Chapter 1298 Resonating Mirror and Howling From the Sky PART 5 Part 1

And with that little accent, the strategy meeting was ready to be kicked into full swing.

「Umm, this is……Alright then…… Based on our previous experiences with this particular enemy, I do believe that there is only one way in which we can record the Orchestra battle that guarantees success without any major interferences.」

And with that rather vague statement, the strategy meeting was basically over. Just like that.

「Yes, it took us a whole lot of trial and error, but we believe that we have finally managed to arrive at the proper conclusion to that problem.」

「…… Which is what, exactly? Or rather, what should I do once the battle starts? What do you WANT me to do?」

「Your job is going to be fairly simple, and it won’t actually require doing anything all that complicated. Basically, we are talking about performing a live broadcast here.」

Huh? Say what now? Live…… broadcast……?

I think that I have heard about that somewhere before, especially when we were talking about people who were ready to stream ShangriLa Frontier through some third party streaming services. So, does that mean that I will have to do the very same thing? Basically become a ShanFro live streamer for the time being? That’s sounds kind of…… Yeah, that sounds really fishy, I won’t lie……

「You seem like the type to be very reluctant to do something like this, Tsuchinoko-san, which is actually a good thing. However, we also know that you like to keep all kinds of information strictly confidential, for better or for worse. So because of that exact reason, we have thought about countermeasures to keep the information that are going to be streamed by you from leaking to the general public. Here’s what we are going to do: you will have to make the stream members-only, in which case only people who are going to subscribe to your channel are going to be able to watch that particular content. This will let us gather all the information we want, without running the risk of granting the same information to the unspecified amount of people who would just happen to come across the stream purely by chance.」

「No, actually putting the problem of doing a live stream aside from now…… That would mean that I would have to log out for the time being and register at a whole lot of websites and services, right? Plus, not to mention the greatest problem of them all: I do not own any item that could be used to broadcasting my gameplay to the broader audience in real time.」

「Well, and what about the Iron Meteorite Mirror? It’s an item that was supposed to be distributed to every single player on the very same day when it was first implemented. But unlike the items used to record things in game, this one is supposed to be an accessory, Maybe that’s the reason why it managed to fly under your radar thus far?」

「But if what you are saying is true, then that would mean that I would have to sacrifice one of my precious accessory slots for the sake of that Iron Meteorite Mirror thingy, isn’t that right?」

「Well, now that you mention it…… Well, yes, you are actually correct in stating that…… Look, we are truly sorry if this is going to create some sort of inconvenience for you. So, how about this? In order to make it up to you, we will all pitch in for some items that should prove to be at least of some help. So? How about it? Will you forgive us now?」

「No, even though that sounds somewhat nice, the facts remain all the same. You are making me sacrifice my precious accessory slot just so that you can have some tool that is convenient for YOU, but it does not benefit ME in any sort of way. So how about that……」

Oh yes, that’s right. Here it comes! A crushing wave of regret and guilt! If you are starting to feel bad about this whole ordeal, then, well…… You should feel sorry and bad about this whole ordeal! Especially since you are basically forcing me to forsake the INVENTORIES, one of my most precious accessories in my possession at the current moment…… Ahh, damn it! God damn it all to hell! Alright now, breath in…… and breather out…… Ahh, great! All better now. Nothing beats some good old venting out inside of your own mind without anyone else being able to notice a thing. Thanks to that I can finally focus on the task at hand without any more interruptions.

Okay, so for the time being, let’s try to think about that accessories that I have on me right now, what I am going to need for this battle and what may actually be obsolete, to not even say worthless. So, there are two INVENTORIES to star, am I right? And then there is my trusty Levin Trigger/ Disaster Hand. And then we have Storm Emperor’s Scar Idea-Gatreo=Extreme Superior. How about this one? ……No, I don’t think that taking this thing here would be a wise move. Not at all. I have no idea if I am going to be able to properly operate this thing in a closed environment like that. But then what about the Star Cloak? It is certainly useful in a bind, but the way in which it is fashioned makes it extremely difficult to make sudden maneuvers that demands agility and acrobatics. But I’ll let it stay for now, since I can always discard it during the battle if need be. All depending on the situation at hand.

So in that particular case I need to have two compulsory accessory slots, then there are two mandatory accessory slots, and with the accessory allowing me to live stream the battle with Orchestra that should make five accessories in five accessory slots…… Which actually leaves me with three slots being completely free and making it possible to slate there whatever I deem fit. Yeah, that’s actually pretty nice. Maybe this thing is not going to be so bad as I thought it might initially be.

「As we have managed to discern during previous trial and error processes, any screenshot-taking items or video-recording devices that are provided to the player inside of the game are all but rendered obsolete once the Orchestra battle begins, therefore they cannot be used. However, we do believe that this one particular item, the Iron Meteorite Mirror is going to be able to do the trick simply because it does not use any in-game method to capture both audio and video data, but it only allows the third-party application to capture it instead. So technically, we should be in the clear if we are to utilize that method, wouldn’t you all agree?」

「I mean, let’s just hope that it is going to be successful, I guess?」

「Yes, I even contacted both managements via e-mail so that I could get the confirmation we needed here. Also, there are two types of items for you to use here, one requiring manual operation and one that is fully automatic. Please use whatever of the tools that you deem fit for you the most.」