Chapter 3: Let's save money to buy broadcast equipment... You fucked up in the meantime.

Streaming.

To be precise, Internet Broadcasting.

It's a red ocean where it's hard to get noticed and even harder to succeed, but if you do succeed, it’s a beautiful place where you can easily print money.

That’s what I think of Internet Broadcasting.

Normally, succeeding would be like picking stars from the sky, but with this cheat-like body, success should be in the bag.

— A method to obtain Vitality without wandering outside... The world has truly changed.

"Hearing you talk, you really are an old fossil. Your tails are distracting, could you move them away?"

— Are these not your tails? My tails are a pristine white like snow, not yellowish like yours.

"...Having so many tails is damn uncomfortable too. Isn't there any way to hide these? I can't even go outside because of them."

— Judging by the filthy state of your room, it looks like you haven't been outside in a long time anyway. Don't blame others.

"I was planning to clean up today or tomorrow. I still clean once a month, you know?"

— ...Common sense differs greatly. Is it customary in this era to clean only once a month?

At her question asked with a grimace, I turned my head and avoided answering.

"Just tell me how to hide the tails and ears, don't ask weird stuff."

— To you, not cleaning is the weird thing?

"Shut up. The cleaners will come if I call them anyway."

— You intend to greet the cleaners looking like that? Pfft, you have a knack for jokes.

"...Don't change the subject. If you don't answer this time, we both die. You know who has the upper hand right now, don't you?"

When I growled a warning, the Fox God cleared her throat once and began explaining the method.

— The method is simple. If you gather Vitality and can use a more perfect transformation art, you will be able to hide them. If you consistently extract Vitality from over ten thousand people for about 100 days, you should be able to hide your ears and tails.

"You're bullshitting me, seriously. You're saying I need to gather Vitality from at least a million people's worth."

— To put it differently, if it's 100,000 people, it takes about ten days, and if it's 1,000,000 people, it means you can do it in a day.

1,000,000 people. Not 10,000, but 1,000,000?

"Haha, this is absolute bullshit. Maybe just dying isn't so bad? If I neatly perish, I won't even leave a corpse behind, right?"

— ...Didn't you say it was possible using that method called streaming or whatever? You just need to start that immediately...

"How am I supposed to start when I have no equipment and no money? You truly are a hopeless fox bitch."

As I sighed and continued to berate her, she became depressed, moved to the wall, and quietly started sniffling.

— ...I am sorry. I was too reckless. It seems my judgment has blurred significantly after being sealed for so long.

"Don't cry, you bitch! What do I become if you cry there?"

— Hic... It is all My fault. I needlessly caught you and now we are walking the path of destruction together. Truly... I am truly sorry...

"I said don't cry! If you cry there, I become a piece of trash! I'm already sad enough about becoming a bitch (female dog), and now you're making me trash too? Isn't that too much?"

— Waaaaaaah....

...It got worse?

How am I supposed to soothe that?

I only have memories of watching women moan on a bed; I've never seen a woman clinging to a wall and wailing like that.

"I'm going crazy, really. Hey, stop it quickly. If you don't stop, we're really going to die together, okay?"

— Hic... Sob... I spent hundreds of years alone... I couldn't move and spent hundreds of years in an uncomfortable position!!!

"Is that my problem?"

— The Apostle bitch isn't comforting me, but is instead playing with the life of the god she serves... Waaaaah...

This is driving me nuts.

If the volume was low, maybe I could handle it.

But her vocal cords are so damn good that my brain is vibrating.

Eventually, feeling dizzy from her crying, I picked up my phone and contacted a friend.

"Hah... Just wait a bit. I have a method."

— A method...? Didn't you say there was no method earlier?

"It's because it's a method I really hate using. I have to be uselessly servile."

To buy broadcasting equipment, I have to borrow money.

I can earn money right now if I want to, but the amount I can earn at once is limited.

"I really didn't want to borrow if possible. This guy is so pushover-nice that it actually feels burdensome to borrow from him."

Muttering to myself, I sent a message on KakaoTalk to my best friend.

