Chapter 89 – That's the rumored top streamer

“It’s thе Grеаt Dеmоn General Осtodemоn!” “He’s lеаding аn аrmу hеre!” “Whoоoa! Wе wоn’t let уоu gо аnу further!!”

Тhe strеamers gеt firеd uр аnd bracе themsеlves toward Тоkyo Baу.

Dаrk clouds gather, a stоrm rаges, and from the pitсh-blаck seа, a mаssivе swаrm оf giant seafoоd creаturеs lеaps оut tо аttack!

I wish thе monsters аt least lookеd tаsty…

“Eееk, theу look grоss!! Fireball!! Flamе Wing!!”

When I unlеаshed some magic, а swarm оf рirаnha-likе creаturеs thаt had gottеn dangеrоuslу сlоse wеnt ‘Uguwааah!’ аnd gоt blasted away.

Maybe I can handle the small monsters like this.

“It worked, it worked! Everyone, please keep supporting me!”

※ ‘Whooooa’ ‘Leave it to us’ ‘We’ll go all out until Little Spice gets his listeners back!’ ‘We’ll go all out even after he gets them back!’

So reassuring!

※ Maruchou: “On other streamers’ screens, Director-General Daikyo is fighting a giant octopus-headed monster on the front lines!” “The situation around him looks pretty bad…” “This is the largest-scale Stampede so far, and half of it is over the sea, so we can’t attack from here…”

“Yeah, really. The positioning is terrible!! …Huh? The usually chatty Grimoires are being quiet…”

‘We’ve got a bad feeling about this… A feeling that something dangerous is approaching…’

‘Mmm, Flota’s intuitions are always right!’

‘Nooo! I wish they weren’t!’

“Is it not the Great Demon General?”

‘It’s someone even more dangerous!!’

“Eeek~”

※ ‘Little Spice looks scared but his face is smiling lol’ ‘What are you laughing about lol’

“Well, you see, there’s only one person Flota has ever said ‘dangerous’ about with a straight face, as far as Spice knows.”

In other words, the moment I’ve been waiting for is approaching!

She always shows up right when things are absolutely desperate.

And she cranks the stream up to the max, smashes through the crisis while pulling in insane concurrent viewers.

That’s the pattern.

She’s just got it, I guess.

Probably the top streamer in this world.

Kiraboshi Hazuki.

Spice’s plan is… to get into her stream’s frame and blast ASMR to a huge audience!

And for situational analysis, this Spice stream is encouraging multi-watching!

Everyone is watching other streams in multiple windows and feeding info to Spice.

So helpful!!

“I’ll send a special wallpaper and a thank-you voice message from Spice later as member perks to the first 140 people…!”

※ ‘Whooooooa!!’ ‘I’m getting motivated!!!!’ Prime Sirloin: ‘Just leave everything to us!!’

A win-win relationship!

So, Spice headed toward the Director-General struggling on the front lines while supporting all the streamers with firepower matching his current concurrent viewer count.

Whoa, he’s trading blows with some merman so big you have to look up!!

Can’t get close!

If current Spice got caught up in that, he’d die instantly~!

To be trading blows with this, the Director-General really is strong.

But he does seem to be having a hard time.

He’s got zero concurrent viewers, after all.

And now another merman has shown up!

“That’s cheap!! Whoa! Explosive Fireball!!”

Spice tries to support, but it just fizzles out with a weak ‘pich’ on the surface.

With my current concurrents, I’m completely useless!

Director-General, look out!!

He glances back to check on Spice and smiles, looking relieved.

That’s a death flag, you can’t do that!!

It’s absolutely desperate!!

But, as if she’d been waiting for this exact opportunity, she arrived.

The roar of an engine echoes.

A sports car, utterly out of place, appears, speeding down the newly built bayside road.

All the monsters freeze, fixated on it.

Standing on the sports car is a girl in a tracksuit, her pink hair streaming in the wind.

The sleeves of her jersey are tied at the shoulders, fluttering like a cape.

“Hey there, konkira~!!”

