Mob Kousei No Ore Demo Boukensha Ni
Nareba Riajuu Ni Naremasuka: Chapter #104
Translators: Nyx and Ririi Rain
Episode 104: I Don't Want to Be The Brainy
Guy's Tool
"Yo, Ono."
"Shishō1, good morning."
The
next morning. When I saw Ono at the school entrance, I tapped him on the
shoulder and greeted him.
"Regarding that, it got an 'OK'."
"For real?"
Without
much fanfare, I told him that his application to join the club had been
accepted.
Ono's
face lit up and he sighed in relief.
"That's a relief. I'm really grateful...
because this time around, the government may not be able to be relied upon
anymore."
"But..."
"But?"
"Not right away... Anna said you should
wait until the government announces the prophecy before officially joining the
club."
"Humm?"
When
I told him what Anna had said, Ono seemed to think for a moment.
“Ahh... I see, that's what she meant. I
understand. Please tell Leader-chan that I said I understood.
"...Did you understand the meaning?"
"Well, yeah. I mean, maybe that's what she
meant."
"What did she mean?"
When
I asked that, Ono seemed quite concerned about the surroundings, and then
answered me in a low voice,
"U-n, I think... Leader-chan wants me to
be the one to manage all the applications that will come after the prophecy is
announced."
“I understand that there might be a flood of
applicants for the club after the prophecy is announced... but why would she
want you to be the one to handle that? Besides,
if so, why not do it right away?”
“That is, well, it's all about managing public
opinion carefully. ... Just to confirm, Shishō and the others aren't going to
leak information about Angolmore to the public before the government does,
right?"
“Yeah ...... we don't want prices to go up now,
and most of all, the Guild had told us not to say anything about it. We don't
want to be frowned upon by the Guild or the government."
The
Guild had warned us not to tell people about the prophecy we had witnessed, as
they had not finished examining the details and did not want to cause any
unnecessary confusion.
Of
course, there would be no penalty for subtly warning family and close friends
to encourage them to prepare, but there was no doubt that a warning from the
Guild would surely be issued if one tried to warn an indiscriminate number of
people.
In
the worst-case scenario, there was a possibility of having one's license
suspended.
It
would be fatal if we couldn't enter the dungeon under the current
circumstances.
That
was something that had to be avoided at all costs.
"And... When the prophecy is announced,
naturally the people at the school will ask Shishō and the others if you knew
about the prophecy, right?"
"...Ah, I see. That's what it's
about..."
I
nodded, finally understanding the context.
"But that's just a matter of denying it,
right?"
“But there would still be some mistrust. It
won't be surprising if some 1 or 2-star team didn't know, but Shishō and the
others are a 4-star professional team. It would not be strange if you have some
information. ...That was the image I had. In fact, this was how I got
information in advance. The price of the cards will be even higher by then than
it is now, and a perceptive person will certainly have suspicions."
Ono's
words were convincing, perhaps because he was the type of person who would be
suspicious of such a thing.
Right... that's definitely possible But why
would that delay your entry into the club, Ono?”
“....Shishō, you have a habit of not thinking
deeply when the answer can be readily provided by someone else. When you have
to think on your own, you think pretty deeply......."
"Uh..."
I
winced as Ono hit a sore spot.
It's true, when I can get an answer from
someone, I have a habit of asking right away without thinking about it myself.
“You should fix that because there is a chance
that a brainy person will steer you in the wrong direction. Especially going
forward."
"I- I get it... I'll be careful."
"For now, just think about it lightly by
yourself."
Ono
urged me to think about it in my own way.
…………………I see. I think I get it somehow.
"...If a new member joins in, it will be
more apparent that we've made preparations in advance based on the stockpile of
supplies and so on. So, the goal is to have Ono manage the incoming applicants
to separate the group from the existing members so they don't get the internal
details about us, is that right?
The
reason we don't let the existing members manage the incoming applicants is that
the new members may already have a distrust in us. Therefore, Ono, who appears
to be a new member like them but in fact was privately accepted as a member
before that, is asked to handle them."
