[Project Apocalypse]
Various [modes] could be installed to pursue all sorts of diverse fun, and it was an open-world game where you could set any theme or goal with friends and play freely.
Wakamou Corporation’s objective was to [survive for 45 days], and when that period was achieved, it was a mode where you could escape via helicopter through a military radio.
To increase the difficulty, various features were added, and an individual creative mode was installed so that you could make the starting outfits VTuber characters.
You could distinguish which one was your character, and they greatly improved the inconvenient UI.
Previously, considering that Asuka had installed too many mods to the point of making things a mess, they reflected on that and instead made the game less challenging and more casual.
Initially, there was also consideration of the fact that Wakamou was terribly bad at horror games.
“Mommmmmm!!!!!”
Wakamou wailed in a booming voice, surrounded by zombies and struggling before becoming a meal and turning cold.
As soon as he resurrected, in a hurried manner, he rummaged around the house, gathering weapons.
And there was the sound of frantic mouse clicking heard over the mic.
Seeing it, one would think he was really threatening to kill if he died, given his pale complexion!
-Leader, you can do it! You can do it!!
-What if a zombie comes out from the tower?
-The leader will burst it with a lion’s roar.
-It’s really funny that it’s possible lol
-The powerless leader inside the monitor is pitiful.
-Desperately trying to survive, you’ve got to see it lol
-So, did some research, and is the leader not a virgin?
-Look at the Unicorn guys with their horns broken, coming in hordes lol
-Seriously, that’s important.
-The leader’s got an age, can’t they date!!!
“Oh, seriously, stop fighting in the chat!!! Wakamou!! Behind you! It’s coming from behind, dodge!!!”
“Ughhh…Uuuuuuhhhh….!!!”
Lucky enough to find a hammer early on, Wakamou bludgeoned the zombies and gathered food supplies with their bag.
Filling in for the incoherent main body, Mei Xiao Long Bao was giving orders from a viewer’s position beside them.
When someone is focusing on the screen, stepping back and watching from a distance reveals much more.
“Map! Check the map. Another me!!”
“How about wrapping some silver around the arm?”
“You mean the clothes?!”
-Leader who perfectly understands puns.
-The skit compatibility is perfect~
-Wrap the silver☆
-(TMI) Wearing thick clothes helps prevent bites.
-But being bitten all over, yet getting only scratches is so funny lol
-Lucky indeed lol
Getting [scratches] from a zombie bite was still acceptable. But if bitten, it’d be the end!
You’d have to find [Vaccine Zombies], which could be anywhere and appear anytime!
But perhaps thanks to Wakamou’s earnestness? Or maybe some 【Broadcast Points】 decreasing in real-time without even Wakamou noticing.
Though not bitten, Wakamou had so many scratches.
Wherever those good reflexes and dynamic vision were sold, they’d momentarily get distracted, getting ambushed from behind, bitten by zombies when opening a door. Surely, the content-creating PD(?) was deliberately trying to kill Wakamou, letting out the zombies.
This game, with its only biting motion, whenever players were threatened with a scratch or bite, being bitten meant being as good as dead…!!
Right arm, left arm, upper and lower right arms, upper and lower left arms.
Right foot and left foot, upper and lower right legs, upper and lower left legs.
Upper body, lower body, head, neck, groin, etc… just 17 scratched parts.
-How are they still alive lol
-Zombies nibbling as if enjoying a meal.
-The resilience of their life is stunning.
-Seeing disinfectant every time they go to the bathroom lol
-Resilient, indeed….
-Digging through the fridge and eating in the corner is so pitiful…
-In the tower, they’re invincible, but here, you want to protect them so dearly.
-Leader, I’m asking for the 12th time if you’re a virgin.
Trying to survive by all means, Wakamou closed doors diligently and holed up in a room with a bed, filling their belly and trembling in anxiety while onliine audiences watched them with pity.
