Chapter 36.1 : [Idiotx2]+Tsukkomi Master+Natural Airhead = Cliche Situation

How did things turn out this way?

Those words resounded in my head many times over and over again.

I also had those bad premonitions didn’t I? To think that they really come true.

Do I actually have such wonderful foresight? No, it might actually be no more than just my own delusion. I was too naive, I should’ve recognized that fact.

Somehow, there’s only one thing I can say about this situation. I should have the right to say this much, right?

「LEAF YOU IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! 」

My scream resounded splendidly inside the cave as I recalled how things turned out this way.

We were steadily advancing through the underground dungeon and took a short break after walking for almost 2 hours non-stop.

「That’s strange. I’m pretty sure we got to the boss room way faster yesterday.」

s.h.i.+nji complained while sitting on a protruding rock. It seems he’s slightly fatigued from our continuous walk.

「We were advancing smoothly yesterday was thanks to what you did in the middle of our adventure.」

「Please stop! I’m still reflecting on that matter you know!」

Aren’t you the one who happily pressed that d.a.m.ned b.u.t.ton. I won’t be tricked by such a trap again!.

「Please show that in your actions. But, that boring wall aside, we can’t even find the room with that d.a.m.ned trap now, and here I thought that we could easily find that room again.」

Incidentally, I did not leave any markings along the path we took since I was sure we wouldn’t have any problems finding the boss room. This might take longer than expected. In the worst case, we’ll have to do this dungeon again tomorrow.

「 Well, since I don’t even know which part of the cave we are in right now, we’ll have no choice but to keep walking if we can’t find the boss room.」

Midori-san is such a positive and bright girl, and a beauty on top of that. She might be a popular girl.

「Right. We might be able to find the boss room as long as we keep going downwards. Since there’s an underground lake at that place, let’s try to follow the flowing water once we find one.」

We advanced again after our short break. While aiming for the boss room at the sh.o.r.e of that underground lake, we also tried looking out for a stream or that b.u.t.ton trap from yesterday.

When we were advancing carefully while paying attention to the road that might be not used again, we met a new type of monster along the way.

「Hive, what is that?」

「That is… No, could it be… But I’ve never heard information about them being in this place!」

From his tone, could it be that they’re powerful opponents? If that was the case, then they’re just the right choice for my warm up exercise before that boss.

「That is a demon starfish. Its body is covered with needles that are endowed with a powerful poison.」

I see, Onihitode[1] huh. But, it looks different from what I remembered it to be. In my memories, Onihitode is a big starfish that is scattered around and eats things like coral reefs. Yet the monster in front of us is human shaped… No, demon shaped right? So the demon must be the main part of the starfish?

「Demon starfish, it’s the kind of opponent on which Blue flute won’t work right?」

「Yeah.」

s.h.i.+nji aside, even Midori-san and Aoi-san are showing faces of discomfort. They’re also not shouting out「STRONG ENEMIES AHEAD」. Is it just me then? Am I the only one who really wants to fight the opponents in front of us..

「Why the h.e.l.l did they come out before we fight the boss. I wanted to get there with as little damage suffered if possible but, looks like we need to take a detour.」

s.h.i.+nji had a serious expression on his face. But, I just can’t suppress my urge and curiosity to fight the enemies ahead.

「Sorry Hive, please let me be a bit selfish here.」

Though Midori-san and Aoi-san were shocked to the point that their eyes turned into dots upon hearing my words, s.h.i.+nji only replied to me with a wry smile on his face.

「I had this feeling that you might say that. Very well then, obliterate them!」

「Sorry for involving you guys in my selfish request.」

「Don’t mind it, this is a game. Let’s just enjoy it!」

Geez, this is why you’re the best! But also a fool on rare occasions.

「Well then, let’s go!」

I sprinted toward the demon starfish as I left behind those words. Though shaving off its HP bar first with my gun would be the better choice, this is after all a  skirmish before the boss battle for me. I want to make sure that everything is ready, including my battle sense just in case I get into close combat against that boss.