"Correct. ...I don't know if that's true,
but at least that's what I thought."
That Anna, did she think that far in that split
second...?
No, maybe not. Before, she had expected that
there would be a flood of applications to join the club after the prophecy was
announced, and she planned to find suitable pieces among them.
And then Ono, one perfect piece, happened to
fall into that situation, so she decided to just use him.
The former was probably planning to find a
suitable pawn for himself among the flood of applicants for the club after the
prophecy was announced.
"But then, does that mean Leader-chan
plans to use this school as a base during Angolmore?"
Huh...?!
I
couldn't help but look back at Ono in shock.
"From the look on your face, it seems
that's the case.”
Ono
grinned when he saw my face.
“How can that be? No, wait ...... it figured it out. Yeah, that's
right. So accepting new members implies that."
“Yeah, that's what I'd say. If there is no
intention to make the new member a valuable asset, then it is better not to let
them join the club in the first place. Then there is no risk of the discovery
of the information and preparations made in advance. The fact that she is
willing to take the risk of letting them join the club is proof that she wants
to control the adventurers in the school. In other words......”
“The objective is to make the school itself a
powerful force. The adventurers in the school will inevitably have a greater
say once Angolmore begins. By having the majority of them under your wing, you
will be able to control the rest of the school."
"Of course, that is if it happens during
the day when the students are on campus. But it will not be a waste of time to
prepare in advance. The number of adventurers in the school will increase once
the prophecy is announced, regardless of whether the Adventurers' Club accepts
them or not. So, rather than letting another force be created within the
school, why not just take it in from the beginning?"
.....That guy, what's with the "forget
about building power" talk? That's exactly what she's trying to do.
I
couldn't help but grin as I realized what Anna was trying to do.
Some
people might be angry and say, “I've been cheated!" But I was encouraged by
her determination.
Looking
back, it seemed that yesterday's meeting was based on the conclusion that the
school would be the base from the beginning.
If
the club members had wanted to act as small number of individuals as possible,
then the school would have been given up, but Anna, who had always been
attentive to the condition of the club members..... was the one who had
suggested the idea. She must have come up with this plan after understanding
our personalities.
Well,
as long as it doesn't violate our first policy of safety first, it's okay to go
for the second or third bird as desired.
That is all the more befitting of a leader.
"...Well, if that's the case, I'll start
preparing now."
"What preparations?"
"Mm, various things. As it is now, I'm a
little too close to the Adventurers' Club. We need to make a prototype for the
2nd Force at this time, right?"
The
2nd Force... the group of new members...
I
don't know what he's going to do, but .......
"Don't do anything that will reveal that
the Adventurer's Club has already started preparations... Anna's a scarier
woman than you think."
"I'm not going to do that! Well, leave the 2nd
Force to me!"
Ono
confidently pounded his chest and grinned.
After
school, we immediately set out to conquer the dungeon.
The
students still in the school were suddenly in an uproar when they saw us in
body armor heading for the Dungeon Mart on the rooftop.
"Hey, look at that." "They look
really cool. They look like they're in the military." "That
red-haired girl is super cute, isn't she?"
"Oh, it's Kannadzuki-senpai. He's really
cool~, like a model." "Hm? Is Kannadzuki-senpai the leader? He's a
pro after all." "No, that red-haired girl is the club
president." "Huh? Why?" "I don't know. She's apparently the
daughter of some really rich person, so maybe that's why. Like a sponsor?"
"Some kind of sponsor?"
“Are they going to attack the dungeon at the
school?” “The dungeon at our school is ranked C, right? Does that mean they're all professionals?"
"Isn't Kannazuki the only professional?" “Hmmm, is it like if one of
them is a pro, they can enter a C-rank dungeon or something?” "I guess?
I've heard that most professional teams have only one or two four-star
adventurers and above, while the rest are mostly three-star."