Ultimately, poor boss is scared to death, struggling desperately to stay alive; what on earth are their employees doing?
“Don’t they have any good melee weapons? No axe or anything?”
Reaching the car center, Wakamou found a gun in the cabinet.
Looking at the gun placed to make the game easier, Wakamou made a bitter expression.
While climbing a tower, they’re almighty, but in a zombie apocalypse, even holding a gun, they were a pathetic, inferior being trembling in fear.
-How lucky is luck for a gun to appear?
-Isn’t that bad news for the leader lol
-What are you two doing?
-Oh, a back hug.
-Wakamou leader’s shoulders are so broad, Mei’s getting buried.
-Mei! You’re the backup!
-Do you need the courage of two people to hit?
Too scared, shaking too much, making their aim veer off; Mei hugged Wakamou from behind, helping them aim.
Though obviously shooting in the wrong angle, the zombie collapsed, performing a Hollywood action scene!
Confused about what they’d seen, Wakamou randomly shot in the opposite direction, and the zombie right in front got hit and fell in pain.
-???
-Started aim assist mode?
-Hajime Ichigo starting social life after learning instantly.
-“Wakamou! 100% hit rate!”
-Looks just like laughing cunningly while rubbing hands lol
-Was it so they’d hit even if shooting blindfolded?
-See how excited they are shooting the gun.
If you shoot, it hits!
Just with that, a smile blossomed on Wakamou’s face as they began firing the gun with a bang bang bang in all directions.
Faithful followers, seeing Wakamou shooting enthusiastically, felt if the leader was happy, that was enough, looking warmly with fondness.
Without discussing even a word with each other, amazed by the coordination, believers laughed, seeing the horde of zombies being drawn by the loud gunfire caused by Wakamou.
“Wakkkkkyyyyuhhhhhh!!!”
An agonizing fox cry of Wakamou echoed as they were mercilessly bitten, yet resiliently surviving, fleeing limpingly.
Sobbing, glancing at the chat, Wakamou looked desperate, saying they got bitten too much.
-The leader plans to use getting bitten again as an excuse to die!
-The escape angle has appeared? Right now, aren’t they looking for an opportunity?
-Planning to say everyone only has one life?
-Don’t run away, leader!! Fight!!!
“I’ve been bitten 7 times, isn’t it honestly hopeless!!!”
Saying that as Wakamou checked themselves, they found no bite marks at all.
-A lol
-What’s the probability of winning the lottery lol
-Zombies are disgustingly sweet.
-Getting sued for bites is out of the question.
-Zombies can bite you, though?
-Not surprisingly lol, they can’t do it after all lol
“Ahhh!! Let me die so I can do something else!!!”
-Finally revealing true intentions.
-It’s a VTuber collab, so they’re desperately surviving and working hard….
-If it weren’t a collab, they’d have thrown it and went to do something else already lol
-Perhaps Aoi Asuka reduced the probability lol
-A master above the leaping owner ㄷㄷ…
-So, is the leader a virgin or not!!
“Ugh, stop asking already”
Seeing that there’s a growing persistence of asking pointless questions, Mare Pirate grumbled, rifling through a corpse and drinking alcohol.
-Why is the captain enjoying YOLO in a zombie world?
-One might think they’re on vacation, man.
-They live life flexing lol
-I saw this in Dawn of the Dead.
-Throw the ones asking pointless questions to the sharks?
-Zombies can at least complain about side dishes.
-Right? lol
Though once mildly annoyed by Hajime Ichigo, maybe Asuka made the characters customized per traits exceptionally well, surviving thanks to their toughness.
Mare Pirate, having not died but survived, beat up soldiers, looted their bags, and set off on a journey for self-reflection.
“I couldn’t join the Self-Defense Forces because I’m a girl… I wanted to join following dad. That dream has come true!!”
-Don’t say crazy things, please.
-In some sense, it’s quite flamboyant.
-Who beats up soldiers to join the army!!