Matching my movements, the Onihitode also started sprinting toward me. It’s almost two metres tall with a buff-like figure and needles covering its whole body. To be honest, it’s more of a human-like starfish with needles covering its body than a demon. It’s barely pa.s.sable as a demon with that steel club in its hand though.

Dodging the Onihitode’s swing of its steel club, I moved back a bit and observed its movements.

Its movements remain largely unchanged, so it’ll be really easy to predict its movement due to its humanoid shape. In appearance, its attack power looks to be higher than me but, I don’t think that this monster can defeat me unless it adds variables to its speedy attacks. Just like a certain colonel from somewhere once said, “Any attack is useless if it never hits the opponent”.

After evading the club a few more times, I kicked the ground with all my power and entered close combat with my opponent.

「――FUH! 」

After unsheating the knife from its sheath on my waist, I then aimed to pierce its  head from its chin while paying attention to the needles on its body. The red shower effect delayed it for a moment but even then, without even faltering from that damage, the club was swung down from high above. But, even faster than that, I retreated by kicking its stomach, which was also the only place without needles on its needle-covered body.

Yup, I can still take it easy against this guy. I had roughly grasped the difference between our power through the exchange just now.

The Onihitode charged again, closing its distance with me. After evading the swing attack from before, I slipped through the gap between its attacks. Brandis.h.i.+ng swords in both my hands, I then pierced its neck and heart.

「GOAAA！」

It can talk huh. But, let’s end this now.

In response to the Oni Hitode making a golf swing-like posture, I stepped onto its shoulder and used it as a platform to jump up toward the ceiling of the cave.

After fixing my posture in the air in order to land on the ceiling, I then kicked the ceiling even before the law of gravity came into play and swooped down onto the Onihitode from above.

「――TAKE THIS! 」

My sword was drawn toward its neck at the same time I fell from above.

Unfortunately for the Onihitode that couldn’t react fast enough to my speed, by the time I landed on the ground, it had started to vanish into particles of light.

「Fu, this guy is quite the tough one.」

Thanks to that I got enough warm up. The knife is also perfect, and with this I am ready for the boss battle.

「Sou, you’re more of a ninja than a gunner. It seems that it’s only a matter of time before you start running on ceilings, walls, and creating shadow clones.」

「That’s impossible right?」

No, I actually might be able to run on the ceiling. But I don’t know what he means by running on the wall and creating shadow clones.

「Come on, let’s keep advancing. We can’t go too late into the night, we still have our school tomorrow after all.」

He’s right.

「Leaf, you’re not shocked by the movements Sou just pulled off? Have you gotten used to it?」

「It’s a bit different from getting used to it you know. In regards to Sou, it’s easier to accept the fact that he can do such things as long as we think of him as a mysterious phantom thief who acts in the underground society, or a mercenary returning from a battlefield, or the ace of a circus troupe.」

「I see, you made good preparation in that regard huh.」

It isn’t, or rather, what the heck are you talking about? What preparations? Eh, Aoi-san, why are you looking at Midori-san with the expression of 「A~h, so there’s that way too」. You guys are slowly draining my MP you know?

「Well then, we should take a short rest here before continuing on our exploration.」

I forcefully seized Midori-san’s wrist when she was about to walk to a place after saying those words.

「――Eh?」

「O-Oi Sou, what’s matter?」

「Sou-kun?」

The 3 of them were bewildered by my action but I don’t have the leeway to worry about that now.

「Leaf, stop. It’s a trap.」

My eyes caught something slightly buried in the ground right in front of Midori-san. I don’t know whether it is a trap or not though. But still, I can see a slight trace of something buried there.

[1] [TL : Acanthaster Planci, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown-of-thorns_starfish]

Chapter 36.2 : [Idiotx2]+Tsukkomi Master+Natural Airhead = Cliche Situation

Though it’s better if it’s just a misunderstanding of mine, I also understood the general personality of the management operation on this game after seeing the previous trap from yesterday. If it’s the work of that management operation, I won’t be surprised if they had prepared 1 or 2 of such devilish trap. When I explained my thoughts to them, the three curious face slowly receded.