"Hey, did you hear? Fujiwara-san from
class C confessed to Kannadzuki-senpai but got rejected." "I heard! I
heard! Fujiwara-san is beautiful, but her level isn't enough to match
Kannadzuki-senpai."
"Ugh~, that's too harsh. But it's true. If
I wasn't on the same level as that red-haired girl, I'd probably end up with a
complex and collapse." "Standing next to someone of that level is a
bit... I'm satisfied just watching from afar." "You know, it's a
feast for the eyes~"
“Ah~h, I wonder if I can join the Adventurers'
Club, too. I want money~" "No way. How can you get in if you're not
even an adventurer?" "That, if there is a pro, they probably have
some spare D-rank cards. Lending one shouldn't be that difficult."
"It's not that easy. Apparently, people
with ideas like yours flocked to join when the talk of creating an Adventurers'
Club arose, but all of them were rejected."
"Ah~, I knew it. I heard that college
clubs offer such services, so I thought I'd give it a shot."
"You see, it seems like even adventurers
were rejected, so the bar must be high."
"Ah, they're at a level where pros are
involved. Kitagawa even appears on TV, so they must be really serious.”
"... Speaking of Kitagawa, is it true that 'his' is really big?"
"...But I just noticed, there's one
average guy among them, isn't there? Everyone else is good-looking."
“Yeah, but that person is supposedly a really great adventurer. He won a bunch
of competitions and even caught the criminal from that big case,
remember?" "Wasn't that Kannadzuki-Senpai?" "Well, that
person was there too... I mean, the whole Adventurers' Club caught that person.
So it's not like it's a question of who did it."
“Wow~, you know a lot. Could it be, that you
are a fan?" "......Un, well, a little, a little bit." "E-e?
For real?"
Because
several students were talking at the same time, I could tell that they were
gossiping about us, but I couldn't be sure what they were whispering about.
My
attention only really gets grabbed when I hear my name, like when it's
mentioned in passing at a party.
Still,
I could sense firsthand that the overall atmosphere was not a bad one.
I
would say that the ratio was 40% curiosity, 30% envy and jealousy, 20% friendly
indifference, and the remainder... a blend of various nasty emotions such as
irresponsible gossip and suspicion.
With
such thoughts, I walked past the Dungeon Mart and into the gate room.
In
the room where the gate was, there were sturdy-looking coin-operated lockers
that were not there a week ago.
...... I guess they were installed in a rush
during the renovation of the club room as Anna looked mindlessly smug. But we
all ignored her and left our licenses, smartphones, and other electronic
devices behind before going through the gate.
Once
inside the dungeon, we quickly began to summon our respective cards.
......
Now it's time to introduce the new Renge.
"Un? ...... Maro, Renge's appearance is?”
It
was Teacher who first noticed the change in Renge.
"Yeah... I finally got her to rank up to
kisshouten.”
I
replied to my Teacher with a grin, trying to look as proud as possible.
"That's... congratulations. But how did
you do it?"
Teacher exclaimed for a moment and immediately
asked me so.
Well,
of course it would make him curious.
When
it comes to B-rank cards, they can't just be dropped in a random dungeon.
It
would be natural for anyone, not just Teacher, to be curious about how I got
it.
With
Athena, they didn't pursue me deeply because of the large amount of money I had
received just before her appearance, which was obvious at a glance, but this
was not the case with Kisshouten.
Teacher
and the others knew very well that there was no way I'd use a defective item to
rank up Renge.
Of
course, I had a proper excuse prepared.
In
the beginning, the plan was to reveal Renge's abilities after presenting her,
so I had not thought of any particular excuse, but after deciding yesterday
that Anna would be the only one I would tell the secret to for the time being,
we had a light discussion and came up with a reasonable excuse.
It
was a simple one: I had traded Kimaris for Kisshouten.
Kimaris
was an essential card for the upcoming school dungeon attack, as it would allow
us to search for carbuncles.
