Chapter 379



[Real-time Best Gallery]

[WEC Japan Championship.webp][1138]

– Related Post: WEC) Katsuhata Emika enters the finals.webp

– Once again, hearty Gukbap ‘Adella’ begins from a distance.

– Katsuhata dodges Arcane Bomb magic with sheer reaction speed.

– Struggling scene within Rasputins’ barrier.

– First effective hit through outside manifestation.

– Valabanov possessed by Terminator: 0 effective hits allowed over 5 minutes.

(…)

– Katsuhata evolving in real-time, multi-aura blossoming.

– Valabanov caught in Kasumino Tachi Trap.

– Valabanov dead, Katsuhata wins.

– Katsuhata and the coaching team hug.

– Valabanov’s bittersweet exit.

– Local Japan WEC victory call.

– Japan victory trophy ceremony.

– Katsuhata’s cheerful winning remarks.

Reporter: With this win, I believe Japanese swordsmanship will gain even more global attention. What are your thoughts, Katsuhata?

Katsuhata: I believe that every martial art showcased in the National Exchange Tournament holds deep significance. I hope this tournament encourages more people to appreciate dueling and, moving forward, I want to continue bringing joy to fans with great performances.

Source: Overseas Magic Gallery [Original View]

[Comments]

– A world championship without the US has no meaning at all^^

└ What about Joseon that couldn’t even participate? (Really have no idea)

└ Isn’t De Sampaio essentially the US representative? On the outside, they seem like Brazil’s representative, but all the coaching staff are American.

└ Seems like they’re genuinely hurt with the news of Japan winning hahaha.

– If she’s 15, she can have another go next year…

└ If it’s two in a row, she’s just GOAT.

└ The pride of Asia.

└ A human weapon, who can stop her?

└ Bumyu was just born in an era of NoName that didn’t fully grow up…

– Japan achieved 4 victories while Korea only managed 2ㅋㅋㅋㅋ and those were 26 years and 11 years agoㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ Can’t someone from Korea compete? From the looks of things, they could at least make it to the quarterfinals.

└ Yet if they drop out in the finals, they’d be roastedㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ Even Katsuhata was ridiculed for dropping out in the quarterfinals last year.

Despite not actively seeking it, it was hard to avoid the news about the finals.

The word spread through the communities that Japan had finally secured victory in the Russo-Japanese War.

Even though the public sentiment that they can never lose to Japan permeated society, there was a surprising amount of congratulatory messages due to the Katsuhata Sect’s goodwill towards Korea.

However, one thing that can’t be forgiven even for the Katsuhata Sect is,

[Katsuhata Sect embroiled in NoName ‘tampering’ controversy… a post was deleted.]

[The Katsuhata sect, the main force behind Japan’s National Exchange Tournament victory, sets their sights on Korean talent.]

The point of contention was the reckless contact with NoName, who was post-Ham Cho-rong.

Faced with the looming possibility of losing a finger, the government immediately began to ascertain facts.

[Breaking News) Exclusive priority negotiation rights of the foundation do not apply to Korean clans.]

This was indeed perplexing news.

Even if tampering was raised as an issue, it was concluded that there was no way to stop the Katsuhata Sect if they decided to play hardball.

The Katsuhata Sect had already won the National Exchange Tournament.

Given the visible results they showed, it seemed difficult to cling to Na-me this time.

– So is NoName really determined to go to Japan?

– If she wants to go, she will go…

– Leaving home means hardship, Na-meㅠㅠ

– Class that makes even Lord Katsuhata personally come to recruit ㄷㄷ

– Do I have to like this or be sad about itㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Then suddenly, news came that made fans’ hearts drop.

[Real-time Emergency!!!) NoName appeared on Katsuhata Emika’s SHOWROOM stream!]

(ipfs://www.showroom-live.com/r/37_katsuhataemika)

This is bad; NoName’s immigration to Japan seems almost certain!

[Comments]

– What the heck is a showroom?

└ (Author): You don’t know showroom? It’s a live broadcasting app exclusively for Japanese idols.

└ Who the f* knows that, you nerd.

– Isn’t this just fishing for controversy?

– Do you have to subscribe to watch that?

└ Nah, nah, you can watch it without subscribing.

└ Ugh, I don’t even want to click on itㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[Emika Katsuhata(かつはた えみか) official]

[Emikachan is free (surprise guest!)]

[7:48pm~]

[☆10494]

*

“Homework broadcast?”

“Yeah, yeah. I have some mandatory broadcast time to fill every month, and usually, I upload training videos. I couldn’t do that this month because of the exchange tournament preparations. I didn’t want any strategies to leak out.”

“Oh, that makes sense.”

“So is it okay to do it here right now?”

“Do as you please.”

“Yay, great. I’ll set it up at the prettiest angle possible.”

As Emika manipulated the camera, I slumped half onto my chair, relaxing fully.

The cool sensation of the white leather seat rode up my back.

Then I opened the window cover to take a quick peek outside.

Pure, pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen.

A reddish light flickered weakly at the tip of a wing.

“It should take about 1 hour and 40 minutes to reach Gimpo Airport.”

“Oh, thanks.”

The man in sunglasses seated across was kind enough to inform me.

I felt so fidgety that I closed the window cover and fiddled with my hands, not having much to do.

‘Riding a private jet, I thought it would be more comfortable…’

Seems like all eyes were fixed on us and it felt intrusive.

It reminded me exactly of when the Genius Discovery Team was filming.

‘A celebrity’s life isn’t all that easy, huh?’

Negotiations with the Katsuhata side took far too long, so Adella and Professor Cheon left for Korea first.

