Let’s give up. In the end, that’s the conclusion I reached.
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- I can’t even get over the first stage wall…
The chat window was already in a festive mood.
Is it really that delightful that I fell at the first stage again? The cheers from the viewers were growing so loud that I
didn’t even want to count them.
But when I say I’m giving up, it means I’m giving up on breaking through them with my skills and moving on to the
next stage, not on getting praised for no reason.
In other words, it was time to use my ultimate skill.
[Loading…]
This stage was “Spectacular Fireworks.”
It was a map where getting hit by fireworks coming from all directions meant elimination, and the frequency of the
fireworks only increased.
It was a map that many deemed difficult because the stage flipped at one point, randomly swapping the positions of
the characters.
[Game Start!]
With the chime announcing the start of the game, numerous characters charged toward me once again.
Every time the game ends, I have to create a new room, but how come all the viewers are so determined to make me
fall? Shouldn’t there be at least one person willing to help me?
“OO…!”
For now, the number of fireworks was extremely low, so no matter how much they tried to obstruct me, avoiding
them wasn’t too difficult. However, at this rate, I was bound to be eliminated anyway.
So ultimately, I slowly prepared my throat to use my trump card.
“Uh, hmm.”
I felt a bit embarrassed that it had come to this from the first stage, but it couldn’t be helped.
The movements of these guys, who were determined to drop me here, were sincere no matter how you looked at it.
At this rate, I would surely keep falling at the first stage until the broadcast ended.
“Ah, ah~! Oh, today, I might want to be first, maybe?”
“I’ve really been working hard lately, and I might want to receive a lot of praise?”
Ignoring the questions in the chat, I subtly, no, openly declared my intentions.
“I want to come in first here, so I might want everyone to lift me up?!”
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- Aren’t you embarrassed, Mei-chan? ( •)
I’m extremely embarrassed, so I’d appreciate it if you could be quiet.
But you guys are the bad ones.
I just wanted to enjoy the game with everyone and, by the way, come in first while hearing comments like, “Mei-chan is amazing!”
“If you let me come in first, it would be really nice~.”
With my persistent appeal, the characters of the viewers surrounding me began to retreat little by little.
Some of the viewers even started pushing away other viewers’ characters instead of mine, and soon there was no one left around me.
So this is what sincerity feels like…
“F-Finally passed the first stage…!”
- Congratulations
- Finally, after 40 minutes since the game started, lol
- Can’t even play
…I swallowed the words “It’s all because of you guys” internally.
If I said that carelessly, they might rush to drop me again in the next stage, and that would be a disaster.
[Survival Successful!]
The characters of the viewers who didn’t make it into the top 60 fell to the ground in a rush.
This was the first time I saw my character not on this screen.
It felt a bit strange.
[Loading…]
The second stage I transitioned to for the first time was “Trampoline Race.”
As the name suggests, since it was called a race, all I had to do was run to the finish line.
However, in this map, trampolines exist in the pathways, and stepping on them propels you toward the finish line at
an incredibly fast speed. To step on the trampolines, however, you have to climb up quite high, and naturally, there
are times when just walking is faster due to the crowd.
In other words, it’s a psychological battle requiring three choices from the start: do you choose to step on the
trampoline and soar, give up and go for the next trampoline, or forgo that entirely and run straight to the finish line?
[Game Start!]
With the chime, 60 characters began to move simultaneously.
However, not everyone was running toward the finish line.
Many were moving to obstruct the other characters.
And I…
“Heh, hehe….”
Naturally, no one bothered me.
There were only 4 characters moving faster than me.
So, I was currently in 5th place, and a total of 35 players could survive in this race.
Ordinarily, this would be a rank that I could never lose.
If any problems arose, it would be due to the viewers obstructing me, but right now, they were all working to make
me come in first.
So, there were no variables…!
Before I knew it, I had arrived at the platform with the first trampoline.
Out of the 4 in front of me, 2 began to climb the platform, while the other 2 chose to run.
Of course, I went up onto the trampoline.
At this moment, no one was obstructing me.
And it seemed my choice was right.
[Survival Successful!]
“I-I won…!”
I was able to finish in 3rd place.
- Doesn’t winning like this prick your conscience?
- Let’s just count it as a victory and end it.
“W-Well, it’s fine, right? I’m a super cute girl, after all….”
Keep in mind.