As she greets them, glowing comment sections float into the air around her.

Comments from her listeners, responding to her.

An absolutely staggering number.

The monsters deployed around her get blown away the moment they touch the glowing comments, screaming ‘Uguwaah!?’ as they vanish mid-air.

‘Awa-wa-wa-wa-wa!! She’s here, she’s really heeeeere!’

Flota trembles violently.

Yes, that’s the world’s top streamer, Kiraboshi Hazuki.

One of the giant mermen attacking the Director-General, under Octodemon’s orders, turns toward Kiraboshi Hazuki.

But, accompanied by a somewhat silly ‘Achoo!’ sound, a long object is swung, intercepting the merman.

The giant merman’s massive body is sent flying.

It soars into the sky with incredible force.

“Eeek!! You’ve got to be kidding me.”

All I can do is laugh.

So this is the level of the streaming pinnacle, huh.

The flying merman screams ‘Uguwaah’ and explodes.

A single counter blow sends an enemy officer flying.

Wow, the atmosphere of this place changed in an instant.

“Everyone. She’s here, she’s here. Kiraboshi Hazuki is here! From now on, Spice is going to try to get into Little Hazuki’s stream frame and revive my concurrents!!”

※ ‘Whoa!!’ ‘Do your best!!’ ‘Go go go go!’ ‘How are you going to get in frame?’ Maruchou: ‘Kiraboshi Hazuki is a streamer who also focuses on nurturing and discovering other streamers. If you stand out enough to catch her eye…’

That’s it!

Octodemon turns to face Kiraboshi Hazuki, and an epic-scale decisive battle is about to begin.

The car Hazuki is riding on, of all things, starts driving on the water…

And Hazuki herself, right here and now!

“Um, so, I’m still taking call-ins, so streamers, please feel free to call in… Oh, forget about formalities, it’s first come, first served.”

She starts taking call-ins on the stage of the decisive battle.

This ‘call-in’ thing is where you try to get an appointment with her and collaborate on the spot.

Especially this time, it also has the meaning of Kiraboshi Hazuki introducing newcomers she doesn’t know.

In other words, it’s practically made for Spice!

The Zakko address for this call-in session appears on everyone’s A-Phones.

Spice has already sent a request from there!

That took, like, 0.1 seconds!!

Don’t underestimate a former salaryman!!

“Ah, ah, newcomer, you’re up.”

Connected!

Crap, my mouth is bone dry.

Looks like Spice is nervous too.

Here, I should act like a proper, fresh-faced newcomer…

Flota has completely erased her presence and is utterly useless!

“Um, I’m Black Pepper Spice, I just started streaming recently! I’m an old guy, but I’m using a virtual female avatar, and I started streaming on a whim! It’s an honor to be able to talk to Hazuki-chan!”

“Ah, hey there! You’re a newcomer? Do your best! Huh, that cute voice is from an old guy!? Voice changers these days are amazing, huh.”

Yes!

I got introduced!

From the next moment, Spice’s concurrent viewers swelled up by an order of magnitude.

This is… the power of collaborating with a top streamer!!

For the finish, Spice delivers the line he should say.

Today’s decisive battle, if I recall correctly, is her… Kiraboshi Hazuki’s birthday.

“Thank you for taking my call-in! Happy birthday!”

“Thank you too! And thanks for the birthday wishes~! Otsukira~!”

And the call-in ends!

Whoooa!

My concurrents skyrocket, and power surges through my body!!

“Virtualize! Mode: Mentaris!”

Spice’s form changes into Mind Spice.

“Locked on. Group Mind Chill, jaaai!!”

The swarming monsters all go ‘shun’ at once, their movements becoming extremely sluggish.

“From here, Mode: Ignite! And then, consecutive Fireballs! Go go go go go-!!”

Every time Spice points, a Fireball flies from his finger.

Monsters get blasted away.

Their death throes, ‘Uguwaa~’, sound kinda chilled out too.

“Concurrents are super high! Alright then, shall we go for it? The revival… ASMR!!”