I could still remain with the Katsuhata Sect and keep an eye on the progress of the battles.

[Who would dare to send Emika, who’s currently on the rise, outside? Come hell or high water, I oppose that.]

[Can’t we send her for a month off? Official activities can be done afterward, it won’t be late. Are you implying that the successor would breach the contract made under the name of Katsuhata?]

[Then is it okay for the successor to join a foreign clan? That would leave a colossal blemish on the 200-year history of Katsuhata. Lord, this is not a matter to be taken lightly!]

[Think heavily, but I hope you consider it positively.]

The former had 17 members, but the latter was just Lord Akitaro, and remarkably, the latter won.

Using threats I had previously applied to the Lord, he had successfully employed those tactics on the Senate.

[You say you’ll retrieve Adella from Japan? What kind of nonsensical thing is that…!]

Elderly gentlemen and ladies in their 80s and 90s collapsed like leaves blown away after the first frost.

What a sneaky way to win out over health.

In any case, thanks to Lord Akitaro managing to attain an unofficial approval, Emika got a sweet vacation.

“Everything’s ready! I’m going to start the broadcast, umm!”

Emika cleared her throat several times and then collected herself, wiping the smile from her face.

As usual, it’s funny how she gets deep into her concept play.

A live broadcast at 8,000 meters above ground.

After a slight waiting period, dizzying texts flooded the hologram fully.

Twish had a readability as if a fairy had come down.

“Hello, this is Katsuhata Emika. It’s been a while since my last live broadcast, so it’s even more delightful.”

As Emika greeted, the dozens of SD avatars created in hologram form tossed hearts like Cupid and waved their hands in excitement.

‘Where’s the chat window? Oh, found it.’

I tugged the chat window in the upper right corner over to my side.

“Congratulations on becoming the world’s strongest beautiful girl. Oh, we can skip the beautiful girl part; just the world’s strongest title is enough. Thanks for the 10th-floor tower, Bag-chan.”

Emika placed a hand on her chest and bowed her head.

I whispered to her asking what a tower was.

“Here, if you donate 10,000 yen, a tiny tower gets built on one side.”

“10,000 yen, not 10 bucks? Is that unit a bit weird?”

“Hahaha…”

I furrowed my brows, watching the broadcast with a bit of annoyance.

‘Compared to these guys, South Korea is nothing.’

The true monsters born from capitalism all resided in Japan.

Only 5 minutes after the broadcast began, a viewer managed to build a 100-floor tower.

It was fascinating how the competition escalated in real-time according to the height of the tower.

– Who’s the guest next to her???

– Wow, her hands are so tiny!!!

– Could it be Yui-chan?

– She looks way younger than Yui-chan though.

Emika slightly turned the camera towards me.

“… Good evening.”

“Pfft!”

“Why?”

“Ah, it’s nothing; heh heh.”

Suddenly laughing, Emika bit her lower lip tightly.

– NoName is NoNameNoNameNoName!

– Wwwwww so cute!

– Could it be that Na-me-chan decided to go to Japan?

– The combination of my dreams.

– The current champion and future champion are in one place.

– What are you doing here? Where is this?

“This place is 8,000 meters above the ground, and let’s have some fun with our Na-me!”

Emika rubbed her cheek against mine and threw her arm around my shoulder.

“Why are you like this with another girl? It’s a bit much, Emika.”

Feeling worried that the plan might derail, I should have just gone to Korea ahead of time.

*

“Is there a rumor about Na-me joining the Katsuhata Sect?”

“Ah, the Lord invited me. So I watched the finals match right beside him.”

“Really? I’m completely hearing this for the first time.”

With her mouth agape, Emika covered her face with her hands in shock.

“To cut to the chase, that’s not true. Na-me will continue to stay in Korea. This plane is also headed to Korea, you know?”

The shocking news threw viewers into chaos.

It seems the rumor had spread through Japan, and there were some who recognized me as a sort of honorary Japanese citizen.

– Heading to Korea?

– I’d forgotten; the National Exchange Tournament was held in Japan! Then did we not have to take a plane…?

– Why the heck are we going to Korea?

“Why are we heading to Korea? What a great question. Actually, I was curious too.”

Emika passed the microphone over to me.

I calmly gathered my thoughts and shared our purpose.

I explained for over a minute that we were establishing a clan in Korea, and Emika would be appointed as a founding member.

Due to the Lord’s warning that revealing this could spark considerable backlash in Japan, I tread carefully.

“The founding member isn’t limited to Katsuhata Emika. Just to mention one more person, Cecilia de Sampaio has also decided to join us.”

As a legendary supporting character that shone a light on Emika, her public opinion in Japan was quite favorable.

Many were skeptical, firing myriad questions at us.

Since it wasn’t a persuading session, but rather a notification, I had no obligation to answer every question.

“This isn’t a transfer; it could be seen as a sort of leasing agreement, right, sis?”

“Ah, yeah… that could be the case?”

The chat window transformed into a battlefield in the blink of an eye.

“Further details will be announced through Katsuhata’s official social media. I apologize for the sudden news.”

Emika excessively bowed and apologized.

Many still thought it was a prank.

The truth would gradually be unveiled.

While Emika worked hard to calm people down, I turned on my phone to skim through media articles.

There was nothing particularly interesting.

While passing the time reading congratulatory articles and columns about Japan’s victory, I stumbled upon a sneak peek article with no content, just a headline.

[Breaking News) Internal whistleblower from the Russian side; ‘Katsuhata Emika’ combat AI was created unlawfully in the human combat simulation.]