The Zero-Hour Gilded

Sato’s niece, a newcomer with a modest 1,500 subscribers, is proposed as a possibility, but she’s deemed a financial non-starter. Just as hope fades, news breaks of a total newcomer, a solo streamer who went deep-layer on their first broadcast and surpassed 10,000 subscribers in a single night. This streamer, known as "Shinjuku Batter," did the impossible: they defeated an SSS-ranked Diamond Boa.

As the agency scrambles to make contact, a terrifying revelation surfaces: Sato himself defeated that very monster just the night before. But how? He never live-streamed, he only clears dungeons for stress relief, and the only "drop" he got was a Diamond Evil Eye, worth an incredible 1 million yen. The lines between the virtual world, corporate exploitation, and Sato’s secret life blur. Shinjuku Batter’s spectacular start, Sato’s impossible victory, and the immense value of a simple "drop" are all a coincidence... right? The agency, Verigood, and a rising legend—everyone is interconnected in the zero-hour of gilded ambition. This is fiction. This is the truth.