A Heretic in a Chastity-Reversed World Starts Live Streaming - 32

Chapter 32: Gate Attack Livestream in Hokkaido ①

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Yuu’s trip to Otaru City had been an extremely comfortable one. The flight had private compartments, and the train had an entire car reserved just for him. It was a mystery how the Association had managed to pull all this off on such short notice.

“No time for sightseeing, huh… What a shame.”

Since he was finally in Otaru, he would have liked to stroll around the canals or indulge in some fresh seafood—but this wasn’t a vacation. It was work.

“Alright… The meeting point should be around here, yeah?”

That said, Yuu was truly excited about the upcoming Gate Attack on a new dungeon. He couldn’t stop himself from feeling giddy.

“Excuse me, are you Kishido-san?”

“Oh, yes. I’m Kishido. Are you with the Association?”

A voice called out from behind him. The speaker was a man—an Association staff member. It was rare to see a male Association staff member. 

“Yes. My name is Kiritani, from the Shiribeshi Branch of the Association. Thank you very much for accepting the urgent request on such short notice.”

“Not at all. If anything, I should be thanking you… We’re moving out right away, correct?”

“That’s right. We’ve also prepared lunch, so please feel free to eat it in the car.”

“Got it! I’m looking forward to working with you today.”

“Likewise. Now, this way please.”

Lunch turned out to be an unexpected seafood bowl. Yuu was thrilled to enjoy the local seafood in such an unexpected way. Kiritani, seeing how visibly pleased Yuu was, wore a smug little grin of satisfaction.

“By the way, was this gate attack so understaffed that you had to request help from HQ?”

“Embarrassingly, yes, that’s exactly the case. Usually, we have at least one freelance A-rank attacker available, but this time, not a single one was free… Haah…”

“I see. Still, it’s been a while since a new dungeon was discovered in Hokkaido, hasn’t it? I don’t think I’ve heard of one since I started working as an attacker.”

“Correct. It’s been twenty-three years. I never imagined one would be found in our jurisdiction.”

The discovery of a new dungeon was not something that happened frequently—in fact, it was a rare enough incident that it might occur only once a year across all of Japan. In reality, the Association was already stretched thin managing existing dungeons. If new ones kept appearing frequently, they’d probably collapse from exhaustion.

“By the way, do you have any idea what the dungeon rank might be?”

“Not at this point, no. We haven’t even made any progress mapping the shallow levels yet.”

It had been three days since the dungeon’s discovery. But the Association hadn’t been able to arrange an A-rank attacker to investigate. This was understandable though. After all, if the dungeon turned out to be A-rank just at the shallow level, sending in B-rank attackers would be too risky. The Association would never authorize an operation with a fatality risk unless the situation was truly dire.

“Understood. I’ll investigate as much as I can, so don’t worry.”

“Thank you. That really means a lot.”

Kiritani was genuinely relieved. Yuu wasn’t just an A-rank attacker—he was among the best. There wasn’t a single Association staff member who didn’t know his name, and his word carried immense weight. In fact, even if all the A-rank attackers from the Shiribeshi Branch worked together, they still couldn’t stand on the same pedestal as him.

After about thirty minutes of driving, they arrived at their destination. The gate that served as the dungeon entrance was still closed. Once a gate was opened, it would never close again, even if the dungeon were completely cleared. Even for Yuu, this was his first time seeing one unopened.

“Whoa… This is my first time seeing one. Is it really okay if I’m the one to open it?”

“Of course. Please proceed with the attack.”

“Alright…! Then, I’ll take it from here.”

At this stage, there would be no further briefings or instructions. Everything from this point forward was left to Yuu, who would carry out the gate attack. He immediately activated his Sphere and began streaming. It was to share the unopened entrance gate of the new dungeon with his viewers.

“Hmm, is the camera working properly?”

—I’ve been waiting for this

—Wait, is that the entrance to a gate!?

—I just wanna see Yuu-kun♡

—Ultra rare footage!!!

—Uooooooohhhh!!!

“Looks good. This is the dungeon I’m about to take on.”

The stream’s initial concurrent viewership surpassed 200,000, and several mirror streams had already popped up. Yuu didn’t really understand how mirror streams worked, but seeing the viewer count rose gave him a rush of pleasure.

“And now! I’m going to open this gate! A once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience!”

—Can you open my gate too?

—↑So real

—Read the room.

—I shall bear witness!!!!!!

Roughly half the viewers were those who understood how rare this moment was and wanted to witness it, while the other half were, as always, shamelessly driven by their worldly desires.

“Alright, here I go.”

Without hesitation, Yuu opened the gate to the new dungeon. Thus began his revenge Gate Attack.

“I’ll be mapping as I go, so… I need to focus.”

I get the feeling this dungeon has a weird atmosphere… Hmm, but I want to go as far as I can.

The moment he stepped into the dungeon, Yuu intuitively sensed something ominous in the air. But more important than that was the need to satisfy his desire for recognition. He couldn’t afford to fizzle out. He dashed through the dungeon at a decent pace, efficiently progressing with the mapping. Yet so far, he hadn’t encountered a single monster.

Very few would have been able to notice how strange that actually was.

“Doesn’t seem like it’s a particularly complex dungeon.”

—There haven’t been any monsters yet, right?

—Maybe he’s cutting them down before we can even see them.

—Just watching his back has me soaked.

—I get it. I can’t stop doing that either.

—I want to be reborn as Yuu-kYuun’s shirt

—↑ And sniffing on his scent for eternity. Ahhh~ I’m in paradise~

The majority of the viewers continued their raunchy banter. Even without any flashy moments yet, Yuu knew they were already enchanted by him, so it wasn’t a problem. And then, the situation changed.