A cute girl is someone who can be forgiven for anything unless she commits a crime.
Of course, I might be closer to being a boy on the inside, but regardless, as a super cute girl, even if I do something a
little bad, it should be seen as adorable and praised as an absolute existence.
“Ha, hahaha….”
- Let’s go with that…
“F-Finally, the finals.”
Before long, there were only 5 of us left.
And the final winner would be decided in this stage.
[Loading…]
“The Ball is Yours” was the last stage.
Simply put, in this map, the player who owns the ball at the end is eliminated.
As the game starts, the ball drops in the center, and the ball owner is determined. The ball owner must pass the role
to another player within 1 minute.
If they succeed in passing it, the new owner must pass the ball to another player for the remaining time, repeating
the process.
This simple yet psychological map has three basic strategies.
The first is to run away from the ball as soon as it starts.
The second is to hold onto the ball until the end and suddenly pass it to another player.
The third is to use the trait of becoming the owner when touching the ball to gain control of the map after
intentionally touching it.
[Game Start!]
And when the chime rang, the strategy I chose was none of those.
I chose to simply stay still.
The reason was simple.
Among the 4 remaining players besides me in this final stage, one of them was a loyal viewer!
The blue-furred cat character had been blocking all the other viewers trying to obstruct me from the first stage up until now.
Moreover, he was an incredibly skilled player who made it to the final stage.
So, with such a capable ally working for my victory, there was no need for me to take risks by moving first.
[Meow…!]
The player who became the ball owner at the start was not the loyal one, but another viewer.
He naturally threw the ball at me, but the blue cat blocked it instead, becoming the ball owner.
He then took his time, and with 3 seconds left, he eliminated the original ball owner, the white cat.
After that, it was a massacre.
The blue cat eliminated the remaining 2 viewers with overwhelming skill.
This is boring.
“The winner makes the rules, right? And Kurokami-senpai said using the people around you is, um, a legitimate ability…
In the end, it was just me and the loyal blue cat left.
“Finally, it’s over…”
After a long wait, the realization that I could finally win filled me with emotion, and the notification message
showing that there were only 2 survivors confirmed that this situation was not a dream.
“Hehe….”
The final owner of the ball was the blue cat, as if it were fate.
He began to move around with the ball as if he wanted to show off one last trick.
“Wow….”
- Incredible, haha.
- Look at those flashy movements!
His movements clearly demonstrated a significant skill gap compared to the other viewers.
Then, with 5 seconds left, as if wanting to express gratitude for the audience enjoying his tricks, he dropped the ball
and lightly stood on it.
“Wow, that’s cool.”
And.
[…]
Before I knew it, the ball had bounced off my slime’s shoulder and was flying away.
“…Huh?”
The moment the ball came flying, I didn’t completely fail to react.
But having half let go of the controls to enjoy his tricks, I could only move the slime slightly to the side, no matter how quickly I tried.
And that slight movement was only enough to avoid the ball hitting the center of my slime.
[Game Over!]
The words appeared on my screen.
[Winner: Grand Carnival]
“Huh?”
My character fell toward the ground.
And the rank displayed on my screen was.
[25]
Without a shadow of a doubt, it was clearly marked as ‘2nd place.’
“W-Wait, why?”
[Winner’s Commentary: Mei-chan is too weak!!!]
- Haha, wow.
- Looks like they planned this from the start, haha.
“Why…? Uuugh…”
It’s just a game, yet emotions surged, and my vision blurred.
“Uwaaaaaaa…?!”
Even after banging my desk hard, this anger seemed unwilling to dissipate.
No, it felt like it was only getting stronger.
“You’re too much! I believed in you! I-I really believed in you!”
- You get betrayed when you have expectations, Mei-chan.
- If I had known from the start I couldn’t win, this wouldn’t have happened…
- Hahaha.
I never even considered that I would be betrayed at the end.
I believed he would hand me the victory.
“Dami, I hate you…!”
- The one who betrayed you is the bad one.
- 2nd place is still good, so it’s fine, haha.
= Isekai Life JP¥ 6,000: There are plenty of good viewers.
But realizing the cruel reality of being betrayed, I muttered.
“I really hate this….”
I quietly ended the stream.
[Kaino Izumi☆Star’s Flow @Kainolzumi·3 minutes]
I can’t trust people anymore.
I hate everyone.
