Chapter 687: Echo Upon the Mirror's Surface, Roar From the Skyscrapers - Part 5

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Meeting start.

"Umm, well......... in the end, it seems there's really only one way to record the Orchestra battle."

Meeting end.

"A conclusion has been reached, then."

"So, what exactly am I supposed to do?"

"Live stream."

Ehh......?

I feel like I saw an announcement about ShanFro supporting live streaming a while back, but......... a live stream......?

"Since Tsuchinoko-san didn't seem too keen on the idea, we've already thought of a workaroundー. Let's do a private stream. That way, only channel subscribers will be able to watch, so you won't have an unspecified large number of people viewing it."

"No...... it's just that logging out to handle all the registration stuff is a pain......... plus, I don't have any items for streaming."

"If you mean the Kotoamatsu Meteor Iron Mirror, it was distributed to everyone's inventory on the day the feature was implemented. Unlike the normal recording items, that one is actually an accessoryー."

"Doesn't that mean it crushes one of my accessory slots?!"

"Well, about that, look......... we'll be supporting you with items to make up for it, so please forgive us? That's all I can say."

"No, you don't understand, two of my accessory slots are currently crushed right now........."

Ahー here it comes, the wave of regret. Why did I do something as idiotic as equipping two infinite inventories......... ahー dammit, ahー dammit. Alright, I'm over it.

For starters, that's two Inventorias, right? Then Levin Trigger: Hazard, right? Then Vestige of the Raging Storm EmperorIdea=Gatleo・ExtremeSuperior, right............ No, well, I guess I can manage my slots somewhat. Clothing-type stuff like the Star Cloak can sometimes get in the way of my movements anyway, so I'll just equip and unequip them depending on the situation.

If that's the case, that's two forced slots and two mandatory slots, plus the streaming accessory makes five slots...... Leaving three slots open. Yeah, I can totally make this work.

"In-game screenshot and recording items can't capture Orchestra, but when it comes to the Kotoamatsu Meteor Iron Mirror, we believe it should be capable of filming both from a lore perspective and a gameplay perspectiveー."

"And your reasoning is?"

"I emailed the management to ask. Also, that item has two modes: thought-control and fully automatic, so please use whichever you prefer."

Well that's definitively certain. Though I doubt I'll have the leeway to use thought-control...... so automatic should be fine.

And so, to summarize the conversation, it went like this.

【Library】 will provide me with full backup as I challenge the Canon route. They've stocked up on a massive amount of healing and buff items, and I'm free to take whatever I want.

In exchange, I'll create an account on a video site and live stream the battle against Orchestra in real-time outside the game via a private stream, thereby presenting the information to 【Library】.

"I'll go register then."

First things first, let's log out............

Where am I supposed to register for this? I guess the most famous one is fine. Let's see, I already have an account on this site, so I just do this and......... ahー, so linking the account is done on the game's side? What a pain. Why the hell do I have to do side-steps back and forth between real life and VR in the middle of the night? Ahー yes good morning, anyway I'll just do this and register that...... and done linking.

"Is this good enough? Start streaming."

............Wait, if I'm logged in as a player, isn't there no way for me to tell if it's broadcasting properly or not?

"We have a real-life standby team, so we'll know right awayー. Ah, I just got an email. It looks like the live stream is running without a hitch."

"I see......... well then, I'll go launch my assault on Orchestra right now."

"We're looking forward to good news and great footageー."

Now then, that ate up a little bit of time, but that just means you had plenty of time to write your will, Orchestra.

I'm not the same me you fought before. I've received a ton of items from 【Library】, and I've got countermeasures. I welcome a protracted battle. I'm going to unravel every last bit of you and conquer you completely.

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"Now then......... shall we log out and watch the stream as well?"

"Indeed, Professor."

".........Ah."

"What is it, Mirei-kun?"

"No, umm......... well, regarding this, it's not my fault, or rather, the cause is that the real-life standby team didn't notice........."

"Mirei-kun, get straight to the point."

"............It seems to be a public stream."

"!?"

"No, it's true, I swear! It's not like I was hesitating to tell you!? Just now! I just got the email right now, I swear it's trueー!?"

"That's your daily conduct catching up to you, huh."

"Having you of all people say that is inexplicably frustrating, Bansai-san!!"

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"Tsumabuki, Tsumabuki."

<<Hmm? What is it?>>

"A weird stream just popped up."

<<Hmm? Whose stream?>>

"Some unknown guy. Less than a thousand subscribers......... but despite that, the viewer count has already crossed 2,000."

<<What's with that? Is he using alt accounts or something?>>

"No............ Wait, I'm pretty sure this name........."

<<You know him? Reizei.>>

"......If I recall correctly, the name of that player who's overly involved with Unique Monsters in ShanFro...... was 'Sunraku', right?"

<<Wait, wasn't it 'Tsuchinoko'?>>

"That's supposed to be a nickname. Anyway, about the live stream in question......... the channel name is 'Sun Luck Channel'......... and the kicker is that he's streaming ShanFro, and the character is a half-naked masked bastard."

<<Whoa............ You don't think it's the real deal?>>

"The stream title is some half-assed thing like 'Orch Verification'......... Even without guessing, he probably messed up his privacy settings."

<<Well, well, well............ Either way, anyone can watch it as long as they subscribe to the channel, so there shouldn't be any issue with us subscribing to show our support for this little newbie, right~?>>

"Have a heart and spare the guy......... No matter how you look at it, a guy who clearly has zero intention of making a living over here is only going to get nothing but trouble if people like us draw attention to him."

<<You've always been so painfully scrupulous about stuff like that, Reizei......... Well whatever, Tsuchinoko is basically the spearhead for 'their side', right? If he's gone out of his way to stream for us, why don't we quietly watch? Call it recon on the enemy!!!!>>

"I feel a slight sense of guilt taking advantage of the other party's mistake like this, but............ well, a chance is something you seize without letting go."

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Author's Afterword

Sunraku-shi, having zero interest in streaming, completely fails to notice he made a catastrophic blunder......!!!

Shall I tell you a slightly scary story?

The username of the very first person to subscribe to Sunraku's newly created channel was "GagBall_DeTh"-san. For some reason, the subscription was completed immediately after Sunraku created the channel, before he even started streaming. A mere coincidence, perhaps?

Oh my, a certain player from Library, who did you just send an email to? Eh? You secretly told someone because they're a trustworthy person? Well, that's a relief then!!!!!

Or is it?