Chapter 2 – Let’s Find Money for Broadcasting Equipment… But I’m Fucked Anyway

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Internet broadcasting, a red ocean that’s difficult to break into and succeed in, but once you succeed, it’s a beautiful place where you can easily print out money. 

That was what I thought of whenever I heard of internet broadcasters. Succeeding would normally be like plucking a star from the sky, but with this cheat-like body, success would be guaranteed. 

– A way to obtain life energy without going outside…. The world has really changed. 

“From the way you talk, you’re really an old hag. Your tails are distracting, could you move them over there?” 

– Isn’t this your tail? My tails aren’t yellow like yours, but pure white like untouched snow.

“…Having so many tails is annoyingly uncomfortable. Is there no way to hide these? Because of them, I can’t even go outside.” 

– Looking at the filthy state of your room, it seems like you haven’t gone outside in a long time. Don’t blame others. 

“I was planning to clean it today or tomorrow. I clean it once a month, you know?” 

– …Our common sense differs. Is cleaning once a month normal in this era?

To her question asked with a frowning face, I turned my head away to avoid answering. 

“Just tell me how to hide the tails and ears, don’t ask weird things.”

– Is cleaning something weird to you? 

“Shut up, I’ll call cleaners if I need to anyway.” 

– You’re going to welcome cleaners looking like that? Pfft, you’re quite the joker.

“…Stop changing the subject. If you don’t answer this time, we’ll both die. You know who has the upper hand here, right?”

Hearing this, the fox deity cleared her throat once and began to explain the method. 

– It’s simple. Gather life energy, and if you can use a more perfect transformation technique, you can hide them. If you consistently extract life energy from over ten thousand people for about 100 days, you’ll be able to hide your ears and tails. 

“This is really fucked up. You’re basically telling me to gather life energy from at least a million people.” 

– Put differently, if it’s 100,000 people, it would take about ten days, and if it’s a million people, just one day.

A million people. Not just ten thousand, but a million? 

“Haha, this is really fucked up. Maybe just dying wouldn’t be so bad? If I vanish cleanly, there won’t even be a corpse left, right?” 

– …Didn’t you say that using this internet broadcasting method would make it possible? You just need to start that right away. 

“How can I start without equipment or money? You’re really a clueless fox bitch.”

As I kept berating her with sighs, she became depressed, went to the wall, and quietly began to sniffle. 

– …I’m sorry. I was too pushy. I’ve been sealed for so long that my judgment seems to have become quite clouded. 

“Don’t cry, you bitch! What does that make me if you cry there?”

– *Sniff* It’s all my fault. I caught you unnecessarily and now we’re both walking the path to oblivion. I’m… I’m really sorry….

“I said don’t cry! If you cry here, I become a trash bastard! It’s already painful enough to be a dog bastard, isn’t it too much to become trash too?” 

– Waaaaaahhhh…! 

…It’s getting worse? How am I supposed to comfort her? I only remember seeing women crying on beds; I’ve never seen a woman clutching a wall and crying like that. 

“This is driving me crazy. Hey, stop quickly. If you don’t stop, we’ll really die together, got it?” 

– *Sniff*… *Sob*… I spent hundreds of years alone…. Hundreds of years in an uncomfortable position, unable to move!!! 

“Is that my problem?” 

– Being an apostle, you can’t even offer comfort and instead play games with your deity’s life. Waaaah…! 

This is really driving me crazy. It would be one thing if she was quiet. But her voice was so loud that it shook my brain. Finally, with my head spinning from her crying, I contacted a friend on my phone and said: 

“Haah… Wait a little. I have one method.” 

– Method…? Didn’t you say there was no method earlier? 

“It’s a method I really didn’t want to use. I’ll have to be needlessly humble.” 

That method was borrowing money to buy broadcasting equipment. I could earn money right away, but the amount I could earn at once was limited. 

“I really don’t want to borrow from him. That bastard is so nice that it actually makes me uncomfortable to ask anything from him.” 

Self-reproaching in a monologue, I sent a KakaoTalk message to my closest friend.  

<50? Or 100 if you have it… You probably don’t have that much, right?> 

<…Are you crazy? Why are you suddenly borrowing such a large sum?> 

Seeing my friend’s last KakaoTalk message, I threw my phone onto the bed. 

“How does everything always go in the worst possible direction? Fucking life.” 

– …Did something bad happen? If there’s anything I can help with, I will. 

“Can’t I return to my original appearance, even for a moment? 10 minutes, no, 5 minutes would be enough.” 

– If you had enough mystic power and life energy, it would be possible, but right now…. 

“So it’s not possible. Well… better to get beaten sooner than later.” 

I didn’t know if that guy would believe that I’d changed into this arousing body. Usually in these situations, they say if you list your embarrassing hidden past, people will believe you, but he was so suspicious that he probably wouldn’t.

“How should I explain so that he’ll believe I’ve changed into this form?” 

– I have a good idea. 

“Let’s hear it.”

I looked at the fox deity with full curiosity as she began to explain with a rather serious face. 

– Since ancient times, it’s been said that when persuading someone, you should take time and effort to proceed step by step. 

“That’s true. Even the hardest stone will crumble if water drops on it continuously.” 

– You understand well. So when that fellow comes looking for you, if you put in enough time and effort, won’t the issue be resolved? 

“…” 

– If verbal persuasion doesn’t work, you must persuade by force. If you confine him and put in effort until he’s persuaded, then the problem’s solved. 

“That’s a crime, you crazy bitch! What kind of life did you live before you were sealed?” 

When I questioned the fox deity while organizing my confused thoughts, she answered in a calm voice,

– Didn’t I tell you? I bankrupted a country. Though it was just a fleeting moment for me, I lived a life of wealth and glory, reigning over others. 

“So in the end, you’re saying your personality is trash. No wonder words like kidnapping and confinement come out so easily.”

– Such things were normal where I lived.

Worried that I’d get another noise attack if I said something negative to her again, I went to the computer desk and took out a tablet from the drawer. 

– …What is that black thing? 

“This? I took it out to draw. Since I need emergency funds, I have to do work even if I don’t want to.” 

– Oh, so you’re an artist? Are you good? 

“I draw well enough to make a living. That’s why I can live like this without going out.” 

If it wasn’t for having to suck life energy from others, I would have just drawn pictures and lived day by day. 

If it wasn’t for that damned life energy, I wouldn’t have had to show my face to others. Complaining in my mind, I posted on a community site I frequently visited. 

[(R19) Taking commissions/freelance work. (Unusual fetishes are allowed)]

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