatagarasu is too extreme lol” “But their behavior is strange” “Anti-streamer groups are like that” “There are people like that!?” “Seems like there are groups like ‘Streamer Victims Association’ gathering believers and making a killing”

Eeek, there are monster-like people like that!!

And leading these people was something that was already a monster, or rather, a Demon itself.

The Demon held a microphone…

“Everyone! Over here! This right here is the very reason things aren’t going well for you all in real society! There’s an absolute limit to the amount of attention and praise available, so when they get praised, all of you suffer! That’s right, streamers are baaad! Now, everyone together! Streamers are society’s waste!”

“Streamers are society’s waste!” “Streamers are society’s waste!” “Streamers are society’s waste!” “Streamers are society’s waste!”

“Streamers are devouring our tax money!”

“Streamers are devouring our tax money!” “Streamers are devouring our tax money!” “Streamers are devouring our tax money!”

※ “Eeek!” “They’re monsters” “Where did they gather such talent from?” Maruchou: “This is a Dungeon-side attack using society. The Dungeon has come at us with clear malice.”

“I see. So in other words…”

I could sense the mode switching among all the streamers behind me.

From entertainment mode to streaming mode.

“Dungeon Stream, start! The first one of the new year is gonna have amazing footage!!”

At Spice’s declaration, all the streamers erupted with a “Woooh!!”