「Wha~t, and here I almost mistook you as trying to woo me.」

「That’s too much for me right now.」

「Ho~h, does that mean you can do that if it wasn’t in this place?」

Midori-san showed an impish smile with the absolutely perfect angle as she looked at my face.

「Eh, no, that’s also…」

This nightmare level difficulty of the current situation is too much for me whose power level of communication is just Level 1. s.h.i.+nji’s grin and Aoi-san’s cold look is painful. Stop, please stop looking at me with those kind of eyes.

「Fufufu, sorry. Thank you for stopping me though.」

While saying so, Midori-san brushed my hair. s.h.i.+nji’s eyes then became even more sparkly upon seeing this while on the other hand, the light rapidly vanished from Aoi-san’s eyes. Please stop this!

「Well, shall we dig it up and see what’s buried within?」

Eh, dig it up?

Midori-san repeated her words seeing my puzzled face.

「To see if there’s something buried within… Don’t you want to see it too?」

Your reason is way too easy to understand. Though I think that it’s a bit dangerous… Well, this is a game after all. Also, it would be best if I was the one to dig it out just in case it’s a landmine. Well, I’d also received enough lectures on trap dismantling from my father, till I don’t even want to see them anymore.

I had everyone stand back, and dug the thing out instead of Midori-san. After digging it out, as expected, what came out was a switch-like mechanism.  Its appearance was very much like the switch often used in quiz shows. Also, accompanying it were the words「Push It」.

Who the h.e.l.l would press this!?

「What’s matter Sou-kun? You’re making a strange expression. Here, let me take a look.」

Midori-san presented her hands to me with an unblemished and sunny smile on her face. But, should I give this to her? An unpleasant memory suddenly replayed inside my head.

Can Midori-san withstand the temptation of this magical-「Push It」-switch? She might just press this switch like s.h.i.+nji. But, by not giving this cursed switch to her, won’t it make things seem strange. Won’t I feel guilty doing this?

In the end, I gave the switch to Midori-san. The finis.h.i.+ng blow was her carefree smile. No men can go against that smile.

「E~h, it’s just a switch right.」

After saying so, Midori-san returned the switch to me.

「Don’t make such a worried face, I won’t push that switch you know. I’m different from a certain Hive after all.」

Was I’m overly worried over such things. As expected of Midori-san. She really is different from s.h.i.+nji.

「Ah, yeah sorry for doubting you. Yeah, I really couldn’t place you in the same group as Hive」

「Guh……….. Even though I apologized so many times for the previous incident」

After hearing s.h.i.+nji saying that with an awkward face, me and Midori-san looked at each other and then laughed at him.

「But, since we met your so called trap, aren’t we almost reaching our goal? 」

I see, you definitely can say it that way. Since I didn’t see anything that resembled a trap in shallower layer of the labyrinth.

In hearing s.h.i.+nji words, not just me, Midori-san also agreed to him.

「I see[Click]! We could think it that way」

「I see[Click]! We could think it that way」

After saying so, with a “Click”, Midori-san is pressing her right fist on her left hand. It’s not a “Pon”. It’s “Click”.

「…… Eh？  」

「「「EH? 」」」

Following Midori-san voice, the three of us also making the same reaction. That’s natural. Because on top of her left palm, which was just making an “I see” gesture, is the switch that I gave her a while ago.

「Did I…………. Just pressed the b.u.t.ton? 」

「「「…………」」」

Midori-san face paled in seeing our silent confirmation.

But, we already have no time for a review of our own action. Since a sound of something big rolling is coming right from behind us.

「Oi Sou, is this」

Please don’t say it, s.h.i.+nji. I know what you want to say. I know the thing that rolling out toward us.

Me and s.h.i.+nji screamed as we think about the same thing.