-Why aren’t they wearing clothes at the same time lol
“Getting naked kicks off the excitement!! Who said you must wear clothes?”
-I don’t understand the captain’s logic.
-So is that saying they’ll swim when reaching the sea?
-There’s no swimming in this game.
-Didn’t they just want to get undressed?
-Aha! The captain’s drunk!
“If you don’t get bitten, that’s fine!! It’s hot!! Why does drinking make your body heat up?! It lacks realism!!”
-It’s normal for people to get hot when drinking, captain.
-Why does the game character keep drinking whenever they drink at the same time?
-Excusing it saying they drink for realism.
-It holds an incredibly convincing argument.
What Pirate wielded was an axe stolen from the fire department.
A gas can filled to the brim, luckily found at a gas station.
Bags snatched from innocent soldiers passing by, filled with nothing but alcohol.
But in consideration of lacking romance in this world, a bit of education with some books and videos was also collected.
Used to seeing no food supplies anywhere, the sailors just laughed watching.
“Ugh, it’s burning inside! Because of the heat, let’s drink some water”
Saying so, Pirate drank alcohol as their character drank water.
“Burp”
-You smell, go away….
-The captain destroys the feminine fantasy.
-Please stop burping…
-How many bottles have you drunk? It’s only been an hour since we started?
“Um..7….”
-7 bottles?
“7L”
-Liters.
-Single bottle of soju is roughly 360mL.
-That means around 20 bottles?
-Are you insane?
Making excuses, saying they had no choice but to drink because of being thirsty from talking all broadcast long, Pirate jumped aboard the ship.
Pirate, sailing on a nonexistent yacht thanks to a mod, headed off to the island.
Though zombies welcomed her, wielding an axe, Pirate cleared them all up and wandered around the island.
A zombie-free safe zone!! And even trees and what seemed to be houses people once lived in all round!
Touching moved by discovering a generator, filling it with fuel and finding a fishing rod, Pirate sat by the riverbank.
Putting sunglasses on a VTuber character, Pirate relaxed, drinking beer, leaning back in her chair.
“Ah, this is romance”
-The arduous VTuber life…romance felt amidst it…
-It’s unbelievable relaxation in a zombie apocalypse.
-Meticulously planting crops in the midst lol
-Shouldn’t they have brought more fuel?
“True…should bring in some fuel. Grow some crops too… There’s a house here, right? No zombies, this is peace”
-First time seeing someone doing this playing this game.
-Captain!! You’ve got comrades!!!
-They promised to meet again in 2 years.
-Oh lol then nothing can be done.
-So they’re learning “ambition” here and returning.
Buaaaannng—-
“Eh?”
Pirate, fishing peacefully, saw a yacht approaching and docking, and then Asuka disembarked.
Watching her unload whatever she had so much of, Pirate sat laughing, and Asuka installed a chair beside them before sitting down.
“Asuka always sides with the strong. Please let me stay and live here.”
-Let me crawl under the bridge!!
-It’s the pitiful Asuka lol
-Human dignity is only for humans.
-Girl who will do anything to survive…
-Came in all cool, saying something classy, immediately bowed down.
-What can you do entering pirate territory after all.
-But why is the weapon a guitar lol
“Alright, jester. Sing a song”
Seeing Asuka carrying a guitar, Pirate casually asked her to play a tune for the disciples not to be bored.
At her request, Asuka’s character picked up the guitar, and she herself brought out a classical guitar from Wakamou, strummed the strings, and started singing.
“Reset done, didn’t I ease the main server too~”
“What song is that?”
“It’s an AI song, you know?”
-AI singing an AI song.
-Gave them all mods, did everything!
-Collab coordination was handled lol
-Seeing Pirate all confused is hilarious lol
-Oh, but still, why’s the chat so dirty after looking at the leader’s wiki today?
-They might be super curious whether the leader’s a virgin.