When
Anna learned that Kimaris had been offered a trade, she used Kimaris as
collateral to buy the Kisshouten in her father's collection and traded it for
Kimaris....... that was the scenario.
Because
Anna's Father seemed to be against her taking separate actions during the
Angolmore, it's a bit of a flimsy excuse, but the idea is to use Kimaris as
collateral to keep his rather reckless daughter in check somehow. ...Anna is
supposed to explain this herself and make it more convincing.
As
a result, Kimaris, who was to be treated as collateral, would not be brought
into the battle and could only be assigned to search for the Garnets, but that
was unavoidable.
By
the way, even though Kimaris and Kisshouten are both female cards, Kimaris is
actually worth a bit more. ————And since B-rank cards don't automatically
become three times as valuable just because they're female, and———— considering
that cards with the ability to summon subordinates will only increase in value,
we've decided to allocate Anna's share of Garnets to me temporarily.
Of
course, that would just be the way it looked on the surface, and the allocation
would remain as it was.
“Oh, that's ......."
“———— By any chance, was that a drop in the
race?"
"......?!"
Seeing
me looking at her in surprise, Oribe nodded with satisfaction.
"I thought so."
"...Why did you think that?"
Thinking
that there was no way I could hide it now, I asked Oribe honestly.
If
I hadn't noticed that it was captured on camera, it would be a disaster.
"No, the other day... when we went to see
a movie, I somehow thought so because of how your attitude."
"...Seriously?"
Anna and Oribe...... the girls in our club are
too insightful, aren't they?
Or am I particularly easy to figure out......?
While
holding my head in my hands, I nodded.
"...Yeah, actually, I got a kisshouten
during the race."
"There are a lot of things I'm curious
about, but... why have you hidden it until now?"
Teacher
asked me. Again, a natural question.
But there's no need to make excuses about this.
Just give a normal explanation.
"I don't actually hide it... I didn't
think it was necessary to bring it up, I guess. Because of the [Spiritual recurrence],
it was more cost-effective to use her as is rather than leveling her up,
especially considering the Lost cost."
"Yeah... that's true."
Teacher
nodded in understanding, but...
“But then, why did you rank her up at this time? Like you said, Maro, I
think there is a higher risk with the rank up."
Is this a genuine question, or is there some
suspicion .....? Teacher is strangely persistent in his pursuit.
“There are various reasons for that, but the
main reason is... I wanted to know if Renge's [Zero existence] skill would
hold.”
This
was also true.
"There is a probability that A-ranked
monsters will emerge in Angolmore this time, right? In that case, I thought it would be reassuring
if I had a card that could become A-rank, even if only temporarily."
"It seems like quite a gamble. ...... So,
what was the result?”
I
didn't answer the question, just grinned.
“You mean ...... it remained?!”
Anna,
who had been silently watching the whole thing, looked at my smirk and
exclaimed in astonishment.
She
had heard about the Fate Manipulation from me yesterday, but she couldn't hide
her surprise at the news.
"W-what about the key item? Have you
reached the [Spiritual recurrence] stage!?"
"No, not yet to that extent... I only
ranked her up the other day, and most importantly, the key items for A-rank are
now more expensive than the crappy B-rank..."
"Is that so..."
After
hearing my response, Anna seemed to realize that she had been off-topic, and
her tone toned down a bit.
"Do you have any idea where the [Spiritual
recurrence] lead to?"
"Well, I think I do. After reaching
B-rank, there are fewer destinations to rank up to."
There
were few examples for rank upgrading from B to A, while there were no examples
of [Spiritual recurrence] of a Kisshouten, so this is a guess. However, if we
follow the basic rules for rank upgrading so far, a deity that has much in
common with the origin and authority of Kisshouten should be the rank-up
destination.
For
example, Ishtar2 and Ereshkigal3, are also dual deities and have much in common
in their powers.
"Ishtar...... hmmm, I can't think of any
key items that come to mind. I'm not familiar with Sumerian mythology."
Anna
was troubled as she mumbled to herself.
