I'm Wakamo, Not Daji, Okay?

[Posted by: Virabo]

[Title: Let Me Air Some Complaints, Boss]

As you can see, I know everyone's enjoying this and all.

But what's Jiang Taigong, and what's Daji? It's hard to look them up online.

Please turn on a stream and explain it or something.

So I prepared this!

Teachers planning to make a wiki, feel free to take it.

~Wakamo Inarizushi Information Collection~

First, to explain Daji.

She's one of China's Four Great Femme Fatales and a peerless beauty who brought down a kingdom.

She's a real historical figure, but since the boss is a fox god, I'll explain it in that context.

Roughly speaking, there's this top-tier figure in Chinese mythology called Nüwa.

There's a novel written during the Ming dynasty called Investiture of the Gods.

In it, King Zhou more or less insulted Nüwa, saying he wished his maid looked that beautiful.

So she wanted to punish him, but his kingdom wasn't fated to fall.

She sent three monsters to corrupt King Zhou and bring down his kingdom.

They were three monsters named Daji, Hohimi, and Wang Guiren, and they're sometimes called sisters.

But they were punished and killed by Nüwa because they failed to bring down the kingdom even a day sooner.

So if you're asking why the boss is still alive, I don't know either.

Anyway, what's famous about Daji's true identity is that.

She's the nine-tailed fox, one of Japan's Three Most Famous Demons.

She's still alive to this day and is supposedly over 4,000 years old.

She brought down a kingdom as Daji, then was executed by King Wu.

When she struggled, Jiang Taigong showed up. He's also famous as Taigong Wang.

In the novel Investiture of the Gods, Jiang Ziya is probably the better-known name.

In history, he was called Jiang Shang, yeah...

He defeated the fox with Taoist magic he'd cultivated for 40 years, and that fox was a nine-tailed fox.

After that, she went to India and then Japan.

In Japan, her name was Wakamo.

Then she later changed it to Tamamo-no-Mae.

After being discovered again, she was exorcised in Japan and transformed into the Sessho-seki, the Killing Stone that spewed poison.

For reference, this Killing Stone split in two in 2022.

If she emerged because the seal was broken, the timing doesn't line up, so it probably isn't her?

Basically, everyone's teasing her by calling her Daji or the White-Faced Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox.

But looking at the timing and the story, she's only adopting "that sort of concept."

The real identity is probably a fox god with no records of existing since the Three Kingdoms era?

-Wow! Thanks, Speedwagon!

ㄴFor your information, Speedwagon is the correct term. He's basically the archetypal exposition guy from manga.

ㄴI didn't ask you to explain that too!

-Exactly, you can say you don't know if you don't know, yeah.

-For realㅋㅋ, there's nothing wrong with not knowing. The person criticizing you for it is the bad one.

-Should we put this up as a pinned info post?

-So the boss is an unidentified fox god doing a Daji concept?

ㄴMaybe she's a fox god split off from Daji.

ㄴThey say Jiang Taigong swung his sword and cut her into three pieces.

ㄴIsn't that martial arts, not Taoist magic?

-Thanks, low-HP old man.

ㄴCall me an old fart instead....

-People who haven't even watched Investiture of the Gods...

-Daji was really hot back then.

ㄴI can't stand how true that is....

-It's hilarious that the generation gap is so huge we have to explain itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

"Hmmm."

Wakamo was browsing the community again today.

Wakamo was all over the online news, with reporters asking whether she shouldn't hold a press conference.

It was a major diplomatic issue and a source of controversy, but quite a few reporters protested to the Climbers' Association, saying that citizens had the right to know, no matter how powerful a Climber was─.

As though the Association had naturally been entrusted with the matter, its president firmly refused, but yellow journalism was spreading fake news, saying that Wakamo Inarizushi was a man-eating fox demon, or that she was Daji, the immortal White-Faced Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox.

These are things that inevitably follow fame.

A monster, a mass murderer, a being that must be exterminated immediately for the future of humanity.

The articles' content was more extreme than expected, and Wakamo was surprised.

Meanwhile, the comments were full of people saying that an uncontrolled Climber was dangerous and that individuals shouldn't be given power above the state.

They even said she should be expelled immediately.... There were so many negative posts that Wakamo could only be grateful they hadn't come to her fan cafe to make a scene.

They used to disappear quickly, but now she's too famous for that to be easy?

Some also called her irresponsible for not killing China's [Collector] and not detaining and handing him over to the Chinese government.

Some people even asked whether [Six World Calamities] meant six people. It was known as a force aiming to destroy six continents.

But many people were lumped together and treated as [Six World Calamities], and the Collector was exactly that sort.

You could consider any Climber who harmed the international situation a [Six World Calamity].

Wakamo Inarizushi was just about to become a member.