-But why did they come to our inferior being and sailor’s place to vent their nonsense?
-No clue?
-What’s with manipulating public opinion!
Despite Asuka and Pirate having an amicable chat, the online chat began burning with entirely separate topics.
It felt inevitable, with the growing size.
Given the VTuber education by her big brother senior, Pirate knew well how sensitive fans could get about VTubers dating.
When idols are said to be dating, fans burning over it is expected. Isn’t Japan particularly notorious for that?
Even if Pirate dated Hajime Ichigo, instead of accepting it, more fans would likely cry out for them not to date.
“There was no choice but to retreat, not because there were fewer fans who would cry and beg not to date.”
“Argh!! These crazy Unicorns!!! Is it so important that a VTuber is a virgin?!”
“Hey, Captain. Stop it, you can’t say that!”
“Watch your words, Captain!”
“The trolls will bite if they clip it!”
“It’s important, but…”
“I mean, aren’t you curious?”
“Wouldn’t it be more controversial if she’s a virgin?”
“What nonsense is this.”
“The Wakamou we loved was Mama!!”
“Pardon?”
“So many VTubers!! From pure beginnings, how many have there been!! But comrades!! True motherhood!! The heart of a mother who loves us!! Who could hate a captain who drinks every day and mooches off strangers like a child?!”
-A stirring speech begins.
-Missed some important points, but got the gist.
-Also mooching off strange women.
-Yeah, wouldn’t a widow avoid dating?
-The purity you seek is with another VTuber, man.
-In a way, our Captain is a virgin, too.
-I wish someone would handle this.
“Not like a pervert making mom do everything at home!! Who are the ones trying to defame the love of Mama Wakamou who tries to love and do much for us? Sailors, rise up!! It’s time to fight!! Don’t let those sinister Unicorns steal our Mama!! Protect the gentle, loving mother, sailors!!”
-All the mom-lovers gather!!!
-“Jojo, you were right!!!”
-Mama VTubers aren’t common lol
-Unicorn bastards get lost lol
-From today, our Bycorn reigns here.
-But it seems like even managers can’t handle it.
“Wakamou might be the woman who becomes our mother!!!”
-Ah, I feel it…this warmth, the warmth of a mother.
-Feels like you’re double killing me.
-The captain gets to whine in mom’s arms? I’m jealous.
-Here’s the virgin you love (Mare Pirate).
-Wow! Munch! Groaaah!!!
-Poor Unicorns for praising even this as a virgin…
The overwhelming emotion of Mare Pirate’s Mama Wakamou speech. As the unstoppable captain declares “The Wakamou we love is Mama!!”, the sailors only fuel the fire in the chat, enjoying the sea of flames.
Watching the trolls get scratched and excited, we could only laugh, questioning why it had to be Mare Pirate and Aoi Asuka’s broadcast.
“Just speaking of which, the number of stalkers has also increased. If we’re going to eradicate them, we must do it thoroughly!!”
Aoi Asuka, who was focused on collaborating, widened her eyes and returned to the main job, quickly starting to ban users and delete chats.
Wakamou had relaxed the chat restrictions for newcomers.
Including the usual rabble-rousers, people with such thoughtless behavior, you’d question if they were human, were making the broadcast chaotic.
Since many managers were hired, Asuka tried not to get involved, but in the end, she rolled up her sleeves.
But then, Mare Pirate stopped her, saying she shouldn’t do that.
“You shouldn’t do that, Asuka!”
“An alcoholic!! There are no human rights for stalkers who plan to manipulate VTubers, approach with impure intentions, or cause harm! There’s no need to respect them!!”
“I mean, this is a legal opportunity to beat someone up. Why take it away?”
“Pardon?”
Suspicious of her own ears, Asuka looked back at Mare Pirate, who had loudly voiced her regret.
Hoping she heard wrong, she asked again, but Mare Pirate, with a truly puzzled look, raised her fist.
“If it’s a stalker, it’s okay to beat them up!!”