「「THAT BIG BALL IS COMING TOWARD US, RUUUUUN!!!! 」」

As if following our footprints who was running from that place with all of our power, the aforementioned guy finally showing its big frame, and came to grind us flat with the ground. I never say that I wanted to meet you.

「I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! 」

「SAVE YOUR BREATH AND JUST RUN LEAF, IF YOU’RE FLATTENED BY THAT GUY YOUR ALREADY FLAT BODY WILL BECOME EVEN FLGUOOOH! ? 」

Uhm, Midori-san. That’s a splendid liver blow. It’ll pierce you someday you know, s.h.i.+nji.

「S-Sou-kun, I――」

When the two behind us were doing their usual bakaple act, Aoi-san called out to me. Though she seemed to be fl.u.s.tered, I could see some kind of resignation on her expression. That’s the kind of face she made.

「I can’t run as fast as Leaf, so please don’t worry about m――E kyaaaa! ? 」

The beauty was looking at me while telling me to leave a baggage like her. No man in this world would abandon a woman who made that kind of face. [TL : A gay?] Even faster than my thought, when I noticed it, I’m already piggy backing Aoi-san and run with every inch of the power in my body.

「S-SOU-KUN!?」

「DON’T SAY ANYTHING, YOU’LL BITE YOUR LIPS YOU KNOW!」

Though I want to carry her with a princess carry, I’m lacking the confidence whether I can keep running in that situation.

Piggybacking Aoi-san while confirming that s.h.i.+nji and Midori-san were properly following behind me, I shouted at the top of my lungs.

「LEAF YOU IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! 」

「I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! 」

Yeah, she’s the same kind as s.h.i.+nji.

Chapter 36.1 : [Idiotx2]+Tsukkomi Master+Natural Airhead = Cliche Situation.

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How did things turn out this way?.

Those words resounded in my head many times over and over again..

I also had those bad premonitions didn’t I? To think that they really come true..

Do I actually have such wonderful foresight? No, it might actually be no more than just my own delusion. I was too naive, I should’ve recognized that fact..

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Somehow, there’s only one thing I can say about this situation. I should have the right to say this much, right?.

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「LEAF YOU IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! 」.

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My scream resounded splendidly inside the cave as I recalled how things turned out this way..

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We were steadily advancing through the underground dungeon and took a short break after walking for almost 2 hours non-stop..

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「That’s strange. I’m pretty sure we got to the boss room way faster yesterday.」.

 .

s.h.i.+nji complained while sitting on a protruding rock. It seems he’s slightly fatigued from our continuous walk..

 .

「We were advancing smoothly yesterday was thanks to what you did in the middle of our adventure.」.

 .

「Please stop! I’m still reflecting on that matter you know!」.

 .

Aren’t you the one who happily pressed that d.a.m.ned b.u.t.ton. I won’t be tricked by such a trap again!..

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「Please show that in your actions. But, that boring wall aside, we can’t even find the room with that d.a.m.ned trap now, and here I thought that we could easily find that room again.」.

 .

Incidentally, I did not leave any markings along the path we took since I was sure we wouldn’t have any problems finding the boss room. This might take longer than expected. In the worst case, we’ll have to do this dungeon again tomorrow..

 .

「 Well, since I don’t even know which part of the cave we are in right now, we’ll have no choice but to keep walking if we can’t find the boss room.」.

 .

Midori-san is such a positive and bright girl, and a beauty on top of that. She might be a popular girl..

 .

「Right. We might be able to find the boss room as long as we keep going downwards. Since there’s an underground lake at that place, let’s try to follow the flowing water once we find one.」.

 .

We advanced again after our short break. While aiming for the boss room at the sh.o.r.e of that underground lake, we also tried looking out for a stream or that b.u.t.ton trap from yesterday..

 .

When we were advancing carefully while paying attention to the road that might be not used again, we met a new type of monster along the way..

 .

「Hive, what is that?」.

 .

「That is… No, could it be… But I’ve never heard information about them being in this place!」.

 .