Japan's government, the Japanese Association president, and the Fist King had been sending her love calls, telling her to come to Japan whenever she felt uncomfortable.

She had replied that she'd go if she got completely fed up. There was no issue with communication either, so moving to another country wouldn't be inconvenient.

She could speak Japanese too... It was just a shame Yu Ying would have to study Japanese hard again, perhaps?

"Well, as long as it's resolved."

Wakamo sat down in the field of her expanded [My Worlds], leisurely basking in the sunlight, indifferent.

She only wanted to stream as a VTuber, so she didn't know why she kept getting dragged into troublesome matters.

Still, if she reflected, from other people's perspective she really did look like Daji or a fox god.

At a glance she seemed invincible, but she wasn't actually that strong: if she seriously fought a Climber like the Fist King, she'd be beaten to death without being able to do a thing.

She couldn't keep fighting only battles favorable to her forever, so she should prepare for that.... But first, there was streaming.

Wakamo was a VTuber before she was a Climber!!

'I want to make a stream packed with content to make up for what I've missed, but nothing comes to mind.'

As she wandered through the community wondering whether there were any good reactions, an article caught her eye: the [Collector] had allied with the autonomous regions, was pressuring the Chinese government, and had even fired missiles.

Surely he wasn't going to conquer China and then ask Yu Ying to become empress.

The artifacts he possessed included quite a few that [Idol] could use, but they were all more or less the same, so she could understand why the Tower had selected him for those items.

'It would be exhausting if I were branded as the real White-Faced Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox.'

Just as Wakamo had plenty to worry about, the believers were busy in various ways.

Some argued back with logic, saying, "That's a thing of the past, isn't it?"

Some believers chased others away, saying that even if the boss told them the truth, there was no proof it was true, so they should get lost.

Others simply enjoyed the situation and drew provocative Daji outfits for Wakamo, and so on.

"They're consistently the same here too, in a different way. It's hilarious."

Other than that, several VTubers who had been posting stream announcements on the blue site began coming to Wakamo's cafe to post announcements.

The revitalization of VTuber culture that Wakamo had wanted so badly. Seeing the subscribers of the small VTubers she had introduced rise, Wakamo smiled warmly.

Thinking she should clip even more today, Wakamo uploaded additional interpretation and explanation videos to her channel.

Since the ages of the newcomers varied so widely, a serious generation gap was developing.

'Ugh, fighting [Collector] really would've made great footage. It's a shame I can't upload it.'

The flashy staging of mythic and relic items clashing. Just filming it would bring the video to life, but no matter how many times she thought about it, it was a real shame.

Still, she had to stream, right?

"Sadako! Have you packed everything?"

"All packed, boss! But if we live here, won't I be unable to go to the convenience store to buy alcohol?"

"Then buy lots... I'll keep it stocked in the studio."

"You got it!"

With the land expanded, Sadako finally moved into Wakamo's [My Worlds].

It was cute how she whispered happily that she'd finally been acknowledged.

She had also kept streaming steadily while Wakamo and Yu Ying were away.

As a VTuber, she was genuinely enthusiastic, took advice from her brother, and worked hard, so Wakamo thought she might be able to bring her aboard as a colleague.

"Wow, this looks like my brother's room. It doesn't smell like a bachelor pad!!"

The remark she made the moment she saw the figures displayed in Wakamo's room and the merchandise piled up in the warehouse hurt so much that Wakamo made Sadako a room in the camper van she had brought in from outside.

"Even if it's a small domain, it's much bigger than I expected. Should we make content decorating it...?"

"Why don't we just do an alcohol stream?"

"I'll go get the Silver Buttons, so you get started?"

"Yes!"

Anyway, Wakamo had to stream today, so she wrote, "Collab stream for the first time in ages!" and went to meet the Silver Buttons that had arrived.

Meanwhile, Yu Ying and Sadako prepared the stream as Ichigo and Pirate.

With [Idol's Illusion] active, they checked each other's appearances, which had transformed into their VTuber characters without them needing to change clothes, then checked the number of viewers gathering in the waiting room. Soon, Wakamo's stream went live.

"It's Pirate, streaming two days in a row! Thank the sailors for that! Ichigo is here!!"

"Hi, Jjingkkus, did you wait long for me? I'll start the stream now~"

-Welcome, Ichigo....

-Upvote if you think Ichigo, who almost became the Empress of China before Wakamo saved her, is cute.

-I'm telling you, her real name is the problem.

-We greet the descendant of Liu Bei, who almost became China's legitimate emperor.

-Why are the chats getting deleted so fast?

-What do you think? It's the people coming here to cross the line in the boss's stream.

-They're complaining that she suffered a terrorist attack in China and even fought the [Six World Calamities], so why isn't she holding a press conference? Yeah.

-Why does she have to do that? Seriously? Isn't it up to the boss?

