I Was a Crazy, Berserker-Type Dungeon Streamer, but When I Helped a Beautiful Dungeon Streamer and Treated Her Politely, It Was Revealed That I Was Actually a Normal Person - 12

Chapter 12: DESPAIRRRRRRR

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“Wh-Why…”

Why didn’t I notice the camera drone when it was flying so obviously out of place? I strained my eyes and looked at the camera. 

“That camera… Isn’t that the model that cost 30 million yen…?”

I had seen that camera model once when I was researching for streaming equipment. It was a super high-end camera drone with optical camouflage, silent flight and amazing durability that could withstand a dragon’s breath. Hence why I didn’t notice the existence of that camera before. The optical camouflage function was active back then. However, the fact that she could afford to buy that expensive and amazing camera drone meant…

“She has more subscribers than me at the very least…”

THIS IS BAD THIS IS BAD THIS IS BAD…!!

I could somehow smooth things over if she was a streamer with only a few viewers, but if she was more popular than me… It wouldn’t be that easy. I knew that all too well from the incident that had happened six months ago. 

“What’s the matter?”

I stood there, holding my head in desperation when the girl, having finished her stream, came to me with a worried expression on her face. 

“You look a little pale, are you okay?”

“Huh? Ah… No. It’s nothing… I’m fine.”

If I were to ask her to delete the stream archive now, I would basically be outing myself as that crazy streamer, Hiiragi.

“You must be tired. After all, you just had an intense fight with an S-rank monster.”

“Ye-Yeah. That’s right. I did use a lot of skills, so I guess I’m a bit tired… Hahaha…”

So, the best course of action for me right now is…

“Well then! I will head back first!”

To run away from reality, both figuratively and literally. 

I couldn’t care less. Even if my viewers were to say something like “You’re a fraud!” or “I’m so disappointed!” and even if my income dropped or my viewers turned into haters… None of that mattered to me anymore.

“〈Shock〉.”

I recite the chant almost instinctively.

“Huh?! Wai-“

I think I heard her voice coming from behind me. She was probably trying to stop me, but… Must be just my imagination. I sprinted full speed to the room with the teleportation magic circle, trying not to think about anything else and escaped from the dungeon. On my way back, I stopped by the convenience store again to buy soda, potato chips and a package of instant ramen.

Calories? Skin breakouts? …What are those? Some kind of food? Is it tasty?

Afterward, I ignored the flood of notifications coming my way and slept like a log.

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Brrrring! Brrrring! Brrrring!

“Ugh…”

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing nonstop.

“Right… Yesterday, I ended up appearing in the livestream of a popular streamer…”

Maybe this call was related to that? But the viewers shouldn’t know my phone number. If it wasn’t the viewer, then it must be..

“The Dungeon Association?”

But why would the Dungeon Association call me this early in the morning? Confused, I answered the phone.

“Hello, this is Hiiragi speaking.

“Hiiragi-san! You finally answered…!”

The voice coming from the other end of the call was the voice I had heard yesterday as well. It was Ueno-san.

“What’s the matter, Ueno-san?”

“Hiiragi-san,I watched yesterday’s livestream.”

“Huh…?”

Yesterday’s livestream… She must be talking about that. There was no doubt about it. For a moment, I considered hanging up on her. 

“Oh, I’m not talking about you specifically. I’m talking about the appearance of S-rank monsters, the Black Fenrir, that somehow appeared in between the middle and upper levels.”

“O-Oh, that…”

I moved my hand away from the end-call button. 

“Ever since the incident that occurred yesterday, the number of monsters appearing in the West Tokyo Dungeon has significantly decreased.”

“Right. Now that you mention it, when I went back to the lower levels to retrieve something I had forgotten, I didn’t encounter any monsters along the way either.”

That was certainly a noticeable anomaly in the dungeon. 

“And so, I called you this morning to ask your help to investigate the West Tokyo Dungeon.”

I was a bit surprised to hear that. I never expected the Dungeon Association would ask the help of someone like me, who wasn’t a formal explorer.

“So this is a formal request for an investigation?”

“Yes. Ideally speaking, we would like to send this request to a formal explorer, but since many high-ranking explorers already have their hands full tackling the big dungeons in Hokkaido, we determined that it would be best to ask Hiiragi-san since you have great mobility compared to other explorers.”

“In other words… If something were to go amiss, I could just run away with all of my might, right?”

“Precisely. We don’t know what’s happening after all. It’s best to be prepared for the worst case scenario.”

I see. With 〈Shock Blast〉, I could move at the speed of light depending on how I use it and since my skill proficiency was high enough to the point I could cut the chant to a half, I could even quicker. In terms of escaping ability, I might be at the level of an S-rank explorer.

“And while you’re at it, we actually have one more request…”

“What is it?”

“We would like you to keep livestreaming while you investigate the West Tokyo Dungeon.”

“…Huh?”

This person is seriously asking me to do a livestream when I’m about to get mauled by haters?

“Actually, the higher-ups are very hesitant to send this request to you since you’re not a formal explorer, so… They want you to livestream the whole thing to make sure the information you provided is accurate.”

“I-I see. So I only need to livestream it to the Dungeon Association, right?”

“No. They want you to make the livestream public so the general public can make sure the information provided is credible.”

Apparently, the higher-ups at the Dungeon Association were the manifestation of the devil. If I were to refuse this request, I would lose all their trust. That would be fatal for me, since I was thinking of making a living as a dungeon explorer in the future. 

“I…. I understand. Yeah. I will do it! Both the investigation and the livestreaming!”

I don’t care anymore. I don’t care even if everything were to turn into a complete disaster. I’M ALREADY BEYOND DESPAIRRRRRRR. 

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