“Huh? The sky? How unusual…”

After emerging from a slightly long corridor, a vast meadow stretched out before him under an open sky. It was hard to believe he was still inside a dungeon. Environmental changes like this were occasionally observed inside dungeons, so it wasn’t something to panic about.

—Picnic with Yuu-kun~♡

—Thank you for the amazing idea.

—Even Bird-san are flying around.

—What a peaceful world.

“GOOOOOOOOO!!”

Something the viewers had been calling “Bird-san” let out a roar from extreme distance and charged toward Yuu at incredible speed.

“No gates up until now… So does that mean that thing is just a ‘normal’ monster for this dungeon?”

He had already identified what “Bird-san” really was. Glorious scales, powerful wings, and—

“GYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

It unleashed a breath attack that radiated nothing but murderous intent. Since it wasn’t fired from close range, Yuu easily dodged it—but inwardly, he wasn’t calm. When it landed, the sight left the viewers speechless.

—Huh?

—Ah..

—What is that?

—Who called it Bird-san??

—Nope.

—Huge.

—Is he…Going to be okay?

“I’m not sure what type it is, but it’s a dragon, isn’t it…”

Dragons were usually classified by certain traits, but this one didn’t match any category Yuu knew. It was larger than standard dragons, its body covered in an unrecorded silver-white hue, and it unleashed a “semi-transparent” breath unlike anything in the known data.

Somewhere behind the scenes, a dragon expert was nearly dying of joy—but that was a story for a different time.  Now, as a streamer, this was a perfectly dramatic situation—but Yuu also knew this wasn’t the kind of opponent he could fight just to put on a show.

“Is this dungeon even safe to be explored?”

Drawing his beloved blade, he charged in at a speed too fast to track with the eye. His first target: the neck. If he could sever it, the battle would be won.

However, the dragon in front of him had its eyes locked on him.

“GYAAAAAA!!”

“Isn’t your reaction time a bit too fast?”

The dragon crouched to dodge Yuu’s slashing trajectory, then smoothly swung its tail in a counterattack.

“Whoa!?”

Of course, it wasn’t going to land a direct hit on Yuu that easily, but he couldn’t hide his surprise at its unexpectedly high combat prowess. He decided to take a large step back to regain his composure.

“…If the neck’s no good, then the belly. But it seems to understand that too, which makes this battle a bit tricky.”

—D-d-d-d-dragon..

—It’s huge but moves way too fast.

—It just dodged Yuu-kun’s strike.

—Isn’t this place like a death zone?!

—Want Mama to go kill that shitty lizard for you?

—Mama, you’re scary.

“Ahh… Yeah, I’ll take out the wings and tail first.”

Yuu took a deep breath. He then lowered his hips, and pointed the tip of his blade at the dragon.

—IT’S HERE!!!

—Th-this is it~ ♡

—My Ultimate Samurai series.

—Yamanouchi-senpai!?

—You guys are so quick on the uptake. LOLOL

“Dansatsu: Naraku.”

Unshaken by the dragon charging at him at extremely low altitude, Yuu held his stance without flinching. Then, when the distance between him and the dragon was about twenty meters left, and the dragon opened its mouth to breathe fire—

No, just before it could release its breath, Yuu had closed the gap in an instant with movements that defied human capability, and slammed a black slash into the dragon’s wings and tail.

“First, grounding it and getting rid of that pesky tail~”

—Wha-… Huh?

—Another flawless reenactment. Wonderful.

—Did Yuu-kun just teleport?

—He’s more Yamanouchi-senpai than Yamanouchi-senpai

—↑Wait, you could see Yuu-kun’s movements?

—No way we could see that, duh ^^

—At the very least, that black slash… It’s definitely senpai’s style

“GYRRRGYAAAAAA!!!”

The next moment, the dragon fired its breath wildly in a completely wrong direction. It crashed into the ground with a scream of agony, unable to comprehend what had just happened to it. Its wings and tail were now lost.

“Next, I’ll take off your head~”

Though seriously, isn’t this thing way too tough? My arms are totally numb… Still, I guess I’m lucky I could slash it with Naraku…

“GRR…”

But even having lost its wings and tail, the dragon’s fighting spirit hadn’t faded. It stared at Yuu with even greater murderous intent than before.

“…Alright, let’s do this.”

Of course, you couldn’t kill your opponent with just a glare. Yuu paid no mind to the dragon’s intense gaze. He once again closed the distance and mercilessly brought his beloved blade down. Unable to resist in time, the dragon’s head and body were cleaved in two and it died. Yuu gazed at its remains, momentarily lost in thought.

This dungeon definitely ranks high even among the A-class. But if dragons like this one show up in the shallow ground… I’m probably going to have to take things a lot more seriously. Forget about playing it up for the stream… This isn’t the kind of place where you can afford to fake an injury or something. That breath attack alone could’ve vaporized me if it hit.

—That was the coolest thing EVER!

—I can’t stop shaking!

—I’m throbbing!~ ♡

—LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

—Where do I even direct this love?!

—Dragon killer right here.

—He doesn’t even look tired! The heck with his body!?

—↑Not even breathing hard. This is insane.

—The viewers are the ones panting from ‘doing it’ too much.

—You know it… Haa haa haa haa♡ Time for round 12, baby♡

It should’ve been a moment of total exhilaration, but thinking about what lay ahead left him unsettled, and he couldn’t bring himself to fully enjoy the moment. He couldn’t enjoy it fully—but feeling good was still feeling good. That much wasn’t a lie.

“Alright, I’m moving on now! But I’ll be continuing the mapping, so I’m sorry if I can’t read the comments much.”

Needless to say, Yuuneither stopped nor turned back. The reason was simple and clear: his need for self-validation was what kept pushing him forward. His Gate Attack Revenge had only just begun.

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