Chapter 62 – As Calculated!

Wаtсhing Kounо Shirоkо’s strеаm, I observe hеr frаnticallу making an аnnоunсеmеnt.

“М-m-m-m, everуone! Тhis is tеrrible! Аh, аh, I gоt аn invitаtion! Frоm that Вlack Реррer Spiсe! А collab! А сollab!!”

The rоughlу ten concurrent viеwеrs are getting all eхсited and rоwdy.

Тhis kind оf соzy, homey аtmosphеrе isn’t sо bad, is it?

But I саn’t sаy I aрprovе of challenging а dаngerous Dungеоn with this few viеwers.

You сan’t stop sоme уоung kid you don’t know from сharging in duе tо уouthful rеcklessnеss.

Тhаt’s their pеrsonаl frееdоm.

Вut what if it’s Маshirо, somеоne I know very well?

No way!

That’s absolutely unacceptable.

At the very least, I want to help increase her viewer count to ensure her safety.

Furthermore, I must teach her the basics of being a Streamer.

I was burning with a sense of mission!

‘For all your talk, Master, you’re quite concerned about that Mashiro girl, aren’t you?’

“She’s a junior from the same university, and I’ve been looking out for her since she joined the company…”

Our academic years are about five years apart, so we’ve never actually met in person.

But I think I saw Mashiro, who was a freshman at the time, at a drinking party that alumni were allowed to attend.

Even with that level of interaction in school-related matters, coming from the same university still makes me feel a sense of sympathy.

The fact that she became my direct subordinate and we’ve been interacting for a full year now must mean there’s some kind of fate involved, I suppose.

Though I don’t quite get why the Mashiro family seems to be trying to fill in my moat and push her together with me.

Well, it’s time for the appointment.

I leave my apartment and board the train.

Then I arrive near the planned Dungeon.

Spectators have already gathered.

This is because Mashiro carelessly leaked the streaming location.

I really need to teach her about being lax in areas like this too…!

The location is a privately-run abandoned hospital.

Rumors say it’s a hospital where treatment failed, the patients sued, and the doctor fled in the night. And night after night, the Grudge Spirits of dead patients appear… or so it’s said.

But that’s not actually true.

After the doctor retired with no successor, the hospital had served its purpose.

Young people saying “Wey-wey!” entered the vacant hospital, held parties, got drunk on alcohol, slipped on empty bottles, fell, hit their heads and died, and their resentment turned them into Grudge Spirits, causing the Dungeonization.

Ha!

How utterly pathetic!!

“That doctor is completely a victim of false rumors, isn’t he!?”

Having already finished transforming into Spice while hidden, I’m fuming with anger!

It’s fine to be an idiot, but don’t cause trouble for others!

It’s written in the Dun-me info too, but the gathered spectators aren’t listening to that.

“Treatment failure and Grudge Spirits…””The doctor who ran away…”

Ha, false rumors!!

I ended up talking to the spectators even though we haven’t started streaming yet.

“Hey, hey, you there!”

“Ah, that voice!””Whoa!! Little Spice!!”

“That’s right, it’s Spice! By the way, this Dungeon! Has absolutely nothing to do with the doctor!!”

The filming for the scene where I meet up with Shiroko is starting from here!

Floppy processes the faces and voices of ordinary people, you know!

“A young person who got inside, swung around their youthful recklessness due to youthful recklessness, died from youthful recklessness, and became a Grudge Spirit! Understood?”

“Understood!””That was super easy to understand!”

I like Listener who are quick on the uptake.

‘Master, when you blew a kiss, both of them were completely smitten! You’ve really mastered the allure of a Witch!’

“Cut it out—I’m an old man—”

‘Being a seductive Witch has nothing to do with gender!’

Is that really true?

While I was chattering away with the spectator Listeners like that, a woman in a black coat approached from over there.

Then, when she got close, she suddenly took off her coat!

Sh-she, she’s a pervert—!!

I thought, but it’s Mashiro, who had already finished Virtualizing.

Let’s call her Shiroko here.

“H-h-h, nice to meet you! Kouno Shiroko! I-I’m honored by the invitation this time!!”

She’s totally stiff with nerves.

Her voice and tone are exactly Mashiro’s…

“Hey there, Little Shiroko! It’s Spice! Nice to meet you today! As a senior Streamer—I’m gonna teach you lots of things like the basics! Dungeons are always dangerous zones, but let’s have fun Clearing it, okay?”

“Yes!”

And so, with Spice and Shiroko now together, the spectator Listeners snapped photos left and right.

Promote us to your heart’s content!

What, you’ll make it into a video and post it on PickPock?

Please, go right ahead.

Let’s make Shiroko even a little bit famous and increase her concurrent viewers!

Without that first Buzz, a Streamer can’t rise to the top.

By the way.

In human form, I’m about a head taller than Mashiro.

But as Spice, Shiroko is about a head taller than me.

Hmm, Spice has become pretty tiny, after all!

Ah, Shiroko, you’re taking advantage of the commotion to pat Spice’s head!

From an outside perspective, that kind of thing leads to the concept of, you know, “teetee.”

You understand pretty well, don’t you? I’ll allow it.

But still, get permission from next time, okay?

The video posted on PickPock seems to have really caught the attention of young people.

More and more people are gathering to the started Stream.

The good thing about Collab Streams is that the boost from concurrent viewers also applies to the person you collab with.

The weakness is that the concurrent viewer boost is distributed, so you don’t get as much power as the apparent concurrent viewer number suggests.

Therefore, when collabing with someone with a different viewer count, you must carefully judge the power balance with the Dungeon.

Well, for this Dungeon, it’ll be an easy win, a piece of cake!

‘Hey Master, Freya got full of herself too and got smacked by Master.’

“Whoopsie daisy!! Gotta stay focused! Well then, shall we give the stream a go!?”

‘This is the screen. Here you go, Master.’

Responding to Floppy’s call, I turned a smile in that direction.

“Helloo! Koncha—! It’s Spice!! Today’s a Collab!!”