“Excuse me. Did you fall asleep during ethics class?”
“Can’t you see the conscience written on my face?”
“I’ll bring you a ethics book, so you should learn about respecting human rights.”
“True eco-friendliness is when humans are gone──!!!!”
-So, who is the crazy one with the human extinction program?
-The one who runs on alcohol as a fuel.
-Really jealous of the carefree life.
-Our pirate captain living by mooching off strangers…
-Asuka discussing human rights without human rights makes sense?
-Captain, was that why you were roaming around to find stalkers?
-I heard they were playing pachinko in Japan?
-Really consistent, damn…
“Humans! People! All life is precious!! Why don’t you know that Mare Pirate!!”
“Ha!! People are like machines that fix when you beat them, you scrap pile!!!”
“Asuka isn’t human despite having a heart. Asuka is an AI VTuber created to entertain people!”
-Who’s the villain, damn lol
-Usually, it’s the opposite lol
-Our Asuka who worries about our health while calling us inferior creatures…
Mare Pirate and Asuka, pulling out weapons in the game and enabling PVP, fiercely clashing and fighting.
An AI facing an evil villain to protect humanity… isn’t it usually the opposite?
Asuka, unable to handle the unpredictable moves of the drunk Mare Pirate, was thoroughly beaten and knocked down.
“Stop fighting needlessly. Let’s be friendly among comrades.”
“Oww…since I lost. I have nothing to say.”
“In that sense, how about fishing with Asuka while drinking? Let’s drink until the fish are caught!!!”
“Save me!!! Save me!!! Save me!!!”
Asuka’s desperate cry became submerged like drowning in water and faded away.
“So, reading… watching videos is why you lack experience, right?”
Hajime Ichigo, with a lump on her head and a black eye, asked her friends.
She wasn’t actually hurt; it was just applied to the VTuber character.
Though she boldly challenged Mare Pirate, winning against a karate master was a bit too much for Ichigo.
But it was close to playing with each other.
Even when bickering, fighting, and arguing, they were close enough to hug and roll around on the couch laughing when the broadcast ended.
So when talking, Asuka said others might misunderstand them rolling around for something else, but Ichigo, in her innocence, didn’t see any problem.
The innocence in Ichigo’s eyes didn’t see the issue in two girls playing, hugging, and rolling around on the sofa or bed.
Asuka didn’t say it, fearing others might misunderstand.
“Mmhm~”
Building a house with woodworking skills, parking a camper found on the road.
Lighting a bonfire, putting ingredients in a pot above it, cooking, Ichigo took out her guitar.
Singing with skills honed through practice─ even amidst a world collapsing, the beautiful things that are never lost.
Playing a song that swelled her heart, Ichigo shortly started to doze, her head bobbing.
With each struggling to survive since the start, today marked the 40th day.
Asuka and Mare Pirate had set up a life under one roof, farming, fishing, and with accumulated resources, winter would be spent.
Ichigo continued to reinforce her self-built house, acquiring skills, crafting various things, armed herself with a gun, enjoying cooking in the game.
“Do you know how many married VTubers there are?! In South Korea, even there is a group comprised of married VTubers called [Married Women Party]!!”
-“Bring those Unicorn bastards!!”
-“VTuber speeches going on for 2 hours!!!”
-“She just keeps shooting anything in sight.”
-“How did you become a zombie serial killer in the first place?”
-“Why is the leader being a virgin matter?!”
“So─ I’m saying VTubers are free!! Our very Wakamou Corporation respects personal freedom, there’s no ban on dating!! So, you damn stalker zombie bastards!! If you want to date our VTubers, kill me first and pass by!!”
-Breaking news, Ichigo confirmed as forever single.
-How do you overtake the leader? lol
-It feels suffocating.
-Guardian of virgins, the incarnation of Unicorn.