“Well, there's no use dwelling on it now. If
lucky, it will be found before Angolmore, if not, it will not be found.......
That's what the key items in this class are."
"...That's right. We just have to pray
that we'll get 'lucky' and get it."
Anna
glanced at me for a moment, out of sight of the others.
"So, today... or rather, starting from
today, what's the plan for our strategy?"
"I'm not sure how to put it into words,
but... we'll approach it as usual. That said, we definitely should try to be as
efficient as possible."
"What do you mean?"
"For now, we'll all go together to the
skill-sealing floor. We'll travel on our mounts and avoid all combat.
When we reach the skill-sealing floor, Senpai
will return to the first floor to retrieve Garnets. The other club members will
map out a route that does not have any teleporter traps. We just keep repeating
this until we reach the C-rank floor. From there, we'll have to act as a group.
Our goal is to do one lap a month, but if that's too hard, we might use a
Distress card on the C-rank floor. Anyway, I want to increase the number of
laps to collect the Garnets."
Hm......
and we all tried to simulate it in our minds, but we couldn't find any crude
points.
It
was more refined than the first summer vacation strategy.
"This time, the Distress card is used from
the C-rank floor, huh?"
"Yes, because it is more efficient that
way. The last time I used Distress at the D-rank floor since I did not know how
long it would take to complete the D-rank floors, and I wanted to experience as
much of the C-rank floor as possible, but this time, I'd rather skip the C-rank
floors if possible."
Of
course, if we were not able to meet the deadline set with the principal, I was
going to use Distress cards all over the place even if it meant losing
money...... Anna added, and I nodded my head in understanding.
That
was the difference between the time of the summer vacation when the main focus
was on earning experience as an adventurer, and the upcoming strategy, which is
more profit-oriented.
"There doesn't seem to be any objections,
so shall we get started?"
"""Understood."""
----After
that, we steadily went through the floors without any particular trouble, and
when we reached the seventh floor, which had a skill seal, it was around 9 pm,
so we ended the day's attack.
The
next day, I parted ways with the members of the Adventurers' Club, who were to
attack the skill-sealing floor, and went off alone to retrieve the Carbuncle
Garnets.
In
the process, Renge's combat power also rose to its growth limit of 3,400. The
experience gained from Carbuncle was one of the hidden privileges of the
collecting team.
The
next day, and the day after that...
After
school, we dived steadily into the dungeon until 10 pm every day, and on
weekends and holidays, we would work overnights and proceed to conquer the
dungeon in earnest.......
And
in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
[TIPS] Guidelines for the time of Angolmore
During
Angolmore, never panic and stay calm.
If
you have a shelter at home, wait at the shelter until the SDF or a 4-star or
higher adventurer comes to pick you up. If you do not have a shelter at home or
if Angolmore occurs while you are out, please evacuate to the nearest shelter
as soon as possible.
If
possible, please evacuate to the nearest Adventurers' Guild. If the Guild is
far away, please evacuate to a police station, a large hospital, or a
designated hotel, school, or community center.
During
Angolmore, public transportation will be out of service to prevent accidents
caused by machinery breakdowns. Please avoid traveling by car, motorcycle, etc.
as much as possible, and do not try to force your way back to your homes. In
any case, please head to the nearest evacuation shelter first.
A
minimum of one C-rank card will be placed in each evacuation shelter, depending
on the number of people being received, and food, etc., will also be carded and
stored in the shelter.
Therefore,
please be assured that you do not need to bring in food, change of clothes,
etc.
***
Notes:
1 We changed the spelling from ‘Shishou’ to ‘Shishō’↩
2 Ishtar is also known as Inanna. Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Her primary title is 'the Queen of Heaven'. ↩
3 In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (lit. 'Queen of the Great Earth') was the goddess of Kur or Irkalla, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology. In the myth of Ishtar descent into the underworld, she addresses Ereshkigal as her 'older sister', yet the two goddesses almost never appear together elsewhere in Sumerian literature. ↩
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