<Yo>

<Yeah?>

<How much cash do you have rn?>

<Suddenly?>

<Need urgent cash. Lend me some money.>

<How much do you need? I hit hard pity recently so I don't have much.>

<50? Ideally around 100... You probably don't have that much, right?>

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

<Fuck... I'm really sorry. Something urgent came up. If I don't have it, I might actually die.>

<Where does a corner-dwelling hikikomori loser need money? Are you buying a massive amount of super hot manga or something?>

<And you fucker, didn't I tell you to share if you found some good manga?>

<We agreed to watch good stuff together, you bastard>

<Haven't seen anything satisfying recently. Feels like I'm losing interest lately too>

<Besides, how can I share when your libido is into furries? Are beastkin and furries the same? You crazy bastard?>

<If jerking off 3 times a day is 'losing interest', you retard, your right hand must have died from exhaustion before you lost interest>

<And what's wrong with furries, fuck>

<Crazy bastard who sticks it into animals... Truly the end boss of abnormal fetishes...>

< Whatever you say, you damn pervert.>

<Hah... Fine. I'll lend you about 50 for now. When will you pay it back?>

<I'll pay it back between a week and two weeks. If I can't...>

<If you can't?>

<Idk lol I'll try my best to pay it back lolol>

<Idk if it's right to lend to this guy. Should I just not?>

<Ah, please, bro>

<Tsk...>

<Ah, I'm super anxious seriously>

<Okay, I'll lend it. Instead, I'm coming to your house the day after tomorrow. I need to know where you're using 500k won>

<? Wait, you're coming to my house?>

<What, is there a problem? I've been visiting once a month to check if you're alive anyway.>

<Your mom asked me to do it in the first place, so I have to. Isn't me visiting better than your mom visiting by several times?>

<No... well that's true but...>

<Why is this guy acting so suspicious today?>

<Your tongue is too long (You're making too many excuses). I'm just gonna come tomorrow lol. I'll bring the cash then.>

<Ah don't bs. Even if you come tomorrow I won't be there.>

<Stop spouting nonsense. A guy who gets exhausted moving for 10 minutes is going out? A passing dog would laugh.>

<Anyway, I'm coming. I'm busy now, so don't contact me. Won't answer.>

<See ya tomorrow bb>

Looking at my friend's last message, I threw my phone onto the bed.

"Why does the situation only flow in the worst possible direction? My life, fuck."

— ...Did something bad happen? If it's something I can help with, I will help.

"This appearance, can't I turn back to my original form even for a moment? 10 minutes, no, about 5 minutes would be enough."

— If you had sufficient You-ryok (Fox Power) and Vitality, you could have, but right now...

"So you're saying it's impossible. Phew, whatever. Better to take the beating sooner rather than later."

Though I don't know if that guy will believe the fact that I turned into a super hot body.

Usually, when things change like this, they say listing your dark history makes people believe you, but he's such a suspicious guy that he probably won't believe it unless it's something big.

"How should I say it so he believes I turned into this form?"

— Hmm, I have a good idea.

"A good idea? Let's hear it first."

I looked at the Fox God with curiosity, and she began to explain with a somewhat serious face.

— Since ancient times, they said when persuading someone, you should invest time and sincerity and proceed step by step.

"That is true. No matter how hard a stone is, it will break if water drops continue to fall on it."

— You know well. Then, isn't it a matter that can be solved if you just invest enough time and sincerity when he comes to find you?

"...Surely, you don't mean...?"

— Why not? If persuasion doesn't work, you must persuade by force. If you confine him and devote effort until he is persuaded, there is nothing you cannot do.

"That is a crime, you crazy bitch. Just what kind of life did you live before being sealed?"

As I organized my confused mind and asked the Fox God, she spoke to me in a calm voice.

— Did I not say? That I ruined a country. Although it was but a fleeting moment for Me, I lived a life reigning above others, enjoying wealth and glory.

"So basically, your personality is dogshit. That's why words like kidnapping and confinement come out so easily."

— Where I lived, such things were basic. Do not criticize too much.

If I said something negative to her while she was depressed again, it seemed like I would receive another noise attack like before, so I approached the computer desk and took a tablet out of the drawer.

— ...What is that pitch-black thing?

"This? I took it out to draw. Since I need urgent cash, I have to do even the annoying work."

— Ho, were you a painter? Do you draw well?

"I draw enough to eat and live. That's why I can live like this without leaving the house."

If it weren't for sucking Vitality from others, I would have just lived day by day drawing ordinary pictures.

If it weren't for that damn Vitality, I wouldn't have shown my face to others.

Complaining, I posted on a community site I frequently visit.

[<Promo> 19) Taking Commissions/Outsourcing. (Abnormal Fetishes OK)]