-The person most sensitive to this…
-The mama’s overprotectiveness is severe lol
Wakamou, panting heavily, declared that our VTuber company isn’t like entertainers.
As popularity grows, is now even using this as a restriction? He lectured as if creating an educational video on the righteousness of VTubers.
To the zombies pouring in, why couldn’t VTubers take a break if broadcasting tires them out. Surely, they’re not going off for that with their partner?
Privacy must be respected!!
Of course, if it becomes such a big problem to disappoint fans, that would be betrayal.
“I don’t let the believers’ chicken cool, that’s the thing!!”
-“As expected of someone who broadcasts or watches VTuber broadcasts without missing a day, your words carry weight!!”
-“The foundation is different lol”
-“But how can you keep hunting zombies all day lol”
-“Isn’t the leader too hollowed out? The city is empty!”
Hunting zombies throughout the city for hours as believers said.
As Wakamou wandered the streets, 45 days passed.
Having awakened as a zombie hunter and ended the breath of 5,000, thanks to Wakamou, the belonging VTubers could comfortably escape.
“See? If you relax, mom does everything.”
“It seems the collaboration was an utter disaster….but I shall still love Mare Pirate for that…”
“Papa!!”
If collaboration meant joining forces and surviving together, becoming accustomed after once and living separately, managing to escape on their own, could it still be considered collaboration?
The broadcast was split as Aoi Asuka and Mare Pirate’s skit and Hajime Ichigo’s camping trip (?), and Wakamou’s grand zombie massacre were mixed into a colossal failure.
Yes, there can be days when we fail like this.
Even the annoying words of Mare Pirate seeped with love for Wakamou, who opened her arms to hug, and Mare Pirate rushed.
“Gap!!”
“Argh!!”
Hajime Ichigo drop-kicked Mare Pirate out the broken window Asuka had smashed, and instead snuggled into Wakamou’s embrace.
“Ugh..mom…like it….”
“Wakamou is not Liu Ying’s mother. Liu Ying’s mom went to the US”
Asuka was also thrown out the window.
＊＊＊
“Ms. Jiang. Why the sigh? Did the climb not go well?”
If it was noon over there, it was night in the US.
Yeoul Jiang, drinking alone through the night without her usual company, showed a cheerful face weighted with deep reflection.
Broadcasts, after all, can’t always be satisfactory.
But this broadcast made Wakamou think it was just a wreck.
With such strong individuality per person, it would take effort to cohesively bring them together. Yet, it was becoming increasingly difficult.
Was there a need for a first-generation member? Or perhaps a different approach was necessary?
To Robert’s concerned query, Yeoul Jiang smiled and ordered a drink from the bar’s bartender.
“A Japanese gin selected by the captain himself, with botanicals he personally chose, as a sales point.”
“Yes, madam.”
“Does such a drink exist…?! Are there VTuber drink collaborations too?”
“Occasionally, visit a restaurant with a bottle of “Otherworldly Brothers NO.54″. Also, drink plum wine when it gets lonely…as an adult.”
“Oh…wonder what “54” tastes like?”
“Using Fukushima materials, it’s an experiment by the pink-haired coyote’s subordinates, it’s not recommended, but it tastes okay.”
“I-I see….”
Yeoul Jiang unflinchingly downed what was called the “juices” in the industry, purchasing the so-called VTuber collaboration drink.
While it wasn’t particularly strong.
Yeoul Jiang drank at the quiet collaboration gathering, and the appearance of uncontrollable viewers caused Mare Pirate to go rampant, leaving legendary quotes.
Wakamou, having expected a sight of everyone striving together for survival, was disappointed by the disastrous collaboration, drinking to console her burning frustration.
Drinking as Wakamou would have seen Mare Pirate sucking everything dry, so she was drinking alone, solitarily in America.
“Shall we go relieve stress, Robert?”
“Where to?”
“To the Tampa Tower.”
Tossing a tower of gold coins on the table as payment, Yeoul Jiang stood up.
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