From his tone, could it be that they’re powerful opponents? If that was the case, then they’re just the right choice for my warm up exercise before that boss..

 .

「That is a demon starfish. Its body is covered with needles that are endowed with a powerful poison.」.

 .

I see, Onihitode[1] huh. But, it looks different from what I remembered it to be. In my memories, Onihitode is a big starfish that is scattered around and eats things like coral reefs. Yet the monster in front of us is human shaped… No, demon shaped right? So the demon must be the main part of the starfish?.

 .

「Demon starfish, it’s the kind of opponent on which Blue flute won’t work right?」.

 .

「Yeah.」.

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s.h.i.+nji aside, even Midori-san and Aoi-san are showing faces of discomfort. They’re also not shouting out「STRONG ENEMIES AHEAD」. Is it just me then? Am I the only one who really wants to fight the opponents in front of us...

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「Why the h.e.l.l did they come out before we fight the boss. I wanted to get there with as little damage suffered if possible but, looks like we need to take a detour.」.

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s.h.i.+nji had a serious expression on his face. But, I just can’t suppress my urge and curiosity to fight the enemies ahead..

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「Sorry Hive, please let me be a bit selfish here.」.

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Though Midori-san and Aoi-san were shocked to the point that their eyes turned into dots upon hearing my words, s.h.i.+nji only replied to me with a wry smile on his face..

 .

「I had this feeling that you might say that. Very well then, obliterate them!」.

 .

「Sorry for involving you guys in my selfish request.」.

 .

「Don’t mind it, this is a game. Let’s just enjoy it!」.

 .

Geez, this is why you’re the best! But also a fool on rare occasions..

 .

「Well then, let’s go!」.

 .

I sprinted toward the demon starfish as I left behind those words. Though shaving off its HP bar first with my gun would be the better choice, this is after all a  skirmish before the boss battle for me. I want to make sure that everything is ready, including my battle sense just in case I get into close combat against that boss..

 .

Matching my movements, the Onihitode also started sprinting toward me. It’s almost two metres tall with a buff-like figure and needles covering its whole body. To be honest, it’s more of a human-like starfish with needles covering its body than a demon. It’s barely pa.s.sable as a demon with that steel club in its hand though..

 .

Dodging the Onihitode’s swing of its steel club, I moved back a bit and observed its movements..

 .

Its movements remain largely unchanged, so it’ll be really easy to predict its movement due to its humanoid shape. In appearance, its attack power looks to be higher than me but, I don’t think that this monster can defeat me unless it adds variables to its speedy attacks. Just like a certain colonel from somewhere once said, “Any attack is useless if it never hits the opponent”..

 .

After evading the club a few more times, I kicked the ground with all my power and entered close combat with my opponent..

 .

「――FUH! 」.

 .

After unsheating the knife from its sheath on my waist, I then aimed to pierce its  head from its chin while paying attention to the needles on its body. The red shower effect delayed it for a moment but even then, without even faltering from that damage, the club was swung down from high above. But, even faster than that, I retreated by kicking its stomach, which was also the only place without needles on its needle-covered body..

 .

Yup, I can still take it easy against this guy. I had roughly grasped the difference between our power through the exchange just now..

 .

The Onihitode charged again, closing its distance with me. After evading the swing attack from before, I slipped through the gap between its attacks. Brandis.h.i.+ng swords in both my hands, I then pierced its neck and heart..

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「GOAAA！」.

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It can talk huh. But, let’s end this now..

 .

In response to the Oni Hitode making a golf swing-like posture, I stepped onto its shoulder and used it as a platform to jump up toward the ceiling of the cave..

 .

After fixing my posture in the air in order to land on the ceiling, I then kicked the ceiling even before the law of gravity came into play and swooped down onto the Onihitode from above..

 .

「――TAKE THIS! 」.

 .

My sword was drawn toward its neck at the same time I fell from above..

 .

Unfortunately for the Onihitode that couldn’t react fast enough to my speed, by the time I landed on the ground, it had started to vanish into particles of light..

