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Episode 54: Forum Thread, Part 6
【Butterfly Effect】The Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction from Karin Ojou-sama's Picture-Frame Stream【Ojou-sama!】
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・Karin ojou-sama is streaming her picture-frame crafting when she encounters Honoka-sama, abandoned in the lower layers
・Unable to stand what happened to her, Karin ojou-sama starts training Honoka-sama
・In a few hours, a level-30 crafter transforms into a monster who can go musou in the middle layers
・An information war breaks out online between major clans trying to recruit Honoka-sama
At this point, we're at risk of a small civil war
・Ojou-sama announces she'll found her own clan if they can't find a trustworthy one
・Shares in Japanese dungeon-related companies rise across the board.
Scrambles by the Self-Defense Forces increase (the internet speculates there were more provocative intrusions into our airspace than usual, but details are unknown). Netizens tremble at the possibility that the world might attack a newly formed <Divine Artisan> clan before it could grow to full strength.
・The next morning, the Metropolitan Police Anti-Dungeon Division announces emergency recruitment of <Divine Artisan> users
・Ojou-sama appears with the commissioner-general on a police HQ collab. Turns into a broken radio.
・Black Shell members, the source of the whole mess, are arrested almost immediately
・A parent-teacher meeting at Honoka-sama's school, suspected of being in cahoots with Black Shell, descends into chaos. A teacher and office worker are found to have received kickbacks from Black Shell and are promptly arrested
・Parents at schools across the country that recommend students to clans are now demanding investigations; debate over subsidies for provisional minor trainees has flared up again
Just how far is this going to spread, desu no...?
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This chain reaction is out of control...
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Reading this reminded me that the stream was supposed to be about crafting a picture frame in the dungeon...
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I completely forgot with everything going on, but why was she making a picture frame in a dungeon in the first place!?
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We've come a long way, desu wa...
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More like Karin ojou-sama grabbed the country by the scruff of the neck and flew it to the moon...
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The title's right: talk about a butterfly effect! How does a streamer just going about her usual stream bring us to the brink of civil war AND get the government to move at lightning speed against crooked clans and their vested interests!?
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Is that butterfly the size of Mothra, by any chance?
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Forget a butterfly causing a tornado across the ocean by flapping its wings—this one's big enough to make a cyclone on the spot lmao
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S-still, I was worried for a while, but I'm glad things mostly worked out, desu wa
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Most of the 'I was worried' wasn't about Black Shell retaliating or resisting, it was about whatever Karin ojou-sama might do without realizing lmao
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W-well, thanks to that, the sluggish government worked so fast you'd think its chronic back pain had cleared up...
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Indeed, power—overwhelming power—solves everything, desu no!
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Overwhelming power really did bulldoze everything into place exactly like Karin ojou-sama said lmao, desu wa
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Karin ojou-sama just squeezed everything together like a rice ball, and it all came out round and tidy, desu wa~!
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'Squeezed' (with enough pressure to turn pencil lead into diamonds)
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Only lingering regret is Black Tiger, the ringleader that's gotta be mixed up in Black Shell's crimes, got off scot-free? There wasn't even much of a firestorm directed at them
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That's partly unavoidable if we don't want to cause Karin ojou-sama trouble, desu wa
This firestorm stayed civilized, so we can laugh about some of it. But if people started sending abuse to Honoka-sama's ENTIRE school, bothering innocent people, and the fire spread everywhere out of control, Karin ojou-sama would be blamed. We couldn't go after anyone but Black Shell. At least we got to hit Black Tiger by bringing down one of its de facto affiliates; that's a win this time, desu no
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Infuriatingly, Black Tiger's mostly left circumstantial evidence and hardly any traces they can actually be charged on... They didn't get as big as they are by being idiots, and that's a real pain
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Their forces are easily among Japan's strongest too—maybe a cut above everyone else if you count their affiliates
Even WITH evidence, the police could hardly get permission to move against them
Maybe with the Self-Defense Forces too, but the damage could be awful if they went for desperate guerrilla warfare. And you can't put Karin ojou-sama, a minor who isn't even a police officer, on the front lines...
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Well, recruiting <Divine Artisan> users should make the police a lot stronger from here on out. If they ever do come down on Black Tiger, that's when to hope for it
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Are the police getting that much stronger? Or are they gonna?
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Apparently more people want to join the police after this, and they've already had almost ten <Divine Artisan> applicants, desu wa
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Ten!? I thought it was a rare unique skill!
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Oh, it's rare, all right
Which means a pretty large proportion of the country's <Divine Artisan> users must be applying, desu no
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Guess there were a fair few others like neglected <Divine Artisan> user 980...
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Even if you weren't mistreated, the Metropolitan Police Anti-Dungeon Division is a super-elite job. Of course they'd flock there
They'll train you, too
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Ten... They won't all necessarily have Honoka-sama's or Karin ojou-sama's potential, but 'ten prospective ojou-samas' is terrifying enough...
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Strange, isn't it...
Ten prospective ojou-samas
Such an innocent string of words, yet I can't stop trembling...
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Criminals really must be shaking in their boots lol
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But training <Divine Artisan> users is extremely difficult, right?
Can the police train nearly ten at once, desu no?
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The commissioner-general explained that himself, desu wa
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You didn't listen to his explanation? Have you got Karin ojou-sama's brain?
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A normal person's body with Karin ojou-sama's brain would be helpless!
