Chapter 79 – Listener Enlightenment Stream

“Rеgarding the Witсh оf thе Мind, thе Labyrinth Ministrу hаs decidеd to fully соореrаte with yоu, Ms. Spiсе. Hоwеvеr, with thе inсident оf the blurrеd boundarу with thе Оthеrworld, evеryоne’s in a statе оf chaos, so it sееms our division will be the onlу оne able to spаrе persоnnel. …Тhе Dirесtor-General might drоp by оссasionаllу…?”

“Тhe Direсtor-Genеral!?”

In other words, thе сontraсtоr Shino wоuld be prоviding my backuр.

Thаt’s nо different from beforе.

Tо соunter thе full-scalе invаsiоn by the Witсh of thе Мind, thе Lаbуrinth Ministrу will рrоvide suррort in terms of equipment and funding.

And what exactly does Director-General Daikyo plan to come and see?

“The Director-General seems interested in streaming too, you know.”

“Really!? That stern-faced big shot…”

Originally, he was someone who explored Dungeons and fought in them before Dungeon streaming became a thing.

Maybe he wants to try the modern style.

Though I doubt my streams would be much of a reference…?

“So, what are you planning to do today?”

“Today, I’m going to properly melt the listeners’ brains with ASMR. Behold, Metamorphose Spice!”

Enveloped in light, Spice makes his appearance!

“Ms. Shino, are you going to do ASMR too? It’d definitely be popular—Kyoto dialect ASMR.”

“I’ll pass. If I show my face too much, the Onmyo side might try to backdoor me.”

“Ah. Without listeners, that kind of danger exists! That can’t be helped, I guess.”

“Streamers have much stronger curse defense than you might think. In fact, with three-digit concurrent viewers, their protection rivals that of first-class practitioners.”

“That’s incredible!!”

In other words, a streamer’s magical defense is extremely high.

As for physical defense, I tested it the other day.

Back then, when I reached 1,000 concurrent viewers, I fought a Goblin using a tube made of rolled-up bubble wrap as a weapon.

Well…

The Goblin’s knife shattered completely when blocked by the bubble wrap!

When concurrent viewers reach four digits, the bubble wrap becomes as sturdy as a metal rod of the same thickness.

A streamer’s body likely works the same way.

Similarly, gathering concurrent viewers can turn your voice into an attack, a mental assault, or even a form of defense!

Apparently, the Labyrinth Ministry had been investigating this in cooperation with a major streamer company.

But one day, when they enlisted the help of the now super-famous streamer Kiraboshi Hazuki, the measuring device—a scouter—broke.

With the machine under repair, research has been halted.

They need to raise the scouter’s measurement upper limit.

“Alright, let’s get started! Helloo! Koncha! It’s Spice!”

※『Koncha!』『Helloo!』『Is the background more mature today?』『It’s kinda purple!』

“Today, I’m doing ASMR. I’m going all out to scramble the brains of you Peppers.”

※『Woooooo』『It’s hereeee』『I’ll probably sleep well』『Bratty girl audio saves me』

“Hahaan, first up, you want some bratty girl talk, right? Got it! So, everyone, are your headphones or earphones ready?”

※『Ready!』『Bring it anytime!』『I won’t run or hide!』

“Uh-huh. Here goes. ……..Big brothers, big sisters… Do you have school or work tomorrow? Spice here… is gonna laze around all day tomorrow~. Ufufu, I’ll imagine all of you struggling with school or work while I laze around. So much fuuun~”

※『Gwaaaaaah』『Waaaaah』『Gyapiiii』

Whoa, I can see listeners writhing in the comment section.

Are they… enjoying this?

※『Y-you little brat!』『Looking down on adults, huh~ ^^』『More! Give me more of that!!』

“It was a huge hit! That was an excerpt from the ASMR audio Spice prepared—a trial version! The full version will go on sale after this stream ends, so everyone, buy it!”

※『Woooooo』『It’s hereeeee』『How long is it?』

“Well, I recorded it over several days, so it’s probably about 60 minutes? It’s an audio where you get teased for a full hour by the cheeky little sister character Spice.”

※『I’ll buy it!!』『That earlier part goes on for an hour!?』『I might ascend from frustration』『Little Spice is mastering the bratty girl character…!』

Meanwhile, during this stream, Shino is rolling around on the floor, writhing.

Got hit by empathetic cringe, huh?

You won’t last as a streamer like that!

Probably why this fox doesn’t stream—must be weak to this stuff.

Flota and Ignite are flying around the ceiling, super excited.

Grimoires don’t know the meaning of shame!

“I’m gonna keep streaming today until Spice’s voice is seared into your brains! Now, from here, I’ll read out the requests you sent in advance via Maro. Let’s see… ‘Hamichiki, please…'”

※『Gwaaaaaah』『This guy, directly into my ears…!!』『I’ll give it! I’ll buy everything you’re selling!!』

Listeners of all ages writhing in the comment section.

What a sight…

“Ah, a naughty one came in! No way! Spice’s streams are all-ages, so I won’t read this kind of naughty stuff! Next!”

※『Ehhh!!』『No salvation』『The compliance is too perfect』

There were so many requests that I went ahead and delivered the begging little sister voice.

The comment section writhing.

And ascending.

“Spice’s voice must be seared deep into everyone’s brains now…”

※『I’ll never forget it』『Even if I think I forgot, hearing it will definitely bring it back』『Release the voice already!』

“Now that I’ve made sure you’ll remember, Spice’s stream ends here! See you later! Otsuspa!”

※『Otsuspa!』『Otsu Spa!』『Spaa~』

Stream over!

Wow, concurrent viewers briefly hit five digits.

That’s insane.

And the audio I registered on the download sales site is selling at a ridiculous pace.

It surpassed 1,000 downloads in just thirty minutes…!

“Let’s see, at 1,000 yen per file, after fees… Hahaa, over 30% of the Flying Head Spirit Microphone’s cost came back in thirty minutes…”

“ASMR is terrifying…!! I thought my ears were gonna melt…”

Shino was trembling.