 .

「Fu, this guy is quite the tough one.」.

 .

Thanks to that I got enough warm up. The knife is also perfect, and with this I am ready for the boss battle..

 .

「Sou, you’re more of a ninja than a gunner. It seems that it’s only a matter of time before you start running on ceilings, walls, and creating shadow clones.」.

 .

「That’s impossible right?」.

 .

No, I actually might be able to run on the ceiling. But I don’t know what he means by running on the wall and creating shadow clones..

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「Come on, let’s keep advancing. We can’t go too late into the night, we still have our school tomorrow after all.」.

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He’s right..

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「Leaf, you’re not shocked by the movements Sou just pulled off? Have you gotten used to it?」.

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「It’s a bit different from getting used to it you know. In regards to Sou, it’s easier to accept the fact that he can do such things as long as we think of him as a mysterious phantom thief who acts in the underground society, or a mercenary returning from a battlefield, or the ace of a circus troupe.」.

 .

「I see, you made good preparation in that regard huh.」.

 .

It isn’t, or rather, what the heck are you talking about? What preparations? Eh, Aoi-san, why are you looking at Midori-san with the expression of 「A~h, so there’s that way too」. You guys are slowly draining my MP you know?.

 .

「Well then, we should take a short rest here before continuing on our exploration.」.

 .

I forcefully seized Midori-san’s wrist when she was about to walk to a place after saying those words..

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「――Eh?」.

 .

「O-Oi Sou, what’s matter?」.

 .

「Sou-kun?」.

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The 3 of them were bewildered by my action but I don’t have the leeway to worry about that now..

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「Leaf, stop. It’s a trap.」.

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My eyes caught something slightly buried in the ground right in front of Midori-san. I don’t know whether it is a trap or not though. But still, I can see a slight trace of something buried there..

[1] [TL : Acanthaster Planci, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown-of-thorns_starfish].

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Chapter 36.2 : [Idiotx2]+Tsukkomi Master+Natural Airhead = Cliche Situation.

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Though it’s better if it’s just a misunderstanding of mine, I also understood the general personality of the management operation on this game after seeing the previous trap from yesterday. If it’s the work of that management operation, I won’t be surprised if they had prepared 1 or 2 of such devilish trap. When I explained my thoughts to them, the three curious face slowly receded..

 .

「Wha~t, and here I almost mistook you as trying to woo me.」.

 .

「That’s too much for me right now.」.

 .

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「Ho~h, does that mean you can do that if it wasn’t in this place?」.

 .

 .

Midori-san showed an impish smile with the absolutely perfect angle as she looked at my face..

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「Eh, no, that’s also…」.

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This nightmare level difficulty of the current situation is too much for me whose power level of communication is just Level 1. s.h.i.+nji’s grin and Aoi-san’s cold look is painful. Stop, please stop looking at me with those kind of eyes..

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「Fufufu, sorry. Thank you for stopping me though.」.

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While saying so, Midori-san brushed my hair. s.h.i.+nji’s eyes then became even more sparkly upon seeing this while on the other hand, the light rapidly vanished from Aoi-san’s eyes. Please stop this!.

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「Well, shall we dig it up and see what’s buried within?」.

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Eh, dig it up?.

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Midori-san repeated her words seeing my puzzled face..

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「To see if there’s something buried within… Don’t you want to see it too?」.

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Your reason is way too easy to understand. Though I think that it’s a bit dangerous… Well, this is a game after all. Also, it would be best if I was the one to dig it out just in case it’s a landmine. Well, I’d also received enough lectures on trap dismantling from my father, till I don’t even want to see them anymore..

 .

I had everyone stand back, and dug the thing out instead of Midori-san. After digging it out, as expected, what came out was a switch-like mechanism.  Its appearance was very much like the switch often used in quiz shows. Also, accompanying it were the words「Push It」..

 .

 .

Who the h.e.l.l would press this!?.

 .

「What’s matter Sou-kun? You’re making a strange expression. Here, let me take a look.」.