-Who knows? Anyway, she raised the nation's prestige, but they're treating her like a monsterㅋㅋㅋ

-We need to turn on subscriber-only modeㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The three-day Pirate drinking stream is finally over...!!

-[Shapeshifting] can apparently make your liver invincible too.

-So, how much is in Pirate's bank account?

"Yeah! Curious?"

"Huh? Pirate, there's no money in your bank account?"

"Yep!!"

"Sooo how much?"

"700 yen?"

-That's roughly 6,400 won.

-But you make tons of money as a Climber.

-Do VTuber setups cost that much?

-Being a VTuber is expensive...

"I blew it all on horse racing."

-You crazy bitch, fuck, we were worried about you.

-No, fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ Don't open your mouth!!!

-Captain!! What about our wages!! Captain!!!

"Why would I pay the sailors? There's a cute Pirate right here, isn't there?"

-I think I'm losing my mind.

-This is driving me nutsㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Look at Ichigo giving Pirate candy because she's sucking on her fingers.

"What am I going to do tomorrow...."

"I'll borrow money from Ichigo! Here, I'll send you my account number!"

"Your account numbah...???"

"Send it here! I'll pay you back properly! I'll repay you once I make money from YouTube!!"

"O-tay...?"

-Don't do it, Ichigo!! Don't listen to her!!!

-That's absolutely something someone says when they have no intention of paying you back!!!

-Set a deadline!! That's a scam contract!!!

-Is a twenty-year-old really extorting a seventeen-year-old!! She is extorting her!!

"I'll really pay you back! If I don't repay the money, it'll ruin our relationship!!"

"Um....send it...?"

"Wow! Really?! Thanks!! You're the best!!"

-Ichigo is the only kindhearted one here.

-Even then, she's wiping Pirate's drool.

-Why are you bringing alcohol to drink during an outdoor stream!!

"I wanna try some too. Is it good?"

"Wouldn't 3% be okay? Three-percent alcohol is juice!!"

-No, Captain. You absolutely can't do that.

-What the fuck do you mean, 3% is juiceㅋㅋㅋ

"By the way, under Japan's liquor tax law, alcohol over 10 degrees is taxed more heavily. That's why Strong Zero, which gets you drunk quickly and cheaply, is popular. It's 9 degrees. Chuhai is alcohol mixed with carbonated water and fruit juice. It's very popular in Japan these days."

-The captain's alcohol trivia is here!!

-She may not know about anything else, but she really knows everything there is to know about alcohol....

-It feels like she'd go bar-hopping if she quit being a VTuber.

"This place is huge, so I want to make a vineyard or something and produce alcohol..... First, I'll bring about four big refrigerators and pack them full of booze."

"Is she cwazy...."

"Before drinking with the money Ichigo gave me.... I have to pay it back, so this Pirate will gamble. Watch me, Ichigo!! I'll get stronger for you!!!"

"Stop!!!"

Ichigo pounded Pirate on the back of the head, saying she was going to go crazy, and beat her senseless. When Ichigo grabbed Pirate by the hair, Pirate begged her to please spare her, then wailed desperately that she had no money, surrendered, and even performed a jumping dogeza to show her complete submission. The sight made the viewers burst out laughing.

-There it is! The captain's secret technique, the jumping dogeza!!

-She tucked her body in midair and landed in a dogeza pose the moment she jumped...

-A beautiful, heartfelt dogeza... I reached that level in my late twenties...

"By taking the lowest posture of anyone, I show my sincere apology!! Please, just let me do it once.... Huh?"

When Pirate raised her head, Ichigo was lying flat on the ground in front of her.

"I'm lower."

"What...!!"

"Stop gambling─!!"

Ichigo, sliding with explosive acceleration from combining her leg strength and agility stats, headbutted the crown of Pirate's head.

In the same motion, she fluidly climbed on top and performed a shrimp bend, folding Pirate up.

Meanwhile, Pirate took it well and was kneaded like flour dough. Ichigo picked her up, slammed her down, pulled and stretched her─then pounded her while huffing and put her in a bowl.

"Today, we're doing a cooking stweam. The ingredient is Piwate. We'll make dog food out of her."

"Who are you calling dog food!! At least call me agar jelly!!"

-Got it, "Gelatino."

-What elasticity, like pudding...

-Being round in a bowl and talking makes me think of an orange with a mouth...

-With arms and legs like a soccer ball, she's ridiculously patheticㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Look at Ichigo being Chinese and kneading dough so skillfully.

-So this is what Pirate tastes like....

"I think this bounciness means she'll definitely be delicious."

"You can't eat me."

"Are you saying I'm food waste?!"

"You can't dwink me."

"Ah, then it can't be helped. So when is the boss coming?"

-Why are they naturally doing a comedy skitㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This stream of consciousness is insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Climber comedy with no script whatsoever.