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To be fair, they were a little vague about some of it
The plan is to work with major clans that regularly cooperate with the police to train the <Divine Artisan> users
And since Karin ojou-sama's Elegant boot camp would be dangerous for early training, they might use confiscated lower-layer materials that were being sold illegally
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Confiscated goods normally get auctioned, with the proceeds going to the treasury. They're bending the rules quite a bit here...!
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So the <Divine Artisan> detectives will grow stronger using lower-layer materials seized from criminal organizations, then seize MORE illegally collected materials from criminals and grow even stronger...!?
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We've invented a perpetual extortion machine! The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the Metropolitan Police!
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That's an infinite loop that'll wipe out the organizations smuggling materials lmao
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The police are probably rubbing their hands together waiting for the next materials-smuggling crime lmao
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As we're saying this, breaking news says they've already raided a bunch of smuggling organizations at once lmao
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No way lol they really are ready to go hunting lmao
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(´・ω・｀) Off to market you go~
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If they could do raids like this all along, why didn't they lol
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Nah, this is the right call lol
Concentrate their manpower on busting those organizations NOW and get the <Divine Artisan> users' early training done, and things'll be easier later lol
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Using the power of the state to the fullest lmao
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Look at it like that, and the police really ARE the best employers for <Divine Artisan> users lol
Major clans earn their living collecting materials, so devoting all their lower-layer materials to training crafters would be tough lol. And the pressure on the crafters would be immense lmao
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They can use stuff confiscated from criminals without worrying TOO much lol
It's meant to go into the treasury, sure, but compared to the national budget it's a rounding error, so they'd feel less guilty about it lol
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Another plus: the police have a solid system for training basic combat strength, not just <Divine Artisan>
Don't they do regular joint exercises with major clans too?
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Yep
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Speaking of joint training, Karin ojou-sama announced she'd stream a visit to tomorrow's 'Police and Partner Clans' Young Members' Joint Month-End Exercise,' right? A second police collab to check on Honoka-sama and all
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The police saw applications go up after the last collab and now they want more lmao
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Well, in this dungeon society, strength tends to concentrate in major clans. More going to law enforcement is a good thing lol. Keep wanting more...!
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Wait. Tomorrow's month-end joint exercise?
Didn't Mitsuki-sama announce she was streaming that too?
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Oh, you're right
But neither Karin ojou-sama nor Mitsuki-sama's mentioned the other at all?
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Who's Mitsuki-sama, anyway?
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Huh
You're on the explorer board and don't know Mitsuki-sama? Seriously?
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Come on, your 'who's that?' trolling is way too low effort
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Ah, no, I'm sorry, desu wa
I'm a total newbie who only started watching dungeon streamers because of Karin ojou-sama, so I hardly know the scene... She must be famous. I'll look her up myself
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Ohhh, I see
Ojou-sama's brought a lot more people to this board, and you're one of them
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A newcomer! Surround them!
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We're all dragging them into the streamer rabbit hole. Don't let them escape! Grab their head and dunk them in!
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Mitsuki Shijou-sama.
Probably the most popular, fastest-growing dungeon streamer right now after Karin ojou-sama, desu no
She's seventeen, belongs to White Knight, one of the nation's strongest clans, and has a publicly stated level of 900
She's from an extraordinarily prestigious warrior family said to have served for generations as swordsmanship instructors to the shogun's house—a genuine ojou-sama!
Her channel has five million subscribers
She's known as the 'Samurai Girl' for fighting with a katana-shaped weapon in light armor inspired by a suit of samurai armor. She's wildly popular abroad as well as here in Japan!
Her streams mostly explain beginner-friendly strategies for the upper and middle layers. Her easy-to-follow teaching, incredibly cute looks and cheerful personality have made her a huge hit, desu no!
Since she teaches beginners, she carefully explains dungeon theory and common sense, too. She's perfect for repairing a brain wrecked by Karin ojou-sama's ridiculous, bonkers streams!
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Oh...! Thank you for explaining so clearly, desu wa!
She really is Karin ojou-sama's opposite in all kinds of ways
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Normally you'd get utterly flattened for posting 'who?' before looking someone up, but the folks here are so welcoming, desu wa...
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Wholesome living
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That explanation of Mitsuki-sama subtly disses Karin ojou-sama lmao
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Back to the point: if Karin ojou-sama and Mitsuki-sama haven't mentioned each other, is it possible neither knows the other is coming?
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Someone forgot to tell them, or mixed up the arrangements, or told one of them the wrong location...
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You've messed up, Metropolitan Police Department-sama!
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They've been so busy lately they've finally made a careless mistake...
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They really, truly HAVE been busy...
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Deciding and arranging a press conference for an unprecedented recruitment expansion overnight, finding a slot in the commissioner-general's calendar, and conducting simultaneous raids on smuggling gangs to train the <Divine Artisan> users—all while working as civil servants who can't afford to screw up. Just imagining it gives me an ulcer!
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Minus ten points for forgetting to notify them; plus five quadrillion for preventing the <Divine Artisan> clan and everything else. They're fine!
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But if Karin ojou-sama and Mitsuki-sama both show up, could we get an unexpected real-versus-fake ojou-sama collab?
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Karin ojou-sama might finally learn what a real 'ojou-sama' is...?
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Just casually calling Karin ojou-sama a fake lmao
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Whatever happens, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's stream, desu wa!
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