 .

Midori-san presented her hands to me with an unblemished and sunny smile on her face. But, should I give this to her? An unpleasant memory suddenly replayed inside my head..

Can Midori-san withstand the temptation of this magical-「Push It」-switch? She might just press this switch like s.h.i.+nji. But, by not giving this cursed switch to her, won’t it make things seem strange. Won’t I feel guilty doing this?.

 .

In the end, I gave the switch to Midori-san. The finis.h.i.+ng blow was her carefree smile. No men can go against that smile..

 .

「E~h, it’s just a switch right.」.

 .

After saying so, Midori-san returned the switch to me..

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「Don’t make such a worried face, I won’t push that switch you know. I’m different from a certain Hive after all.」.

 .

Was I’m overly worried over such things. As expected of Midori-san. She really is different from s.h.i.+nji..

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「Ah, yeah sorry for doubting you. Yeah, I really couldn’t place you in the same group as Hive」.

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「Guh……….. Even though I apologized so many times for the previous incident」.

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After hearing s.h.i.+nji saying that with an awkward face, me and Midori-san looked at each other and then laughed at him..

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「But, since we met your so called trap, aren’t we almost reaching our goal? 」.

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I see, you definitely can say it that way. Since I didn’t see anything that resembled a trap in shallower layer of the labyrinth..

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In hearing s.h.i.+nji words, not just me, Midori-san also agreed to him..

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「I see[Click]! We could think it that way」.

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After saying so, with a “Click”, Midori-san is pressing her right fist on her left hand. It’s not a “Pon”. It’s “Click”..

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「…… Eh？  」.

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「「「EH? 」」」.

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Following Midori-san voice, the three of us also making the same reaction. That’s natural. Because on top of her left palm, which was just making an “I see” gesture, is the switch that I gave her a while ago..

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「Did I…………. Just pressed the b.u.t.ton? 」.

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「「「…………」」」.

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Midori-san face paled in seeing our silent confirmation..

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But, we already have no time for a review of our own action. Since a sound of something big rolling is coming right from behind us..

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「Oi Sou, is this」.

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Please don’t say it, s.h.i.+nji. I know what you want to say. I know the thing that rolling out toward us..

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Me and s.h.i.+nji screamed as we think about the same thing..

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「「THAT BIG BALL IS COMING TOWARD US, RUUUUUN!!!! 」」.

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As if following our footprints who was running from that place with all of our power, the aforementioned guy finally showing its big frame, and came to grind us flat with the ground. I never say that I wanted to meet you..

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「I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! 」.

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「SAVE YOUR BREATH AND JUST RUN LEAF, IF YOU’RE FLATTENED BY THAT GUY YOUR ALREADY FLAT BODY WILL BECOME EVEN FLGUOOOH! ? 」.

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Uhm, Midori-san. That’s a splendid liver blow. It’ll pierce you someday you know, s.h.i.+nji..

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「S-Sou-kun, I――」.

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When the two behind us were doing their usual bakaple act, Aoi-san called out to me. Though she seemed to be fl.u.s.tered, I could see some kind of resignation on her expression. That’s the kind of face she made..

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「I can’t run as fast as Leaf, so please don’t worry about m――E kyaaaa! ? 」.

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The beauty was looking at me while telling me to leave a baggage like her. No man in this world would abandon a woman who made that kind of face. [TL : A gay?] Even faster than my thought, when I noticed it, I’m already piggy backing Aoi-san and run with every inch of the power in my body..

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「S-SOU-KUN!?」.

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「DON’T SAY ANYTHING, YOU’LL BITE YOUR LIPS YOU KNOW!」.

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Though I want to carry her with a princess carry, I’m lacking the confidence whether I can keep running in that situation..

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Piggybacking Aoi-san while confirming that s.h.i.+nji and Midori-san were properly following behind me, I shouted at the top of my lungs..

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「LEAF YOU IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! 」.

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「I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! 」.

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Yeah, she’s the same kind as s.h.i.+nji..