-Is alcohol the reason she can't be eatenㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-A woman whose entire body is alcohol....

"3! 2! 1! (Clap!) It's me!"

With a sudden countdown and clap, Wakamo popped out and set down three Silver Buttons so they were visible on-screen.

"Silver Buttons at last!! Thank you all for subscribing!! We'll soon reach 700,000 subscribers.... Tell us what we should do when we hit it!! You two give me your ideas!!"

""Hooray~""

Ichigo and Pirate happily waved their respective Silver Buttons.

"How about an alcohol stream?"

"Rejected."

"Pirate hasn't brushed her teeth and smells, so let's run her through the washing machine."

"Even if Pirate were a cat that brushed its teeth only once a week, you mustn't do that! Rejected!"

"How about a cocktail stream?"

"Pirate. This conversation is never-ending."

"Umm... Pirate... then... how about teaching her to swim? We can put her in water, boss?"

"Why is your pronunciation suddenly clear again? Pirate would melt if she went in water. Next?"

"Mizuwari, alcohol mixed with water, is extremely arousing... Mixing alcohol with water makes it impossible for an erection to go down...."

"Pirate, I'm not telling you to dive underwater and drink alcohol."

"How about hanging Pirate from a roulette wheel and throwing knives at her as a viewer event?"

"The boss is scared by how your pronunciation keeps getting clearer...."

Swish─

Then Hohimi naturally raised a wing.

Could the item have intelligence, perhaps?

"Yes, Hohimi. Why don't you give it a try?"

At that, Hohimi put down an egg—wherever she'd gotten it—and mimed brooding it, prompting Wakamo's admiration.

She'd completely forgotten, but one of Luan's skills was this!

[Luan, Mother of All Birds][Cooldown: 7 days]

Can lay the egg of any bird.

Hatching and raising the chick depend entirely on the master's ability.

"Exactly! You're a genius, Hohimi! Teacher got so excited she nearly tore her clothes!!"

-Wow, please tear them!!

-Can't you undress through sheer fighting spirit?

-I'm really interested in whether water can float on your breasts!

-And yet the mute Hohimi really is the smartest one here.

-There are nothing but lunatics here.

-So what are you going to do?"

"Since our Hohimi can lay the egg of any bird, shall we take suggestions? How about a little whimbrel?"

-It's not a little whimbrel; it's a whimbrel.

"What....? It wasn't a little whimbrel...?"

-A penguin?

-Can she make a garuda?

-Let's do an Angry Bird?

-Does a basilisk count as a bird?

-I hear tyrannosaurs are technically birds too....

-Can she make a Yatagarasu?

-If we're in Korea, it has to be a Samjoko.

-What about a harpy?

-Can she make a tengu, tengu??? Do you know Touhou, fox god!!!

"Wow, look at all those requests.... But I don't know how far this works. Besides, if I make a tengu, there'll probably be some weird article about how I'm reviving yokai as the White-Faced Golden-Furred Nine-Tailed Fox or whatever... I just want to be a VTuber.... Believers, get this straight, okay? I'm not Daji, all right? If you mistake me for that bad woman, you'll get it!'

-Bonk! (100 million tons)

-Some head flicks are one-hit kills.

-I'll make you quiet forever.

-Please mass-produce female tengu....

-What about a dodo?

-I want to make a penguin... isn't raising one illegal?

"Then...[Luan, Mother of All Birds]! Could you give me an egg of a [Samjoko]?"

"Pheasant, pheasant."

At that, she exerted herself, casually laid an egg, then flew away flapping her wings.

Wakamo stared blankly for a moment, then picked up the egg.

[Egg of a Samjoko]

Grade: Monster Egg.

Can be hatched by infusing it with Mana.

A lucky bird with three legs.

Immune to flames.

"Mana?"

Even as she merely held it, it automatically sucked Wakamo's Mana, cracks formed, and a cute baby crow poked its face out.

The three-legged baby Samjoko let out a peeping cry─, then toppled over on Wakamo's palm, unable even to stand.

-.....?

-Wow, it really hatched.

-Shouldn't we call someone with a related class for this?

-It says it's a monster egg. Is this really okay...?

"The rise and fall of Goguryeo will be decided by this, believers. Now that it's come to this, let's strike Liaodong."

-Ahㅋㅋㅋ There really is a Samjokoㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-It's time for us to return to Goguryeo....

-Let us pledge allegiance to Leader Wakamo, who leads the way toward East Asian unification!

-Is she really going there with thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ

"Just kidding... what am I supposed to do with this─"

[The number of believers has reached 700,000!]

[If you want to increase your Mana beyond this, climb the Tower]

"?"

[Stats]

Mana: 700,000

[Additional Stats: 35]

Startled, she hurriedly checked her stats and found that her Mana was lower than her subscriber count.

So there really was a limit....?